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Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:23 PM
DonViejo (30,354 posts)
New Obama Ad Highlights Romneys Tax Returns
Source: TPM
The Obama campaign is focusing on tax fairness in their latest ad, using a Mitt Romney interview about his tax rate that Joe Biden brought up in the vice presidential debate on Thursday.
Most of the spot consists of a clip of Romney on 60 Minutes last month defending his 14% effective tax rate on $20 million of income, which is on par with some middle-income workers' tax rates, as fair and a way to "encourage growth."
"Lower tax rates for him than us," the ad's narrator says. "Is that the way to grow America?"
Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/new-obama-ad-highlights-romneys-tax-returns
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New Obama Ad Highlights Romneys Tax Returns (Original post)
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Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:34 PM
politicaljack78 (312 posts)
1. I really can't comprehend how these clowns can keep saying let the job creators
keep their wealth so that they can create more jobs. When in reality these so-called job creators take the money and run to offshore accounts or Chinese investments like the buffoon above.
If you want to stimulate the economy, take the money, give it to the middle class as the President intends, and allow the middle class to spend the money to either shore up credit accounts, loans, or make some much needed purchases. That same amount of purchase power aka spending, promotes job growth to keep up with demand, boosts consumer confidence, and helps everyone across the board.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:42 PM
Angry Dragon (30,149 posts)
2. Ask Willard how many jobs he created in the last six years
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #2)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:49 PM
daleanime (17,796 posts)
8. No, please don't....
we're suffering from global warming enough already.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:52 PM
polichick (36,557 posts)
3. Great ad!
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:54 PM
marble falls (10,269 posts)
4. Keep hammering the tax thing on Romney.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 04:21 PM
dhill926 (6,221 posts)
5. thinking perhaps they were saving some of this.....
time to ram it home now that more folks are paying attention. Relentlessly.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:30 PM
llmart (4,742 posts)
6. I like it.
I think it's quite effective. This needs to be hammered home to middle class people who think he's going to create any jobs. Hell, this a**hole never did a productive day's work in his life - another W.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:41 PM
trailmonkee (2,655 posts)
7. now wheres the ad about his not sharing returns with us?
Response to trailmonkee (Reply #7)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:55 PM
Swede Atlanta (3,596 posts)
9. I suspect they have decided the most effective use of the personal tax issue is the one shown here..
that at least for the tax returns he has shown to us he is paying 14% for essentially sitting on his fat ass while someone who gets up every morning, drives in traffic, performs a job, drives home, picks up the kids, etc. pays a higher percentage.
Oh and let's not forget that not only is Mittens paying a lower federal income tax rate, because his earnings derive from "capital" and not actual "labor", he doesn't pay Social Security or Medicare taxes on that income either.
And he has the audacity to say the 47% don't want to take responsibility for themselves. He is a loathsome individual.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:58 PM
Dont call me Shirley (10,998 posts)
10. Mitt Rmoney should have his own episode of the "Hoarders" tv show
He's a hoarder, just like the rest of the billionaires, not a job creator.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 06:16 PM
maindawg (1,151 posts)
11. this is an issue
this is an issue that Obama needs to ride like a wild stallion. Swing like a sledge hammer and push it like its on fire. Mitt is a crook. Its that simple. Biden needs to get out front and and flat out accuse mittens of being a filthy criminal. And the president must make people understand why this issue is so important. We have to know who he does business with. Does he do business with our enemies? What conflicts of interest are there? so Obama must ask Mittens directly, 'what have you got to hide?'


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Cops lock up Scott Weiland for a month, turns out to be impersonator
The L.A. County Sheriffs Office recently found itself in a hilarious case of mistaken identity, but one that isn't so funny to former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland.
The story begins almost a month ago when the cops picked up a guy who they thought was Scott Weiland shoplifting razors from a drugstore in Beverly Hills, only to end up finding meth on his person. The guy told police that he was Scott Weiland and that seemed believable enough given Weiland's history of chronic drug relapse and the fact that the shoplifter allegedly has a passing resemblance to the singer. However, considering Weiland's past, why anyone would willfully tell the cops that he's the singer is beyond us.
It wasn't long before TMZ reported that Scott Weiland had been picked up for shoplifting and possession of meth, claiming that he had been locked up for the past 4 weeks because he failed to post the $95,000 bail.
Despite the fact that Weiland has been spotted out and about , TMZ insisted that the cops confirmed that the singer was indeed still in their custody.
However, this video Weiland shot from his recording studio shoots some holes in the theory that he is currently in police custody.
All of the overwhelming evidence forced BHPD to do an FBI fingerprint check and it turns out that the man in custody is 44-year-old Jason Michael Hurley. He's been locked up since July 26th and cops are just now figuring out who he is . Apparently, all you have to do to convince the BHPD that you are Scott Weiland is tell them that you are Scott Weiland.

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Agriculture futures keep falling after crop report
CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures continued to tumble today on the Chicago Board of Trade after the Agriculture Department said it expected record grain crops.
Production estimates were higher than the government had expected in November, sending prices tumbling.
Wheat for March delivery dropped 11.75 cents to $5.24 a bushel; March corn sank 20.5 cents to $3.72 a bushel; March oats tumbled 6.5 cents to $2.46 a bushel; and March soybeans shed 2 cents to $9.76 a bushel.
Meanwhile, beef futures slipped as pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
February live cattle dropped 0.20 cent to 85.25 cents a pound; March feeder cattle lost 0.35 cent to 97.95 cents a pound; February lean hogs gained 1.05 cents to 67.45 cents a pound; and February pork bellies jumped 1.75 cents to 88.80 cents a pound.


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Yesterday had some fun waves in New jersey, put in a good amount of hours. After a couple of hours being on the mainland my chest started to hurt. Now every time I lean on my chest or put pressure on it, it hurts. This happens most times I surf for over 3 hours. It feels like a bruise however I have no idea. Just wondering if this happens to others and these others know anything about it.
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Chest pains
Apr 20, 2014, 03:30 PM #2
my guess would be heartburn for swallowing little bits of saltwater.happens every time
Apr 20, 2014, 05:04 PM #3
Bruised sternum bro? Could at least be tender if not bruised. Overuse injury if it always happens over 3 hours. If I'm you, I'm saying thanks for 3+hr sessions and sucking up the chest pain.
Oh wait, I totally recall that this could all be irritating your third nipple...
Apr 20, 2014, 05:09 PM #4
There was a thread about this a while back give it a search if you'd like. Basically the jist of the thread was that the pain is bruising from pushing your chest on your board, usually on people with out allot of muscle on there chest. I don't know though I never had this pain. My chest will crack after a session sometimes but I enjoy that.
Apr 20, 2014, 05:10 PM #5
Quite common after long sessions, especially if you haven't been out for a while...to ease your mind if your anxious about it, have it checked out.
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Try using a foam board...c'mon, suck it up...be a man!!! Lol
Apr 20, 2014, 06:47 PM #8
Gaff posted up a neat contraption that is a best offering padding and subsequent elevation of the torso for those with low back issues. The chest pad would help here.
btw BassMon bro, that's quality management of archived material. Keeping the break clean here!
Apr 20, 2014, 10:13 PM #9
Haha I'm just doing my part
Long ago when I went to a longboard for a few years I noticed the same thing. Now that I ride mostly small to really small boards that sink under my weight I'd doesn't happen anymore. I never figured out how to stop it.


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Don't they watch "The Andy Griffith Show" in Texas?
Perhaps you've heard about this story in the national news: A Texas teen was drunk and driving a truck that caused a wreck that left four people dead, and others seriously injured. A juvenile court judge sentenced 16-year-old Ethan Couch to 10 years probation and a stint in a ritzy California rehab facility. No jail time.
A psychologist called by the teen's attorneys testified that Couch suffered from "affluenza," a condition where his development has been stunted by his parents' wealth and their propensity to give him everything he wanted.
First, some pre-rant background.
The teen had at least one alcohol-related brush with the law before. On the night of the crash, he had a blood-alcohol level of .24, three times the legal limit, and THC, valium and muscle relaxants were also in his system. He had apparently stolen beer from a local Walmart, and was driving 70 mph (in a 40 mph zone) when the Ford F-350 pickup he was driving swerved and struck a motorist who had broken down, and three people — Good Samaritans —helping the disabled motorist out.
All four — Breanna Mitchell, 24; Brian Jennings, 41; Hollie Boyles, 52; and Shelby Boyles, 21 — died.
Prosecutors in the case were asking for a sentence of 20 years, with at least two years in jail. In a Dallas Morning News story, an assistant district attorney who has prosecuted more than 50 intoxication manslaughter cases, Richard Alpert, said in every one of those cases, the culprit was sentenced to at least some incarceration.
In the story, Couch's attorney, Reagan Wynn, said Judge Jean Boyd was simply following the law with her sentence.
"If the point of the juvenile system is to rehabilitate these kids and make them productive members of society, then the judge did absolutely the right thing," Wynn said in the story. "If the point of the juvenile justice system is all about vengeance, then she didn't do the right thing."
So according to the "affluenza" defense, the best way to rehabilitate someone who has committed a crime is to not punish them? They are sending him to rehab in a Newport Beach facility that costs $450,000 a year. Is that also where they send criminals that suffer from "povertyitis"?
Listen, I don't know what strip mall they got this "psychologist" from, but there is no such thing as "affluenza."
And if there is (and, again, there isn't), the cure for "affluenza" isn't to withhold punishment. The cure is: Hold them accountable for their actions.
Which brings me to the "Bailey's Bad Boy" episode of "The Andy Griffith Show." In that episode, a young Bill Bixby plays a pompous rich teen who sideswipes a truck in Mayberry. His father plans on getting his son off without any punishment, but young Ronald Bailey (Bixby), after watching Andy hold Opie responsible for his behavior, decides to be accountable and "stand on his own two legs."
Bailing your kids out of jams doesn't help them — it handicaps them.
Accountability. As we say here in Georgia, "that'll cure 'em."
Len Robbins is editor and publisher of The Clinch County News in Homerville. His column appears weekly.


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Salmon Spirals with Cucumber Sauce Recipe
- 1 salmon fillet (1 pound)
- 8 fresh dill sprigs
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 cup (8 ounces) fat-free plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup fat-free mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped seeded peeled cucumber
- 2 tablespoons snipped fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1. Remove skin from fillet and discard. Cut fillet lengthwise into four strips. Place two dill sprigs on each strip; roll up. Thread salmon onto four metal or soaked wooden skewers.
- 2. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the lime juice, oil and mustard; add salmon. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
- 3. Drain and discard marinade. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Grill salmon, covered, over high heat or broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- 4. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Serve with salmon. Yield: 4 skewers (1-1/3 cups sauce).
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1 each: 253 calories, 13g fat (3g saturated fat), 70mg cholesterol, 233mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 25g protein.
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To evaluate the effects of pediatric epilepsy on sleep in parents of epileptic children.
Cohort design in which the sleep quality of parents of epileptic children (POEC) and parents of nonepileptic children (PONEC) in the month preceding recruitment were compared using the self-administered Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Mothers of epileptic children had a 7-fold occurrence of sleep disturbances when compared to mothers of non-epileptic children (OR = 6.66 CI 95% 1.10-70.08). The sleep characteristics that showed statistically significant differences were: sleep duration, sleep continuity, and self-evaluation of sleep quality (p < 0.05 for all parameters). No significant difference in sleep quality was found between fathers of epileptic children and fathers of nonepileptic children.
Sleep disturbances are more common in mothers of epileptic children. The sleep quality of mothers to epileptic children should be considered in their comprehensive management, and if necessary, the sleep disturbance should be addressed.
Shaki D; Goldbart A; Daniel S; Fraser D; Shorer Z. Pediatric epilepsy and parental sleep quality. J Clin Sleep Med 2011;7(5):502-506.
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic clinical problems in the pediatric population, and appears in approximately 0.5% children. As in other chronic pediatric diseases, epilepsy has an appreciable negative impact on the quality of life in the family in general, and the parents in particular.1,2 Furthermore, epilepsy has unique characteristics that contribute to a prolonged adaptive difficulty of the parent. This includes unpredictable stressful events, social stigma of the child and family, extended treatment regimen subject to frequent changes, and cognitive disturbances accompanying the disease and treatment. Previous research has shown that even in comparison with other chronic pediatric diseases, parents of children with epilepsy suffer from higher rates of stress, anxiety, and depression, which manifest in significant impairment in social, familial, and personal parental functioning.3,4
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: Pediatric epilepsy leads to prolonged adaptive parental difficulties which in turn affect the quality of life in the child, eventually leading to a vicious cycle. Little data is available regarding the impact of pediatric epilepsy on parental sleep quality.
Study Impact: The study provides new data on the nature of sleep disturbances in parents of epileptic children. There is a need to consider the involvement of a sleep specialist in order to address a suspected sleep disturbance.
Despite the fact that there has been research investigating the effects on the lives of the parents in chronic pediatric disease in general and pediatric epilepsy in particular, there is insufficient data on the effects on the sleep quality of the parents, even though this impairment is liable to be accompanied by negative repercussions.
Insomnia, which may be a symptom, a sign, or a primary disturbance, is currently defined only as a symptom, in the presence of ≥ 1 of 4 characteristics: difficulty in falling asleep, involuntary early awakening, difficulty in remaining continually asleep, and unrefreshing sleep. As a syndrome, sleep difficulties must occur in association with a complaint of impaired daytime functioning (e.g., diminished vocational functioning) and in the presence of adequate opportunity to sleep.
For the purpose of this project we decided to use the ICSD-2 general criteria for insomnia that do not specify a frequency and duration for the insomnia symptoms.5 Studies of the pathophysiology of this disturbance have described physiological as well as psychological effects.6
Disturbances of sleep duration and associated daytime drowsiness have numerous clinical ramifications. Most commonly studied is the negative effect on essential cognitive functions, both lower and higher, such as attention, concentration, alertness, reaction time, risk taking, short-term memory, decision making, and judgment.7 The significance of these findings is in their impact on the quality of life of the individual, and in their heavy toll on society, expressed in economic standing from decreased productivity of those suffering from sleep disturbances, but mainly due to the increase in errors and accidents, including many fatal ones.8 In addition, sleep disturbances have direct strong negative effects on morbidity and mortality.9,10
Qualitative studies that show distinctive sleep patterns in families of pediatric epilepsy patients suggest increased occurrence of this impairment. These studies show that the appearance of a seizure, even febrile seizure, disrupts the family routine, expressing itself in the fact that in many families, parents begin to sleep in the child's room and/or check his/her condition numerous times during the night.11
Moreover, sleep of epileptic children is frequently disturbed, which may contribute to parental sleeping problems. Epileptic children often experience sleep fragmentation and excessive daytime sleepiness as a result of seizures, comorbid sleep disorders (sleep disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, upper airway resistance syndrome, periodic leg movement of sleep), and antiepileptic drugs.12 As a result, the caregivers of these children are likely to experience concomitant sleep problems when trying to answer their children's needs during the night.
Beyond the repercussions of sleep disturbances of the parents of pediatric epilepsy patients on the parent himself, one must account for the implications for the child. It has been shown that treatment of chronic pediatric disease that included dealing with its repercussions on the rest of the family is highly correlated with best treatment results.13 Familial factors have been found to play an important role in the development and severity of psychopathology of the pediatric epilepsy patient.14 Since normal sleep serves as a sort of buffer, neutralizing daily stresses, and as pediatric epilepsy is connected with high parental stress, sleep disturbances are liable to cause uncontrollable stress and lowered accommodation abilities, possibly leading to lowered adaptation abilities of the child and failed treatment of the disease.
A previous uncontrolled study based on a group of 50 mothers of pediatric epilepsy patients without a comparison group, showed a negative effect on duration and continuity of sleep.15 The goal of our study was to test the effects of pediatric epilepsy on the quality of sleep of both mothers and fathers by controlling for potential confounders such as number of children and comparison to parents of nonepileptic children. Further goals of the study were to compare the effect of the exposure of the fathers with that of the mothers, and to identify which of the characteristics of sleep were most affected in order to achieve optimal coping methods.
Parents of epileptic and nonepileptic children ≤ 18 years were enrolled in this study. Parents were excluded if they did not speak Hebrew or were unable to fill out the questionnaire in Hebrew. Epilepsy was defined according to currently accepted diagnostic criteria: ≥ 2 unprovoked seizures. A list of children who had been hospitalized in one of the Pediatric Departments of Soroka University Medical Center between June 1, 2009, and January 1, 2010, was obtained. Hebrew-speaking parents from a list of those 37 families with a child with documented diagnosis of epilepsy were approached by telephone. Two families could not be contacted and 4 refused to participate. In 8 families, both the fathers and the mothers were interested in participating in the study, while in the remaining 23 families, only one parent participated, giving a total of 39 enrolled parents in the investigation group (POEC).
The comparison group (PONEC) was sampled from the parents waiting in the pediatric emergency room of Soroka University Medical Center. The research team went to the waiting room twice a week for 8 weeks and distributed questionnaires to all Hebrew-speaking parents present at that time. None of the parents enrolled reported having an epileptic child. In 5 families, the parents refused to participate, while in 7 families, both the fathers and mothers were interested in participating in the study. In 28 cases, only one parent participated; thus a total of 42 parents were enrolled in the comparison group.
All parents were asked to fill out a demographic questionnaire, a medical history questionnaire, and the PSQI Sleep Quality Questionnaire, which tested the quality of sleep in the month preceding the completion of the questionnaire.
The PSQI is a self-administered questionnaire commonly used in clinical research sleep studies. Using a cutoff value of 5, the questionnaire is validated to define subjective insomnia.16 The PSQI Questionnaire is more highly associated with psychological symptom ratings and sleep diary measures then the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and has been shown to have a sensitivity of 89.6% and a specificity of 86.5%.17 The PSQI Questionnaire has 19 sections that subjectively evaluate the subject's sleep quality over the past month. The 19 sections contain 7 indices of clinical aspects of sleep quality: sleep disturbances—awakenings during sleep, involuntary earlier awakening, coughing, feelings of coldness or warmth, nightmares, and pain; sleep latency—amount of time between lying down in bed and falling asleep; sleep effectiveness—net sleep time between lying down in bed and awakening; sleep length—net sleep time; daily functioning—difficulty maintaining wakefulness and enthusiasm during the day; medications—use of medications to improve sleep quality; general evaluation—general self-evaluation of sleep quality. Each index can be evaluated on a scale of 0-3. The 7 indices were combined to achieve a total value ranging from 0 to 21. The questionnaire has been translated into 48 languages, including Hebrew. The Hebrew translation of the questionnaire has been validated.16
Demographic information was obtained from the study participants (sex, age, number and ages of children, years of schooling, number of daily work hours). The following 4 questions were directed only to POEC and were about the epileptic history (date of first and last seizure, total number of seizures, and number of seizures in the previous month).
The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. All the parents signed the informed consent.
We assessed the association between parenting an epileptic child to background variables using χ2 test for nominal variables and t-test for quantities variables.
The association between study group and sleep disturbance of the parents, adjusting for suspected confounders, was examined using a multivariate logistic regression. Clinically significant variables as well as variables with borderline statistical significance were available for this analysis.
The difference in various indices evaluating sleep quality between the 2 study groups was tested using the Mann-Whitney test; the correlation between the severity of the child's epilepsy and the severity of sleep disturbance of the parent was assessed using a Spearman correlation test.
We used the PSQI Hebrew validation data, which showed a mean of 3.54 units (SD 2.16) for the PSQI to compute the required sample size using the PS—Power and Sample Size Program. Assuming equal sizes of study groups, in order to identify an average difference of 1.5 units in the PSQI questionnaire, 34 subjects were required in each group in order to prove a significant difference with α = 0.05 and power = 0.8.
We initially compared the 2 groups by sex, age, number of children living at home, years of education, and number of hours of daily work. The number of educational years was considered an index of socioeconomic status.17 There were no statistically significant differences in background variables between the participants in the 2 groups (Table 1).
Comparison of background variables between POEC and PONEC
[i] Means (SD) are presented unless otherwise specified.
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Average sleep duration was 5.26 (± 1.55) h in parents of epileptic children and 6.04 (± 1.27) h in the comparison group.
We examined on POEC group the possible association between the severity of the epilepsy and severity of sleep disturbance using Spearman correlations, but no correlation was found between sleep disturbance in the parents with any of the characteristics of severity of epilepsy in the child as follows: number of seizures in the previous month (r = −0.058, p = 0.72), average number of epileptic seizures per month (r = −0.028, p = 0.865), duration of latency period since last seizure (r = −0.048, p = 0.771), current age of epileptic child (r = −0.042, p = 0.801), and duration of epilepsy since the first epileptic seizure (r = 0.036, p = 0.827).
We tested the difference in various indices in the PSQI questionnaire between POEC and PONEC. Three indices were found to be significantly different between the 2 groups: sleep duration (p = 0.037), sleep disturbances (p = 0.01), and overall subjective feeling of sleep quality (p = 0.005; Figure 1).
Mean score of PSQI indices by POEC and PONEC
Significant differences are noted with a star symbol. SDi, sleep disturbance; SL, sleep latency; SE, sleep efficiency; SDu, sleep duration; SQ, sleep quality; DF, daily functioning.
In order to examine the association between parental sleep disturbance and pediatric epilepsy adjusting for suspected confounders, we performed multivariable logistic regression analysis, presented in Table 2.
Results of multiple logistic regression examining the association between parental sleep disturbance and pediatric epilepsy adjusting for suspected risk factors or confounders
[i] Significant differences are noted with a star symbol. SDi, sleep disturbance; SL, sleep latency; SE, sleep efficiency; SDu, sleep duration; SQ, sleep quality; DF, daily functioning.
After controlling for background variables we found that the risk for sleep disturbance is raised 4-fold in the presence of pediatric epilepsy (OR = 4.05 CI 95% 1.48-11.06). We did not find any excess risk for sleep disturbance in mothers compared to fathers (OR = 1.50 CI 95% 0.46-4.79).
When testing the model including an interaction variable between sex of the parent and pediatric epilepsy (data not presented), the risk of mothers to epileptic children for sleep disturbance comparing to mothers of nonepileptic children was 7-fold (OR = 6.66, CI 95% 1.108-70.088) higher. However, the risk of fathers to epileptic children was not significantly different from that of fathers of nonepileptic children (OR = 0.65, CI 95% 0.16-2.68; Figure 2).
Significant difference in odds ratio for self-reported sleep disturbance between POEC and PONEC using logistic regression
Our study demonstrated a strong association between sleep disturbance of sleep quality in mothers of children with epilepsy, regardless of the severity of the epilepsy and time since last episode. This study also demonstrated severe sleep disturbances, including short sleep duration and poor sleep quality in mothers of children with epilepsy, regardless of the severity of epilepsy and time since last episode.
The present findings are in line with similar studies showing associations between other pediatric diseases, such as asthma and cystic fibrosis, with parental sleep disturbance.18,19 It is reasonable to assume that the pathogenesis of the disturbance is similar to that of other chronic pediatric diseases.
It should be noted that the two sleep characteristics, sleep duration and continuity, which we found to be correlated with exposure are the two chief characteristics associated with severe clinical consequences. Thus, their identification is likely to contribute to the diagnostic and treatment efforts regarding parental well-being and functioning.
Contrary to current perception, we did not find correlations between the various indices of severity of epilepsy and the presence of sleep disturbance in the parents. These findings strengthen the understanding that pediatric epilepsy has an intractable and sustained influence on the parent, which should be expressed in suitable arrangement for prevention or treatment of parental sleep disturbance.
We show that the influence of the child's epilepsy on the sleep of mothers is much stronger than that on the sleep of fathers. Studies have shown that the mother bears the chief burden in the area of health in general, and in the care of the chronically ill child in particular.20 Therefore, impingement on the sleep quality of the mother has severe implications, especially on the effectiveness of care for the epileptic pediatric patient.
While our study does not prove causality (which would require different methodology), its findings can not be ignored. This is because even known risk factors, such as depression, general anxiety disorders, back and joint pain, and diabetes (which were once considered causal factors for insomnia, and in their presence the latter was classified as secondary), are no longer considered as such, and insomnia in their presence is now considered a comorbid condition.6 This is because there is a theoretical and clinical difficulty in determining causality between insomnia and various background conditions. It is important to note that it has also been proposed that insomnia can be a predictor of depression.21
PONEC group was sampled in a situation which makes our findings even stronger, as we did not sample parents of healthy children but recruited parents from the pediatric emergency room. Sitting up with a sick child after numerous hours to days of an acute disease is liable to temporarily impinge on the sleep quality of the parent, and, as a result, influence the self-evaluation of sleep quality in the previous month. Therefore, the findings in this study which were obtained under these conditions support the conclusion that the relative risk of developing sleep disturbance in parents of epileptic children as compared to healthy children is even greater than that detected.
One of the limitations of the present study is that measures of children sleeping problems or parents depression/anxiety were not performed. Although, it can be assumed that the child's sleep quality might be afflicted by disease severity, we could not find any differences between parents to children with several severity indicators, such as the number of epileptic attacks or the longevity of the condition. We decided not to conduct an objective psychiatric evaluation of the parents. We felt that such an evaluation would decrease the response rate. We believe that this type of evaluation may be appropriate in future studies. There is a potential selection bias in parents who chose to report. Indeed, in only a small minority both parents agreed to participate. It is therefore possible that parents with more sleep disturbances tended to agree.
A topic that arose during the study and which is worthy of research is the degree of underdiagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder among parents, especially mothers of pediatric epilepsy patients. Generalized anxiety disorder is a disorder whose basis is uncontrollable worry expressed in a number of symptoms, among them insomnia. Interviews with the parents left an impression of severe uncontrollable worry, particularly regarding nighttime.
Numerous studies showing the efficacy of continuous positive air pressure for obstructive sleep apnea patients served for some sleep and sleep disturbance researchers as a model that demonstrates the reversal of impingement of health and quality of life through appropriate treatment for sleep disturbance. Despite the fact that this understanding has been at the heart of a disagreement among sleep specialists in recent years, the generally accepted opinion among researchers is that appropriate treatment for sleep disturbance resulting in improved sleep quality can serve as a means of improving general health and quality of life and decreasing morbidity and mortality.22 This popular view stands as the basis for our recommendations.
For a number of years it has been recommended that family physicians routinely ask all patients about their sleep quality as part of their periodic general health check-up, a recommendation that is self-evident in light of the importance of the subject. At any rate, when speaking of risk groups such as mothers of pediatric epileptic patients, it should be, in our opinion, mandatory to address the question of sleep quality seriously and often.
Raising awareness of and detailed instruction in proper sleep hygiene is an important first step in addressing parental sleep disturbance. This instruction should be given, in our opinion, immediately after the diagnosis of pediatric epilepsy. Improper sleep hygiene is considered a common and reversible cause of insomnia. Neutralization of habits contributing to development and exacerbation of sleep disturbances, at the mere expense of instruction, seems a self-evident step when considering a risk group for sleep disturbance. In cases where the attending physician is not experienced in this type of instruction, a specialist should be consulted.
A number of studies have shown the efficacy of various informational programs aimed at families of epilepsy patients such as SEE (the Seizures and Epilepsy Education Program) and CEP (Children's Epilepsy Program) in upgrading knowledge and understanding regarding epilepsy, reducing anxiety, and improving quality of life. These studies did not examine the effect on sleep quality. It is likely that, in light of the clinical impression that anxiety has a central role in parental sleep disturbance, these programs would have a positive effect on sleep quality; it would be suitable for future studies of the efficacy of these programs to consider their effect on sleep quality.
Our study shows that of all participants, only one in each group used sleep medication. In other words, despite the fact that the POEC group had a much higher rate of sleep disturbance than the PONEC group, the use of medications in the two groups was equal, and in both was minimal.
In conclusion, we demonstrated an association between pediatric epilepsy and maternal insomnia. We recommend that pediatricians routinely question mothers of pediatric epilepsy patients regarding their quality of sleep, and if there is any suspicion of the existence of sleep disturbance, to consider referral to a sleep specialist for the clarification of diagnosis and possible necessary treatment.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Dr. Goldbart is supported by the Israel Science Foundation legacy program grant 1817/07.
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Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys and husband, music producer Swizz Beatz, posed with their 3-year-old son Egypt at the Keep A Child Alive's 10th Annual Black Ball in New York City on Thursday (November 7).
Dressed in black and red, the family-of-three were all smiles at the event where Alicia serves as the African AIDS charity's co-founder and global ambassador.
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You've found the brick home of your dreams, but in the wrong neighborhood. Instead of settling for either location or architecture, hire house movers to transport your dream home to a new lot. It's costlier to move brick houses than wooden houses, but completely possible. If you find your brick home is in a very inexpensive neighborhood, you may manage to swing a savings, even after factoring in the moving cost.
Things You'll Need
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Set the budget for your project, including the cost of laying a new foundation plus any insurance riders you may require for the undertaking. Expect to spend at least $30,000 for a brick house, though prices range widely according to your region and the moving company.
Request quotes from multiple house moving companies. Ask to see photographs and records from past projects. Only work with a company that has experience moving brick buildings. Ask whether any past clients are available as references; if so, ask the past clients about any house damage and about any delays.
Check with local laws to ensure that your house moving doesn't break any laws. In Alabama, for example, houses cannot be moved more than 50 miles. Should no local regulations forbid it, go house hunting in other states. Include houses that are set to be demolished for civic construction among your options.
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- While house moving is a somewhat common practice, it remains risky. Tom Silva of "This Old House" magazine cautions readers that moving even part of a house subjects it to considerable risk.
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ABC has released a clip from this week's upcoming Episode 1.04 of "The River", entitled "A Better Man", and we have it for you right here along with a teaser preview of the ep.
"The River" stars Bruce Greenwood, Leslie Hope, and Joe Anderson. Jeff Galfer and Thomas Kretschmann co-star in the ABC Studios television project produced by Oren Peli and his Paranormal Activity franchise collaborators Jason Blum and Steven Schneider. The pilot episode was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Orphan, House of Wax).
Famed explorer Dr. Emmet Cole (Greenwood) went looking for magic deep in the uncharted Amazon and never returned. The shocking truth about his disappearance is out there, somewhere, just waiting to be discovered. To the millions of kids who grew up watching his nature show, Dr. Cole was a hero. To his own son, Lincoln (Anderson), he was more of an enigma. Now, six months after he vanished, Lincoln is finally ready to bury the past when Dr. Cole's emergency beacon suddenly goes off. At the urging of his mother, Tess (Hope), Lincoln reluctantly joins her on a search for his father. To fund the rescue, they agree to let Dr. Cole's cagey ex-producer, Clark (Paul Blackthorne), film the mission documentary-style. The mixed crew of old friends and new acquaintances includes the sexy and resourceful Lena (Eloise Mumford), loyal mechanic Emilio (Daniel Zacapa), and lethal bodyguard Captain Kurt Brynildson (Kretschmann).
Episode 1.04 – "A Better Man" (2/21/12 Airdate)
The crew of the Magus find one of Emmet's missing team members and discover that he has been cursed. While the others want to leave him behind as they continue their search, Lincoln refuses and must try to convince them otherwise.
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Welcome, Author and Guest Blogger, Lisa Heidke! We're thrilled to have you at Rex Robot Reviews. Lisa is the brilliant writer behind Lucy Springer Gets Even.
What does Lisa have to say...
I'm going to talk about editing, re-writing and being patient. It is a subject close to my heart as I have just submitted my third manuscript to my publisher in Australia, Allen & Unwin.
I don't know about you, but when I finish writing a first draft, there's that moment when I sigh heavily, metaphorically pat myself on the back and say, 'Clever you! I didn't realize you were so brilliant.' And then I sit with myself awhile basking in the glory that is completing an 85,000 word manuscript. But soon after, tiny, weenie thoughts start invading my head space. What about the sister? Why didn't you talk about the grey cat moping in the corner? How come you left out an entire character arc? 'No,' I'll keep telling myself. My draft is perfect. A couple of hours later I've revised that to, 'As perfect as it can be for a first draft.'
Aha! Therein lies the twist. It's a brilliant achievement to have completed a manuscript, but it's even more brilliant to go back, re-read it and realize how much better it could be. In my experience, layering is the key. Every writer is different. When I'm writing my first draft I tend to blurt. A friend of mine says it's like vomiting out the words. I am not so crude! But we agree it's all about words on paper…you can't edit a blank page. So my objective when writing a first draft is purely to get the words written.
Next up, I let it rest a month. (Hello! A month? Yes, at least.) Rest assured, I never did this in my early days. But now I see the value. As a writer, you need time away from your precious manuscript. The month—or two, if you can handle it—will be invaluable because you'll come back to your manuscript with fresh and hopefully, more objective, eyes. Because it's with fresh eyes, that you'll be able to add the layers needed to make your story realistic, edgy and a must read.
So what do you do after reading that first draft? You add layers. Layers about wicked cousins or terrifying tomato plants or in my case, with my third novel, a dead dog. Add whatever you like, as long as you can justify it in the story. Re-writing is not easy. With me, there's a lot of staring at the computer and thinking 'what if?' without actually writing.
Looking back, I can see what I did wrong in my early writing days. I sent manuscripts to publishers without letting them rest and without giving me time to think about the manuscript and re-work my story to give the characters more emotional depth and appeal. With hindsight, I can see that I sent manuscripts to publishers when they were barely half-way there. If I could go back in time and give advice to myself five years ago, it would be this: 'Yes, Lisa, you may think you have written a masterpiece, certainly your mother, husband and kids believe you have. But could you let it rest a month? Churn the characters over in your mind, think about the plot and come back and read it with fresh eyes.'
To make myself feel better, I'd also point out that clogs at the major publishing houses turn notoriously slowly.
Add layers, get to know your characters and story inside out. When you've been through five rewrites and several layers, Random House might just be ready to read your masterpiece…
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Arts in the Park festival is underway throughout today, where you can enjoy live music, theatre, and stand-up comedy.
The family event is aiming to offer the best arts and entertainment from Kingston-upon-Thames, with music from the likes of Foxtrot Darling, Rob Winterbourne, Charlie Law, and a host of other acts.
There are also performances of works by Oscar Wide, Anton Chekhov, and William Shakespeare.
Arts in the Park has been organised by the Green Theatre Company- a youth theatre group for 14 to 25 year-olds.
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While most motorcycle manufactures are mired in the sales doldrums due to the worldwide economic recession, BMW is bucking the trend.
The BMW Motorcycle segment clearly exceeded last year's sales in the first three months of this year: Sales were 20.9% higher at 20,840 units (17,232). In March 2010, 11,541 motorcycles – an increase of 26.8% – were delivered to customers (prev. yr . 9,100).
And in some countries, such as the UK, sales are setting records, with 1,539 motorcycles sold in March, up 50% over the same month in 2009.


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BWW Announces 2012 Regional Expansion - Find Shows, Restaurants & More in 120 Markets
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet is excited to unveil the first in a series of massive 2012 expansion plans - complete and expanded coast to coast show listings.
Complete show listings are now available for all of BroadwayWorld.com's 100 regional U.S., and 20 International markets (with additional 20 launches planned for January), allowing theater goers for the first time ever to easily browse, and search globally for Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Cabarets, Special Theatrical Events, Opera, Dance, and other live stage productions.
Updated daily, this whopping listing of over 25,000 current and upcoming productions in more than 10,000 theatres includes professional productions, amateur productions, school productions (both high schools and colleges), and more!
All show listings are linked in to the site's unsurpassed content system to provide links to news stories, cast features, photos, videos & more for each show. And speaking of content, you can also contribute by clicking on a show title and uploading media (including links, photos, videos and cast lists) using the forms located on right of the listing.
That's not all though...We know that nothing goes together with a good show like an equally good meal - so all regional listings now including the ability to find, display and make reservations at more than 20,000 neighboring restaurants. All restaurant listings include such useful information on the average price of meals, cuisine types, menu descriptions and innovative mapping that shows its distance and a direct route to the theatre.
While users can browse regional shows both through the site's dedicated regional homepages, they may also use our Pick-a-Show feature. Users can now enter their zip code to find regional shows (musicals, plays, opera, dance, comedy, concerts, amateur and school productions and more) near them across the country.
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BroadwayWorld is largest theatre site on the Internet covering Broadway, the West End and beyond to 100 US cities, and 30 countries worldwide. With over three million monthly visitors, BroadwayWorld delivers complete up-to-the-minute Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre news, in-depth interviews, extraordinary photo coverage, entertaining video features, lively message boards, ticket discounts, reviews, and more. Further distinguishing BroadwayWorld as the market leader is our innovative, groundbreaking use of mobile, and online social media that connects consumers with live theatre more intimately, and effectively than ever before. This includes TwitterWatch, where we host tweets from hundreds of stage stars, professionals, and productions, special guest blogs, and the first theatre applications for the iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Droid where fans on the go can watch videos, check out reviews, the latest news, and purchase tickets!


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Lighter Lasagna Corn Carne Recipe
Packed with lean ground beef and nutritious veggies, here's a dinner dish that's as good as it is good for you! —Mary Lou Wills, La Plata, Maryland
- 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1 jar (16 ounces) salsa
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (14-3/4 ounces) cream-style corn
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 celery rib, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 12 lasagna noodles, cooked, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the salsa, beans, vegetables, garlic and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- 2. Spread a fourth of the meat sauce in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; top with four noodles. Repeat layers once. Top with half of the remaining sauce; sprinkle with half of the cheeses. Layer with remaining noodles, sauce and cheeses.
- 3. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until heated through. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
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1 piece: 292 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 37mg cholesterol, 674mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 4g fiber), 20g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 starch, 2 lean meat.
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The Victorian and Federal governments have different strategies for Melbourne Airport rail but there's a lot more to the transport task at Tullamarine than a train to the CBD
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The Greens election promises include $1 Billion to build a rail line to Melbourne Airport. Probably good politics but it's doubtful such an evidence-free promise is good policy
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A rail line to Melbourne Airport won't make economic sense for decades yet under standard assumptions but there's a (politically courageous) scenario where it could work now
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The Age reckons a secret document shows the Napthine Government is making controversial assumptions to justify the East-West Link. But the case the paper makes seems unconvincing
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The East-West Link promoted by Tony Abbott and Dennis Napthine looks questionable, but the media should promote debate on its merits not pedal equally doubtful arguments on the front page
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The NSW Government is about to land a big windfall from the airport rail line as revenue-sharing provisions kick in. But should it return the money to airport train travellers or keep it?
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Brisbane's Airport Link toll road is the latest in a growing list of major transport projects in financial trouble because traffic forecasts pitched to investors now seem wildly over-optimistic
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Wall Street up in late rally
Wall Street managed a rally late in the day on Wednesday that took the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 higher but left the Nasdaq Composite essentially unchanged on the day. The Dow gained 0.2 percent to 11,005.74 and the S&P was also up 0.2 percent, to 1,278.47. The Nasdaq closed at 2,267.46.
The New York Stock Exchange went public for the first time in its 213-year history and saw its shares rise 24.5 percent during the day to $80. Rival exchanges, however, were down on the day, with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange down 0.6 percent to $419.74 and the Chicago Board of Trade losing 2.9 percent to $118.04.
Auction house Sothebys was up 12.2 percent to $23.40, a five-year high close, on a report of higher earnings due to an active art market.
Google dropped 2.90 percent to $353.88 on a lowered share price target, down to $490 from $500, from Goldman Sachs which nevertheless reiterated its "buy" recommendation for the internet search engine. The lowered target came after Google told investors that they should ignore an internal financial forecast that was posted on the company's website by mistake.
In other sectors, Altria, which makes Marlboro cigarettes, was up 1.2 percent to $72.65, while Proctor & Gamble was up 1.3 percent to $61.07.
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The Wedding Planner: Robert Irvine Says "I Do"by Food Network Magazine in Behind the Scenes, Food Network Magazine, August 16th, 2012
It's a sunny Thursday in May at the Charles Krug winery in St. Helena, Calif., and Guy Fieri is giving Robert Irvine a shoulder massage.
In a few minutes, Robert will be marrying his girlfriend of three years, professional wrestler Gail Kim, and Guy, one of Robert's best men, is giving the usually unshakable Restaurant: Impossible host a rubdown to calm his nerves. Just a half hour earlier, Robert was singing a different tune: "I feel the calmest I've ever been. I haven't screamed, not once," he said as he looked over the grounds where the cocktail hour and reception would take place. This whole wedding is his brainchild — conceived, planned and executed with the same military efficiency Robert brings to the massive two-day restaurant overhauls on his show. But today it won't be a restaurateur who is dazzled by his work; it will be Gail. Robert has kept her in the dark about the details of the party, including the main event: the food.
"No one goes in there until I say it's OK!" Robert barks, pointing to the venue. (So much for not screaming.) Satisfied with how everything looks, he throws back a beer in five gulps and keeps moving; the ceremony is about to start.
With Guy at his side, Robert beams as his daughters, Annalise, 15, and Talia, 11, read poems to the crowd, then he lets out an audible sigh of relief when Guy produces the ring and he exchanges vows with Gail.


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Monster Hunter Tri
When do you expect we'll have a private server available?
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As of right now, I'm working on a MHTri SaveEditor. The HR Rank is stored in the savegame so you'll keep it and doesn't depend of the server. I'm also disappointed about the Capcom behavior, and I'm trying to find some sort of alternatives to play online again.
The first one that I've found is the same as the Japanese game, replace the offline quests with the online one. This method only works with softmodded Wii. The other is to make a private server. The main problem is to set up the server itself, then to know what the game wants to the server. I've also found two way.
On one hand we can do as John Fart does but I don't have the suitable material for that so I can't =v/. Is to say intercept packets but I don't know if someone has kept MH3 online packets.
On the other hand if someone is enough competent in that domain he can use an IDA (disassembler) to explore the main.dol source code of MH3 game and find what does the game in online mode. By the way it may help John Fart on this work too.
Hey there, I'm psyched to see that someone is working on a private server for this game.
I'd love to help. I'm a web developer by trade, and I handle devOps specifically at my current job. I don't know if you have your code hosted somewhere like github, but if not, you should think about putting it up there so that we can collaborate.
Have you thought about using a tool like vagrant to quickly build and share virtual machines? That could make collaboration and development much easier.
I'm not as well-versed in the nitty-gritty networking as it sounds like you are, but I'd love to help, so let me know if youd like to chat some more.
*sigh* So many questions :)
The plan is to keep it running 24/7. There'll be a disconnect every 24 hours but you can connect again after a few minutes. Of course there'll also be a restart whenever I have a new build ready. And to answer an earlier question: I'm paying for everything, it's not much anyway.
When it will be ready ? I wish I knew. It's impossible to say what problems I might encounter and how long it'll take to fix them.
I assume the HR is saved on your Wii, together with everything else. So when you go online, your HR will be the same as it was.
I'm a qualified IT specialist, my core area are networks and I have more than 10 years of experience. I passed the IBM programmers test with a B, so all hope is not lost, but it would be cool if someone with better skills would do the programming part.
Could you make a rough estimate of when it would be done/
If you're willing, would you consider making a guide on how you've made the private server in case others want make their own?
n_igma_nsider 4 years ago#56
Thanks to John, there's still hope ;-)
John Fart posted...
*sigh* So many questions :)
I was only HR 19 anyway.
I was hoping it would reset everyone else's HR so youz would be forced to help me. x:
But on a serious note and once again; Good job with all of this and much appreciation from me and clearly many others here.
COD suX u no. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYso30L9zI
I remember playing back then Monster Hunter Tri. I played it 24/7. Then I got bored of it. But once the servers got shutdown, I want to play it so much. Anybody else felt the same?
Hey John. Will there be any events or arena quests? Just wondering.
I think it will be hard to implement them. Why ? Because these quests aren't present in the game itself and there are downloaded from the server. If someone was able to intercept these data or if someone is able to intercept these data from the Japanese game maybe it would be easier. The Japanese servers of MH in general aren't free, so you've to pay like many MMORPG. That's why they're not affected as Capcom European/American servers.
But if their format is similar to the offline/online quests we will be able to deduce the format they used. I know there is dantard from the minegarde forum who've made a quick tutorial to hex-edit offline quest.
However when I hex-edit my savegame I found where are stored the arena offline/online times and how I can extract them but the position of the online quests is fixed. Maybe they knew how many online arena quests they'll put ? The problem is I've don't see any data related to the online arena quest so far. My other question is how they manage the multi-language support. The Japanese game, it's only Japanese then it's not a problem. If it does as the offline quest there is one file for each language. The other possibility is to do the same as the *.rso file : in the Japanese game these objects contain Japanese texts, and in the European *.rso those texts are replaced with address I think or pointer of some sort...
Well, the true puzzle is beginning.
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OMGOSH! This one is quick but boy is it ever satisfying! You might have to play it a few times to be fully satisfied but it is worth it! The cheese is a bit strange looking but heck who cares right??
I never knew cats could grow such things!
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