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Alexander Geurds
Committee for Research and Exploration Grantee, National Geographic Society/Waitt Grantee
Photograph courtesy Alexander Geurds
Birthplace: Velp, Netherlands
Current City: Leiden, Netherlands
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I've been drawn to faraway places ever since I was able to spin my father's globe at home. Together with a fascination for ancient history and the outdoors, this perhaps predictably resulted in my current line of work. And yes, I too ate up Indiana Jones.
How did you get started in your field of work?
An early influence was my high school history teacher. During the first class of the year he held up the required textbook on the Interbellum in Europe, added that we should not forget about memorizing it, and promptly filled many subsequent classes reminiscing about his adventures as a historian in the tropical forest of Suriname. Besides being an entertaining lecturer, he also showed me the importance of active field research involved in writing about the past.
Years later, while doing archaeological surveys in southern Mexico for my undergraduate thesis, I visited my girlfriend in Nicaragua who was conducting her Ph.D. research there. Together with her, the opportunities for archaeology in Nicaragua became apparent. Several years later, working at Leiden University and the University of Colorado at Boulder, I was able to set up a pilot study in central Nicaragua and later, helped by a National Geographic Society Waitt Grant and a CRE Grant, expanded the project to its current form.
What inspires you to dedicate your life to archaeology?
The remains of people's past actions are inscribed in landscapes all around us, almost everywhere you go on this planet. The large majority is never looked at twice, sometimes because those living nearby have more pressing worries to attend to, sometimes simply because people feel there's no reason to worry.
In my work I come across monumental statues, sculpted perhaps 1,300 years ago, lying in a ditch in small settler communities in Nicaragua. In a largely forgotten past, they functioned as highly visible material culture in important ritual or memory practices. If I can help save some of this archaeology and see people become enchanted with it at the same time, then that is all the inspiration I need.
What's a normal day like for you?
In the field, the norm typically is deviating from that very norm. I currently conduct field research in one-month periods. That's very short to conduct archaeology, especially when it's in an inaccessible tropical setting halfway across the globe. Despite this brevity, no day is like any other. It may involve 14-hour trail hikes, staring at dirt upside-down in a narrow excavation unit, navigating the murky habitat of large reptiles in a rickety boat, or staring through land surveyor equipment with the sun blasting you with her rays. Often however, it's filled with animated conversations with local farmers that result in unscheduled visits and occasionally the discovery of undocumented archaeological sites. Nothing beats it.
Do you have a hero?
Heroes can be found in many, unsuspected places. At home, it's my wife and kids, who carry on with their busy lives while I'm away. In the field, I meet individuals who dedicate whatever time they have to exploration, education, and protection of the local archaeology. In Nicaragua, Carlos and Martha Villanueva are the perfect examples. There's no compensation, no career or medal waiting for them; they do their work because they have an acute awareness of the value of cultural and natural heritage. Most amazingly, they act on this with a smile on their faces pretty much all the time.
What has been your favorite experience in the field? The most challenging?
Nothing in particular stands out. Being in the field is pretty much a constant peak of enjoyment, though it can certainly be challenging physically and mentally. The sense of not knowing what is waiting for you, the discovery waiting to happen, is an absolute thrill and one I consider myself privileged to be able to experience.
What are your other passions?
Many, but one is running my fingers over topographic maps and imagining who could have been on those unknown spots and what they might have left behind.
What do you do in your free time?
I generally marvel at the velocity at which my children grow up and try to spend as much time with my family as possible. Every now and then, I also try to think of ways to decelerate the expansion of my personal library, fairly unsuccessful so far.
If you could have people do one thing to help preserve archaeological sites, what would it be?
It's really not that complicated: Be passionate about the past and let your children see it. Go to museums or simply outside. Archaeology is everywhere!
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National Geographic Society/Waitt grantee Alexander Geurds has discovered some amazing statues in a remote area in Nicaragua. The site is in remarkably good shape, safe from dangers such as looting, but apparently not safe from the occasional curious cow.
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Recipe by Lezlie
A different sort of no egg potato salad in a delicious vinaigrette dressing. It can easily be made a day ahead, or served hot.
Top Review by Harley Seashell Pri
Delicious! Didn't have dill, used rosemary instead. Will make again!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 14 small red potatoes, scrubbed
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill
- 6 tablespoons chopped green onions
- 4 tablespoons red onions, finely chopped
- 1 large red pepper, chopped (optional)
- 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
- 3⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- fresh ground black pepper
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- Boil potatoes in salted water until just tender (about 20 minutes).
- Drain, cut in halves and let cool 5 minutes.
- Combine red and green onions, pepper, dill and parsley with potatoes.
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Ep'kee was a nezumi general [1] of the Green-Green-White Tribe. He attained the status of enlightenment.
Fighting the Tsuno Edit
Ep'kee stood alongside his Chieftain when they attacked the Tsuno City of Dreams deep in the Shadowlands, during the Battle of One Tribe. [2]
Enlightenment Edit
The blessing of enlightenment led Ep'kee to believe that the nezumi should defeat the humans and rule the world. [2]
Unicorn attacks Edit
He was who first brought news of the Unicorn attacks against the Tattered Ear Tribe in the Shinomen Mori. [2]
Tomorrow Edit
In 1169 the nezumi halted the Winter War against the Unicorn when a greater menace arised. [3] Ep'kee and his pack gathered toward the Shinomen Mori, where they would face Tomorrow. When they were crossing Ox territory rescued Morito Kiyoemon and his nanny, Morito Tomomi, from a kidnapping attempt made by bandits. Kiyoemon's father, Morito Kitaji, promised that he and his men would attack any Unicorn patrols that they encountered, as the Unicorn were destroying Nezumi warrens and endangering their pups. [4]
Fighting Tomorrow Edit
The magic of the Tomorrow's Hourglass was used by Mak'irtch to enter Yume-do and aid the Transcendents fight against Tomorrow. Dragons, or what appeared to be dragons, were approaching from a distance, destroying everything as they went. Entities resembling Lord Sun and Lady Moon walked at their side. Wherever they stepped, the land vanished in a haze. [5]
Death Edit
Ep'kee leapt the shadowy Dragon of Earth and sank his small axe into the hard carapace. Z'orr'tek, thrusted his spear between two great scales, and into its throat. The dragon threw Ep'kee clear into the side of the damaged city, killing him instantly. [5]
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- Ep'kee (Diamond)
- Ep'kee Exp (Test of Enlightenment)
- ↑ Enemies of the Empire, p. 98
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Test of Enlightenment
- ↑ Vacant Throne, p. 59
- ↑ The Green-Green-White, by Rusty Priske
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tomorrow (Imperial Herald v2#22), by Rusty Priske
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With the release of Windows 7, users are perplexed about some common issues regarding the upgrade to the Microsoft's newest operating system. This article is an attempt to bring out some general problems being faced by the users, and their solutions.
If you're currently running the Windows 7 Ultimate Release Candidate:
From the licensing point of view, your installed copy of Windows is irrelevant. What matters is the sticker on the side of the PC. If you have a Certificate of Authenticity for Windows XP or Windows Vista on that computer (or a certificate of authenticity from a retail copy of Windows that has been assigned to that machine), you're eligible for an upgrade license to any edition of Windows 7.
As for the installation itself, you are subject to the following technical limitations:
- An upgrade installation is blocked on the RC build (7100). To perform an in-place upgrade, you should modify an installation file.
- Because you are running Ultimate edition, you can only go for an in-place upgrade to install Windows 7 Ultimate edition.
You cannot change from Windows 7 x86 (32-bit) to x64 (64-bit) or vice versa. If you've been running the 32-bit version and you want to go for 64-bit, you'll require to perform a custom install.
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From the licensing point of view, you're eligible for an upgrade license to any edition of Windows 7. As far as installing the upgrade is concerned, that's another story. You can't downgrade as part of an installation, so if you decide to switch from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional, you'll need to perform a custom installation.
You can upgrade from any lower version to the same edition or a higher one, with some exceptions. So if you're running Windows Vista Home Premium, you can go for an upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Ultimate
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Elva's Swedish Meatballs (Sma Kottbullar)
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Simply Succulent! A great dish that Bird's Dutch/German mom would make for me when I was growing up. It's overlooked sometimes how recipes are an heirloom of our family heritage. I'm glad she gave me this recipe to remember her with. For Chef #107583's lighter, healthier version, try Elva's Swedish Meatballs (Sma Kottbullar) (Made Lighter)
Top Review by Outta Here
I made a lighter version of this recipe for a "challenge game" and they tasted great, but the sauce was a bit bland. I am used to cardamom and nutmeg in Swedish meatballs, so will add those to the sauce next time. The texture of the meatballs was really nice. I replaced the pork and veal with ground turkey, the cream with fat-free half and half, used low-sodium soy sauce, egg-beaters and regular margarine. This cut fat, calories by half, and cholesterol by 179 mg per serving. We love Swedish meatballs, and I will be making this again, with my changes. Thanks for the good base to work with!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 lb ground beef
- 1⁄4 lb ground veal
- 1⁄4 lb ground pork
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄2 cup fresh breadcrumb
- 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 cup heavy cream
Directions See How It's Made
- In a large bowl, mix together the meats, white pepper, and soy sauce thoroughly. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, brown the onion in the 1 tbsp butter. Set aside.
- in a med bowl, soak the bread crumbs in the cream. Set aside.
- Add egg to the cooled onion mixture, then add that and the bread mixture then add that to the meat mixture. Work the mixture until well blended and smooth. Add more milk if neccessary to give a smooth consistency.
- Roll the meat into bite-sized meatballs. Arrange meatballs on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Chill for at least 1 hour before cooking.
- Melt a 1 stick of butter and put meatballs into a large frying pan. Let them brown, and shake the pan now and again so that they roll around, removing each one when they are ready. Add more butter to the pan if needed.
- When all the meatballs are cooked, remove them from the pan. Strain juices from pan, keeping 1/4 cup of juices. wipe the pan clean.
- Stir juice back into the pan with 1 tbsp flour to create a roux. Season with more white pepper. Pour cream into the pan and stir until slightly thickened.
- Return meatballs to pan and coat with sauce. Let the meatballs bubble gently for a few minutes. Serve in a large party bowl with toothpicks inserted into a few meatballs.


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A teenager accused of giving a blind cashier a $5 bill and asking for change for a $20 was sentenced Wednesday to five years' probation and 100 hours of community service.
Dave Singleton, 17, was arrested in April on charges of theft by taking and exploiting the disabled after the incident at the Augusta Technical College cafeteria.
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1 regular sized plain bun
2 beef patties (2 ounces each flattened to bun size)
2 tablespoons Special Sauce (recipe follows)
2 teaspoons finely-minced onions
1 slice American cheese
3 dill pickle slices
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
Special Sauce Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons french salad dressing
1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
1/2 tablespoon yellow mustard
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
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2. Prep your buns. Take the bottom of a regular bun, and feed the top to the birds, use it as a coaster, or just throw it away—it's not needed in this recipe.
3. Prep the beef patties. Flatten two patties to about 3-1/2 inches (85mm) in diameter, and about 1/4 inch (8mm) thick.
4. Prep the toppings.
Mince about a quarter of a small white onion and set aside.
Shred or chop an iceberg lettuce leaf into thin strips.
5.Cook the beef patties. You can cook it however you wish and to your preference on a on doneness (rare to well done).
6. Toast the 3 buns. While the patties are frying, gently toast your buns. Do this to the both sides of the regular bun bottom and toast the sesame bun as usual (the inner sides).
7. Sauce the toasted buns. Take the bottom of the regular bun and the bottom of the sesame bun and put 1 tablespoon of the sauce on them.
8. Add lettuce, cheese, and pickles. Grab a big pinch of the sliced lettuce and plop it onto each sauced bun.
On the bottom bun (the sesame), place a slice of cheese on top of the lettuce. On the regular bun, put the pickle slices on the lettuce.
9. Load on the meaty goodness. Stack each burger patty on top of the condiments (cheese and pickles) on each layer. Top both layers with minced onions.
10. Stack it up. Pick up, carefully, the regular bun (with everything) and stack it on the bottom layer.
Place the top of the sesame bun on top of the burger.
11. Enjoy your homemade Big Mac!
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Seeing Curt Schilling warming up, I'm reminded of the fact that the fact that he, Pete Harnisch, and Steve Finley were traded for Glenn Davis. If this trade had never happened....well, I'm not going to get started.
In the Bad Trade Hall of Fame, this is definitely one of the worst.
Others that definitely belong
- Red Sox send Jeff Bagwell to Houston for reliever Larry Andersen
- Cubs trade Lou Brock to the Cards for Ernie Broglio
- Tigers trade John Smoltz to Braves for Doyle Alexander
- Yankees trade Jay Buhner to Seattle for Ken Phelps
- Astros trade Freddie Garcia, Carlos Guillen and John Halama to Mariners for Randy Johnson
- Expos trade Randy Johnson, Brian Holman and Gene Harris to Mariners for Mark Langston
- Cardinals trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
- Rangers trade Sammy Sosa, Wilson Alvarez and Scott Fletcher to White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique
- New York Mets traded Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Doug Flynn, Pat Zachry, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman.
- The Cubs get Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg from the Phils for Ivan DeJesus.
- Baltimore gets Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling from Boston for Mike Boddicker
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Do you want to know what is best in life? Seeing your enemies drop like fat, out of shape flies while you slice through the air with only the sound of the breeze flowing off your chiseled abs.
I admit it, I have a thing for workout videos. So allow the Dysfunctional Parrot to be your primary source for reviewing them so you too can find out what works, and what should be thrown to the lions. The workout series I review are from an ever growing list of trainers from Tony Horton to Georges St. Pierre. At the moment most videos reviewed are from Beachbody.com but that is quickly changing as more products enter the fray. Just be aware that I'm not made of freaking money to buy a new program every weekend. However, in order to fix that small issue I will accept donations in the form of anonymous briefcases of cash.
And finally, let it be known unto the ends of the world that I, the Dysfunctional Parrot, am NOT a Beachbody Coach. Despite my general attraction to many of their products, I nonetheless have an extreme allergic reaction to multi-level marketing. That way you can be assured of the authenticity of my reviews, and not me just trying to make money by selling you the product.


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These past four or five years I have seen a number of slams made against Nintendo from numerous people. "Nintendo is casual!" "Nintendo isn't hardcore!" "Waggle sucks!" "There's no 3rd party support so Nintendo sucks!" "Theres too much shovelware!" Some of these critiques are valid. The majority of them are not.
"Nintendo is casual!" - While Nintendo has certainly broadened their horizons with the Wii and the DS. This was never a secret. Nintendo said from the very beginning that the DS and the Wii were aimed at drawing in an entirely new audience. It worked. Nintendo made money hand over fist prompting images of a Wii printing money. So did Wii go casual? Yes, absolutely.
Did it abandon the Hardcore gamers? Absolutely not. I am a Nintendo fan, I have been playing Nintendo since I was in diapers. The Wii had plenty of hardcore games. Looking at my shelf as I type this I have: Epic Mickey (under appreciated), both Mario Galaxies (which beats nearly every other game on every other system.) Smash bros Brawl, Zelda, Metroid Prime Trilogy and Other M. These are all excellent and hardcore games.
There is one problem with this list though. Almost all of the games mentioned are Nintendo made. Where are the Capcom, Square Enix, and Konami games? That's a good question. One that will be explorein greater detail soon.
"Nintendo isn't hardcore!" : As already stated, the Wii has a large library of hardcore games. In fact, most of the hardcore games on the Wii are made by Nintendo. Nintendo is even the father of the hardcore game. How can anyone argue that Nintendo isn't hardcore? Take a look at the number of games made yearly by each publisher. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. I'd be willing to bet that Nintendo puts out far more hardcore games than Sony AND Microsoft. If you go by the number of games made by each publisher, Nintendo is arguably the most hardcore of all the Big 3 when it comes to software.
"Waggle sucks!": What is there to be said? Generally, waggling DOES suck, but skilled publishers know how to do more with the Wiimote than just Waggling controls. Metroid Prime Trilogy, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Other M, Resident Evil 4, Okami, Zelda Twilight Princess. All of these games utilize the Wiimote exceptionally well, and there are a great number of other games that use the Wiimote effectively. The Wiimote does something very special and important: it seperates creative and versatile game developers from the ones that can't evolve. There is no denying that there are a lot of waggle games on the Wii, but to classify all the games on the Wii as "waggle fests" is misleading and disingenuous. Nintendo has shown us time and time again how to use the Wiimote, the other third party developers need to catch up.
Finally if waggle games are so terrible why did Sony jump into the waggle market with a product that looks like a near carbon copy of the Wiimote?
"There's no 3rd party support for Nintendo sucks!" : This is just factually wrong. You cannot accuse Nintendo of having a ton of shovelware and still say there is no third party support. While the third party support does largely suck, it's still third party support. So that raises the question of why the third party games suck so bad. A number of reasons: A lot of companies wanted to do a quick cash in on the Wii's success, others just don't understand the controller (this one is still the biggest issue). Remember the Wii's motto: 'Gameplay over graphics." This is a double-edged sword. While the Wii allows good gameplay to truly shine, it also allows truley horrid gameplay to reek. Nintendo is not to blame for this as they have continuously shown us how to do it with their games. No, the blame lies with the 3rd party developers. There is shovelware on all the systems but Nintendo seems to get all of the spotlight. Is this justified? Hmm, hard to say, they do have a lot of it, but that doesn't excuse the other of The Big 3 of having them. You can't excuse bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior.
*Ultimately you can't blame Nintendo for shovelware because they didn't make it. The third party publishers did. So the guilt lies with them and not Nintendo.*
The bottom line is that if Nintendo stopped selling the Wii today and moved right to their next-gen system, the Wii would go down as the best selling system of all time. Have Wii sales declined? You bet, but declining from the all time bestselling system of all time is hardly anything to cry about.
Gamers wanted something new and Nintendo answered the call. They gave us an entirely new gameplay experience. We got to Swing Link's sword for the first time on the Wii. We got to balance Mario on a ball for the first time on the Wii. We got to take physical control of Samus' Grapple beam for the first time on the Wii. These are experiences that will stay with me forever. The new Zelda promises to give me control of Link's sword in a way I always dreamed of but never could before. Thank you Nintendo.
Looking forward, what does Nintendo need to do with their next console? Well as IGN has stated numerous times. "Nintendo knows what we want more than we do" most of the time. My own humble suggestions:
1) Implement the Wii controls into a more traditional and comfortable control scheme. Something like a PS3 of 360 controller with all the buttons but also the added Wii functionality. Nintendo has proven that this is a viable control scheme, but don't force it on the developers this time.
2) Nintendo has proven that Gameplay > Graphics. So lets take it to the next level. Give us some cutting edge graphics so people have nothing to complain about.
3) Get some decent online already!
4) Continue to add some interesting new gameplay enhancements. Voice control? Camera sensor? Maybe even a R.O.B.? Who knows. I only know that Nintendo is great at announcing stuff that gets me excited.
Time will tell where Nintendo goes from here, but one thing is for sure: when they let us know, we're going to be excited about it.


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The first greeting was just a random joke I made out of boredom. :)
Well, hey there guys! I don't give my real name out on the internet but you could call me Jed. In real life, I'd be in grade 11, going to grade 12 and I study Wolves in my own way. I'm a laid-back kind of guy who wouldn't mind meeting new people outside, just that other's don't care much to meet others. I'm into sports like soccer and Basketball, even volleyball; I play these with my friends at my high school at times. I also game online, playing any game I find fun; this includes Blizzard games and the Half-Life series. Currently awaiting my chance to finally get the recently-growing popular game; Minecraft and other games.
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A strong, brave and Steadfast wolf who's duty is to protect fellow pack members and guide them on survival. Mostly gray in color, only the eyes stands out; Amber glowing orbs that see beyond the horizon. So far an Alpha in a nearly done training process, It'll be great to finally go out and help out. :) Also may be going for second-in-command.
But of course, I show off at times; making other wolves glare at me in jelousy...Not a good thing.
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Building a Library 46: An Introduction to Nigerian Traditional Architecture
An Introduction to Nigerian Traditional Architecture
By ZR Dmochowski, 1990
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
The story of how this book came to be is inspiring in more than one way. Its author had surveyed Polish traditional architecture before the second world war. When invalided out of the Polish Army in 1942, he began lecturing in the Polish School of Architecture in Liverpool. Then in 1958 he took up a post with the Department of Antiquities in Lagos.
Dmochowski devoted the next eight years to surveying traditional buildings all over Nigeria, training African students in methods he had perfected in Poland. During the civil war in the late 1960s, he retreated to the Technical University in Gdansk and drew up the survey results in the wonderful plans, sections and aerial perspectives which fill these volumes. In 1972 he returned to Nigeria to realise his dream of a museum of traditional buildings rescued from dereliction or copied on reduced scale, an idea which fell victim to a change of governments in the 1970s.
These three rich volumes were finally put together after Dmochowski's premature death by dedicated folk at a small British publisher, Ethnographica. The first volume covers the fantastic mud architecture of the Hausa people of northern Nigeria. It includes the early 19th century mosque in Zaria, once the most beautiful building in sub-Saharan Africa, now defaced beyond recognition by an infusion of Saudi money. Also in Zaria are elaborate houses and palaces designed in the spirit of this building by descendants of the mosque's architect. Dmochowski's photographs record vaulted interiors with built-in furniture like sculpture, decorated with patterns scored deep in the clay.
He also converted the ruined compound of a high official in Kano to house a local museum. A series of photos and cutaways shows all stages of this rebuilding, the nearest thing to a course in how to build a mud monument of your own.
Robert Harbison
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Cannot find form integrated to dropbox accountAsked by ytcele on April 04, 2014 at 09:54 PM
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Necesito modificar el formulario pero no puedo hacerlo porque no me aparece en "my forms"
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Please open the folders in your Dropbox account then check for the PDF output. From there, you should be able to see the Form ID. Get the numbers and paste it here so we can trace the form.
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I found this Dropbox\Membership\EnrollApplication Form\2014-04-04 07-51PM -
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i dont find any number :(
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Can you please clarify what the problem is about?
Are you perhaps looking for the form that generate this this pdf file
The name of the form can be EnrollApplication Form but I checked your account and you do not have a form with such name.
Please check also the trash folder in your My Forms if perhaps you had deleted this form.
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Hi, i Want to delate the integration with my dropbox because i cant find
the form in my account, i already check my trash folder, it´s does not
appear form, i dont know how this happend... i remember that I created that
form but i can find themI
I have two integrations of two forms that do not appear in my acount...
Dropbox\Artist Info is vinculated with my dropbox but it's dont appear in
my acount..
Dropbox\Membership\EnrollApplication Form (same)
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Hi, if you do not find the form in your account which was integrated with your Dropbox account, and it is not in the trash folder, the form does not exist anymore. So, do not worry about removing the integration because it is already removed.
Hi, thanks for the fast answer. I too think that but when I try delate the
folder in my dropbox account, (*artist info*) it appear again :(.... I
already check all my forms in my jotform account and I dont have it
anymore. Actually my integrations forms works perfectly with the folders
that I have in my dropbox account (theirs appears inmediatly when I send a
submtion), but for this especific folder is the exception, I think that is
a bug. So... I dont know how erase permanently this Integration Still I
have the "*src scrip*" in my web page (*artist info*) but *nobody can send
submitions except me*. At moment when I self send a submition, I recive it
in (*artist info*) dropbox folder.
*Dropbox\Artist Info*
Thanks so much! and excuse my English.
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Hello ytcele,
This is strange. If the file is not there in your account but you still receive submission in your integrated dropbox account, the only possibility could be that you have another account probably a guest account. I did try to find based on your IP and email address but could not trace any account.
You may like to delete the "App Name" (Apps Linked) from your dropbox account which will break the integration. Here are the steps:
1. Sign in to your drop box account.
2. On the top right corner of your screen, click on your name and then click on "Settings"
3. Click on "Security" tab
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Hi, is their a way to send forms and files to another dropbox? Say yousendit?
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To describe social support for weight loss shared by members of a large Internet weight loss community.
We conducted a mixed-methods study with surveys (n = 193) and interviews (n = 13) of community members along with a content analysis of discussion forum messages (n = 1924 messages). Qualitative data were analyzed for social support themes.
Survey respondents were primarily white (91.4%) and female (93.8%) with mean age 37.3 years and mean body mass index 30.9. They used forums frequently, with 56.8% reading messages, 36.1% replying to messages, and 18.5% posting messages to start a discussion related to weight loss on a daily or more frequent basis. Major social support themes were encouragement and motivation, mentioned at least once by 87.6% of survey respondents, followed by information (58.5%) and shared experiences (42.5%). Subthemes included testimonies, recognition for success, accountability, friendly competition, and humor. Members valued convenience, anonymity, and the non-judgmental interactions as unique characteristics of Internet-mediated support.
This Internet weight loss community plays a prominent role in participants' weight loss efforts. Social support within Internet weight loss communities merits further evaluation as a weight loss resource for clinicians to recommend to patients. Understanding these communities could improve how health professionals evaluate, build, harness, and manipulate social support for weight loss.
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature and potential benefit of social support for weight loss shared among participants of a public Internet weight loss community. Social support includes informational, emotional, instrumental (tangible), appraisal (feedback), and network support exchanged among peers [1–5]. Observational and experimental data suggest that social support facilitates weight control [2,6–9]. However, some individuals lack access to social support for their weight management efforts [10–12].
Internet health communities offer new opportunities to share social support via discussion forums, chat rooms, and blogs [4,5,13–15]. Potential advantages of online support include access to many peers with the same health concerns, convenient communication spanning geographic distances, and anonymity (if desired) for discussion of sensitive issues [16,17].
The literature offers little information about how existing members of large Internet communities experience social support for weight loss. Clinical trials have tested online weight loss interventions involving professional counseling, either with no peer support [18] or with peer support solely from other study participants [19,20]. In a trial comparing human e-counseling, automated counseling, and no counseling, all participants were encouraged to use the free Slim-Fast website, which offered peer social support venues [21]. Participants in the counseling groups could also share support with each other via the study website. Two trials examined the efficacy of a commercial online weight loss program with social support features (eDiets.com) [22,23]. However, the eDiets.com participants rarely used the social support features. Overall, the stand-alone or incremental effect of social support from public online weight loss communities has not been adequately assessed. Before conducting future trials, an in-depth exploration of the nature and potential benefit of social support in these communities might yield preliminary insight into their utility as weight loss resources.
Therefore, we conducted a mixed-methods study to explore the characteristics of social support for weight loss exchanged among members of the SparkPeople.com online weight loss community. We surveyed and interviewed members to assess demographic and clinical characteristics, use of social support features, and social support experiences. We corroborated survey and interview findings with a review of random discussion forum messages. From the surveys, interviews, and messages, we identified and tabulated social support themes.
SparkPeople (www.SparkPeople.com) is a free Internet weight loss community. More than 250,000 unique members log in to the website monthly [personal communication, David Heilmann, Chief Operating Officer, SparkPeople, May 21, 2008]. In November 2008, it had the third most visits among weight loss websites and fifth most pages viewed among health websites [24]. We focused on the SparkPeople community because of its popularity and the willingness of administrators to collaborate in research efforts. Study data consisted of surveys and telephone interviews of SparkPeople members and messages posted on SparkPeople discussion forums. Informed consent was obtained for the surveys and interviews. The study was approved by the Committee for Protection of Human Subjects at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
The purpose of the survey was to assess demographic and clinical characteristics, use of social support features, and social support experiences of SparkPeople members. We used the SurveyMonkey online survey tool (www.SurveyMonkey.com).
SparkPeople administrators posted an announcement on two general discussion forums, after which 31 individuals began eligibility screening. Since SparkPeople administrators do not repeat posts on forums within a short time frame, they conducted a second recruitment wave via email. Recruitment emails were sent to 3000 randomly selected members who had (1) had given permission to receive email; (2) joined at least 3 weeks prior; and (3) logged in within 24h before the emails were sent (approximately 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, April 24, 2008). We limited recruitment to those who had logged in within 24h in order to obtain a sample of recent users of the SparkPeople website. All respondents took the same survey regardless of recruitment mode. From this pool (recruited by forum posting or by email), members were eligible if they were at least 18 years old, were trying to lose weight over the past 4 weeks, and received any support for weight loss from other SparkPeople members over the past 4 weeks. The honorarium was a $5 Amazon.com gift certificate. Due to budgetary constraints, we set the survey to close automatically after the first 250 individuals had undergone eligibility screening.
Closed-ended survey questions addressed demographic and clinical parameters; usage of social support features of the community; and perceptions of other community members. An open-ended question asked "What kinds of things have SparkPeople members said or done to help with your weight loss effort in the past 4 weeks?" Participants could enter up to 10 answers.
A survey can have several different response rates, depending on the numerator and denominator chosen among the many available. We calculated the response rate as the number of individuals who answered the open-ended question divided by the number who passed eligibility screening.
The purpose of the telephone interview was to gain further insight into members' social support experiences. We invited a random sample of approximately 25% of survey respondents who indicated possible interest in an interview. The honorarium was a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate. The interviewer asked four main questions: (1) "Tell me about your experiences with using SparkPeople." (2) "What do you value most about using SparkPeople?" (3) "How have other SparkPeople members helped with your weight loss effort?" (4) "In thinking about your interactions with SparkPeople members, how are those interactions different from your interactions with other people in your life?" The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim.
In order to corroborate and expand upon the findings from the survey and interviews, we reviewed messages on SparkPeople discussion forums posted by a broader sample of members (not just survey/interview participants). We analyzed six general forums related to weight loss and weight loss behaviors. Since SparkPeople also has member-initiated interest groups (SparkTeams) with their own forums, we also analyzed three forums within the most active SparkTeams dedicated to weight loss and weight loss behaviors (Table 1). Within each forum, we focused on discussion threads which were started on a randomly selected day from January 1 to March 31, 2008, which represented the three most recent full months prior to commencing the study. We imported the text into a database after omitting identifying information.
The data for qualitative analysis were answers to the survey question ("What kinds of things have SparkPeople members said or done to help with your weight loss effort in the past 4 weeks?"), interviews, and discussion forum messages. While at least 30 definitions of social support have been described in the literature, they were not developed in the context of Internet weight loss communities [3]. The unique combination of weight loss behavior, Internet communication, and demographics of community members suggests that social support definitions developed in other contexts may not fit well with Internet weight loss communities. Thus, we used an inductive, grounded theory approach to identify social support themes in our data [25,26]. Two investigators (A.G. and R.C.), with no prior awareness of published social support definitions, independently reviewed the survey responses, interviews, and forum postings to identify themes. They met with K.H. to construct categories of social support themes. The categories were refined in iterative cycles until saturation and final consensus were reached.
We tabulated the frequency of major social support types, focusing on the survey because forum postings lacked a consistent structure and there were too few interviews for quantitative analysis. From the dominant social support types which emerged from the open-ended survey question, two investigators (A.G. and R.C.) independently categorized all responses into these types or "other." Since each survey respondent could give 1–10 answers, we did not consider multiple answers from a given respondent to be independent. Percent agreement ranged from 88.6 to 100% and Kappa ranged from 0.83 to 1.00 for the 10 answers slots, indicating excellent inter-rater reliability. Differences were resolved by consensus. Quantitative analysis was performed with SPSS Statistics 17.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) and SAS 9.1 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC).
The overall response rate was 88% (Table 2). The sample consisted of 193 SparkPeople members who gave a total of 893 and a mean of 4.6 (SD 2.5) responses to the open-ended question. They were primarily white women from the US (Table 3). More than 75% were obese or overweight and 48.1% reported at least one weight-related comorbidity. The gender and age profile was similar to that of the general SparkPeople membership (mean age 39 years and 88% female) [personal communication, David Heilmann, Chief Operating Officer, SparkPeople, January 21, 2009].
Survey respondents were frequent users of SparkPeople social support features (Fig. 1). They did the following activities at least once a day over the previous 4 weeks: read messages related to weight loss on the discussion forums (56.8%), replied to messages related to weight loss on the forums (36.1%), posted a message related to weight loss on the forums to start a discussion (18.5%), and used the Internet for anything (94.2%).
Survey respondents generally reported that other SparkPeople members were available, responsive to questions, empathetic, and welcoming (Table 4). Approximately 60% agreed or strongly agreed that SparkPeople members were more helpful than other people with regards to weight loss support.
Of the 121 survey respondents who indicated initial interest in being interviewed, 28 were randomly invited, and 13 completed the semi-structured telephone interviews. The interviewees were white women with mean age 36 (SD 11) years and mean BMI 31 (SD 8) from the US (12) and Canada (1).
Several themes emerged from the qualitative analysis of surveys, interviews, and forum postings. Some themes were related to types of interactions, such as sharing information or encouragement. Other themes were related to cross-cutting characteristics of interactions, such as convenience and anonymity. Representative quotes from the surveys are provided.
Members receive information and advice related to weight loss. They receive personalized advice in response to a question they had posted on a forum. They also access information by observing interactions on forums and blogs without posting messages ("lurking"). The topics are mainly diet/nutrition and exercise/fitness.
"They offer good tips for burning extra calories doing regular everyday things."
"People have helped in giving ideas on healthy food and snacks when you get bored of the same old "diet" food."
"Brought to light several unexpected areas that influence my diet (excessive butter use in restaurants)."
Members receive encouragement and motivation to persist with the lifestyle changes, recover from mistakes, and overcome barriers. Various interactions cause members to feel that they receive encouragement or motivation. For example, members are encouraged and motivated by reading a testimony about someone else's experience (efforts, success), receiving recognition for success, and keeping each other accountable with regards to nutrition and physical activity behaviors.
"They encourage you to never give up, but keep on striving for your goals."
"The photos we can post showing our weight loss journey is a big encouragement to keep going."
"They never criticize you for making wrong choices, like a burger at McDonald's, and just encourage you to get right back on track."
Members discuss and share common goals, struggles, and experiences. This shared understanding sometimes produces empathy. They also participate in friendly competition to strive towards a specific goal. This sense of sharing things with other members leads to non-judgmental interactions and accountability. They described a feeling of belonging to a team or being among family.
"They have been through the same obstacles"
"We can do this together"
Members read personal accounts of how other members have succeeded in losing weight. This sometimes provides encouragement and motivation.
"Seeing what others in your same circumstances can accomplish encourages you to try things that you though [sic] were not possible for you to do."
"Members writing their success stories really inspires me to not give up when I am not losing."
Members enjoy receiving recognition for success in areas such as diet, exercise, and actual weight loss. This recognition in turn sometimes provides encouragement and motivation to persist.
"Lots of congratulations for losing five pounds."
"Many congratulations when I completed my first half-marathon."
This refers to the process by which members keep each other accountable for diet and exercise behaviors. Mutual accountability is somewhat based on shared experiences. Sometimes this leads to encouragement and motivation to persist.
"The accountability from my teams of the weigh-ins has been really helpful in keeping me in line on the weekends."
"We check on each other if we haven't posted in a few days to make sure we are okay."
"Another friend and I are Sparkmailing each day to give each other our goals for the next day and telling how we did the previous day. We will sometimes communicate multiple times a day."
Members participate in individual or team-based challenges to reach specific short-term goals, such as losing a certain number of pounds within a certain timeframe. This characteristic is also related to shared experiences.
"Participating in team challenges has helped me "trim the fat" so to speak from my weight loss plan and get the scale moving downward again."
"I participate in a few "challenges" that other members have designed. Knowing that I'm going to be documenting and sharing information about a behavior makes me far more likely to carry it out."
"Being a part of a team, gives it somewhat of a competitive nature to try to exercise more to climb up the team leader-board for exercise minutes. That's definitely a help to my weight loss efforts."
Members laugh with each other and at themselves as they encounter and deal with struggles in their weight loss journey.
"We can laugh about our problems with weight control"
Some members reported that they met other local members for group exercise sessions.
"We have organized walks planned and meet once a month."
"They are available to exercise with me (walking, jogging, etc.)"
Members appreciate the option to remain anonymous. The anonymity gives members the freedom to discuss sensitive topics in an honest fashion. The anonymity also creates an environment in which interactions are non-judgmental.
"Having the anonymity helps as you can "talk" and no one holds that against you or throws it back in your face at a later time."
Members feel that other members don't judge them negatively when they report failures or struggles. Although members can (and often do) attach pictures of themselves to their forum postings, they don't have to do so. This saves them from being judged by their physical appearance. This is related to anonymity.
"Support and understanding without judgement from people with the same problem."
The sheer volume of members creates a dynamic environment in which members can receive responses to questions at any time of the day or night, often within minutes or hours, regardless of physical location. Members who are geographically isolated from other people trying to lose weight find this convenient.
"Participating in the forums keeps me distracted during times when I might be tempted to eat out of boredom."
Members report experiencing convenient, non-judgmental, supportive, empathetic interactions with other members which they otherwise would not experience with other people in their life (e.g. spouse and family). Much of this support is based on shared experiences. Additionally, members don't tempt each other to go out and eat unhealthy food as a group.
"I can share good news and get great responses. In my daily interactions with people face to face, diet and exercise discussions are often met with screwed up faces and jealousy, or flat out disdain for my commitment."
"They're like a family. No one tears you down or believes your statements/questions are dumb. They're better than family, actually. A great support group."
"It's encouraging to just talk with others who need to lose weight also and know how difficult it can be especially when the people around you don't have the same weight issues."
Some members also mentioned how they enjoy giving support to others:
"They shared a problem that got me thinking of ways to help - and in helping them I help myself learn too"
In addition to corroborating findings from the surveys and interviews, discussion forum messages yielded additional insight into how community members communicate. Many messages had permanent features, akin to signatures in emails. These features included a weight tracker (listing the starting, current, and goal weight), photos of the message poster, motivational quotes, future rewards for achieving goals (e.g. pedicure for losing next 10 pounds), and links to the poster's personal SparkPage.
From the qualitative data, we identified the three most common types of social support interactions for quantitative analysis: encouragement and motivation, information, and shared experiences. We applied these categories to the free-text answers to the open-ended survey question "What kinds of things have SparkPeople members said or done to help with your weight loss effort in the past 4 weeks?" Encouragement and motivation was the most commonly reported type of support, mentioned at least once by 87.6% (169/193) of survey respondents, followed by information (58.5%) and shared experiences (42.5%).
Members of a large Internet weight loss community exchange social support in the form of encouragement and motivation, information, and shared experiences. The support is similar to face-to-face social support, but also offers the unique aspects of convenience, anonymity, and non-judgmental interactions. Our findings have implications for the potential role of Internet weight loss communities as a resource for clinicians to recommend to patients.
A strength of this study was the use of multiple data sources. Studies of online social support in other health domains analyzed forum postings [4,5] or conducted surveys of members [14,15,27]. We evaluated forum postings, surveys, and interviews. We also employed a context-specific, inductive approach to explore social support as described by members of the online community [3], rather than constraining the evaluation to previous definitions of social support developed in other contexts. To our knowledge, this is the first description of social support among members of a public Internet weight loss community.
The study also had several limitations. First, findings may not generalize to other weight loss communities, although the specific communication avenues (e.g. forums, email, and blogs) are not likely to vary widely between online communities. Second, survey and interview participants were mostly white women. However, the predominance of white women is consistent with the general SparkPeople membership, other online health communities [14,15,27,28], and, to a lesser extent, US internet users [29]. Third, we could not calculate all possible response rates for the survey. We do not know how many members viewed the study announcement on the forums. Nor do we know how many of the 3000 members invited by email would have participated if there was no cap of 250. The response rates using known denominators were acceptable (Table 2). Fourth, selection bias likely occurred, such that survey respondents may have been more active in the SparkPeople community or had more positive social support interactions compared to nonrespondents. However, survey respondents were similar in age and gender to the general membership. We also analyzed discussion forum messages from a broader sample of members to corroborate findings from the survey and interviews. Fifth, questions about interactions with other SparkPeople members (Table 4) were worded positively, which might have led to social desirability bias in how respondents answered the questions. However, the response scale was balanced, with two positive and two negative choices flanking a neutral middle choice. Nevertheless, the possibility of these biases suggests that our findings depict social support benefits of active participants in an Internet weight loss community, rather than a definitive summation of experiences. Accessing people who quit due to negative experiences or explicitly asking current participants about negative experiences would yield additional information about these communities. Lastly, we did not explore the use of other community features which may also aid weight management, such as nutrition and physical activity tracking tools.
Consistent with descriptions of face-to-face social support [1–3], the major types of online social support for weight loss in this study are encouragement and motivation, information, and shared experiences. These themes are not mutually exclusive. Because of their shared experience of trying to lose weight, SparkPeople members share day-to-day encouragement/motivation and information frequently not available from "offline" contacts. These types of support are also shaped by unique characteristics of convenience, anonymity, and non-judgment.
For example, the prominence of encouragement and motivational support, similar to emotional and appraisal support, is appropriate considering the chronic behavioral modifications necessary for weight loss. Reading testimonies from peers who have lost weight may be particularly helpful, since weight loss is correlated with the weight loss success of peer supporters [8]. Online peers may be more accessible and helpful than clinicians or offline friends who are not experiencing the same challenges. SparkPeople members value the ability to receive such support conveniently and without fear of judgment.
The importance of informational support to our participants is consistent with our previous work [30–32] and other descriptions of online and traditional social support [1,3–5,14,15,27]. Not only has the Internet supplanted clinicians as the primary source of health information for the American public [33], but the primacy of read-only Web resources created by a central core of experts ("Web 1.0") is giving way to online communities which offer the collective wisdom of peers ("Web 2.0") [13].
The shared experiences aspect of online support for weight loss is akin to the concept of network support [4,5]. The sense of unity among SparkPeople members is forged not by geographic proximity, but by the common endeavor to lose weight. Our findings resonate with a previous depiction of Internet health communities as "weak tie" networks, characterized by relatively low time commitment, emotional intensity, and intimacy [17,34]. The SparkPeople community offers benefits of weak tie networks, such as diverse sources of support and a safe environment to disclose information without judgment or stigmatization, which lead to integration within the community [17,34].
As traditionally defined, instrumental (tangible) support was not a major type of support described by SparkPeople members. However, this dimension is growing. SparkPeople members occasionally meet in their local communities for group exercise sessions. There were also two national conventions for members in 2009. Furthermore, if instrumental support is that which helps a person lose weight (rather than just cope with being overweight), then many interactions among SparkPeople members might be cast as instrumental support. For example, members reported that advice, encouragement, accountability, and friendly competition empowered them to perform behaviors which directly led to weight loss.
In this aspect, the benefits of online support for weight loss may surpass the benefits of support for other health conditions, although this hypothesis would be difficult to test. For example, online social support for psoriasis [14], infertility [15], Huntington's disease [4], and HIV [5] can help an individual cope with the psychosocial stressors associated with the health condition, make informed health decisions, and find healthcare providers. In this study, members of the Internet weight loss community reported similar benefits, but also reported that the support actually helped them lose weight.
This online weight loss community, by providing a venue for social support, functions as a valuable weight loss resource for active participants. As the obesity epidemic overwhelms the capacity of clinicians to provide weight loss counseling [35–39], it is unrealistic to expect clinicians to create and maintain venues for social support. Instead, they could refer patients to sustainable social support resources, such as SparkPeople.com and other similar online communities. Ideally, these communities would provide social support as an adjunct to structured counseling. While concerns exist about the accuracy of online health information, we have previously shown that weight loss advice in this community (and others) is generally accurate compared to clinical guidelines [30].
However, several questions remain unanswered. First, which types of people will join and participate in these communities when referred by clinicians? Current SparkPeople members are primarily white women, but a more sophisticated understanding of psychosocial, socioeconomic, and clinical predictors of community participation is needed. Second, can modifications to these communities increase participation of men and ethnic minorities, or are other interventions needed? Most importantly, what is the objective effect of online social support via these communities in terms of weight loss and other patient-valued outcomes? These questions require prospective studies.
In conclusion, this Internet weight loss community plays a prominent role in participants' weight loss efforts—roles which might not be adequately filled by clinicians or offline family and friends. Internet-mediated support provides similar benefits as face-to-face support, with unique convenience, anonymity, and lack of judgment. Participants report that the support from this Internet community helps them lose weight as well as cope with being overweight. Internet weight loss communities merit further evaluation as a potential resource for clinicians to recommend to patients, especially communities which are free and open to the public.
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We thank David Heilmann at SparkPeople for assistance with recruiting participants for the surveys. We also thank Lynn Medeiros for transcribing the interviews. This study was supported in part by a Clinical Investigator Award (Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine) and a Pilot Project Award (Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences), both from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The funding sources had no role in designing the study; collecting, analyzing, or interpreting the data; or preparing or submitting the manuscript for publication.
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None of the authors have any conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, relevant to the conduct or reporting of this study.
Contributions. K. Hwang, A. Ottenbacher, A. Green, M. Cannon-Diehl, and O. Richardson contributed substantially to study design; data collection, analysis and interpretation; preparation of the manuscript; and final approval of the submitted version. E. Bernstam and E. Thomas contributed substantially to study design; data analysis and interpretation; preparation of the manuscript; and final approval of the submitted version.
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Yeah okay. This isn't creepy.
I'm fine with my boobs.85|30|2
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@xekittie1 You'll learn the ropes eventually.
32A, small, sporty and my boyfriend loves them! Have to do really weird contortions and a push-up bra to get cleavage! Ha Ha!! =D. I could fill out a little in the next couple of years, I don't I'm happy with what I have.11|00|0
who needs a bra when they have no boobs? I would like some though.44|00|0
I would definitely like bigger. I'm still deciding as to whether or not get breast implants. I probably will by the time I'm 30. Just to like a full B cup or maybe C cup. I'm petite, so I think Bs would look nice on me. Thankfully there's surgeons to fix what nature lacks! Haha :)00|00|1
I'm sure your body is beautiful. If you do choose surgery, do your homework. There are plenty of "Cracker Jacks" out there who call themselves plastic surgeons, when really they only took a seminar type of course and got a certificate, not a Degree from a reputable college. Just be careful. Ok. Woman to woman, you shouldn't feel like you have to change your body with surgery to feel beautiful.
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@funny_strange_man not to me. But I'm not gonna get surgery. Why put new headlights on a lemon car? Waste of time and money lol
You probably are way more beautiful than you think you are
i love my size:) 32D10|10|0
Shouldn't be asking women this lool64|20|0
Small, my boyfriend loves them and they're cute because I'm so little so whatever, its all good👍31|20|0
32B. I would choose a D cup if I was choosing, but I like my size just fine. It's nice to not need a bra.00|00|0
32 B, I gained weight and 32 B bras seem impossible to find in the store. I just wear 34 B and adjust the straps really tight and it works.
I shouldn't complain though since my best friend is an H and has a lot of self esteem issues and it hurts her back.00|00|0
I do not think men should be asking women the size of their boobs42|20|1
I'm a 30E and I wish they where smaller11|00|0
not really. my boyfriend likes them and that's all that matters honestly.32|11|0
i am a 34 C i wish i was a D :)31|20|0
I'm 34 C I had a friend who was 38 G I didn't even know that existed but she had her bras personally made it was really bad10|11|0
what's with the down vote lol jk I don't care
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36DDD Natural. And no, I'm happy with my body.00|01|0
Sorry. Yes, I do like my size. No, I don't wish I was bigger or smaller. I like my body the way it is.
They were a 34c four months ago, then they grew to a 34dd. I like the new size and finally having some cleavage.00|00|0
85 B in cm and I want them Kardashian big :)00|00|0
36C. I wish I was a 32C or 32D00|00|0
36f :P and im 18.. so a bit big:P00|00|0
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38DDD, wish they were smaller00|02|0
Wow. That actually sounds painful
30B... Sometimes 30A, when I lose weight.
I used to wish that they were bigger... Like a C, maybe...
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I'm a 38B. I'm happy with them. They are the perfect size so they don't get in the way, and I can still look like I have some boobs If I wear the right bra00|00|0
38C, totally fine with them00|00|0
38D. pretty happy with it although im short lol10|11|0
32B. I'm a pretty tiny girl so any bigger and it would just look disproportionate. I like them the way they are; they don't bother me when I'm exercising, plus they'll stay perky as I get older :D21|10|0
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Been asked before. Search questions before asking them.21|10|0
I'm actually surprised girls answered this. Lame perv attempt10|10|0
Just gonna chill here for a bit lol33|03|0
Bro fist
my wife is a 40D and ex gf is a 48 DD and one girl know is a 54 FFF and all three wear no bra00|01|1
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Massimo Moratti claims Michael Ballack is pricing himself out of a move to Inter.
Massimo Moratti has claimed that Michael Ballack is pricing himself out of a move to Internazionale.
Germany star Ballack is set to be the most prized Bosman of the summer if, as expected, he lets his contract with Bayern Munich expire.
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State Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle of Los Angeles has agreed with Activision that one of Vince Zampella and Jason West's fraud claims against Activision should not be allowed to go forward. One of them still stands, however.
West and Zampella said that they were considering leaving Activision when their contracts expired in October 2008. They alleged that Activision made false promises to string them along and create "Modern Warfare 2," which became the bestselling game of 2010, before firing them.
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The two men accuse Activision of firing them in order to avoid paying them millions in royalties for the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, however the publishing giant maintains that they were fired due to the two holding secret talks with Electronic Arts, which was in breach of their contracts. As such, in December 2010, Activision filed a $400 million lawsuit against EA.
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Now sitting in the twilight of my life, I feel the need to leave some record of the man so ostracized by the papers now that he is no longer able to defend himself. It is often the case that people forget a service but never a slight, and as such I feel that I, myself must leave some record of the man who was the standard for justice when it was such a murky matter. I could begin with the first time we had the occasion of meeting and through a matter of course working together, but as the matter is muddled itself I find myself choosing from one of our later adventures.
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