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I was at the gym the other day and I bumped into a buddy of mine. After a few minutes of joking he asked me a question that I seem to get more and more frequently.
Chris: "Bro, how do you get the v abs? You know, the sex lines, crotch muscle, v cut, super v, adonis belt, apollo's belt, iliac furrow…"
I laughed for a second because many of the names he spat out at me I never even heard before. However, lucky for him I knew exactly how to build this muscle.
I took him through my v abs workout routine and he could totally feel that muscle working for the first time in his life.
Why Are V Abs So Great?
Nothing really… EXCEPT that something is hardwired into women's brains so that when they see the v lines they somehow throw all inhibitions to the wind and go wild!
But seriously, so many girls go 'ga-ga' over this muscle. In fact, after the movie Thor came out all I heard was girls talking about how the loved the v shape of Chris Hemsworth's abs.
The One Overlooked Key To Getting Your V Abs
Before you can even think about achieving the elusive v abs you must first drop any excess body fat you are carrying around. The leaner you are the more visible this muscle will be. I personally don't like to shoot out certain body fat figures to aim for. Body Fat testing for the most part is too unreliable and results vary drastically. In addition the accurate forms of body fat testing get quite expensive. What you will need to shoot for is a narrow waist line. How narrow? Ideally 45% of your height or 1/2 to 1″ less than 45% of your height. So if your 6′ tall than you are going to multiply 72 (6 feet in inches) by 0.45. This will give you 32.4. Therefore you will want to get your waist between 31.4 to 32.4″
You want to measure your waist with a measuring tape around belly button level. Maintain relaxed posture (don't suck in and don't push out). If your waist is greater than 45% of your height you will need to reduce your weekly caloric intake until you reach the ideal range. Notice how I said weekly and not daily? This allows for cheat days.
What Are The Best Exercises for V Abs?
Once you achieve that narrow waist-line you should start to notice some v-lines forming. However if you to want stand out you're going to have to build and strengthen this muscle.
So without further ado, here are the best exercises for creating sharp v lines:
1.) Side to Side Knee Ups:
This is probably my favorite exercise for developing the v muscle. I was first introduced to this exercise by Rusty Moore of Fitness Black Book. This exercise involves hanging from a pull up bar with your arms locked out. From here you're going to raise your knees up to the side alternating side to side. This exercise works best for high repetitions. Ideally you want to build up to 60 reps total (30 per side). When doing this exercise you want to keep constant contraction on your abs. Therefore you will only bring your knees down just below parallel instead of straightening your legs up completely.
2.) Leg Raise From Dip Bar + Leg Spread:
Another great exercise for the v abs muscle. For this exercise you are going to support your body with straight arms on a pair of parallel dip bars. From here you are going to lift your legs up until they are parallel to the floor. From here you are going to spread your legs wide forming a large v and then your going to bring them back together and return to the starting position. Repeat for 6-15 reps. If you have very strong abs you can perform 2 or more leg spreads per rep. Ex: lift legs up, open legs, close legs, open legs, close legs and lower.
3.) Renegade Rows
Renegade Rows are an awesome exercise. Renegade Rows are incredible for building super tight obliques that serve to frame the six pack and offer stability. However one thing that people don't realize is that the v shape muscle is directly connected to the obliques. As a result by strengthening the obliques you also improve the v shape muscle.
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1.) Leg Raises on Dip Bars + Leg Spread: 3 x 6-15 reps
2.) Renegade Rows: 3 x 6 reps per side
3.) Side to Side Knee Ups: 2 x max reps
4.) Plank: 2 sets x max time
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My 6 month old daughter does not want to be on her tummy and does not put much pressure on her legs.
Her pediatrician says she has correct rotation in her hips and ankles and nothing is to worry about. She is sitting up with very little help now, but shows no interest in being on her tummy and scooting or putting much pressure on her legs. I'm just wondering if anyone that has experienced the same things. Thank you.
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When my son was 6 months he didn't like pressure on his legs either and he was perfectly fine. He was however crawling on his stomach. If your Ped isn't worried neither should you. Not every baby meets their milestones at the same time.posted 02/23/2012 by imShadz
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Isis, my 2 year old female Rott, was diagnosed with Parvo 2 weeks after we got her from the breeder at 8 weeks old. Having never seen or heard of the virus other than as a booster shot that all puppies get, and having sat in the vets quarantine area for 8 hours a day seeing the effects of the virus, I was more than a little paranoid about her exposure to other dogs after her recovery.
We have a fairly large yard so excersise was not much of an issue, however since practically all of my freinds and family members also have dogs my house became off limits for a little over a year. Along with what a few members of my household considered extreme measures regarding footwear clothing, and cleaning around the house and yard and when leaving to go to school, work, etc. However given the virulence of this virus, as I said, I was not taking any chances with allowing it to spread beyond my household.
Another issue is that locally there are only 3 trainers and 2 doggy daycare/boarding kennels and all of them flat out refuse to deal with Rotts among a half dozen other breeds. And here again I am sure some will call me stubborn but I refuse to take her to one of the local dog parks for a number of reasons.
Needless to say this has created a few behaviour issues with strangers and primarily other dogs and bicyclists. With the exception of passing bicycles, which she uniformly seems to want to mangle, she is completely unpredictable in her reactions. The same person walking past with the same dog she will either become very aggressive ears and stump back snarling and lunging, posturing by sticking her chest out and barking really loud, or playful (which unfortuantely without paying attention to body language most people and dogs seem to confuse with the former with the only exceptions being her stump is wagging a millions miles an hour ears are perked her deep growl is nowhere near the teeth barrred snarl, and she is bounding around like a friggin jack rabbit.)
To date I have tried having friends bring over their dogs over and only rewarding her when she displays a playful non aggressive posture and removing her to the house and ignoring her until she calms down when she starts showing any signs of aggression. In truth, and in this I may be wrong, but I am less concerned with her posturing as long as she stops on command which she is normally very good about. The big problem with this is generally the other dogs tend to quickly become uncomfortable with her exhuberance, primarily, I think the growling. To date the altercations are very brief and she has never instigated them. I should also clarify these intaractions are with breeds of similiar size and normally mellower dispositions. When it comes to smaller breeds she goes into either bully or pred/prey mode.
Recently she has managed to get away from my 16 year old son on two seperate occasions, once when I was out of town and the other after she managed to dislocate my shoulder trying to chase after a rabbit in the yard. (My fault since it was 3 in the morining and had been paying closer attention I would have seen her tensing up and prepping to launch). Both times it ended in an altercation with another dog that the owner had let go in our yard, the second was on the way back after she had managed to get as far as the boat yard down the road and had tried to "play" with some of the members.
Bottom line I am hoping someone on here has had similiar issues and has some suggestions as to how to handle this. For that matter any reccomendations on ways of training her to snap her focus back to me and not the "intruders", as well as any better ways to try and socialize her would be greatly appreciated. I realize I am probably leaving out some peritnent information in this wall-o-text, I will be happy to fill in any gaps that I have left out.
Thank you in advance.
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This is one of the worse things that could happen to a Rottweiler....you left her untrained and unsocialized for almost 2 years now?? The most important window of socialization starts closing by 16 weeks or so. She's missed so much, she may never be right.
Many puppies contract parvo, and get over it...there was no reason that you had to keep her isolated for all that time. Once she was over the diarrhea and healthy...she should have been doing what all puppies are doing...like going out for walks, socializing with all sorts of people and going to obedience classes.
You need to get a professional trainer that works with working breeds, and difficult cases, or a behaviorist to come to your home and assess her. They will also show you how to manage things and desensitize her.
This is not something that can be fixed over the internet.
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First, I am glad you are here now and looking for help. That's the first step in the right direction! Unfortunately, Gina is right. You need professional help. By "professional," we mean a trainer who is: (1) experienced with the working breeds and not just softer breeds like Labs or Goldens; (2) who has successfully worked with his or her own dogs in high-level competitive venues (while there are different schools of thought on this one, given the severity of your situation, I would not skimp on this); (3) who understands operant conditioning and modern training methods; and (4) who has successfully rehabilitated a reactive and potentially fear-aggressive dog. If you need to travel long distances to find this person, it will be worth it. I know that the training center founded by Patricia McConnell, Dogs Best Friend (or something like that), is in Madison. I'm not espousing them, they're just the only name I can think of off the top of my head.
Were this my dog, I would not try to "socialize" her at this date. She's past that point in her life. Instead, I would work on counter-conditioning and absolutely rock solid obedience. You want a dog who understands "watch me" to the point that she can and will ignore other dogs, who will hold a sit stay while another dog walks by, etc. This is a much more achievable goal. With good counter-conditioning, you can also work on the tendency to overreact. It will take a TON of work and a long time.
In the meantime...safety is the number one priority. Your son should never walk her. If you walk her, do so with a prong collar or other training collar, safely attached to a loose slip collar in case it pops off. Do not get close to others on walks - keep a safe distance. Manage her appropriately when people come over and I would not ask them to put their dogs at risk.
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Oh dear.
You do have a bit of an uphill struggle. There surely must be classes or a good trainer you can work with within driving distance.
I had a sort-of similar situation with a Rottweiler - long story but it was a rescue situation with a 5 year old, intact, mostly chained dog I was supposed to just have temporarily...anyhow, Dutch turned out fabulous although a challenging dog. It took quite a bit of work to get his respect and get him to understand that he could not chase every thing that moved. A prong collar was probably the most useful tool I used with him. And classes. And lots of "training walks." Often wearing a back pack - Dutch, not me.
I probably never would have gotten him to the point where he welcomed all other dogs (or people for that matter) into the house happily, like a Labrador. Nor did I expect that of him. I did expect him to be polite, listen to me, and not lunge at everything he wanted to chase. We got there but it took a while, and part of his life was always going to be about managing him...certainly not a dog I'd ever have taken to a dog park (I am not a fan, anyhow.)
It sounds like Isis is unsocialized around other dogs and doesn't know how to play nice so she's a bully, has a high prey drive, and could use a lot of training and work to engage her mind and body. In order to learn how to behave around other dogs (she doesn't have to like them but she does have to behave) she needs to learn self control, how to focus on you - and you need to learn how to teach her. As Gina says, you'll need hands-on help for this.
Isis sounds like a cool dog and probably has a ton of potential. What you've got is the all-too common result on not socializing and working with a pup during the first few months, but it's fixable with work.
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I would highly recommend finding a trainer/behaviorist willing to work with you. Truth be told I would be apprehesive of any trainer who wasn't at least willing to work with you or recommend you to someone who could help you.
I know you're about 3 hours northwest of us so probably about 2 hours from Madison. They have several excellent trainers located there.
Dog's Best Friend Training | Dog Training and Behavior Classes and Consultations - Madison, WI This is the one founded by patricia mcconnell
Blue Dog Training & Behavior Madison, Wisconsin Another that seems to be modeled along the same aproach. Positive training.
Group Classes Another...I don't know anything about this one but it appears they use positive training.
I know a two hour drive one way is a bit of a treck, but I have to say we drove an hour and a 1/2 one way when we went to have Lou evaled and started training...well worth the drive.
You may even want to check with your local shelter. They may have some trainers or behaviorists they could recommend.
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I agree with it being semantics. Not to start an even deeper discussion but I might just be off with my interpretation, but how about some of those pedals that can "do" both. You know how some say when you turn down a Rat's gain it can act OD-like. Whether or not it's true isn't really the point, I realize when you turn the gain down on a distortion pedal it does not turn into an OD, I think I've heard people say the same about the Dist +. I don't know shit about the whole clipping thing, is it clipping less when they turn down? Or are they not as frequent? I don't know, maybe I'm confusing myself. One of the reasons why I tend to stay clear of tech stuff, it just doesn't compute.
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As far as I know, it's not even that defined. I don't know a lot about milk, but I believe you can 'analyze' milk and determine if it is skim or whole based on the fat content... How would you 'analyze' a pedal to determine if it is an overdrive or distortion? Simply listening isn't good enough, that's too subjective to be concrete. I've heard people allude to a circuit design difference between the two, but from what I understand there are exceptions to that rule on both sides. Until someone proves different I still say they are purely marketing terms.
Sure there are 'high gain' and 'low gain' drive pedals (using 'drive' to encompass the whole category here, the fact that I have to say that just goes to show how bad the terminology is) but most have 'gain' (another misnomer) knobs so what happens when you take a 'distortion' pedal and turn down the 'gain?' Is it now an overdrive? The Rat is a perfect example. I think it does the full range, and does it well.
At the end of the day guitarists just need to understand that we've bastardized most of the technical terms that apply to our gear. There are countless examples, several of which are above, and it all just proves that the terminology used by guitarists is completely driven by the marketing departments at major companies like Roland.
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i'm not that great on the technical side of it either, but generally (and as tubetime says, there are exceptions on both sides... a lot of exceptions) ods use clipping diodes or leds in the feedback loop of the op-amp, whereas distortions use clipping diodes to ground after an op-amp gain stage. that tends to lead to a smoother overdrive in the feedback clippers and an edgier distortion in the to-ground clipped circuits. It also seems to tend to make overdrives more compressed and distortions more open/crunchier.
Now, of course, as i said, there are absolutely tons of exceptions. What you use to clip affects the amount of clipping and the compression (LEDs are more open/crunchier, i think because they need higher voltages to make them clip), the exact layout of the clipping affects how it sounds (symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping etc. ), you can also adjust the circuit to affect the amount of clipping (you could make a soft-clipping to-ground clipper, for example, without too much bother), not to mention a whole bunch of ODs and distortions don't even use clipping diodes, they use jfets and the like.
but... the couple of most famous circuits (and the most copied ones) tend to follow those rules.
you can turn down a distortion pedal and get something that sounds a bit like an overdrive, sure. But normally most od pedals will do that type of tone better. Ditto vice-versa.
(a) yep, IIRC semi-skimmed is about 2% fat while whole is about double that (and skimmed has almost all the fat removed). However... like a lot of scientific terminology, it was made up by humans and (at least partly) subjective. EDIT: subjective is the wrong word... arbitrary would be better.
Just taking chemistry as an example (since that's what I know... sorta... badly ) there's a definition for, say, organic chemistry versus inorganic chemistry, to make it easier to learn and categorise etc. etc. etc. Is there any actual objective difference other than the almost arbitrary one decided on by chemists? Not really. It's all chemistry.
It's a bit the same here. Yes, there's a lot of subjectivity, it's been jumped on and hijacked by the marketing brigade, and yes, there are shedloads of exceptions, but that doesn't mean a rough rule-of-thumb to make things easier is a bad idea, either.
As i said already, taking my (admittedly extreme, but still valid) suggestion from earlier, if there truly were no difference and categorising the things were completely useless, any time anyone asked for a low gain od pedal they'd get suggestions for a boss metal zone. That doesn't happen (and when it does, the person suggesting it generally gets jumped on by the regulars), so clearly some form of very basic, rule of thumb categorisation is a good idea.
There was a similar thread over at TGP regarding modern versus vintage amps, and there was the usual (not saying you're as silly as TGP, lol, you're not, and I do agree with 90% of what you're saying fwiw) guff about "you can't categorise it!", but then someone said, "it's a bit like modern art- i know it when i see it". I think that's a bit like the od versus distortion pedal thing. take a certain pedal and most experienced guitarists will instinctively know if it's an od or a distortion.
Much like the pile of sand paradox (or even that "what's a superstrat?" thread a while back), actually trying to determine the specific boundaries probably is silly... but very few pedals fall at those exact boundaries (and the few that do can easily be categorised as "mid-way between an od and a distortion"). But that doesn't mean that the vast majority of pedals which do clearly fall within either camp can't be categorised. Certainly as long as people remember the limits of the categorisation, that it's only a rough rule of thumb.
EDIT: actually, taking chemistry as an example again, I think i've thought of an almost perfect analogy... ionic versus covalent bonding. At school you're taught they're different. In the real world, it's a continuum (much like od versus distortion). Does that mean we shouldn't teach ionic or covalent bonding? In fact, this case is even worse than the od versus distortion debate- there's actually no such thing as pure ionic bonding, all bonding contains some covalent character. Yet we still teach it as a thing, because it's helpful to do so.
(b) i'm guessing a signal generator and an oscilloscope?
(c) there are for sure loads of exceptions, but just because you've found an exception doesn't mean you tear up everything and start again. Granted, if there are more exceptions than rules, maybe, but I'm not sure that's the case. Even if you take no more complex a definition than "sounds like overdrive" or "sounds like distortion", most pedals fit into one or other group.
(d) yep the rat is one of the ones that does all the tones. It sorta does a fuzz tone too when turned up. But I wouldn't call it a fuzz, nor an overdrive.
I said this in the TGP thread I mentioned above (the one about the modern and vintage amps), and I think "potential" is a pretty good definition. Sure, if you turn down a distortion pedal you can often get a sorta poor man's overdrive type of tone, but it's rarely as good as that obtained from a specialist overdrive pedal, plus the distortion pedal has the potential to do a distortion, something which most overdrive pedals don't have.
It's like with cars... if I drive a ferrari around a car park at 5 mph does that mean it's not a sports car any more? Of course not. The potential is there, whether or not that potential is being used.
(e) yep, except I'm not sure I'd say it's totally driven by the marketing... there are terms which are understood by guitarists which might not have any specific scientific definition (or a fuzzy one at best), but that doesn't mean they're meaningless or useless, either.
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All very well stated, Dave.
I guess I don't propose we throw the terms out the window... But I'm apprehensive about explaining them to new guitar players for fear of them taking them as a rule. In your example of asking for an OD and getting recommendations for a Metal Zone I think the other extreme is asking for an OD and being unwilling to consider the Rat or something similar...
At the end of the day an argument could be made that all music gear is subjective and all that matters is that you like the sound you get... So I guess you're right, we need to leave some distinctions in place, even if they don't always hold true.
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yep it's definitely a balancing act between making sure newer players aren't flailing around in the dark needlessly, and not making people think that they can't experiment. I'm certainly not saying you shouldn't experiment.
I see most music "rules" as guidelines or suggestions, not rules. if it sounds good it is good.
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as thorough as you guys are in your explanations, and I do grasp it and understand what they both do and ho they differ and all that...
but I don't know I guess I never really bothered understand the tech part of it, I went on sound which is what a lot of people probably do. I have a good understanding of what they each do, but that's pretty much where it stopped for me at least.
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no worries, there are people who understand it way better than i do, too. I'm better at sounding like i know what i'm talking about than actually knowing what i'm talking about
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you technically should be able to do anything with a distortion that you can do with an overdrive in trms of pushing the amp. however, the circuit matters. not many distortion pedals with ever sound like a tubescreamer pushing an amp.
but in short, it is the type of clipping or amount of gain they are imparting on the signal. by definition, overdrive is less.
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We've been down this track before, but two recent news stories prompt renewed emphasis on safety at railroad crossings.
First, representatives from the state Highway Patrol, Missouri Operation Lifesaver and other agencies will be visiting with motorists Thursday at rail crossing in four Central Missouri counties.
Second, an area man died this week in a collision involving the pickup he was driving and a train in the 1700 block of Industrial Drive.
Two years ago in this forum, we wrote: "Although motorists can break the law, they can't break the laws of physics."
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• The laws of momentum show an 8,000 ton-train traveling at 50 mph would have a momentum of 400,000 tons mph. For a car to have the same momentum, it would have to travel 200,000 mph, or an impossible 265 times the speed of sound.
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They were always just decorative fillers in the Easter baskets of my youth, but sugary, spongy marshmallow Peeps have, over the years, become cult figures – the icons of ridiculous play.
Each year the Washington Post holds a nationwide Peeps Diorama competition. Peeps as subjects of art masterpieces, Peeps as tragic celebrities – even 'Peeps-on-the-pole" (as in "Peep Show"… get it?)
It should come as no surprise that in a year rife with economic uprising and upcoming elections, the popular paper contest favored "Peeps-go-politico" with the 2012 winner's diorama aptly titled…. "OccuPeep DC."
Two years ago, I did my own version of a WP diorama contest – with redneck peeps (from East Missoula, of course) on safari – complete with mullets.
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My Love of Ice Cream and A Terribly Unhealthy Ice Cream ShopCody
A new ice cream shop opened recently in the small town where we live. Casey, Addie, and Vivi have been to this ice cream shop several times since it opened and Addie is hooked on the shop. Me? I'm a little disgusted with the ice cream shop, and not because of how the ice cream tastes.
I love ice cream. It's the kryptonite to any diet that I'm on. It's so difficult for me to stay away from ice cream that for a few years I had a rule in the house that Casey wasn't allowed to buy ice cream that I liked—which really narrowed the types of ice cream Casey could buy because I love almost all ice cream.
When I was a kid, my family used to have all kinds of ice cream in our freezers. Yes, that's freezers as in multiple freezers. My dad had his favorite kinds of ice cream and my siblings and I had our favorites as well. Each night after dinner, my dad and I would get a bowl of ice cream. And by bowl, I mean full-sized bowl that I would use in the mornings for cereal. My dad and I would load our bowls until they were both heaping with ice cream, and that happened every night.
Eating that much ice cream is terribly unhealthy, but I was young and I could eat pretty much anything I wanted to whenever I wanted to and my body fat percentage would stay at about 5%. My dad's body fat percentage? Well, he wasn't so lucky.
Those years of eating all that ice cream got me hooked on ice cream. It's my number one desert and if given the choice between giving up ice cream for four months and getting my body fat percentage down to 5% again, or eating ice cream twice per week and letting my body fat percentage stay where it is now, I'll choose eating the ice cream as often as possible every time.
Even though I am hopelessly addicted to ice cream, walking into this local ice cream shop caused me to silently gasp in disbelief. Such a place should not be legal—it's a terribly unhealthy ice cream shop. What I saw were bowls stacked on a table that people got to choose from. The sizes were way too big, really way too big, and really way too big with a cone inside. Next there were several spouts coming out of the walls where people could serve themselves with different flavors of ice cream. Once people got through the row of ice cream spouts, customers are allowed to serve themselves all kinds of candy toppings and sugary sauces. At the end of the line everyone pays for their ice cream by the ounce.
There were lots of people in that ice cream shop when I made my first visit. Most of the people in the line filled their way too big bowls with ice cream and snacked on that ice cream by the spoonful as they moved through the line. When their bowls got too empty, they would just fill the bowl back up with a different flavor of ice cream, and it worked the same way with the candy toppings. People were downing those toppings like they wouldn't be able to have candy ever again.
The amount of calories consumed by each person who bought ice cream at that shop had to be enormous and their excitement seemed to be unrivaled, and for the first time I vowed not to visit an ice cream shop again—or at least not very often.
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From what I've been reading, it just seems that if not a crash then a huge adjustment is coming.
Everyone that is jonesing for new next-generation consoles (PS4 and Xbox 720) are going to be surprised when there are fewer and fewer AAA games released on those platforms and more and more indie-/mobile-/Facebook-type games flooding their consoles. It's like what Nintendo has been doing recently but for different reasons.
Nintendo needs games for the next year to year and half while Wii U game development gets going so it has opened the flood gates to independent developers. Sony (and I think Microsoft) will have to make a similar push because despite what anyone says development costs are going to be even higher with the new consoles and that means fewer not more games from traditional publishers and developers.
All of these closings and disappointing sales point to that.
Right now, it's hard to sell current gen games that aren't AAA. Some have suggested that game devs and publishers try selling their games at a discount rate of $20-30 (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West comes to mind), but that ignores that said game still cost the developer and publisher big bucks. And there is no real guarantee that selling a game at discount rate translates to consumers--save for the budget conscious and parents of course--that it is a good game. Enslaved probably wouldn't have been pilloried for not living up to whatever standard a $60 price point comes with, but a discount price comes with its own stigma.
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In the past 2 weeks, the CEOs of EA and SquareEnix have resigned in the midst of terrible end of year financial statements for both companies. SquareEnix cited 'poor sales' because it has
managed to sell 3+ million units of Tomb Raider and other titles... layoffs at SE's California offices started today...
So far only one analyst that I've seen actually said that Tomb Raider probably cost Square Enix about $100 million to develop and would have had to sell 5 million units to break even. Take that with a grain of salt. But if true then it is no wonder that having sold 3.4 million units in a couple of months spelled catastrophy for Square Enix. Dead Space 3 was also costly for EA. It only sold under a million so far and you know that game cost EA a pretty penny.
If you can't make money selling over 3 million units of a game then you won't be around for very long. That goes for everyone and not just poorly run companies like Square Enix and Electronic Arts.
While we're on Electronic Arts, maybe this will change after the CEO change, but notice how Dead Space and Battlefield have been altered at their core so that they are more like Call of Duty or would appeal more to Call of Duty fans? Did you see the Battlefield 4 demo? Is that what Battlefield fans want from their game? It seems there are only one ortwo franchises that sell in the tens of millions and one of them is Call of Duty. With budgets where they are devs and publishers are just trying to cram their game into that mold.
This can not continue. Maybe Nintendo was right after all and companies need to abandon the graphics race? Maybe Ouya is the future? Maybe it's Steam Box or whatever Apple has in the works.
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Disney has scrapped LucasArts, and laid off 150 people just yesteday.
I'm sort of torn when it comes to LucasArts. I remember the company when it was in its prime, but how many people still playing games today can say that? Today LucasArts makes mediocre Star Wars games, both online and off. This is the company that made a Star Wars fighting game for crying out loud. It's fall from grace began long ago and sales of its titles are camouflaged by its popular Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones titles and the hype for this Star Wars 1313. I think when it comes down to it you can dismiss this closing as the unfortunate consequence of a merger. Disney looked at the balance sheet and saw what was making money and what wasn't. LucasArts was
carrying its weight. Still sad though.
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The Oilers. Ouch.
Wasn't this the year that the Oilers were finally going to start delivering on the "We're going to suck our way to success" strategy? Or was that last year? I forget. How long have they been rebuilding now? Seven years? Five? For as long as Kevin Lowe has been around? I forget that too.
It's almost enough to make a guy feel sorry for the fans in Edmonton. They've been at this for what seems like forever and they still don't look like a hockey team. At what point do the fans sit up and say, "How did Colorado suddenly become the team of the future?" The Avalanche went the full rebuilding route at about the same time as the Oilers and they look to be miles ahead despite the fact that Edmonton has had superior draft position. Even the Leafs – where Brian Burke was criticised for refusing to adopt the scorched earth strategy – are clearly a better team than Edmonton five years later.
(And yes, I realize that Toronto is probably not as good as their record, just like I know New Jersey is supposed to be a lot better than they are given their secondary statistics. Corsi numbers may signal different results for both teams in the long run but all the games are played in the short run. And the short run is a lot longer than we think. Leaf fans are happy to be enjoying the present.)
Even Calgary – with their own rebuilding project just underway – is well ahead of Edmonton in the standings so far. Is it possible that the Flames will again be the best team in Alberta this year? Would that make for some salt in the Oiler wounds?
For all their lousiness, the Oilers have found one terrific player (Taylor Hall) and a few more good players. The early story this season has been goaltending, but I think Dubnyk is at least decent and is probably capable of being a quality starter on a better team.
The Oilers are surely better than they appear to us now. They might even go on a run like the one the Avalanche are enjoying and get back into the playoff fight. But they had better hurry because the season slips away very quickly – they already have to go 40-22-12 the rest of the way to get to 95 points. I don't think that even Kevin Lowe is stupid enough to trade Nail Yakupov for James Reimer or Ryan Miller but I do think he is dumb enough to make some sort of a panic trade if the Oilers don't turn it around soon.
My solution to Oiler problems hasn't changed in 15 years. Will another disastrous season finally be the last straw for Kevin Lowe?
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The Caldecott Medal, provided by the American Library Association for 71 years, has been given this year for the first time to an illustrator of a children's fiction book. When you think of a children's picture book, you think of a 32-page book with lots of illustrations.
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, $22.99; ages 9-12.
We meet Hugo as he enters the train station in Paris. Hugo watches and waits for the owner of the toy booth to fall asleep so he can take a wind-up toy. Hugo needs parts from the toy to repair an automotron. Hugo lives in an apartment behind the walls in the train station. He lived with his uncle who was in charge of winding the station's clocks until one night the uncle didn't return. Hugo now has to wind the 27 clocks each day. The toy booth owner is Georges Méliés, a film producer who made "A Trip to the Moon," which inspired parts of Selznick's book. Do a Google search of the title and you'll find all sorts of information about the author and Méliés. What fascinating information there is to find.
The next three books were included on the 2008 Caldecott Honor list:
FIRST THE EGG, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Roaring Brook, $14.95; ages 2-6.
This is a very easy concept book for the youngest children. It starts with an egg that becomes a chicken as you turn the pages. This idea continues on to show tadpole to frog, seed to flower and caterpillar to butterfly. The last page shows a chicken again and then the egg. This book also received honor status in the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award category for beginning reader books.
KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Mo Willems, Hyperion, $16.99; ages 3-6.
THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, by Peter Sis, Farrar Straus and Giroux, $18; ages 8 and up.
Sis was born in 1948 in Czechoslovakia, shortly after the end of World War II when the country was taken over by the Soviet Union. This is an autobiographical account of what it was like for a child to grow up under communistic rule. As a youngster, Sis had the freedom to draw what he wanted. Then when he went to school he could only draw what he was told. Children became part of a group called the Young Pioneers and were told they had to report any suspicious activities, even by their parents. In 1984, when Sis was in America to work on an animated film for the Olympics, he decided not to return to his homeland. I am sure children today have a hard time understanding what it would be like to have lived under that control. Sis, with the telling of his story, will help children understand.
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I am hoping to use cloth diapers, but everyone says I'm crazy. Is it really that difficult?
I would like to know what others' experiences are with cloth vs. disposable. I am going to register soon, and want to ask for cloth diapers, but my family says I am idealistic and think I'm naive to think I will have that kind of time or patience. Any comments??? Does anyone do both cloth and disposable, and when would you use each if this is the case?
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I love my cloth diapers. I have alot of Prefolds and covers which is my favorite diaper to use. because it is both absorbant and using a cover i can reuse and not adding to the laundry is great. I also have pocket style diapers that i use when out and about at the store or with family and friends. I did not like using the disposibles even the ones from the hospital. we made the switch and have not looked back...I will say if you get a yeast rash it is hard to get rid of..but puting your diapers in the microwave...(prefolds and inserts) not the covers for 3-4 mins kills the yeast with out much more work! but that is the only rash we have had!posted 05/21/2012 by amycase79
I use cloth diapers full time. When I'm at work I bring my cloth diapers to my sons daycare and they use them there. I was really surprised by the amount of daycares and home care providers that accept cloth diapers. Over the course of my pregnancy I bought all kinds of One size snap diapers. Fuzzibunz, Grobaby (now Growvia) and Econobum. I have to say that my favorite is the least expensive.Econobum :) a whole days worth of diapers is 50.00! I find that the Econo bum with a gerber prefold was great when he was a newborn (and gerber prefolds are super cheap) to keep the size of his diaper down. Now that he's older I use the prefold that econobum came with. It's great, really absorbant. And at night I use the econobum prefold and a grobaby supersoaker. It works great b/c my son would always wake up in the night b/c his disposable diapers leaked no matter what brand they were (he's a tummy sleeper and I've been told this is a common problem) But with cloth it's so easy to customize!posted 01/26/2011 by RachMom2010
We use gDiapers (also mentioned by another member). They are easy to use and a great compromise between disposable and cloth as they have flushable, compostable and biodegradable inserts in them, and then outer cotton pants that are washable. They come in sizes newborns up to 30+ pounds. We have never had any problems with diaper rash and they breath well.posted 01/26/2011 by melissadean1978
I use cloth diapers when we are at home, but I use disposable when we are out and about so that I don't have to worry about carrying around dirty diapers. The only reason I am using cloth diapers is because I was to help save out planet and not send so many disposables to landfills. If it wasn't for that fact I wouldn't use them. They are kind of a hassle but I am lucky and I found a diaper service and I don't have to rinse or wash my own diapers. I say yes try the cloth diapers because every little bit helps. Don;t worry about what others think, who cares if they call you crazy. Good Luck!!!!posted 01/26/2011 by LoveFever
We just had our third baby.. I use gDiapers and they're amazing. I use both the disposable and cloth inserts and I also use regular disposable diapers. Sometimes cloth are not convenient so disposables come in handy. I also have liners for catching solids that can easily be tossed. No dumping or scraping. I put all my cloth in one bin and wash them about every three days or whenever they need it. It's no more difficult than washing laundry that has pee on it. Just do it separately. I also have foldable cloth diapers and plastic pants and wool soakers. All of which are handy.. I swear by the gDiapers. And the foldables can be tucked right into them on laundry day. Our boys are all prone to rashes. I wish I had these when the first two were born!! First sign of irritation I pop a cloth on him and he's fine by the end of the day. Also I use all types of cloth for wiping messes.. Baby and hpusehd. Nothing nasty but good for spills!!! Something that happens often with kids!posted 01/30/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
Don't let your family or friends dictate what you do. You are the one who will be changing his diapers and spending the money on diapers. I love my cloth diapers. We are doing bum genius cloth diapers. They are great because there is little mess. I do laundry a couple days a week. I have 25 of the diapers so I cycle through them every three days. I did disposables before we got ours because he was not big enough then we received the cloths for Christmas. I got spoiiled by the disposables but now I love the bums and I'm not looking back. There is an enormous cost savings over the years your baby is in diapers. There are comparisons online. You aren't affecting the landfill either. My baby is doing well in them. I get a lot of questions from people about them. I got mine at www.belovedbums.com check it out!posted 01/28/2011 by shellybsitton
I would go cloth all the way! Check out this website... www.thirstiesstore.com. They have lots of info on using cloth and even have a get registry!posted 04/08/2008 by Cloth Diapering Mama
I use cloth diapers on my one year old daughter and love it. It is not that much work and she never gets diaper rashes in cloth we use micro fiber inserts with the bumgenius 3.0 pocket diaper we started with gdiapers but quickly switched to all cloth. try going to diapers.com they have several good choices. besides disposable diapers are full of harmful chemicals that the effects of are just now being studied why expose your baby to more toxins than you have to? P.S. use a hemp doubler at night and you shouldn't have any leaks.posted 09/08/2008 by Blissbaby1
Cloth is so much better than disposables! Check out the Cloth Diaper board on BBC, the mama's there are very helpful and all enthusiastic about CDing!posted 07/11/2010 by funk_e
People thought I was crazy when I said I wanted to cloth diaper.Cloth diapering, hands down, is the easiest thing in the world! If you have a washer and dryer, and two pail liners and 24 cloth diapers of your choosing, there are several new and improved cloth diapers out there these days! You don't have to use rubber pants, you just use a cute cover instead! There are all in ones, pocket and duos besides prefolds. But i have each of the different types of diapers and I always go back to my prefolds, they are easy! Please don't be discouraged to try it, if you don't like it then sell the diapers your purchased. You could save so much money, in the two years that babies are normally in diapers you could spend well under 300.00 for cloth diapers and save yourself well over 2000.00 by not purchasing disposables. My daughter has been in cloth since the day she was born! I would highly recommend it. And for diaper rash, you would want to get some Grandma Els diaper rash cream! Good Luck!posted 11/07/2010 by purple1982
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The teaching of evolution is still controversial in some school districts. Teachers can always consult NCSE for detailed information and advice on responding to opposition to evolution. Here are some of the types of challenges teachers are currently dealing with:
A science teacher's professional responsibility is to teach science. Denigrating evolution or stating that "some scientists reject evolution" misrepresents the mainstream, consensus view of the scientific community. Furthermore, if employed by a public school, teachers are required to respect the separation of church and state. Creationism privileges particular religious beliefs and perspectives; teaching creationism in public schools violates the United States Constitution.
All major scientific organizations support teaching only evolution, and not creationism. Science education organizations, such as the National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association have issued position statements that endorse the teaching of evolution.
Teachers may be faced with opposition to evolution that stems from the perception that evolution inherently conflicts with religion. These resources may be helpful:
For more resources on this topic, please visit the Science and Religion section of our website.
Teachers should know that the full force of the United States Constitution supports the teaching of only evolution, and not creationism, in public schools. In the last forty years, all legal cases that have come before the courts have been decided in favor of teaching evolution. These decisions have found that creationism, creation science, and intelligent design are religiously based views that should not be taught in public school science classroom. (See NCSE's summary of the ten most important cases).
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KTM factory-supported rider Cyril Despres held on to second overall in day three of the 2010 Dakar as riders negotiated their way from Cordoba to La Rioja in Argentina for the second timed stage of this year's rally. KTM's Marc Coma, third in today's stage, incurred a disappointing penalty.
"Coma was penalized 22 minutes for exceeding the speed limit going though a town in the first stage after a control of the riders' GPS systems last night," said KTM's Stefan Huber who is traveling with the KTM supported riders.
KTM factory-supported riders and former Dakar Rally winners Cyril Despres and Marc Coma rode a confident first stage in the grueling Dakar Rally which took contestants from Colon to Cordoba in Argentina, the first timed section in the 9000 km rally.
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The technical and administrative scrutineering will be completed by the end of the afternoon for the drivers, riders and teams in the Dakar. Before hitting the trail, the contenders now have some time to enjoy their New Year's Eve in Buenos Aires before mingling with the crowds on the occasion of the start podium ceremony that will be held tomorrow afternoon. Overall 362 vehicles including 151 motorcycles and 25 quads will start the rally.


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The real threat to the Kremlin is not that the U.S. will invade, but that it will forget about Russia. The fear of being forgotten is the reason behind saber-rattling over American missile defense or the flailing of the Russian veto in the U.N. Security Council when it comes to Syria.
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The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University explores the work of one of California's most significant 20th- century photographers in Seeking Answers, a new exhibit of images by Wynn Bullock (1902-1975). The show is on view April 12 – June 30, 2013, and features six never-before-seen photographs.
Best known for his striking black-and-white photographs of landscapes and figures in nature, the career of the Carmel-based photographer was marked by an aptitude for experimentation and a quest for deeper understanding. "As long as I can remember, I have been filled with a deep desire to find a means of creatively interacting with the work, of understanding what is within and around me," he once said. "When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things."
Though he was active alongside well-known California photographers Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Edward Weston, Bullock's interest in developing and working with new photographic techniques set him apart from his peers. In the 1940s, he investigated solarization, eventually earning a patent for his distinctive process. In the 1960s, he began to work with color and light, experimenting with the elements to see how they would react and interact with one another. His investigations resulted in a suite of vibrant, colorful images at a time when color photography was in its early stages. By the 1970s, Bullock was using various techniques, like negative reversals and flipped images, to enhance the photographs taken with his camera.
This exhibition features about 50 black-and-white photographs and six color light abstractions that speak to Bullock's wide array of work. "He always wanted to push the boundaries and develop new ways of working," said Lindsey Kouvaris, curator of exhibits and collections at the de Saisset Museum. "This exhibition illustrates that on many levels. Six never-before-seen photographs that will be paired with the artist's final prints to demonstrate his unique working process."
The museum celebrates the opening of Seeking Answers on Thursday, April 11. The curator of exhibits and collections at the de Saisset Museum, will lead an exclusive walk-through of the exhibit for museum members and invited guests at 6pm. A free, public reception will take place on the same evening from 7-8:30 p.m.
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Education is an investment in which the individual decision to acquire a higher education depends on the probability of higher future earnings potential. The economic benefit of higher education has societal implications as well, since a productive population affects the aggregate economic output of a society. Selma Hepp, of the California Association of REALTORS® and Casey Dawkins, of the University of Maryland, approach the question: Does having college or graduate education make one a more successful real estate agent?
While the relationship between education and an individual's earnings has been explored widely in numerous professions and industries, and a positive relationship between education and earnings regardless of profession, country, or time period, research focusing on the real estate profession specifically has tried to measure the impact of such variables as education, experience, demographics, age, firm association, and previous work experience on real estate agents' earnings. It is most often found that earnings are positively affected by education and experience.
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ROCHESTER One of Vermonts smallest K-12 schools is trying to transform itself to attract more students as townspeople prepare to discuss its future and the state weighs whether to disband the supervisory union that oversees the school.
School officials, staff and students at the Rochester School want to continue operating a high school, but the number of students is so small the course offerings are limited and per student spending is high.
The Valley News reported that residents will discuss the school Jan. 13 and then vote the next day on a non-binding referendum on whether to continue to operate a high school or cut back to grades K-8. The school currently has 147 students, with 55 in high school.
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Storm leads to crashes but no end to fire season
By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Slick roads contributed to a rash of spinouts and wayward autos overnight Friday as the Auburn-area foothills was buffeted by the first rainstorm of the season. The National Weather Service recorded just more than half-an-inch of rain between the first drops that fell in Auburn at midday Friday and late Saturday afternoon. That was well above the tenth of an inch recorded at Sacramento International Airport and well below the 1.94 inches of rain measured at Blue Canyon in the Sierra. There were no reports of snow in the Sierra along the Interstate 80 corridor during a storm that gained momentum just as motorists were making their way home during the evening commute Friday. A Foresthill driver was one of several motorists who ended up off the road. Nineteen-year-old Anastasia Degmetich lost control of her car on a Foresthill Road curve. The car hit a curb, rolled over and slid down an embankment. Don Scholl, Foresthill resident California Highway Patrol officer, said Degmetich was driving too fast for road conditions. She was able to crawl out of the car and walk away but was transported to hospital by ambulance with what were described by Scholl as moderate injuries. The accident occurred at about 5 p.m., shortly after a nearby crash at Foresthill Road and Pelm Lane that sent another woman to hospital with minor injuries. Scholl said the woman slowed with other traffic as a school bus stopped ahead but not fast enough to avoid rear-ending a truck. Saturday morning also saw a spate of vehicular miscues. At just after 7 a.m., a van slid off the road and up an embankment on Auburn Folsom Road and Verdant Lane. No injuries were reported. Around the same time, a spinout with no damage was reported along eastbound Interstate 80 near Highway 49 in Auburn. Fire prevention authorities are warning backyard burners that the summer ban on fires is still in effect. Cal Fire information officer Chelsea Fox said that the weekend storm is a good sign but that fire season is still not over. Sunny weather and warmer temperatures are back in the forecast for today and the immediate future. "It's going to take two or three inches of rain to saturate the fuel load," Fox said. "With the warming trend and some dry winds from the north, we could be back in the heat of the fire season." The Journal's Gus Thomson can be reached at email@example.com.


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FAIRHAVEN – Patricia Sue Turney loved to experience the United States by traveling throughout the country with her husband, Gary. She went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at the age of 68, at home in Fairhaven, after an 18-month battle with cancer.
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There are two main things that happen when you go to the doctor - you deal with your health concerns and you fill out a small mountain of paperwork.
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Mortgage Advantage Inc., a leader in home financing/mortgage broker solutionshas an immediate need for a seasoned accountant to join our Finance team in our Halifax office. We are seeking a committed and responsible individual to oversee all of the accounting and financial reporting and analysis for Mortgage Centre Advantage as well asAtlantic Advantage Commission Advance Solutions.
The ideal candidate will have apost-secondary education at the college level with a concentration in accounting and a minimum of three years general bookkeeping experience at an intermediate level. As an organized, meticulous person you thrive in an autonomous environment while exhibiting excellent interpersonal and communication skills both internally and with our clients our Mortgage Specialistsand Royal LePage Atlantic's Real Estate Agents. You thrive in a busy, positive environment and have the proven ability to meet tight deadlines.Commission sales experience would be an asset. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
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Seven Seas Navigator® has few equals, as all accommodations are suites with ocean views, the majority with private balconies. Her 490 guests enjoy an unusual level of luxury and some of the highest space and service ratios at sea. Additionally, her three restaurants, including the iconic Prime 7 steakhouse, allow you to dine wherever, whenever and with whomever you choose, at no additional charge.
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For those in the gaming mood, a few hands of blackjack in our elegantly appointed Casino are the perfect draw. The Casino is located on Deck 7, and is open every day at sea when not restricted by territorial border limits. Blackjack, roulette, stud poker, mini-craps and slot machines are offered for our guests' enjoyment.
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Located on Deck 6 mid-ship, the Navigator Lounge is a friendly gathering place that welcomes you after shopping, touring or for simply relaxing. It offers an informal Early Riser Continental Breakfast where you can enjoy a cup of coffee, espresso, cappuccino, latte or tea accompanied by a selection of pastries and a variety of fresh juices.
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