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Raspberry ketone, touted to be an effective fat-loss and weight-loss supplement, occurs naturally in various red raspberries. The raspberry ketone in supplements is probably produced in the laboratory, as it would be too expensive to extract it from real raspberries. FDA recognizes that raspberry ketone as a food additive is "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) to consume in small amounts. However, the long-term effects in humans who consume it as a supplement are unknown. For more information, read HPRC's InfoReveal on "Raspberry ketone."
Coconut oil has a sweet taste that lends distinct flavor to foods, and it contains several saturated fats—something the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggest we eat less of. That is because eating saturated fats has been linked to atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries") and increased risk of heart disease.
Although coconut oil is highly saturated, it has different types of saturated fats. One of these—lauric acid—is regularly touted as having performance benefits. Lauric acid is referred to as a "medium chain fatty acid" (MCFA), and the body processes MCFAs differently than it does "long chain" fatty acids (LCFAs). Importantly, MCFAs are digested more rapidly than long chain fatty acids, so they are quickly absorbed and available as an energy source. Some research suggests MCFAs might help to optimize and maintain glycogen stores, thus extending endurance performance. Not only that, MCFAs are less likely than other fats to be stored as fat—a plus if you're concerned about weight control. The performance claims surrounding MCFAs and coconut oil have not held up, and claims about their weight loss benefits need more research.
The American College of Sports Medicine and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics joint guidelines for Nutrition and Athletic Performance indicate that MCFAs do not provide any performance benefit. To date, only two studies have shown improvements in performance. On the other hand, MCFAs have been shown to increase the body's use of "fats" as fuels, reducing food intake, so such products may promote weight loss. There just isn't enough information available to make any scientific conclusions.
If you choose to eat coconut oil, do so in moderation for its unique flavor and texture, because its health and performance benefits are still open for consideration.
It's the New Year! If you're already despairing about resolutions, keep in mind that making small changes in behavior that fit easily into your lifestyle are good options for family health and weight loss over time. For one month, try choosing three small habits to focus on changing that you can apply to any situation, whether you're at home, overseas, or travelling. Try setting up email or calendar reminders if that helps you, or put up tangible reminders such as sticky notes around your house. To get you started, here are some ideas:
- Keep unhealthy foods such as potato chips, cookies, etc. out of sight so they are less tempting.
- Put down your fork and knife between bites.
- Portion out "snackable" foods that come in large bags/containers into smaller one-serving containers, so you don't keep dipping in.
- Choose water over soda.
- Keep fresh fruit on hand to replace fatty, high-calorie snacks.
For more help, Military OneSource has a Health and Wellness Coaching Program that can help you lose weight and improve your overall fitness. Finally, for more information on making healthy food choices for you and your family, visit HPRC's Family Nutrition section.
Two just-released government reports show that many supplements are illegally labeled and some companies are not including their phone number or address on the labels of products as the FDA requires. The first report explains that some of the structure/function claims on labels (such as "promotes weight loss" or "supports healthy immune function") could not be backed up. The second report explained that 28% of companies tested did not register with FDA as required, and 72% of the companies whose products were examined did not provide the appropriate company information to the FDA. At both of the links above you also can listen to a podcast discussing the reports.
In the war against childhood obesity, senior military leaders are taking a stand in the name of national security. The retired generals and admirals of "Mission: Readiness" are doing their part to combat childhood obesity by calling on Congress to remove junk food and high-calorie drinks from schools by adopting the Institute of Medicine standards for what can be served in schools, increasing funding for more nutritious meals, and supporting the development of public health interventions. The group is concerned that current school policies and lack of high nutritional standards are leading to unhealthy food choices in the form of vending machine snacks and sugary drinks. As much as 40% of children's caloric intake occurs at school, so clearly schools have an important role to play. Retired U.S. Army General Johnnie E. Wilson points out that "We need America's service members to be in excellent physical condition because they have such an important job to do." The most recent report by the Mission: Readiness organization estimates that 27% of young Americans are still too fat to fight and not healthy enough to serve their country. In an analysis of military standards, being overweight was the leading medical reason for being rejected from the military between 1995 and 2008. While these military leaders may be fighting for your kids, the real battle begins at home. Encourage healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors by staying fit as a family.
About half of all military personnel use some dietary supplements, and military women most commonly use weight-loss supplements. But is there a place for dietary supplements in enhancing women's health? Dietary supplements, by definition, are intended to "supplement the diet" and can contain a dietary ingredient such as a vitamin, mineral, herb or other botanical, amino acid, or combinations of these and/or other substances or constituents intended to be consumed by mouth.
Active women may require more nutrients, but vitamin and mineral needs normally can be met by eating a variety of nutrient-rich foods. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans focus largely on the recommendation that nutrient-dense foods and beverages—such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, lean meats and poultry, eggs, nuts and seeds—can provide all the nutrients needed by most everyone. These recommendations are based on research that shows a varied, healthy diet lowers the risk of most diseases.
Some dietary supplements have been found to be beneficial for women's health, such as folic acid, iron, and calcium. Folic acid, a B vitamin involved in the production of new cells in the body, has been shown to help prevent birth defects. Women who are thinking of becoming pregnant or are pregnant should take a supplement that includes 400 micrograms of folic acid per day. Fortified foods such as green, leafy vegetables, enriched whole grain breads, flour, pasta, rice, and most ready-to-eat cereals also contain folic acid. Adolescent girls, women of childbearing age, and especially pregnant women also need more iron, which is a mineral involved in the transport of oxygen in the body. Women in these groups should choose iron-rich foods, particularly red meat, fish, and poultry, as well as iron-fortified foods. When iron levels are low, symptoms may include feeling extra tired and weak, along with a decrease in immune function. A healthcare provider or dietitian can determine the need for supplementation if diet alone cannot maintain iron levels or for those who have iron-deficiency anemia. Calcium is an important mineral that helps maintain strong bones, healthy teeth, and proper functioning of the heart, muscles, and nerves. All women should strive to get their calcium from foods such as low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese, dark-green, leafy vegetables, and foods such as orange juice and soy milk that have been calcium-fortified. Those who may need more should discuss calcium supplement options with a dietitian, since there are many forms available and it is important to determine how much and which kind is suitable for your particular needs.
Some dietary supplement products marketed for weight loss are targeted toward women. Do they work? According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), some weight-loss supplements contain hidden prescription drug ingredients. For additional information, see Operation Supplement Safety's (OPSS) "Are there any safe supplements to help me lose weight?" Furthermore, women looking to enhance their performance may turn to dietary supplement products. OPSS has additional resources for competitive athletes to search for particular products that are certified, as well as helpful red flags on what to avoid.
Some women's nutrient needs differ from those of men, and they can vary over the course of a lifetime. From adolescent girls, to women of childbearing age, to women over 50, these needs change based on the demands of the physiological changes that occur in the body. One thing is certain: A variety of nutritious food is really the spice of life and should be the basis for fueling all of life's stages.
Up-to-date information on tainted products marketed as dietary supplements are now provided on HPRC's Dietary Supplement domain page via a "widget" from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recent product alerts and health information on products marketed for weight loss, sexual enhancement, and bodybuilding are automatically displayed and updated as the FDA adds new notifications. Please see this new feature by visiting HPRC's Dietary Supplements section.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) just released its recommendations for obesity prevention in response to the rising obesity rates in the United States, a problem that affects the military. IOM has also developed an interesting graphic that shows where significant problems lie and how we can change our communities to help solve them. See the graphic and download the free report here.
What do you put in your body to boost your performance, increase your energy, shed pounds, build muscle, or otherwise supplement your diet? What's in that drink, pill, or powder? What will it do for you? What will it do to you? Is it worth the risk?
More and more Warfighters are taking dietary supplements, most without being fully informed that some of the ingredients could have harmful side effects. HPRC has just unveiled its Dietary Supplement Classification System to provide this kind of information and help you make informed decisions about a particular supplement. To start exploring this new resource, visit HPRC's new web pages. If you have a question, contact us via "Ask the Expert."
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers to stop using multiple weight-loss products that contain the undeclared drug ingredient sibutramine, which was removed from the market in 2010 for safety reasons and may present significant risks for those with coronary artery disease and other heart issues. The following 18 products have received FDA Public Notifications advising consumers not to purchase or use any of them:
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How much does mending actually heal for? What about landslide?
My head is about to explode. Leaving computer to go put up my son's shelves.
The other day i was screwing around with my CTC after getting a new piece of gear and kinda dreading the day when i'd have to adjust for Souldrinker. Then it got me wondering if Windwalk was really the best enchant for it. Now, yes having a proc that boosts avoidance (even with full CTC) is still good, but at current gear levels, 600 dodge rating is greatly depreciated since T11 due to DR. But is it ideal with this weapon? Now unless I'm mistaken, Souldrinker does about 1k HPS overall for a normal mode geared tank. (All depending on the amount of health, chance to miss/parry/dodge and numerous other things.)
My first thought was: what would happen if you put Mending on Souldrinker? The sword is already doing a good chunk of healing, adding to it might make it a viable weapon enchant. But, then, Mending just isn't very good to begin with, so it might just be as useless as ever for tanking a raid boss.
Then i thought I could put Hurricane on it. Haste on proc could mean a good chance to get a healing boost, and increase the overall effectiveness. But then it occurred to me that a tank using haste is about as useful as a furry warrior using haste for rage upkeep. Meaning that reducing the chance of the attack not landing would be a much more efficient means of producing more heals than simply increasing the speed at which you swing.
So i came to increase hit and expertise. Bad. I'd lose avoidance, and maybe gems that could have been stamina, which in turn would decrease the amount of healing done by Souldrinker anyway. Which would be counter productive to what i'm trying to accomplish.
And so this is where I left off and i figured i'd throw it at the bright minds of Tankspot to see if they had any theories as to the best way to use Souldrinker to it's best effectiveness.
So you're trying maximise the proc from souldrinker? Follow the same rules as when gearing for maximum threat.
@Dreador: I'm not sure, from my understanding it's fairly minimal though. I'll go hit a dummy with my PVP weapon and see.
Mending is crappy after renewed testing.
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Windwalk: I don't see why this weapon should be treated any different except for the proc giving it a bit of extra weighting due to the self heal. mending was pants in comparison back in t11, we're now in t13 where things hit harder and we have more health. Avoiding damage in the first place is always better than healing it back.
Yes Dodge may have deprecated due to DR. But if you're not CTC capped Windwalk can make you CTC capped whie its up Greatly improving its value. And if you're CTC capped as a warrior you will not have huge DR on dodge as you're desperately trying yo get a 1:1.3 Dodge parry rating ratio and realise that you really need alot more parry rating.
From Wowhead comments:
So it's a 3.7PPM heal for 800, possible crits to 1300. I didn't see any data on scaling.By Moromillas (698 – 4) on 2010/12/29 (Patch 4.0.3) Report
Just finished running some numbers.
The setup: Paladin tank with 1.49% crit (10 rating from Alchemist stone), 2006 spell power, no haste - 2.8 swing speed.
2783 total hits, and the numbers slowly started to stop fluctuating. 2367 of the hits did not proc it. On 416 of the hits, it did proc, meaning that it proc'ed 17.58% of the time, with a proc rate of 3.77 PPM (procs per minute).
For healing, 401 of the procs were non-criticals that healed for 836 to 961. 15 procs were criticals that healed for 1254 to 1392. The average heal came in at 915.4, and the healing per minute was 3448.92, this is also assuming the tank is not at full hp 100% of the time.
It beats the hell out of nothing and is probably good for enchanting a low quality weapon, a weapon where you don't want to waste lots of gold on only to get an upgrade for it quickly - I got mine for 100g. I suspect that Windwalk might scale better for bosses that hit harder, but on my server no enchanter seems to have that yet, so another reason to have this enchant.
A crappy enchant isn't made better because I put it on a good weapon. Its like if I put 63 spell power on dragonwrath because dragonwrath gives me passive spell power.
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@Tengenstein I was pretty sure mending was a bad option, it was just on the train of thought and I was interested to see if anybody had an opinion on it. The data i just got form my warrior lines up pretty much with what Dreador got off WoWhead for meanding btw. (This means we can leave the Mending bashing, idk how we even managed to focus on that one)
I am CTC capped, with 15.83% dodge with fortune cookie. Windwalk puts me at 18.03. So my question is, can i help healers more by somehow enhancing Souldrinker, or by having and extra 2.3 dodge 40%(?) of the time i'm swinging at things.
the only way to enhance sopuldrinlers damage is either AP so you melee hits harder. Haste so you have more seings, expertise/hit, so it connects more often or by having a buigger healthpool, so the proc's bigger. Expertise is probably you're best bet.
Windwalk is still best
Right, so basically the best answer really is: Keep stacking that Stamina!
Your weapon enchant is then roughly another 1% change to not be hit over all. Haste would be pointless, and if it was worth it you would start reforging your gear to it.I am CTC capped, with 15.83% dodge with fortune cookie. Windwalk puts me at 18.03. So my question is, can i help healers more by somehow enhancing Souldrinker, or by having and extra 2.3 dodge 40%(?) of the time i'm swinging at things.
See the point your missing with the weapon enchant is you enchant what is most beneficial to you, if something like haste is better then avoidance then tanks would be gemming and reforging to haste. Mending is just crap, and landslade is meh as you shouldn't have trouble holding aggro.
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Actually i'd run with mending on my paladin for 3 ids to get some results because i had a similar idea, but i can only use one of the logs (other are from the time with SoT double dip-proccs):
Mending only healed for ~10% of life drain procc and had comparable proccrate (80-100% of the proccs) to drain life.
But after changing it to windwalk the drain life ppm remained basically the same (couldn't see any benefit*) so i don't see a problem with sticking to it or justiying using a weak procc like mending. Windwalk's 600 dodge rating isn't gamebreak but after DR and only account on third of it's (due to uptime) it's still ~ 0.70% dodge even combined with a trinket such as resolve of undying (770-990 permanent dodge rating, spine drop).
Mending is about 150 hps maximum, scales with attackpower and is affected from those talents/abilities increasing your healing taken.
* ran some tests on dummies for you with ilvl 403 with windwalk versus ilvl 390 with mending, both samples 25 minutes long. No specc (thus neither arms mastery, deep wounds nor other proccs from gear interfering), 524 versus 534 attacks conntected:
83 drain soul proccs for windwalk (procced 21 times) versus 75 drain soul proccs for mending (procced 67 times).
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The healing done by Mending is extremely low. It is less than the difference of a HoT critting or not. The only reason it was semi-viable in T11 was the price of Maelstrom Crystals for Windwalk.
A healer does not change their spell choice given a 400hp difference. It is hard enough to resolve 4000 hp on a healer interface, let alone a tenth of that. 400 hp is 0.17% of a healthbar (given a 240k hp pool). Not even a fifth of a percent. 4000hp is only 1.7%. As a healer, I judge the tank's health in 10% chunks. If he has 25k life more because a different heal occurred, I might choose to use holy light instead of Divine Light. The best way (and only) way to enhance the healing done by Souldrinker is to increase your maximum life. Or, to take less damage. Windwalk will, in the long run, reduce your damage taken. It also increases your running speed.
Long story short: Use Windwalk. If you are REALLY not concerned about overall damage taken, use Landslide for the attack power procc. A healer isn't going to base his spell choice on whether or not you took a smaller heal than a druid's rejuv tick. If you took a decent self-heal like Death Strike or Word of Glory that can heal for over 80k, then yeah, the healer might rethink. But over a 1% difference? Never.
As for threat stats: Expertise to 26, hit to 8%, then strength (and attack power). Haste and crit are extremely low in comparison.
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Expertise to 26, hit to 8%, then stam
I wouldn't be surprised if it was expertise to 56 rather than strength or stam.
Not quite. At least not for paladins. These graphs were compiled by Theck over at maintankadin as part of his matlab protection paladin analysis. You can find the source here:Originally Posted by kopcap
When compared to strength, disregarding the presence of any caps, hit and expertise trump strength, which is stronger than anything else. Stamina is the 5th line from the top, just below the pink AP graph.
Look what happens when we take a hit cap into consideration:
Hit rating loses dps when you hit the hard cap (obviously). Stamina is, once again, just below Attack Power.
This is what happens when you hit an expertise soft/hard cap. Note how the threat per point is still slightly above strength until the hard cap at 56, and stamina is still quite low in comparison with strength.
Now Ultraxion, arguably the only boss in DS where it could make sense to gear for dps, cannot parry. Therefore, for this fight, expertise above the dodge cap is worth zero, putting strength back in the top spot for dps after obtaining 26 expertise and 8% hit.
But the souldrinker's proc damage is based on HP, not AP so strength is not actually going to contribute to extra proc damage.


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this is driving me nuts ;-)
i bought an eee 700/4gb the other day, and freeeee´d it more or less straight away.
i have a netgear router (dg834pn) with WEP enabled, which i could connect to when the eee was running xandros, but since installing freeeee i can only connect with the router open.
i gather there are issues with WPA, but i´ve tried just about every permutation my router can do, including hiding the ESS or using MAC access control, and still can´t connect unless it´s wide open.
Wicd just says "Conectando... generando archivo de configuracion WPA..." forever, whether I´m using WPA or not.
Tried another router too, with the same result.
Any tips? i don´t care what flavour security i use, as long as the bloody thing connects!
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Well, i really only know of it connecting in cleartext, not with WPA or WEP. There's not much point at all in WEP anyway.
For me the "solution" to get WPA going will likely come when the realtime -rt patch comes out for 2.6.27 and I rebuild the kernel and get all the benefits of ath5k moving upstream.
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I used to have an old router that didn't support WPA. Toyed with the idea of using a file server as an SSL proxy, to ensure secure wireless web browsing from slappy top. However, 30 quid spent on new router won over and the thought never moved further than momentary concept.
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Once freeeee (or rather wicd) supports WPA, I'll migrate my home's wireless from WEP. Right now we use it to discourage casual Starbuck's customers from stealing our "free" wireless, although I realize that an enterprising hacker could crack it.
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In March 1920 Hindemith offered Strecker some 'foxtrots, Bostons, ragtimes, and other junk of that kind. When I run out of any decent ideas I always write such things. I am very good at it … ' He actually sent Strecker some of these pieces, but soon afterwards they were returned as Hindemith said he needed them for a dance at which he was to play. Whether the occasion of the dance was the reason for their return, or whether (as Strecker had expressed some interest in them) Hindemith shied at the idea of such pieces being published with his name at the time when he was seeking to establish himself as a serious composer, it was clear that he was au fait with the latest popular music.
Among the conductors under whom Hindemith led the opera orchestra in Frankfurt was Fritz Busch. Although Hindemith was writing music regularly, he was diffident about showing his compositions to others. Busch had learned of Hindemith's work and asked to see some scores. With his theatrical background, Hindemith had written three one-act expressionist operas. Busch decided to produce two of them in Stuttgart. The third, Sancta Susanna (given in Frankfurt) caused a sensation—as much for the story (about a sex-obsessed nun) as for the music. The production of these operas in 1921/2 was the breakthrough Hindemith had been looking for as a composer. He resigned from the Frankfurt Opera and concentrated, with financial help from Schott, almost exclusively on composition, though he continued as a professional chamber musician for almost the rest of the decade.
1922 was indeed the turning-point for the twenty-six-year-old. In September of that year he wrote to Emmy Ronnefeldt on his work during the previous months: 'A lot of orchestral playing, a great many concerts, a lot of touring. And an awful amount of composing … ' He then listed twelve scores written that year, including the Suite '1922', Op 26 for solo piano. If two years earlier Hindemith had shied away from having his popular music published, after the impact of Sancta Susanna he had no qualms about writing concert music in these forms. The composer felt the personal importance of that period, as he incorporated the year in the title. The Suite is in five movements, two of which—the opening 'Marsch' and the central 'Nachtstück'—in their cavalier use of traditional harmony and Satie-like instructions (the march to be played 'rather clumsily') more than suggest a Dada-esque approach to music, reinforcing some of Willy Strecker's misgivings. The remaining three movements are stylizations of popular music of the day: 'Shimmy' (No 2), an American dance not unlike the foxtrot; 'Boston' (No 4)—another American dance, a slow waltz—and the final 'Ragtime', the most jazzy of the Suite's movements, which also has iconoclastic instructions for the player: 'Play this piece very wildly, but keep it in strict rhythm, like a machine. Regard the piano here as an interesting percussion instrument … ' Hindemith's emerging individuality can nonetheless be discerned in Suite '1922'.
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We rent out our newly built modern house in Arraial d' Ajuda, an idyllic small town on the Bahian coast (Brazil). The house is situated close to the centre of town.
Arraial d' Ajuda is an idyllic small town with a relaxed and colourful holiday atmosphere. Arraial is situated on the tip of a peninsula, accessible by car or the local ferry [much preferred by the locals] from nearby Porto Seguro this runs every fifteen minutes in high season and approximately every half hour or hour in low season, virtually day and night. The surrounding sights from the water are spectacular and well worth the short trip. There are regular buses to and from the ferry to the town centre.The holiday condominium consists of three, small villas, each with three bedrooms, two double bedrooms and a single with bunk beds, downstairs in two of the villas there is a kitchen/diner and separate living area, the third is open plan but more spacious overall. All have shared car parking space and on the other side is a private outside patio for each villa.This is located within a small residential area of larger houses, less than 10 minutes walking distance from the local town centre, however, I recommend a car because of the heat in high season. These can be hired yourself locally, or we can do that for you. Once in the centre there are the usual holiday shops, tropical bars and cafes with many smarter eating places and shops of all kinds to browse. There are also many food shops, including a fair sized supermarket. as well as the town square where many stalls regularly set up and sell all sorts of arts, crafts and foods, many manned by the original 70's hippies who say they discovered the place way back.The streets are pleasant places to walk, most with cobble stone surfaces or a local white tessellated marble.wherever you go, the people will serve you in the traditional open and friendly Bahian way.For amusement on Arraial De Juda there are many beautiful beaches, the largest with waiter service , so you can relax and take the sun. the prices for food and drink are reasonable,and the food good, the service fast and friendly. There is one of the oldest churches on the hill, whilst towards the port is an Eco Water Park has chutes, rides and holds musical events. within the centre , there are regular music or dancing venues and night clubs.The Brasilians take any opportunity to hold fiestas parties or dancing.The larger town of Porto Seguro is certainly worthwhile visiting. This "Safe Haven" is the first place where there Portuguese came ashore in the 1500. Here you can visit for example the historic part of the city or the first Christian church in Brazil. Reliable travel agents, speak most of the European languages, they can offer you other options for site-seeing as well and you can choose from a wide variety of excursions. A short example of the various options are given below:* Visit to the Indian reservation Jaqueira (Pataxó Indians)* Scuba diving on the "Recife de Fora"* Tour to the historic village of Trancoso* Visit to the Ecological Park in South Bahia* Reservation Estaço Vera Cruz, a real tropical Eco-tour* Ilha dos Piratos (night of "Pirat" entertainment)* Various diving courses, Discover Scuba, Paddy-certificate (7-8 days), or the CMAS (3-4 days)* Diving trip to one of the various coral rives a few hundred meters from the coast (always convenient water temperatures, great maritime diversity)Arraial D'Ajuda, lies on one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in southern Bahia. Discovered by hippies in the early 70s, a post-Woodstock generation that traveled the world and found in Arraial an alternative way of living with new values. some of these original settlers are now the owners of the friendly, rustic inns that are so common in town, many of which were built as extensions of their own homes or on the beach.The streets of the town are safe and pleasant to walk, within a short time you will know its secret places and feel at home, eating either of the local dishes or from more international menus. you can enjoy the town's carefree ambiance, or its sandy beaches. It's as easy to find a Japanese sushi as it is to taste one of Bahia's famous seafood stews known as moquecas. A pedestrian district known as "Broadway" is a must in Arraial with its many bars and restaurants where tables are set up right on the sidewalk. The variety of foods available is almost as great as the variety of music, overall, it is a tropical paradise. 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I wish everyone good luck on their march through icecrown, My guild is still stonewalled on Putricide and blood princes XD.
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I wish everyone good luck on their march through icecrown, My guild is still stonewalled on Putricide and blood princes XD.
Lol wtf is up with that link, Lore?
So, 10 players kill LK on normal mode. Does hard mode work like in ToC/ToGC where as long as you have the achieve of downing the LK you can unlock hardmode bosses? Also are all bosses hardmode, or just Saurafang, Putricide, Blood Queen, Sindragosa, LK?
I wonder how long ago Lore recorded this...
Blood Legion has already killed the Lich King...
I am glad to have brought that info of the holiday to yah'll. Though I didn't think it would have made it to a video.
Nice, short and sweet. By the way, watched this with my 1 1/2 (actually 21 months) old daughter and she saw your kitty and got giddy. Thanks for giving me more ammo to convince the hubby our kids want a kitty
Good thing my 3 yr old son was asleep or I would still be deaf from "KITTY! MOMMY LOOK A KITTY!!!! MOMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY! LOOOOOOOOOOK!"
Anyway, appreciate the videos every week. Keep it up and thanks!
whats with the picture of John Locke?
So one question, what does your setup look like? We've seen Aliena's but i don't believe we've seen yours yet.
To be clear, not your UI but your desktop. Also don't clean it up or anything we know you're messy.
According to the post time it was put up on the 4th. But yea since then Blood Legion have killed it on 10 man (and probably a few others) and Ensidia got the world first 25 man kill on early hours Thursday morning (at like 2am) and as they are an EU guild they had it a day later then the US


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Efficiency gains, if not properly managed, can quietly take away most of the present market for electricity. But they also offer alert utilities an unprecedented opportunity to control risk,...
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In an age of costly electricity and cheap efficiency, smart utilities will sell less electricity and more efficiency.
- electricity, not for spending money;
- adaptive (to take immediate account of new technologies and methods); and
- consistent (since nobody will believe a utility which says to save electricity this year, use more next year, and save the year after that).
Utility programs — and corresponding regulation — to encourage efficiency should not get stuck on a small number of programs, but try dozens at once in parallel: eliciting and rewarding innovation, taking risks, celebrating failures, and letting a thousand technological and institutional flowers bloom.
We live in age of costly electricity and cheap efficiency. Utilities which learn how to sell more efficiency and less electricity will prosper. Utilities which try to keep selling more electricity and less efficiency will disappear. The efficiency revolution can be a threat to utilities — quietly destroying their sales and pricing them ever further out of the market — or it can be an unprecedented opportunity for them to reduce risks, improve cash flow and coverage, multiply earnings by several-fold, secure a long-term market share, and enhance their popularity.
Given the increasing availability of cheap ways to save electricity, dramatic efficiency improvements will happen with or without the utilities' blessing and comprehension. Their choice is between participation and obsolescence . Utilities which anticipate, and whole-heartedly participate in, the efficiency revolution will not only enjoy better foresight in and control of electrical markets; they will also become able to lower their prices and enjoy handsome returns, making money by slashing their operating costs and perhaps also as bankers marketing a financial product which earns them a spread.
Accordingly, to help ratepayers get reliable service at least cost while utilities make more money at less risk, the regulators' challenge is to help remove utilities' barriers to market exit from what is no longer a commercially viable enterprise — generating and selling electricity from large thermal power stations — and help instead to speed their entry as effective, efficient competitors in the emerging energy service marketplace.


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Q. I am trying to decide between buying a DLP Rear Projector TV (like the Mitsubishi WD-82837 82-Inch) or a Projector and Screen. Obviously size is important, but picture quality is even more important. If $5,000 is my budget, which should I go with? - Jonathan L. Kort, Ankeny, Iowa
A. There are two ways to approach it: the first way is to think of the overall cost and with that in mind, there's no question that a rear-projection television is much more affordable. It is however a type of technology format that is slowly dying (flat-panel TVs are killing off rear projection) and it also takes up a lot of room on an aesthetic level.
The preferable choice in my opinion is a two-piece projection and screen solution. It is more costly, but you will have more screen size choices (you'll also end up with a larger screen in all likelihood), and a easier upgrade path to allow you and your budget to grow into whatever is next in terms of technology (CinemaScope now for example and the development of 3D, which isn't far off).
I would start by looking at projector manufacturers like Epson, Panasonic, InFocus, Sony, Optoma, Sanyo and Mitsubishi. They offer 1080p products that range in cost from approximately $1,000 to $3,500 and technologies that include LCD, DLP and LCoS (a type of LCD), and you can mate one of these products with screens from companies like Elite Screens, Vutec, Screen Research, Da-Lite, Draper, Dragonfly and even Stewart Filmscreen.
From there as the costs begin to come down you can look at investing into an anamorphic lens and screen. Companies like Panamorph make really good anamorphic lenses and it will transform your media/home theater room into a true home cinema without the black bars and a wow factor that will awe your family and friends.
Updated, from the CE Pro forum reader jbrown: I hate to step on Mr. Archer's toes. But one very important question he left out is, How do you intend to use the room?
If it's a Family Room with windows and french doors and there's a lot of light in there, then a 2-piece front projection system is probably a bad idea regardless of price. Even the brightest projectors are no match for the sun.
If it's a dedicated "TV room" with shades and/or light control and you can make it very dark in there, then a projection system has many benefits as Mr. Archer indicated.
But if you're a sports guy who is doing a big upgrade for football season and you like to have "the guys" over and want the lights on for your game-day get-together, make sure you get a projector capable of 50 foot-lamberts or more. Just take the square-footage of your screen and divide it by the lumens of the projector and add in screen gain. For example, a 100" screen would be about 30 sq. ft. so you would need a real 1500+ lumens. But if you're just watching movies in the dark, 20 foot-lamberts is plenty, so around 600 lumens will cut it. And don't put too much stock in contrast ratios. Most ratings are flat-out lies, and unless you paint your walls and ceiling flat black, and literally eradicate all light from your room, you'll barely break 700:1, much less 70,000:1.
There are a lot of things to consider, and we have just scratched the surface. I strongly recommend you visit a local showroom and view an RPTV and a front projector in the conditions you intend to use them in before going much farther.
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I would also add, that another spec to question are those ANSI brightness figures, which are measured in a variety of ways to pump up those numbers. You are correct in pointing out that I should have mentioned the room environment as a factor that affects a projector's performance.Follow Electronic House on Facebook and Twitter.
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Last month I had the honor of being invited by Wolfe Trahan's Hunter Keay to participate on a Labor and Policy Panel at the firm's Global Transportation Conference. I shared the dais with Dave Bates, President of the Allied Pilots Association; Lee Moak, President of the Air Line Pilots Association; and Sharon Pinkerton, Senior Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Policy at the Air Transport Association.
With Keay as our moderator, we had a lively discussion on a number of subjects including the always controversial topic of variable compensation for union workers. Of course, I was the lucky panel member to be asked the first question, and as Swelblog readers know, I've been a longtime proponent of variable pay structures for airline industry workers. Why? Because I believe that workers should benefit on the upside, just as companies should be able to hold costs stable on the downside. History shows very clearly that each time labor concessions were made in this industry, management later overcompensated labor for those give backs in subsequent negotiations. Ultimately the overpayment was not sustainable.
Swelblog readers also know that I like to write about the similarities between two legacy industries; autos and airlines. The issue of variable compensation in the auto industry is coming to the fore as the United Auto Workers (UAW) made clear that it is open to exploring such pay in lieu of fixed wage increases as negotiations with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler begin in earnest in July.
But before we go there, an interesting editorial appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 2, 2011. In "Winds of Change in Unionland" (subtitle: "The end of the road for the UAW, except as an administrator of retiree health benefits") the author talks about the UAW's presence in union strongholds in the Midwest. But now, as public sector unions in the region are under attack and these states are less successful attracting new business, the UAW is shifting its strategy accordingly. The grand plan under new leader Bob King is to instead look outside the heartland states, instead focusing organizing efforts on Toyota and other auto factories in the largely right to work states in the South. The WSJ piece points to King's success in organizing parts suppliers but attributed those victories to the union's "politically-protected labor monopoly over the Big Three." In it, the author also points out that:
- The union had little to offer the suppliers' employees but the false promise of job security, and the companies put up little resistance for fear of losing their Detroit contracts;
- The supplier campaign was a distraction from the fact that the Big Three's own workers were giving ground on jobs and job security; and
- Mr. King is blowing smoke about Toyota. The UAW has no card to play. The union's labor monopoly gives it no leverage over the transplant factories, and the union's current appeal to their nonunion workers is, realistically, less than zilch.
The article then points to the outsized labor concessions that have helped restructure Detroit's auto industry and the UAW's cooperation prior to bankruptcy as part of a deft political play in Washington to appease those politicians that protect the UAW's monopoly hold on the U.S. auto industry.
The parallel with today's airline industry negotiations, as the Wall Street Journal makes clear, is that every airline industry union complains that contract talks are taking too long and blames management. "Mr. King knows, in the current political atmosphere, he can't go back to playing his monopoly card to extract anticompetitive terms from the Big Three," the author writes.
So, too, is the case with airline industry unions that seem to think that the world will revert to days past when companies continually "paid back" workers, plus, for prior concessions. In each instance, anticompetitive terms contained in airline labor agreements remained or were augmented.
In a June 10, 2011 article the Wall Street Journal's Matthew Dolan and Sharon Terlep reported that the UAW had signaled that it is "open to discussing wider use of profit-sharing plans instead of fixed pay increases for its members, a key shift as the union nears contract talks with Detroit auto makers." Like airline unions in the past, "The UAW has historically resisted linking large portions of workers' pay to profits because its members would suffer in down years. Another fear: The auto makers were simply not making profits on a consistent basis."
Why the UAW's change of heart? The Journal report said King wants a "non-adversarial" relationship with management. Maybe that's because the union doesn't have much choice. As the newspaper asks: "What exactly has the UAW got to offer? Evidence is lacking that organized labor actually adds value, creating gains workers and stockholders can share. If it did, Toyota et al. would be clamoring to have the UAW in their factories. They're not."
The Journal continues: "Mr. King's dilemma is evident in his lukewarm response to the Big Three's opening gambit in this year's quadrennial contract talks, an offer of enlarged profit-sharing. Here's the problem: Incentive pay is earned pay; workers see profits as something businesses create, not something union bosses create. And the foreign transplants will only be too happy to compete on the basis of performance-related pay. If the industry is headed toward compensation based on success, what are workers getting for their UAW dues?"
Good question.
I certainly never looked at variable pay that way. I see it clearly as a way to better align the interests of workers and management across an entire business cycle and as a way to avoid the crazy cycle of take/give/take and the resulting bad blood and mistrust between union leadership, employees and management.
Think about this: If variable compensation was in place following the concessionary period of 1993 – 1995, workers would have gained far more between 1996 – 2001, the most profitable period in airline history when U.S. airlines earned in excess of $40 billion. Instead employees received nothing with few exceptions.
Today, the goal of most airlines is to reach "responsible" contracts with union employees with costs sustainable over the term of the contract. That's a much better approach than the patterns of the past, when buying labor peace in one contract only forced airlines into asking for concessions before the amendable date because they could no longer afford the terms. And sustainability benefits employees, too, particularly if it avoids the need for concessionary bargaining in a downturn and provides protection on the upside to prevent companies from earning outsized profits on labor's back.
This is the area where unions have missed the boat in the past. Too often, labor leaders spend too much time negotiating protections on the downside and ignore similar protections on the upside. Think back to the more profitable periods in U.S. airline history during which, for many, employees were still in the middle of concessionary agreements. As industry fortunes improved, employees sat and watched because their unions did not negotiate protections on the upside that would have ensured their sharing in the profits – some of which were made possible from lower labor costs.
Of course, the industry has been anything but profitable over the past decade except for a brief blip of black ink in 2006-2007 and 2010. So upside protections would have returned little if anything following restructuring, with some companies instead giving performance bonuses when they met stated operational goals. But let's suppose the U.S. industry now sits on the brink of a profit cycle. If upside protections had been negotiated during the mid 1990s, employees would have shared in $40 billion of profits while new collective bargaining agreements were under negotiation. That would send a far stronger signal about the connection between productivity, competitive costs and profitability than has the long and painful cycle of give-some, take-some negotiations.
One thing is clear: carriers with relatively expensive labor rates today will need to adjust expectations at a time that industry economics, particularly domestic market economics, do not support above-market increases in rates.
Unions: Irrelevant or Just In Need of a Total Overhaul?
Unlike some in the Wall Street Journal article that suggests unions are increasingly irrelevant because profits are earned by companies and not union bosses, I believe that unions are relevant but need to be totally restructured.
Airline unions are just like the airline companies before restructuring; trying to be everything to everyone. Unions have become too democratic. Decision paralysis creeps in because an agreement must satisfy so many disparate interests – at least in the eyes of the leadership who may represent workers with a wide variety of skills, experience and education. With few exceptions at the local levels, airline union leadership simply does not lead. Rather they succumb to the pressures of the most vocal factions.
Unions need to start relying on professionals at the negotiations table who have an ability to divorce themselves from the rhetoric and the politics and instead focus on reaching agreement. They need to lengthen the terms of their elected leaders so that leaders will be less likely to overpromise during their campaigns and be accountable to members for the hard work of negotiations. Anyone can make bold promises. Real leaders set realistic expectations and perform accordingly.
Longer terms for elected leaders might also help speed the course of contract talks. Unions would face less risk of elections distracting from their work at the bargaining table, and less time training members of the bargaining committees on the hugely complex set of issues, factors and finances that go into negotiations.
This type of internal chaos every two years can occur because the union, at least in collective bargaining, is a monopolist. Monopolists have power. But the days of union monopolies wielding power as in the past are quickly coming to an end as suggested by auto workers' considering variable compensation as a significant component of this upcoming round of negotiations gets underway. The automobile industry is a mature industry. The U.S. airline industry is a mature industry. Mature industries grow slower. Mature industries tend to be more risk adverse than emerging or growth industries. As a result, industries like autos and airlines need to look at alternative forms of compensating their people because mining new revenue takes time and often involves adding more risk than mature industries prefer.
To remain relevant, U.S. airline unions need to begin a process of rethinking how they think. Just as Ford, GM and Chrysler have unique needs in negotiations, so do individual airlines. As author Susan Sontag once said: "Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future." Unions exist because of the relevance attained in the past and the present. What about the future?


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With all the scandal, intrigue, farce and passion in Argentine soccer, you'd expect the country to offer up a colorful cast of television commentators. But sometimes they may be a little too "color"-ful.
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Manager Diego Maradona indulged in his customary frankness after his Argentina side defeated France, 2-0.
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If Tigre triumphs on Tuesday by two goals or more, it wins the Apertura. If not Boca are again champions in Argentina.
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Big Teams Get Extra Help in Argentina
This weekend the Argentine apertura will come down to the wire, with three teams tied for first place. But will the fix be in?
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What Does Maradona Mean for Argentina?
For years, Diego Maradona said what an honor it would be to coach Argentina's national team, going so far as to present the position as the logical capstone to his career in soccer. Few Argentines thought the opportunity would arrive so soon.
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As oil prices drops further, oil-generated electricity will compare more favorably to wind power, nuclear power and the rest of the alternatives.
October 9, 2008, Thursday
Olympic Gold for Argentine Soccer? Right, Let's Talk About Basketball
Argentina's Olympic gold medal barely made a ripple in Buenos Aires. That says something about the importance of the tournament in countries that really care about soccer.
August 29, 2008, Friday
Barras Further Mar Game Beset by Violence
Soccer-related violence, a problem so institutionalized in Argentina that gangs of hardcore fighters are on the payrolls of the major clubs, peaked this week.
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Adj. (Mah-ch) To be full of machismo, to be macho, to be a tool. Is commonly used as a term to describe the actions of males who have very high testosterone levels and feel an obligation to demonstrate their manliness.
"You're acting really mach today."
מאת The G Master 20 באוקטובר, 2006
The act of performing sexual intercourse, with special g-force to boot - i.e. fucking hard and fast, deep and often continuously irrespective of number of times 'orgasm' is achieved.
(from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Lol cunt)
(from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Lol cunt)
"Fuck man, I was like maching this hot chick and she was all like tired, but we just kept maching cause we both knew it was something special ..."
מאת El_Gilbarto 29 באפריל, 2005
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