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Jul 24, 2012 11:12 AM, With Bennett Liles
And you've got the Alcorn McBride V4 system running the whole show so who maintains that? Say, what happens if you have a power failure? How long does it take to get it all back up and running?
Sure, HTA does have site carpenter and a site maintenance team that took over the reins from me after the design was done, and they have all been trained by me on the V4 and how everything works—a wonderful team. In the event of a power failure there's actually a bigger problem, which is that if this building goes out all of River Street, pretty much goes out based on where the transformers are. The tour itself would be rerouted for safety concerns, so we actually saved a lot of money not having to get a specialized generator for the space because the tour itself is rerouted in the event of a power outage. Now if there was a power outage and when it comes back up we could start the tour in about 30 seconds. The only thing that would need to happen is if one manual reset. We keep the cotton elevator on a manual reset just for safety sake; it's winched back into position manually by the actor rather than being computer controlled, which was a choice that we did actively make. So the only thing that you have to do is winch that cotton elevator back into position, let it catch the hydraulic and the magnet, and then basically step back. The system, the V4, resets within about 10 seconds, runs a quick 30-second audio test, and the trolley could be pulling up in the next minute and you would be ready to go. [Timestamp: 7:09]
OK, you have the DMX machine for lighting and you have lightning effects and so forth. How do you use the Megaflash 800W strobe? Is that what you use for the lighting?
It's a combination of using it for lightning and using it as sort of a freak out effect because each two strobes—we have one on each side of the space; they cover a lot of ground and we looked long and hard. Megaflash turned out to be the best supplier. They have incredible longevity, the lamps do. The throw is huge and the control of frame to frame is tremendous, so yeah, we use those sparingly. Obviously you don't want to overdo any particular effect, but we use those especially in combination with two industrial strength fans to give another 4D element that even before they get wet they get the sensation that air is starting to move in an uncomfortable fashion and definitely it's moving faster and harder than the air conditioning. Which is one thing we did have to mix with is it was an unintentional 4D effect that obviously the space had to be air conditioned because the space gets to be 104 or 105 in Savannah in the summer. So I love it when people come in they and say oh it's so nice and cold and then they sit down and they feel great and then when the fans start they actually start feeling the hairs on their arm moving; people start to freak out, which I love. [Timestamp: 8:32]
It has to be a lot of fun working on something like that. How does the initial testing go on a system like this? At what point do you bring the actors in? After you have all the wiring connected and the effects tested?
Right, the actors came in very early. The first person from the creative end to come in was from the MOD, who also was our scriptwriter and our script supervisor. He was there right from the beginning. He saw us just loading the basics in and he started walking around the room getting the feel for it from that sensibility. He was with us as we started plugging everything in and testing it out—started working on the stories from there. The actors were in probably about a month and a half in and they had a good two to three weeks of just running it with us. We would demonstrate something for them and then let them give their theatrical flair to it, and obviously there were rehearsals that went better than others. This is a very unique type of experience of which I do not know of many that are like this. I have definitely seen 3D films all over the country and I've definitely seen where you just have a 4D show which is completely computer controlled but no actor, but the two things together are very rare. So we had rehearsals where we weren't sure whether this thing was going to work and then I remember one rehearsal where it just clicked; we didn't see the actors hitting the buttons any more as much as we were looking for them, and the fun of that, just the huge round of applause that we got at the end was very, very fulfilling. It's definitely fun to build any one of these types of attractions, but man when you add a live actor to it, it gets in people's faces and the scaring them to death and then you get to rain on them. It's great. [Timestamp: 10:02]
And you've even got an animatronic cat running through the place in the middle of the show?
There's a animatronic cat at one point that flies across a shelf and knocks some cans over, and we have had people that they see that cat and they are looking around saying, "Where's that cat? Where's that cat?" I mean they are, because we create the cat and then its presence is felt. It plays—it runs across a piano, it knocks a picture frame over, it's presence is there and yet at one point I said, "You guys want ticklers; do you want to have it run through the audience?" and the honest answer was it's not a haunted house and we can't overwhelm our audience. We have families come in and they are getting so freaked out by the idea that a cat might run by their feet that we don't actually have to do it they do it for themselves. [Timestamp: 10:47]
Yeah, it's like being the man behind the curtain with all of the levers and buttons to make all these surprises happen. So what's coming up? What do you have coming up next for Historic Tours of America? Have you got any projects in the works?
Well, we're very proud to announce they've opened a brand new attraction up in Boston, which I did early consulting work on and helped design the initial show control aspects for. It's the Boston Tea Party ships and experience. It's a combination of real tall ships that have been built by hand in an marina and then floated to the sight of the museum as well as a museum experience with holograms and talking portraits like we have at the oldest show experience which I know is on this podcast previously. Just a combination of a number of wonderful effects and of course live actors as is Historic Tours best claim to fame. In addition a lot of things brewing, maybe in Savannah, maybe in St. Augustine, there's some great ideas floating around. Unfortunately we're not to the point where I can announce what any of them are yet, but I think we're very excited. I am hoping to go down there in about a month and completely redo an audio animatronic figure, so hey—St. Augustine in the summer ain't no slouch job; it's a good way to go. [Timestamp: 12:01]
Really, and having lots of fun doing this in places like Savannah and St. Augustine. I can imagine what a great time it is and all of the ideas you get just from working on the show. Thanks for telling us about it. Ryan McCurdy of Historic Tours of America and the Perkins and Sons Experience right there on River Street in Savannah. Good luck on the projects coming up.
Thank you very much. Hopefully we'll build something good and I'll be talking to you again in a little bit.
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The Governor's Office of Employee Relations issued a memorandum revisiting the state's policy regarding the need to separate political campaign activities by state employees from the conduct of official state business.
While employees are not discouraged from participating in the political campaign process, they must keep their political campaign activities separate from the discharge of their duties as state employees. For the purposes of these guidelines, "political campaign activities" include any act, activity, or event designed to communicate a political endorsement, urge voters to vote for a particular candidate, support a political party, or raise funds for a political candidate or party.
Political campaign activities—such as campaigning, coordinating volunteers, and soliciting or receiving campaign contributions—are not within the scope of the official duties of executive branch employees and they may not conduct campaign activities on state time. Performing political campaign activities on state time may subject employees to criminal prosecution and the loss of employment.
In addition, and in furtherance of the Governor's Executive Order Number 7, all state vehicles, offices, equipment, and resources, including telephones, computers, fax machines, office supplies, postage, photocopying machines, and support staff assistance, are the property of the state, and employees may not use that property for assistance for political campaign activities. In those limited circumstances where employees are permitted personal use of state property—for example, vehicles assigned to individuals for both business and personal use—employees must make an appropriate accounting of the use of that property for political campaign activity.
Employees are also reminded that they are prohibited from engaging in the political activities stated in Section 74 of the Public Officers Law, Section 107 of the Civil Service Law, and Sections 17–156 of the Election Law.
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Section 107 of the Civil Service Law protects state civil service employees from discriminatory practices based on political affiliations. Under this provision, covered individuals may not be asked to reveal their political affiliations or opinions in order to determine fitness for office. In addition, the appointment selection, or removal of civil service employees to or from state employment may not be affected or influenced by political opinions or affiliations. Section 107 further prohibits state employees from using their official positions to compel state employees to give political contributions and from using state offices to collect such contributions. Finally, Section 107 prohibits state employees from using or promising to use their official authority to coerce or persuade the vote or political action of any individual.
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Busy week at the blog!
On Monday, I reported on a Scott Burns column about a March 2012 Journal of Financial Planning article I co-authored with Michael Finke and Duncan Williams. Our essential argument was that when a retiree properly considers their available resources outside of their financial portfolio (such as Social Security, fixed income annuities (SPIAs), pensions, etc.) as well as their flexibility to reduce spending in their later years, it may make sense to choose a retirement income strategy with a much higher failure rate than is commonly considered in safe withdrawal rate studies. That study was based on Monte Carlo simulations calibrated to the historical data.
On Wednesday, I updated my explanations about a paper I published in the August 2011 Journal of Financial Planning in which I argued that historical data does not provide a proper basis for determining forward-looking safe withdrawal rates. Future returns and sustainable withdrawal rates are connected to the current market environment, not historical averages. Some great comments followed that post, including a question about why we used historical averages in the March 2012 article, given what I reported in August 2011. As well, one commenter made a good point which ultimately means that the out-of-sample predictions connected to low recent dividend yields may not be reliable.
About the issue of why we used historical averages in March 2012, my basic view is that there are many changes I would like to consider for retirement income studies, but not all the changes should be made at the same time. Rather, I think it is more helpful to change assumptions one at a time so that it is easier to see the impacts of each of those assumptions. We should certainly redo the March 2012 with alternative returns assumptions at some point though.
Today I would like to make some initial efforts toward this end. In doing so, I harken back to my January 2012 Journal of Financial Planning article, "Capital Market Expectations, Asset Allocation, and Safe Withdrawal Rates." The whole point of that article was to provide a framework for seeing how any types of assumptions about returns and asset classes choices impact the results for safe withdrawal rates. I think this article provides a framework for re-considering the August 2011 article framework too, though admittedly it is not super-straightforward about how to do this since it is very hard to know about proper assumptions for the means, standard deviations, and correlations for each asset class.
Nonetheless, in moving toward today's post, Joe Tomlinson's new column at Advisor Perspectives this week is also excellent (it compares GLWBs and deferred income annuities). While I'm not talking now about his results, I do want to adapt his general data assumptions methodology. He is thinking about things in the right way, and I want to show what happens when you apply his approach to the framework from my January 2012 article.
Here are three tables of data assumptions which will provide the general summary of the impacts from changing assumptions. Again, though I am not following Joe exactly, I am adapting his ideas here. First, Table 1A shows the historical data parameters which I use when I say I am calibrating things to the historical data. This is real data after adjusting for inflation. Then, Table 1B keeps the same historical equity premium over bonds, but it adjusts all of the returns downward by 1.52%. This is to get the real bond return to more closely match current real bond yields. Current yields are the best predictor for longer-term bond returns, even if not held to maturity. Finally, in Table 1C, I maintain the lower bond returns and also adjust the stock return downward as well to assume a lower equity premium than historically witnessed. The equity premium in 1C is only 4% instead of 6.18%. I don't try to mess with standard deviations or correlations.
Next, it is just a matter of seeing what happens when using these alternative sets of assumptions. The next table is the same Table from my January article showing results for the historical data parameters seen in Table 1A. As I explained in a recent blog entry, I think this table provides a lot of nice advantages for thinking about safe withdrawal rates in the classical safe withdrawal rate framework introduced by William Bengen and the Trinity study. [Though, the March 2012 article points in a whole different direction for thinking about safe withdrawal rates]. Here is the table with advice calibrated to the historical data:
You can study it, but to keep the discussion manageable I will focus on one specific row from the table to describe differences for the varying assumptions. Consider a 30-year retirement duration for a retiree willing to accept a 10% chance for failure. That is, the retiree accepts that with constant inflation-adjusted withdrawals, there is a 10% chance that wealth will run out before the end of 30 years. Also, there is no bequest motive or no worry about the magnitude of failure [my Advisor Perspectives column scheduled for publication on April 17 will delve further into these issues]. The table shows a recommended withdrawal rate of 4.3% and an optimal asset allocation of 45% stocks and 55% bonds. No cash. Another purpose of that article was to show that asset allocation does not matter all that much, as a stock allocation anywhere between 28% and 69% supports as nearly as high of a withdrawal rate as the optimal asset allocation.
Next, let's move to Table 1B, in which returns drop downward to get future real bond returns of 1% and the same historical equity premium. This figure compares the efficient frontiers for the historical data (in red) and this revised scenario (in black) for the 30-year retirement and 10% failure rate example:
And we need a table to accompany that figure to show about the asset allocation. This Table 2.3B is produced using the modified return assumptions in Table 1B:
Feel free to study and compare the tables. Again, to keep things manageable, I focus only on the one row. With a 30-year retirement and 10% failure, the sustainable withdrawal rate has dropped from 4.3% down to 3.6%. Actually, I don't think asset allocation should change when all returns drop the same amount. The small changes are an artifact of 10,000 simulations not being enough to get the perfectly exact results. There is still some fuzziness due to random variation, but as it was my rather souped-up computer had to run for 72 hours last August just to get the background info guiding this analysis with 10,000 simulations.
Finally, let's consider about Table 1C which also reduces the equity premium. Here is a figure again showing the efficient
frontiers for the historical data (in red) and this revised scenario (in
black) for the 30-year retirement and 10% failure rate example:
And here is a corresponding Table 2.3C produced using the
modified return assumptions in Table 1C:
With a 30-year retirement and 10% failure, the sustainable withdrawal rate has dropped from 4.3% down to 3.2%. That equity premium reduction cut another 0.4% off the 3.6% withdrawal rate in Table 2.3B. It also leads to a lower optimal stock allocation, as the lower equity premium penalizes the more volatile stocks and makes them less attractive. The optimal stock allocation dropped from 45% to 29%, with the range of nearly optimal stock allocations falling to between 18% and 48%.
And so, assumptions about future returns do matter a lot! But the problem is: we don't know what the future will bring. It pays to be cautious and flexible. Don't rely completely on the idea of 4% being a safe withdrawal rate, because you only get one whack at the cat.


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A former Brown University student, William McCormick III, is suing the school in federal court for interfering with his efforts to exonerate himself following a rape accusation. The student, a star wrestler and straight-A student from Wisconsin, had been attending the Ivy League school on scholarship, when fellow student Marcella Beth Dresdale (identified by the Crime and Federalism blog) made a complaint that he was "following her" in the student dorm they both lived in.
Ms. Dresdale's friends weighed in, calling Mr. McCormick "creepy" (i.e. beta and poor), and after she spoke with her father, prominent alumnus and donor Richard C. Dresdale, he contacted the school. Shortly thereafter, school officials pressed Ms. Dresdale to identify McCormick, which she initially did not want to do because she "did not want anything bad to happen," and add to her complaint. According to Ms. Dresdale, she felt that school officials were "yelling at her" in an effort to get her to amend the complaint to include rape. At the time, she was distressed because she was missing sailing lessons and needed to study for a test. To get it over with, she wrote a statement, with the help of her resident coordinator, claiming that Mr. McCormick had raped her.
Immediately after she had done this, Mr. McCormick was summoned into the dean's office, told he had been implicated in "sexual misconduct," and given a one-way plane ticket back to Wisconsin. He has said that the school threatened him with criminal charges if he did not sign off on the expulsion.
Throughout this process, police were never notified, and Mr. McCormick was never given a chance to give his side of the story.
This case brings up an interesting point, which is that these sexual misconduct policies are often supported wholeheartedly by parents of the mainly female students at these schools. In fact, without parental support for these policies, I doubt the feminists would have been able to put them in place. As universities become increasingly female, there will be more and more support from wealthy daddies such as Richard Dresdale, who operates a multi-billion dollar company, for measures that treat any males in their daughters' vicinity with extreme suspicion.
Some people may sympathize with Mr. Dresdale, but he's part of the problem ordinary men are facing. In order to extend his protection and control over his daughter, he flaunts his wealth and power to trample on the concept of due process. If Mr. Dresdale is so protective of his daughter, why send her away to school where she will live on her own? If he doesn't think the police are up to the job of protecting her, shouldn't he keep his precious daughter at home so he can look after her until she's married off to some suitably wealthy young man? Rather, Mr. Dresdale's choice is to throw his weight around to bully men, just like the crooked cops beating Carlos Ferrell in front of his ex-wife.
As for Marcella Dresdale, we have no idea whether she was telling the truth or not. Evidently, she didn't want to write a statement accusing McCormick of rape, so she may not have felt that he raped her in the first place. It isn't even clear whether the two actually had sex. Nothing's clear, because her daddy made sure it was all handled abruptly and extrajudicially. Personally, I'm inclined to think McCormick did not rape her. If he had, he probably would have happily accepted the offer given him by the school and never uttered a peep about the matter to anyone, thankful that he got away with a crime that could put him behind bars for years. However, it seems that when he came to his senses after being railroaded by Brown, he chose to challenge the school.
This lawsuit should prove to be an interesting test for the sexual misconduct policies that have been springing up around the country. However, no matter how the lawsuit goes, men will win this one. If McCormick wins, Brown will have to shell out more money – hopefully more than it has received from Mr. Dresdale – to settle. If Brown wins, it will become known as a place where men are no longer welcome, and the school will begin to wither on the vine, although that may take decades. Ultimately, the best thing about this is that more people will open their eyes to the fact that men, whether innocent or guilty, have very few rights at all.


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Friday, November 2, 2007
Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age
Reflections on Why Copyright Law Must Change
Ismail Serageldin
Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
This presentation was given in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on the Universal Digital Library (ICUDL 2007), hosted by Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and the School of Computer Science.
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Dr. Ismail Serageldin is the Director of the newly established Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, and chairs the Boards of Directors for each of the seven research institutes and three museums affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Previously he served as Vice President of the World Bank (1992-2000), Chairman of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR, 1994-2000), Chairman of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP), a micro-finance program (1995-2000), Chairman of the Global Water Partnership (GWP, 1996-2000), and Chairman of the World Commission for Water in the 21st Century (1998-2000). Dr. Serageldin worked in a number of capacities at the World Bank (1972-2000) and has published and lectured widely. He holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering degree from Cairo University, and a Masters' degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has received 15 honorary doctorates. Dr. Serageldin currently serves as Distinguished Professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and as chair and member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific, and international institutions and civil-society efforts. He has written more than 50 books and monographs (edited or authored) and 200 articles, book chapters, and technical papers on various topics.


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Canoers rescue woman found unconscious in Yakima River
Two citizens that were canoeing in the river downstream from Big Pines, Amy Thorpe, 52, and Patrick Gonseth, 23, both from Yakima, observed a female with no life jacket, Brandi Leingang, 27 from Yakima laying in the water, unconscious and unresponsive, hung up in some rocks. Her feet were pointing downstream and her head was being supported by river rocks keeping just her mouth and nose out of the water. They were able to get Leingang in their canoe, at which point she started showing signs of consciousness. After getting her in their canoe they had to paddle upstream for about 20 minutes against the strong current before they got back to the boat launch and could ask someone to call 911.
A Bureau of Land Management Ranger arrived on scene first and advised that the female was still conscious. A Deputy arrived on scene at the same time as KVFR medics, who took over patient care. The friends that had been floating with Leingang could not say how or when Leingang had fallen in the river due to their level of intoxication.
"Ms. Leingang is very fortunate. Had it not been for Thorpe and Gonseth and their quick thinking, Leingang most likely would have drown. Thorpe and Gonseth are both lifeguards and Thorpe is the coach of a Yakima area swim team. Too much alcohol and no life jackets on the water is a classic recipe for a tragedy," said Sheriff Gene Dana.


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OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau was gang-tackled Monday for an ill-timed joke about the tense situation in Ukraine.
Conservative and New Democrats questioned the Liberal leader's credentials and credibility on the world stage for what they said were flippant and distasteful comments and another example of why he's not ready for prime time.
Jobs Minister Jason Kenney was aghast at Trudeau's insensitivity.
"It shows he has absolutely no depth on foreign policy... I don't think he understands the complexities of these issues. I'd be surprised if he could find Kiev on a map," Kenney told QMI Agency.
The Montreal MP came under blistering scrutiny after equating any Russian intervention in Ukraine on the Olympic host's poor hockey performance at the Sochi Games.
His unpolished foreign policy views were aired in French during an unscripted interview in Quebec on Sunday hours after his party wrapped up a policy convention in Montreal, where delegates passed resolutions to decriminalize medically assisted suicides and a series of debt-financed national programs.
"For me, the President Yanukovych has become illegitimate and it's very disconcerting, particularly since Russia lost in hockey during the Olympics - Russia will be in a bad mood, we are concerned about Russia implicating itself in the Ukraine," he said.
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He followed up by saying his remarks were an "attempt to bring a little bit of a lighter tone into a situation that is extremely serious."
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said the comments were inappropriate and offensive from someone with little knowledge of diplomacy.
"Trudeau apparently thinks the situation in Ukraine is something to joke about. We don't... This is another case of the Liberal leader simply showing bad judgment, saying that foreign policy on an important issue like Ukraine, which is critical to the peace and stability of Europe and to the peace and stability of the world could be determined by one country's mood after losing a hockey game."
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said Trudeau's musings were unacceptable.
"I fail l to see the levity when you have dozens of people shot dead in the street of their own capital. So you don't make jokes about it."
Mulcair said Trudeau's latest faux pas is indicative of a pattern, including his praise for Communists and comments about studying the root causes of terrorism after the Boston Marathon bloodbath.
Trudeau has ducked the media in recent days with the exception of interviews approved by his handlers.
He was a no-show in the Commons on Monday and left MP Marc Garneau to come to his defence.
Garneau said Trudeau has nothing to apologize for, and that his boss is being unfairly attacked and that Trudeau fully understands the Ukrainian situation.
"He didn't misspeak," Garneau said. "He didn't misspeak."
He said Trudeau's foes took his words out of context and were "playing cheap, political, partisan politics" out of desperation because of Trudeau's popularity.
Ukraine's ambassador to Canada, Vadym Prystaiko, said Trudeau should apologize.
So Justin Trudeau, whose favourite regime is "the basic dictatorship of China," thinks the deadly crisis in Ukraine is a laughing matter.
— Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) February 24, 2014
Justin on Ukraine "It is very worrisome, particularly since Russia lost in hockey, they will be in a bad mood..." (CBC) Unreal.
— James Moore (@JamesMoore_org) February 24, 2014


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I have a Liftmaster GDO that is now 12 years old. I have had no problems with it - yet. I notice the chain is sagging about 2.5 - 3 inches below the rails when closed. It is also "less smooth" in opening and closing. I have used the tensioner bolt to make it as tight as possible - but that is the best it will do. Does anyone know how or if links can be removed from the chain. It isn't intuitively obvious to me how but I am guessing it can be done. |
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Wear increases with chain tension. Some sag in a long span is going to occur. If the unit is working leave the chain alone. |
A chain can be shortened or lengthened by removing or adding links but a special tool is required. Your door may just be closing too far causing the chain to sag but it sounds like you have additional problems. I think a call to a door technician is in order. |
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Breakfast Topic: What's the longest you've ever farmed for something? {WoW}
Sep 30th 2011 7:26PM My main is a hunter so when wraith was released I had to have Loque. Every day before my friend got on and before I raid I'd be in the basin farming ore hoping that I would see a flash of white. Took me 3 months but I finally got him, playing on a pvp server at the time was rather nerve racking to say the least during my tame, I have never turned my camera so much during a tame before making sure no one would interrupt. I didn't know about NPC Scan at the time so I could've quite of easily missed him.
Sambas didn't take me long at all, the first hunter on my server to tame him actually helped me out by giving me the time he was tamed, so I parked my hunter at the spawn spot logged out, logged back in after a certain amount of hours and NPC Scan went off, so I happily tamed him.
The White Hawk Strider took me a while but I got it late last year, still trying to get The Raven Lord been after him for well over a year, and then there's the elusive Green Proto Drake who has been the bane of my gaming existence since I got revered with Oracles. I have just started going after the horse mount in kara with a friend, and knowing my luck when it drops he will out roll me as per usual. Got the brewfest ram the other day though, trying for the kodo *crosses fingers*
WoW Insider's Cataclysm launch giveaway: Landros' Gift Box {WoW}
Dec 6th 2010 5:44PM Oh dear.. 2193 comments already
Cataclysm Beta: Alexstrasza cutscene spoilers {WoW}
Oct 6th 2010 7:53PM I have the feeling when I watch this in game I'm going to cry..
The Queue: Amazon now says January {WoW}
Oct 1st 2010 4:18AM Just curious, but will the new Class changes (i.e. human hunter) become available before Cataclysm? Or do we have to wait for the actual expansion?
Breakfast Topic: Fear ... so exhilarating {WoW}
May 29th 2010 9:30AM It's okay! I can sympathise with you with The Grudge, I didn't sleep in my own bed for at least 3 nights because I was afraid that something was going to crawl up under my sheets from the foot of it. Since then I have watched it twice more and each time I'm just as scared.. I am glutton for punishment.
When I first started playing WoW, I was on a server my friend was on, one of the worst PvP servers. I needed to go to Ashenvale, when I saw "Contested Territory" pop up I whispered my friend and asked what that meant. After finding out I high tailed it out of there. I didn't go back for a few days in til my friend grouped with me and took me through.
Now though, not so much as a scare, but someone said it earlier, my stomach lurches when I fall from somewhere high. Its like that feeling you get when your asleep and you feel your falling.
I freely admit though when someone suddenly drops down from the sky and dismounts right in front of me when I'm not paying attention it scares the utter crap out of me :(
Scattered Shots: Five secrets for not being a terrible hunter {WoW}
May 17th 2010 11:00PM What happens if you don't have any man parts? Not that I post damage meters or anything..
Not sure why, may be it's because my main is a hunter, but I found this article rather amusing
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May 8th 2010 8:16PM Does anyone have an idea on how tall the Worgen are going to be?
Seriously can't wait til Cataclysm
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May 6th 2010 5:16AM I was staring at that destroyed corner of Stormwind trying to work out what was gone.. 30 seconds later it clicked :(
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May 1st 2010 4:35AM Oh.My.God I thought that was Aion.
This is just awesome. I was impressed with the WotLK graphics but this is even better
Breakfast Topic: I suck at playing mage {WoW}
Apr 25th 2010 8:21AM Druid.. for the life of me I can not level a druid past 17.
I can have a hunter and paladin both at level cap, and a priest alt (which I'm leveling really slowly) but when it comes to a druid.. nope not happening. Since I was playing back in vanilla, I've had a lot of druid alts been made and deleted continuously.
Death Knight is another, I love the starting area completely and utterly love it (I've done it at least 5 times just to read the slightly different dialogue between the DK and prisoners). Get me out of Hellfire with my DK though and I loose interest. My highest level has been 64, then I deleted her and re did it all again.
I tried a warlock once.. found it boring. Kinda ironic really considering my main is a hunter


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A training program designed to teach pediatricians to better identify kids with autism may be an effective way to decrease wait times and flag children with the developmental disorder at younger ages, researchers say.
Currently many children suspected of having autism wait months to see diagnosticians for an evaluation, but researchers say that training community pediatricians to conduct assessments may allow kids to enter treatment programs more quickly.
In a three-year study, researchers at Vanderbilt University trained 27 pediatric providers — including doctors and nurse practitioners — across the state of Tennessee to conduct brief evaluations in their practices of children who screened positive for autism.
After participating in the two-day trainings, researchers found that the health care providers reached the same diagnostic conclusions as specialists 90 percent of the time. What's more, providers reported making more autism diagnoses within their practices and said they were more comfortable discussing the developmental disorder.
"The findings provide initial evidence suggesting early accurate diagnosis of autism may be possible and appropriate within many community pediatric practices," said Amy Swanson of Vanderbilt who was the lead author of the study published online this month in the journal Autism. "Given the potentially harmful consequences of lengthy waits for comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, the potential impact of such training programs for advanced autism diagnosis within community practice settings could be quite powerful."
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Why are there so many kids with autism today? (THE INCREASE IS REAL, NO NOT DUE TO BETTER DX) in 2009 the autism rate was 1 in 110 in 2013 the rate is 1 in 88 that is a huge jump in only three years…what will the rate be in 2016? Isn't is equally important to identify environmental factors (toxins) that are causing the enormous autism increase? I don't see enough emphasis on this.
Training will help improve the low rate of identification for Early Intervention: Children with developmental difficulties constitute between 12% and 16% of the general pediatric population. However, rates of children with delays receiving Early Intervention services are reported to be 5% for 3 – to 5-year old children and 1.8% for children birth through 2 years of age. (Hix-Small, et al., Pediatrics 2007; 120; 381)
I've got news for you! THE PART ABOUT HAVING TO WAIT MONTHS TO SEE A DIAGNOSTICIAN IS TRUE FOR ADULTS TOO! Fortunately, in my case, it was worth the wait!


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Novalja is one of the most famous summer party resorts on the Adriatic, famous for its beach parties and numerous night clubs.
The town is ancient, there are numerous Roman remains, and nearby is the sunken Roman city of Cisa. Pag Island is one of the sunniest and most unique islands on the Adriatic, and Novalja is one of its gems. Beautiful beaches, a warm, emerald sea and plenty of partying have created a Croatian Ibiza, as its visitors sometimes refer to it. But Novalja also offers something to families - there are quiet beaches, ideal for families, far from the hustle and bustle.
Accommodation: Hotels, apartments, private rooms and campsites.
Natural sights
Majestic wilderness, the mysterious Pag triangle, a megalithic structure attributed with supernatural qualities by some, the botanical reserve of millennial olive trees in Lun.
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A discovery site of amphorae, a protected sub aquatic museum, three Early Christian basilicas from the 4th and 5th centuries, the archaeological collection of Stomorica, the Municipal Museum with an entrance to a 1.2km long Roman aqueduct, built into living rock, authentic folklore dancing, singing and colourful costumes.
Local wines are the Paška žutica and Gegić and there are a few vineyards near Novalja. Novalja is an ideal place to try seafood delicacies, such as scampi and shellfish which is farmed in the open sea. The most valued local specialties are cheese and lamb.
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During the summer, plenty of beach partying goes on day and night, but there are also ethno parties, classical concerts and fine arts exhibitions as part of the Novalja Summer Festival. There are also interesting events during the rest of the year - (the Carnival, Novaljski fuštan, Cheese and Lamb exhibitions, Christmas festival...).
For active holidays, try scuba diving, sailing, walking and cycling.
Excursions around the island and to Zadar, the National Parks of Paklenica and Kornati and the Velebit Natural Park.


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As they say the revolution will not be televised. A ground swell is taking place all over America. Women are rising .It has all to do with a sultry best seller " Fifty shades of Grey.
The Book is causing a very broad and wide discussion all across the USA , at water coolers to hair saloons , from feminists to bloggers .
Women are talking more openly about their sexual desires and sex lives. The book has gained worldwide popularity and its flying off the shelves. Bookshops have seen long lines and many have reported running out of the book.
However on reading the Fifty shades of Grey". ,you will find that it overflows with sex appeal( sample some few the hottest sexists lines below}. The book discusses a deep and very complex relationship . However it will end in a cliffhanger and that is why its advisable to get the Trilogy( All three books). You will be attached to the characters and you want to know what happens to them in the end, The book was originally written as a "Twilight" erotic fiction by author EL James about a relationship between the billionaires Christian Grey and the college student Anastasia Steele. Some of the scenes are steamy and explicit. Anastasia, while a college student goes to interview the young entrepreneur and finds herself attract to him . Grey is unable to resist here and wants her too but in his own terms.
There are many steamy scenes which have led many hands to wander beneath the sheets as they curl up at night reading this book. However we found the beauty of the story is the -historical knight in shining armour story line. The hero of the book has a domineering veneer but a vulnerability beneath which the heroine is able to penetrate . Some feminists do not like the fact that there is a theme of female submission to a domineering man. Christian "f**ks hard" and even gets off by "beating the s**t out of pretty little brown-haired girls." Huh.. its getting started.
Maybe it all started with his his "f**ked up" relationship that he had with his mother's friend when he was only.You know "Mrs. Robinson" not only seduced him, but she also beat him.
There are many hot and sexy scenes in this book . Here is just a little taste of what you can expect when you get the book.
Page 34: "'Do you want a regular vanilla relationship with no kinky fuckery at all?'" My mouth drops open.
"'Kinky fuckery?'" I squeak … My inner goddess is down on bended knee with her hands clasped in supplication begging me. " 'I like your kinky fuckery,'" I whisper."
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Page 78 "Before I know it, he's got both of my hands in his viselike grip above my head, and he's pinning me to the wall using his lips … His other hand grabs my hair and yanks down, bringing my face up, and his lips are on mine … My tongue tentatively strokes his and joins his in a slow, erotic dance … His erection is against my belly."
Page 78/79 "[Christian] trails a spoonful of ice cream down the center of my body, across my stomach, and into my navel … He kisses each of my breasts and sucks each of my nipples hard, then follows the line of ice cream down my body, sucking and licking as he goes … 'This way,' he murmurs and abruptly is inside me … He leans over, releases my hands, and pulls me upright so I am practically sitting on him … He nuzzles my neck, biting down, as he flexes his hips, deliciously slowly, filling me again and again. He smiles against my neck, and his fingers curl around my jaw and throat, holding me fast for a moment."
Page 104 "Very nice," he whispers appreciatively, and my nipples harden even more. He blows very gently on one as his hand moves to my other breast, and his thumb slowly rolls the end of my nipple elongating it. I groan, feeling the sweet sensation all the way to my groin …
Page 104 "Why, oh why have I fallen for someone who is plain crazy—beautiful, sexy as fuck, richer than Croesus, and crazy with a capital K?"
From Page 114: Show me how you pleasure yourself … Keep still … We're going to have to work on keeping you still, baby … Let's see if we can make you come like this … You're so deliciously wet. God, I want you … I'm going to fuck you now, Miss Steele … Hard … Come for me, Ana."
Pg 116 "Suddenly, he sits up and tugs my panties off and throws them on the floor. Pulling off his boxer briefs, his erection springs free. Holy cow! … He kneels up and pulls a condom onto his considerable length. Oh no … Will it? How?"
Page 137: "I pull him deeper into my mouth so I can feel him at the back of my throat and then to the front again. My tongue swirls around the end. He's my very own Christian Grey-flavored popsicle. I suck harder and harder … Hmm … My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves."
Page 153: "This feels different than the last time—so carnal, so … necessary. He caresses my behind with his long-fingered hands, and I'm helpless, trussed up and pressed into the mattress, at his mercy, and of my own free will. He hits me again, slightly to the side, and again, the other side, then pauses slowly as he peels my panties down and pulls them off. He gently trails his palm across my behind again before continuing my spanking. I surrender myself to the rhythm of blows, absorbing each one, savoring each one … I moan loudly as my body takes over, and I come and come, convulsing around his fingers."
Page 186: "He flexes his hips so his erection pushes against me … Yes. Right there … He runs his teeth along my chin, eases back, then slides into me again—so slow, so sweet, so tender—his body pressing down on me, his elbows and his hands on either side of my face. 'Oh, Ana,' he breathes as he lets go, my name a benediction on his lips as he finds his release. His head rests on my belly, his arms wrapped around me … I just want to enjoy the quiet serene afterglow of making love with Christian Grey, because that's what we've done: gentle, sweet lovemaking."
Page 188: Wait, all this 'Dominant and Submissive' stuff is really confusing Anastasia's Inner Goddess
"You beguile me, Christian. Completely overwhelm me. I feel like Icarus flying too close to the sun."
Page 195/6 "He leans down and kisses me, his fingers still moving rhythmically inside me, his thumb circling and pressing. His other hand scoops my hair off my head and holds my head in place. His tongue mirrors the actions of his fingers, claiming me. My legs begin to stiffen as I push against his hand. He gentles his hand, so I'm brought back from the brink … I come instantly again and again, falling apart beneath him … then I'm building again … I climax anew, calling out his name."
page 214: He pinches me hard, and my body writhes convulsively against his front. I gasp at the acute pleasure/pain. I feel him against me. I moan and my hands clench in his hair pulling harder …
Page 218: "I step towards him, slip my fearless fingers inside the waistband of his jeans, and tug so he's forced to take a step closer to me. He gasps involuntarily at my unexpected audacity, then smiles down at me. I undo the button, but before I unzip him I let my fingers wander, tracing his erection through the soft denim. He flexes his hips into my palm and closes his eyes briefly, relishing my touch … I move my hands to the front of his jeans and pull down the zipper. My intrepid fingers move through his pubic hair to his erection, and I grasp him tightly."
The second best song in our shades of Grey playlist is by Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
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page 223: I moan loudly. He moves, pounding into me, a fast, intense pace against my sore behind. The feeling is beyond exquisite, raw and debasing and mind-blowing …
Page 243: " 'I don't' care if you hit or miss baby. I just want to see you like this—partially dressed, stretched out on the billiard table.' I flush, and my inner goddess grabs a rose between her teeth and starts to tango … He caresses my behind, over and over again … I bend over the table once more … 'You missed,' he says softly in my ear … Gently, he caresses my behind and curls his other hand around the nape of my neck, his fingers tightening around my hair at the nape, his elbow at my back, holding me down … 'Open your legs,' he murmurs and for a moment, I hesitate. And he smacks me hard—with the ruler!"
Here are the other songs in our playlist :Adam Lambert 's poison, the Divinyls' "I Touch Myself,""Bump and Grind" by R Kelly Prince's "Gett Off," Flo Rida's "Wild One," Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love," " Lets it on" Marvin Gaye, The Script's "Walk Away." and "Close the door" Teddy Pendergrass.
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Page 273 "Suddenly he grabs me, tipping me across his lap. With one smooth movement, he angles his body so my torso is resting on the bed beside him. He throws his right leg over both mine and plants his left forearm on the small of my back, holding me down so I cannot move … He places his hand on my naked behind, softly fondling me, stroking around and around with his flat palm. And then his hand is no longer there … and he hits me—hard."
Page 276: "We lie there, panting together, waiting for our breathing to slow. He gently strokes my hair … Boy … I Survived. That wasn't so bad. I'm more stoic than I thought. My inner goddess is prostrate … well, at least she's quiet."
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Page 277: "Sitting beside me, he gently pulls my sweatpants down. Up and down like a whores' drawers, my subconscious remarks bitterly. In my head, I tell her where to go. Christian squirts baby oil into his hand and then rubs my behind with careful tenderness—from makeup remover to soothing balm for a spanked ass, who would have thought it was such a versatile liquid."
Page 309: "Holy Fuck. She's here, gazing at me with an unnerving blank expression, holding a gun. My subconscious swoons into a dead faint, and I don't think even smelling salts will bring her back … Christian's expression is raw, full of some unnamed emotion. This is Dominant Christian, and how at ease he looks … Finally he mouths a word at her. I can't make out what it is, but the effect on Leila is immediate. She drops to the floor on her knees, her head bowed, and the gun falls and skitters uselessly across the wooden floor. Holy fuck."
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Page 323: "At the touch of leather, I quiver and gasp. He walks around me again, trailing the crop around the middle of my body. On his second circuit, he suddenly flicks the crop, and it hits me underneath my behind … against my sex … The shock runs through me, and it's the sweetest, strangest, hedonistic feeling … My body convulses at the sweet, stinging bite. My nipples harden and elongate from the assault, and I moan loudly, pulling on my leather cuffs."
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Page 326: "With his eyes wide and full of fear, he gently tugs my hand and places it on his chest over his heart—in the forbidden zone. His breathing quickens. His heart is beating a frantic, pounding tattoo beneath my fingers … I gasp. Oh, my Fifty! He's letting me touch him."
page 329: He slides his leg in between mine, pushing my feet father apart, widening my stance, and runs my hands over my sex, one hand at a time in turn, setting up a rhythm. It's so erotic. Truly I am a marionette and he is the master puppeteer …
"- "Why don't you want to be touched?"
"Because I'm fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia"
Page 343:"I groan and run my fingernails across his back. And he gasps, a strangled moan … 'You are going to unman me, Ana … You—take me.' I sink down onto him … reveling in the fullness of my possession, reveling in his reaction, watching him unravel beneath me. I feel like a goddess … 'Ana, touch me … please.' I lean forward and steady myself with my hands on his chest … 'Come on baby, I need this. Give it to me.' And I explode, my body a slave to his, and wrap myself around him, clinging to him like a vine as he cries out my name, and climaxes with me, then collapses, his full weight pressing me into the mattress."
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Page 362: "He holds out his hand, and in his palm are two shiny silver balls linked with a thick black thread … Inside me! I gasp, and all the muscles deep in my belly clench. My inner goddess is doing the dance of the seven veils … Oh my … It's a curious feeling. Once they're inside me, I can't really feel them—but then again I know they're there … Oh my … I may have to keep these. They make me needy, needy for sex."
Page 366: When he's not spanking/flogging, Christian's quite sweet
"He sighs, slides in beside me, and pulls me into his arms. Careful not to touch my stinging behind, we are spooning again. He kisses me softly beside my ear."
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Finnish firm Lahdelma & Mahlamaki Architects, in collaboration Kurylowicz & Associates, has designed the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Located on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, the 138,000 square-foot museum stands as a tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Polish Jews who died during World War II. The museum celebrated a partial opening in April, with a complete unveiling scheduled for next year.
Lahdelma & Mahlamaki clad the exteriors in vertical silk-printed glass louvers accented with copper paneling, allowing sunlight to illuminate interiors. A sprayed concrete crack forms the main entrance. Inside, a canyon-like curved passageway runs through the orthogonal structure, and with the undulating concrete walls, mimics the parting of the Red Sea, or "Yam Suf." Using traditional tools and techniques, 400 experts and volunteers worked to recreate a replica roof a 17th-century synagogue. Colorful paintings of mythical animals, flowers, and bunches of grapes adorn the ceiling.
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Fitness programs put positive spin on being plus-size
Jennifer Dobie has always been active in sports and says she's never lacked self-confidence. But when she wanted to boost her physical activity about a year ago, the notion of going to the gym was something that made the Burnaby resident apprehensive. Being plus-size, she worried that she'd be judged in a sea of spandex and spin machines.
"I'm a pretty easygoing person," Dobie says in a phone interview. "But I was worried about acceptance. My fear was having somebody superfit say, 'Really? You're having problems doing this?' Plus, going by myself to the gym just doesn't work. Nobody's waiting for me at the gym, so nobody knows if I don't show up."
Despite not feeling particularly well suited to the typical gym setting, the avid soccer player still wanted to get in better shape. So when Dobie learned about Body Exchange, a local fitness company that caters exclusively to plus-size women, she was eager to try one of its boot-camp classes.
"Within the first week, I was thinking, 'Why didn't I do this sooner?' " Dobie recalls. "It's still a boot camp, so you're still working your butt off. But I walked in and could relate to everyone. You don't feel so alone. It was the best, most positive decision I ever made."
North Vancouver resident Louise Green started Body Exchange in 2008. A "proud plus-size athlete" who has completed several half-marathons and other running races, she knows all too well the kind of anxiety Brodie was describing when it comes to larger women wanting to access fitness programs.
"I had gone to many boot camps and different fitness programs as a participant, and I remember thinking, 'I'm pretty fit, and I am always the last one,' " Green recalls in an interview over tea in North Vancouver. "I remember thinking, 'What are people doing who are really large? Where are they going? What services are available to them?' I looked around and there was nothing that was exclusive to them and their particular needs, which I struggled with myself. I know there are issues around food and issues around esteem—being the slowest and the biggest.
"There are programs out there that say, 'We include all fitness levels,' but if you've been to boot camps, you know it's not for all fitness levels," she adds. "I don't think the fitness industry understands what 'I've been lying on my couch for 10 years and I'm 250 pounds' means to women, not only physically but also psychologically and emotionally."
Body Exchange, which has seven locations in Metro Vancouver and which Green hopes to take across Canada, offers early evening boot-camp classes that at first glance look like any other workout: a warm-up, cardiovascular training and muscle-strengthening, then stretching. There's also a nutritional program, help with goal-setting, fitness-testing, and lifestyle tips. Plus, there are adventures like snowshoeing and hiking. But what really distinguishes it from others, Green says, is a sense of belonging.
"Participants get community," Green says. "They get understood and they feel safe. That's what it comes down to. It's about not being judged. It doesn't matter how old you are or how secure people feel, they don't want to be judged. [In standard programs] there's always a fear around, 'I'm going to be the last or the biggest'—a fear of failure. One of our mantras is 'fearless fitness'. That's what it's about."
At a time when obesity rates are climbing, Green says she's still amazed that there aren't more fitness programs geared specifically to people struggling with their weight.
"There's seniors' fitness, women's fitness, teens' fitness; this is no different," she says. "Sure, they can go to a rec centre or they can go to any program, but often you'll find people there who are already fit," she says. "Seeing really fit people talk about fitness is intimidating. It's the language: 'Okay, guys, bikini season's coming!' That's what you hear at other programs."
Then there's the fact that people who are large are rarely represented in ads or TV shows in a positive light.
"You don't see overweight people exercising in the media," Green says. "When you look at advertising [for fitness clubs], none of it is dedicated to welcoming you to come here or saying there's a representation of you. If you go to stock photography, you'll find some big, fat woman with a doughnut hanging over a treadmill: that's what they have for plus-size fitness. It's a mockery. We need to see more and have more positive images. Size, as they say, is the last form of oppression and discrimination. It's acceptable still to make fun of fat people and make jokes."
To overcome all that negativity, Green is producing an upcoming daylong symposium called Platform for Plus-Size. The keynote speaker is Jennifer Livingston, the news anchor from La Crosse, Wisconsin, whose response to a viewer's critical comment about her size went viral. Other guests include Ali Zentner, an obesity specialist and author of The Weight-Loss Prescription: A Doctor's Plan for Permanent Weight Reduction and Better Health for Life, and Christina Bianchini, a member of the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association who will address emotional eating. The forum is aimed at helping overweight people make lasting health changes.
"There's very little out there addressing the full picture," Green says. "If you're not looking at your emotional being and that's an issue for you, then no diet plan is going to work. If you're not looking after your physical being, no diet is going to work. This is designed to speak directly to our audience about the challenges they face…by addressing the full picture of fitness, nutrition, the emotional, the psychological, and so on.
"When people find something that works, there can be some serious transformations," she adds. "We've seen people change not just their physical appearance but the way they feel—they're stronger and more confident. They become a whole different person."
Platform for Plus-Size takes place March 2 at the Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street).
This is coming from someone who not only is a trainer but a former plus sized individual. I played the rollercoaster game up and down with the weight until about 4 years ago. To hell if I was going to settle and just be overweight and surround myself with my workout chubby buddies. When you lose some weight and more, you feel resentment from those who are still on the rollercoaster. So I stopped training with them.
I see Louise not as inspirational, but as someone who has given up. You are in control of your mind. No one else.
How has she conquered mental and psychological issues? The full picture herself? It is not healthy to gain and lose weight repeatedly or stay overweight. Period.
I don't allow myself to gain anything over 5 pounds, it weighs 50 on my psyche. It's not worth the self loathing and shame.....
When I see Louise lose the weight for good and keep it off, I will send clients her way. Until then, I see it as every other gimmick out there.
Wow - that line in itself tells me that it is Monica that needs to tackle the mental issues. Self-loathing and shame over 5 pounds???
Being fit does not mean being skinny. Those two words do not equate. There are lots of healthy plus-size individuals and a lot of unhealthy size 4 women. And there are MANY reasons a woman may have a few extra pounds from hormones to metabolism to bone structure.
Shame on you Monica for basically stating that all plus-size women overeat and kudos to Louise and others like her for encouraging all women - no matter their size - to get out and be active.
Our hope at the Body Exchange is that our clients feel encouraged while they achieve their personal best – just for today! We can address our issues surrounding weight or fitness only when we feel safe and secure, not when we are bombarded with negative, shameful comments or images that make us feel like we will never measure up.
On the downside I am disturbed by comments made by Monica. I am disturbed you are a trainer that is blinded by the notion that plus sized people are failures and our only goal is to become skinny or perhaps to become you, how grand you must be. I don't sit around all day thinking how I have failed and how feel any sense of shame or self loathing. I am too damn busy living a life must would envy!!! Body Exchange has given me a sense of confidence that no other fitness program has done before. I am out there running (although this seemed to unimpressive to you, superwoman), boxing, snowshoeing and living a fuller, amazing life where I am a role model.
If 5lbs give you such shame then I am convinced you have not overcome your demons and perhaps that would explain your brutal analysis of Louise, someone you have never met.
The fact that you have been overweight previously does not give you a free "fat card" to believe you are somehow superior to those that carry extra weight, nor does being a trainer. I am the fittest I have ever been and my goal is and never will be to become skinny, but I would never look at someone who is thin as the enemy. I don't walk around on the "rollercoaster" as you call it and am happy the way I am. I am healthy, active and feel good enough about myself, I really don't need to attack others for their body type because they don't look like me.
You could learn a lot from Louise and the community she has created, we are supportive and cheer loud when each one of us accomplishes a goal, we believe women can be sucessful, inspiring and role models at any size! I can't wait to see goals Louise sets her mind to next!!
Anyone is who is any kind of a proper human being KNOWS it's what's on the inside that counts!!!
I lost weight in large part because I stopped thinking I was a bad/ugly/weak person. And when I stopped thinking that, I stopped thinking others thought that. To me, the sign that these women are truly mentally ready to lose weight and get healthy will be when they leave the group where everyone looks just like them, and enter a regular gym mostly unafraid, because they realize they are just as worthy to be in there as everyone else, that there is nothing bad about them. Just like all overweight people aren't lazy and weak, all fit people aren't judgmental bullies trying to make overweight people feel bad. Most people in the gym are just concentrating on working out themselves, in my experience.


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Idea: game modes+
How about:
Night operations (Infiltration by night), why not? Charge (aka assault), by version 2.5!, the military conversion for Unreal. Key point (ala domination), you have X key points and you score by holding them at say 7.00 hours, for an amount of time, by controling them all at one time, or watever the server is set to, not just the neat UT. Soldier start (ala player start), substituting player starts in maps. Equiping players at spawn with weapon(s) and equipment. To make it more realistic (removing the gun/ammo-pile from the map, making combat ready players), and increase level designer freedom. Include posibility of 1-10 sec. invurnability and other nifties. Now you reply like a nice Nettie and tell me how fare out I am. Don't ask what Unreal can do for you, ask what it can do for me! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] |
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Great ideas, especially the player start...
For there to be any kind of realism you have to drop into the map locked and loaded, the only other sources of ammo/weapons being dead people/ REALISTIC locataions on the map... (storage lockers etc)... not just lying in piles in the middle of the field Profiles? I think this feature would set INF even further ahead as the best and most realistic mod out there. |
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Re: Idea: game modes+
I like these. This is, in my opinion, a great idea. To have different groups, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Everyone could choose individual classes on a team to make a perfects special ops team. I agree about weapon placement, but that is up to the map makers. I have seen some that use similar ideas to what you are talking about. For clasic mode, the attacking force could get guns from crates dropped from planes and the defending force could get theirs from an armory.
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