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blankempathy 3 years ago#31
the wii u remake remove features like the tingle turner is replaced with facebook like features, that is a downgrade imo not a good thing.
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NotQuiteAFreak 3 years ago#33
ShadowThaReaper posted...
NotQuiteAFreak posted...I wasn't asking a question. But considering you have to pay $300-450 for a Wii U and the Game. $500 isn't asking too much more, seeing as though you can do a lot more with it and play the game for free.
$400 for those who bought the 32GB Console pre-price drop. Not $450, sorry I couldn't find the actual release price and thought it was $400 for some reason. Still only a $100 more. :S
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ShadowThaReaper posted...NotQuiteAFreak posted...I wasn't asking a question. But considering you have to pay $300-450 for a Wii U and the Game. $500 isn't asking too much more, seeing as though you can do a lot more with it and play the game for free.
If you're going to count the price of a Wii U in the price of a game you need to count the price of a PC able to play it also, otherwise you're not being fair. About the only thing the Dolphin one has going is less bloom.
How much WOULD a system to run it in Dolphin with similar enhancements cost? Also how many of you actually CARE about the Tingle Tuner? Seriously, how many of you complaining actually used it?
RemixDeluxe (Topic Creator)3 years ago#35
NotQuiteAFreak posted...
RemixDeluxe posted...More like defending another users stupid question. Also you ignored my response in which you have to spend equally as much on a PC to enjoy your "free" game and if you don't have a KB+Mouse+Monitor well that's even more thats gonna add to your pricing. If your gonna say the same for Wii U then you also ignore the fact that it has more first party titles than the other two competitors combined (MicroSony) not to mention the fact that unless you are able to back up your games onto your PC, it isn't exactly a legal way to play it so I hope your ok with piracy.
You definitely didn't read my post correctly as I corrected myself by saying he wasn't asking a question but defending it. The game is not "free" because of the cost of the PC itself and I laugh at your assumption that I pirated the game, I own the original and in fact backed it up myself using homebrew methods. No need to quote the "$50", thats why MSRPs exist. The fact that Nintendo has more 1st party titles does matter in a comparison like this, if your gonna go all out saying how amazing the PC is then allow me to brag about how almighty Nintendo is with their games and how they are not available on PC which is a factor to compare with. With all costs considered Wii U wins here if we go with the $300 for the system + $50 for the game + $40 for a pro controller, thats less than $400 after taxes (your area may vary).
P.S. I dont give a damn how much time has passed, you still double posted.
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Fade2black001 3 years ago#36
WTH? Dolphin cant play Wii-U games....
We're Americans! We don't quit just because we're wrong.
We just keep doing the wrong thing until it turns out right.
Fade2black001 posted...
WTH? Dolphin cant play Wii-U games....
The Gamecube version played through dolphin with graphical enhancements vs the HD Wii U version, try paying ANY attention.
RemixDeluxe (Topic Creator)3 years ago#38
Fade2black001 posted...
WTH? Dolphin cant play Wii-U games....
Ok. Quote me where I said that.
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Fade2black001 3 years ago#39
xanthan1 posted...
Fade2black001 posted...WTH? Dolphin cant play Wii-U games....
Oh is that whats going on here? OK I get it now.
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so many hipsters in this topic i feel ill now, gta 5 is spot on lol so yeah ripping out features of the original to put social junk is a good thing? what planet have i woken up onto?
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Hi, Tobias Strasser wrote: > as discussed in other threads, there is a need for commons or helper > libraries, containing either JCR related or Jackrabbit related stuff. I agree. I've been doing some work related to this need in my JCR-EXT contrib package, but so far my goal has been to build a common ground mostly for lightweight JCR adapters for existing content repositories instead of making the classes useful for full-blown JCR implementations like Jackrabbit. Below is a summary of the existing stuff I have in JCR-EXT. I'd be happy to repurpose this code as a more general purpose JCR commons library, but creating another commons package that is more directly linked with the needs of Jackrabbit might fit the needs better. So far I haven't been in a too much hurry to document these packages and classes as I've been the only one using them, but if there's general interest in using them more widely, I'll put more focus on documentation. org.apache.jackrabbit.name Classes for handling qualified names and paths. Simplified versions of the Jackrabbit core classes without the Jackrabbit dependencies (NamespaceResolver etc.) org.apache.jackrabbit.iterator Simple array-based implementations of the JCR RangeIterator interfaces. org.apache.jackrabbit.base General base classes for the JCR interfaces. Useful for default implementations of methods like Property.getString() (implemented as Property.getValue().getString()). org.apache.jackrabbit.decorator Simple attempt at a general decorator layer for the JCR API. Not ready for use. org.apache.jackrabbit.xml Partial implementations of the XML import and export functionality. Not ready for use. org.apache.jackrabbit.session Currently a simple implementation of the NodeType API and the Session namespace handling functionality. The goal for this package is to provide simple implementations for most of the Session-related parts (anything that uses qualified names!) of the JCR API org.apache.jackrabbit.state Backend classes for handling the internal state accessible through the o.a.j.session classes. Note: The package names are not cast in stone. My original idea was to use a org.apache.jackrabbit.ext prefix for the packages, but it was suggested that I avoid using too deep namespaces and that we should discuss the namespace structure on the list if collisions occur. I think now might be a good time for this namespace discussion. :-) > for example most of the Value stuff could now be swaped out to a > common jcr helpers lib. further some escaping, formatting and > serializing stuff. The problem is that a lot of those depend on > internal jackrabbit classes like QName, Path and UUID. so those would > also need to go into the common jackrabbit lib. If that happens, the dependent classes will probably need some refactoring as well. When I started building the Midgard-JCR adapter I first thought about using the Jackrabbit core classes to bootstrap the project, but I soon noticed that without some changes they would bring too much of Jackrabbit with them as dependencies. Thus I decided to build my own versions in the JCR-EXT package. > - what is the general feeling about this? I think this is a good idea. If we don't want to repurpose JCR-EXT for this, then I'll most probably make the new commons library a dependency for JCR-EXT and set a clearer focus for JCR-EXT by contributing the general purpose code into the commons library. > - is it ok for jackrabbit core to depend on commons-jackrabbit and commons-jcr ? I think the only problem would be in finding the correct interface between the packages. The commons package should be generic enough to be useful in other projects while still providing all the functionality (and performance!) required by Jackrabbit. > - how should the maven projects look like? I think the commons project should be an independent contrib (or whatever) subproject, with as little external dependencies as possible. We could make separate releases of the commons project and treat is as a normal Maven dependency in the Jackrabbit core. BR, Jukka Zitting
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I just finished this game. Xatax consists of three episodes. The first episode is too easy. The second episode is a decent challenge. The third episode is a Nintendo hard bullet hell that requires frequent save game reloading. Unfortunately, the ending sucks - just two lines of text, after all that hard work clearing episode three. I was disappointed that the story given in the intro was not continued.
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Wow! Good old times' game. I played xatax lot of times, enjoying music and graphics. Later, when I see Descent 3D, I say "this guy owes a lot to xatax".
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Rage and disbelief were the first emotions that exploded from inside of Harper. Any other emotions that followed were drowned out by the anger that continued to build with each passing second. Hazel eyes stared straight back into the dark orbs of the elder vampire, still and seemingly calm. One talent Harper had mastered over the years was keeping her outer appearance stoic despite what was going on inside her head. Despite this practiced skill, she couldn't hide her true feelings from Maxwell, the man who'd helped her cope with this life since the beginning.
"Harper, please understand that I had no other choice," Maxwell pleaded as he watched for any movement of Harper's body. His close watch heeded nothing. Harper remained as still as a marble statue. "Richard informed me that the murders were indeed committed by Lucas and Alyssa. He told me that they struggle with their bloodlust worst of all of them. Granted, they all feed on humans, but it's harder for the two to control themselves."
Maxwell's words swirled around in Harper's mind, but they didn't stick. She understood why he had agreed to this arrangement, and she had to admit she could not think of any other way either. How else could Lucas and Alyssa learn self-control besides living with those who could? The Callahans didn't feed on humans, which made them even more in control of the painful hunger that existed in each of them than the Collins. The only reasonable conclusion would be to send them here. All of this arose in Harper's mind, but none of it meant anything. The only thing that mattered to her now was how Lucas and Alyssa had wronged her in the past.
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"I'm always this quiet," Harper said dryly as she finally blinked for the first time in four minutes.
After releasing a short sigh of relief, Maxwell's hands moved to cup Harper's face. "True, but in this matter, you being quiet isn't a good sign," he told her. He paused before adding, "Are you going to be okay?"
It took another long wait on Maxwell's part before Harper responded again. Her lips barely moved as she spoke. "Maxwell, I hope you understand when I say that I cannot guarantee good behavior from me while they are here." She took a deep breath, even though it wasn't necessary since her body no longer required oxygen. Her eyes dropped to the floor for a long moment before lifting again to meet Maxwell's waiting gaze. "I would casually disappear during their stay, but I do not wish to leave Emily. And I know my sister enough to know that I could not ask her to come with me without an unending string of questions."
"Emily is quite the curious one," Maxwell said during the short pause.
Harper didn't crack a smile or nod or react in any visible way to the comment. All she did was continue to stare straight back at her father figure. "I cannot forgive those murderers for what they did to Emily." The woman's voice suddenly took on a darker tone, making her words sound more menacing. In the same action, her once bright eyes grew dark as well. "What's worse is I can't explain to Emily why I feel this way towards Lucas and Alyssa. I have to keep my hatred bottled up because Emily can't remember. I am not trying to act like an unreasonable child. I am only warning you now that I can't guarantee any hospitality coming from me."
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Emily raced through the big house in search of her father. She had not found him upstairs and now her search of the bottom floor was turning up nothing. "Where the hell is he?" she muttered to herself as she gave up and collapsed on the couch in the living room.
"He went to the Collins' home," said Elizabeth as she entered the room. "He left about an hour ago."
Emily sat straight up when she heard Elizabeth's lovely voice. She smiled gratefully at the older woman. "Thanks, Lizzie," she said scooting over to make room. Elizabeth sat down on the couch next to her. "Why did he go there so early?" It was only six o'clock in the evening. The sun hadn't been down for very long, so Maxwell must have left soon after sunset.
"Two members of the clan will be staying with us for a while," Elizabeth answered, though her face lacked a smile, which was usually always in place. So when she wasn't smiling, everyone noticed. And Emily was no exception.
"Is it really that horrible?" she asked with a small frown of her own. "Am I going to have to go bar hopping with Alex and Conner to avoid the horrible situation at home?"
Elizabeth couldn't help but smile slightly at Emily's naivete. "Maybe," she said. "But you'll have Harper to go clubbing with. She'll save you from going with your brothers."
"Good. Conner's one thing, but Alex is a real pain in the butt half the time," Emily said as she fell onto her back again. "Speaking of Harper, where is she? I haven't seen her since I got up either. Did she go with Max?"
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DETROIT -- Even a conversation on a paddleboard with Chris Chelios couldn't change Nick Lidstrom's mind -- it was time to call it a career. Two of the greatest defensemen in NHL history took some time Wednesday to paddleboard on Orchard Lake. It didn't take long for Chelios to realize that Lidstrom was resolute. After 30 seconds and looking into Nick's eyes and how kind of distraught (he looked), it looked like he went through a game, I'm sure because of all the thinking he's had to do over the past two weeks and what a tough decision he had to make, so I didn't even have the heart to try to convince him otherwise," Chelios said. "I know Homer (Tomas Holmstrom) had talked to him. They're best friends. If Homer can't convince him I'm sure not going to. "Nick's done everything right his whole career, I'm sure he's content and happy with his decision now. It's just a really tough decision, especially when you can play at the level he can still." But the man called the Perfect Human by many of his teammates didn't feel he was ready to put in the work required to stay so perfect. Still, that didn't mean it was an easy decision to make. "With my age, just being a little bit older and not having that motivation I've had in the past and not having the drive and fire that I've had in the past not being there for me, made it a harder decision especially saying goodbye to something Ive done for 20 years," Lidstrom said after the press conference. "It's become a lifestyle. Youre used to getting up in the morning, working out, coming down here, skating, traveling with the team and just the competitiveness of playing games. "Im going to miss all that too, but if I don't have that fire I can't be to the level I want to be at." Most people believe that even at 42, Lidstrom could still play at a level where he could contend for a Norris Trophy. But in reality, there's nothing left for Nick Lidstrom to accomplish. The Detroit Red Wings captain's resume looks like something 10 players combined might achieve in their careers: four Stanley Cups, seven Norris Trophies, first European player to win the Conn Smythe, Olympic gold and a world championship. When one of the best players to ever don the winged wheel, former longtime captain Steve Yzerman, calls you the best player on a team that he's on, you have to be the best. "I think he's going to go down as one of the all-time best defensemen ever to play," Yzerman told NHL.com at the general managers meeting in New York. "Having played with him and watched him closely from his first game, people know about it now but we've said it all along -- you have to watch him closely to appreciate how good he is, what a great athlete he is because he makes the position look so easy. He is a special athlete." For 20 years, that special athlete only missed 44 regular-season games. What is just as amazing as his longevity is his consistency. "He played 28 minutes against the opposition's best players, (would) not make a mistake," former Wings assistant coach Barry Smith said. "Next day in practice, he'd make every single pass and do every single drill right to the absolute perfection, never said boo about anything being too hard, too long, too difficult. "He always had a smile on his face, was the most even-going personality I've ever met, and that goes for the whole family. If you can't love this guy, there's something wrong with you." Coach Mike Babcock said he spoke to former coach Scotty Bowman before coming to the press conference. "Scotty coached him 10 (years) and the word he used was 'perfect' that's how I feel about him, too," Babcock said. "I've coached him for seven years, or maybe been coached by him for seven years, what he meant to the organization, just the way he spoke today, he just does things right. "He's been a great great player, an even better person. It wasn't about what he said, it was what he did. He set a benchmark for all of us. "To be around him is humbling because he does so many good things and does it without ego. He makes players want to be better players and he makes you want to be a better person." Those who played with Lidstrom say the same thing as his coaches. "He is the best defenseman I've ever had the pleasure of playing with and I've played with a few good ones," Brad Stuart said. "I don't know if I ever left the rink after a game thinking to myself, Nick just didn't have it today. He was almost the same every day, the same every day. That is what a great player is. "When you're around that and that's the kind of guy you have leading your team, it rubs off on you. I think it makes you better." Larry Murphy, who was paired with Lidstrom and then has watched him as a broadcaster for FOX Sports Detroit, said you always knew what you would get from him. "The level of consistency, bangs and bruises, he didn't miss a lot of games but I assure you he wasn't feeling 100 percent every time he went out there but he had the ability to work though that and get his level of play," Murphy said. "That consistency, to me, being an ex-player, is what really stands out. Being so great so often, I've never seen that from any other player." Even Holmstrom, who is likely to call his own retirement press conference soon, did not want to see his best friend retire. "Its been so much fun," Holmstrom said. "Its a sad day. Hes had a great career. Hes played against all the best players for 20 years. "Detroits been fortunate enough to have him. Everybody is fortunate to have him here." Niklas Kronwall didn't talk to Lidstrom before the press conference and still hoped he would hear a different decision. "We've been getting so spoiled having a guy like that around, being on a team with a guy like that, being on the ice with a guy like that," Kronwall said. "I think the fans have been getting very spoiled as well. "We've been taking it for granted, I think, when he's on the ice, because everything, it's supposed to be that way. Now he's not going to be there next year and I think it's going to take some time for that to really sink in." When he was an opponent, Todd Bertuzzi said he gave up on trying to hit Lidstrom on the ice, both out of respect and knowing it was not possible. He didn't try to hit him Thursday to encourage him to change his mind, either. "My first feeling was a little upset that the NHL is losing a legend," Bertuzzi said. "For me, Im very fortunate to have been able to put on a jersey in the same locker room. "I've always looked up to him and respected him and held him in high regard. I'll take (away that) I got to play with the great Nick Lidstrom." Lidstrom said he'd leave just how great his legacy was in the hands of others. Some of those others made a great case for him. "Who's better, that's my question," Lewis said. "Who's better than Nick Lidstrom? "If I had to guess, and I played against Bobby Orr, the two of them would be side by side. They would be on the same blue line together and good luck to whoever's attacking." Chelios also played with and against some of the top defensemen of all time. "There were great defensemen during my time, great defensemen before my time and there are going to great defensemen after my time, but he's going to go down as one of the greats obviously," Chelios said. "You can't say there was anyone better. "I played with Larry Robinson. I played against (Ray) Bourque. You go even further and Doug Harvey, but it's just different eras. But in my opinion there couldn't have been anyone better than Nicklas Lidstrom. "Different eras, different types of players, but there was no one any better than Nick as far as I'm concerned." Even the "Great One," Wayne Gretzky, weighed in on Lidstrom on NHL Live Wednesday. "He's going to go down as one of the great defensemen ever to play the game," Gretzky said. "He's right up there with guys like Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque and Larry Robinson and Paul Coffey. This is a very special individual." General manager Ken Holland, who heard Lidstrom's decision a week ago but asked him to think about it for a while longer, often joked that when Lidstrom retired, that would be his retirement day as well. Holland isn't leaving but he now has to deal with the fact that Lidstrom is. "It's hard to have contingency plans when you're talking Nick Lidstrom," Holland said. "We've had a lot of great players here, but he's one of the two or three very special ones at a position on defense that really controls the game. We've had a lot of great defensemen over time and he's the greatest of them all. "He gave us 20 incredible years and you have to feel good for Nick that he gets to walk away from the game on his own terms." Unlike Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby, Lidstrom never started crying on the podium. The only point at which he got a little emotional was when he was talking about his family, wife Annika and sons Kevin, Adam, Samuel and Lukas. All except Kevin, who is still in Sweden, were at the press conference. Lidstrom said he and his family would move back to Sweden this summer as soon as the boys are done with the school year. Kevin has been playing in Sweden the last two years and Adam, 16, was planning to join him, which might have helped tip the scales towards retirement for Lidstrom. "He was thinking maybe we would stay here so he was prepared to move there without us," Annika Lidstrom said. "But I think it's hard for Nicklas to see the family splitting so I think it has a little bit part of it, too. "But I think mostly it's that he didn't have the motivation to play, that's the biggest thing." Adam, who will join Kevin in playing for Vasteras, their father's original team back in Sweden, is looking forward to having a full-time dad. "It's going to be good having him come to all our games now," Adam Lidstrom said. "It's going to be better, him telling us what to do more and what not to do, things like that. "I'll always remember all this over here, him being a hockey player and things like that." Lidstrom will go down as one of the best and most perfect hockey players to play in the NHL. The final example of his perfection came Wednesday when he and Chelios returned to shore on their paddleboards. I'll show you how lucky Nick is: When we came back, we had some flip-flops on the shore and only mine were stolen. Nick's were still sitting there," Chelios said. "And his were way better flip-flops than mine. That just shows you the difference between me and Nick."
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This is the first post featuring Ladies' Code on Kfashionista. Ladies' Code has been gaining popularity since their debut with the mini-album Code#1 and lead track "Bad Girl", which was released on March 7, 2013. Following their successful debut, they released "Hate You", "Pretty Pretty", "So Wonderful" and "Kiss Kiss". "Kiss Kiss" was the last release featuring members EunB and RiSe, who were killed in a car accident in September. The music video for "Kiss Kiss" was released on August 6, 2014, featuring all of the members trying to get the man lying in the coffin to wake up and kiss them. In the MV, the girls wore Peter Jensen's S/S 2014 "Diana" collection. Peter Jensen is a London-based fashion designer that has gained admiration from various high profile western pop stars such as Rihanna, Kanye West and more. His "Diana" collection is entirely inspired by Diana Ross, a successful American singer and actress.
Sojung is looking chic with Peter Jensen buttoned shirt in lips print ($N/A) and a black sun hat . RiSe† has worn the Peter Jensen smock dress in lips print from the collection (
$582 $349). EunB† was wearing the Peter Jensen Julie sweatshirt in Diana Ross print ( $203 $140) while Zuny was wearing the Peter Jensen Julie dress in Diana Ross print ( $379 $265). All items above from Peter Jensen S/S 2014 "Diana" collection are currently out of stock.
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Make a complaint How to make a complaint to the Real Estate Agents Authority about the behaviour of a real estate agent.
Standard clauses for agency agreements We recommend you only use agents who use the standard clauses in their residential and rural agency agreements.
Buying a home? Key things you need to know to help protect yourself when buying a property.
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Buyers and sellers have choices about the agents they choose to deal with. It is important to check that an agent is licensed and whether they have had any complaints upheld against them.
You can contact as many agents as you like for an appraisal of your property before you decide who to list with. If there is a specific agent you would like to use you can contact them directly.
You do not have to deal with the agent a property is listed with. You can contact any agent from the agency the property is listed with and ask to deal with them.
We maintain an online public register, including contact details, of all licensed real estate agents in New Zealand. You can search the public register on this website.
The real estate agent always works on behalf of the seller of a property and is paid by the seller when the property sells. However, they have an obligation to treat the buyer fairly.
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The Kayla Itsines BBG Workout is a fitness plan for achieving not only physical fitness but also self-confidence and happiness. Kayla's bikini body guide is by no means a fad diet or a get fit quick gimmick. The BBG program is for any woman, between the ages of 16 and 40, who are ready to make a lifestyle change.
The BBG program is for any woman, between the ages of 16 and 40, who are ready to make a lifestyle change. Even if you're already in your 30s and busy being a mom, you still can transform your body easy with this fitness plan.
There are many detailed reviews on Kayla Itsines BBG workout such as the review by BikiniBodyGuides.com. Bikini Body Guide by Kayla Itsines has been proven to work for everybody!
Don't let the term 'bikini body' fool you. A bikini body is whatever you want it to be. It embodies a feeling of self-satisfaction and confidence. This fitness guide will give you the tools to succeed if you put in the work.
This guide is a great asset for women who are looking for a program that works for you if you work with it. The BBG community is over 10 million women strong and is one of the biggest female fitness communities in the world.
Numerous women have shared their transformation stories on Kayla Itsines website. The BBG program has been changing the lives of woman everywhere since its creation. Kayla frequently shares dramatic before and after pictures to her 5.8 million followers via Instagram.
Kayla Itsines is the director of the Bikini Body Training Company Pty Ltd. She started this company soon after her work as a trainer at a female only facility in South Australia.
In 2012, Kayla joined forces with Fresh Fitness solutions with the goal of reaching more women through the creation of boot camps. Now, Bikini Body training is something she is known worldwide for.
Kayla's mission is to simply aid as many females as possible in reaching their goals and have a body positive outlook. This guide, originally created in 2013, is simply one method that makes her vision possible.
The BBG workout is organized into three areas, each one being essential to your progress.
Tracking Your Progress: This area emphasizes the importance of having a goal and having a way to measure how your body evolves with time. It offers advice on how to take your progress photos and the importance of consistency when weighing in.
Weekly Training Breakdown: This section is the meat and potatoes of the BBG guide. It breaks down how and when you should train, provides a detailed workout breakdown for each day and a step-by-step guide for how to do each workout.
Education: The education section provides the knowledge you need to keep your progress going even after the 12 weeks. It provides the benefits of the various workouts encompassed in the guide and how they affect your workout.
Having a starting point is an important aspect of the BBG program. When no victory is too small, it is important to have a way to track your progress. This can be done in a variety of ways. BBG recommends using not only your weight as a starting measurement but also girth measurements and photographs.
Photographs give you pictorial evidence of the progress you have made and can't be denied. For this reason, Kayla has added written reminders for taking progress photos throughout the BBG guide for you to keep track.
The Bikini Body Guide training can be done from nearly anywhere. BBG workout pdf takes you through a 3 month or 12 week training program with varying workouts by week. The BBG workout consists of 3 styles of training including resistance, cardio (cardiovascular) and rehabilitation (stretching).
Kayla provides a basic list of equipment that is to be used throughout the 12 weeks.
Each 4-week interval consists of a different makeup of workouts. The BBG workout schedule is as follows. Each of the below workouts are performed weekly.
Week 1-4
Week 5-8
Week 9-12
The above schedule mentions LISS and HIIT workouts. LISS is 35- 45 minutes of power walking and HIIT is 10 – 15 minutes of sprint training.
The guide encourages using the progressive overload technique, which simply means increasing your resistance or training frequency over time. Being that everyone's schedule is different Kayla Itsines provides a free weekly workout planner to keep you on track.
In order to keep motivated the Sweat with Kayla cell phone application can be downloaded through Google Play or Apple app stores. The app takes you through your weekly circuits with timers, exercise help and equipment lists. A 7-day free trial is offered to give you a taste of what the app has to offer. This essentially replaces the pdf versions of the eBook.
Circuit training involves more than 2 exercises that are performed in a set number of repetitions. The BBG workout program consists of 7-minute circuits with 4 exercises in each circuit. In between each circuit, a 30 – 90 second rest is given.
Warming up before beginning circuit workouts are a must. Due to the level of intensity, these workouts are not recommended for beginners. There should be a basic knowledge of cardiovascular fitness. If you are a beginner Kayla suggests first performing 2-3 weeks of regular walking in order to build a solid foundation.
In order to bridge the gap for beginners, the guide offers 4 weeks of pre-training for people who are completely new to the circuit workout style. Pre-training consists of the following:
Weeks 1-2
Weeks 3-4
The workout section houses everything you need to make your workout successful. It contains a daily schedule for each week of the training. The exercise glossary is a perfect addition to the guide for anyone who is unsure of how to do the workouts currently. The 51-item guide provides step-by-step images on how to perform the workouts correctly.
Although the last area in the BBG guide, the education piece is no less important than the other two sections. Having a growing knowledge of health and fitness will keep your bikini body flourishing year after year.
The education section brings the BBG program full circle. Information for all of the workouts and exercise methods, which were referenced in the guide, are targeted in the education section.
Overall, Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide is a great guide for the everyday woman looking to get the body that she has always wanted. For some, the bikini body may only be 5 lbs away and for others it may be 45. Regardless of your goal, through hard work and dedication Kayla helps you reach it.
If you haven't taken a look at the amazing Kayla Itsines reviews such as this, please do. They alone are enough to get any couch potato up and moving.
After reading various Kayla Itsines reviews, many users said the scale-based results were not immediate but did come with time. However, this guide is simply a stepping-stone for your lifelong fitness journey. For the BBG enthusiast, Bikini Body 2.0 is available for weeks 13 – 24.
For women looking for more nutrition-based aid, the H.E.L.P guide is a wonderful option. The Healthy Planning Lifestyle Plan (H.E.L.P) is a nutrition guide that can be used in conjunction with the BBG workout guide. It is also available in a vegetarian option.
The Bikini Body Guide can be purchased alone or in conjunction with the Healthy Planning Lifestyle Plan (H.E.L.P). If you are ready to make a commitment and change for the better, Kayla Itsines BBG Workout is perfect for you!
We've all been there. The holiday season has passed; we've enjoyed all the work and family parties. We had a second helping of sweet potato pie and indulged in that tray of peppermint fudge your coworker made. Now, we have to look in the mirror and assess the damage. Problem is that you're busy, you need an easy way to get this under control. So, you start looking for a way you can lose the weight without having to wake up at 5 a.m. to get to the gym. Enter the fad diet.
Fad diets are tempting. They offer big results by simply cutting out something that is obviously the problem. There is a little truth to each one of them, but the problem is that they are exclusive. Unless you can follow their diet in the strictest sense, you're going to feel like you've failed when you slip. And odds are, their premise is very flawed. Here's why you should skip them.
Think back to any popular diet of the past ten years. They all have something in common: they pick out a bad guy and say that you can't have it. Sometimes that's bread, pasta, dessert, chocolate, cooked food (I'm looking at you Raw Diet), or even food that hasn't been blended. Some diet programs are figuring out that this isn't the best approach and have been altering their plans, but for the majority, they get you to buy into their pitch. And trust me, it's a pitch. These days we're even seeing documentaries about these kinds of diets, and they are pretty convincing. After all, you get to really see the journey the person went on to lose the weight. If they did it, surely you can, too.
Weight loss is possible while still eating everything you do now. Bread is not the enemy and bacon is not out to get you. The important thing is to make sure you are eating a balanced diet, and making smart decisions about the types of substitutions you are making. You shouldn't deprive yourself of something you enjoy (unless your health care provider says so), you'll just end up desiring it more. Instead, try monitoring yourself and allowing yourself your favorites in moderation. I don't recommend finding alternative versions that promise to be healthier than the original. More often than not, these substitutions, say lower in calories, may come higher in fat or sodium. Not only that, but you'll end up eating more of them because your brain tells you it is okay, they're not as bad for you. Enjoy your whole-milk latte, but maybe only get it every third coffee. Enjoy a rich slice of chocolate cake, but maybe only on date night. You can be in control of your own diet and win. It's not as hard as we make it out to be.
Fad diets love to promise big results by doing this one thing: follow their diet plan. Yes, you may end up losing some weight with their program, but what kind of weight is it? Odds are, it's water weight. A little water weight is normal, especially in women, but it's misleading of your true health. There are multiple reasons why the body holds onto water weight, and it's not necessarily because you are unhealthy. Either way, exercise is absolutely necessary for weight loss, even in the lightest form. As you'll read in a second, without it, you're only doing about a third of the requirements of healthy weight loss. Skip on the exercising, and as soon as you've grown tired of your latest fad diet, you are going to see the weight (and the inches) come back pretty quickly. Skip the fad, make smart and healthy decisions every day, and it'll pay off.
Healthy weight loss should come from a permanent change in habit that you are capable of maintaining for your entire life. Fad diets promise that the weight is going to come off fast. It might, but that's not in your best interest. The healthy rate of weight loss should fall somewhere between 1-2 pounds per week. Less is fine, but more usually means you are changing your diet or routine extremely, which your body isn't going to like. As you lose weight gradually, you lose weight caused by fat, which is your ultimate goal. Losing weight rapidly is generally weight loss caused by a loss of water weight and even lean muscle (which you definitely want to keep)! You want that muscle as the more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn. Think of it as a wheel that gains momentum. You'll even burn more calories at rest than you did before.
Ever notice how the most popular fad diets have popular celebrities endorsing them? You love that celebrity, and she looks great, so you HAVE to try what they're selling. After all, it worked for her and all she did was follow their diet plan. For $29 a month, you too can look that good. Not necessarily. That celebrity you love was paid, handsomely, to represent that company. Some marketing director did their research, found her, and ran the numbers. They know the demographic they're selling to when to air the commercials, and at what price you're willing to give their program a shot. The fad diet business is booming, and making their salaries go up is their true goal. They aren't concerned about whether the program works for you. They are concerned about how much of their product you buy. So, they're going to keep finding those celebrities you love. It's up to you to see through their pitch and get healthier by making smarter decisions.
So, save your money. Skip the shakes and fitness bars, and invest that money in developing healthier eating and exercise habits that will stick with you even when that fad diet has long been forgotten. You can do it.
The gym is the perfect place to work out. You have space, the equipment, and the resources. Sometimes, though the gym cannot fit into our lives; Whether that be for lack of time, money or distance. Those who are met with this situation find themselves in their homes working out. Sometimes they are stuck, though on what exactly they should do.
I have compiled a list of four ways to get a killer workout at home, to keep your body in prime shape.
15-minute workout
No need to grab anything, but yourself and a hand towel. You can accomplish this workout anywhere. Whether you are at the office, in your living room or away on business in your hotel room.
To do this workout you must:
To do this workout you must:
Fast-paced 5-minute speed circuit
This is going to get your heart racing and give you a killer cardio exercise in five minutes. There is no equipment necessary so lace up your sneaks and put on some music. It's time to sweat.
The object of this workout goes like this; You do each move for thirty seconds. Do as many reps as you can in those thirty seconds. Then take thirty seconds to rest. Time to move on to the next move. You do the same thirty-seconds/rep process and then rest again
It's pretty simple. Here's what these five moves are.
To do this you need to:
Do as many reps as possible in thirty seconds, then rest or do speedy feet for thirty seconds.
Do these for thirty seconds followed by rest or speedy feet for thirty seconds.
Do these for thirty seconds followed by rest or speedy feet for thirty seconds
If your butt isn't burning in five seconds, move faster squat deeper, or both.
Commercial break exercises
Let's stay home and workout, while watching TV. Here are some simple exercises that you can do on commercial breaks to give you a good workout.
Click on any of the exercises to see how to perform each move.
Yoga not only increases flexibility and builds strength, but also helps you relax your mind and focus more clearly. Follow these exercises for an easy at home workout that will keep your body lean.
Warm up
Yoga exercises routine
Cool down
At one point in time, most of us are looking for the best diet options to fit our needs and lifestyle; And you have probably come across a vegetarian diet plan while on your quest. After all, pop star Adele claims to have used a vegetarian diet to lose 50 pounds! With the word spreading everyone is ready to find out if it really works.
So, this an option you want to explore and I'm here to break down the good, the bad, and the truth about all things vegetarian and dieting.
Yes, you can! But you need to know exactly how to do it right.
There are many different types of vegetarians out there. Let's break them down so you know which is what.
To do a vegetarian weight loss right, you need to know exactly what you should not be eating, what you should and how much of what you should.
Some nutrient-rich foods you should put into your vegetarian diet are:
Some mistakes vegetarians make is living off of many processed foods such as veggie hot dogs, vegan cookies and more of those similar things. Doing this, especially when trying to lose weight is going to defeat its purpose. First off, you are not going to meet the recommended servings of produce and all these things are not good for you, just as if you were to eat non-vegetarian junk foods.
DO NOT drink your produce. When you decide to juice your veggies and fruits you are going to digest more calories than you realize. While the drink is a good taste bud alternative if you are not a big raw veggies fan, juicing your produce is going to leave you less than full, further leading you to eat more which is going to make you take in more calories.
Watch your cheese intake. Cheese has high levels of saturated fat. Now, there's good fats to eat and bad fats. Saturated fat is not a good fat to be eating an excess of, so it's really important to watch how much cheese, especially when you are not eating low-fat cheese.
Just one slice of American cheese has 100 calories; And even more worrisome is the 5 grams of saturated fat of the 8 grams' cheese contains.
Again, watch the junk food intake such as macaroni and cheese and pizza.
Keeping dairy in your diet is completely up to you if you are a cheese lover, and wish to keep it in your diet. Limit your serving to 1 ounce of natural or organic cheese.
You still need protein if you decide to do a vegetarian diet. Here's why:
There is protein you can eat that does not contain meat, such as Lentils, tofu, and Quinoa.
Interesting facts
Taking on a vegetarian diet for weight loss can be successful if you do things the right way. If you plan on making any changes to your diet, it's suggested you contact your doctor to discuss your options and needs.
If you are looking to lose a lot of excess body fat a low-carb diet is the way to go, but unfortunately, we all make a lot of common mistakes when we diet.
Before you begin any diet, it is suggested you should consult your physician to make sure they are aware, so if anything goes belly-up, they have this information on hand for you. They can also help point you in the right directions too. Some things doctors don't discuss, though. You don't want to start a diet on the wrong foot.
A low card diet is a diet that mostly consists of protein, fat and healthy vegetables. With a low-carb diet, you will limit your carbohydrates intake which means avoiding pasta, sugary foods, and bread. Studies have presented that low-carb diets can help with weight loss and improve your health. There are many different kinds of low-carb diets out there, so make sure you choose the one that's best for you.
After you choose which low-carb diet plan is best for you, and you put that plan into place, be sure you are not making these big mistakes.
When you think of a diet, the first thing you hardly think you will hear is to eat plenty of fats. This, however, is a good thing when you are on a low-carb diet. Eating healthy fats from protein is going to give you energy and give you lots of other health benefits. You need to make sure you are choosing the right fats, though. Not all of them are good for you.
You don't have to give up alcohol altogether, but you should try and avoid certain drinks to keep you on track and limit how much you choose to drink also. While you will find low-carb drinks out there. Mostly with Hard liquor or wine, there are a lot of options you should avoid such as sugary cocktails and beer.
If you do choose beer, try to go with a light or ultra-light kind or else you will end up consuming way more carbohydrates than you are limited to on a low-carb diet.
A fact you should be aware of: When you are on a low-carb diet you are not putting as much fuel into your body, which makes your body burn stored fat. A good guide to drinking while on a low-carb diet can be found easily.
Starting a low-carb diet means you are about to make some major changes with what you are going to be digesting. It's more than likely you have developed some sort of unhealthy eating habits (and this includes drinks), and you will find it is going to be harder than you realize to resist those sugary, carb-loaded foods.
This is why you should plan. Plan out what you will eat each day, what you will drink, and don't stray from it. I would suggest you do this for quite a while till you have developed healthy eating habits. Out with the old and in with the new.
While we all know the many benefits of making healthy choices reflect what we see when we step on the scale, only healthy habit eating can get you so far. The recommended amount of exercise is 3-4 days per week. This is going to aid in your low-carb diet to achieve the results you are looking for.


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Located on its own private beach on Grand Bahama Island is the Island Seas Resort, one of the top luxury resorts on the island. Freeport timeshares for sale at Island Seas mean you can own your own vacation condo in this amazing resort and have access to all its amenities and features.
If a secluded private beach is not enough, consider the free-form swimming pool, spa, gym, tennis courts and beach volleyball. Island Seas Resort also offers in-house activities such as karaoke at the Coconuts Bar, a concierge who will arrange all of your outings off-site and Camp Coconuts, a children's club with trained counselors who provide arts and crafts and other entertainment.
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These Freeport timeshares for sale offer a large selection of condominium sizes. From a studio apartment to a one or two-bedroom condominium, all accommodation includes beautiful furnishings, air conditioning, cable TV, a fully equipped kitchen and more. You will have a balcony with a breathtaking view and never have to worry about maintenance or bringing bed linen or towels to your vacation home. Some of the room amenities include wireless Internet connection, DVD players and TVs in both the common room and bedrooms.
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The destination is a cornucopia of fun things to do, including every imaginable choice of water sports, golf, tennis, gourmet restaurants, casinos, nightclubs, and exclusive shopping. There is horseback riding on the beach, fishing and sailing. On-site you can rent a jet ski, go reef snorkeling or deep-sea fishing, and take a glass bottom boat if you want to see the amazing reefs but would rather not get wet and much more.
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How to Hypnotize a Chicken?
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Father Dear
My life is perfect, I thought as I sat in the window of the libary. I had got away from lessons on the account I was to go to the libary and read. At first I did but my thoughts had trailed away. The book rested against my pulled up knees and I was looking out into the garden. I couldn't see the stables from here which was a pity but I felt as if I could.
I can imagine Tamlin brushing the smooth silky coats of the matter black and white horse. His eyes beautiful and him looking ruffled with the few hours of work he'd done already. "Stepphie.." My eyes snapped open at Ellie's soft whisper.
I looked at her with a tilt of my head. "Yes, Ellie?" I question rising to my feet. I place the book back on the shelf then stretch my limbs. Ellie waits silently till I face her.
"Your father asks for you to come to the parlour. The Caller's are here" she says calmly. I flinch and Ellie watches with a frown. "Its starting to look unavoidable. You're going to have to marry him soon probably"
"I can't" I whisper folding my arms across my chest and looking at the floor. The vows I had made last night tumbling through my head.
"Love isn't a good enough reason, Stepphie" Ellie replies calmly. Of course she doesn't know the full extent. Only me, Tamlin and Carnavie do. "Lets head to the parlour shall we?"
I nod and follow her. I find my body feeling heavy as I step into the parlour. Joshua's eyes fall upon me the moment I enter and I can see the desire in them. So thick and easy to see. "Ah, there you are" my father says holding out an arm. I go to his side and he wraps his arm round my shoulders. He turns to face another man slightly older but around his age. "This is my daughter"
"Nice to meet you, Persephone" the man, Mr Caller I can only pressume, says.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr Caller"
"It is so nice to here about you and my son getting on well"
"He is nothing but a gentleman" I say with a polite nod at Joshua who smiles back.
"Pesephone herself is nothing but polite and curtious towards me. I have no dislike of her in fact quite the opposite" his words are bold and frighten me but my father and his just laugh.
"It is nice to hear you are fond of each other" Mr Caller says. I feel panic strike through me but keep it off my face.
"Father" I say capturing his attention. "I have lessons to attend"
"Ah, of course. You may go, Persephone" he says. I curtsy to both Joshua and his father and leave the room. Oh no, what is happening?


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With BRLI reversing Short, there are now 5 out of 12 of the new high-growth momentum stocks in downtrends. We started out with just one of the dozen Short, so in a sense, we may be seeing a fractal a larger trend, a bellwether that something bigger in the works.
My most frequently asked question, especially from new subscribers, is what trend models are the best ones to follow? Between personal accounts and my hedge fund, I have traded a diverse sampling of the models, yet I always respond with perhaps the most boring model of them all:
As day-to-week-to-monthly trading systems, models like the SPX represent more than just the sum of their net gains or losses over the course of the year. What the calculations placed on the chart above can't describe are the intangibles that provide this kind of trading system with so much explosive potential:
(1) The SPX Trend Model has a built-in and fail safe exit for all Long trades. Since the markets have twice in the past decade fell anywhere from 50% (SPX in 2007) to 90%(Nasdaq in 2001), a buy and hold investor would have gotten decimated. That is virtually impossible with these Trend Models;
(2) It is just because of the dynamic set out in (1) above that investors can cautiously utilize the additional returns power provided in leveraged ETF's. The SPX chart doesn't include leveraged results for a buy and hold strategy because without knowing when to exit, trading with leverage is way too much of a risk, it is the proverbial risk of ruin;
(3) It is not too much of a stretch to expect another one of those 50%-90% debacles to be coming our way early in this decade. Each month that passes without fulfilling that expectation brings the market that much closer to the cliff;
"Since 1982, 18 of the biggest [market] turns have been in July, August, or October." – Elliott Wave International, Short-term update, August 24, 2012.
(4) The three major index trend models, DJIA, SPX & NASDAQ are designed for and have effectively identified every major trend change of the markets, both in real time since the inception of this service as well as in historical applications to all major market trend changes of the past 30 years;
(5) When (not if) that horrific bear market asserts itself, these trend models WILL do their jobs and identify the turn early enough not only to avoid any significant losses, but to enable traders who are so inclined to profit handsomely from whatever economic mayhem may rain down upon us.
These same 5 intangibles apply equally in relevant part to commodity markets. The past 40 years have seen spectacular bull markets in gold, silver, oil and real estate. Each one of these sectors has also seen an equally spectactular fall from grace. The profits that were made being on the right side of those trends created fortunes for those who had the foresight to be in the right place at the right time.
That is the greatest intangible of them all, an assurance that when the time comes, that you are in the right place at the right time. Interim profits or losses notwithstanding, the big payoff is still ahead.
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I was planning growing black locust as coppice under chestnut (either C. sativa or sativa x japonica) standards. There has been questions posed about allelopathy of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Anyone seen these two grow in each others shadow with vigor?
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shoot. I've got a lot of black locust and a lot of chestnuts, but they're rather far removed from each other. my instinct is that the black locust allelopathy is a bit overblown, but I can't give you firsthand experience for that combination.
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We Must Exercise Our Power To Stand With Girls
The recent and tragic gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro by 33 men compels Canada to take a stand on girls' and women's rights. One of the ways we can do this is to send a signal to Brazil by questioning whether or not Canada should be participating in the Summer Olympics in Rio.
The case for taking a stand is strong given that Brazil is plagued by significant gender inequalities that cannot be ignored. To explain, a 2013 nationwide survey by Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) found that 58.5 per cent of Brazilians think "if women knew how to behave, there would be fewer rapes."
The same survey also confirmed that there is a deep-rooted belief in Brazil that women who wear provocative clothing or behave inappropriately are responsible for sexual violence. Furthermore, these attitudes are tied to a misguided sense of masculinity -- machismo, where men are the superior sex who have the right to dominate women in every way.
A sexual abuse prevention workshop taking place in Codó, Brazil (Photo: Plan / Katrijn Van Giel)
Brazilians' perspectives are probably shocking to Canadians. But Canada is not immune to a flourishing rape culture and the normalization of violence against women. We were outraged by online photos of the alleged gang rape that led to Rehtaeh Parsons' suicide, as well as the acquittal of Jian Ghomeshi after he was tried on one count of choking and four counts of sexual assault.
The tales of Parsons and Ghomeshi weigh heavily on Canada's collective consciousness. But a little more than 10 days since its first reporting, we have repressed the story of the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl by 33 men in Brazil. Media coverage has dwindled and our attention has focused elsewhere. We must remain engaged, because there are approximately 120 million girls worldwide (slightly more than one in 10) who have experienced forced intercourse, or other forced sexual acts, at some point in their lives.
A girl at a Plan International supported shelter for young girls who have suffered violence or sexual abuse, Nicaragua (Photo: Miguel Vargas/Plan staff)
I know this fact all too well as the President and CEO of Plan International Canada. And my team, as well as my colleagues from other Plan national offices, see it every day on the ground, in over 50 countries. For example, rape cases are often ignored and convictions are rarely made. According to Nicaragua's Institute of Legal Medicine, of the 6,069 cases of sexual violence reported in 2013, a staggering 88 per cent were of young girls, mostly teenagers. This explains why sexual violence is one of the major contributing factors to the high rate of teenage pregnancies in Nicaragua, and why Nicaragua has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Latin America.
Plan International Nicaragua has been working with community members in the North Caribbean Coast of Autonomous Region (RACCN) to address the root causes of sexual violence against women and girls, as well as improve access to justice in collaboration with local authorities.
Girls at shelter for girls who have suffered violence or sexual abuse in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua (Photo: Miguel Vargas/Plan staff)
What this work illustrates is that where there is power -- such as a patriarchal force that objectifies and brutalizes girls and women, and touts them as deserving of any sort of malicious treatment, including rape -- there is also resistance. And in this resistance those who are vulnerable become empowered.
Plan International Canada hopes to raise awareness of Canadians' role in girls' empowerment through our upcoming campaign. It challenges Canadians to recognize that when we rally behind girls, we help empower them to achieve their full potential. And in return, girls will inspire others to implement real change in the world.
Adolescent girls at event to mark the National Day Against Sexual Abuse and Exploration of Children and Adolescents in Brazil (Photo: Plan International)
I am calling on all Canadians to empower girls because we live in a globally connected world where rape and other forms of gender-based violence are pervasive. Canadians must realize that we are only as strong as our most vulnerable and that girls are among the most vulnerable population in the world.
I believe that Canadians are also duty-bound to take a stand behind girls and amplify their rallying cries. And with this responsibility I think that we should be asking ourselves if sending Canadian athletes to a place where girls' and women's rights hang in a perilous balance is acceptable; if buying merchandise and products from corporate sponsors of the Games is appropriate; and if we should even be watching the Olympics in Brazil at all.
We only have power when we exercise it. Thus, Canada and every single Canadian must stand with girls everywhere or else we are all complicit in the gang rape of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl.
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A Theory of Political Influence and Economic Organization
I propose a cooperative game theory model of economic reform in a political environment with interest groups. Agents in a better economic position have strategic advantage in formulating economic policy. Agents bargain over policies because they are associated with different income distributions. In this context I examine the robustness of the `Coase Theorem' prediction of efficient bargaining. I use the Aspiration Core and the Aspiration Bargaining Set as solutions to the cooperative game. Even under zero transaction costs, if endogenous coalition formation is allowed, bargaining between interest groups need not result in efficient economic change because the core may be empty. Indeed, I show that there are inefficient equilibrium outcomes if and only if the core is empty.
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