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There is disclosed novel methods and low caloric, edible products produced thereby comprising the steps of dry mixing, dry ultra pure cellulose and/or colloidal microfibrils dry blended with a combination of dry gums carageenan and guar gum and animal protein. The mixed powders so prepared are compacted under specific compression to provide a hardened but swellable tablet which quickly swells in the stomach juices into a firm gelatinous mass which imparts a feeling of fullness and reduces the appetite by a safe, local non-systemic, expandable bulking mechanism.
1. A method for the preparation of a low-calorie edible product capable of expanding into a highly swollen aqueous-holding mass that expands within about 30 minutes to at least 5 times its original volume when in contact with the gastric juices of the stomach comprising the step of dry-blending dry compositions of solid particulate edible active ingredients consisting essentially of from more than about 70 percent to about 80 percent by weight of microcrystalline cellulose obtained by the acid hydrolysis of alpha cellulose and a blend of about 5% by weight of a particulate fibrous alpha cellulose and about 8 to about 20 percent by weight of a blend of dry, fine edible powdered guar gum and carrageenan and about less than 1% animal protein wherein the dry compositions are compressed into tablets at a pressure of about 2 to about 14 kilograms per 0.675 gram tablet in a high speed tabletting machine.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the animal protein is gelatin.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the tablets are shaped in circle, elliptical, oblong and round edged, thick rectangular-shaped products.
4. A low calorie, dry-processed shaped article of manufacture produced by the process of claim 1.
5. An article according to claim 2 wherein the animal protein is gelatin.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 351,590, filed May 15, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 122,675, filed Nov. 19, 1987, now abandoned.
This invention relates to new weight-control, substantially zero-calorie compositions comprising dry mixtures of edible cellulose fibers and colloidal cellulose microfibrils, incorporated by dry mixing with a combination of natural acid-swellable gums in dry, particulate form to provide new compositions possessing a water-expandable property such as to grow at least to several times, or more, of their compressed dry volume in an aqueous acidic medium. The above mixtures, when compressed in dry powder forms into tablets and/or granular compositions are capable of swelling in the acid pH of the stomach into a firm, highly-swollen, physical mass or masses that effectively serve to provide a temporary reduction of the appetite by mechanical rather than systemic action while proViding up to at least 10 percent of the normal, average, daily requirements of natural fiber.
The medical literature provides abundant evidence that the excessive intake of food and overweightness constitute a serious health problem. Calorie intake above an individual's needs as a result of the excessive consumption of foods damages the heart and the circulatory system, particularly in the case of aged persons, pregnant women, and people suffering from diabetes. Recently, the use of appetite-reducing medicaments has become widespread. However, such drugs act as stimulants to the central nervous system and also to habituation. The side effects of such systemic drugs to control weight have become so serious in recent time that they have come under FDA control. Amphetamines, for example, can no longer be used for weight control except by prescription under a physician's control; they have been removed from over-the-counter sales. Numerous neurological side effects have been noted from the use of other systemic drugs in diet products containing N-propanolamine or its analogs.
Recently a number of attempts have been made to solve this problem by the administration of compositions containing indigestible substances. The use of these compositions leads to the feeling of fullness without causing weight increase. The following additives have been suggested: casein (British Pat. No. 990,523); mixtures of egg-albumin, casein, cellulose-ether, guar gum, agar pectin, carrageenan, and sodium alginate (British Pat. No. 993,308); guar gum (British Pat. Nos. 1,041,600 and 1,106,882); a mixture of soluble polyglucose citrate and insoluble polyglucose (British Pat. No. 1,182,961); microcrystalline cellulose (U.S. Pat. No. 3,023,104); a mixture of 50% of gluten flour, 1-10% of vegetable gums, and 50% of microcrystalline cellulose, peanut-shell, or wood-flour (U.S. Pat. No. 3,023,104); edible cheese (DAS No. 1,442,021); and 5-30% of finely dispersed pure cellulose (DAS No. 1,959,196).
Special dry cakes for diabetic people have also been described, prepared from 100% of soya flour and 30-50% of protein (DAS No. 2,060,797). None of the above products meets in a satisfactory manner the requirements of efficacious expandability, pleasant and permanent consumption, good taste, and easy absorption from the intestinal tract.
Many efforts have been made to use conventional fibrous cellulose as a bulking agent in low-calorie food compositions and in pharmaceuticals. Fibrous cellulose has the advantage, in addition to providing desirable dietary fiber, of providing desired bulk without calories. However, principal effects of this material has been its obJectionable texture, lack of significant expansion, and severe restrictions by reduced flowability required for economical, high-speed, tableting manufacture. This characteristic has greatly limited the use of fibrous cellulose both in the field of food technology and in the field of pharmaceutical preparations. When fibrous cellulose has been mixed according to conventional methods with other good ingredients, the fibrous cellulose is usually very noticeable to the taste, is not smooth, has a fibrous or chalky or gritty feel to the tongue and mouth when chewed, and tends to accumulate as an insoluble or residual material in the mouth. As a result, the food compositions themselves have tended to be rendered unpalatable by the addition of fibrous cellulose. Reduction of fibrous cellulose content of such compositions to the point where it is not detectable in the mouth has effectively reduced the proportion of fibrous cellulose to the point where it has no longer been effective as a bulking agent or as a source of significant dietary fiber.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,042,719 disperses fibrous carbohydrates in a solution of cellulose ethers, subsequently drying the gelled mixture up to temperatures as high as 300� C. to increase palatability by masking the fibrous taste of the fibrous carbohydrate.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,401,682 discloses foamed, crosslinked gelatins (10-50%) blended with fibrous celluloses, 30-35% alpha cellulose and 15-20% microcrystalline cellulose, which expand in gastric Juice to a gelatinous mass at least 3 times its original volume. Expandability is derived primarily by the compressed, foamed gelatin swelling when ingested and upon coming into contact with the highly acidic gastric Juice in the stomach This process requires prefoaming and drying of the foamed gelatin prior to blending with other ingredients. It produces a very low, bulk-density, tablet precursor which leads to difficulties in producing tablets on high-speed tableting machines.
According to the present invention, there is provided a process for the preparation of compositions comprising all dry-mixable ingredients having substantially zero-calories (less than about 1/10 of a calorie per 0.675 gram tablet), converting the dry mixture into tablets, capsules, granules, or other forms. In no instance, and unlike the prior art, are the ingredients dispersed in a gelled or foamed solution prior to tableting. All ingredients are preblended in dry form prior to the tableting operation; yet they still give expandable, swollen masses holding large volumes of liquid in position in the stomach.
According to an embodiment of the process of the present invention, the non-digestible carbohydrate components are admixed in a finely divided dry state with relatively small amounts of carrageenan and guar gum, optionally in the presence of further minor components such as calcium citrate, flavorings, coloring, and/or lubricants, etc. Ultrafine particle, low bloom, dry gelatin may be added in an amount less than 0.5 percent.
The main feature of the present invention is that no significant swelling of the compressed carbohydrate components and protein components occurs until the components reach the stomach. Most importantly, in the stomach, the hydrated, expanded tablet develops integrity in the form of a heavy, liquid, swollen mass. The component most responsible for the triggering of the swelling of the tablet composition is the acidic gastric juices at body temperature and its very high acidity (a pH of about 1) which serves to promote the formation of the expanded mass which contains a cellulose matrix that gives the expanded mass weight and integrity.
The key major non-digestible, non-caloric carbohydrate ingredients of this invention are microcrystalline cellulose, commercially known as AVICEL and produced by the acid hydrolysis of alpha cellulose present in more than about 70% to about 80% by weight, and fibrous alpha cellulose present in about 5% by weight blended with about 8 to about 20% of a blend of dry, fine edible guar gum and carrageenan and about less than 1% animal protein, such as gelatin. For example, these ultrapure GRAS status colloidal powdered celluloses are available from FMC Corporation of Philadelphia, Pa., as grades PH1O1, PH105, RC581, and/or RC591. The James River Corporation of Berlin, N.H., is a supplier of food-grade, fibrous, alpha celluloses.
Prior to blending and compressing into tablets, granules, or "plugs" of various shapes or into slugs for insertion into capsules and/or for the acceleration of the flow properties for high-speed tableting, the optimum compression varies with each formulation and generally ranges from about 2 to 14 kilograms or more and preferably from 4 to 12 kilograms.
Particulate, fibrous, alpha cellulose, in relatively small percentages (5-10%), is used as one ingredient for the dry-mixed composition. Especially satisfactory food grades of this particulate, fibrous, alpha cellulose, also known as powdered cellulose, are grades SW4U and BW300. These are mechanically disintegrated and purified celluloses generally obtained from primarily alpha cellulose derived from wood pulp. Ninety-nine and five-tenths percent of this material will pass through a 33-micron screen and 99.0 percent will pass through a 33-micron screen. The average fiber length is 21 microns, and the average fiber width is 17 microns. Such relatively fine, powdered celluloses, or equivalent finely powdered celluloses, provide cellulose fibers which may be used in small proportion as an ingredient to provide a fibrous matrix to help hold the hydrated components of the expanded tablets in gastric juices together to form an oyster-like gelatinous mass that exerts its weight against the wall of the relatively empty or completely empty stomach.
The following examples are intended only to further illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention which is defined by the claims.
Dry ingredients in the proportions listed in Table 1 were dry blended in a Waring Blender for less than 2 minutes to produce a dry, homogeneous mixture. This mixture was then "granulated" after being "slugged" to increase the bulk density so that the homogenized dry mix could be fed into a conventional high-speed, tableting machine. Compression, on a scale of 2 to 14 kilograms, was 6 kilograms in this Example for oblong tablets having an average weight of 0.675 grams each. Coated and uncoated tablets were prepared.
Uncoated tablets so prepared were white, and their expandability in simulated gastric* was at least 15 times the volume of the original dry tablet.** When swallowed with a glass of water, the surface of each tablet became smooth and soft because the water caused the uncoated surface to swell just sufficiently to lubricate the outer surface of the tablet, facilitating markedly the ease and comfort of swallowing.
TABLE 1______________________________________Dry Ingredient % By Wt______________________________________Microcrystalline Cellulose RC581 57.10Microcrystalline Cellulose PH101 18.75Carrageenan UE 9.50Guar Gum 9.50Alpha Cellulose SW-40 4.65Gelatin (150 Bloom) 0.25Calcium Citrate 0.25______________________________________ *Simulated Gastric Juice Formula: Dissolve 2.0 g NaCl and 3.2 g pepsin (pepsin is optional) in 7.0 ml conc. HCl and sufficient H2 O to make 1000 ml. This test solution has a pH of about 1.2. **Method to Test the Expansivity of a Pill: Place the pill in approximately 25 ml of 37� C. (body temp.) *Simulated Gastric Juic and note initial rate of growth. Place sample in gastric juice for 30 minutes. Note growth and how well the expanded pill holds together.
This experiment was performed to establish the importance of dry mixing a small proportion of fine, dry, powdered gelatin with alpha cellulose SW40 PRIOR to dry blending with the major dry components. The results revealed that proportions of only 1 percent or less of dry, fine gelatin based on the total weight of the tablet and dry blended with alpha cellulose SW40 were sufficient to give a good product. The data are shown in Table 2.
TABLE 2__________________________________________________________________________Single Dry Premixed Dry Mixed Pretab-Dry Ingredients leting IngredientsIngredients Gms %__________________________________________________________________________Microcrystalline Cellulose RC581 -- 55.0Microcrystalline Cellulose PH101 -- 15.0Food Grade Carrageenan UE -- 15.0Good Grade Guar Gum -- 10.0Dry, Preblended SW40 (4.5 gms) + Fine, 5.0 5.0Powdered Gelatin 150 Bloom (0.5 gms)__________________________________________________________________________
Coated tablets prepared from this dry-mixed formula, when preslugged and converted into elongated, elliptical tablets at pressures of seven kilograms, grew in volume at least 8 times the volume of the original dry-compressed tablet in simulated gastric juice at 37� C. after 30 minutes.
Using the dry mix pretableting formula in Example 1, Table 1, tablets were prepared using molds of varying shapes - all 0.675 grams in weight and at compressions of 6 kilograms. The results are shown in Table 3. They show that the design of the mold at a fixed compression does have an effect on the volume expansivity of the dry-compressed tablets in our standard simulated gastric juice test.
TABLE 3______________________________________ Kilograms Tablet Weight of VolumeMold Shape Gms Compression Expansivity______________________________________Circular 0.675 6 18Elliptical With 0.675 6 10Tapered EndsElliptical Oblong 0.675 6 14Compressed, 0.675 6 12Short, ThickOblong______________________________________
Using the dry mix, pretableting formula of Example 1, Table 1, tablets were prepared using a circular mold at varying kilograms of compression. The results, shown in Table 4, demonstrate the role of tablet compression on the rate of volume expansivity with time.
TABLE 4______________________________________ ExpansivityMold Tablet Kilograms/ VolumeShape Weight Compression 5 Mins 30 Mins 60 Mins______________________________________Circular 0.675 2 17 16 18+Circular 0.675 4 15 16 18+Circular 0.675 6 12 15 18+Circular 0.675 8 10 12 18+Circular 0.675 10 6 10 18+______________________________________
Various changes and modifications may be made in practicing this invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof; and, therefore, the invention is not limited except as defined in the appended claims.
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Local control of redevelopment at Brunswick Landing has been a source of contention in the past year. Daughtry said her bill would be a step forward for the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority's relationship with Brunswick, Topsham and other communities.
"We saw this as a way to say publicly that we want to work together and that we should have a stronger conversation about the future of Brunswick Landing," she said Tuesday.
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"I just don't see how this will change anything." Gerzofsky said.
Current state statute requires that seven members of MRRA's board of trustees be residents of Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County, and be nominated by the "primary impact communities."
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Daughtry said she's unsure whether her bill will change those current board requirements to be more specific or mandate a new advisory group to meet with the MRRA board regularly.
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In the past, Brunswick has attempted to keep a seat on the MRRA board, although it lost that position when Town Manager Gary Brown was not reappointed by Gov. John Baldacci in 2009.
Last year, LePage's decision to overlook the town's nomination of Business Development Manager Denise Clavette helped fuel the Town Council's decision to table negotiations over a tax increment financing agreement with MRRA, something the council is now revisiting.
LePage recently renominated John Moncure, the board's current chairman. He also nominated John Peters, a Harpswell resident and vice president of NGL Energy Partners, to replace retiring Vice Chairman Don Hudson. Both nominations are awaiting confirmation.
Although the Town Council recently missed an opportunity to submit a nominee, the council is now expecting to vet recommendations for the next nomination round, expected to happen in March or April.
Gerzofsky, who had previously opposed Brown's nomination to MRRA's board, said the council is taking the right direction now by recommending citizens.


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Not the European Union, well yes actually – in the European Union, Germany is seemingly the country keeping the rest of the continent afloat financially. But also in the world of football. Serie A has plunged amid its debts. Juventus are doing well but them aside, the traditional elite are struggling. Inter Milan and AC Milan have both embarked on dramatic cost cutting exercises to keep themselves solvent, but neither are particularly competitive domestically, let alone in Europe.
The Premier League, whose leading teams have played such a prominent role in the Champions League in recent years, is now struggling somewhat. Its teams look less competitive. Their champions, in a group against the champions of the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, are bottom and looking likely to exit the competition early. Manchester City and Chelsea are burdened by huge debts and UEFA's financial fair play. United are weighed down by their owners' unloading of major debts onto the club. Liverpool are still recovering from their years of recklessness. And Arsenal may be financially secure, but they have paid for rational spending with declining competitiveness on the pitch.
La Liga is where the problems are perhaps most pronounced. Barcelona and Real Madrid can dominate financially against any of Europe's powers, if UEFA's new rules are implemented properly. Yet aside from the big two, Spain is ravaged by debt. Last year the La Liga season was postponed by a week due to a players strike over unpaid wages. The lack of money in Spanish football is a major problem and the reason why players of the calibre of Michu and Santi Cazorla left this summer for fees barely representing their true value.
In this context, Germany is doing remarkably well. Its league is actually posting profits. Its big teams are financially sane. Bayern Munich do not have debts, yet are able to spend fortunes bringing in some of Europe's top players. Borussia Dortmund, conversely, have recovered from near bankruptcy a decade ago and are now a model of health financially, and one of Europe's up and coming teams. The third team in Germany, Schalke, have a stunning stadium and illustrated this week with victory over Arsenal that they are a significant force too. And after all, they not so long ago reached the semi finals of the Champions League.
Stuttgart, Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Hamburg and Werder Bremen are amongst the big names languishing further down in German football but they are all capable of developing into top sides who can challenge. Only the French league has been as competitive as the German one either in recent years. In Germany, the number of teams who have been champions in the last decade is beaten only by France among Europe's top six leagues. And this year a team, Eintracht Frankfurt, just promoted from the second tier, are riding high in second place in the league at present, between Bayern, Dortmund and Schalke.
Further down the league, German teams have stadiums the envy of Europe after the investments made for the World Cup in 2006. No league appears as healthy financially or impressive on the field at the moment. German football is on the rise. Soon their teams could replace the powers in England and Spain at the top of Europe's football pyramid.


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VIDEO | Weidman Corner Exposed: 'Good F*K Him' Heard After Silva Leg Break
Chris Weidman found himself under fire after his K.O. of Anderson Silva in their first bout.
Then, the UFC middleweight champ was heard saying, 'Disrespectful piece of $hit', while he made his victory lap around the cage.
Now new footage which we got from UFC 168 has been lifted from the fight night coverage and you can hear what many believe to be Chris Weidman's corner, displaying very poor sportsmanship yet again.
Check it out and decide for yourself:
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How is taunting in a fight bad sportsmanship?!? If you need an explanation as to why or how you sir are an idiot.
Oneday you may learn proper grammar and can call someone an idiot without looking like one.
You're missing a few commas, but we all can see you have your period.
people who correct grammar online are the cuntiest of cunts
Except the reason he's correcting it is because Rob is calling people idiots. Not a cunt. Just a valid point.
One day. Two words, not one. G. lol
taunting is not FIGHTING, you retard, taunting is not scored, has nothing to do with fighting skills. have you ever heard the saying "let the fists do the talk"?????? fighting is PHISICAL. using your mouth in a fight is a common thing for WOMEN. Silva is an amazing fighter with the personality of a "disrespectful piece of shit"
You can expect that reaction from the champs corner. Who wouldn't? But for everyone to say piece of shit Silva… I recall the first thing Weidman did after realizing he won was to run to Silva to make sure he as ok! And he praised Silva on his accomplishments and his rein as champ. There are no hard feelings between the 2! Granted we will never know how this fight would have turned out because of its tragic ending, but Weidman is the champ and we have to deal with that. Lyoto will definitely give him a run for his money though!
Lyoto went to 170 lbs and Belfort is coming after Weidman… He won those two fights and thats it… Do i think Vitor can beat Weidman hell yeah… And that makes this weightclass so interesting… i thought that silva was unbeatable, and now i think that is very hard to beat weidmann… I Hope Vitor Does that!!! NOT LYOTO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT:
Lyoto dropped from 205 to 185…GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
I'm sitting here literally shaking my head at your comment…Lyoto went to 185 moron.
Weidman explained that in the first fight went to silva to pay him back for the taunting and to say "Maybe now you need some help to stand up". and i love that :))
In both fights, Anderson Silva beat himself.
How do you figure that?
he got caught clowning in the first fight, and broke his leg in this one. I'd say neither of those fights were truly decisive for Weidman
yeah he got caught but who caught him?? did silva knock himself out?? it was chris who knock him out. 2nd fight weidman won the 1st round he dominated him in the ground…I know anderson silva is the GOAT but come on people give respect when respect is due..
I can't in the 2nd fight because a round and a half had passed….sure Weidman won round 1 but who's to say Silva was gonna win round 2? now we might never know
but who's to say that elvis isn't going to come back to life just like jesus did ? we can't say what might have happened but we do know what DID happen. what happened was chris dominated silva in the first round of the first fight and knocked him out in the second round. then in the second fight chris won the first round , so 3 out the 4 rounds they fought went 100% won by chris , but there are still hundreds of fanboys who are clinging so tightly to silvas balls that they lost their grip on reality and are blind
How do you figure that?
Silva made a habit of being arrogant and disrespectful. It cost him the first fight. It isn't surprising that Weidman's corner didn't much care he got hurt immediately after the injury. Maybe after reflection they care more, or maybe not. But you can't blame them for their reaction.
silva made a habit of luring his opponents into throwing wild punches, making a mistake that he could take advantage of.
In the heat of the moment, all you want is your fighter to be victorious, a lot of shit can be said
In the heat of the moment, all you want is your fighter to be victorious, a lot of shit can be said
Vitor will take the belt from Wiedman if they fight in Brazil ,but if Wiedman wins dont let him fo to the presser Brazil might riot lol.
Vitor will take the belt from Wiedman if they fight in Brazil ,but if Wiedman wins dont let him fo to the presser Brazil might riot lol.
Are we watching the opera here? What's the need to be classy about him breaking his leg? Silva's a douchebag who taunts his opponents and tries to act like they're a good for nothing fighter. So he deserves to hear that shit talking, it's a fighting sport. Not a fancy ballet or opera lol.
Anderson would have probably won this fight if it wasn't for his leg breaking… Weidman is a big tough dude but let's face it, he did nothing, everybody knew one day Anderson would get whats coming to him for his "hands Down" in your face style… You can't keep ur hands down forever an expect not to get dummied!!! People call it fluke what Weidman did, i call it something waiting to happen…. The second fight however proves that Weidman can hang with Anderson very well and that Anderson took the game a lot more seriously than his previous fights, with that said it was bound to be a very great fight for the two as they both had things to prove! Silva threw a nice hard kick, Weidman checked it perfectly and as a result Anderson broke his leg…. Weidman didn't submit him, he didn't beat him! IMO it's like a football game being cancelled due to weather conditions and the team with the most points automatically wins, it's BS and it should be done again!!!! Who knows what will happen, they could fight again or Anderson could never fight again, thats all!
yeah yeah yeah. Wiedman did nothing.. LOL. that's like saying, I would still have my teeth if I didn't block your punches with my face.
Give the guy some credit. A fight is a fight. Two man enter, one man leaves. Have you forgotten martial arts is an art of self-defense??? you don't block with your face, you block in a manner that hurts them.. It's technique.. It's timing. It's training. Wiedman couldn't have explained it better in his post-fight interview.
Block at the weakest point with your strongest point. Case closed.
Initial comments while the adrenaline is flowing is normal. It's obvious that Weidman cared for his fellow fighter by his reaction, after the dust settles, I'm willing to bet that his corner wished it didn't end this way. Weidman has always been classy, unlike rouser and her people.
i hear two different vioces saying two different things with those words involved. i hear someone saying ":good for him" and "fuck" at the same time… i think one is matt and one is ray longo
Joe I agree it was 100% Fatt Serra who said that, he was happy so he could go out there and parade around with the "champ"
Why can Mrs Ronda do it but no one else can???? I think it's all around wrong and poor sport! But point all the finger not a few!!!!
Comparing this to Ronda taunting Misha is the complete opposite of this.
It doesn't matter what they said….let Em be happy….let them say disrespectful things…it's his CORNER not him….they'll take a win any way they can get it…but I'm sure as a fighter Chris Weidman would rather win by decision, knock out, or submission…he isn't his corner and he won a fair fight did nothing wrong so he's the outright champion. These things always happen so what? I don't think Silva cares….I'm pretty sure both fighters have heard worse before. Has nothing to do with the actual fight so yeah….
I love bow people are quick to talk shit behind the comfort of a screen. I'm reading these comments.."chicken legs" etc…to those of you talking shit..do you even know what it takes to be a fighter? To fight and WIN one match ? Anderson Silva has fought and WON how many matches against top level opponents. You can sit there and say, "no they weren't". You train, get inside the cage and fight these guys, cause everyone of those guys that silva destroyed would beat any of you. His respect had been earned and as a fighter, you can hate him or love him but one thing that should be common amongst fighters/fans alike is respect. Fucking idiots.
Respect?? Are you kidding me? Respect is the LAST thing I think about when the name Anderson Silva is spoken. Silva horses around, playing games and disrespecting all the time, and because of that I stopped being a fan. I felt he disrespected his fans and as a UFC fan, seeing such poor sportsmanship played over and over and over was getting really old. If there was anything bad about the UFC that I can think of, it's Anderson Silva. He is a poor representative for the sport.
Silva IS a disrespectful piece of shit. Aside from that, what's the difference in breaking an arm with an arm bar, or a knee with a knee bar, and an accidental leg break from a kick? An injury is an injury, whether it was an accident or high-level jiujitsu. Silva has disrespected every fighter who squared off with him in the octagon. Who cares if he gets some of his own medicine? Look, I wish Silva a speedy and full recovery, but I hope I never have to see him in the octagon again. The UFC has had a few over the years, but Anderson Silva might be the biggest embarrassment — as they say — "in UFC history!"
Couldn't have said it better bro… The biggest disrespect he has shown was to his fans by his actions in the ring. Secretly UFC is jumping up and down in joy. It's win win for them. They get their final big payout on their 7-year investment while at the same time getting rid of one of the rotten apples that was turning the UFC in to a circus.. Silva is bad for UFC, bad for MMA, bad for martial arts in general. I wonder if any Brazilians see him as a disgrace to their country. I for one would if was an American, but fortunately he is not.
You are classy human being.
lol Daniel Danimal Yeam obviously has an issue with selective hearing.No one cares what Weidman and everyone else said about Silva in front of millions, that's called acting and no one cares about that bullshit. The true color is seen when someone thinks no one will hear him and that was when Weidman called him a piece of shit, which I can actually stand because I know I'd get emotional if someone taunted me in a fight. On another note, I'm not sure who Maria is talking of but idk anyone who "expects" a reaction like the cornerman saying good and cussing at a legendary champion's mishap inside the octagon. That's a tragic moment, not the time nor place to throw salt in the wound. You can tell all the Weidman dick riders are here by how they try and twist things into things looking better or as expected for Team Weidman. When a man says "good, fuck him" he isn't congratulating any man, he's disrespecting the other man saying it's good he got his leg broken and fuck him like he deserves to have his knee split in half like that. Very Poor sportsmanship. This ain't on Weidman though, just his douchey cornerman smh
This audio seemed to be coming from people in their living room who were watching this on their tv and shouting along with it as they watched. Anyone else get that from it? It's obviously footage of a tv screen, and not direct footage from the side of the octagon.
Spider Silva Fan Boys be like: A.S. fight style is to clown around and obliterate opponents. That Is some sick shit!!
But when weidman caught him while he's clownin' and ktfo him they'd be like: Oh no that's not A.S. at his best that's not the A.S. that we knew, Chris would never be as great as Anderson!!
Agree Weidman would never be as Great as Spider but let him carve his own legacy..give respect when respect is due
Where was the sound coming from? It sounds like someones living room! He went right to Anderson's side to make sure he was ok (Surly Anderson was not). BJ your site is more and more like TMZ! Stick to posting results and fighter interviews rather than speculation and shit slinging.
Hey genius why dont you make your own mma news site? Oh yeah cuz noone would go to it cuz youre nobody.
He lost, accidents happen, they signed on knowing this may very well happen to them. It was a fair fight, done deal, get over it already. Hope Silva heals well though. Both fighter's deserve all the respect fighter's like them need.
This is stupid…no one said the UFC was a formal black tie affair.
All you tools saying that after two fights Weidman hasnt done anything to prove himself need to go take a class and familiarize yourself with MMA. Both fights Weidman demonstrated early that he could dictate the fight to the ground and then both fights were finished while standing, which is Anderson's wheel house. Yes the first fight was odd and flukish, but the most significant damage in this 2nd fight before the leg break was Weidman dropping Silva inside the clinch. Weidman has proved that he can stand and trade with Silva and come out unscathed…twice. Weidman is part of the next breed of MMA, guys who have no holes in their game, dangerous on their feet(Ask Munez), World Champion caliber BJJ, and a All-American wrestling back ground.
And thats why Fedor is the GOAT, no bullshit talk only the walk
Who cares? So they don't like Anderson, who happens to be the most disrespectful MMA fighters in the world. Like dancing around in frnt of his opponents all the time & slapping the mats & shit
How is this even believable to people? The shit is the same exact shots form the ppv so it obviously isnt some special corner cam and it was taken with a potato from tube tv…i was rooting hard for Andy but you people are just grasping at straws now to find some reason to hate weidman. I'll wipe my ass with the american flag if its all i got at the time.
Ridiculous. Weidman's corner had every right to be happy: Weidman wins by TKO. Not by mistake – Weidman deliberately uses the "destruction" shin check and damages Silva's leg to an unknown degree. Weidman wasn't given his dues after the first win and he wasn't given his dues this time. Silva couldn't win a single round against Weidman. And I went into these fights a die-hard Silva fan. It's just the truth – Chris destroyed Anderson. Arrogance (understandable arrogance) cost Silva the fight the first time. Incorrect technique from Silva and a nasty technique from Weidman swung it in the second. Two legit wins. Weidman is the undisputed best middleweight in the world. What's to discus? Fuck him… harsh maybe but a fair analysis in THIS rivalry – past accomplishments aside. Hopefully AS will recover soon enough to cap his career off with a Jones super-fight – then retire with a mind-blowing career – loved by every UFC fan in the world. That's not a tragic story. That's going out on your shield. Two of the best ever.
this website HAAAAAAATES weidman. WTH ?
People who go off on little tangents and get in your little bitch fights ruin the intelligent part of commenting after reading the article.
oh please, PLEASE keep talking about how taunting is such an OH so bad thing, when they entire fucking goal of the fight is to KNOCK your opponent OUT, to INJURE your opponent to the point of not being able to continue, to just completely beat the shit out of your opponent to the point that the judging majority proclaims you the winner after a specified amount of time. PLEASE tell me about how dropping your hands to your side, telling your opponent to try harder, etc. is SO bad. this is the most bassakward shit i've ever read…
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CHARLESTON -- With just six minutes left in Saturday's Class AAA Championship, Huntington High trailed by eight and things looked bleak as the offense had struggled to find its rhythm against Hurricane's pressure.
There was a familiar feeling in the pit of the stomach of seniors Nick Tubbs and Arick Nicks -- one that they certainly weren't happy to have.
It was the feeling of a championship game disappointment like they had experienced in December when they fell to Martinsburg in the Class AAA football title game.
That loss was something the two had discussed prior to the game, so with time winding down and the game on the line, they decided there was no chance they were going to experience that twice in one year.
"We were in the locker room telling each other that we weren't going to fall short again like we did in football," Nicks said. "We just got our heads together because I was aggravated the whole game. You could tell. We got our stuff together and came out with a W."
After trailing by eight early in the fourth quarter, the Highlanders had brought the game to a 54-all tie, but Hurricane had possession and was playing for a final shot.
That's when the 6-4, 240-pound Nicks showed his quick hands and feet, stepping in to steal the ball from Hurricane's Henry Sorsaia to give Huntington High possession.
Following a timeout, Huntington High set up an in-bounds play to get a final shot. Tavian Dunn-Martin had the hot hand and so the Highlander coaches wanted to bring him off a screen from Nicks. The anticipated thought was that Hurricane's defense would step toward Dunn-Martin, allowing Nicks to break toward the rim.
Nicks did exactly that and Tubbs lofted a 40-foot pass to him near the basket, which allowed him to catch and go up before Hurricane's J.T. Rogoszewski could recover without fouling.
"Being a senior leader, it's my job to see a lot of things," Tubbs said. "I had seen the switch-off and I knew Arick had a mismatch. I've been playing with him for a long time, so I knew exactly what to do when it happened. I let him go get it."
That final play would've never been set up without the work done in the previous six minutes to overcome a deficit.
The defensive intensity increased and the Highlanders converted turnovers into points, which was crucial considering the fits that Hurricane's defense had given them. After a jumper by Dunn-Martin, Huntington High forced a turnover and Tubbs pushed the tempo before kicking out to J.R. Howard for a 3-pointer to cut the lead in half to three points.
Tubbs then took another transition opportunity and nailed a 15-foot jumper to pull the Highlanders within a point before two Nicks' free throws completed the comeback and gave Huntington High the lead with 2:24 left.
"I can't say enough about these kids," Huntington High coach Ron Hess said. "You know they are not going to quit. We were down and things didn't look good, but they kept working hard, kept playing good defense and they were very, very aggressive. I couldn't be more proud of this team than what I am tonight."
Nicks admitted to being frustrated throughout much of the game as the Highlanders struggled to find their offensive rhythm.
He credited coaches and his teammates for calming him down as the aggravation mounted early in the fourth quarter.
Hess said that Nicks is an emotional player, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
"You want a kid to play with emotion," Hess said. "You want a kid to care and he cares a lot. You have to put up with some of those things with a kid like that."
Because they were able to regroup, the Highlanders were able to evoke another emotion on Saturday night -- that being the one felt following a championship victory.
It was something that helped ease the sting of the close loss to Martinsburg in the football state championship game.
"I really wanted to do what Martinsburg did last year -- get one in football and basketball -- but it definitely helped a lot," Tubbs said. "It took my mind off of it. It's a relief."
For Tubbs and Nicks, the loss in December didn't feel real after they had dominated the second half and limited Martinsburg to negative yardage in the second half, only to fall 9-7 after time ran out on their comeback attempt.
That day, they had put together a championship effort, only for it to end with heartbreak.
But on Saturday, they finished the job.
And they earned the right to be called Class AAA champions.
For them, that's a title that has a nice ring to it.
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I know Cross Realm zones changes the dynamic but not all realms are CRZ. A high pop realm would also add more people in a CRZ since you already have a high pop on your realm. So how many people would be online at any one time? I would guess 4000-5500 with a server maximum of 6000.
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According to various WoW fan sites: any other game that shows high server population, has a realm capacity of 2000 and those games are trying to fool you. On the other hand, If Warcraft has a high population, its realm capacity is set at 50,000.
But how many do you think would be on at any one time? I can't imagine there being 10,000 online all at once on a realm like Bleeding Hollow or Emerald Dream. I think high pop would mean 5000-7000 online and full would be around 10,000.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/status look at the realm list, there is 1 full realm right now. Lets Assume this, the average number online for each realm at the moment.
High: 6000
Medium: 3500
Low: 1000
That would mean right now current people online are as follows.
High Pop Realms: 220,000
Medium Pop Realms: 542,000
Low Pop Realms: 54,000
That would mean there are 816,000 people online right now. That is less then the number of people online 24/7 on steam which ranges from 2-4 million but still very impressive for one game. This also sounds right for a game that has 10 million subscribers, almost 10% of its user base is online right now.
But do you guys think 6000 is about right for a high population realm?
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Hahahaha, NO sorry your guy's assumptions are quite a bit off. WoW's servers can only have about 2500-3000 players on at the same time and a maximum amount of characters in the 12,000 range. Sure the cross realm thing makes it seem like there are actually more, but the max on ONE server is around 3,000.
That is a load of BS! Where is your proof? I would say it can hold a maximum of 5000 at least.
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Have any of you people ever use the social panel > who >Type in level ( 18 or 18-21 ). You can learn a lot from this, yet very few use it. From here you can type in levels, classes, guilds. With this you can also find groups to do dungeons and raids. At times I even use it to ask simple class questions by asking a higher level Warlock. I've even went as far as making a temporary level 1 character just to check on populations. Low populations at all levels ?...Delete character, and try another realm !
With using the " Who " I found that I really don't even need a guild because I could get the class and level to do anything. I'm playing Vanilla WoW right now, so I don't have a Dungeon finder.
Here is a cool little story from just yesterday :
With my level 19 Warlock I was looking to do Deadmines. In zone chat someone kept spamming LFM Deadmines over and over. I sent a message " Ill go 19 Warlock here " .....In response I got a rude tell back that I'm not a tank. Believe me the person was rude. So using the Social panel > Who I found all six Warriors online at my level and had a tank in less than two minutes....What did I do ?...I invited everyone from the rude persons group but him and we did Deadmines.
It's amazing what you can do with the Social panel in every mmo. However I guess none of it matters to players with cross realm LFD.
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Originally posted by delete5230
While I do not doubt the usefulness of the social panel as you so nicely mentioned, it is useless to determine the population of a server as it is capped to show only 49 people at once.
As this thread is about how many people online concurrently play on a server labelled "High", the social panel is unfortunately not good for this kind of measurement.
There are a few web sites dedicated to find WoW realm population, just google that and you will find some, but of course they are not 100% accurate as they gather info only of the players with the add on enabled, which is surely not 100% of the population, but it might give you an idea of the general ballpark of characters existing on that server.
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The only luck I had today was to have you as my opponent.
when my wowcensus was collecting data, my realm had around 3000 alliance at 'high'. I don't know how many horde, I was only collecting alliance data. but a:h was 2 to 1 on my realm so around 4000-5000 is 'high'.
Yes Robo is correct! If I go back to WoW I will be sure to join THE BEST pvp realm, Bleeding Hollow or Emerald Dream, both high pop relams with almost even number of Horde and Alliance on them. I will be a legend and I will become the king of stormwind, I will hack the servers and carve my Alliance domain , my own city called poop isle , It will be a huge brown castle with all my npc draeni guards and i will have my thrown room and ladies, it will have stores and rest areas, 5 taverns and quests.
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Low pop realms are very boring. Burning Blade ftw.
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Joined: 4/22/05
I'm Pretty sure Stormscale EU has alot of people online throughout the day. I'm guessing 3-5k at peak hours.
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Joined: 8/15/07
Originally posted by Volkmar
Well Volk,
Are you sure if you type in social panel :
90 Rogue, you will find 49 Rogues ?
90 Warrior, you will find 49 Warriors ?
90 Druid, you will find 49 Druids...And so on ?......I would guess not !
Maybe you would with the retail version of WoW, it's been about a year and a half since I played. However when I did, I researched for a very high populated PvP server. At that time it was "Blackrock" not only that but It would say server full....Yet the open world was always empty, Stormwind had an OK crowed and when I typed in each class at max level in Who, it was surprisingly lower than you would expect for each class..........Many would say a populated server would have 20K and so on. My figures would be more like 1,000 at prime time, and I could only guess maybe 3,000 total.....Here is a little homework for you. Go into your guild panel and click on all members and see the hundred of inactive classes that have been created and not played in a long time !!!!
Developers are fudging in all mmos more so than you think.
I enjoy doing searches in all my mmos. I've done it on games like EQ2 and Vanguard on there most populated servers, and often even during prime time maybe 800 on EQ2 when people would guess 10K and Vanguard would have 300 when people would guess 2K.......I really really don't think Blizzard is anywhere close to 9 million players.
Their probably even counting me and I have not played retail WoW in a year and a half, AND MY MANY CHARACTERS I'VE CREATED ARE STILL IN SEVERAL GUILD LIST AS UN PLAYED !!!
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Joined: 8/14/09
Character activity per account of both factions combined counts for serveractivity ratings. Total accounts is so far irrelevant.
CCU aka login's is only relevant for "full" status. Full comes either manually set or automatically hitting the set population cap.
Expectable PCU per status currently on US realms .
(peak concurrent user activity mostly occuring during ~19-22 hours / both factions combined) :
High: 3000 - 3500 curently, but up to 4500~5000 during patches/events/till full state
Medium: 1000 ~ 3000
Low: 0 ~ 1000
(Based on Cencus results of all US Server in the past 30 days. Always in favour of the highest population peak and rounded up to 500s)
"Currently" because High/Medium/Low is periodically readjusted to the latest regional "average". Unless for a sudden fallout, server will never go all medium and low or just low. Foreign regions thus have different ratings (or rather thats anotherpiece of evidence it self for the adjustments, next to noticing the sudden permanent changes of the status without a change of population).
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Joined: 3/04/04
Originally posted by delete5230
No, 49 is the MAXIMUM it displays. Clearly if there are less than 49 it will display those instead. But if you are looking to determine how many people are on a server and you check the level 90s.... it will show you just 49 of them, even if there could be 50, 100, 500 and so on. As such it is not a good tool to find out the current population of a server.
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Joined: 8/14/09
Originally posted by Volkmar
Young one, you shouldn't try to teach anyone, when you dont have the slightest clue about the matter yourself.
Cencus (the warcfractrealms.com addon) is using a complex (not complicated just complex) algrorithm to parse player log-in's using dozens of combinations of search queries ran trough the /who list query field. Rerunning everytime with more specific queries when the 49 limit was reached.
The 49 limit becomes irrelevant if your queries are potentially so specific, they can't even come close to the limit and many dont even return any results at all, aka zero hits.
How many many level 39 undead mages with a "Ab" in their name will you find running arround in the region Stranglethorn? You will be lucky two find even just 2.
You should think over, when someone who played the game years ago for just several weeks, must explain to you 8 year old basic functions of the games UI your are trying to defend.
Originally posted by Sukiyaki
Are you sure WoW cenus is correct? 3000-3500 seems a little low for a High server population. It should be.
High- 4000-5000
Medium 1000-4000
Low 0-1000
3000-3500 is very low! As expansions come the world gets bigger and it spreads more people out. So how many of that 3500 would be in a Raid/Battlegrounds/Waiting ? Probably 1500, how many would be AFK? 500 at least. This leaves for only 1500 to be around in the world.


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Hope and Bo's Wedding in England (YouTube)
So after their vow renewal on Days of our Lives last week, we decided to piece together all of Bo and Hope's weddings and share their vows to each other with you.
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Dear Bo:
I'm writing this letter to you on the morning of our wedding. I'm going to put it away in a special place, and one day, years from now, I'll show it to you. Gran gave me the idea. She wrote a letter to grandpa on their wedding day. She wrote all of her feelings, her hopes, and dreams, so that one day they could look back and remember how their life together began. I want us to do that too. As I write, I'm looking into the future, to that day when you finally read this. What will we be like? How will we feel when that day finally arrives? I'll be leaving for the church in a little while. I'll take your hand and pledge my love to you for all eternity. I'm so excited, so happy. And yes, a little frightened. But mostly I'm filled with this incredible emotion that wells up inside me. It overflows and reaches every part of me, giving me
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Wedding #1 (in England, 1985)
Bo: "Hope, I know it's taken us a long time to get here. We even thought at times that we wouldn't. I know I had my doubts. I never thought I could have someone in my life that could make me so happy or make me feel so alive. You know how hard it is for me to tell people how
I feel about them, especially people I care about. But today in front of all these people, I have no problem telling you that I love you. I know our lives aren't going to be sunshine and roses from here on in, but I'm going to try my hardest to keep our love alive. We've got something very special here. It's worth fighting for. I love you Hope."
Hope: "Oh, Bo, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you but it's taken all that time to realize that what I felt then is nothing compared to what I feel now. Remember what we said to each other in New Orleans- "True love is the gift which God hath given to man alone beneath the heavens. The silver link, the silver tie, in heart to heart, and mind to mind, in body and in soul can bind '. I was pretty young when I met you and I'd get so mad when you'd call me "Little One". But knowing you and loving you has made me a woman and I am your woman Bo. Standing here in front of all these people, I give you my life and all my love through all eternity. Oh, Bo I love you and I'm so proud to be your wife."
(The poem Hope refers to is from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" written by Sir Walter Scott. Hope received the book of poetry that was formerly Shawn's on her 18th birthday. Caroline also read this poem at their vow renewal in 2008, but said it was Alice's for Tom.)
Wedding #2 (in the Hospital while Hope is giving birth to Zach, 2000)
Pastor: I'd like to think of this as a renewal of your vows, in the eyes of the church you are still married...
Bo: With all due respect could we cut to the chase!
Pastor: By all means, you wanted to recite your own vows - correct?
Bo: Yeah, that's right. Hope we have loved each other for so long, I don't remember a time where I didn't need you in my life to complete my life. So many things have come between us for so long and here we are vowing our love and commitment to one another, we made it Fancy Face. Our love cut through all that stuff and here we our with our son vowing our...
Hope: (screeching in pain) and another baby on the way.
Bo: Yeah and another on…
Hope: Another baby.
Bo: (noticing he should rush) I Bo Brady take you Hope Williams to be my love, my soul mate and my wife. I promise to love, honor and cherish...(rush pause) you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health and in labor pains and as our family grows. I will be your loving and devoted husband for all the days of our lives!... (Hope is smiling in pain) Ahh, It's your turn Fancy Face!
Bo and Hope's Vow Renewal (NBC)
Bo: Come on... say the words
Hope: I Hope Williams take... OH God I have to push, I need to push, I have to push...
Dr.Bader: The baby's coming now.
Hope: OH GOD I have to push, Bo... OH, OH God!
Bo: (helping her along with the pushing) Come on...
Dr. Bader: This baby isn't going to wait for you to be married, okay, it needs to be born right now! Just give me a few pushes and you'll be holding your baby.
Hope: No, not yet, not yet, not yet, Bo.
Bo: Can we get to the "I now pronounce you man and wife" part? We'd like to make this legal before baby Brady shows up.
Hope: Bo, I need to know something.
Bo: What? Anything?
Hope: Do you really what this baby?
Bo: Yes Fancyface it did take me awhile to get used to the idea of this baby, but now I am and I love it. I am going to take on all the responsibilities of late night feedings to the baby's first steps. I'll be there for the small moments and the big moments, just like I was with Shawn. I'm going to be a good father to this baby, to our baby. Okay?
Hope: Ohhh (in pain)
Bo: Friar, marry us, NOW! It's okay, breathe (to Hope).
Pastor: Do you Bo take Hope . .
Bo: I do, I do, believe me I do. Hope this one's peaked (looking at his watch, timing contractions). Ask her quick, ask her!
Pastor: Do you Hope take Bo to be your lawful wedded husband, to love and cherish from this day forward. . . . .
Hope: Yes, Yes, Yes, oh God.
Dr. Bader: You have to push Hope, the head is crowning, give me a push, come'on!
Bo: You can do it!
Pastor: By the power vested in my I know pronounce you husband and wife.
Hope: Yeaaaaaaaaa (pushing).
Baby: Waaaaaaaaaaa!
Wedding #3 (Vow Renewal from August, 7th)
Hope: "Twenty-four years have gone but you know what? I look into your eyes and I see the man I fell in love with when I was just a girl, the man who never fails to surprise me, even now. The man who makes my heart flutter with just a look or a touch, and he drives me absolutely insane with the way he does things but then I remember that was one of the reasons I fell in love with him. Always honesty and integrity you've always had the courage to follow your heart and trust in me. What I'm trying to say… you're my hero. You've always been my hero and I know that whatever lies ahead we'll be together, we'll stand by each other to you my soul mate my partner my husband. I love you Brady, I love you."
Bo: "I still want only you and need only you. I don't deserve you and I thank God that you're standing by my side and that you stay by my side even when that's not easy to do. Your belief and your faith in me has made me the man I am today. A man I can be proud of even when that's not so easy to do."
Even though they've broken up and remarried several times, Bo and Hope are in as much love as when they first met over twenty years ago. And lets face it, if they hadn't broken up, we wouldn't have been able to enjoy them getting back together and remarrying so many times!


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