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Tight end has become one of the most explosive, yet still mostly predictable fantasy positions. Generally, they can be separated into two groups: Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Jimmy Graham, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten…and the rest.
Or maybe I was generous there, and we can knock that list of elite tight ends down to just three, two of which have pretty unoriginal nicknames (they're really just shortened last names): Gronk, Graham, and Gonzo. In any competitive standard league, getting either of the first two will usually cost you an early second-round pick at best, and often a late first rounder, while Gonzalez doesn't fall far behind. Those three were the only tight ends to score over 130 fantasy points in 2012, which is made even more incredible when you remember the time Gronkowski missed due to injury (five games).
I'll get to the matter at hand in a minute here and dig into the short list of relevant fantasy tight end rookies who found homes during the draft, but what follows is important to explain why the pickings on said list are slim.
After the first tier of players at the position is owned (those first five names again), it's reasonable to stream tight ends and pick up a new one nearly every week, much the same as you commonly do with kickers and defenses. It needs to be a carefully researched and calculated move which rests with the defensive matchup, but it can easily be done. As Fake Football's C.D. Carter noted earlier this offseason, 47 tight ends ranked among the top 12 in their position during the 2012 regular season during a week at least once. Seriously, 47.
That's why it's seldom a rookie tight end is worthy of being drafted, especially this year.
Let's consider the 2010 draft, which seems like an appropriate place to start because it's relatively recent, and more importantly, it produced three of the Elite Five. Gronkowski was the Patriots' second-round pick, and he finished his rookie season with 546 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. As he always has been, he was the exception that year with 114.6 fantasy points, and to a lesser extent, teammate Aaron Hernandez was too with 86.3 points. Meanwhile, Jimmy Graham was the furthest away from what he would eventually become, with 356 yards and five touchdowns (47.8 points), and Jermaine Gresham rolled along with a very average 71.1.
We saw much of the same with Kyle Rudolph in 2011 when Minnesota made him that draft's top tight end (42.9 points), and a year ago that title went to Coby Fleener, who finished with 40.1 points while in a tandem with Dwayne Allen (70.1 points).
You're getting where this is headed by now. With the growth of dual tight end formations, rookies at the position have recently produced average numbers, or worse, numbers which are at or below replacement level. What sucks this year is that arguably the only tight end worth investing a draft pick in will likely be connected with one of those blasted tandem things.
Tyler Eifert was the only tight end selected in the first round when the Bengals took him with their 21st overall pick, and for a good reason. That reason would be his 1,840 receiving yards over three seasons at Notre Dame, which were accumulated through his ability to excel from the slot with ease, and his mad hops.
But in Cincinnati he'll be flanked by Gresham, who had a career high 737 receiving yards last year. While Gresham may lead, together this could become what we saw with Greg Olsen and Jeremy Shockey in Carolina a few years ago: both players cancelling each other out, leading to wildly inconsistent production.
Congestion at the position could be a recurring theme as we work down the list of tight ends just drafted. Zach Ertz is currently mired in a Philadelphia mess which Brent Celek, James Casey, and even Clay Harbor. Travis Kelce was the first pick in the third round, but he'll fight for touches with Tony Moeaki and Anthony Fasano. Eventually he'll win that fight, but he'll likely be limited at first. Gavin Escobar has high upside too, but how much is left for him in Dallas after Jason Witten receives somewhere in the vicinity of 150 targets? (he had 148 last year).
But there are exceptions. Vance McDonald could be useful in a deep flex role alongside Vernon Davis, just as Delanie Walker was last year. Davis' targets were highly scattered once Colin Kaepernick took over, and Walker had three games with 50 or more yards. That's something far less than spectacular, but still notable given how large Davis' shadow is, or at least how large it should be.
Jordan Reed in Washington could be another exception, but here again you're hoping he's able to emerge and play the Hernandez, while Fred Davis is Gronkowski, or thereabouts. And really, that's the same hope you're going forward with by using even a late-round flier on the likes of Eifert and Ertz too, this draft's top two tight ends. The sleeper candidate may be Nick Kasa, the Raiders' fourth-round pick who has few obstacles ahead of him on the depth chart after the departure of Brandon Myers, and he could ascend quickly, especially if Matt Flynn matures. I still wouldn't invest a draft pick here, but watch him early and throughout training camp.
Mostly, though, the tight ends in this class will play a secondary role, and give you secondary production. You can get that on the wire easily.


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This evening will begin with a film clip of the 2013 Bill Moyer interview with Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.
Following this introduction to the subject of 'mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness', a response and discussion will be facilitated by Elizabeth Pritchard, Associate Professor of Religion.
We will hear from three people working on and with the justice systems in Maine:
Grainne Dunne – Justice Organizer, ACLU of Maine
T. Richard Snyder, PhD - Chair, Restorative Justice Institute of Maine
Rachel Talbot Ross – State Director, NAACP Maine
This event is being co-sponsored by the departments of History, Religion, and Sociology & Anthropology, the McKeen Center, Multicultural Student Programs, First Parish Church, UCC, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the Unitarian Universalist Church.

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"Who alive can say,
'Thou art no Poet may'st not tell thy dreams?'
Since every man whose soul is not a clod,
Hath visions, and would speak, if he had loved
And been well nurtured in his mother tongue."
Keats, "Fall of Hyperion"
Welcome to my site! If you're a fan of queer Romance, Historical fiction, Fantasy fiction or some combination of all three, this is the place for you. I have forbidden love in the Age of Sail, gothic goings on in the haunted mansions of Georgian England, WW2 airmen defending the world from the Queen of Faerie, Saxon bards and warriors, exiled elf princes and lots more to come… I love a good strong plot in an exotic setting, with characters you can admire, and a happy ending.
If you make a venn diagram of genres, including historical, fantasy, gay romance and mystery, I occupy the space in the middle where they overlap.
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Call for papers
Handbook launch: "Local Authority guide to emerging transport technology"
The government has announced that it wants to make the UK a world centre for the development of driverless cars.
Dr. Maxime Flament, Head of Sector SafeMobility, ERTICO will give the European perspective on Autonomous vehicles.
Find out about the programme.
RTIC reviews the latest and most innovative traffic management and public transport systems advances on the road network, through the application of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
Since 2008 RTIC has been produced jointly as the IET Road Transport Information and Control Conference and the ITS United Kingdom Annual Members' Conference.
Find out more about the event.
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I am a long time CCG player who was recently introduced to Fantasy Flight's LCG systems. I have purchased and played; A Game of Thrones, Warhammer Invasion and Call of Cthulhu, and I wanted to share my first impressions.
- I am definitely intrigued with concept of knowing what you get with your purchase with LCG vs CCG. The current system, however, isn't quite as customer friendly as the marketing states. Decks rules allow three of any card, yet expansions have sets with 3 copies mixed with cards with 1 copy. This means I have to buy 3 boxes to get 3 of a particular card and am left with 6 extra for all the other cards. The core sets are even less customer friendly. I have heard that they are starting new expansions with 3 of every card, I hope this is true otherwise LCG isn't that much different than CCG.
- Game mechanics are awesome for all three games. So far (and I have not played any of the three sets extensively) I am most impressed with the strategy behind AGoT. But the story mode of Cthulhu and card structure in WI have me pretty hooked as well.
- I am a huge fan of Fantasy Flight quality, have been playing their board games forever and could not be more pleased, Descent anyone? And for the most part I feel that the quality of their LCGs are running pretty close in the race.
- It is based on my favorite fantasy series so I had high expectations yet my biggest disappointment is with AGoT quality:
- My biggest surprise is the scanty amount of flavor text! How difficult can it be to put flavor text on cards based on a great series of novels?
- I also feel the art is not as consistant as it is in Cthulhu and WI. Some AGoT's art is fantastic but other cards seem almost amateur/comical in style which doesn't begin to match the stories.
- I found several grammatical errors in the rule book as well. I expect games of this price and quality to have decent editing in accompanying documentation.
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North Ari Atoll
Banyan Tree Maldives Madivaru
North Ari Atoli, Maldives
Banyan Tree's aesthetic is the Indian Ocean's version of safari style: elaborate tents, a jungle setting, and its own wildlife-filled reef just offshore. Created by Dharmali Kusumadi, one of the group's head designers, it's by far the most cosseting tented property available today. Only 18 guests at a time can stay on the private island. Rooms come in the form of three conjoined tents facing a cobalt-blue lagoon: a king-size platform bed dominates the air-conditioned sleeping tent, while the bathing pavilion has a claw-foot tub. A butler and massage therapist are at guests' beck and call.Yes, the price is steep but this is a camping trip without comparison.
Open / Closes- Breakfast Included
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Number of Restaurants: 3
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Based on a recipe from a superb low carb cook, I've "Texanized" the original. Have it plain OR garnish with your choice of salsa, sour cream (or Greek yogurt), chopped pickled/fresh jalapeños, chopped tomatoes, sliced/chopped avocados. The almond flour is really optional, but included in the nutritional statistics. The ricotta cheese blends in so well, you won't know it's there -- but adds some wonderful protein to the stats. Submitted by LKEETON Carbs: 4.9g | Fat: 7.3g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 14.1g | Calories: 145.3
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At Ease uses a popular casual game format to provide military youth with simple coping tools as they deal with the deployment of a parent.
Developed originally for the military youth website www.militarykidsconnect.org, At Ease is a popular "match 3″ type game. The varied emotions children experience during a parent's deployment are normalized through engaging emoticons that are matched to earn points.
Strategies for coping with stress and deployments are presented throughout the game play and as optional text. In addition, youth can connect to deployed parents or friends by sending game challenges.
At Ease was developed by the Department of Defense National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2). T2's mission is to lead the development of telehealth and technology solutions for psychological health and Traumatic Brain Injury to improve the lives of our nation's warriors, veterans and their families.


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New King James Version (NKJV) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. | 1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. |
2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. | 2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. |
3 O Israel, hope in the Lord From this time forth and forever. | 3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore. |
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Brilliant and yet so simple & sensible…
Most people think they know the answer to weight loss: the holy trinity of diets, exercise and pills or supplements…
Every year, over 50 million Americans put themselves on some sort of diet. You have the no carb diet. The no meat diet. The all-meat diet. The protein diet. The eat nothing but lima beans diet.
Choose any diet you want, because the end game is always the same: you'll lose some weight, and pile it right back on after the diet ends. In fact recent studies show dieting actually makes you fatter! (But more on that shortly.)
Oh, and then you've got fitness products. You can't escape this one – just switch on your TV or visit your local mall, and prepare to be assaulted by ads screaming about this ab machine, that butt machine, this aerobic workout, that 5-day fat burning routine… the list goes on and on.
Yet the result always plays out the same way too: you hunker down, get disciplined for a few weeks, and burn out when you realize you can't spend your entire life training like a Roman gladiator.
What about diet pills then? Well if you're lucky enough to find one that works permanently, you'll still be faced with a long list of dangerous and potentially fatal side effects.
When you lay all these cards on the table, the uncomfortable truth is something no weight loss guru, fitness coach or even doctor will ever tell you…
Muhammad Ali's daughter on Jon Gabriel
During my twenties, I yo-yo dieted my way up from 220 to about 280 lbs. When I was approaching my thirtieth birthday, I stepped on a scale and I weighed 335 lbs… I started working with Jon about a month prior to surgery… The Gabriel Code actually treats a lot of the underlying causes that cause people to be obese and cause people to overeat… For me there were a lot of control issues, I think that the Gabriel Code really causes you to be in the place of being… with the Gabriel Code I learned to listen to my voice and my journey… I believe it was Jon's advice that enabled me to achieve truly phenomenal results. I lost over 178 lbs. I now weigh 156 lbs. [*]
The weight loss industry is BROKEN!
If it wasn't, over two thirds of the American population wouldn't be overweight or obese.
If it wasn't, 75 million Americans wouldn't be spending $60 billion of their hard-earned income every year on the latest diet and exercise fads.
If it wasn't, you'd ALREADY be slim.
When you've spent years wandering aimlessly in a sea of band-aid solutions and ineffective weight loss products, I wouldn't blame you for wondering if anything works – whether there's really an airtight, scientific solution that anyone can use to lose weight and stay slim.
I'm here to tell you my story. My name is Jon Gabriel. I've spent years studying the human body, and in this time I've discovered a remarkable truth about weight loss. A truth that no diet expert, fitness coach or doctor will ever tell you.
In the next few moments, I'm going to show you that truth, how I used it to lose a staggering 226 lbs in 2 1/2 years with zero diets, exercise routines, pills or surgery – and how over 350,000 people worldwide have used it to achieve similar results.
Let's begin with a question:
What if your body is silently programming itself to be fat?
Back in 2001, I weighed over 400 pounds. I was overweight, miserable and perpetually tired. Walking a block left me out of breath. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror let alone approach a woman in a bar.
I tried diet after ineffective diet – including that famous one everyone was doing a while back (it starts with an A). I tried countless exercise routines. Weight loss pills and supplements. I even contemplated surgery…
And sure, I'd lose a few pounds here and there – but I'd pile them right back on after the diet or exercise routine ended.
I reached my breaking point when I caught myself believing I just deserved to be fat.
That's when something clicked in me. I realized life was a precious opportunity not to be wasted – and that if other "lucky" people could lose weight, I was going to find the answer for myself. And so I set off on a mission…
I swore I'd uncover the truth about weight loss!
In my younger years I had studied biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Using that as a springboard, I began researching biology, hormones and the mind-body connection. I plowed through twenty or thirty research reports a day, and even dived into meditation, hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming and consciousness research.
But more than anything, I started studying my own body. I stopped seeing it as the enemy. I realized my problem was not my body but my lack of understanding on how to operate it. And because I became a receptive student, my body became a highly effective teacher.
My body told me why it wanted to be fat… and I listened
I learned the real reason our bodies store excess fat. I learned why our bodies trick us into eating food we don't need. And I began to understand why some people are slim, even if they don't diet or exercise – and how some people just can't shake off the extra weight no matter how hard they try.
What's important to know is this: your body doesn't want to be fat in order to hurt or punish you. It's fat because, for some reason, it thinks it's in your best interest to keep you fat. And if you want to reprogram it to want to be slim…
You have to uncover and eliminate 9 hidden 'Fat Triggers' that are sabotaging your weight!
Let me explain how it works. You see there's a natural genetic program, a setpoint in your body that controls your default body shape. I call it your 'Weight Code'.
And if you're overweight, if you just can't get slim and stay slim no matter how you eat or exercise…
That's because your Weight Code is being sabotaged by a set of Fat Triggers that are keeping your body fat.
Whoa, hold on a second, what exactly are Fat Triggers?
Fat Triggers are a set of 9 emotional, environmental and lifestyle influences that sabotage your Weight Code, and program your body to cultivate and retain excess weight.
And based on your personal circumstances, you have a unique combination of Fat Triggers influencing your body.
Now here's the important part: when even one Fat Trigger is activated, it doesn't matter if you eat healthy or exercise every day – your body would still keep itself fat!
Here's a complete list of Fat Triggers. Examine each one carefully, and see if you can figure out which are affecting your weight:
Fat Trigger #1: Chronic Dieting
Yes, dieting – that thing everyone does to lose weight – actually makes you fat. And the reason is deceptively simple: when you reduce your normal daily intake of food, your body enters a "famine state". Research at Melbourne University shows that cutting down calories produces 20 percent more of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin, which forces you to overeat after the diet ends.
And if you're on the type of diet that restricts you from certain types of food, your body becomes deprived of its natural nutrients and enters a "nutritional famine state". In this state your body forces you to keep eating until you consume the nutrients your body is starving for.
This is precisely why people who diet don't lose weight, or end up putting on more weight than before they started! In fact studies at institutions like the Baylor College School of Medicine and the University of California show that up to 95% of people who lose weight through dieting regain the pounds soon after the diet ends! [*]
Fat Trigger #2: Lifestyle Stress
You know stress is unhealthy, but did you know it also makes you fat? Regardless of whether your job or personal life is bombarding you with emotional stress, physical stress, mental stress or subconscious stress, your body reacts to it in the same way: it releases a chemical called cortisol into your body, which makes you gain weight AND stops you from losing weight.
Why does this happen? Thousands of years ago, when we were faced with starvation and extreme weather, the resulting stress would activate this Fat Trigger in our body to keep us alive. Our bodies would then return to their naturally thin state once conditions became favorable.
Today, our bodies have not adapted their reactions to modern-day stimuli – and they fail to switch off this Fat Trigger because they can't tell the difference between a life-or-death situation or a missed deadline at work.
Fat Trigger #3: Emotional Trauma
If you're not careful, your thoughts can turn to fat. Self-defeating emotions like powerlessness, insecurity and not being able to say no to people result in stress, which in turn releases the fat-promoting chemical cortisol into your body.
How important is your emotional health? A study by the University of Pittsburgh of over 100,000 women found that those who were optimistic – i.e. in good emotional health – were 14 percent more likely to live longer, and 30 percent less likely to die from heart disease compared to those who were negative.
The truth is simple: emotional trauma makes you gain weight, stop you from losing weight, and could even cost you your life. [*]
Fat Trigger #4: Inadequate Nutrition
This one's no surprise – a bad diet can give you massive weight problems! More specifically, inadequate nutrition leads to a form of insulin resistance that impairs your digestion and thrusts your body into a nutritional famine. When this happens, your body will tell you to keep eating until you get the nutrients you need.
Insulin resistance causes extreme highs and lows in your blood sugar, which gives you irresistible sugar cravings and hunger pangs sooner and more often than you would get if your blood sugar was stable.
There are three main nutrients lacking in modern diets: protein, Omega-3 fatty acids and live foods. I call these 'The Big 3', and not having enough of them is what switches on this particular Fat Trigger.
Fat Trigger #5: Poor Digestion
What you put in your body is one thing – but how it's processed is another. Poor digestion makes you under-nourished, dehydrated and lacking in friendly bacteria and digestive enzymes – and it's all thanks to our modern diet of highly processed and highly cooked foods.
When you eat bad food, that long tube in your body called the digestive tract suffers the consequences. The result is a nutritional famine, which puts your body in fat storage mode, increases your hunger and makes weight loss impossible.
Poor digestion and the resulting nutritional famine don't just affect your weight – they also severely damage your health. Eating foods that are molecularly altered, pasteurized, preserved, microwaved, burnt or processed wreak havoc on your digestion and lead to diseases like obesity, thyroid problems, diabetes and heart disease.
Fat Trigger #6: Toxicity
Your body is exposed to toxins every day, and this can make you fat. If you live in a city, you're even more likely to be faced with this Fat Trigger. The majority of harmful toxins come from medication, alcohol, cigarettes, and pesticides found in non-organic produce and manufactured grain products. In other words, many of the things you come into contact with every day.
How does this make you fat? Well when your body can't eliminate toxins, it stores them in your fat cells. This layer of fat then becomes a buffer between the toxins and your body. And since the fat is protecting your body, your body's natural reaction is to protect itself by not burning the fat.
This is precisely why many people get sick when they lose weight – because as your fat burns, it releases the toxins into your body.
Fat Trigger #7: Limiting Beliefs
If you're not at your ideal weight, your beliefs could be the culprit. One of the most common limiting beliefs that can sabotage your weight is having an overweight family member, and believing it's in your genes to be fat. When you think this way, you're eliminating personal responsibility and rejecting the possibility of being slim.
Many people don't believe they can lose weight because they've been on diets or exercise routines that don't work. Some also believe they're unworthy of being slim and that their excess weight is an expression of how they view themselves.
Your beliefs shape your reality – and if you don't believe you can lose weight on both a conscious and subconscious level, you won't.
Fat Trigger #8: Harmful Medication
The medication that's supposed to protect you may also be making you fat. Studies have shown there are over 50 common medications that cause weight gain, including anti-depressants, insulin, cortisol, steroids, hormone replacement and birth control. Sometimes the effect is so intense, you can gain up to 10 pounds a month. [*]
But how can you avoid taking your medication? Many people find that by making a positive change in their diet and lifestyle, and by adopting specific mind-body practices, they're able to stop relying on medication with no harmful consequences.
Fat Trigger #9: Sleep Apnea
People say sleeping too much makes you fat, but the opposite can also be true. Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing as you sleep, sometimes hundreds of times a night, without even realizing it. The result is shallow, interrupted sleep – and weight gain.
Sleep apnea reduces your blood oxygen to dangerously low levels, so your body is starving for oxygen. You then become chronically exhausted, which gives you junk food cravings. It also makes you moreirritable, releases cortisol into your system, and makes you prone to negative emotions – another Fat Trigger.
Lack of sleep also influences the levels of leptin and ghrelin hormones in your body, which control feelings of hunger and fullness. "When you don't get enough sleep, it drives leptin levels down, which means you don't feel as satisfied after you eat," explains Michael Breus, PhD, Director of The Sleep Disorders Center in Atlanta.
The only difference between you and naturally slim people is that their Fat Triggers are switched off, while yours are not
Brilliant and yet so simple & sensible…
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I spent years searching for a way to switch off the Fat Agents in our bodies. And when I finally found the key to doing it… well, that photo on the left is how I look now.
Through a specific Fat Trigger elimination process, I was able to lose – and keep off – a staggering 226 lbs in 2 1/2 years. All with zero diets, grueling exercise routines, pills or surgery.
I've traveled the world sharing my message. I've explained it to baffled doctors. Taught it at seminars and coaching sessions. I've even shared my story on TV, radio and in magazines.
Now, let me show you how to SWITCH OFF your Fat Triggers…
When you examine the above list of Fat Triggers, you'll realize an important fact: many of them exist in your mind. Like stress. Negative emotions. Damaging beliefs.
The problem with most weight loss 'solutions' is they fail to recognize this fact. Instead they teach you to focus solely on diets or exercise, while ignoring ALL the other weight gain culprits.
This makes about as much sense as bandaging up your leg when you have a broken arm!
the truth is :
Start adopting a holistic mind-body approach and keep yourself slim and healthy
When I discovered the truth about Fat Triggers, I created a step-by-step system that perfectly encapsulates this approach. I call it The Gabriel Code – and it's the single most effective method I know to make your body want to be slim.
People who use The Gabriel Code notice profound changes within a few short weeks. They stop being hungry all the time and they don't think about food as much. They feel more energetic and enthusiastic. They stop struggling with cravings and crushing self-doubt. Even exercise becomes something to look forward to instead of dread.
The body transformation itself is not instant – healthy weight loss never is – but by changing their relationship with food and their bodies, people who use The Gabriel Code are able to achieve profound, and enjoyable weight loss with no pain or struggle. And that's precisely how losing weight should be.
"I lost weight"
Every night I would visualize my body exactly the way I wanted to look… I was losing weight. Jon's method even helped me have another two years of freedom off dialysis.
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"I'm now slimmer than I was when I was a teenager"
I began doing the meditation and activities every night – and just months later I have lost 37 lbs and 20.5 inches…
I feel amazing and it's all down to you.
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"It is the best investment in myself I've ever made"
It's not a diet, it's not a quick fix, it's not difficult at all… I have found several of your nutritional suggestions to be reasonable and delicious… it is the best investment in myself I've ever made.
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"…so many benefits…"
"I have lost 66 lbs so far. Once the 'switch' was turned off, it was a breeze, the first 57 lbs came off in 26 weeks. Incredibly, this has been one of the easiest tasks I have ever completed, yet it has come with so many benefits… The Gabriel Code has changed my life."
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"I Lost 51 Kilos in About 6 Months"
I lost 113 pounds (51 kilos) in about six months and I've kept it off now for over a year. Also my blood sugar levels went from a dangerously high 19 down to 6. I'm now within the normal range.
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"I have never been happier…"
I have gone from 271 lbs to 198 lbs. I have found a woman I might be with for the rest of my life. I am living proof of your book's success. Whoever asks how I lost my weight… I have told them about your book… everyone is amazed and lots of people don't recognize me!
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4 ways The Gabriel Code revolutionizes weight loss
Typical diet and exercise programs can help you temporarily burn fat, but 90% of people regain the weight immediately after the program ends. The Gabriel Code reprograms your body on a cellular level to want to be slim – which means when you lose weight, it stays off forever.
When's the last time you succumbed to a midnight snack craving, or told yourself you don't deserve to be slim? The battle of the bulge often happens in your head – and The Gabriel Code trains you with powerful daily visualization exercises that eliminate the willpower battles sabotaging your weight.
There are 9 hidden Fat Triggers in your life that make you fat, but most weight loss solutions don't work for everyone because they only target a specific factor like diet or metabolism. The Gabriel Code is a holistic approach that works for anyone because it systematically eliminates each of these triggers.
Diets and exercise programs aren't just futile in the long run – they're also expensive and frustrating. Instead of starving or exhausting you, The Gabriel Code trains you to relax, overcome your emotional baggage, think better thoughts, and eat delicious high vitality food. It's like a spa retreat for your mind and body.
Now let's put The Gabriel Code to work on YOUR body…
What makes me jump out of bed every morning is the opportunity to share what I've learned with others. In fact I used to be a little shy to admit this… but my big crazy goal is to help 100 million people transform their lives with The Gabriel Code.
Now let me be honest – at the rate I'm going, I'll be long gone before I can hit that target. There are only so many books I can write. And as for my events and coaching, well let's face it – not everyone has the means to travel halfway across the world to meet me.
And so earlier this year, I approached Mindvalley, one of the world's top online publishing companies, to help me get my message out on the internet.
Mindvalley was thrilled at the prospect of promoting enlightened weight loss – so we began collaborating on a special online experience that would replicate a one-on-one coaching plan with me, with the exact same weight loss results. But at a fraction of the cost and hassle.
After months of preparation that project is finally ready, and now I'd like to invite YOU to be a part of…
The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Journey
Switch off your 9 Fat Triggers & switch on the permanently slim you – in just 6 weeks
Available EXCLUSIVELY on this site, The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Journey is a 6-Part online series of intimate weight loss lecture and coaching sessions with me and a limited group of 1,000 participants from across the globe. The journey starts on July 24th 2012: and twice a week for 6 weeks, you'll join me on a teleseminar call to overcome each of the 9 Fat Triggers using the powerful mind-body approach I call The Gabriel Code.
The weekly sessions are divided into two categories: live lectures and live Q&A sessions. During the lectures I'll give you insights, tools, immersive visualization exercises and a clear step-by-step action plan to use in your daily life and reprogram your body and mind. The Q&A sessions are where we get more intimate. Here I'll select one participant as a case study and coach them live during the call, while everyone else follows along. What you'll get is a similar level of content and results you'd receive at one of my live events.
Alongside the calls, in your online membership area you'll also get enjoyable daily morning and evening visualizations for getting you relaxed and focused on your weight loss goals. Checklists are also provided each week to help you integrate your learnings into your daily life.
And by the way – I dislike stiff, boring coaching programs as much as you do. So I've designed this experience to be as enjoyable, simple and most importantly effective as possible for you. You'll even get recordings of each session that you can listen to at your leisure, just in case you can't make it for any of the live sessions.
Here's what you'll learn during the 6-Part transformation:
Your Fat Triggers get activated when your body thinks it's protecting you by keeping you fat. Discover the 9 often surprising situations and behaviors that turn these triggers on, and how to get your body helping you lose weight instead of sabotaging you. Your journey starts here.
Highlights include:
- The truth about diets and why they're not just ineffective – they make you fat!
- The 6-letter 'S' word that's silently switching on each of your 9 Fat Triggers
- How your brain could be silently programming you to be fat
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
Did you know that the larger you get, the less efficient your body becomes at burning calories? If you've struggled with your weight for a year or more, there's a high chance your body's on a downward spiral towards obesity – and even normal food portions can lead to massive weight gain. In this week you'll learn how to reverse this process and prepare for the transformation ahead.
Highlights include:
- The two known culprits that tamper with your body's fat burning mechanisms
- The Blood Sugar Factor: why stabilizing your blood sugar is crucial to your weight loss
- 3 secret 'Superfoods' you should eat every day to keep your body in optimal weight loss mode
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
Poor digestion and toxins are among the sneakiest causes of weight gain. Poor digestion hinders your body's absorption of the nutrients that maintain your ideal weight. And toxins – from your environment and food – get stored in your fat by your body in an effort to protect you. Here you'll discover how to enter optimal weight mode by repairing your digestive system and detoxifying.
Highlights include:
- Why your digestive system could be forcing you to overeat – and how to fix it
- Foods that most people don't know make you fat: pasteurized milk is one, find out the rest
- 3 surprisingly easy ways to improve your digestion and banish toxins from your body
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
8 in 10 people with weight problems are also suffering from chronic stress and possible emotional issues. Why? Because your body reacts to stress and emotional trauma by packing on pounds to protect you. During this week you'll learn how to beat this trigger by releasing the stress, healing your emotions and allowing the weight to melt away on its own.
Highlights include:
- How to avoid seemingly harmless situations that release the fat-cultivating chemical Cortisol into your body
- The Feeling Safe Test: a simple test to discover how intensely stress is sabotaging your weight
- Two strategies for overcoming Emotional Obesity: a state where your body stays fat to protect itself
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
It's no coincidence that sky-divers, rock climbers and thrill seekers are rarely fat: it's because their bodies equate being slim and agile with being safe. Fat people's bodies, on the other hand, believe they're doing them a favor by keeping them overweight. Here you'll learn how to make 'Slim' your body's default state by tapping into its primal ability to quickly burn fat instead of retain it.
Highlights include:
- The Get Thin or Get Eaten switch: simple steps to activating your body's natural slimming mechanism
- 4 weird ways to switch on your body's natural slimming mechanism (public speaking is one of them)
- What no fitness guru will ever tell you about exercising to lose weight (hint: it's never about exhausting yourself)
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
In a famous study, a group of maids was divided into two. Group one was shown a poster touting the weight loss benefits of the cleaning profession. Group two was shown nothing. Group one lost weight after one month, group two didn't. Experiments like these clearly demonstrate the mind's uncanny ability to help you lose weight – and in this final week you'll learn how to use visualization and meditation to unlock this power in full.
Highlights include:
- The little-known truth about the human mind's power: what ancient Chinese medicine knows (and Western medicine doesn't)
- How to break down the 2 stubborn barriers feeding your mind with negative energy and keeping you fat
- The SMART Mode: a powerful yet simple mind technique for opening up your internal energy channels
- Daily Daytime & Evening Visualization Exercises: Pick from one of 10 Daytime Visualizations & listen to the Evening Visualization
The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Journey comes with 6 special features for maximum results:
Stay in a slim state of mind throughout the day with these refreshing Daytime Visualization Exercises. Whether you're feeling bloated after breakfast or sleepy after lunch, there's an exercise for every scenario.
Reflect on your day, melt away fat-causing stress, and get yourself in a positive state of mind for tomorrow with this Evening Visualization Exercise. Just set aside a few minutes every day before bedtime, and press play.
THE OFFICIAL RECIPE eBOOK (digital)
Don't worry: this is NOT a meal plan or diet program! It's a personal ebook collection of my favorite delicious recipes that will help turn off your Fat Triggers and turn on you and your family's tastebuds.
Learn to cook some of my most delicious & nutritious recipes. From protein rich snacks to hearty soups to savory dinners, each of these recipes is designed to fill you with fat-vaporizing Omega-3 nutrients.
Every week you'll get a checklist packed with tools to help you weave your learnings into your daily life. You'll also get a handy shopping checklist for your groceries, so you can stock up on more fat-burning food.
Busy? Need to skip a few sessions? No problem, you can choose to learn at your own pace. Just listen to the high quality mp3 recordings of each session, which I'll release 24 hours after each one ends.
Now here's a promise no other weight loss "expert" would ever dare make you…
Most weight loss programs like to throw numbers in your face, like "Lose 30 pounds in 7 days!" or "Drop two dress sizes in two weeks!" or "Get six packs in a month!"
I believe these claims aren't just irresponsible – they're downright dangerous. Because yes – you can do a crash diet or exercise program and lose tons of weight fast…
But how long can you keep torturing yourself? And what happens when that plan ends? You regain the weight, end up back at square one, and severely damage your body and mind in the process. The truth is simple…
There is NO quick fix to healthy, sustainable weight loss!
So my promise to you with this experience is this: you're NOT going to lose a specific amount of weight by the time you finish the course. In fact in this time you might not lose any significant amount of weight at all!
What WILL happen is I'll reprogram your body to get and stay slim forever. I'll train you to adopt lifelong healthy habits that you actually enjoy following. You'll never again struggle with late-night ice cream cravings, feelings of hopelessness, or the kind of crushing stress that makes you reach for that oversized bag of potato chips.
I'll transform your body, and make 'slim' your default state. Achieving this may take a few weeks or months – and depending on how much weight you want to lose, it could also take years (remember it took me 2 1/2 years to lose 226 lbs!). But what's important is as long as you stay committed, you'll find yourself losing weight almost effortlessly. And when you do, you'll stay slim for the rest of your life.
Online learning. Revolutionized.
The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Journey is delivered to you through the shiny, brand new Mindvalley Academy online membership platform. Take part in your sessions wherever you want, however you want. Get customer support in just one click. Access all the session recordings from one convenient online hub. All through a clean, intuitive interface that makes your learningexperience an absolute pleasure.
You're free to play or stream the sessions directly from your iPhone, iPad or virtually any other multimedia device.
Download the session recordings straight to your computer or multimedia device with our one-click download technology.
Every audio file is optimized for Apple's Audiobook format, so you get an elegant experience on your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
No more struggling with multiple membership areas and passwords. The Mindvalley Academy lets you access all our top content in one place, with one universal password.
Got a question? Need technical assistance? Built-in customer support gives you easy access to our friendly Customer Happiness Team.
Who says weight loss is hard?
The real beauty of The Gabriel Code isn't just in the results it gives you – it's how easy and enjoyable the journey is. In fact it won't just change your weight, it'll change your life.
Think about the sacrifices you need to make when you use conventional weight loss solutions. You drastically cut out carbs or eat only one type of food. You consume expensive and potentially harmful supplements. You exercise to the point of exhaustion.
You spend unnecessary money, waste time you don't have, and endure endless cycles of frustration and pain… only to lose a few pounds (if you're lucky) – and pile them right back on in a matter of weeks or months.
Now look at the flip side and picture how your life will be as you go through the 6-Part experience with me. Instead of torturing yourself, you'll embark on a liberating mission to pamper your mind, body and spirit. On a day-to-day basis, this means…
- Practicing soothing daytime and evening visualizations to de-stress and overcome your limiting beliefs…
- Enjoying a wide variety of delicious, high vitality foods…
- Using mind exercises to overcome past traumas and release emotional baggage…
- And learning how to improve the quality of your thoughts so you can banish negativity and love yourself more.
Think of the 6-Part experience as an extended retreat for your mind and body. Like a massage, it soothes and relaxes you. Like a conversation with your best friend, it gives you waves of clarity and personal epiphanies. And like no other weight loss solution can, it programs your body to melt off fat, and be slim and healthy on autopilot for the rest of your life.
Which means you can be sure, The Gabriel Code is the last weight loss solution you'll ever need to use.
Banish your fat, not your cash
If you've tried diets or exercise plans, you'll know how expensive they can be. Exercise equipment, personal trainers and gym memberships will cost you thousands of dollars. Diets are also surprisingly costly: according to the US Bureau of Central Statistics, following the Atkins Diet will cost you an extra $100.52 every single week. A Weight Watchers diet would be $96.64. The Jenny Craig diet costs a whopping $137.65 weekly.
And all for what? So you can spend tens of thousands of dollars, lose a few pounds for a month or two, and return to your old weight right after!
If you're going to spend money on transforming your body, I believe that change should be nothing less than profound – and at a price you can feel good about. That's exactly what you're getting with The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Journey.
You'll be joining an exhilarating 6-part experience where I'll personally show you exactly how to eliminate your Fat Triggers with The Gabriel Code. The experience and results are identical to personalized coaching with me – except you're getting it from the comfort of your home at just $169 $69.
Don't Decide Now…Take All The Time You Need & Try the Gabriel Code Program For A Full 90 Days
If You're Not Satisfied You Can Get A Full Refund Within 90 Days
The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program is more than just a set of coaching sessions – it's a work of art. Mindvalley and I have painstakingly crafted every part of the experience – from the sessions to the recordings in the online membership area – to set a new standard in personal growth programs, so you can enjoy a sublime user experience.
I've used the Gabriel Code to lose 226 lbs. Over 350,000 people worldwide have used it to experience similar success. The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program gives you identical results as one-on-one coaching with me – but from the comfort of your home. Just take part in the sessions, follow the simple steps and advice, and smile as the excess weight starts to melt off in the coming weeks and months.
People who lose weight often say it's the best thing they've ever done for themselves. You'll get the chance to prove that statement when you start using The Gabriel Code. By committing yourself to these 6 weeks, you're building the foundation for a lifelong slim and healthy body – and the physical and emotional benefits that come with it.
We honor our words with action. If for any reason The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program doesn't live up to any of these three promises, just drop us an email at email@example.com for a prompt and courteous refund within 90 days after starting your program.
Live a bigger life. In a slimmer body.
If you've never taken action to lose weight… I wonder how much longer you're willing to keep your slim, ideal body out of reach – as you struggle with the daily woes, the hazards, the embarrassment of excess weight.
And if you've tried doing something about it… I wonder how much longer you're going to either starve, harm, exhaust and disappoint yourself with diets, exercise routines and other obsolete weight loss methods – all to lose a few temporary pounds.
You owe it to yourself, your family and your friends to enjoy life, eat what you like, exercise moderately instead of torturously… and be slim and healthy.
You deserve a healthy, energetic body that feels good and lets you live to the fullest – without worrying about weight-related health problems…
A sexy body that looks good and gives you the freedom to wear anything you want – even that daring outfit in the back of your closet…
And a body that gives you unbreakable confidence – whether you're looking in the mirror, hanging out with friends or family, sunbathing on the beach or chatting up somebody at your neighborhood bar.
Now remember…
Can weight lost be pleasant and make you happy?
If you're ready to lose weight the healthy and natural way – then The Gabriel Code is the answer you've been searching for.
Using it to switch off my Fat Triggers has completely transformed my body and my life. It's helped over 350,000 people worldwide get slim and stay slim. And it's been studied and endorsed by many of the world's top doctors, scientists and nutritionists.
And when you join the The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program, you're giving me the green light to put it to work on your body too.
But remember, this isn't a quick fix. You'll need to stay committed. You'll need to stay hungry for weight loss. And the results won't be instant – but when you do start losing weight in the weeks and months that follow, your body will make sure that weight STAYS off. With no resistance. No relapses. No more yo-yo dieting, or torturous exercise.
Taking this journey with me could be the single best thing you ever do for your body and your life. So book your spot now, and let's get started.
RESULTS & HEALTH DISCLAIMER: Please understand that the results of Jon Gabriel and his students are not typical, and your results, if any, will vary and there is always the possibility you will not get the results you are looking for. The Gabriel Code is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent any disease or illness. This information is intended for educational purposes only, not as medical advice. Always check with your doctor before changing your diet, eating, or health program.
The Journey begins Today
If I could accept everyone, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But there are two reasons I need to limit access to this program:
- I want to get intimate with you. I want to connect with every participant, and give you an experience as close as possible to a real-life coaching session with me. This won't be possible if we have tens of thousands on the line.
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Book your spot now and get:
- Full access to the entire 6 week journey, consisting of one Lecture and one Coaching session per week
- 12 high-quality mp3 audio visualization sessions:
1 evening visualization and 11 daytime visualizations. - The official Gabriel Code Recipe eBook, digitally packed with 287 pages of nutritious recipes and food ideas
- 7 videos featuring step-by-step cooking lessons for Jon's favorite recipes
- Weekly wellness checklists & a shopping checklist
- High quality recordings of each Coaching & Lecture session for easy reference
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Profound results
Unlike typical weight loss programs, The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program is designed to help you lose weight and keep it off – without the struggles and relapses of dieting and exercise plans. Just follow the 6-Part program, and you'll notice your body and mind change on autopilot.
A world-class authority
Jon Gabriel is a respected pioneer in the weight loss field. His remarkable system, which he used to lose a staggering 226 lbs in 2 1/2 years, has been used by over 350,000 people worldwide – and it's earned him the respect of leading doctors and nutritionists. You'll learn that system in its entirety during the 6-Part experience.
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Don't worry about having to reschedule your career or your life. The Gabriel Code 6 Part Transformation Program features live sessions at preset times – but for your convenience it also comes with audio recordings for each session. Just follow the sessions at your own pace, stay committed, and the results will follow.
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RESULTS & HEALTH DISCLAIMER: Please understand that the results of Jon Gabriel and his students are not typical, and your results, if any, will vary and there is always the possibility you will not get the results you are looking for. The Gabriel Code is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent any disease or illness. This information is intended for educational purposes only, not as medical advice. Always check with your doctor before changing your diet, eating, or health program.


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John Hagee Doesn't Like Pat Tillman…Or Me Either
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Pastor John Hagee doesn't like me. I know this because I'm an Atheist. He told me I don't belong here. America is a Christian-only nation he says. He says if I don't pray to the Big Guy, read the Bible, and dismiss all other religions I should just get the hell out, go back where I came from. Although, America is where I came from. He says I have no right to live in my own country which seems a downright uneighborly thing for a Christian to say.
But, it's OK. I don't care much for John either. His spittle gets in my eyes. And his Christian brimstone breath? Wooo, give that man an ecumenical Tums®!
John's making a big hubbub on his website this week. It's D-Day and he's effusively thanking all those people who have defended this country. He should thank them. They've defended his contemptible ass's right to launch hateful, bigoted screeds at the top of his lungs. God Bless America! Or in the case of we Atheists and other religious vermin…USA…USA…USA!
I know John is a little weak on American history, so I'd like to fill in some of his blanks. John, there were Atheists at Normandy and Salerno, Guadalcanal and Saipan. Atheists were in the skies over Germany and on the field with General Washington. They served in Korea, Viet Nam, the War of Error and the followup Wars of Even Bigger Errors that still dog us. So were Muslims and Catholics and Jews and probably even some Wiccans and Satanists. I hear you're none to fond of those folks either, but they were there. So were gay soldiers, sailors, and airmen, but that's another of your screeds and another of my posts.
I served John. I was a Cold Warrior. Got a medal to prove it and everything. I'm one of those guys who helped St. Ronnie of Reagan personally and single-handedly knock down the Berlin Wall. You remember Ronnie. Tall guy. Prayed a lot. But no need to thank me, being as how I'm an Atheist and all.


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Vanquish (Xbox 360) review"Vanquish keeps the player too busy for him to stop and wonder if maybe he's seen this all before. The developers have invested fully in the concept of the cover shooter while somehow mixing it with run-and-gun action. There's no shortage of places to hide, which is a good thing because the constant explosions and the presence of the aforementioned battle cruisers mean that often you have to keep moving as a barrage of missiles renders multiple forms of shelter quite useless. The need to constantly move about prevents the game's pace from ever moving at a crawl." |
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started by Flaxen on Mar 4, 2004 — RSS Feed
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Can anyone recommend a MAC Emulator, preferably a free download.
Also, I'm assuming that Safari is the browser of choice for MAC?
Incidentally, how do other people manage the problem of compatibility on MAC, I'm assuming an emulator is the only way, but would like to hear of any other solutions?
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There are a couple of Mac emulators for Winows but they are worse than useless as they emulate Macs from many years ago (System 8 is the most recent), not current ones and don't even do a decent job of that. http://www.emulators.com/. There are others (just as bad), just do a search for 'mac emulator' on Google. There is no way you can emulate current MacOS X (and Safari) on Windows.
More relevant perhaps is BrowserCam which emulates any browser online. Just send it your url and it will render it in the requested browser. It's not free though, it ranges for $10 per hour to $40 per month. Okay for an occasional check but it will only show what the pages look like, not how they work, which is something else.
Safari and IE5 are the most common browsers on Mac. IE 5 is nothing like IE 6, they are different programs entirely.
You can always ask the forum
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Yup, no such thing. However, if you get a Mac, you can run OS X, Linux and Windows (through Virtual PC) all on one box. While you're at it, you can take advantage of the Apache server built in, and all that entails.
One more indication that Macs are smart, and PCs are dumb.
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Not that you're biased or anything!
I have to say, if I had the cash, or the space I'd be almost tempted to buy a MAC, just to see what the differences are!
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That was very helpful Bax...
Something interesting to note is that MacOS X is very strongly based on NeXT STEP (as I'm sure you know) which was ported to the Intel architecture in the early 1990's (after NeXT's native hardware platform was near the end of its' existance).
This being the case, it wouldn't take a huge leap of logic to understand the possibility that a "Mac" browser could indeed be run on a PC using an Intel build of NeXT STEP.
I would imagine that it would come down to how much of the "added bits" between NeXT STEP and MacOS X are needed by the browser. This may seem like a large canyon to cross, but understand that other Mac browsers (like Omniweb) were originally NeXT STEP applications, and it would be reasonable to conclude that these would indeed run on a PC under NeXT STEP.
Another avenue to explore is that Darwin, the core of MacOS X, is also avaliable as a build for the Intel architecture.
These may seem like far-fetched ideas however the reason that I bring them up is that I myself have noticed the need for PC users to emulate the Macintosh environment for the purpose of proofing websites. Depending on the demand, either of these approaches might be quite reasonable, especially considering the price delta (both in inital purchase and ongoing maintenance) between Macintosh and PC hardware.
But maybe you're right, and PC's are just dumb...
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Yes, Darwin, BSD, all the underpinnings of OSX are pretty well documented on Intel platforms. But I still don't see an emulator happening under Windows. Linux maybe, but not Windows.
Seriously, if you really want to check out what it looks like on a Mac, I would suggest just getting a (used) Mac. For viewing up through system 8.6 (using primarily IE5) something as lowdown as a 6100 will do the job. It'll be slow, but you can pick it up, monitor and keyboard and all, for $50, tops. They're also pretty small, which is good.
Spend about $200 and you can get something capable of running OSX. Maybe one of the G3 laptops, so it's taking up little room.
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The used MAC avenue is one which I may have to go down in the end, but I might explore the suggestions from Mr Black too, one of our PC's is partitioned for Linux OS. Hadn't thought that could be helpful.
Or...as Joe suggested I could ask you guys who obviously use and cherish your MAC's to tell me whether something works or not..
If someone would do me a favour and have another look at http://www.highgroundcoffee.co.uk/coffees.htm
Two things I would like to know:
1. What does the navigation menu do? i.e. where does it start out when you load the page, what happens when you scroll down?
2. Whether the shopping cart system works i.e. do the 'add to basket' links take you to another page with your basket contents on? If so, could you theoretically complete the purchase?
If you spot any other irregularities that you think look wrong, keep them to yourselves ....no, seriously, let me know about those too.
If you do have a look, and post your results, please tell me what browser and version, etc.
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Linux does you no good. It's a reasonable theory that a box running Linux or BSD COULD be made to emulate a Mac, but no such beast is out there, and I don't know of anyone working on such a thing.
The pitfalls are enormous and start at the processor level. The G* chips are RISC, where intel chips are CISC, and it just goes on from there. Instruction sets are different, the graphics rendering engine is way ahead of what anyone else is doing, and so on... don't hold your breath for a good Mac emulator.
The good news is that IE 5 is a rapidly dying browser on a small platform to begin with. Honestly, I think it's worth just about as much concern as NS4 (which is to say very little).
Other Mac browsers behave pretty much as you would expect them to. The gecko-based browsers differ little from their wintel brethren, for example.
Joe Gillespie
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On my Mac, http://www.highgroundcoffee.co.uk/coffees.htm in Mozilla 1.7, Safari 1.2 and iE 5.2 look and behave the same. When the page scrolls, the menu glides back to its original top left position (albeit at different speeds and degress of smoothness).
Can't see any problems with that or the cart either.
I presume that this is what you want to hear?
Joe Gillespie
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Baxter said:
Linux does you no good. It's a reasonable theory that a box running Linux or BSD COULD be made to emulate a Mac, but no such beast is out there, and I don't know of anyone working on such a thing.
There is actually...http://www.genesi.lu/
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Absolutely thats what I want to hear. Thank you very much for checking it out for me.
You'll be pleased to know that your advice to make sure everything validated was spot on.
Thanks again!
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Not that I'm interested in taking this thread to a new level of irrelevence, but I would like to clarify a few points.
To begin, what I am describing is not emulation, but running a native 'Macintosh' operating system on Intel hardware.
Darwin is the core O/S on which the current version of the MacOS is based, and is currently avaliable in both PowerPC and Intel builds.
To further clarify, this has nothing to do with Windows other than both Windows and Darwin can today run on Intel-based hardware.
The significant difference between Darwin and MacOS X are additional libraries (sometimes referred to as 'toolkits') such as Cocoa and Carbon.
If an application (such as a web browser) does not rely on these libraries, it will run under Darwin on Intel hardware natively, without any need for emulation; If an application requires these libraries, it will not.
To get down to brass tacks, the only reason that these libraries are not avaliable on the Intel platform is because Apple chooses not to release them; it has nothing to do with the underlying hardware.
This is only exemplified by the fact that what you know as MacOS X did not originate on the PowerPC processor but on traditional (CISC) Motorola processors (680x0).
This operating system was then ported to Intel where it sat untill Apple decided to ressurect the platform as a way to provide a modern O/S when they failed to produce an in-house sucessor to the original MacOS.
Therefore the only 'pitfall' has to do with Apple's bottom line, not processor architecture, graphics libraries or anything else.
Oh yes, and none of this has anything to do with Linux.
Here's a link to the Apple developer documentation in reguards to Darwin if you are interested in understanding the underpinnings of the MacOS:
Darwin - Open Source.
Joe Gillespie
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mr.black said:
To further clarify, this has nothing to do with Windows other than both Windows and Darwin can today run on Intel-based hardware.
I'm an Apple developer and I know that Apple have been developing OSX on Intel in parallel with PowerPC and have a (nearly) current OSX lurking in their back rooms. Until IBM stepped in, things were a bit shaky for a while with Motorola not able to deliver a more modern processor. Jumping to Intel was, and still is an option, but all the apps would have to be recompiled for Intel and most companies don't want to have to do that.
Apple won't release an Intel version of OSX to the public if they are not producing the hardware and in the great leapfrog game, IBM is in front at the minute with AMD and Intel falling behind so there isn't much incentive.
In the end, the Mac ethos is not just an operating system, it's a complete deal - hardware, software, design, productivity and the only thing it lacks that Windows has is 'virus of the day'
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I'm an Apple developer
Just out of curiosity, what are you working on?
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It looks as though I misspoke (and misunderstood). I thought I was being clear that I agree wand understand that the BSD and Darwin (and for that matter Next) roots of OSX have long run on intel-based hardware.
And I was aware of the in-house intel OSX builds. I still don't think we're going to see OS X run on a windows machine, for a multitude of reasons attributable to both Apple and Microsoft, but that's neither here nor there.
I should also apologize for slighting the linux community. Although I wasn't aware of the effort posted above, I was aware of other Mac On Linux efforts that have been pretty successful.
Joe Gillespie
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mr.black said:
Just out of curiosity, what are you working on?
As you are probaly aware, my main focus is on pixel fonts. I've developed a font editor over the past few years and various font utilities but they are only for 'in-house' use, I have no intention of making them public.
I also dabble in MIDI programming and audio, being a musician but again, i'm not doing it as a business, just for my own use.
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I've got a problem with my web site displaying properly in IE on the Mac. It screws up the side nav bar which is controlled by CSS. Take a look at http://www.nhltrades.com/nrc/home_e.shtml and let me know what you think. Apparently the .hover pseduo class has issues in IE but other than that I can't see any other problem.
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This link doesn't work but one thing you have to watch for in IE (Mac) is that it doesn't like nicely formatted markup. It puts returns in where they shouldn't be and the only way to fix it is to close the offending section of markup into one long line with no spaces between ...</div><div>...
IE Mac is now the weakest and most troublesome browser out there!
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FWIW, this does in fact give you the ability to emulate a mac running OSX on a PC (albiet a very fast PC):
I haven't used it myself (I need a copy of OSX), but I've read several articles about sucessful installations.
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I have Vt Danby marble. I was disappointed w/ my 2 seams when first installed, but now, I barely noticed them. when my fabricators did the mixing for the edging epoxy, I could see how difficult it was to match, especially when there's so much veining involved. He worked w/ me with different options, and I had to choose the least of the evils. At that time, I just didn't like it. But now, the epoxy is so minimal in the whole scope of my renovation, I don't even see them now. read oldryder's post in my thread, maybe your fabricator can do that. good luck, see link: can you see the seam on the right in this poor quality picture? |
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Your marble is gorgeous Amanda and I think it is a great point, when we are in the midst of renovation every little detail seems so big and we want everything to be perfect but once we live with something for a while it doesn't seem so bad. I am going to have to have a seam on my island too so I'd love to see more examples if anyone has them. I want to show my fabricator pictures as he seems like a visual guy and I want to be sure I am explaining matching up the veining as best we can. |
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Anyone grow this around here? Thuja occidentalis 'Filiformis' Pics I've seen of it look great and it's supposedly hardy in zone 4. But I'm a little gunshy after my experience with the arctic blue willow standard I tried last year (nothing above graft, lusty growth below). GaryStPaul |
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