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How would you describe your two bosses Vince McMahon and Dixie Carter? You can't compare Vince to anybody, if it wasn't for Vince McMahon I wouldn't be here talking to you. He knows how to make money and make stars, I wouldn't be working for Dixie Carter right now if it wasn't for Vince McMahon doing what he did for me. Dixie is a woman and she has that caring aspect about her, sometimes she lets personal [issues] get involved with business because she can't help it. She cares about the wrestlers and their wellbeing and their welfare. Other than that I think Dixie has done a great job, we are talking about a woman that has been involved in the entertainment business but not the wrestling business. It is different when you are involved in music and go over to wrestling, there is so much difference, I think the last 12 years she has had to learn on the job and I think she has done a good job. I can't say anything bad about her, one thing I'll say is that I'm not sure she would have made it without the help of Jeff Jarrett because she did need someone to help transition here and there and Jeff has a great mind for the business. She has learnt a lot during her time at TNA but at the same time she has to make business decisions that she doesn't necessarily like. Lately she has made some very rash business decisions when you are talking about Hulk Hogan and AJ Styles but she has to do what is best for the company, if she thinks that is what is best for the company she has to do it. Would other people agree, no, but she is doing what is best for her company and you can't blame her for that."
- Kurt Angle on comparisions between Vince McMahon and Dixie Carter
"It's tough, even Hulk Hogan was a tough loss to accept. Sting has been the cornerstone of the company, Jarrett founded the company and I think he might be the best heel in the business, and AJ Styles is just the best athlete I've ever been in the ring with. From three different perspectives it is a tough pill to swallow because they are three of the best. When you don't have them in the company you hope to god that the young talent steps up, guys like Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, and James Storm seem to be stepping up. Will they replace Sting? You can't replace Sting, will they replace AJ? Probably not, AJ is irreplaceable, but will they become their own characters and do really well, yes they will do phenomenally well and it's not about replacing anymore, it's about making new stars."
- Kurt Angle on TNA losing stars recently
During a recent interview, AJ Styles revealed that he was contacted by lawyers representing TNA, in regards to a nation wide speakig tour that he had initially planned on doing in March. Things are being worked out, and the tour has been moved to a possible July start date.
While a lot of wrestling fans would love to see him making his debut in WWE, AJ Styles has revealed that there has been no contact between he and the company. The former TNA champion also revealed that he did not receive a courtesy call to just gauge his insterest.
There are those that believe that AJ Styles will be one of the first name signed to a contract when Jeff Jarrett starts his new wrestling promotion. The two of them are on very good terms, and Styles has always credited Jarrett with being the person to give him a chance as a main event performer.
"From a wrestling standpoint, I'd love to have a guy like AJ Styles within the company to wrestle. I think the fans would, too. There was a tease of what could have been, but I don't think anybody saw what me and AJ Styles could do in there. On a personal level, I want AJ Styles to do whatever is best for him and his family, and if that's coming back to TNA that would be awesome. If that's working elsewhere, I completely understand that. If that will happen, I have no idea. I guess we'll find out. We all have to stay tuned and see what happens."
"I don't know the situation with the contracts and all that stuff, but you know for me to see a guy that I've been here since day one with is a dark day for TNA because he did help build TNA. Anytime somebody says TNA they automatically think of AJ Styles and the incredible matches he's had while he's been here. Hopefully him and TNA can come to an agreement and he can come back pretty soon."
AJ Styles might have a little more leverage in his ongoing negotiations with TNA, as Impact Wrestling managed to score a dramatic increase this week. Approximately 25% more people tuned into the episode, which featured Styles's final match, than they did the previous week.
In a rather interesting move, TNA opted not to show the farewell speech from AJ Styles on Impact Wrestling last night. He had initially thanked the fans for their support and wished everyone well. The company still continues to negotiate a new deal with Styles.
While many are under the assumption that the doors have been completely closed, sources within the industry have revealed that AJ Styles is still in negotiation with TNA for a potential return in 2014. The meetings just aren't as frequent as before.
Even though he is no longer with the company and has started working elsewhere, the belief within TNA is that AJ Styles will be returning in March to work a big match against world heavyweight champion Brutus Magnus at the Lockdown pay per view.
"Well I've definitely have had a couple of tweets, with some being angry with me. And I'm not going to retweet them, I'm not going to respond to them. I'm not going to respond to someone who is just being a jerk even though I want to. Just a number of things, like for instance some guy said that "AJ, if you're done with TNA, then that's a big F you to me." Like saying I'm screwing him. My argument would be to him if you would like to pay me to work there then I'd be more than happy. Negotiations are what they are and sometimes you can't agree on something and at some point you need to make a decision that benefits your family. One guy brought up this--this is the most ridiculous thing--did you know that I guess, Ring Of Honor's website there is an under 18 kind of--I don't know, soft porn or whatever it is, that sponsors them? I don't know if it sponsors the website, I don't know anything about it. I'm not filming any movies with soft porn if it makes him feel any better. I'm not doing that. I am there to wrestle and that's it. I'm sure if we knew where a lot of money comes from; from different businesses; we would be less likely to support them. I am supporting my family. That's the bottom line. It has nothing to do with some soft porn site. I don't really know what it is. And he's attacking my beliefs. And I want to say to this guy "well you without sin, throw the first stone." They always want to bash something that you do. No matter what it is but it relies on me taking care of my family and what I think is right for them."
"Well I mean, and I can understand why people want to believe that it is a work. Because they don't want to; first of all I'm sure they don't want to believe that I'm actually not working for TNA. Second, I told them that I didn't have a contract in the first place. Cause I didn't. I had an extension. So I understand why they might believe it's a work, and why it's hard to believe but it's even hard for me to believe. That after working with a company for 11 years, and busting your tail and doing what you thought was right and doing it to the best of your ability that it would even come down to a negotiation where it would take a long time or anything like that. I just figured that we'd find a way. And the timing, you know it just had me where I had to make a decision. I had to do something and I just figured that this is an opportunity and I need to take it."
AJ Styles was recently interviewed and asked about why WWE has refused to pick him up. The former TNA star stated that the company is focused on their developmental system and simply are not interested in signing established performers like himself.
It is now being said that AJ Styles had considered a potential return to Ring of Honor before his contract with TNA had expired. He was intrigued by the idea of working with ROH again and wanted to keep his options open in case a deal with TNA could not be reached.
The saga of AJ Styles has gotten a little more interesting, as Ring of Honor has made an official announcement about his return to the promotion. The former TNA World Heayweight Champion will be working a match for them on January 4, 2014.
TNA wants a successful tour of Europe in January, so they're hoping to have AJ Styles involved. The company either wants him to make a surprise return during an episode of Impact Wrestling that is being taped overseas or on an episode before that.


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For the next six days, transvestites pounded heads with purses; officers were assaulted by flying coins, painful change. Mobs chased police and police chased mobs. Swarms of swishy protesters doubled back around to surround New York's (now furious) finest. Phalanx formations of riot cops faced Rockette-style kick lines of queens. It was campy musical mixed with gory action flick.
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August 9, 2013
A Kawasaki new rose. Image: Gila Oren.
If you've enjoyed the origami articles on Plus and live in or near London, then here's your chance to see some origami live. The Japan Foundation has invited Toshikazu Kawasaki, creator of the Kawasaki rose, to give a special talk on 27 August 2013. Kawasaki, a renowned origami theorist and maths teacher by profession, will talk about his approach to the paper craft with actual origami demonstrations. His talk will also explore his role as an origami master and how his passion for origami and maths led him to become the world's first doctor of origami. During the talk the audience can also put their origami skills to the test with the instruction of Kawasaki.
The event will take place at The Japan Foundation, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EH. It's free but booking is essential. To reserve a place, please email your name and the title of the event to firstname.lastname@example.com.
August 1, 2013
This year's British Science Festival will take place from 7 - 12 September at the University of Newcastle and there's plenty of (mostly free) maths on offer.
You can take part in some pioneering maths at PrimeGrid: Search for a world record prime number on 7 September. Learn about prime numbers with more than a thousand digits, the history of the search for large primes, and how you can use your computer to join PrimeGrid and find new primes of your own.
The randomness show on 8 September explores randomness in your life, and the ways in which maths can order the chaos around us. You can delve into mathematical history, discover how maths can be used to predict the future and uncover the hidden maths inside you.
Be a maths millionaire on 11 September is all about famous mathematical equations and the adventures of the mathematicians working on them, including those that make Google work.
Slide into the maths museum on 7 September explores the maths needed to crack the fastest slide and build skateboarding tracks. The UK's first museum entirely dedicated to mathematics wants to know what you would like at the museum. This event costs £10.85 for adults and there are various concession rates.
For the beady-eyed, see if you can spot Dr Math's giant logic puzzles all around the festival and how many of his mind-bending brain-twisters you can solve.
Space for some events is limited, so book now to reserve your place at www.britishsciencefestival.org or call 08456 807 207 for more information.
July 16, 2013
Number theory is famous for problems that everyone can understand and that are easy to express, but that are fiendishly difficult to prove. Here are some of our favourites.
The Goldbach conjecture
The Goldbach conjecture is named after the mathematician Christian Goldbach who formulated it in the middle of the eighteenth century. It states that any even natural number greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
Leonard Euler (1707-1783) corresponded with Christian Goldbach about the conjecture now named after the latter.
It is easy to see that this is true for the first few even numbers greater than 2:
4=2+2 6=3+3 8=3+5 10=5+5=3+7.
This seems so straightforward you might be tempted to try and prove it yourself — and you'd be in very good company as some of the brightest mathematical minds have been chiselling away at the conjecture ever since it was first pronounced. But so far without success. The closest result that has been proved, in 1995, says that every even number is the sum of at most six primes.
There is a similar statement, called the weak Goldbach conjecture, which says that every odd natural number greater than 5 is the sum of three primes. Again we can see that this is true for the first few odd numbers greater than 5:
7 = 3+2+2 11=3+3+5 13=3+5+5 17=5+5+7.
This statement is called "weak" because once someone finds a proof for the ordinary "strong" Goldbach conjecture, the weak one can be deduced from it.
In 1938 Nils Pipping showed that the (strong) Goldbach conjecture is true for even numbers up to and including 105. The latest result, established using a computer search, shows it is true for even numbers up to and including 4 x 1018 — that's a huge number, but for mathematicians it isn't good enough. Only a general proof will do.
Perfect numbers
A perfect number is a number that's the sum of all of its divisors (excluding itself). For example, 6 is a perfect number because its divisors (apart from 6 itself) are 1, 2 and 3, and
6 = 1 + 2 + 3.The next perfect number is 28, which has divisors 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14, and:
28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14.
Euclid, depicted with a compass in Raphael's painting The school of Athens.
The next three perfect numbers are 496, 8128 and 33,550,336.
The gaps between perfect numbers are as wide as their discovery has been painstaking. The first four perfect numbers seem to have been known to the Greeks, the fifth and sixth weren't written down explicitly until the 15th century and the seventh followed in the 16th century. Today we know of 48 perfect number, the largest of which has over 34 million digits. All of these 48 are even. This raises two questions:
So far no one has been able to answer these questions with a conclusive proof.
One thing that was already known to the Greek mathematician Euclid over 2,000 years ago is that if p is a prime number and 2p-1 is also a prime number, then 2p-1(2p-1) is an even perfect number. For example,
21(22-1) = 6 22(23-1) = 28.
The 18th century mathematician Leonhard Euler proved that every even perfect number is of this form. The largest known perfect number, the one with over 34 million digits, is
257885160 x (257885161−1).
This leads us straight to our next number mystery.
Mersenne primes
Marin Mersenne, (1588-1648).
Prime numbers are those numbers that are divisible only by themselves and 1. The first few are 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. Unlike for perfect numbers we do know that there are infinitely many of them. The proof for that was furnished by Euclid, however there is no easy recipe that generates all the prime numbers. This is where numbers of the form 2p-1, where p is a prime, come in useful. These are called Mersenne numbers, after the French monk Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) who studied them, and they have a good chance of being prime themselves.
The question is, are there infinitely many such Mersenne primes? Mathematicians believe that there probably are, but again nobody has as yet been able to prove that conjecture. A total of 48 Mersenne primes have been found so far, the largest, discovered in January 2013, being
257885161 − 1.
These correspond to the 48 known perfect numbers. The search for larger and larger Mersenne primes continues, as does the search for a conclusive proof that there are infinitely many.
And there is more...
Another favourite number theory mystery is the twin prime conjecture, which states that there are infinitely many pairs of primes that are 2 apart. There's been recent progress on this, so we refer you to our news story. One mystery that has been solved, after over 350 years of effort, is Fermat's last theorem. We recently celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the announcement of its proof — you can find out more here. That's probably enough to fill a minute, but if you haven't had enough you can read more about number theory, prime numbers, Mersenne primes and the search for larger and larger primes here on Plus.
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July 3, 2013
Over 2000 years ago the Greek mathematician Euclid came up with a list of five postulates on which he thought geometry should be built. One of them, the fifth, was equivalent to a statement we are all familiar with: that the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. However, this postulate did not seem as obvious as the other four on Euclid's list, so mathematicians attempted to deduce it from them: to show that a geometry obeying the first four postulates would necessarily obey the fifth. Their struggle continued for centuries, but in the end they failed. They found examples of geometries that do not obey the fifth postulate.
Spherical geometry
Image: Lars H. Rohwedder.
In spherical geometry the Euclidean idea of a line becomes a great circle, that is, a circle of maximum radius spanning right around the fattest part of the sphere. It is no longer true that the sum of the angles of a triangle is always 180 degrees. Very small triangles will have angles summing to only a little more than 180 degrees (because, from the perspective of a very small triangle, the surface of a sphere is nearly flat). Bigger triangles will have angles summing to very much more than 180 degrees.
One funny thing about the length of time it took to discover spherical geometry is that it is the geometry that holds on the surface of the Earth! But we never really notice, because we are so small compared to the size of the Earth that if we draw a triangle on the ground, and measure its angles, the amount by which the sum of the angles exceeds 180 degrees is so tiny that we can't detect it.
But there is another geometry that takes things in the other direction:
Hyperbolic geometry
Hyperbolic geometry isn't as easy to visualise as spherical geometry because it can't be modelled in three-dimensional Euclidean space without distortion. One way of visualising it is called the Poincaré disc.
Take a round disc, like the one bounded by the blue circle in the figure on the right, and imagine an ant living within it. In Euclidean geometry the shortest path between two points inside that disc is along a straight line. In hyperbolic geometry distances are measured differently so the shortest path is no longer along a Euclidean straight line but along the arc of a circle that meets the boundary of the disc at right angles, like the one shown in red in the figure. A hyperbolic ant would experience the straight-line path as a detour — it prefers to move along the arc of such a circle.
A hyperbolic triangle, whose sides are arcs of these semicircles, has angles that add up to less than 180 degrees. All the black and white shapes in the figure on the left are hyperbolic triangles.
One consequence of this new hyperbolic metric is that the boundary circle of the disc is infinitely far away from the point of view of the hyperbolic ant. This is because the metric distorts distances with respect to the ordinary Euclidean one. Paths that look the same length in the Euclidean metric are longer in the hyperbolic metric the closer they are to the boundary circle. The figure below shows a tiling of the hyperbolic plane by regular heptagons. Because of the distorted metric the heptagons are all of the same size in the hyperbolic metric. And as we can see the ant would need to traverse infinitely many of them to get to the boundary circle — it is infinitely far away!
Image created by David Wright.
Hyperbolic geometry may look like a fanciful mathematical construct but it has real-life uses. When Einstein developed his special theory of relativity in 1905 he found that the symmetries of hyperbolic geometry were exactly what he needed to formulate the theory. Today mathematicians believe that hyperbolic geometry may help to understand large networks like Facebook or the Internet.
You can read more about hyperbolic geometry in non-Euclidean geometry and Indra's pearls.
June 28, 2013
Right. That's it. We're convinced. We are officially behind team ! Pronounced "tau", 6.28318... There is a movement that it should replace the use of that favourite mathematical constant, . We're not sure if it's likely that will go gently into that dark night, but Phil Moriaty certainly makes a good case for the use of in teaching in this episode of Numberphile, released in honour of today being Tau day (June 28 is 6.28 when written in the US date format).
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May 31, 2013
Suppose you have people in a room and each person shakes hands with each other person once. How many handshakes do you get in total? The first person shakes hands with other people, the second shakes hands with the remaining people, the second shakes hands with remaining people, etc, giving a total of
But we can also look at this in another way: each person shakes hands with others and there are people, giving handshakes. But this counts every handshake twice, so we need to divide by 2, giving a total of
Putting these two arguments together, we have just come up with the formula for summing the first integers and we've proved that it is correct:
Maths can be so easy!


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"I realized that being cooped up in a little room all day and having to dress professionally all the time is not for me."
For most Huntington University students that step through the door of the Enterprise Resource Center, a successful internship in their field is all they need to affirm their career paths. But for some, like freshman Scott Skiles, the right internships can point them in a different — and better — direction.Skiles, an exercise and movement science and sport and exercise studies double major from Pierceton, Ind., began seeking internships in chiropractic care at the start of his freshman year."I had always considered becoming a chiropractor," he said. "I have gone to the chiropractor for as long as I can remember, and my uncle is a chiropractor so it was definitely something that I was interested in."The ERC set Skiles up with three local chiropractors over the January Term. There, he logged 80 hours fulfilling responsibilities such as office paperwork, assisting the doctors with various tasks and observing their work throughout the day. "I took away a much greater respect for chiropractors and the work they do," he said. "I was able to observe everything that takes place outside of the adjustment room and the hard work that they must do in dealing with the insurance companies, faculty and other such things."But the biggest takeaway from the experience for Skiles? He didn't want to be a chiropractor anymore."I realized that being cooped up in a little room all day and having to dress professionally all the time is not for me," he said.Skiles instead intends to pursue a career as a strength and conditioning specialist or a track and field coach in the future. He hopes to intern next at Fort Wayne's Athletes With Purpose — with the help of the ERC."Without a doubt, the ERC was extremely helpful in my first internship. They made it extremely easy for me," he said.For Skiles, the internship experience has only helped him discover which career path is the best fit for him."I want a profession that I am still able to interact with people, but something that allows me to engage in different activities," he said. "Something that I will be able to yell and scream and motivate people to push themselves — and being able to wear my sweats everyday wouldn't be too bad either."
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland oyster conservation group is supporting a "No Shell Left Behind" recycling bill. The bill would provide a dollar a bushel tax credit for recycled oyster shells.
House lawmakers are holding a hearing Tuesday in Annapolis on the bill, which would cap the tax credit at $750 a year. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Josh Davidsburg says the department supports the legislation.
Area chefs are expected to testify along with oyster conservation groups and watermen. Oyster shells are needed for restoration efforts because young oyster raised in hatcheries prefer to attach to adult oyster shells, which are in short supply. The bill is being supported by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, which organizes a shell recycling effort involving restaurants, wholesalers and others.
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How a new Obama administration taskforce may pave the way for a ban on sport fishing.
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Teen Surf Program
This camp is perfect for the ocean-minded teen who is looking for a fun and exciting adventure. All skill levels are welcome, from those who have never seen the ocean to those who would like to refine their skills. This week consists of group and individual surf instruction, ocean safety and awareness, team building activities and plenty of saltwater action. The week includes a two night campout near Crescent City.
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The pictures say it all. Three 65-inch Panasonic plasma HDTVs, flush-mounted side-by-side, form a video wall that can display content from 18 different sources. Look even more closely, and you'll find that all the TVs in this Manhattan apartment are not only flush-mounted in the walls, the walls even cover the TVs' bezels so only the screens remain visible. The skyline views out of the windows are pretty nice, as well.
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But it was the eye candy inside this 2,400-square-foot spread that was of most concern to the homeowners - or at least the tech-savvy man of the house, whose living room man cave with its video multiplex of sources is the envy of any audio/video enthusiast.
"He had a set-up in his previous home with 12 tube TVs and a video matrix so he could watch all these different shows on them," says John Montgomery of custom electronics (CE) pro EDG of Piscataway, N.J. Needless to say, this video matrix is a huge upgrade.
The homeowner can choose among feeds from up to 24 different video sources, including 18 cable boxes (three of which have DVRs), three DVD players and three Mac minis. The sources are routed through an Extron matrix switcher and an RGB Spectrum picture-in-picture processor that multiplexes them and allows six outputs to each of the TVs. He can view 18 sources - or 18 different channels simultaneously - with six per screen or one large picture in the middle and with six options shown on each side.
Although the TVs will show 18 video feeds at a time, he can choose among all 24, says Montgomery. That includes a high-def Blu-ray player. And if he has someone over to give a presentation, he can use his Crestron touchpanel to dig a little deeper and summon the video feed from one of the Mac minis.
This tech-happy guy doesn't mind digging down through home control screens. He's a tinkerer. "He wanted it complex enough so he could go in and play around, but simple enough so his wife could come in and press one button," says Montgomery.
When the lady of this video house wishes to watch something in the living room, she indeed presses just one button, and the three 65-inch plasmas are filled with pictures from a DVR on the center screen, flanked by two of the DVD sources. Though she may opt to watch any one of the other flush-mounted TVs in the apartment.
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Each of the 11 TVs in the apartment is completely flush-mounted - going so far as to hide the bezels. And while that provides a strikingly clean appearance, it's hardly the ideal installation. That's because with the exception of the screens, the TVs had to be fully enclosed in the walls, making access for servicing difficult.
"In a normal world, it would be the last thing we would do, but the architect and homeowner wanted it this way," says Montgomery. EDG had to go through a rear wall to service one TV. The TVs are ventilated into cavities in the walls above the units.
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With three of the mainstays—Etienne Sabino, Zach Boren and Storm Klein—at the position from last year's team gone, one of the top priorities during the Buckeyes' spring workouts has been finding playmakers at the open spots.
Co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell surveyed the candidates but refrained from making any judgments after the Buckeyes' first two practices.
"There's a lot of good-looking players," he said of the early returns. He added, "We hold our opinions until we get in pads and play some football."
Asked after the opening practice on Tuesday what position concerned him the most, Meyer lumped together most of the defense.
"The front seven," he said. "Because there's a bunch of new guys in there."
Ryan Shazier, the one proven commodity at linebacker, is out for at least a couple more weeks while he recovers from surgery for a sports hernia. An All-Big Ten selection last season, he started all 12 games and led the conference in tackles for a loss (17).
"I'm taking my game to the next level," the junior said. "Coach Fickell and I have been talking about plays and what offenses can do. I need to work on staying behind the ball and watching film will help me do that more out on the field."
Behind Shazier, however, are some intriguing possibilities but also some question marks.
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"I got too complacent," said Grant, who started three games last year at middle linebacker. "That's the only thing I can say. I couldn't handle the glory, I guess, of being a starter. I should have kept working harder."
Now he's an upperclassman and is being counted on even more to play up to his lofty blue-chip status in high school.
"All my life I've been a leader. Everybody always looked up to me, and it kind of got flipped coming to college," he said. "I was looking up to someone else and I usually didn't look up to anyone. I always wanted to get better on my own and help the other guys. But after watching other guys, when it's your time, you feel it and you feel different. I feel like my old high school self."
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In Layman's Terms, ROADHEAD is when a guy gets a head, BJ, blow job, etc. while driving.
I had this girl give me ROADHEAD and she didnt swallow, got jizz on my pants - thats why I created the ROADHEAD EMERGENCY KIT.
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The absolute greatest thing a sexually active male with a drivers licence and a car can wish for. Truly a slice of fried gold. Simply the most amazing feeling in the world. Although very dangerous to someone who needsto be consintrating while driving. However one needs not worry if they are spoted by an officer of the law while recieving road head, for in my experience they tend to applaude.
I was driving, my girlfriend was sitting next to me. It was a beautiful day, we had decided to take the longer, scenic route. Then suddenly she started giving me pleasure Lewinsky style, and i felt like a god. When it was over I turned to her and said, "Honey, you give the best road head in the world."
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Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a condition in which your legs feel extremely uncomfortable, typically in the evenings while you're sitting or lying down. It makes you feel like getting up and moving around. When you do so, the unpleasant feeling of restless legs syndrome temporarily goes away.
Restless legs syndrome can begin at any age and generally worsens as you age. Restless legs syndrome can disrupt sleep — leading to daytime drowsiness — and make traveling difficult.
A number of simple self-care steps and lifestyle changes may help you. Medications also help many people with restless legs syndrome.
People typically describe restless legs syndrome symptoms as abnormal, unpleasant sensations in their calves, thighs or feet. Sometimes the sensations may be in the arms, often expressed as:
Sometimes the sensations seem to defy description. Affected people usually don't describe the condition as a muscle cramp or numbness. They do, however, consistently describe the desire to move or handle their legs.
It's common for symptoms to fluctuate in severity, and occasionally symptoms disappear for periods of time.
Common characteristics of RLS signs and symptoms include:
Some people with restless legs syndrome never seek medical attention because they worry that their symptoms are too difficult to describe or won't be taken seriously. Some doctors wrongly attribute symptoms to nervousness, stress, insomnia or muscle cramps. But RLS has received more media attention and focus from the medical community in recent years, making more people aware of the condition.
If you think you may have RLS, call your doctor.
In many cases, no known cause for restless legs syndrome exists. Researchers suspect the condition may be due to an imbalance of the brain chemical dopamine. This chemical sends messages to control muscle movement.
RLS runs in families in at least half the people with RLS, especially if the condition started at an early age. Researchers have identified sites on the chromosomes where genes for RLS may be present.
Pregnancy or hormonal changes may temporarily worsen RLS signs and symptoms. Some women experience RLS for the first time during pregnancy, especially during their last trimester. However, for most of these women, signs and symptoms usually disappear quickly after delivery.
For the most part, restless legs syndrome isn't related to a serious underlying medical problem. However, RLS sometimes accompanies other conditions, such as:
RLS can develop at any age, even during childhood. Many adults who have RLS can recall being told as a child that they had growing pains or can remember parents rubbing their legs to help them fall asleep. The disorder is more common with increasing age.
Although RLS doesn't lead to other serious conditions, symptoms can range from barely bothersome to incapacitating. Many people with RLS find it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep. Insomnia may lead to excessive daytime drowsiness, but RLS may prevent you from enjoying a daytime nap.
If you have signs and symptoms of restless legs syndrome, make an appointment with your doctor. After an initial evaluation, he or she may refer you to a doctor who specializes in conditions affecting the nervous system (neurologist) or a sleep specialist.
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, including knowing what to expect from your doctor.
Below are some basic questions to ask your doctor about restless legs syndrome. If any additional questions occur to you during your visit, don't hesitate to ask.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to talk about in-depth. Your doctor may ask:
In the time leading up to your appointment, doing the following may ease your symptoms.
Doctors diagnose RLS by listening to your description of your symptoms and by interviewing you about your medical history. To be diagnosed with RLS, you must meet four criteria established by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group:
Blood tests or muscle or nerve studies may be ordered to exclude other possible causes for your symptoms.
In addition, your doctor may refer you to a sleep specialist for additional evaluation. This may require that you stay overnight at a sleep clinic, where doctors can study your sleep habits closely and check for leg twitching (periodic limb movements) during sleep — a possible sign of RLS. However, a diagnosis of RLS usually doesn't require a sleep study.
Sometimes, treating an underlying condition, such as iron deficiency or peripheral neuropathy, greatly relieves symptoms of restless legs syndrome. Correcting the iron deficiency may involve taking iron supplements. However, take iron supplements only with medical supervision and after your doctor has checked your blood-iron level.
If you have RLS without any associated condition, treatment focuses on lifestyle changes, and, if those aren't effective, medications.
Several prescription medications, most of which were developed to treat other diseases, are available to reduce the restlessness in your legs. These include:
Medications for Parkinson's disease. These medications reduce the amount of motion in your legs by affecting the level of the chemical messenger dopamine in your brain. Two drugs, ropinirole (Requip) and pramipexole (Mirapex), are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of moderate to severe RLS.
Another drug used to treat Parkinson's disease, rotigotine (Neupro), may also be used to treat RLS. This drug is applied as a patch to the skin.
Doctors commonly also use other Parkinson's drugs to treat restless legs syndrome, such as a combination of carbidopa and levodopa (Sinemet). People with RLS are at no greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease than are those without RLS. Short-term side effects of Parkinson's medications are usually mild and include nausea, lightheadedness and fatigue.
It may take several trials for you and your doctor to find the right medication and dosage for you. A combination of medications may work best.
One thing to remember with drugs to treat RLS is that sometimes a medication that has worked for you for a while becomes ineffective. Or you notice your symptoms returning earlier in the day. For example, if you've been taking your medication at 8 p.m., your symptoms of RLS may start at 6 p.m. This is called augmentation. Your doctor may substitute another medication to combat the problem.
Most of the drugs prescribed to treat RLS aren't recommended for pregnant women. Instead, your doctor may recommend self-care techniques to relieve symptoms. However, if the sensations are particularly bothersome during your last trimester, your doctor may approve the use of pain relievers.
Some medications may worsen symptoms of RLS. These include most antidepressants and some anti-nausea drugs. Your doctor may recommend that you avoid these medications if possible. However, should you need to take these medications, restless legs can still be controlled by adding drugs that manage the condition.
Making simple lifestyle changes can play an important role in alleviating symptoms of RLS. These steps may help reduce the extra activity in your legs:
Because restless legs syndrome is sometimes due to an underlying nutritional deficiency, taking supplements to correct the deficiency may improve your symptoms. Your doctor can order blood tests to pinpoint nutritional deficiencies and give you a good sense of which supplements may help.
Your doctor can also tell you whether certain dietary supplements may interfere with the way your prescription medications work or may pose health risks for you.
If blood tests show that you are deficient in any of the following nutrients, your doctor may recommend taking dietary supplements as part of your treatment plan:
More research is needed to reliably establish the safety and effectiveness of all of these supplements in the treatment of RLS.
RLS is generally a lifelong condition. Living with RLS involves developing coping strategies that work for you. The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation recommends these approaches:
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This is where U2 did the first show of the Unforgettable Fire Tour in 1985, and if you'd told me then that we'd still be playing here sixteen years later I probably would have quit the business on the spot. Ah... not really. In many ways I still just as mad for it now as I was back then. Bono has talked a lot about U2 "reapplying for the job" on this tour and much as I don't personally feel the same way, it does give a man cause to look back and count his blessings. Especially on deja vu days like this. (Can it still be called 'deja vu' if you actually have been somewhere before? Or is that just called 'memory'?)
On stage, Bono told a story about how the first time U2 played in Dallas they opened for a wet T-shirt contest in some dive bar. He asked if anyone remembered the name of the place and after the show a friend of a friend confessed to having been there - Club Bijou, apparently. Later in the set Bono threw in 'Desire' and had the crew scrambling to find a harmonica which was good for a laugh at front of house. Mind you, the joke was on us in the end - Joe & I did a 'runner', and in this building that involved some fairly concentrated beating our way through the crowd to get backstage in time to join the cavalcade to the airport. This is always moderately embarrassing at best, not least because we have to make our way past pretty much the entire road crew who slag us off mercilessly with comments like "half day then?", etc. During the final bars of "Walk On" we nobly struggled through and raced out to the back of the building to find... nobody at all. Feeling rather foolish we went back inside to find out that the runner had been cancelled and no-one had told us...
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Like it's bigger brother, the Spro Bronzeye Baby Popper Frog was designed to attract bass out of the thickest cover. Designed by Bassmaster Elite Series pro, Dean Rojas, it creates a subtle popping sound, and has a smaller profile to entice those pressured fish to bite. With the Spro Baby Popper, you can walk the dog, pop it, chug it or dead stick it. This smaller version casts like a rocket, and is weighted to land upright every time. The legs are made from living rubber, which you can also trim to change the bait's action and profile. The Bronzeye Baby Popper Frog is also backed with a sticky sharp Gamakatsu EWG 1/0 double hook for solid hook ups. Available in a variety of proven fish catching colors, the Spro Bronzeye Baby Popper Frog is the perfect lure to throw when the fish ignore larger topwater offerings.
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Comments: Yeah if you want to skip this little guy, you NEED spinning gear. It catches fish but buy more than one because I just put the 8th fish on mine and it is TRASH. But hey, if they work, I will buy.
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Comments: Love this as a skipping bait. With a spinning rod and braid, can get this in places most frogs can't go.
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Comments: These are great frogs. I tried one last summer because I wasn't getting bites at a particular location with the original frogs, but it looked like I should be. The bass tore it up, I have bought several more sense then, my most productive colors have been Leopard and Rainforest Black. I just trim the tails back a little, I love them because you can pop or walk these frogs, you can be aggressive or suttle. I have a ton of frogs and these are by far my favorites.
From: Slade: Irving, TX
Comments: Great popper. Casts like a rock and has great action. My only suggestion is to stay with the smaller size as it seems I have had more hits on them verses the larger popper frog. A bit expensive but well worth it. Raise the hooks a bit for a better hook up ratio. Overall great bait.
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Comments: this is a great frog.You can change the hook out for a 4/0 hook and you will get more hook ups.
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Comments: love the frog got a ton of bites but i think the hooks r too small im missed a ton of fish but i love the frog
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Do you need to kill Alysrazor before Baleroc. Or can you go to Baleroc before Alysrazor?
Originally Posted by Lore
Do you need to kill Alysrazor before Baleroc. Or can you go to Baleroc before Alysrazor?
Perhaps you don't know since you did this on 25m, but does anyone know the changes for 10m? Are there really 2 shards happening at once, along with the tank damage?
Worse than you.
There is only 1 shard on 10man. As far as I know all other mechanics are the same. Use a 3-healer rotation instead of 6 healers in groups of 2 (or just 2 healers alternating if you can get away with it).
Thanks for this video, Lore - no offence to the other contributors, but your videos are comfortably the best.
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Now that I'm raiding again, I am watching videos to prepare and it helps tremendously. Good show, hope we get this clown tonight.
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your hat may be nice, but I have the little white tank top that says Legendary right across my boobs. I win. (or more correctly, H wins)
It is interesting how they decided to implement a lot of trash, seems to be there answer to counter the inclusion of only 7 bosses for the tier to make the actual raid last longer.
Despite the QQ cries I doubt Blizzard will nerf the amount of trash until most people are well into the content and it's longevity becomes irrelevant. You also make a great point on how the lack of trash really does mess with the overall feeling of the raid's atmosphere. As opposed to storming through Blackwing Descent's defense it really does feel like Neferian neglected to fortify his fortress for the day lol.
I am amazed by the speed Firelands are being cleared...
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There really isn't that much trash, most people have just been trying to kill Shannox first. Either that or they're used to Blackwing Descent and its 1-2 trash pulls per boss, which was stupid. There's no more trash in Firelands than there was in ICC.
It is no less dangerous than ICC or Ulduar trash at their inception either, most people get a distorted view of trash based on out-gearing familiar content versus, "Oh dear god, not the turtles!"
We did this on 10 man yesterday with just the dungeon journal.
The mechanics are the same in 10man as in 25man.
- Only 1 shard as mentioned by lore.
Rotate everything as described in the video guide and you should be good.
Trash in front of baleroc isn't that hard. Just keep your char away from baleroc, because you will get hit by little adds spawning from vulcanos knocking you back.
Setup: 2 tank, 3 healers and 5 dps
Keep in mind that the shard will always spawn in melee range at the boss. Using the tol barad trinket with any other self defensive cooldowns to handle the torment helps healers A LOT.
For example a DK with his anti magic shell can stack up to 20+
Everything boils down to good healing/tanking/DPS assignment. Make sure to divide your healers in groups and let them take turns in healing the raid/MT. A good guide about this can be found at http://25man.com/firelands/baleroc. This guide shows good pointers for Baleroc. Worth the read!
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While I too hate trash and am going to get sick of clearing it really quick, it does serve a purpose. Also, there is a correlation in my head between the worst 2 instances ever and the amount of trash: ToC and TotFW. I actually hate TotFW more than ToC, and neither have trash. Causation might not be there, but the correlation is.
Edit: if you want to talk more about it send me a PM, but this thread is about Baleroc.
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Tier 11 had neither reputation gained from trash, nor any crafting recipes. So having fewer trash is NOT stupid. Also "If you have fewer bosses you need more trash for the time to clear an instance to be roughly equivalent. " I dont agree with this opinion. Blizz should not make it equivalent with trash. Having to clear trash because there are fewer bosses is just stupid since I dont think trash is fun as much as boss encounters.
I'm sure most of the trash supporters are supporting trash with the classic lame "blizz game is too easy now.. back in my days we had to clear 3487 trash to kill a boss ffs" logic. I'm playing since TBC and I dont want blizz to make the game easy mode too but please be reasonable instead of trying to look cool. Encounters are fun. They are not that easy and FUN. Thats what matters, not trash.
With how specialized the mechanics are for the boss, it seems unlikely that the trash acts as a good learning area relating the mechanics (like some of the trash in t11 did a great job of). But as someone who hasn't gotten this far yet, I'm curious if tanks are finding this similar to the Chimearon fight if done with one tank eating the breaks. Thanks in advance!
P.S. The logic of wanting more trash, at least in Lore's case, is more aesthetic than "back in the old days...grumble grumble grumble." Blackwing Descent didn't feel very heroic with a handful of trash packs. I felt more like a burglar taking some poor blokes stuff.
Somewhat the Decimation Blade is definitely the harder to heal blade from what our healers said for most of the fight. Due to having to put out 234k+ healing between the hits. Its very very slow between attacks I think it was like 5 seconds between hits.But as someone who hasn't gotten this far yet, I'm curious if tanks are finding this similar to the Chimearon fight if done with one tank eating the breaks. Thanks in advance!
I found that there is some luck to it. Not that its ever not doable but the fight is significantly easier the less decimation blades you get. I had an attempt that I got it back to back as the first 2 blades and it sucks. The reason, every time I tanked the decimation blade I took 1 extra stack of Blaze of Glory (comes between first and second hit). So at the end when I had just under 400k health I was very hard to heal during decimation blade. Haven't tried a fast taunt swap in the middle to avoid but it might be possible but would take good timing.
In the last 15% of the fight the the MT had so much health and was taking so much dmg that he just became very hard to heal they said. Basically the dmg the MT takes scales slightly faster than the healing buff the healers get. I believe this is also cause when I'd get an extra stack during decimation blade, the boss would deal greater fire dmg but the MT wouldn't have the benefit of the extra health. Our Healers started having troubles at 23 stacks on the MT. I was up to 6 stacks at this point as the OT. He was taking 330k hits during normal periods (no blade active).
TLDR; yes similar to chimaeron but also different in other ways. I had a 1;30 second period I didn't even have to touch the boss as the decimation tank.
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Our Holy Paladin was having trouble last week with the Vital Spark stacking and we were at a loss as to why he wasn't gaining stacks like our other healers. I read something during the PTR about Beacon interfering with Vital Spark application if a Paladin healed a player with Torment and a tank with Blaze of Glory at the same time. Is this still the case? Is this working as intended and should he not place Beacon on the tank? Or am I completely misunderstanding the mechanic?
I hear that there's an Enrage ?! Is there in normal mode ? And what type of enrage is it ? (wipes whole raid or members one by one ?)
After 6 minutes the boss will go berserk, killing your raid 1 by 1. You may have 10 more seconds until your whole Raid will be dead.


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