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In 2013, for the eighth year in a row, more countries registered declines in political rights and civil liberties than gains. Even as the number of electoral democracies in the world increased, nations like the Central African Republic, Mali, and Ukraine suffered devastating democratic setbacks. Thirty-five percent of the world's population, living in 25 percent of the polities on the planet, found themselves in countries that aren't free. As we enter a year in which more people will vote in elections than ever before, democracy appears to be in a holding pattern around the world—if not outright retreat.
These are the sobering conclusions of the 2014 "Freedom in the World" report, released on Thursday by Freedom House. The Washington, D.C.-based NGO divided 195 nations and 14 territories into three categories—"free," "partly free," and "not free"—and mapped its findings:
"There just haven't been any really significant breakthroughs in the important authoritarian powers that resisted democratization in the past 30 years—Russia, the other Eurasia countries, the Middle East, China, Iran, Venezuela," Arch Puddington, vice president for research at Freedom House, told me.
The leaders of these countries, Puddington added, have learned from the collapse of the Soviet Union not to make major, uncontrollable reforms, and from the Color Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia not to permit a pro-democracy, oppositional civil society to flourish. They are "modern authoritarians," according to the report's terminology, who "[d]evote full-time attention to the challenge of crippling the opposition without annihilating it, and flouting the rule of law while maintaining a veneer of order, legitimacy, and prosperity."
When, for instance, Hugo Chávez's shadow of a successor in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, wanted parliament to grant him the right to rule by decree in November, he sidelined the opposition lawmaker standing in his way by drumming up corruption charges against her.
"He didn't say, 'I'm the leader, I'm the caudillo'—no, no, they did it legally, they went through the courts, they have a court system that's packed in their favor, they have a parliament that they control," Puddington said.
The Freedom House report calls particular attention to increased repression in post-Arab Spring Egypt, where military leaders who overthrew the democratically elected Mohammed Morsi in July are now cracking down on political opponents and fast-tracking a political transition. Syria, meanwhile "is the worst-ranked country in the world—it's worse than North Korea," Puddington said.
The organization scores countries by first assessing them on various measures of political rights and civil liberties, then placing them on a scale of 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). And Puddington noted that while the Middle East registers the worst civil-liberties scores of any region, Eurasia, including countries like Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, performs the worst on political rights.
"This is a part of the world that has declined to the point where it is really, pretty much, at rock bottom on a global scale. And Russia sets the tone for the region," Puddington said, citing Moscow's recent ban on Americans adopting Russian children, restrictions on foreign-funded NGOs, posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, and prohibition of homosexual "propaganda."
As I've noted before, a longitudinal look at Freedom House's annual surveys suggests that democratic advancement actually peaked at the turn of the 21st century, and has more or less flatlined ever since. In the graph below, which shows the percentage of countries that Freedom House has labeled "free," "partly free," and "not free" in its reports from 1989 to 2013, you can see how the world settles into a kind of stasis at roughly 45 percent free, 25 percent not free in the late 1990s (freedom's low point, at least since the organization started publishing surveys in 1972, came in 1975, when 40 countries, or 25 percent of the world's nations, were labeled "free").
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All of the hooplah surrounding Arrested Development Season 4′s debut on Netflix last weekend got me waxing nostalgic for another beloved series that was all too short-lived: Paul Feig's Freaks and Geeks. When you consider its impressive shelf life, it's hard to believe the series only aired on NBC for one season and consists of merely 18 episodes. For the sake of comparison, ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager will air its series finale this Monday and will finish with five seasons and 121 episodes in hand. Continuing down that path, Freaks and Geeks averaged just above 6.5 million weekly viewers during its run while Secret Life's most watched episode to date (the Season 2 premiere) garnered a little over 4.5 million viewers. In addition to the frustration I feel for having 103 more Secret Life episodes to never watch than Freaks and Geeks episodes to cherish, this also provides an interesting example of the ratings expectations/requirements of a network series in comparison to that of a cable series.
I could go on and on doing my best Brendan Bettinger: Stats Genius impersonation but the real reason I'm here is to present this week's Top 5. In this installment you have at your disposal our visit to the set of Man of Steel, Allison watching the Indiana Jones movies for the first time, After Earth interviews with Will and Jaden Smith, another set visit for The Wolverine, and Matt's review of the aforementioned fourth season of Arrested Development. As you've grown to expect, a brief recap and link to each of the above makes its home after the jump.


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Susie Wang, a 30-year-old entrepreneur from the Bay Area, owns 100% Pure, natural ingredients cosmetic company in San Jose, which generates about $20 million dollars in revenue every year. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she invested in the company in 2005 with her brother and boyfriend. It all started in her father's house.
She has been passionate about cosmetics since she was a little girl but her parents always wanted her to be a doctor. When she turned down a scholarship for Northwestern University Medical School, her father was very disappointed. According to Susie Wang, " He said 'why you have this opportunity to go to one of the prestigious medical schools, so why don't you go and to be a doctor?'"
When Susie Wang was in college, she invented a technology that stabilizes natural ingredients to keep them fresh from oxidizing. After she applied for a patent, she got phone calls from big cosmetic companies asking her to work for them. It's was a great side job for Wang while she was going to college until one day something happened at the lab. Wang recalls that, " All the different ingredients were put on the lab table. And I knocked over a chemical, and the chemical made the table break."
After this incident, she started to think about how to make organic and 100% natural cosmetics and skin care products for women. Because of her Asian background, she has been careful and responsible with money. She started with a small scale business and the company has been growing ever since. Susie said she never borrows money for her business." First maybe we had a little money to make 100 products, then we sold it, and then made like $1000, then used the $1000 and then made products into the thousands, and then hundred thousands, and then five-hundred thousands and then one million."
Six months ago, Susie's company, 100% Pure, bought two buildings in San Jose for their office and factory and moved in with 50 employees. They currently have about 5-10 job openings and will do more hiring down the road. She shares the key to her success in business. " You have to make the very best quality because you can get anyone to buy anything one time, but it has to be the best product and most interesting product, the most effective product and most healthy product for people to buy it again."
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Although the BB is a single type of round projectile made of steel, the number of types of pellets available is enormous. In general, pellets have a shape known as diabolo which means that the front and rear sections are of larger diameter than the middle. One reason for this is to reduce the friction that would result if more of the pellet made contact with the barrel. Even though some airguns are rather powerful, the amount of work necessary to push the pellet down the barrel would be large if the pellet had a shape like a bullet.
Another feature of pellets is that they have hollow bases (the skirt area of the pellet) that are generally larger in diameter than the front section (known as the head of the pellet). This enables the skirt to effectively seal the bore against the pressure pushing on the base of the pellet while the friction on the head area is not too high.
The pellet velocity from any air rifle depends on the weight of the pellet. Heavier pellets simply can not be driven as fast as lighter ones. However, heavier pellets normally retain their velocity better as a result of their having higher ballistic coefficients. Even though initial velocity is lower, a greater percentage of that velocity is retained down range. Although a great deal of emphasis is placed on high muzzle velocity, pests are normally shot at some distance from the muzzle so the ability of the pellet to retain velocity is also important.
These pellets have a flat head designed to cut round holes in a paper target. This is a good choice for competition, target shooting and plinking.
Round nose or domed pellets have a head that is rounded for ideal aerodynamics. Because of this they generally retain their energy longer than other designs, making it ideal for hunting.
With a more sharply pointed nose than Domed pellets, these have good velocity retention are a fine choice for hunting and plinking.
Hollow Point
A hollow cavity in the head promotes expansion upon impact, a desireable feature for hunting.
Pellets are based on the four types displayed here with slight design changes that focus on specific performance desires. They include cylindrical pellets, hollow points with small points within the cavity as well as pellets with alternative materials such as lead-free pellets.
Alongside the introduction of the Benjamin Rogue in 2011, ammunition for the .357 rifle was revealed as well. Ammunition of this caliber and size do not lend themselves to traditional pellet designs and are more representative of bullets. A bullet's design is capable of more weight, leading to higher foot pounds of energy (fpe), making it the shape of choice for hunting.
The BB is a classic airgun projectile. For many years, BBs were made of lead, and lead "rounds" as they are called are still available for use in certain types of guns. However, BBs made of steel are almost universally used in air rifles today. To prevent corrosion, BBs are given a coating of another metal such as copper. The number of BBs manufactured and sold is enormous.
Although traditionally used in airguns of low power, BBs are far from harmless. A steel BB does not deform when it impacts a target so it can penetrate soft targets. A real problem associated with the use of steel BBs is that when the steel ball strikes a solid target, it may be compressed very slightly because steel has some elasticity. This resiliency can cause the BB to be propelled backward toward the shooter at high velocity. Steel BBs ricochet badly unless they are fired against a soft backstop such as a bag of newspapers. Even then folded newspapers should have a few loosely crumpled papers in front so that the BB penetrates these and is stopped by the folded papers but does not bounce back. Never underestimate the ability of a BB to ricochet!
In addition to some low powered guns that are designed to fire only BBs, some models such as the Crosman 760, 66, and 2100 are "dual ammo" guns that also fire pellets. These rifles function as repeaters with BBs, but can be used only as single shot rifles with pellets. Although BBs are much less expensive than pellets, they have some disadvantages. First, a steel BB can not be designed to fit tightly in the bore. As a result, accuracy of a particular rifle is not as good when shooting BBs as when pellets are used. Pellets are made of lead or a lead alloy so they are soft. They can be made to fit the bore by being swaged slightly as they are fired. Therefore, they fit the rifling better, and the result is better accuracy. Another disadvantage of firing steel BBs in a rifled barrel is that the BBs do not engage the rifling but rather ride on top of the ridges. Prolonged use of BBs in a rifle barrel can cause the tops of the rifling ridges to be worn off because unlike a lead pellet, a BB is as hard as the rifle barrel itself. If this happens, the rifle probably will not shoot as accurately with pellets as before the abrasion occurred. BBs are best used in airguns with smooth bores.
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There is a tendency to call any spherical projectile a BB, but strictly speaking the BB is a metal ball having a diameter of approximately 0.17 inch. Airsoft guns fire spherical projectiles made of plastic and measuring about 6mm (approximately 0.24 inch) which are often referred to as BBs. Made of plastic, these balls have low density so they lose velocity rapidly. These BBs are designed to be fired at velocities of 400 ft/sec or less from guns that are powered by a single pump, CO2, or an electric motor powered by a battery. The airsoft guns are designed for short range fun shooting. In general, high accuracy is not a trait of airsoft guns, though there are exceptions with many of the premium models.


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ELLIS COUNTY - At the Ellis County Commissioners meeting on Monday night a 90-day burn ban on outdoor burning was placed.
"The pulse of what I've been getting is a lot of concern about it," said County Judge Chad Adams. "I don't think there's any harm in exercising a little caution here."
The Keetch Byram Drought Index is reported to be 439 for Ellis County, which is below the 500-point standard that the court looks for in implementing a burn ban.
Fire Marshal Investigator Jim Pharr said that even though a burn ban does place an additional load on the Sheriffs Department and a range of volunteer fire departments that respond to reports of illegal burns, he agrees with Adams.
"Most of the fires in the past few weeks have been the result of cigarette butts thrown out, you can drive down the highway and you will see the burned areas," said Pharr.
County Engineer Joe White asked for the Court's approval on many items concerning the process for seeking sub-contractor bids for the Ellis County Sub-Courthouse.
"Instead of just bidding, we will utilize a point system that includes both experience and pricing," White said.
"We also need to have a group of technical people to assign the numbers these are known to the contractors as they do their proposals and to possibly do an interview if we got into a close situation."
In addition to White, Jon Vidaurri or Matt Roy of Jones Lang LaSalle; Larry Irsik of Architexas; Ellis County Purchasing Agent Richard Denn-iston; Commissioner Bill Dodson, pct. 2; and Ennis Mayor Russell Thomas were approved members of the technical group.


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"United" in Discrimination?
April 20, 2009
Recently, bloggers here at DiabetesSelfManagement.com have written a lot about weight, diabetes, and discrimination. Jan Chait took an argument over insulin for Type 2 diabetes as an opportunity to discuss weight discrimination, which seems to be commonplace even among medical professionals. David Spero, on the other hand, focused on the role that discrimination may have on diabetes independently of someone's weight: By raising stress levels, discrimination may hinder blood glucose control and even contribute to developing diabetes — possibly both Type 1 and Type 2 — in the first place.
So last week's announcement of an obese-passenger policy from United Airlines is sure to generate some negative feelings. The airline, which until recently was the last major airline not to have such a policy, announced that if a flight is full and a passenger is deemed to be too large, the passenger will be "bumped from the flight" and moved to a later flight that is not full. The passenger may instead choose to buy two seats or a first- or business-class seat on a later full flight, or to receive a full refund.
In an article in the Chicago Tribune, a self-described "fat flier" who was interviewed about the policy showed support, expressing his own discomfort with being crammed next to someone. A woman interviewed in the article, who was obese until she had a gastric bypass operation, noted that it was humiliating when a passenger seated next to her would ask to be moved. No one in the article expressed outrage at the new policy (possibly because most airlines have similar rules in place already).
Have you ever had trouble on an airplane or with an airline because of your weight? What do you think airline policy for large passengers should be? Leave a comment below! (You can also voice your opinion in a poll on the Web page of the Tribune article.)
Good for the airlines! Morbidly obese people should have lap band surgery or gastric resection performed. They need to do something to help themselves to prolong their life.
Posted by: lavahotsprings | Apr 22, 2009 12:28 PM
There will always be heavier people due to several health issues ... not just from overeating as most think. We need to stop being so judgemental of a larger person. Theaters are now making their seats with arm that rise in case you need to use more than one seat and they do not charge you for 2 seats. Before that in some theaters, the end seat was wider than the other seat also to accomodate and no extra charge. I believe that the airlines need to get with it and do the same at no extra charge for people. AT any rate, no where else do you see the larger person having to pay extra for being overweight. More an more you see business's becoming more accomodating for the larger person. This is a good thing.
Posted by: mare | Apr 22, 2009 12:31 PM
My girlfriend and I are both over weight and when we fly we look for flights that have only two seats in the row that way we can put the arm rest up and snuggle. If we are seated in a 3 person row we will sit with my arm around her and the arm rest between us up. We go out our way to be as close to eachother as we can so someone next to us has the most room possible. Personally I would rather sit next to someone that is "fat" than have a kid behind me kicking my seat the entire flight or crying the whole time. There don't have any rules for that and should.
Posted by: doughboy | Apr 22, 2009 12:38 PM
I find this just another way to discriminate against certain people. Unless you are "perfect" in the eyes of the airlines, you will be forced to pay double or deplane. Not a lot of choice there, huh? In this day where airlines are insisting on full flights, how might anyone be lucky enough to have an empty seat next to them? In this age of financial woes, how easy will it be for many to pay double when we are already faced with sryrocketing airline fares? I think they might consider focusing on service versus discrimination.
Posted by: Lorre G | Apr 22, 2009 12:43 PM
Airline seat sizing and row positioning have NOT changed size in over 40 years, despite the fact that people worldwide ARE larger than they were 40 years ago. Taller, heavier, etc. I view airlines generally as nothing but greedy pigs.
Posted by: cholmes | Apr 22, 2009 12:45 PM
well having a large number of large friends for an entire lifetime i would surely not want to sit in any seat next to them on a plane i have done that and it was uncomfortable to say the least as it left no room for me to put my elbows or read a book or anything else couldn't even talk becasue i am deaf and couldn't turn in the seat to face them for lip-reading and as for the strangers really uncomfortable and as for the weight well i was 'weighty' at one time and i would totally embarassed by it so i went ahead and lost it i understand not many can do that but i did i am diabetic and even it has elped that also this is just my view and i love my big friends but it is uncomfortable and several of them now pay for two seats as it makes it easier for everyone and mostly they get a break on that second seat and as for that the people who travel with the free child in the lap seat should stick to there seat also i am not on the plane to babysit or have their kids kick at me endlessly or get in my face (and yes i had a child also and never allowed that to happen) just my opinion
Posted by: mary | Apr 22, 2009 12:50 PM
When I pay for 1 seat, I expect to have a whole seat, not 2/3 unless a portion of my fare is going to be refunded. This issue, as far as I am concerned, is about my rights not the discrimination of others.
Posted by: Bert | Apr 22, 2009 12:58 PM
When I heard about this, I was dismayed. I am a female that weighs about 245. It amazes me that people who are overweight are being singled out AGAIN. What about those airlines who have added more seats to their planes to make more money, cramming what little space was left, into even a smaller space. I think it's a shame that with today's eating habits more and more people are not the "ideal" weight, and so in the end the only ones that are going to benefit from this action, are the airlines. I think that this is an act of discrimination no matter what the airlines say. I don't see them putting people with kids or laptops into two seats. Kids are great when they can move around but sitting on someone's lap they have a tendancy to flay their arms around, scream, and are just as annoying as having to sit next to someone with their laptop out and taking up more room also. When's it all going to stop. Never probably, that's life and we all just have to fly with it or drive where we want to go. By the way, have they set a weight limit per seat yet? And, is going to eventually include emergency flights on helicopters?
Posted by: Joyce | Apr 22, 2009 01:05 PM
I feel that we as a country need to enact a means for obese people to get help to lose weight and protect themselves from both health issues and discrimination. If smokers are victims of both fewer places to smoke and higher healthcare expense, so should be the obese person.
Posted by: cdawg | Apr 22, 2009 01:05 PM
I am overweight and find it difficult to lose the weight, so I do have empathy. However, if the individual takes up two seats and/or infringes on the comfort of another paying passenger, I can understand why they are requested to buy two seats. It should provide better for their comfort as well. I do not see it as discriminatory, but as a fact of life.
Posted by: Dotti | Apr 22, 2009 01:18 PM
I work in open-heart surgery. Many patients who do not believe that they are obese are shocked to find out that they aren't just overweight, they are technically obese. I bet that a lot of people who support this new regulation by United Airlines would be stunned to find out that they are obese, too, not just "pleasantly plump" or merely overweight. I'd like to know what definitive standards United Airlines is going to use for "obesity". BMI doesn't take into account fat content, as muscular weightlifters would be considered "obese". Perhaps EVERYBODY should have to weigh in on a public scale, since the fuel calculations are based on the total plane's weight, not just the weight of the "fat people". Maybe in this instance, skinny children should pay less per seat. This is a slippery slope. What's next, extra charges for kids who cry on flights or people in wheelchairs needing assistance? Discrimination against fat people is the last socially acceptable discrimination.
Posted by: pqrstny | Apr 22, 2009 01:21 PM
Airline tickets are sold by weight. You cant fly 500 people who each weigh 300 pounds as easily as you could fly 500 people who each weigh 150 pounds. If the average person weighs 150 pounds, then a person who weighs 300 pounds weighs twice the weight an average person weighs. The person who weighs twice the normal weight should, in all fairness, purchase TWO TICKETS! It's not discrimination, it's COMMON SENSE. Like in the ghetto, if 80% of the population is black, then it's fair to assume that 80% of the crime in that area will be committed by blacks. That is NOT racial profiling, it's REALITY! I am so sick of people telling me what is politically correct. Like people who sneak across the border from Mexico are NOT immigrants, they are illegal aliens. People who come to the United States LEGALLY and go through the proper channels are immigrants. Creatures from outer space are aliens. People who sneak across a foreign border and take up residence in our country are illegal aliens. The sooner we all call it like it is, and stop trying to "spare someones feelings" and stop this immature, stupid, politically correct way of speaking, the sooner we will see less frivolous lawsuits and wasteful spending of our tax dollars. There are so many illegal aliens in California having babies they are driving the healthcare system there broke. Like the muslims who want us to acknoledge THEIR holidays and customs in OUR country needs to stop too.
Posted by: Gregginsarasota | Apr 22, 2009 01:35 PM
Not all heavy (obese) people can help it. I read where they found that a gene might be the cause for someone being heavy (obese) so whom do we blame for that?
Posted by: Andrew | Apr 22, 2009 01:43 PM
That's not unfair discrimination. It's, first, a safety measure. All that extra weight is more that the plane is calculated to hold per person. And second, it is a comfort point. It is unfair to make the fat one's neighbors suffer for Mr. Fat's problem.
Posted by: azxcvb | Apr 22, 2009 01:45 PM
I would not be opposed to airlines charging passengers by weight (like freight). However, in that case, passengers would pay less if they are below the average weight, and this would apply to women and children, who tend to be lighter than men. It would also apply to their luggage.
Posted by: lamljm | Apr 22, 2009 01:50 PM
It is discrimination- and it is illegal.EVERYONE with a handicap has to be accomodated-and obesity can be a handicap and it is NOT always a choice, as some say.If an obese person is in a wheelchair - does that change the accomdations>?Corporate policy cannot dictate a "customers" size
Posted by: rosefilice | Apr 22, 2009 01:55 PM
Often these obese passengers also fall asleep and begin to snore. It's amazing but true. Unruly children also need to be toned down. All passengers need to put their best foot forward as flying today usually means a cramped, hot, often smelly (at lease stuffy) atmosphere in which to be held captive for a few hours. I only do it when there is no other convenient way to reach my destination. Recently I flew on a French airline (business class) and found it to be vastly superior in service and comfort to its American counterparts. But in France, I saw almost no fat people. Those I did see looked like American tourists. There were many smokers however. OH RN
Posted by: OH RN | Apr 22, 2009 02:08 PM
Why can't airlines have a row of seats that would accomodate larger passengers? They could still be sold as regular seats if not enough "larger" passengers booked the flight. I know I wouldn't mind having a seat with a little more room!
Posted by: Teri | Apr 22, 2009 02:12 PM
Posted by: Ray | Apr 22, 2009 02:18 PM
There's a very easy solution to this problem.
Posted by: fairweather fan | Apr 22, 2009 02:18 PM
The problem I see with a number of these comments is that they are blaming the fat/large/obese people. The reality is that airlines are loosing money. These airlines have known for YEARS that their spacing of their seats are completely uncomfortable for EVERYONE. This industry has made it a point to make flying less and less appealing. No wonder they are losing passenger and money. And like most things its always easier to point the finger and blame on someone else or in this case some other group of people.
Posted by: Michaela | Apr 22, 2009 02:22 PM
First, it always saddens me to see how much hate exists for people just because they are different. Mostly, vile people have to swallow that hate because society frowns on it. Lucky for them, it's still acceptable to hate, abuse, and discriminate against fat people!
Posted by: Saddened | Apr 22, 2009 02:23 PM
What is particularly hideous about this policy is how completely humiliating it is. How can you plan a trip when you may or may not be able to get on the plane with your loved ones? Who would voluntarily purchase a second seat if the flight may not be full and the extra expense may not be necessary? Are they proposing that you must? Then will the 2nd seat charge be refunded if the flight isn't full? (I have a feeling that even if they agree to do that now it's only a matter of time before they rescind that policy as they grub for money... remember they now charge to check a freaking suitcase!).
Posted by: ceesiren | Apr 22, 2009 02:40 PM
It is a sad fact of life. Airlines are making seats less comfortable for regular so called slim people, but I recently was on a flight & had a very large person on either side of me & the flight was full so no releif there. It was a terriable flight & totally uncomfortable. Some can't help it, but the airline didn't make them overweight & why should other passengers have to suffer for it. Sorry, but you can't please everyone.
Posted by: Sam Spencer | Apr 22, 2009 02:53 PM
I like azxcvb's idea of a section where obese have larger seats and pay 1 1/2 times the regular fee. It is beyond miserable to sexual harrassment to sit next to a very fat person. I am a woman and have been seated next to huge fat guys and they thought it was funny to keep "rubing up next to me", the plan was full and I was told too bad. I was almost sick from that cross country grope. Fat people need to pay more so we are not intimately aquainted with their lard in our lap.
Posted by: perry | Apr 22, 2009 03:24 PM
Well the passenger sitting beside
Posted by: jimmy | Apr 22, 2009 03:25 PM
Well the passenger sitting beside
Posted by: jimmy | Apr 22, 2009 03:31 PM
It's discrimination, full discrimination and no one cares!!! With obesity being on the rise and even our children becoming obsese, we need to be looking for solutions to the problem, such as, stopping farmers and livestock owners from adding steriods to our food. No one discusses how the manipulation of our food may be a big contributer to more prople becoming overweight. Also the pharmacutical companies who manufacture medicines that make you gain weight as a by product of taking the medicine. Rarely do people discuss these facts.
Posted by: FAYE WORTHINGTON | Apr 22, 2009 04:23 PM
I fly every week and I am a Type I diabetic. I have to agree with the United Policy. Obese patients cramp passengers. Obesity does not permit cramping other passengers. If they take up more than one seat, they should pay for two. It is not the disease that they are obese.
Posted by: Dale Chriscinske | Apr 22, 2009 04:28 PM
I believe that two seats should be required for indivuduals that require the space of two seats. I detest the practice of someone sittinmg next to me requesting that the arm be lifted between us to allow their oversize body to flow into a good portion of my seat. I have paid for that seat and not for it to be shared with by a stranger. Pesonal space is such that individuals need to be invited, this certainly violates that premis by being forced upon you.
Posted by: RCReeds | Apr 22, 2009 04:33 PM
Posted by: bubba | Apr 22, 2009 05:47 PM
For years, heavier travelers have booked first class seats in order to be comfortable. However, unless the entire family or group wanted to pay first class passage, the heavier traveler could not sit with their traveling companions. This at least provides a way for them to travel with their companions.
Posted by: linda | Apr 22, 2009 05:49 PM
Considering how much fuel is burned lifting off a 300 pound passenger compared with one weighing 150 pounds, no wonder the airlines are asking for excess weight charges.
Posted by: LCARBRIGHT | Apr 22, 2009 06:05 PM
The other day, after reading about the latest obese policy, I acknowledged my thanks for not being significantly overweight. In fact, for most of my adolescence I was underweight. Today I am at an acceptable weight foe Type 1. The line of discrimination towards obese people is narrowing, much more evident. I feel it, to my humiliation.
Posted by: David | Apr 22, 2009 06:28 PM
I too have flown with an obese person. I was on the plane and I prayed no one as fat or fatter than me would sit by me when a larger woman came down the aisle and her ticket was for right next to me. I was miserable the next three hours on the plane next to her. I am a Type II diabetic and my weight has gone up and down over the years. I also have other health issues which are chronic and will get worse as time goes on. As a retired person on a fixed income I cannot afford to pay for one seat much less for 1 1/2 - 2 seats. Therefore, I am limited to flying any more even though it is much easier for my health. I understand that we need to fly without the extra cost but I think if the airlines would ask your weight when you buy a ticket and seat someone next to you who isn't as heavy it would be a much happier ride for all. I know it would be more work for the airline employee, but it would be good PR for their customers.
Posted by: djkuehn | Apr 22, 2009 07:17 PM
Good for United !!!!
Posted by: Joe2 | Apr 22, 2009 07:35 PM
I have type 2 and feel over weight. I have gone through 34 operations so far and broke my back 2 years ago. Discrimination is wrong! I feel the seats are too small and very unconfortable.Whats next?
Posted by: Mark Ekstrom | Apr 22, 2009 07:42 PM
Regarding airline "discrimination", I have to agree with the airlines. They figure an average of 175 pounds per passenger. If you weigh less, it helps balance out for those who weigh a little more, but not hundreds of pounds more. Airplanes have a weight limit. Also, the seats are small and I personally do not like being squished by someone who is obese and spilling over onto the seat I paid for. It is also difficult to get past the obese person if you happen to be in a window seat and need to use the lavatory. I don't think it is discrimination. I think it is just good business sense. If you take up two seats, you should pay for two seats.
Posted by: Beckyjo | Apr 22, 2009 07:51 PM
I am a former airline employee of 35 years. This is nothing new. Many airlines have had these rules for years. They are running a business. It is undeniably more comfortable for the overweight person to have more room available and if this means purchasing two seats then so be it. Case in point....if you can't fit into a small economy car you buy a bigger car.
Posted by: pallen | Apr 22, 2009 07:55 PM
Anyone who's travelled outside the US will realise that we don't have fat or obese people in the USA. We have ENORMOUS people in the USA. You simply do not see HUGE people in other countries that you see here. I see people in this country, especially in the mid-west, wearing jeans that are so large they could clothe a whole family oveseas. The only people I ever see asking for seat-belt extenders are American. I think overweight people have two choices: pay up, or travel by another means (car, bus, train etc). Finally, leavingn aside comfort, consider safety; would you like to be in a window seat trying to get off a plane in an emergency if the people in the outer seats are big enough to fill two seats?? Think about it.
Posted by: martyn | Apr 22, 2009 09:03 PM
Grossly overweight people should fly by the same rules as overweight freight - pay the difference. No one has the right to make me uncomfortable in my seat, or to make the airplane dangerous because they can't/won't control their weight.
Posted by: Salty | Apr 22, 2009 09:43 PM
Why is obesity an epidemic? Why are unruly children an epidemic? Why is drug use increasing? Why is the percentage of non-producing citizens increasing? Why is monetary inflation increasing? Do healthy people always feel like saying "no" to yummy treats? Do they exercise because it gives them immediate gratification? I don't know. It couldn't be my fault. I'm just a poor victim trying to find happiness--like everyone else.
Posted by: ..........bwin | Apr 22, 2009 11:24 PM
Is this a magazine/site meant to help diabetics or is it a site for overweight ppl?
Posted by: Kismet | Apr 22, 2009 11:30 PM
Posted by: JennyinPhoenixAZ | Apr 23, 2009 12:41 AM
I think this is great, it has been a long time coming-----we all pay for our seats and deserve comfort......
Posted by: June Ulz | Apr 23, 2009 01:09 AM
How about this? If all of us do this and give S.W. Airlines our money in support, perhaps that would force other airlines to offer this as well....Since airlines are GOING TO DO THIS, why not just fly Southwest all the time and buy two seats? I have ALWAYS received a full refund for the second seat if the aircraft is not COMPLETELY FULL. I fly mostly on Saturdays and it has never been full the last five years when I've done this. This way, I'm comfy, others are comfy and I didn't lose a penny! Let's FORCE other airlines to follow suite! Southwest is also the only airlines that doesn't charge you for changing your flying dates. They hold the money for a year and you can use it later if you have to cancel, too.
Posted by: Paula | Apr 23, 2009 08:31 AM
If you can't fit into a seat with the armrest down then you should have to pay for another seat. It's not fair to the passenger next to you.
Posted by: mkirchem | Apr 23, 2009 09:20 AM
The airline seats are small with just enough room for the average size person....Morbidly Obese people have a hard time fitting into one of those seats.... so buying 2 seats would make more sense for everyone concerned...it wouldn't bother anyone else and you would have more comfort.
Posted by: JSW | Apr 23, 2009 09:48 AM
Posted by: José | Apr 23, 2009 02:43 PM
I think there's an easy solution that no airline is utilizing yet. Why not have a few wider seats in coach, wider like those in first class? It would make sense for somebody to have to pay more for one of these, either the calculated 50% more, or even some lesser increase. Since it's in coach, it wouldn't come with any perks that people in a regular coach seat don't get. But it's absolutely unnecessary for anybody to pay twice as much as a single coach ticket would cost. And most obese-bodied people don't need twice the width of a regular seat; 50% more width would do the trick for the majority. If we had wider seats offered in coach that could be identified and selected and paid for beforehand, this would allow anybody (not just wider bodies) to purchase them, and it would completely avoid the issue and embarrassment associated with a wider-body person trying to fit into a regular seat or being required to purchase 2 seats. Let's just use our commons sense and be rational about this stuff.
Posted by: Al F | Apr 23, 2009 03:42 PM
If the airlines plan to do this, they should make a section of larger seats for these people as the current seats are very uncomfortable if you have to sit in two of them together. It is discriminating.
Posted by: hvnbnd01 | Apr 23, 2009 03:47 PM
It is a business decision, not one meant to be personal insult.
Posted by: JuJu | Apr 23, 2009 09:25 PM
BULL CRAP to the loud mouth about the band surgery! Just do not take this as a place to trash over weight people. Your attitude is worse than their weight problem! I am certain that the airlines do not care about your health, they are concerned that an obese person is taking 2 or more seats instead of 1. That, my friend means dollars. I do not blame them on this issue. Also weight load is an issue for the plane. Not everyone can afford gastric banding or gastric bypass. Some asses say you should get the surgery, some asses say it is an easy way out. Since so many people in AMERICA have weight issues, it seems rather ugly of you to be soooooo judging. Nobody wants to be overweight, many work really hard to lose, or try to lose! If you want to pray for them, pray for their success and strength to deal with the issue od weight gain.
Posted by: JC | Apr 24, 2009 04:44 AM
I have an idea! Why dont all fat taxpayers request a refund from any airline that receives money to keep their business afloat? Us fat taxpayers should band together and boycott everything that is so busy judging our weight, after all, there are soooooooooooo many fat, obese people in AMERICA! We should be able to handle anybody that does this kind of stuff. WOW, we have the power!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: JC | Apr 24, 2009 04:56 AM
I believe a standard needs to be established. I do not want a counter person to say who is obese or not. I do feel it is fair for an obese person (and for some people it is apparent) pay for a business class seat, assuming that is large enough.
Posted by: Type2&Big | Apr 24, 2009 07:30 AM
I posted the option earlier suggesting people (ALL people, not just overweight ones) should have the option of paying extra to guarantee an empty middle seat, figuring if both of the people in a 3-seat row paid that, everyone is pretty happy, there is no stigma (since the option is open to everyone), the plane lifts off with less weight and full revenue and nothing is refunded if the flight isn't full so the airline wins too.
Posted by: Ceesiren | Apr 24, 2009 12:39 PM
i am fat and have sat by someone fatter paying for what you get does not offend me i like many of the others commenting agree that there are other issues that offend me as well and how to make all equitable i am unsure consider for instance individuals with respiratory problems and persons wearing perfume/cologn that in appropriae amounts might not be offensive but in the quantity they apply it offends many the children are another issue industry whether food or airllines not charging for children also offends me they are often noisy and roudy if that is the kind of kid you have (not the one in control) make other plans letting children eat for free or reduced cost when they mess up more than other people is also not fair because as an adult with diabetes and not needing all the food on a regular entre and refusing to let me order off the kids menu or the senior citizen menu before i was on i have heard all my life, life is not always fair ok i get the point maybe like the buffet where you pay for what you get we all should weigh, bodies and all luggage (cary on included) give us an amount and we pay skinny people would pay less as would folks with more stuff pay more, parents would pay for kids and us bigger than we aught to be would also pay more have a weight limit on the plane and when it is reached no more tickets could be sold as for the unrully kids or obnoxious individuals put them on a no fly list or pay more to fly and if behave by some standard remove their name if we fly and have the unrully with us, compensate us by some measure all seats should be larger, this with the weight limit would then balance
Posted by: ethelyn | Apr 24, 2009 03:35 PM
I think restrictions on weight are a safety issue. I fly frequently and have resented when obese partners have booked their seats on either side of me, leaving me cramped and using my armrests. Now I only book tickets where I have an aisle seat. When my husband and I fly together he books the aisle seat and I sit in the middle. After takeoff we lift the armrest so he can be more comfortable. If people need more room to be comfortable then they should have to pay for special accommodations. The reasons for obesity are varied and not the issue. Anytime you buy something that is not standard you pay for the differential. Why should airline transportation be different?
Posted by: sugarbabe1 | Apr 24, 2009 04:51 PM
The airline companies should consider providing appropiate seating for obese pasengers.I personal do not like being cramped into the narrow seatings spaces that most airlines provide. I am not an obese person.
Posted by: readnat | Apr 26, 2009 06:02 AM
I do not think all the "Fat" charges are OK. Those people have a right to fly but it is not fair to the person they are next to. Who wants a stranger hanging over in their seat? If you are family or know each other and it is OK, do you still charge? Also there is a weight limit for luggage to total for the plane. How many people add up to unsafe for the plane? That endangers everyone. I have been a nurse for 35 years. My ex-husband was over 350 pounds at one time. My son is an EMT. I have said all this because I do not feel I am prejudiced about weight but it sometimes comes down to safety, not necessarily health, but it is a nightmare for CPR and even transport of these people if injured. I just feel everyone has rights and if you take up twoo seats you should pay. What about a person denied a seat and they are trying to get somewhere, be it work or pleasure, and a seat is taken up and no revenue then the airline looses also. It is all very complicated. But every one has to be taken care of.
Posted by: kwest | Apr 27, 2009 07:47 AM
Im big but I fit in one seat o.k. But my daughter that lives in Mn. has to buy two seats which she cannot afford. I have not seen my daughter in five years.
Posted by: andurian1 | Apr 28, 2009 07:46 AM
Posted by: ANSON | Apr 29, 2009 01:01 PM
I am considered morbidly obese. I am 348 pounds and just shy of 6 foot tall. Though I am told I carry it well, I do not feel I do and the stares I get (occasionally at my legs) do bother me. If I let it stress me out though I would never leave my home or I would be dead already. I deserve better than that.
Posted by: Renmeleon | Apr 29, 2009 01:32 PM
I am disabled and require some extra accomodation from airlines. I couldn't ride buses or trains at all without some kind of accomodation. I think most airlines and bus companies are required to help me travel, and they don't charge for it.
Posted by: David Spero RN | Apr 29, 2009 01:34 PM
I love the idea of per pound travel...EVRYONE pays the same XX dollars/pound of body weight, kid weight AND luggage weight(including medical equipment..lets make it fair for all)
Posted by: begonia05 | Apr 29, 2009 04:53 PM
no one is forcing you to put those extra bites of food into your mouth. Be an adult and eat healthly. I hear people say, I know its not good for me but I like it. I am very slender and I do not appreciate someone trying to take over my seating space. I was at a football game and the man next to me, kept trying to take over my seat. I said to him this is my seat please move away as you are in 2/3 of my seat. His remark to me was he could not fit into one seat and I should allow him my space as I was slim. My remark, then you should buy two seats. The same for airlines, if you don't fit in one, buy two. As far as being a health issue, try watching the show " The biggest loser". They follow a healthy diet and plenty of excercise. Health issues get better and some of the health problems go away altogether. It is also a safety issue for the airlines. To much weight on a plane can be dangerous for liftoff and landing. Growup, if you need two seats, buy it. People in America are spoiled, over weight cry babies. Travel abroad, you don't see fat people and if you do they are americans on vacation. Get up, eat right, excercise and watch the weight dropoff, then you won't have to worry about airline seating.
Posted by: Ruth | Apr 29, 2009 09:11 PM
I CAN'T believe the freaking fat discrimination I'm reading in these posts. Please, give me a break. Yes, airline seats can be VERY uncomfortable, particularly in steerage class. However, how can weight discrimination be justified by either the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or the 504 accommodations' law? Fat people are the last acceptable group to be discriminated against. And ridiculed, etc. Since I am fat and have the shredded self esteem of a person who has consistently encountered the prejudice against fat people.... And I've bought into that prejudice as well. Yes, airlines ARE businesses. Fat people need to boycott any airline that believes discrimination is good for the bottom line. Use ground transportation instead, especially Amtrak.
Posted by: kmcewen | Apr 29, 2009 11:29 PM
It makes me very sad to see that the majority are once again complacently swallowing something else that they know is basically wrong. What happened to the Americans who were willing to fight for injustice and stand up and say "NO" when asked to humiliate an entire segment of the population. There are a lot of "obese" people walking around and who is to say what they can or cannot do.
Posted by: magglesworth | Apr 30, 2009 09:52 AM
I am overweight, I realize how hard it is for some people to lose weight, just like it is hard for some people to quit smoking. The airlines need to know how much weight the plane is carrying for fuel consumption, etc. When you only single out certain people to weigh or pay for two tickets then that is discrimination. I think everyone should be weighed and pay per pound/kg. That would be the fair thing to do.
Posted by: jeanrx1 | May 02, 2009 12:23 PM
I think it is a good move in the right direction. The health care system is bogged down with people who just dont move or stop eating. Lets face it you must feed so many calories to maintain this weight. I dont just happen over night. We all need to check ourselves every once in while and say enough is enough. Find a hobby or go for a walkget up get out do something for someone else. You will feel better at night when you lay down to sleep if you are tired. I am 66 years old and work over 100 hours a week and enjoyy it and thank God everyday for the health to help others. I am a home health nurses aide.
Posted by: bernice | May 18, 2009 06:47 PM
I am so sick, sick, sick of people acting as if heavy folks would just get up and wiggle around they would miraculously be free of their weight. This isn't about seats on airplanes. This is about you people who say the most vile, hurtful, evil things about people of size because you are hidden behind a computer screen and have self esteem issues or are on a power trip. "Try watching The Biggest Loser"? Do you REALIZE how condescending that sounds, while at the same time suggesting people watch a embarassingly bad reality show on television in order to better manage their weight? "Wearing jeans that could clothe an entire family overseas?" How do people justify such insulting, bad mannered statements? My FAT, wonderful, departed Nana used to say that you need to be careful what you say about people, because there is always something about you that you'd hate to have discussed. People call fat sloppy, 'let go', disgusting, nasty, gross: I loved my Nana, I love my Momma, many aunts and uncles, and friends. How dare they be called these negative names! Search yourself and find that dark, sick little corner in you that has to be cruel in order to feel powerful. That place that hates people because of reasons that totally have NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU AND YOUR SMALL LIFE. Then, work on it. You may be slim, but your heart and soul are deeply unattractive
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Richie Sambora has released "Come Back As Me," a stand alone solo single. The track, which comes in the wake of Sambora's departure from the most recent Bon Jovi departure, may have some fans questioning whether the lyrics reference his departure with the band:
"What do you want me to say, I gave you everything I could give / But everything just wasn't enough, so I just let live and live," sings Sambora on the tune.
If the song does signal that the guitarist has gone his own way, it would contradict his recent comments to TMZ. He told the gossip site that a BJ reunion was imminent:
"I feel bad for the fans - I love my fans . . . It's gonna work itself out. It'll happen."
Sambora has not said whether the track is part of a larger solo effort.
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Hi guys. It's a bit hard to find using the current search in AJ but I'm wondering if anyone here knows of a music track similar to Trogdor?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnO24xmca9Y
I'm after the cheesy minimalistic music during the drawing stage. If anyone can point me to something similar in AJ that would help! Even if you made one I'd buy it!
I'm currently using creative cloud subs. Potentially I can try to get my hands on cs5 but that's probably as far as I can go. It might just be easier to just use cs3. Bit disappointing really, the new versions had some great updates but shame can't use it for a majority sake.
Ugh, , might have to go back to CS3 then.
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Hi, question, does anyone here make AE templates only for CS6? I'm wondering if I should stick with CS3 for compatibility sake.
Spare a thought for us down here.http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/temperatures-off-the-charts-as-australia-turns-deep-purple-20130108-2ce33.html
Cheers. It's so weird these things are hidden away. I have the same experience when looking for VH assets or watermarks.
Where are they??? It's so obscure, I've searched over the help, wiki and google.
Hello, a while back, maybe a month ago someone posted on the forums about how to get better and there's a 'creative gap' before someone gets good at something? Was wondering if anyone here remembers that thread? I've been looking for it everywhere after I lost the link.
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Avengers Assemble. 10/10. I was going to give it a 10/10 with a half dozen caveats about being an action film and dumb fun and then I watched it again. Straight away again. You know what it reminds me of? It reminds me of Star Wars. Back in the day.
I love Joss Whedon's writing, in a hokey way. I get a bit bored of how every character sounds the same and all the dialogue is snappy and he can't resist a withering 1990s putdown but he was born to write comic dialogue and he fits this film like a glove. He gives Thor the extra syllables, takes them away from Tony Stark, but mostly he trusts his actors to make the difference and have enough in them to make each character different.
He can't resist poking his own head through and it does sometimes show. 'Hilariously' outmatched is not something SLJ would say (ande he doesn't even really know how to say it). The crewman playing Space Invaders, the (studio led) pops at Superman and Batman, the constant need for deflation where a character gets interrupted when monologuing, these are moments when he can't help himself and maybe gets too clever for his own good. But most everything else is bang on the money.
This should be a larger than life film. It should have ridiculous, over the top characters flying around, doing extraordinary things. It should have willing sacrifice and learning to trust and forgiveness and understanding and newfound strength and belief, and to find the room to do all this in one film is a masterclass. Yes, it helped that these had a solid core of films to build on and yes it helps that there isn't a weak performance in it (I wondered about Loki, and the English Hellboy look, but his cruelty and especially his face, all smile and teeth and bones, is stark as Skeletor and just as memorable), but even so there was a solid expectation to live up to and even then it was more.
It says a lot that I needed a second pass to get the things I'd missed. What comic book film has ever needed that? Ever? SLJ's speech, right at the heart, about heroes, and being old fashioned, and belief, was far more than I'd given it credit for the first time around. Loki's taunts to his brother and the fear at the army at his back which made him hide in violence and malevolence. Thor was beautifully anachronistic, as was Captain America, although the one was stubborn and the other bemused. Tony Stark needed only turn on the charm, and then sulk when it didn't work. Hawkeye and Black Wossname were sensibly given their own space to do their own thing, but why have they made a ton of Hulk films and only now used Mark Ruffalo? I can't decide whether he was better as himself, or whether the actual, true, best character in the whole damn thing was a CGI effect.
Get this man with Laurence Kasdan working on the new Disney Star Wars. Man of Steel is going to have to be something special because the last Batman film was bad enough against normal fare, before I'd seen this. Like I said, 10/10.
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When people talk about the PlayStation generation, they're not referring to people who collect Social Security. But a couple of older gamers, Barbara St. Hilaire, 69, and Doris Self, 79, are making their mark in the gaming world and aren't letting old age stand in their way.
"I don't see what the big fuss is," St. Hilaire said from her home in Cleveland. "This is just me."
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For decades, the San people of Southern Africa were known, by Whites at least, as the Bushmen of the Kalahari.
They were oppressed and thrown off their land by white settlers. They were seen as nothing more than primitive hunter gatherers with no future.
But as apartheid ended and African people began to rediscover and re-assert their identity, they threw off the condescending name of Bushmen and became what they always were, the San people.
But throwing off 300 years of oppression and racial discrimination is not that simple. Changing your name does not change your circumstances.
The Bushmen Business, by Dominik Eisenhart Roth is a film which captures the difficulties the San people are facing to regain their heritage and culture whilst at the same time benefiting from modern developments.
Because those same modern developments threaten to undermine the very basis of what it means to be San. Can you be a hunter-gatherer in the modern age?This episode of Witness airs on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 0830GMT and 1900GMt with repeats at 0330GMT, 1400 and 2330GMT on Friday.


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What do you think about baby showers for a mother having her second (or third or fourth) baby?I asked on Twitter a couple of months ago, before I had my own second baby, and answers were all over the place!
Some people thought they were unbelievably tacky, unnecessary, or just odd. Other people thought, as long as someone offered without prompting, it was perfectly acceptable. Still others suggested it was fine if there were no gifts or if the gifts were only diapers or if it was a very specifically-themed shower (like second-hand picture books).
It also seems to be something of a geographical trend. Friends in Utah, where the birth rate tends to be quite high, said baby showers were common only for first babies. In my area of Texas, baby showers for every baby, no matter where they fall in the birth order lineup, seem to be completely normal. Just a few days before I'd asked on Twitter, I'd attended a baby shower for a friend of mine who was having her FIFTH baby.
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When the Smiths were touring behind The Queen Is Dead in 1986, they were fueled largely by cheese sandwiches and booze. (Also, some of them ate tuna, which seems at least a little bit murderous.) So explains the US tour rider that appeared on Twitter yesterday. Check out all the exceedingly reasonable requests below.
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