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text: Well another fun run done. A great time was had by all!! Larry, your boat ran very well. Congratts on getting her in the water!! Paul's 17b was running great too, even though it was doing some strange bobbing maneuvers. He had it standing vertical and spinning around. I think he thought it was synchronized swimming!! Donnie fried something in his power cylinder. Crazy Man worked all night and had his New Gato running by the time we had to leave. Very cool George!! Don had no problems at all except for me smashing into his rudder and knocking it loose. Sorry!! Then there was me!! I decided to try and hit every boat in the pool (as usual) and think I did. Sorry Larry!! Just call me crash!! The Gato worked much better after the trimming and I was able to dive well. As a matter of fact so well that I ended up on the bottom of the deep end. Kind of stuck actually. I lost radio signal (which is very easy in the Y pool) and figured my MPD would save the day. Well it would have if some Dumbass hadn't set the MPD wrong. (It's not my fault!!) Ha!! Well as I said fun was had by all. Here is a photo of one of my many crashes. Maybe with some more speed I could have run the whole boat out of the pool. Well, maybe next time. BD.

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Sacroiliac Joint Pain (cont.)Medical Author:
Jason C. Eck, DO, MS
Jason C. Eck, DO, MSDr. Eck received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Catholic University of America in Biomedical Engineering, followed by a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University. Following this he worked as a research engineer conducting spine biomechanics research. He then attended medical school at University of Health Sciences. He is board eligible in orthopaedic surgery. Medical Editor:
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACRDr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. In this Article
What are sacroiliac joint dysfunction symptoms?The most common symptom of SI joint dysfunction is pain. Patients often experience pain in the lower back or the back of the hips. Pain may also be present in the groin and thighs. In many cases, it can be difficult to determine the exact source of the pain. Your physician can perform specific tests to help isolate the source of the pain. The pain is typically worse with standing and walking and improved when lying down. Inflammation and arthritis in the SI joint can also cause stiffness and a burning sensation in the pelvis. How is sacroiliac joint dysfunction diagnosed?The first step in diagnosis is typically a thorough history and physical examination by a physician. The physician will ask questions to determine if there are any underlying disorders that could be causing the patient's pain. This can also help differentiate pain coming from the SI joints, lumbar spine, or hips. There are various tests a physician can perform during the physical examination that can help isolated the source of the pain. By placing your hips and legs in certain positions and applying pressure, the SI joints can be moved or compressed to identify them as a source of pain. Other portions of the examination are to exclude certain possibilities that could mimic sacroiliac disease. The next step in diagnosis is often plain radiographs (X-rays). The patient may have X-rays of the pelvis, hips, or lumbar spine depending on what the physician finds on the history and physical examination. A computed tomography (CAT or CT) scan may also help in the diagnosis. A CT scan gives a more detailed look at the joint and bones. Both X-rays and CT scans can help identify sacroiliitis. This can appear as sclerosis in the joints. More severe wear in the joints can appear as erosion of the bone around the SI joints. These tests can also look for fusion of the SI joints. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan can also be helpful. This provides a better evaluation of the soft tissues, including muscles and ligaments. It can also identify subtle fractures that may not be seen on an X-ray. The MRI can identify inflammation in the SI joint by the presence of excessive fluid in the joint. A bone scan can be obtained to help isolate the source of your pain and can be used to identify bony abnormalities. The bone scan can identify areas of increased activity in the bone. This is a nonspecific test and can be positive in cases of arthritis, infection, fracture, or tumors of bone. Often the most accurate method of diagnosing SI joint dysfunction is by performing an injection that can numb the irritated area, thereby identifying the pain source. An anesthetic material (for example,lidocaine [Xylocaine]) can be injected along with a steroid (cortisone) directly into the SI joint. This is usually performed with the aid of an X-ray machine to verify the injection is in the SI joint. The anesthetic and steroid can help relieve the pain from inflammation that is common with SI joint dysfunction. The duration of pain relief is variable, but this is very useful to determine that the SI joint is the source of the pain. Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 3/31/2014 Patient CommentsViewers share their comments
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text: Shortly before tonight's multiple-tour-premiere show in Belfast, two big announcements via ye olde official website: As widely rumored, Bruce & the band will be performing in Santiago, Chile on September 12 – is this perhaps the southernmost-ever site for an E Street show? – and, official confirmation that the previously-announced Rock in Rio appearance on September 21 will be the final show of the Wrecking Ball tour. No word yet on whether there will be additional South American (or elsewhere) dates before Rio, �but it sounds like any fans who want to catch just one more show are best advised to start practicing their Spanish and their Brazilian Portuguese!


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I'll be installing Ubuntu 10.04 soon on my old Thinkpad.
I went to Thinkpad forums and some users are saying they had to use XAA!
What?!? I thought there was a transition to EXA now?
What are you supposed to use for older hardware?!? Mobility Radeon cards in R200 to R300...R250... Radeon 7500 to 9000 cards.... Mine's a R250 / 9000.
This problem/issue has been going on for eons... I remember way back reading long threads about what to edit xorg.conf to...to use XAA or EXA... what a mess... that's why I gave up on Linux on my laptop...
Now, I'm using Compiz/Effects and Debian Squeeze LXDE is running okay...but, I haven't checked out graphics effects... too scared to.
I remember having seen lots of bug reports on older radeon cards having to use XAA but I think this has been resolved in KMS/DRI2. One example is https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23660. Since Ubuntu switched to KMS for radeon by default this should not be an issue.
EXA operation in the X server wasn't able to be polished until there were enough drivers implementing EXA support. Once EXA was added to a couple of drivers some work was done on the X server to improve performance, but that happened over a period of a year or so. During that time, EXA support was available in the drivers but wasn't recommended for general use at first. A bit later EXA was ok for general use but only if you had the very newest X server code.
These days EXA is enabled by default and should be fine for general use. The only reason to go back to XAA now would be if you had some quirky hardware (typically AGP bus problems) and needed to disable acceleration features in order to get stability, but I think there are EXA options that will work in most cases as well.


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The advantage of tracking and working the upstream projects (kernel, mesa, X) is that your code will always work with the latest releases. The disadvantage is that it will need some work and there will be some lag to port to older releases. If you track older releases, there will be work and lag required to support newer ones.
The open drivers track the latest releases. They catch a lot of grief for not supporting older releases immediately, although most distros do a good job of backporting the necessary changes.
The closed drivers target current releases, but that means there is usually a lag catching up the support for the latest kernel/X releases. They catch grief for not supporting the latest kernel/X releases immediately.
Neither option is perfect.
If hardware vendors won't start some serious support of their products on Linux, less and less Linux users will want to buy and use them; also, lack of hardware support is one of the major causes of people sticking with Windows rather than anything else. This obviously leads software developers to ignore Linux itself as an appetible target for their projects, since the userbase is neglectible. And that last thing leads hardware vendors to ignore Linux, and so on and so forth. This is a vicious circle that has to be broken somewhere, and day-1 hardware support is one of the best ways to do that. And if it's open-source, it's a whole lot better.
I was waiting for this news since I bought my Radeon HD 6870 last November, and now I can finally install Linux on my desktop box without the hassle of hacking with the Catalyst suite; for this, I want to thank John Bridgman and everyone else working on the open-source radeon drivers.
Good job for all those involved.
xf86-video-ati doesn't do much. Only 2d acceleration and Xvideo, basically.
For 3d acceleration (or any acceleration), you need to upgrade the kernel, libdrm (the two must be in sync!) and mesa.
I don't own an Evergreen card, but from what I've been reading the open source support is now quite good. 3D support was added in September 2010 and the latest thing to be added in the just-released 2.6.37 Linux kernel is hardware blit support - see http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item&px=ODU4Mw


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Backyard has come a long way! If I am proud of anything.. its my backyard. The fence sunk and so did the yard shortly after moving in and getting everything set up. Took a really long time to get the people out here to fix it. This is just a starter home. OUR real home is yet to come! This went from nothing, to something in 7 years! Everything was designed by me and built by my husband and myself. :) We laid the sidewalk to the back gate, we built the pergola and the hammock dreams and every other structure! Except the shed.
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The first rule of Triangle Club: 1. There IS no Triangle Club 2. We are not to be affiliated with Square Club or the ridiculous Octagon Club.
Ah, I feel strangely at home, and strangely triangular.
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pattiq wrote:OK. Inquiring minds want to know....How come some people do not have the little envelopes?
Who are you seeing that doesn't have an envelope next to their name?
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I thought Eel worked but Walrus seemed to mammalian too me -- although Sealion always sounded legit to me. Go figure.
So here is what I'm working towards -- the middle version. The drawing is from William McCants' fine book "War Patrols of USS Flasher". He not only wrote it but illustrated it as well. You can see that the stock Gato would suffice for the as-built Flasher. But there is definitely some work to do for patrol 5. Alas I don't get to sport the heavy deck gun firepower either. No 40MM, twin 20MM or 5"gun for me.
I do have the luxury of looking at the real thing. Flasher's fairwater is on display as a memorial in Groton, CT. And seems to be very well looked after.


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Kiwissimo: Your NZ "culture" and fast food restrictions work for you (apparently) better than for us here in the States because you have a far different demographic. Just about every demographic statistic in this country, from obesity to crime to academics in public schools, is distorted by a societal mix here that you are not plagued with. It is easy to see why the "poor" in this country would be "outraged" by a tax on junk food, and at this political moment the poor we do not outrage -- we just grow fat (statistically).
What a lazy article! Wouldn't the % of ingredients - corn, soy - in processed foods play a role? Aren't soy and corn present in 80% of processed foods? Don't nutritionists consider eating the same thing over and over again, day after day, to be a form of malnutrition (even if you only eat carrots and rabbits)?
It's not just a matter of eating less and more exercise though these might help. What you eat has as much to do with it. Research from the last 20 years has shown that high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity even if one counts calories. The body cannot allow the Glucose in the blood stream to rise too high. If the meal eaten has lots of starch in it that is converted to glucose starting in the mouth and the body immediately goes to work burning it off as energy. That leaves the fat, which can easily convert to body fat, behind. If all meals contain enough glucose to keep the fires burning so to speak, one will become fat pretty quickly. About 30 years ago we were told to cut down on fat to lose weight when the opposite is the truth. If one cuts down on carbs one can eat a lot of fat as the body converts to a fat burning metabolism using up the stores in the cells and in the bloodstream. It's actually pretty simple. High starch (sugar) foods taste good and are cheap. Hence the obesity epidemic. One bun on a MacDonald's hamburger has 70 grams of carb. I try to limit myself to about 100 grams of carb a day. So if I eat that bun I've taken in 70% of my daily allowance in the form of empty calories. These days I cook my meals, eat high fiber breads if I eat bread at all and the rest is meat and vegetables. My weight has been stable for a couple of years now with very little effort except the cooking. I usually get about 15 - 20 minutes of concentrated exercise a day the rest from daily activity. Simple.
The author of this article suggests that the chief cause for concern about global obesity is the health of the people themselves. Implicit in that thought is that notion that the concern being voiced at government levels is for the welfare of the individuals that comprise society.
I contend that to assert such is to dance all around the real issue without ever having the courage to address it. What is of greatest concern to government and business is the cost imposed on younger generations of workers and on businesses whose taxes must be used to support older citizens that finally fall prey to their own bad habits. Diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and general incapacitation, as lamentable as they may be, require vast sums of money to be treated adequately. A 65 year old male who is 100 pounds overweight and who has diabetes and advanced arthritis faces perhaps another 20 years of medical treatment for physical problems that are for the most part the direct consequences of his own actions: eating two Big Macs, super-sizing his orders of French fries, and swilling down an extra large Coca-Cola every day of his life and then running a couple of miles every month to assuage his conscience for his chronic bad eating habits. The running is just enough to do nothing helpful and just enough to do something bad to his joints as he pounds them repeatedly with the extra fat that his body carries and which weighs as much as an entire other person.
The numbers of 20 and 30 year olds don't begin to match the legions of older, plumped up sexa-, septua-, and octogenarians whose girths and weights beckon for more tax money to sustain them in the manner to which they have become accustomed. Younger workers don't like the idea of having their paychecks raided to subsidize the healthcare costs for people whose unchecked appetites have destined them for expensive treatments and remedies to keep them alive against all odds.
The angst and dismay of overweight individuals makes for good reading, but what is really at stake is the economic survival of nations whose wealth is and will be siphoned off by medical costs having no end in sight.
Does anyone want to go for dinner & drinks to discuss this article?
The best thing by far that I've ever read on the subject is David Ogilvie's and Neil Hamlet's satire "Obesity: The Elephant in the Corner", originally published in the British Medical Journal in 2005. Full text, telling pictures and all: http://sydney.edu.au/science/molecular_bioscience/NUTR4001/lba/L_Baur-Ob... We don't have bike lanes, we do have SUVs and ads for junk food, and who wanted things to turn out that way? a) it just happened, b) The Market? Well, the best thing I've ever read about the market is in the first chapter of Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (1621). Abbreviated version of his learned rant: "What's the market but a place wherein they cozen one another, a trap? Nay, what's the world itself but a vast chaos, a theatre of hypocrisy, a shop of knavery, a scene of babbling, the academy of vice? A warfare, in which you must kill or be killed, wherein every man is for himself; no charity, love, friendship, fear of God, alliance, affinity, consanguinity, can contain them. Our goddess is Queen Money, to whom we daily offer sacrifice. It's not worth, virtue, wisdom, valour, learning, honesty, religion, for which we are respected, but money, greatness, office, honour." (Cozen = cheat.)
I'm a Spanish woman who's lived in France and in the UK for many years.
I can tell that the main difference in terms of obesity comes from the dramatic change in diets and life-style. When I was a young kind (in the 1980's) it was very weird to see a fat kid at school. That was even rarer at my mum's time. The reason was not that my generation (or hers) were underfed. Instead, it was related to the fact that we took all our meals home (most of the kids will go home for lunch) where our mother's had cooked traditional and balanced food. Many of the kids who ate at school were extremely thin (if they found food disgusting in comparison with home-made food) or a bit fatty (if they had a double portion of pasta and dairy desserts, enjoying the lack of surveillance). Besides, we did not carry money as kids, so we did not buy chips, candy, chocolates... Those were treats reserved to very few occasions. Sodas were also something quite rare. I remember I would shared a bottle (200 cl) with my brother because it was too much, to filling with all those gases...
Today I'm very sad to see that our younger generations are also getting fat. They eat burgers, milkshakes, go to the mall where they sit play video games...Since families have become increasingly single-parent ones, the mother or the father do not have time to cook (they're at work) and they simply buy a pizza or take an oily take-away for home (that each member will eat in front of their computer). Paradoxically, the more the youngsters want to look like their super fit heroes (top-models, sportsmen...) the worse they look.
Now, there is a worldwide trend to eat organic, avoid sugar and prepared meals, eat with friends and loved ones, not snacking in between foods, learn how to cook, etc. None of this is a cool a San Francisco or Seattle invention. For example, besides all those good habits, in Spain it has always been admitted that after dinner (that we have late) one must go for a walk. So at ten thirty in the evening old women would be in the streets talking with their friends while walking (we also wake up at 7 in the morning, in case anybody is tempted to believe that in Southern countries we wake up at 10). And so on...In other words, what now appears as a new "well-being business" it is just what has been done for ages in European Southern countries (all this is valid in France and in Italy from what I've seen).
I think there's something intrinsically perverse to a system that gets people to go out of their houses to work in the production/promotion/ saled of goods nobody needs (super sugary chocolate bars, candy, salty-soup in powder, canned meat...) and then bombs them with advices about joining the gym, exercising or avoiding snacking. This is like advertising and creating jobs around heroine then complaining about people becoming addicts. We have understood it with tobacco and we should go that way with unhealthy food.
Unluckily, marketing works and also in Europe people are getting fat. Yes, it's true that French women are better at keeping their size but, well, I can tell that smoking all-day-round and eating 900 calories a day is not a great method either.
There's nothing magic about this diet thing: eat local, include vegetables and fruits, prefer fish to meat, keep fix times for meals, exercise (walking could be enough)and COOK. When I first left Spain the thing that shocked me the most was that people did not know how to cook. This was really shocking since in our country, from teenage hood we would gather and cook when we went to somebody's house. (We also drank and smoke, so we're not talking about little prigs on super healthy people, just average youngsters). This would concern men as well since, despite the traditional macho stereotype many Spanish men are very good cookers and, most importantly, would not eat prepared food once they've been raised in a "proper eating" culture.
It is not a matter of "making the intelligent choice" or fighting to eat the plain salad instead the chocolate cookie. It is about choosing what it's much tastier and delicious! For me the secret is learning how to cook balanced and delicious food, once you know this you would never go to a quick restaurant for nothing on earth!
(Green Mediterranean Revolution!)
I think the main problem is the calculation way of WHO. In fact so many people might be considered as overweight due to high muscle ratio and their fat level is less than 18%. the ratio must be rechecked different sort of variables should be taken into account.
This is a rationalization — denialism.
Hmm, this article made me hungry
time to eat my double cheesburger with extra large fries and a milkshake and Diet coke (gotta watch my weight).
A worried man from Mexico, Even if you dont consume in excess sugar and salt you gain fat eating process food like ham, bacon, sausages, canned food, sliced bread, cookies, twinkies, and a long etc. We need consume more fruits and vegetables, salads, more natural water and less sodas, burgers, pizzas, lays, pringles. Its time to make some workout outdoor.
People in the US tend to blame anything but themselves, or look for quick easy fixes, but it is as simple as having the discipline to eat less and exercise more.
Practicing/living a healthy lifestyle is a longterm life long endeavor, but the US is full of shorttermism, instant gratification and the inability or willingness to develop any type of virtues or way of life other than the now and ME.
This just like the mass attacks in the US, the Obesity, Economic Stagnation are just signs of the utter Societal decay festering in the US.
But If you want me to answer your question with the same irrational, short sightness that Americans excel at now then here is your answer.
Out law spoons, because spoons make you fat.
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"Eat less and exercise more," while good advice, is simplistic. It is not as simple as that. The food available in supermarkets changes over time, and one important way that it has changed in the United States over the past few decades is the increased proportion of sugar. It has become so pervasive in commercially prepared food that it takes discipline to avoid it and more money as well. There is a shared responsibility here.
Dr. Robert Lustig explains this thoroughly in the lecture to which I linked earlier.
Yes, Yes, Yes, you made fun of the Americans and didn't offer any solutions to this global epidemic. Do you feel better now?
Reading the comments here is like going to a Gym and having the Fat guy give you advice.
A tax on "sugary drinks" would "disproportionately affect the poor, who might be outraged." Heaven forbid the poor -- also disproportionately obese -- should be outraged, a consequence totally unacceptable to any periodical that endorsed obama. No, instead of a junk food tax the Social Democrat Economist would rather taxpayers pay for the obese, by and large (!) ignorant, lazy and/or lacking in self-discipline. Moreover, one wonders what incentive the newly insured 30 million might have to keep themselves slim when they know their health bill is to be paid by us taxpayers (thank you, Economist)? Were Plato alive today and aware of obamacare, he would adjust his observation to "The well-fed, obese poor you will always have with you."
Funny, I don't remember the creation of the UK National Health Service in 1945 leading to an immediate spike in obesity. I'm still with you on the junk food tax, if you'd like to decide the thresholds.
One of the problems with junk food is that it's so damn cheap. I'm guessing that you would have to tax the hell out of it to make a difference. Pictures of obese diabetes-ridden 60 year olds on your burger box would achieve the same effect a lot more efficiently.
Another method is to ban the fast food chains from your town. This is the case where I live in NZ. It's not an official ban, just a polite no thanks. 25% of the adverts on NZ tv are for junk food and we can't eat any of it. There are locally owned fast food joints, but they are twice as expensive. The kids at the local school have profiles similar to those of 1960's kids. They are encouraged to exercise as well. It's the culture here (not much else in the way of culture, but it will have to do).
A big problem with obesity is that the price of foods encourage the increase. I mean seriously, look at the price of food. It's cheaper to buy unhealthy food than to make healthy choices.
That's true. It's possible to buy pasta sauce in a jar without sugar, but it costs twice as much as the ordinary brands.
Somewhere down the line, being fat lost its stigma. Today, you see fat people in shorts and other tight fitting clothing that emphasizes their being fat - they don't care. If you want the world to slim down, it's going to cost you. You are going to have to provide some incentive or it just isn't going to happen. Alternatively, there must be a disincentive. Deny them a driver's license, the right to vote, or get really nasty: don't let them into movie houses or restaurants or let them buy alcohol. Nobody with a waistline over 1/2 their height allowed.
No, that's too good for the fat: Shun them, burn them, fry them in their own lard! How dare such imperfection exist! Everyone's weight is perfectly manageable, none of it's due to hidden sugar and fat.
Video games = fat. The rise in video and computer games has dramatically reduced childhood exercise. No more "go out and play". Lack of exercise leads to increased girth, which then carries on into later life. Sad but true. What to do?
You all need to see the documentary "Fathead." It's a rebuttal to the sensationalized quasi-documentary "Supersize Me." It's a man who eat nothing but McDonlad's food for one month, and guess what, he gets healthier! He lowers his cholesterol, he walks 6 nights a weeks for 30 or 40 minutes and loses weight in the process.
There is nothing wrong with people being overweight if they would rather be overweight or do not want to make the sacrifices necessary to lose weight. What is a problem is people being overweight who don't want to be overweight and want to be able to do what it takes to lose weight. They represent the growing group of people who are unable to restrain there desires to achieve something that they want. Biology plays a part in losing weight but eating less and exercising more will always be successful. The failure of people to lose weight who want to lose weight is representative of a growing problem in the Western world, it is the loss of self control. Another less visible example is Internet "addiction". People are actually feel unable to pull themselves away from the constant stimulation of twitter and facebook, to read a book or even a full article. I knew people who failed college simply because they could not get off the internet. The increase in the amount of people who are unable to resist their desires in a way that seriously effects there lives is growing. Obesity is the most visible part of a larger problem.
You are repeating a common misconception that losing weight is merely a matter of having the discipline to "eat less and move more." This is a simplistic interpretation. As Dr. Lustig points out, it takes a full day of mountain biking to work off the calories in one Big Mac. The importance of exercise as a means to losing weight is overemphasized. It is much more important to eat less, but not merely less but to severely reduce the intake of the principal contributor to obesity — sugar.
one of my work-out buddies would say 80% diet, 20% exercise.
That isn't true at all. A greater level of activity leads to a higher resting/basal metabolic rate. Your body burns calories not only during exertion but also while recovering and the more active the muscle the more calories it needs to recover. This is also why older people fail to loose a significant amount of weight even after they drastically change their diets.
A useful anecdote is Army and Marine Corps basic training. Bacon, eggs, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and pancakes can be found in any mess hall every day yet 13 weeks of running, road marching and crawling produces fit troops.
That isn't true at all. A greater level of activity leads to a higher resting/basal metabolic rate. Your body burns calories not only during exertion but also while recovering and the more active the muscle the more calories it needs to recover. This is also why older people fail to loose a significant amount of weight even after they drastically change their diets.
A useful anecdote is Army and Marine Corps basic training. Bacon, eggs, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and pancakes can be found in any mess hall every day yet 13 weeks of running, road marching and crawling produces fit troops.
AP, running a mile burns about 100 calories or less than in a can of any good beer. A pound of fat contains about 3500 calories. Anyone who does the math realizes what you are saying is true.
However, all foods are not created equal. Cut back on the carbs. The rest will take care of itself.
Basic training in the Marine Corps is a grueling regimen. A comparable exercise program is not an option for ordinary adults who have other responsibilities. And military trainees are young adults. Metabolism changes with age. In my 20s and 30s I ate anything I wanted, in whatever amounts I wanted, without gaining weight, and without following any exercise regimen at all (I'm basically a bookworm). Today, decades later, I must be disciplined about what I eat and in what amounts in order to keep my weight down.
It is not meanongful to use Marines as an example of how to keep your weight at a healthy level. By the way, the leading cause of rejection for those applying for the armed forces of the United States is obesity. Soldiers are preselected for beinf in relatively good shape.
Suck it all out and burn it to produce electricity
The BMI is inaccurate. I'm 234 pounds and 6 feet tall. According to the BMI I'm obese. But if you look at me I look more muscular than anything. Sure I could use more cardiovascular exercises in my work- out routine. However, I am far from being obese. This is the same for a lot of Americans.
On a side note, I'm sick of Europeans calling us Americans fat. I've always wondered if you people were jealous.
It's not inaccurate, it's an objective indicator. The problem is that the average weight has risen. There are so many people who are technically obese today that the term has come into everyday use to refer to people who are grossly obese, and to think of those who are merely technically obese as normal. Whether statistically "normal" or not, it is still correct to refer to a male of your height and weight as medically "obese." It is a medical question, not merely a descriptive term distinguishing "abnormally overweight."
I'm not at all put off by Europeans calling Americans (I am American) fat. I find the extent of obesity I see every day to be appalling, as there are very many who are much more than merely technically obese. It is a serious problem.
I would have to respectfully disagree. I remember when I went to the doctor, as the nurse was measuring my BMI she was surprised that my BMI was so high. In addition, when I was in college we did a business analysis on a a former gym company that when out of business. I learned that the gym industry has grown significant;y in memberships, by the millions if my memory serves me correct. That could very well imply that millions of Americans also have more muscle today. That should also be taken in account.
Another thing about being medically obese. As horrible as western medicine has become, it's time for the medical industry to innovate the BMI, to incorporate body fat. I would suggest get rid of the propaganda tool. Take for example Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, Franco Columbo, Lou Frrigno, and many other famous body builders. If their BMI's were calculated, they would all be obese. However, their body fat would be less than 10%.
As for the nurse and doctor noticing my BMI, they disregarded it.
Yes sure, Europeans are very jealous of the US high obesity, or as you prefer to call it, high attractiveness rate.
Yes sure, Europeans are very jealous of the US high obesity, or as you prefer to call it, high attractiveness rate.
The BMI is not intended to estimate fat for body builders. It a tool for estimating body fat which is reasonably accurate for most people. There are other methods which can be used for a more accurate measure, if body builders and other athletes wish to use them.
Your remark that western medicine has become "horrible" is a cheap shot.
Don't get me wrong, Western medicine by world standards is the best. I guess what I meant is that it's way too expensive and there are stupid statistics used to explain stuff. "There's lies, damn lies, and there's statistics." If there are more accurate ways of measuring body fat and the argument in this article and most other articles that Americans are overweight; and body-fat is a the main source, then why shouldn't we use more accurate measures? Again, "There's lies, damn lies and there's statistics."
Don't get me wrong, Western medicine by world standards is the best. I guess what I meant is that it's way too expensive and there are stupid statistics used to explain stuff. "There's lies, damn lies, and there's statistics." If there are more accurate ways of measuring body fat and the argument in this article and most other articles that Americans are overweight; and body-fat is a the main source, then why shouldn't we use more accurate measures? Again, "There's lies, damn lies and there's statistics."
It's more that your obesity (and trust me, having travelled extensively across America, Europe and Asia, you are an obese county) is a reflection of your gluttonous mentality, be it with regards to the big yet relatively poorly made cars you drive, the ridiculous inefficiency of your energy usage and the resulting carbon emissions, or your sense of entitlement and Exceptionalism.
Axel, this issue is addressed later in the report (http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568073-obesity-presents-b...). Quote:
"The most common measure of obesity, BMI, represents weight in kilos divided by height in metres squared. It is not perfect. A high BMI in an Olympic weightlifter, for example, is due to dense muscle rather than fat. "
I agree here with GH1618 that BMI is just a simplified measure and that it is not intended to estimate fat for body builders.
In the UK looking round my office I cant see how 1/4 are obese. Think the statisitcs are wrong. I am almost obese per BMI but most people would call me lean/trim. I go to the gym every other day (for 5 years) and have lots more muscle. So, think you are correct.
BMI is not reliable. I am expected to loose a further stone to be at my "correct" BMI weight. This would make me very thin and would not be healthy.
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"Reagan/Bush (& Obama) Amnesty Agenda an Economic Catastrophe for Minorities and Legal Immigrants – but who cares, it produces campaign donations and votes!
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Here is a story from the Huffington Post that we are guessing Progressive Politics, Marietta Daily Journal blogger
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It is from Robert Hardaway, a law professor at Denver University and economics
lamenting the fact that the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens resulted in economic hardship ("catastrophe") for minorities in America. And that the agenda of ignoring our immigration laws at the insistence of American business is bringing down the wages of our poorest and real immigrants. Which, of course for business, is the goal.
Readers may want to spend a few minutes on this: "
Reagan/Bush Amnesty Agenda an Economic Catastrophe for Minorities and Legal Immigrants
Part of which goes like this:
"In 1987, at a time when teenage unemployment among African Americans approached 80 percent [1] , greedy garment makers petitioned the INS to import more cheap labor on grounds that there was an "unskilled labor shortage", repeating the tired mantra that "Americans won't do the dirty work that illegal immigrants are willing to do"-- ignoring the fact that it isn't the dirty jobs that Americans disdain. Cities have no problem recruiting for the dirtiest of jobs, like garbage collection, when decent wages are offered. Most Americans would be willing to pay a few cents more for their tomatoes if it meant social justice for minorities and the legal immigrants who have been reduced to grinding poverty by the Reagan/Bush amnesty agenda."
None of this will make a shred of difference on immigration enforcement to the Kevin Foley's of the world however. Having been told what mindless goop the 21st century liberal must go out and sell, sell, sell, the babbling, useful idiots will press for another amnesty and path to citizenship for illegals because they are unable to noodle out the issue themselves., know nearly nothing about it and lack the courage to stand up for their own country.
There is no shortage of evidence of the harm the amnesty of 1986 has done to the USA. Even the then-INS
reported on it
after the amnesty disaster. Most in the liberal media realize that most Americans don't even know it ever happened. To even see it mentioned in the press is rather unusual.
Hat tip to Mr. Hardaway.
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August 20, 2012
Can't this Foley person see that the blog King refers to was written last week? How dumb can Foley really be?
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August 20, 2012
As if anyone is surprised at Foley's brilliant response.
Foley, DA we don't need DA to point out your mindlessness anymore. On anything, but on immigration in particular. You do such a great job yourself. Nobody thinks you would cahnge your liberal argument if an illegal alien took YOUR job.
But, it sure is funny to watch you admit as much with your posts. You make a fool of yourself with gusto and are unable to realize that everyone can see you. Lib in Cobb: your goofy retorts may be get a smile in the local Teen Dem meeting. But not in the planet at large.
Lib in Cobb
August 20, 2012
@DA: Would it be possible for you sight resources that are at least in this century? More timely resources would make you look less like the disturbed man on the street corner screaming at passing cars.
Have a nice day.
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August 20, 2012
I thought your ironclad proof that undocumented workers "stole" American jobs was a locally produced TV news report.
Now it's the 25-year-old progressive opinion of Hardaway?
If there's "no shortage of evidence," Mr. King, surely you can do better, so let's see it.
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Spend a day with Kevin Vernon, a Matco Tools dealer in greater Baltimore, and it's hard to imagine anyone better suited to the mobile tool distribution business. The chipper, 29-year-old Vernon brought experience in retail sales and management which he was looking to put to use in his own business. When he came across mobile tool sales two years ago, his sales, management and marketing background got him off to a fast start and he is now on track to exceed goals and launch a second truck.
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Customers look forward to Vernon's visit since they never know what to expect on his truck except for his big, genuine smile.
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The son of a career military man, Vernon wanted to own his own business from an early age. The seeds for a career in tool sales were planted in high school when he started working part-time at Sears in the Baltimore area. "My goal was to have my own 'something,'" Vernon says.
After working his way into store management at Sears, Vernon eventually took a sales job for Bosch Home Appliances. He excelled at sales, and was promoted to a sales management position responsible for seven states.
In 2009, after three years with Bosch Home Appliances, Vernon returned to store management at Sears. He organized sidewalk sales, kid's coloring contests, in-store demonstrations, in-store TV entertainment and football parties for husbands. "I really like sales; I've done it all my life," he says.
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Vernon liked seeing the immediate results of his sales efforts, but he wasn't completely satisfied with his management role. There was a lot of travel involved and he didn't feel completely at home in a big corporation. He was married with a young son and living in a house he bought from his parents.
Vernon began looking for opportunities to own his own business. One day, he got a call from Matco Tools after posting his resume on Career Builder. Matco Tools expected to have an opening for a mobile tool distributor in the greater Baltimore area due to a retirement. Vernon rode with three tool trucks and realized that despite his lack of knowledge about professional tools, he could sell them. "If you can sell a (clothes) washer, you can certainly sell a screwdriver," he says.
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Vernon says the biggest complaint he hears about competitors is they do not visit on schedule.
He was pleasantly surprised by how willing many customers were to teach him about the tools. "These guys would go as far as to sit down at my counter and draw a picture (of a tool)," he says.
Based on his business plan, Vernon needed to do $750 in sales per day. "I jumped in on faith," he says. "I figured if I didn't at least try it, I'll never know if I could do it."
His first day, he did $900 in sales. Seeing that some customers refused to buy anything from him at first, he was pleasantly surprised.
The most challenging period for Vernon was in his fifth and sixth months. He was selling so much product that he had to order more inventory than he was comfortable with; he worried that he'd be stuck with unsold products while he was still making payments on the truck. But his customers came through for him.
"That fifth- and sixth-month time span was so nerve-racking, balancing the sales with the tools (purchased)," he says.
Vernon stays current on his weekly inventory balance. He has never allowed himself to take more than two weeks to be current on his balance. He spends anywhere between $3,500 and $10,000 per week on inventory.
Coming prepared always
At each stop, Vernon first reviews his customer orders on his smartphone and on a route sheet.
He "totes and promotes" to customers that don't buy a lot. For those who do buy a lot, he doesn't think toting and promoting has any benefit.
He honors product warranties, but he watches the amount of time he spends helping customers with repairs. Repairs can be time-consuming if not properly managed, he says.
Focus on merchandising
One lesson Vernon took to heart managing retail stores is the need to change displays and create excitement. He re-merchandises his truck every two weeks to highlight Matco Tools' latest specials. "The constant shuffle keeps a fresh look and some excitement," he says. "Who wants to see the same old stuff? You (the customer) have got to have a reason to want to come out."
He passes out Matco Tools' flyers every month. He also shows pictures of tools on his smartphone.
He has a box for used tools, which sell at discount.
The DVD player in the truck continuously plays DVDs about tools that are sent by Matco Tools every three months, in addition to DVDs from manufacturers. Vernon is particularly fond of Matco Tools' DVD demonstrating a toolbox drop test.
One shelf in the truck has a can for donations to the American Cancer Society. This past May, proceeds from all cash sales of energy drinks went to this organization. Vernon also gave a free energy drink for every $3 donation.
He uses some of the techniques he learned managing stores.
Around Christmas, he comes dressed as Santa Claus. At Halloween, he decorates the truck with hanging cobwebs, ghosts and blacklights. Many customers take pictures of the truck.
One of the most important lessons he took to tool sales is making it a point to thank customers for their business. He sometimes sends "thank-you" notes with free pizzas. He thinks that doing something out of the ordinary to please customers creates a better impression than cutting prices.
Cut the price, and the customer will expect you to do it every time, Vernon notes. Give a gift, on the other hand, and the customer genuinely appreciates you. "I think 'thank-yous' that aren't tool-related are more valuable," he says. "They know that you're grateful for the business they give you."
Unlike many tool dealers, Vernon pays attention to the specific snacks and refreshments customers like. While he has some staples on his truck, such as energy drinks and beef jerky, he gets products that he knows certain customers like.
"How do you hug your customer?" Vernon asks, rhetorically.
One of the most popular treats has been cake balls dipped in chocolate icing. Vernon's wife, Aleks, came up with the idea. Vernon didn't think technicians would like these, but he was pleasantly surprised. "It took off like there was no tomorrow," he says. "Everybody and their brother was coming out to get one of Aleks' cake pops. It grew our business by leaps and bounds!" The treats are kept in a small truck refrigerator.
When Aleks went back to work full-time, his mother and grandmother took over the baking.
Management support crucial
Vernon finds the bi-monthly district sales meetings helpful since it gives him a chance to learn what's selling for other Matco Tools distributors. Recent stars include a 30-1/2" breaker bar with a free ratchet, the Launch CRP123 code reader, 1/2" impacts, digital tire inflators and the cordless Matco Infiniums.
Because the technology is getting more complicated, Vernon thinks it's important to go to the flag's annual tool show.
Focus on toolboxes
Vernon realized that toolboxes, being high-ticket items, are an important part of the business. He pays careful attention to his customers' toolboxes. When he sees a technician with an overfilled toolbox, he suggests they consider getting a new one.
Trade-ins play an important part of toolbox sales for Vernon. When a customer is offering him an old box as part of a new box purchase, he carefully considers what the used box will fetch him.
He has also learned that once a customer shows an interest in a toolbox, it's important to close the sale as soon as possible. If not, the customer will shop around and may ask him to accept a lower price.
Vernon recognizes that toolbox sales are as impulse driven as any other piece of merchandise. Hence, he came up with the idea of a dedicated toolbox trailer. Toolboxes have unique features, such as heavy duty drawers, that a customer can't fully appreciate from a picture. "It's just like buying a car. It's a lot easier to buy something when you can see it, feel it and touch it. They can picture themselves working with it on a daily basis. A lot of it is impulse."
He beats the surface of the toolboxes with a hammer to show how strong they are. "You just can't show that on a picture," he says. "Most toolbox purchases are impulse buys. You happen to have that right one in just that right color." He sold one toolbox to a customer because he happened to have the right color: pink.
Vernon owned an 18' trailer for hauling his drag race car. He decided that such a trailer would make a good platform for carrying toolboxes.
Since his truck needs service every eight weeks, he drives the toolbox trailer hitched to his pickup truck during the week his regular truck is in service.
In the first eight weeks he drove his toolbox trailer, Vernon sold six toolboxes. Including one from a customer who swore he'd never buy one.
Cash versus credit?
Vernon tries to establish automatic debit with as many accounts as possible. In addition, about 60 percent of the sales are made by credit card versus cash. "Usually, the guys that pay cash are the only ones I have to ask for money," he notes.
He normally expects customers to finish their payments in five or six weeks. The longest he will agree to wait is 10 weeks with 10 percent down or $25, whichever is more.
He uses Matco financing for the high-ticket items.
At the end of the year, Vernon offers customers a list of all their purchases for their tax returns.
The worst part of the job is the rare instance when a supplier fails to deliver a tool for a customer. Vernon realizes this happens on occasion.
Skips are also a periodic nuisance. "I've been really fortunate," Vernon says. "The guys I deal with are good to me."
Bookkeeping takes about two hours a week, in addition to restocking the truck at the end of the day, which usually takes two hours.
If growth continues according to plan, Vernon expects to buy a second truck in two years. His past experience managing salespeople will be helpful once he's ready to launch a second truck.
He's working harder than he has in any previous job, but he's glad he got into mobile tool sales. "There are very few variables other than myself that dictate how well I do," he says. "I enjoy it so much it doesn't really feel like work. I wouldn't dare think of putting a tie on again anytime soon."


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As the world's 1.2 billion Catholics wait to see who will be their next pope, a lot of questions are being asked. Should the cardinals go back to electing a pope from Italy after the Polish John Paul II and the German Benedict XVI? Maybe someone from Latin America, which comprises more than 40 percent of the Catholics in the world, should be the next pontiff? Perhaps a cardinal from Africa, the fastest-growing region of the church, ought to be a contender? Should he be a theologian or a man of the people? Progressive or conservative?
Pundits are picking their most likely candidates, and Vatican watchers all have an opinion, with many wondering if the next pope will be a non-European for the first time in 1,500 years. But local Catholics seem pretty calm about who will follow Pope Benedict XVI, who stepped down last week.
What would they like to see in the next pontiff?
"Someone who is able to realize how important everybody is in the church, not just laity, clergy, or the hierarchy, recognizing we're all the true church," said the Rev. Jim Koenigsfeld of St. Columba Catholic Church. "And to get some of the scandal things behind us and move on with the growth and holiness we're all called to be."
His counterpart at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Rev. Joseph "Larry" Gallegos, also would like to see the sexual-abuse scandals that have come to light over the last decade addressed.
"I just want someone who's fixing the mistakes we've made," he said, "correcting whatever abuses have occurred. I hope he'll continue reaching out to others and being ecumenical."
Many had no opinion on what kind of person or leader they'd like to see, trusting that the College of Cardinals, which probably will gather to elect a new pope within the next few days, will select the right leader for the times.
"That's a core belief of the church," said St. Columba Catholic School Principal Kevin Chick, who came to the faith as an adult 10 years ago. "We believe the cardinals will truly be discerning the will of God. We trust the Holy Spirit will work among the cardinals to choose the successor to Peter, the first pope. But I do hope there will be a focus on youth and faith formation."
Selina Gallero, who is active at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, had to stop and think about what she would like to see.
"I pray for a pope who continues to look forward," she said, "one who reaches out to everyone, and one who realizes that he still has a lot to learn. One who inspires each of us to have a greater understanding of the love and mercy of God. My vision is clearly to have a pope for the people of God regardless of his nationality."
People of all ages join Koenigsfeld in wanting things to settle down a bit after the turmoil over the last decade.
"I hope it's someone who really cares about the church and wants it to go in the right direction," said Daniel Sandner, an eighth-grader at St. Columba School, who is the son of Steve and Martha Sandner. "Someone who keeps those old traditions alive by letting them live on."
Daniel doesn't know anything about the cardinals who might be elected to oversee the Holy See and says the most important thing to him isn't the selection process but the result.
"I like the way we praise God now, and I hope it continues through the new pope," he said.
Gallegos, though, hopes the new pope will look toward the future, too.
"I hope it's someone who has a vision for the future because the times are changing," he said.
It's not just in conclave that Catholics try to follow the will of the Holy Spirit, Chick said.
"It's our entire decision-making process, even with groups like the school advisory council," Chick said. "We come feeling fortunate to be called, we bring our intellect, bring our views and feel we are truly there to discern what the Holy Spirit wants us to do."
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