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No harm done here, just thank the officer for the info and continue on your way.
Pretty simple.
This is a discussion on Interesting LEO interaction tonight. within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Sounds like the officer was doing more of a public relations stop. Saying hi in a relaxed situation instead of a man with a gun ...
Sounds like the officer was doing more of a public relations stop. Saying hi in a relaxed situation instead of a man with a gun call that could be really tense.
+1 for a pro carry police encounter.
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No harm done here, just thank the officer for the info and continue on your way.
Pretty simple.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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On the other hand...I have had plenty of "friendly Chats" with officers. I've chatted with them daily at work, in restaurants, at gas stations, in church and at sporting events. With that said, I have never had a "friendly chat" with a cop on the side of the road while his lights are flashing. I've met plenty when on the job and they were all being professionals at that point.
He was stopping and querying a man because he was OCing. To say he was just making conversation is a lie. Nuff said.
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Even during and after the stop I was/am leaning on the side of Landric and retsup, The conversation was relaxed and casual like many I have had with officers while at smoking stations or the local 7/11.
The officer did not detain me IMO because he did not ask for ID or even my name. He never used his blue lights either, In my OP flashers refers to Hazard lights ( sorry for the confusion guys).
The main reason I posted was I found it odd that the officer swung the block to talk to me and rather quickly at that.
I used it as more of a chance to reinforce with my three year old daughter respect for the police.
If he did not want to hassle you he should have just kept driving, smile and wave boys.
As far as I can tell he was hassling you under the guise of not hassling you.
Now if he stopped and wanted to know what you were carrying and said nothing about the open carry or scaring the locals, fine this is a casual encounter.
This is how i take the encounter "I am gonna get a call which is going to make me come back here and talk to you with the whole police force which will cause us all to be tied up when something important could be happening, so get your permit and save us all the hassle."
It happens.
I've never had an OC issue like that, but for some reason at 5 ft 9 inch ish, sun deprived pale faced, out of shape, I'm your typical BG when I take an after dinner walk. I've been stopped and questioned a few times, that leads to the CC conversation, etc.
I would have though I've run out of local police by now, I don't think I look like much of a threat walking the bike path, but I guess I do, maybe crime is up more then I think in the area, or there is someone who is startled by someone being "outside." When I was younger I would never get stopped. Maybe when I was in better shape I looked like a person that belonged outside.
Just saying, sometimes LEO stop and ask questions. Now you would think a guy with children would not be questioned (per the OP), but as opposed to a few of the replies, it is not being harasseed.
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Or it could be that he stopped just to "check you out". It happens every day in every city and town in the country.
I talk to people all the time just to see whats up and I do it for no other reason that to let them know that we care and are watching. You cant imagine the good tips I have gotten from just casual converstation. Tips that have led to cases being closed that would not have other wise happened.
It's just being smart to be friendly. I think the cop was just checking you out for several reasons. One, to see what was up. Two, to let you know that he was aware that you were toting. Three, to get to know you.
I dont think he was there to "hassle" or intimidate and contrary to popular beleif some police initiate conversation just because they can. Some actually like to talk to people.
And while we are at it, any cop bashing comments will be removed so think before you type.
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I wonder how 'consensual' the encounter would have been if you had walked past his window, ignoring him. Contempt of cop is well known and frowned upon. *Not cop bashing, just telling it like I hear it.*
I maintain my stance that, while you were not detained per se, the LEO knew full well what he was doing. It was a meet and greet of a potential troublemaker, as has been mentioned. He wasn't asking you the time of day, and he wasn't your old buddy from High School. In days gone by you'd probably have been warned to be out of town by sundown.
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Based on posts I've read over the years, a lot here claim to have experience they do not, or have embellished or have told partial truths. Some have been scorned, by being fired, not hired or otherwise passed over. They choose to grind an axe in the only place they have an audience, but no worries. Its just the internet.
This thread has nothing to do with illegal seizures, just a cop doing his job and a normal guy telling the story. Stop making mountains out of mole hills.
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I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I would have been intimidated by that stop-and-chat, even if the LEO was being casual. I read it as a friendly warning, but a warning nonetheless.
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And some people are scared of their own shadows... there is nothing the police can do to fix that. They can't not do their job because of that.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I think I'd have smiled, cocked my head a little and said "I am a local" in a lighthearted, slightly confused tone. Just to see where it would have gone. Then play it by ear from there. I think tone of voice and body language have a lot to do with an encounter like this.
The way the OP laid it out I don't think I'd have taken offense. I've seen them go a lot worse. Depending on how the encounter progressed I may have smarted off a little in a joking manner once I was sure my particular brand of humor would be appreciated (it isn't always).
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After a hard day making a film to raise funds for our safer cycling cities campaign, Gus and I drank gallons of beer and rode around without helmets. Moments after posing here for I Cycle Newcastle (an hilarious new slice-of-life blog) we rode about wherever we liked in defiance of contextual realities here in Australia, protected only by our utopian visions.
Isn't it so vitally important that we normalise cycling with every breath, and unravel decades of media images telling us that cycling is a dangerous sport! I mean, in Northern European countries (take Germany for instance) no one would think for a moment that these two wheeled contraptions we bike bloggers praise every day, could be anything other than safe and accessible tools for all ages to move about on in cities:
Behind my sarcasm is a pang of frustration I feel with the sheer number of people getting on board the anti-sports cycling band wagon, when even the original spokespeople for that most vital point, seem to have made their point, and moved on. It would seem we are left with fewer vehicular cyclists these days frowning on cowards for using bike paths and not claiming the road, than we have globally conscious bike riders returning from study tours around Holland, frowning on those cowards who spoil things by wearing helmets. Or am I being too churlish?
I wouldn't know, but if I hear one more yuppie belabour that old point about everyday cycling being spoilt by anyone on a sports bike, I vow Gus and I will take this box bike to the top of some really big hill, and aim it straight at a jump ramp, and get mashive air. Isn't that right Gus? [Don't worry, he trusts my riding implicitly. He sat in it filming this clip, without even flinching].

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We'll cut to the chase. With The Last of Us, Naughty Dog has created a late PlayStation 3 classic to equal Uncharted 2 and 3; a story-led action adventure that delivers on all technical, narrative and gameplay fronts, though sometimes less upfront about pushing the console hardware to its limits. Funnily enough, it's also a reaction to Uncharted. Where Uncharted looked to the Hollywood blockbuster for inspiration, glibly mixing drama, romance and violence, there's nothing glib about The Last of Us. It's a dark and brutal game – even more so than, say, this year's Tomb Raider reboot. There's something hard and uncompromising in its world and in its combat that says "this is still entertainment, but stop, think twice about what you're doing. How does it feel?"
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The world it presents is ours, but twenty years after a disease has infected the majority of the world's human population, transforming them into weird fungal mutants who feast on human flesh. Those of us who remain live in barricaded cities controlled by totalitarian government forces and scratching a living however we can. Joel, the game's hero, has become a gunrunner and drug smuggler, sometimes working with a resistance group, the fireflies, yet not in any way allied to their cause. While taking vengeance on a duplicitous criminal gang leader, Joel and his partner, Tess, become embroiled in a plan to get a young girl, Ellie, out of the city. The story tracks what happens on the way out, and then what happens when it all goes wrong.
It's not hard to spot the big-screen and small-screen inspirations – in terms of content and tone this is The Road meets The Walking Dead meets 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later and Day of the Dead, with touches of Children of Men and Stalker. Gameplay-wise, there are elements of Uncharted in small sections of platforming or the third-person gunplay, but The Last of Us owes just as much to stealth and survival horror as the action game.
Looking at it coldly, you could break the whole game down into chunks or encounters. Joel and his current companions have to get from A to B, and there are infected or human aggressors in their way. You can try and sneak past them, crouching behind cover and flitting from one obstruction to another, or you can try and shoot it out with pistol, rifle, bow and shotgun. You can sneak up behind your enemies and take them down one-by-one with a stranglehold or shiv, or you can try setting traps to overpower them.
Frequently Plan A breaks down into Plan B before all plans go out of the window, in which case you'll be manically attempting some mix of all of the above. Eventually you either work through the encounter or die and start again.
Naughty Dog skilfully breaks up this basic template by varying the enemies and the situations, and by giving you such a rich set of tools to do your work with. Stealth, ranged and melee weapons all play their part, and some need to be crafted or upgraded using scavenged supplies. Some crafting can be done in the field, while more serious weapons upgrades need a workbench. Meanwhile you'll be battling through part-flooded wastelands, the graveyards and backyards of deserted small-town America and the grim urban hideouts of the most degenerate survivors. It's no picnic, unless you like the smell of decay and the taste of rust and blood.
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Not my type of game at all, I don't like linear type action adventure games but going by all the reviews and the amount of people who loved Uncharted I think a lot of people are going to be very happy with this game.
To be honest I was kind of hoping it wasn't like uncharted because a lot of what I have seen of it appealed to me.
TLOU showcases a great combination of the ingredients found in movies like The Road, the zombie phenomenon, desperate survival themes and scavenging objectives into a delicious game. However, I would rather put something "new" like State of Decay or Remember Me into my plate as it seems to offer more. My opinion will still not stop me from playing all three titles though. Great review.
I've just ordered a PS3 Slim because of this game. Picked up a copy of the Ico/Shadow of Collussus HD remake while I was at it. May as well squeeze as much life as possible out of it until the next generation arrives.
A typical Naughty dog game with high production values but you spend more time watching their games than you do playing them.
Video games were born and died with the PlayStation1 in a way. The amount of effort put into graphics these days has affected things a lot. Modern consoles have noisy fans. The PS1, the N64, had no fans. The original Nintendo too. Dust and evergy sucking graphics units turn me off gaming these days. If I can get games like this to run on my silent PC, I might give it a try, because I do like linear games. I loved the old resident evil games.
Or, you could play it using headphones.
Your choice.
It's pretty much the opposite of Uncharted. It's action in the sense that you have conflicts.
Nope. Lots of great gameplay that adds to the story here.
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I just couldn't get into this game I played about 10 hours and just gave up on it. Whilst the story was good I want good game play. The game was very repetitive and amounted to sneak, kill, cut scene repeat and rinse.
Very disappointed with it to be honest and as I predicted a typical Naughty Dog game where you watch it more than you play.
It was white-knuckles tension and fear interspersed with moments of false security that only heightened the sense of impending doom. I couldn't play this game for more than 10 minutes at a time due to the sheer emotional toll it took on me -- people were wondering why I was taking such long breaks from this game I had waited forever to play. And I am not prone to histrionics. Being one of the best stories ever told with an ending that left me feeling stabbed in the heart was just the icing on the cake.
It's unfortunate that you were unable to extract that from the experience.
So you can't play awesome games because of the fairly quiet PS3 fans, and we should downgrade graphics so we don't have a slight fan noise?
Are you perchance afflicted with a form of high-functioning autism?
It's the best game ever.
New loot system looks much better than PC version. Also no AH makes this one worth to try. Xbox 360 version would be my choice.
Maybe I should give it another go then.
You make it sound so good, glad you enjoyed it that much.
The game was great! thanks for the small tips that I used and did not use! :)
I think the trailer is too ´´badass´´ though.. What do you think?
Or you could just give up gaming altogether, since this is not your thing.
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STEPHEN FREARS'S "pastoral comedy", Tamara Drewe, has an exotic pedigree. It began life as a comic strip in The Guardian by the cartoonist and children's book illustrator Posy Simmonds, who likes to mine the classics for inspiration.
Flaubert gave her the idea for Tamara's predecessor, Gemma Bovary, while Tamara herself is a thoroughly modern version of Bathsheba Everdene, heroine of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd.
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It's not the kind of film you'd expect from Frears, but what is? This is a director who has pursued a policy of not being categorised. If there's a pattern to be discerned in a career that has embraced The Queen, The Grifters, High Fidelity, Dangerous Liaisons and My Beautiful Laundrette, it lies only in his ability to attract watchable actors and present them at their most alluring.
His Tamara is Gemma Arterton, whose dark-haired good looks and insouciant talent for ringing a few changes of her own has seen her through roles as disparate as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and one of the Bond girls in Quantum of Solace. She was last seen outwitting a pair of kidnappers in the ingenious little thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed.
Tamara is a newspaper columnist and minor celebrity who returns to the Dorset village where she grew up to sort out family business after the death of her mother. To her neighbours, her reappearance is a revelation. A nose job has banished all trace of her old gawkiness and transformed her into a sexpot. The only person who's not so sure that this refinement is an improvement is Andy (Luke Evans), the handsome odd-job man who liked the way she used to be in the days when he was her sometime boyfriend.
At this point, the film already resembles the kind of cultural comfort food you can consume on television any night of the week. BBC-TV's village of Midsomer and its inexhaustible cast of murderers could be just beyond the backlit oak trees crowning the distant hillside. But the film does have one distinguishing feature. It displays a gentle but energetic urge to bring a sense of the ridiculous to its green and pleasantly old-fashioned setting.
The evidence shows up in the opening moments when Andy's muscular form appears stripped to the waist, silhouetted by the setting sun and prepared for any excitement that country life might provide.
Around about now, Simmonds's literary interests kick in. Tamara's farmhouse turns out to be next to a writers' retreat run by Beth Hardiment (Tamsin Greig from TV's Black Books), the remarkably forbearing wife of Nicholas (Roger Allam), a best-selling crime writer rejoicing in the notion that he's licensed for lechery by his possession of "a creative mind".
Add in a modified Greek chorus embodied in two 14-year-old schoolgirls who watch the traffic go by from their HQ, the village bus stop, and the film's cartoonish feel is firmly established. This pair of delinquents were in Simmonds's strip but their roles have been spiced up considerably with a generous peppering of four-letter words. Jody (Jessica Barden) is the one with the most colourful turn of phrase and she grows even more vociferous with the arrival of her big crush, Ben Sergeant (Dominic Cooper), a glowering Cockney drummer in a visiting rock band - especially when he stays on in the village after his gig to romance Tamara.
There are a few tenuous links with Far From the Madding Crowd. One of the retreat's residents is an American academic made miserable by his inability to push his Hardy biography beyond chapter six, while Sergeant is a distant relative of Bathsheba's military suitor, Sergeant Frank Troy. Troy was portrayed in John Schlesinger's 1967 film by Terence Stamp, who supplied the film's most memorable scene by turning a swordplay demonstration into a mating ritual. Cooper tries to emulate it by banging his drum but Stamp is still a lot funnier.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Mayan Samurai
Here's something I was working on while in SF, a Mayan Samurai kinda thing. New playlist coming later today, thank you for listening :)
Me gustas cuando callas
Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,
y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado
y parece que un beso te cerrara la boca.
Como todas las cosas están llenas de mi alma
emerges de las cosas, llena del alma mía.
Mariposa de sueño, te pareces a mi alma,
y te pareces a la palabra melancolía.
Me gustas cuando callas y estás como distante;
Y estás como quejándote, mariposa en arrullo.
Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:
déjame que me calle con el silencio tuyo.
Déjame que te hable también con tu silencio
claro como una lámpara, simple como un anillo.
Eres como la noche, callada y constelada.
Tu silencio es de estrella, tan lejano y sencillo.
Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente.
Distante y dolorosa como si huieras muerto.
Una palabra entonces, una sonrisa bastan,
Y estoy alegre, alegre de que no sea cierto.
Pablo Neruda
You please me when you're silent
You please me when you're silent because you seem absent,
and you hear me from a distance, and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as if your eyes had vanished
and a kiss had shut your mouth closed.
As all the things are filled with my soul
you emerge from all the things overrun with that soul of mine.
Butterfly of dreams, you look just like my soul,
and you resemble the word 'melancholy'.
You please me when you're silent because you seem distant;
And you seem like you're whimpering, butterfly in a lullaby
and you hear me from a distance, and my voice does not reach you:
let me become silent with that silence of yours
Let me talk to you with your silence as well
bright like a lamp, simple like a ring.
You are like the night, quiet and starry.
Your silence is that of a star, so distant and simple.
You please me when you're silent because you seem absent.
Distant and painful as if you would have died.
Just one word then, one smile is enough,
and I'm glad, so glad it's not true.
Pablo Neruda
35 comments:
- Lou said...
Alberto, what else can I say but..damn!!! mighty nice work there bro...you continue to inspire..thank you!
BTW..I'm postin' like crazy now.
- February 15, 2006 11:15 AM
- Dr 4est said...
Holy crap, that rules hard. That's really tight Alberto. Fantastic.
- February 15, 2006 12:01 PM
- John G said...
It is amazing, Scriblettes today is equally killer!
- February 15, 2006 1:13 PM
- St John Street said...
Congrads hope it was a most fruitful time!!!! love the new work!!!
- February 15, 2006 1:26 PM
- John Beatty said...
Nice drawing...see you soon.
- February 15, 2006 5:08 PM
- Charles said...
Man, you never fail to impress!!! That's
a POSTER in my opinion!!!!! i LOVE it; hope
you do too!!!! ( You know what i mean!)
- February 15, 2006 5:18 PM
- Oscar Grillo said...
Lo parió, Alberto!!!!...Has vuelto
pisando fuertisimo!!!!!!
Me contacto el sobrino de Divito.
- February 15, 2006 5:59 PM
- Sylvia Menéndez said...
Sí que has vuelto potente! Buenísimo!...también lo de Neruda.
Y el sobrino de Divito también dibujará?
- February 15, 2006 6:11 PM
- manucha said...
In my grandmother's native Yucatec Mayan words:
Hach kíichpan, maasima?
Isn't she beautiful?
- February 15, 2006 8:06 PM
- FrogDaddy said...
nobody does it better.....
makes me feel sad for the rest....
nobody does it half as good as you...
(even when you're way out west......)
baby, baby...yeah! baby you're the best!
thank frickin christ you're back alberto...
i gettin the dry heaves.....
- February 15, 2006 11:29 PM
- Process Junkie said...
Hey Oscar! As usual, thank you for showing up and for the encouragement, I hope that you can get the nephew to cough up some more of Divito's great work.
Lou Great to hear from you, I'll be stopping by your blog soon and I hope you blow me...away with your tremendous talent. Thanks, buddy!
Forest, John G, St. John, Big John: Thank you much, gentlemen.
Charles: Sounds like a good idea! poster it is, then.
Sylvia: Neruda rules!! heh, heh!! Gracias Sylvia.
Manucha: Very impressive!! I had no idea you spoke the Mayan dialect, incredible!
Frogdaddy: Thanks, frogster, I miss you and the crew, let's get together real soon, now that Lou and Charley are posting regularly anything is possible.
- February 16, 2006 3:37 AM
- Patrick Morgan said...
Great seeing you at Wondercon my friend. Even if it was for such a short time as it was. Glad you got home safely. See you soon.
- February 16, 2006 4:39 AM
- ONESICKINDIVIDUAL said...
sweet! diggin the intricate patterns and details. once again, you rock!
- February 16, 2006 5:06 AM
- Chrissie A said...
Wow--absolutely delicious illustration!
- February 16, 2006 10:30 AM
- Oscar Grillo said...
Process...Here you can find some mind blowing Divito artwork about Copacabana. This is a excelent Argentinean fanzine...They want to interview you...They will contact you soon:
- February 16, 2006 1:23 PM
- Oscar Grillo said...
The address for the fanzine I put previously doesn't work. This is better:
- February 16, 2006 1:33 PM
- Process Junkie said...
Thanks, Oscar. Those magazines are chock full o' goodness, amazing!! Regarding the interview, I'd be honored. Thanks once more, Maestro.
Patrick Morgan: It was a real pleasure to see you again and in such good company. Next time we'll share a drink, on me.
Chrissie A, ONESICKINDIVIDUAL: Thanks, you kind peeps.
- February 16, 2006 7:38 PM
- Howard Shum said...
Hey Alberto,
It was't your loud snoring that kept me up, it was your naked dancing and signing. :)
- February 16, 2006 9:30 PM
- Process Junkie said...
Howard, next time, please say so, I thought you enjoyed watching my genitals flapping freely in the air, silly me!
Okay, okay, I admit, that was a bit graphic and gay.
- February 16, 2006 11:41 PM
- spacesick said...
Dang. That's glorious.
- February 17, 2006 6:47 PM
- Rebekit said...
thanks for the English Translation, beautiful postings .
- February 17, 2006 8:58 PM
- Maddy said...
Rebekik mentioned you had a
Pablo Neruda poem on your site-
so I popped over as I do as well-
I love The Captain's Verses...
entirely passionate and
posessive - endearing and
difficult in love this wonderful
- February 18, 2006 12:18 AM
- PEPE said...
As always....TOTALLY BRILLIANT!!!
- February 18, 2006 1:35 PM
- corey said...
Beautiful yet deadly. Also I loved WYAHANGA! Keep on blessing us with your work!
- February 18, 2006 6:32 PM
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- February 18, 2006 6:49 PM
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This, and Scribblettes 71... wow!
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Thanks Jumpman!
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nice one Alberto, catch you at the next con, or Freeze. peace.
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...hace dias estube en la casa de Neruda, "La Sebastiana" en Valparaiso, si tienes oportunidad de viajar y visitarla no lo dudes ni un minuto, son 4 pisos llenos de objetos y rarezas que inspiran hasta a las moscas que entran... y como tus dibujos es increíble, dan ganas de no dejar de mirarla...
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Brad, I'll see you in Philly.
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hello there. i hope you don't mind if i linked your translation to my blog. i just really love this song. thanks.
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I don't mind at all, btw, this is a poem by Pablo Neruda, not a song. :)
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- Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health care test or treatment that this program should consider.
- Treating Adult Obesity - Which specific dietary strategies (with and without medication), behavioral treatment approaches, and physical activity approaches work?
In a direct comparison, which is most effective in helping overweight and obese adults lose weight and maintain weight loss.
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One or more strategies for weight loss in adults - for example, Atkins Diet vs. Zone Diet vs. Weight Watchers vs. Ornish Diet; Diet advice/600 calorie deficit/low-fat diet vs very low fat diet; Diet and behavior therapy (BT) vs diet only; physical activity (PA) vs diet; PA + diet + BT vs diet alone, etc.
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- All of AHRQ's priority populations except children would apply (low income, minority/ethnic groups, women, elderly, etc.)
- Describe the health-related benefits you are interested in. (For example, improvements in patient symptoms or problems from treatment or diagnosis.)
- Health outcomes of interest include but are not limited to: weight loss, maintenance of weight loss, improvements in blood pressure, glucose level, and cholesterol level, improved physical fitness; improved quality of life and emotional functioning; decreased morbidity from selected conditions; Reduced disability; reduced mortality.
- Describe any health-related risks, side effects, or harms that you are concerned about.
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- According to an analysis by the CDC, overweight and obesity due to poor diet and physical inactivity ranked second only to tobacco as an actual cause of death in the United States in 2000, accounting for around 365,000 (15.2%) of all deaths. Obesity and overweight are most commonly defined and classified by body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Results from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate that 30% of U.S. adults age 20 years and over are obese (BMI ? 30.0), with another 35% falling into the category of overweight (BMI 25.0 - 29.9). These prevalences have increased since 1988-1994 NHANES from 23% and 34%, respectively.
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- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is currently updating its recommendation on screening for obesity in adults. This information would be used to enhance its recommendation statement.
Further, in the area of prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services is focusing on weight management.
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Original 1951 full-page paper magazine advertisement for Arthur Imhof clock company [Imhof Pendulettes D'Art], La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse [Switzerland]. The advertisement was carefully removed from a magazine.[Please note: this is a paper magazine advertisement only; no clock, parts or tools are included.] T is some yellowing to the paper due to age and may be some light wear/edge wear. The advertisement was carefully removed directly from a magazine.
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Arsenal Football Club has announced that its usual pre-season curtain-raiser, the Emirates Cup, will not be held in 2012, due to London's hosting of the Olympic Games.
After consultation with the major London stakeholders and agencies, the Club has accepted that the Emirates Cup cannot take place during the same period in which the Olympic Games are being staged.
The London 2012 Olympics are being held in many venues across London between 27th July and 12th August. Due to the planned start of the 2012/2013 football season, the Emirates Cup could have only been held within this window of time.
Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis said: "Although we are disappointed that we cannot stage the Emirates Cup in 2012, we completely understand and accept the situation. Over 100,000 people have attended the Emirates Cup each year since we introduced the competition in 2007, and this would have only added to the demands on London's infrastructure during the Olympics. Of course, we would have preferred the Emirates Cup to have been staged in 2012, but we completely respect the situation and like everyone, are fully supportive of, and looking forward to a successful London 2012 Olympic Games."
Arsenal intend to hold the Emirates Cup as usual in 2013. Gazidis continued: "We are already planning ahead to bring three high profile clubs to Emirates Stadium for 2013."
The Club also revealed it is exploring options for a pre-season tour next summer. Gazidis said: "After the success of our Far East tour in July 2011, we are looking at a number of options. The calendar is complex but we hope to be able to confirm our plans soon."
All further developments regarding the Club's pre-season activities will appear on Arsenal.com and in all official Arsenal publications.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Definition of wade
intransitive verb
1 : to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
2 : to move or proceed with difficulty or labor wade through the crowd wade through all the evidence
3 : to set to work or attack with determination or vigor —used with in or into wade into a task
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: to pass or cross by wading
wadeableplay \ˈwā-də-bəl\ adjective
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We waded into the ocean.
I jumped off the boat and waded back to shore.
Police waded into the crowd.
We waded through the crowded bus station.
It took several weeks to wade through all the evidence.
We waded our way through the crowd.
Origin and Etymology of wade
Middle English, from Old English wadan; akin to Old High German watan to go, wade, Latin vadere to go
First Known Use: 13th centurySee Words from the same year
Definition of wade
: an act of wading a wade in the brook
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1 : to walk through something (as water, snow, or a crowd) that makes it hard to move
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Luane Devore is about to be murdered. It's her favorite topic of conversation. Just who will do the murdering is anybody's guess. It could be the young husband she keeps in bizarre servitude. Or the distinguished doctor with an ugly secret in his past. Or any of the half-dozen other people whose reputations have been blighted by Luane's malicious gossip. It's only a matter of time.
In The Kill-Off, the patron saint of American noir reconfigures the whodunnit as a wickedly ingenious who'll-do-it. Capturing the subterranean ambitions, jealousies, and hatreds of a decaying beach resort and orchestrating the voices of one perfect victim and a chorus of soon-to-be-suspects, Jim Thompson produces a novel that manages to be simultaneously funny, poignant, and terrifying -- and that offers shockingly persuasive evidence that any one of us could commit murder.
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(1906 - 1977) James Meyers Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to "True Detective" when he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films "The Killing" and "Paths of Glory"). An outstanding crime writer, the world of his fiction is rife with violence and corruption. In examining the underbelly of human experience and American society in particular, Thompson's work at its best is both philosophical and experimental. Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet (1955), and The Grifters (1963).


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My son loves to "make" cookies with Play-doh: roll it out, stamp out different shapes and "cook" them in his Ikea kitchen oven. I figured he would love to help me make the real thing. I was planning to buy ready-made sugar cookie dough but didn't want to make a stop and get the kids out of the car just to run in for cookie dough. I figured I must have all the ingredients to make sugar cookies already. How hard could it be? It wasn't very. I used Martha Stewart's basic sugar cookie recipe. Threw it all into the mixer, chilled the dough in the freezer and put the kids down to nap, telling my oldest that when he woke up, we were going to make heart cookies. I think the only thing that he took from that statement was, "Cookies." Three hours later, my son was still sleeping the longest nap I'd ever witnessed and it was getting close to dinner time. I couldn't wait for him to wake up, so I baked the cookies myself. By the time he woke up, they were ready to decorate. I made two frostings: a pink sugar glaze (made from powdered sugar and a couple tablespoons of milk and one drop of red food coloring) and white chocolate (poured a bowl full of white chocolate chips, popped it into the microwave for 30 seconds, then stirred). I had a bunch of random sprinkles and decorations on hand already. As I proceeded to show my son how to dip the cookies into the glaze and sprinkle some decorations on top, he simply grabbed each cookie example and stuffed it into his face. He acted as official taste tester. After he chomped down a few cookies, he ran off to attend to more important things like trains, leaving me to decorate the rest of the cookies. I guess he wasn't quite ready to help me just yet.
I tried again to see if my son would be more interested in helping me make valentine's day cards. I like re-using the cardboard boxes from the (too) many packages we receive shipped to us. I've made them into party coasters with guests names, hang tags for christmas presents and wrapping paper decorations. I figured they could make good valentines too. I cut them into heart shapes and made hearts out of construction paper. I did these steps myself and figured my son would like to glue on the hearts. Again, he wasn't too interested. I tried to get my 14-month old daughter interested, but she just ate the paper and cardboard (she's addicted to paper products like a good asian girl should be, but she likes to eat them). So with my paint pens, hole puncher, and leftover ribbon from my daughter's birthday, I made a few valentines like these:
Once these were made, my son picked which valentine would go to who and I wrote their name on each. Then he went to town on them with stickers. He loved putting stickers all over these. Finally, I found something he was interested in: Stickers. He added his final touch before giving them (along with the heart cookies) to his friends. Which one is your favorite, valentine?


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Opposition boycott, protests hit Kuwaiti election
By Sylvia Westall
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by an opposition boycott, protests over a change to the polling rules and a festering political crisis in the U.S.-allied oil producer.
The election is the second this year in the Gulf Arab state, where a series of assemblies have collapsed under the weight of a power struggle between MPs and the cabinet, appointed by the prime minister who is chosen by the ruling emir.
Tens of thousands of Kuwaitis marched on Friday, urging people not to vote in protest at a change to electoral rules they say will skew the outcome in favor of pro-government candidates.
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah used emergency powers in October to cut the number of votes per citizen to one from four, saying his decree would fix a flawed system and maintain security and stability.
The opposition, which is made up of Islamist, tribal and liberal lawmakers, as well as youth groups, says the new voting rules are an attempt to skew the parliamentary election in favor of pro-government candidates.
"There is a need for the decree to take the country out of the crisis are in," 51-year-old government worker Khaled Nouri said after voting in an upmarket district south of the capital.
"The wheel of development must continue to turn."
Opposition figures have refused to stand because of the voting rules change ordered by the emir, whose family has ruled for 250 years and dominates the cabinet. Continued...


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Hello All,
I recently came across a 2001 VW Beetle for sale with only 7,200 miles on it. I currently own a 07 Rabbit and have had great luck with the car so naturally I would like to get another VW. The beetle has been sitting and has low miles however I'm not sure if it is a good deal. I have read many blogs about this car stating that they are a money pit. Is this true?
I have no idea what the cars history is. All I know is the interior looks like new and the outside has a small scratch.
I have read these cars are bad on O2 sens., had head light problems, transmission problems, air bag sens problems.
This car is only worth about $4,700 so if the transmission goes then it will not be worth it.
VW enthusiasts- I know beetles are not the coolest thing in the world but Im a college student and I love my VW Rabbit but she has too many miles and needs to go...
IS this a good trade up? or a money pit?


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Arched entranceway to stay but most other walls go

By Richard Leitner, News Staff

A Hamilton Conservation Authority "conceptual plan" to stabilize Ancaster's Hermitage ruins will keep the former stone mansion's distinctive arched entranceway but knock down the rest to no more than about chest height.

Tony Horvat, director of land management, said the authority has been working with a heritage consultant on how to bring the crumbling ruins, including separate nursery and laundry outbuildings, to a safe level.

Authority directors voted last July to authorize staff to seek the necessary city and Niagara Escarpment Commission approvals to lower the remnants of the mansion, built in 1855 and destroyed by fire in 1934.

Acquired by the authority in 1972, the ruins are presently fenced to keep visitors out because their walls, which rise to a height of about 11 metres (35 feet), lean precariously in spots, requiring bracing to stop them from toppling over.

"You won't see them more than four feet, other than around that arched doorway, because the bigger issue becomes kids climbing it and falling off," Horvat told the authority's conservation advisory board, which unanimously backed plan.

"Right now, it's shown as kind of one height. The final design may vary somewhat based on how bad the wall foundations are in places and how the costs are," he said.

"We're trying to keep the desirable elements and spend the money on the archway and certain other features, versus every section of wall."

Horvat said the project is scheduled to be completed over two years and will cost an estimated $144,000 to $194,000.

He said staff is still studying how best to repair the Sulphur Springs Road ruins' decaying underground brick foundation, which is often saturated with groundwater, making it susceptible to damage from freezing and thawing.

The two options being considered are replacing the foundation with more stable concrete or stone, and lowering the site's gradient by a half a metre so that the foundation is above ground, allowing for proper drainage.

Horvat said the latter is the simplest option and will remove about 350 cubic metres of earth over an area of 1,200 square metres.

"As we get further into detailed design we'll take a look and see which one seems to be most feasible," he said.

The authority hopes to submit final plans to the escarpment commission and the city's heritage committee and building department by early June, with a goal of getting all necessary approvals in July.

The first phase of work would then begin the second week of August and continue through September.

Chief administrative officer Chris Firth-Eagland said there's been no public outcry since last year's vote to pursue lowering the ruins, but that may change as the actual work draws near.

Apart from liability concerns, he said the authority must decide how to spend limited dollars given the need to address more historically important ruins elsewhere, like the two-century-old Darnley Grist Mill by Crooks' Hollow in Greensville.

Fully restoring the Hermitage ruins would cost an estimated $535,000 to $940,000, according to an assessment prepared last year by an expert in the field.

"One was just a fine house and some parties happened there," Firth-Eagland said of the Hermitage, which has a mix of architectural styles and was built as a summer home and hobby farm by a wealthy Scottish immigrant.

"The Darnley Mill is a very significant piece in the local history of Greensville, Dundas, Hamilton. That's kind of where industry started."


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Lil Boosie Threatens D.A. Via Song
New Orleans rapper Lil Boosie "Bad Azz" continues to make questionable choices.
The incarcerated rapper was indicted Thursday on first-degree murder and drug charges, and was originally sent to prison for violating the terms of his parole when he was caught with marijuana and leaving house arrest to attend the BET Awards. Now Boosie is in hot water for threatening East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore.
On the song 'F— 'Em All' from Boosie's mixtape 'Gone Til December,' which was released in April, the father of six raps that Moore will "be dead when I come out of jail," and refers to Moore as impotent, "gay" and an "old b—–."
"F— the D.A. and the prosecutors they all devils/ Talk that smack we get you back/ We all rebels," raps Boosie. "Your racist a– is going to hell/ You'll probably be dead when I come out of jail ya old b—- Your d— can't even get hard no more, b–ch you need to die/ And the prosecutor's gay/ I see that from a mile away," he continues.
The D.A. said that he read the song's lyrics, but wasn't concerned by Boosie's threats. "I've read what he said, I've never listened to it. I can't be deterred, I think it's part of my job," Moore told the local news. "I guess he has the right to say whatever he wants to say."
Boosie was indicted Thursday for the shooting death of 35-year old Baton Rouge resident Terry Boyd and for attempting to smuggle ecstasy, marijuana and codeine into his prison. He is also under investigation for his role in five other murders, including the death of rival rapper Nussie.
If convicted, Boosie could face the death penalty.


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Hmmm....maybe if it had a vr. Nice rado though
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lowered price. anyone interested?
id be interested if i could sell my rabbit. good luck with your sale.
i would love to see it weher is it?
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I'm in Tucson, AZ
still for sale
I can't believe this thing is still for sale?
yup still for sale, im looking to get out of town so i need to get rid of it. anyone interested at $3500
make an offer!
Still selling?
Volkswagen's are just buckets for all your money to go into with -100% ROI
I talked to him a few days ago and its still for sale.
yes, i still have it. everyone wants something for nothing.
This is super nice!
Bump for you and your corrado.
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Nice wheels!!
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Is the Corrado still for sale?
I talked to him a few weeks ago and it was.
Im sure he will get on here or you could private message him.


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CARY, N.C. — The University of North Carolina men's tennis team will kick off its 2012-13 season when it competes in the Duke Fab Four Inviational at the Cary Tennis Park Friday through Sunday. Coach Sam Paul's Tar Heels will send four players to the tournament.
Freshman Stuart DePaolo will compete in the Blue Division singles for the Tar Heels and will pair with junior James Coxe in the Black Division doubles. Coxe, a Raleigh, N.C., native will compete in the White Division singles competition.
Two other Tar Heels will compete in singles with freshman Brett Clark and senior William Parker both slated for the Black Division in singles. Parker and Clark will also compete in doubles in the Black Division.
Check back daily on GoHeels.com for updates.


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This is a very gripping and sometimes scary book, because if you think hard about the events, it is easy to believe that they could really happen here. I get used to seeing news stories about terrible things that happen to people in other parts of the world, but I expect to feel safe in the United Kingdom. The book left me wondering just how safe we are here. In spite of this, I couldn't stop reading it and I desperately wanted to know what happened to Matt and Taco.
The country is in chaos following the complete crash of all the banks. Money is worthless and the only commodity of any value is food which is in very short supply. People who have managed to grow or store food are called Scadgers and information about them is posted on the internet. Raiders attack people in their homes and Matt and Taco's mother is so frightened after two raids, that she decides that they must go to France where things are slightly better. She can't go with her sons as her mother, who has dementia, has a bad fall. So she sends them off on the last train through the tunnel with their stepfather.
The journey is slow and difficult but Matt manages to hang on to his precious bicycle. In France, they are sent to a refugee camp at Lemon Dough (Les Mandeaux) where life is not much safer than it was at home. They live in a tent and struggle to survive on a very basic unappetising diet of swede, rice, beans and bread. Matt is desperate to protect his brother and shows great resourcefulness in finding a way to earn a living. He makes friends with Paige and finds out who he can trust and who he can't.
Although this book made me feel quite frightened, I would still recommend it to anyone who enjoys a challenging story. It will show you how strong the urge to survive is and how determined people can be to help those that they care for. I think everyone should read it because it will make you think more about children who really do face terrible dangers everyday.
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People who carry a 5-round snubbie are probably laughing at this thread.
Remember, a police officer has to remain on the scene in some respect. Might have to pursue a fleeing suspect. You don't.
In almost any case imaginable, if you produce a firearm and start using it, it is unlikely that the assailant will wade into your gunfire, taking hit after hit, hoping you'll run out of bullets so that he's only shot 7 times.
If you cannot drop a target with 7 rounds of Corbon DPX or similar, I doubt 14 are going to be much more help. And per the above, what is the scenario you envision? You, hunkered down behind a dumpster, a hail of Bad Guy gunfire smacking all around you, as you desperately reload and pop-up gopher style to return fire?
What we see in real-life videos in virtually all cases is the defender fires a shot and everybody scrambles to get the Hell out of Dodge.
There are exceptions: The maniac, the drug addict, the disgruntled ex-lover. Sure, it happens. But there you're getting down into statistical territory that's very small. In general, the odds of a CCW owner having to actually produce and fire a weapon are low.
Nevertheless, I'm glad I've got options beyond 7 rounds, because ya never know.