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INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Manning is far more than Peyton's little brother now.
Spot-on from beginning to end Sunday night, Eli Manning won his second NFL Championship in a four-year span – and second Super Bowl MVP award – for leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots.
Manning went 30 for 40 for 296 yards, with one touchdown pass and no interceptions. He opened the game by becoming the first quarterback to complete his first nine attempts in a Super Bowl. And he finished the job by directing the nine-play,
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This late drive, so reminiscent of the way New York beat New England in the 2008 Super Bowl, started on the Giants' 12, with a little more than 3½ minutes left and the Patriots ahead 17-15. It closed with running back Ahmad Bradshaw easing into the end zone from 6 yards out. The Patriots decided not to contest the run, trying to save some time on the clock for a final drive.
Manning also was the MVP in 2008, when his scoring pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left ended the Patriots' perfect season.

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- The hate... I don't get it. I liked it!
I never played DMC before this one, Dante was a major turn off for me, I felt like he was very over-the-top considering everything I saw from past games and DMC in general had (IMO) terrible gameplay and not as fluid as Bayonetta or GOW (still does in this title, by a GREAT margin). This Dante is still over-the-top, that's why Vergil and Kat are actually better characters and made me go through the game despite the MC.
The visuals are very good and original, I can't remember a single game playing the meta-game with the player (aside from Eternal Darkness) and providing such a colorful yet dark and twisted world. The viillain was meh, the story was ok for a game (I loved the connections with real big world enterprises and issues, plus the whole New World Order thing). There are many ideas sucked straight out of Constantine, one of the greatest comics/ visual novels out there. Actually, I felt like this could be a Constantine game, if a few alterations were made.
So, why exactly people hate on this game? Everything ranges from regular to good in a VG production stand point, is it because it's a reboot? If so, if this game was named something else, people would like it more?
I don't get it. Maybe because I'm not a fan of past titles....
Pesmerga255 4 years ago#2
I never played a DMC, Dante was too over the top, babby's first social commentary, why the hate...
Yep, we never had this thread before.
Chickenfrogman 4 years ago#4
Writing was garbage, story was garbage, gameplay was a gigantic step down from the fantastic DMC3 and 4, if you thought they had bad gameplay you have objectively garbage taste.
Renekton would make a terrible lifeguard. He'd just laugh at you as you drown and die and then probably eat your corpse.
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You kinda answered your own question there. And no, God of War can't hold a candle to the Devil May Cry series gameplay wise. And Devil May Cry IS supposed to be over the top. Kinda how GoW is supposed to be overy brutal and stuff.
*sits on Dante's chair*
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CirOnn posted...
I don't get it. Maybe because I'm not a fan of past titles....
Well maybe that. And probably all the insults the dev team was throwing at fans the whole way.
Rule number 1: Do not insult your customers. Aside from it being immature... it's just a bad business strategy.
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Psychochild27 4 years ago#7
...if this game was named something else, people would like it more?
People wouldn't be paying any attention to it and it'd be recognized as a second rate DMC knock-off like Dante's Inferno was to God of War and Ninja Blade to Ninja Gaiden.
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I just wanted to understand where the hate is aimed at/ coming from, because from my experience this is an okay game. Solid, but not awesome. Certainly not terrible.
Hello. There's a lot of reasons that people don't like DmC. And yes, a lot of people don't like this because they really did change Dante too much. I'm not saying that change is horrible, but this change...not so good. I'll list some of the reasons below.
-Glitches...lots and lots of glitches. A lot of people, who did buy and play the game from beginning to end, found a lot of glitches and they weren't fun.
-There was a ton of swearing. Yes, it doesn't bother most people. But most people who are fine with swearing, didn't like this.
-Vergil and Dante's personalities were completely changed to the point of where they were unrecognizable. (you'd have to play the original DMC games to know)
-Ninja Theory kept insulting the DMC fan base and was very unprofessional. In their arrogance of sticking their finger in the eye of old DMC fans, they forgot to thank and show gratitude to DmC fans.
-Lack of lock-on and lack of taunting really didn't help things. Taunting was not only funny, it raised the style meter and drew enemies to you. No lock on makes it hard to attack certain enemies.
-30 frames per second or FPS for short. This wouldn't bother most people, but it is a noticeable difference if you watch it on a split screen.
I think there's more reasons, but that's all I can think of for now. I'm not bashing you for liking the game or anything, but for original DMC fans, there are a lot of legitimate reasons for not liking DmC.
Newer isn't always better.
And I shall keep Dante's Force Edge polished and sharp till he comes back.
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Pesmerga255 posted...
Your post is what I call fresh, right? XD
Rising_shadow 4 years ago#10
one of the greatest comics/ visual novels out there
The **** am I reading here. First of all, a visual novel is a type of computer game. The words you wanted are graphic novel. Second, it's not called Constantine, unlike that terrible Keanu Reeves movie would like you to believe. The series was called Hellblazer.
Third, Hellblazer is a hundred times more mature and dark than this masterpiece of clogged toilets is.
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King of Heroes, do you have enough swords?!
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Safety Josh Harvey-Clemons is headed for a reunion with Todd Grantham at Louisville, which means Georgia should avoid another regular season game against another player dismissed from its program.
Harvey-Clemons plans to transfer to Louisville, his grandfather told InsideTheVille.com.
"He wants to stick with coach Grantham and his defensive system," Woodrow Clemons said. "That Star position that he's able to play safety and outside linebacker and cover the back coming out or able to rush the quarterback. We kind of like that."
Georgia shouldn't see Harvey-Clemons again unless they happen to meet in the new four-team playoffs. It seems highly unlikely that Georgia would add Louisville to its schedule given that Grantham, the former Georgia defensive coordinator who left in January, and now Harvey-Clemons are there.
Quarterbacks Nick Marshall and Zach Mettenberger, each sent packing after off-field trouble while at Georgia, gave the Bulldogs all they could handle last year. Marshall threw the game-winning tipped touchdown pass for Auburn last year and the Bulldogs won a shootout over LSU and Mettenberger.
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My wife and I recently returned from a 24 day honeymoon excursion beginning in Santiago, including a 14 day cruise around the horn and into Uruguay before docking in Buenos Aires. We then spent 4 days in Buenos Aires and then 3 days in Mendoza. We had the most wonderful time and our trip report will be in the form of our honeymoon blog site. Suffice it to say that we loved Buenos Aires and the people.
There is just one thing that I feel must be said here though. I am going against my core belief system in one sense because I am not usually one to complain about another person in public. I just learn and move on. However, maybe this will be benificial in helping someone else finding themselves in a similar situation.
It was litterally less than 10 minutes after we got to our hotel room when I got the phone call. A gentleman with whom I had been corresponding in doing research for our trip was on the other end giving me an "Offer you can't refuse". He offered to pick us up from our hotel, take us on a tour of the city followed by lunch at "a place of your choosing". Afterwards he would drop us off at San Telmo for the Sunday fair. I accepted his generous offer with gratefulness. He then informed me of one hitch in the offer, there was one other couple going with us and, since his car didn't seat 6, my wife would have to sit on my lap. I reluctantly continued to agree knowing that would be a tight fit.
He showed up a little later with his wife driving and immediately upon looking at the car, I knew we were in for a cozy ride. We rode for about 10 minutes where we picked up another couple who got in the back seat with our host. My wife squished onto my lap in the front seat and I kept one hand on her backside so that our host's wife could shift gears. On our driveby tour of the city, if it wasn't out the right side of the car, we didn't see it. I didn't care much, because the real reason I was there was to meet this man and talk with him.
During the "tour" we were asked where we wanted to eat. My reply was that we had eaten not too long before leaving the ship and that all I wanted was a good salad. The other couple had no input either as to which restaurant to choose. Our host informed us that since neither of us had made a decision, he was making it for us. I believe two of the words he used in his description were "fancy" and "French". I could be wrong on that. He took us to FERVOR.
I sat at one end of the table between his lovely wife who spoke no English, and my wife. The restaurant was quite noisy, so I spent the entirety of the meal not hearing 95% of what was being discussed at the other end of the table. I was getting the distinct feeling that the couple who didn't have to sit on top of each other were the guests of honor and that my wife and I were secondary. I can't recall the number of times I had to lean forward and say "excuse me?" And I found that a shame because I was finding our new friends from the UK to be very friendly and interesting. I would have liked to have spent more time getting to know them. And as for the food... I ordered what I had thought was to be a salad featuring hard boiled eggs. What I got was a salad consisting ENTIRELY of hard boiled eggs. Period. Just 7 hard boiled eggs. 22 pesos.
Part of our discussion at the table consisted of my telling of our credit card woes since we had left home. That 2 of them were not working - And that 3 big checks that were supposed to be deposited were not, forcing us into a budget we were not expecting. That we were just hours in the city and didn't have any local currency was let known as well.
The check came. Our host picked it up and told us all to give 130 pesos and that would cover everything including tip. I suggested that since we didn't have any cash that we pay with our credit card and take the cash from the other couples. All agreed. Then our host took 50 pesos from my hand and said that was what I needed to pay for the tip. I told him at the time that I was under the impression that tipping in this country was customarily 10%. He corrected me and told me that was what I needed to leave for a bill that was $368.
Itemizing the tab goes briefly as follows:
host - $139
guests of honor - $165
us - $64
We received $210 in cash after the tip so our share paid was $158 ($47.48 USD as the visa company charged us) for a salad, a plate of grilled vegetabled and a coffee. I watched others at the table eating very delicious looking salmon and chicken. Our host didn't even finish his meal but ordered 2 desserts. I did not complain about this out loud at the time. I was a guest and the tour was not over.
Or was it?
We got outside the restaurant and our host told us that we needed to take a taxi to get to San Telmo. He immediately went to hail a cab for us. He couldn't get rid of us fast enough. I had to insist on going back inside his car to pick up my camera. before getting the boot. I would have liked pictures with the lovely couple from the UK for remembrance sake. And a picture of the resaurant and our host for visual is telling this portion of our story would have been priceless.
Live and learn.
I just found out today in getting back online that the couple from the UK was actually dropped off at San Telmo. Our host actually made good on his word to them. They didn't have to pay for a cab. Good for them.
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My wife and I recently returned from a 24 day honeymoon excursion beginning in Santiago, including a 14 day cruise around the horn and into Uruguay before docking in Buenos Aires. We then spent 4 days in Buenos Aires and then 3 days in Mendoza. We had the most wonderful time and our trip report will be in the form of our honeymoon blog site. Suffice it to say that we loved Buenos Aires and the people.
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I'm afraid I'm the "gentleman with whom I (the OP) had been corresponding in doing research for our trip".
I cannot answer all this at this time, but I'll get around to it later.
In the meantime, I hope Crellston, who was the other person at the table, will give his version.
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I too would like to hear what else happened but my first thought was "Isn't it really unsafe to drive around sitting on each others' laps?" Why would the driver even think that was ok? Sure, Todd could have said no but I understand he really wanted to meet rooster and thought he was going to be treated respectfully.
Sheesh....this is dodgy all around.
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I visit this forum once in a while, most of the time I over at TA BA forum.
I have been to Buenos Aires twice. On each of those trips I had dinner with AVRooster along with going on his tour with other tourists who were visiting Buenos Aires. AV was the one the introduce me to one of my favorite things to do while in Buenos Aires. That is to go horseback riding at Estancia Los Dos Hermanos.
AVRooster is not looking to take advantage of any tourists. Just the opposite he wants to share the good and even the bad points of living in Buenos Aires. When he was doing tours he was not charging anything for it. I was free.
AVRooster is not unique in this because over my two trips I found some Portenos that are not jaded with tourists who are visiting Buenos Aires and these Portenos go out of their way to share their city and some will have dinner with you too.
I have to say some things what ToddPBrown wrote does not make sense to me, but I figure AV cannot please every tourist he meets.
For me on my next trip to Buenos Aires I will do the same thing I enjoy the most. That is to go horseback riding at Los Dos Hermanos. Have steak at La Cabrera. Have dinner at Casa Saltshaker. Visit Recoleta Cemetery and Feria De Mataderos again.
I will still have dinner at the restaurant where AVRooster drive us too in his car, along with any other tourists that are visiting. I know there are others that have dinner with AV and never had a problem too.
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i hope AvR will do me the honor of having a meal with us on our visit in april....while we have had little formal exchange i have read with interest many many of his fodors exchanges....no one ever seems to have any issue with him at all....
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Thank you, Bill (wcbert) and rhkkmk!
More later, just doing some research, before I reply in full. Do not despair! LOL!!
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You received a lot free advice from a local about the area in advance of your trip; the local picked you up and showed you the city; and you feel cheated because his car was too small, the bill at the restaurant was divided equally when you had not ordered as much as the others (you paid 158 pesos or about 90 pesos more than your actual bill) , you were stuck at the wrong end of the table with the cad's non-Enlish speaing wife and you had to take a cab to San Telmo after lunch?
I am not sure about where you live... but in my part of the United States, when someone corresponds with us in advance to offer free advice about their town and gives us a tour of the city, we would offer to pay for the lunch of our host...and we probably would not expect them to rent a larger car or teach the wife English so we could hold a conversation. Just some food for thought...
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Dr. Dawggy:
I was pleased to read your response to 'Beware...' as you expressed my sentiments (and my Southern belle upset)so well.
It is clear to anyone who has followed this and other Forums(a) that avrooster is a decent and generous man who volunteers to certain visitors his time, knowledge and appreciation of his region. And on TA and Fodors he volunteers his ideas, breadth of knowledge and sooo much time to all of us!
I only hope his knee is improved, and that he will be in town, so my husband, friends and I can meet him, and his wife, in Buenos Aires in February.
Thank you for all you do avrooster -your guidance is very much appreciated.
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My wife and I, as well as another couple we travel with, have visited a number of places around the world.
Never have we met anyone as gracious and generous as Avrooster and his lovely wife. They wined and dined us at their own expense and introduced us to their lovely family.
Av loves to show people (and show off) his wonderful City. That being said, he does have his own opinions (don't we all?) and we wouldn't have it any other way.
I followed his posts going back over two years on TA and Fodors before getting in touch with him prior to our BsAs trip in October of this year.
His insight and advice helped us enjoy BsAs to the max, and we not only thank him for it, but hope that he and his wife will someday visit us so we can return the favors.
The twisted old phrase "You can please some of the people some of the time, etc, etc" comes to mind in this post by ToddPBrown.
AV: we love ya' in Minnesota!
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I'm sorry that you had a bad experience, Todd. However, I am floored that you are complaining about it on a public forum no less. AV has responded to your questions and offered you advice and was gracious enough to take you around his city which to me is incredibly kind and nice. You pay him back by criticizing him. (Even if AV had not identified himself, I think many of us would have known to whom you were referring anyway.) Unfortunately I did not get to meet AV on our visit to BA, but I know from reading his posts, emailing with him and reading the many compliments people have paid him on this forum that I missed a great opportunity. What's the expression, no good deed goes unpunished? I think that applies here.
AV has given me tons of great advice and assistance. My advice to him, don't waste your time responding to Todd.
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Many, many thanks to y'all, as they say in the Southern US!
Doc Dawggy: I particularly enjoyed your "the cad's non-Enlish speaing wife". LOL!!
tptr: is it cold enough for you up there in the Twin Cities? LOL!!!
I have an answer almost ready, but, if I go on reading these wonderful posts, I just MAY take yestravel's kind advice not to "waste your time responding".
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I am in no way defending Todd or criticizing Mr Rooster. In fact the only reason that I am responding is so that Av doesn't "waste his time responding" I would really like to hear his side as well as something else from Todd.
This board is so civilized and nice, unlike some of the other forums. We need to be able to post and read an unpopular opinion, it makes it a well rounded exchange of ideas.
I too feel like some of you, that if someone shows me a good time I will pick up the tab, that AV gives tons of great advice here for free and that sometimes you just don't have a connection with someone that you meet on line when you come face to face.
An example of this for me was when I hired a very popular guide for Paris, everyone on the Europe board loves this person. Well, I met a totally different person than the one everyone else met. I did feel a need to tell the other side, and in so doing, I heard from one other person who also had the same exact experience with him, the rest of the people still loved him. I felt that it gave people searching for a guide something to consider before making their own decision to hire him, and in no way did I want to wreck his business, just wanted to tell the other side.
Now what is really irking me is another trip report where the poster gets upset that everyone speaks spanish?????
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I would have responded earlier but my better half said I had to calm down before responding, Allow me now to respond as one half of "the other couple" Clive and Carolyn. Firstly, let me say that I have a somewhat different recollection of events but that in itself is not surprising, as in any group interaction people tend to view things from different perspectives.
Firstly, yes six in a 5 seater car is always going to be a squeeze , but if Todd didn't like it then he should have said so at the time. As for us being the "guests of honour "and Carolyn not having to sit on my lap, not wishing to be in any way rude, but I feel that this was simply a question of practicality as Todd was larger than anyone else and the front seat offered more room for two (particularly as Alberto was recovering from a serious knee replacement operation and was in pain). I suppose I should have volunteered to sit on Todd's lap to provide the ladies with more room but firstly, I am quite big myself it would have been virtually impossible and, secondly Todd and I had only just met and I really prefer to know someone a bit better before getting that up close and personal (only joking!!)
The choice of restaurant. Avrooster asked us all THREE times where we would like to eat and and provided the choice of "a cheap Parrilla (non touristy,) Fervour an upmarket Parrilla (with a few tourists) or an Italian ". My input to the decision making process was to say "I really don't mind" Alberto, probably fed up with the indecision (I know I would have been!)eventually said that as no one could make a decision he would take us to Fervour - as I recall everyone agreed and I for one was certainly happy that the only Porteno in the car was making a decision!
As for settling the check. Personally, I would never venture out with a group with cash in my pocket even if I had just arrived a few hours and whilst I was sorry to learn of your credit card problems, they are your problems and no one else's. As for the spilt of the bill, this is always a problem with strangers meeting for the first time, but I have always viewed it as the norm to split the bill equally, but would have have absolutely no problem with some one asking to just pay their own way, if felt this way then you really should have spoken up at the time rather than holding a grudge. My only problem was after we had left Alberto and Teresa, Carolyn remonstrated with me for not paying Alberto's share of the bill as a token of our appreciation for taking the time and trouble to drive the 40 miles from his home into town to show us around. If it had been just the four of us I would certainly have done this but chose not to in case it put you in an awkward situation
As for being left out of the conversation at the table, I do recall that you were less forthcoming than the rest of the table (including Teresa - the non English speaker!! who at least made the effort to speak what little English she could!). How many times did you even attempt any Spanish (yes I do know mine is pathetic but at least I try). I did hear you say excuse me once or twice just like I heard Alberto speak to directly to you several times only to get no response. Personally, I enjoyed the company of everyone at the table. I had no problem hearing what anyone was saying and I too was at one end of the table. If I had any problems hearing anything, then I would simply have asked everyone to speak up.
As for the food, yes, the "egg salad " was a little strange. Here's a novel idea, ever thought of sending it back? The salmon was absolutely delicious! You are correct that Alberto did not finish his meal but in the Argentine fashion he did offer to share it with the table. By the way, Albertos wife also had a salad, so you were not the only one. The desserts were ordered for the whole table and this was made clear at the time (obviously you did not hear, but it was obvious) Alberto was IMO simply being a good host and trying to provide an insight into the Porteno ways, clearly he did not succeed in this.
As for your giving a breakdown of the bill in a public forum. This is just bad manners.
Finally, as for our ride to San Telmo, why I am bothering to mention this I do not know as it is nothing to do with anyone but those concerned. When leaving the restaurant, Alberto asked if he could drop us anywhere and I immediately said San Telmo without whether this would take him out of his way (which it did) however, Alberto being the true gentleman, would not take no for an answer when I tried to refuse.
Todd, I am sorry you feel the way you do, but would suggest that before resorting to a diatribe in a public forum such as this that you email the "offender" with your issues, better still reflect upon what you write before posting. In future, if you have a problem say something rather than let it fester. In essence, get over it. No one is interested.
Where is your gratitude for all the free advice you received beforehand from Alberto ?
Alberto, both Carolyn and I enjoyed our time with you and really appreciate the invaluable advice you have given both on this forum and by email. As I mentioned to you in my email of a few weeks ago, if you do decide to come to London in April then Carolyn and I would be delighted to show you around "my town" and of course dinner is on us (assuming of course that we are not back in Argentina by then). If you do need any advice before then please email me and I would be delighted to help (and beware the Europe board there are some strange folk there!!)
Happy New Year travelling to all….
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Susanna, I agree that when one is hiring and paying for the services of someone recommended on this board it is perfectly fine to come back with an opinion giving one's perspective. I agree it is useful to hear dissenting views. However, that was not the case with Todd and AV. AV was offering as a fellow fodorite to take Todd around and have lunch with him. Todd did not hire AV as a guide nor do I imagine Todd paid AV for his advice.
I think I know the posts to which u refer about the person getting annoyed with everyone speaking Spanish. Yes, that part of her posts present a rather amazing perspective. But unlike Todd's post, she is not complaining about a specific poster on this forum.
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Todd Brown:
I am sorry that you were disappointed with your tour and lunch with the Portenio host in Buenos Aires.
My wife grew up in Buenos Aires coming to Canada at age 17. So her Spanish is perfect and she is well aware of most of the city and the local custom.
We have visited Argentina twice so far, both times for 2 months and with that background I must say that we were always well treated by everyone we met.
On our first trip we were at an intersection in Bs. As. trying to find a specific location. We asked a passing business man for help. He stopped and tried but did not know what we required. In turn, he stopped another person for help and soon there were 4 or 5 around us offering assistance.
There was no reward for them, only the giving of their time and concern.
Another time we were on a day tour and as we were getting on the tour bus,a local man, also touring asked - in English - if we were having a good time? Were we being well treated in his country?
If that were to happen to me in Canada or the US I might have a heart attach from the shock.
Once coming back to our hotel late at night, we did not have small change for the bus. The driver said not to worry that he would have change by the time we got to our hotel. On arrival, he did not have change and said we should not worry and let us off - no payment. Try that in New York.
Yet another time we were approached in a smaller town, and asked if we would converse with that person in English. They wanted to practice. Try that too in New York, Detroit or Chicago.
We spent a week touring in San Jose province and our guide, Marcelo, could not do enough for us. He constantly telephoned to his office asking about weather for our safety. [Afraid of heavy rains.] He would provide us with water so we would not dehydrate in the very hot weather. He was respectful and answered all our questions. He accepted us as friends introducing us to his family before we left.
Many times I was not permitted to carry my luggage. I was treated as if I were an old favorite uncle. I expect that is how life was in Canada perhaps 75 years ago when 'elders were respected'.
We have never felt threatened in Argentina but no doubt they have bad people as we do at home and everywhere else. We have more than our share of incompetent people as no doubt all countries do. I don't expect miracles.
Our only poor experience was in Mendoza where the local travel agent did a very bad job. Well, even I have only been perfect when my children were small [and didn't know the difference].
We are going back again to Argentina this winter and expect to have a great time.
The people have always been pleasant for the most part. The food was wonderful. The weather was a pleasant shirt sleeve temperature, not -30ºC.
Could our travels have been better? well, yes, I missed our Hungarian seeded rye bread and I have had enough jamon y queso sandwiches but no so much that I want to stay home for them.
If you were not happy with your host's behavior, perhaps they were not too thrilled either?
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Thank you, Susanna, Crellston (some post!), Yestravel and Woodie!
Susanna would "really like to hear" my side of the story, so I'll probably present it.
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I think that Crellston gave a great "other side" to the story, I don't need any more to form my decision on the matter, in fact, I'll be there Feb 19th in case anyone, including Mr. Rooster, would like to have an informal GTG!
yestravel: I agree that I hired someone and that this service was free, but ,when I am on vacation I don't want to waste time, so if I read this post it would give me something to decide before taking up even a free offer.
If you were not happy with your host's behavior, perhaps they were not too thrilled either?
Perfectly said!
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This is my reply, as far as I can recollect something that happened several weeks ago:
I "met" the OP in this forum. If you click on his screen name, you can check how many of his questions I answered here. Besides that, he sent 12 e-mails to my personal e-mail and I sent him 17 replies.
More specifically:
1) I made the mistake of trying to fit 6 grown adults in my car. Once the mistake was made, I tried to make the best of it. It won't happen again.
2) The restaurant I suggested (Fervor) could be described as a "fancy parrilla", featuring great grilled fish, which is quite unusual. There is absolutely nothing French about it.
3) I humbly apologize for not having helped the OP with his salad order. He never said it was NOT what he wanted. Crellston and his wife ordered fish, as suggested and were very happy with it.
4) About the restaurant's check: I believe, according to the OP, that the amount to be paid was 368 pesos. Local habits dictate that the check is usually split equally, regardless of the cost of what each participant eats and drinks. So, I tried to find a round figure, which included tip and would be easy to split 3 ways and decided 420 pesos was about right, as it was 140 pesos each, requiring no exact change, which would complicate things. I plead guilty to the crime of not having explained all this adequately to the OP.
When the OP said he wanted to pay with his credit card, Crellston and yours truly gave him 140 pesos (not 130, as he says) each in cash (two thirds of the 420 pesos total). The cash required for the tip (50 pesos) was, as the OP says, deducted from these 280 pesos in cash. The OP kept 230 pesos in cash (140+140 - 50 tip), not 210 pesos, as he says. The restaurant got the 368 pesos the OP paid with his credit card and the staff got the 50 pesos tip, which makes a total of 418 pesos. As Crellston and yours truly contributed 140 pesos each, it is a fact that the OP contributed 138 pesos, not 158 pesos, as he says.
I agree this was sort of unfair to the OP, considering his "itemized" tab, which I cannot argue with, as he kept it, but it's the way it's usually done here. This reminds me of many, many years ago, when I argued with my friends, because I was the only one who did not drink and I had to pay for their wine, when we dined together, I always lost that argument. LOL!!!
5) About transportation to San Telmo: by the time lunch was over, my recently operated knee hurt like hell and yes, I wanted the whole thing to be over ASAP! So, yes, I suggested the OP might cab it to San Telmo. Then, I asked Crellston did they want us to drop them at their flat, which was just about on the way to our home. When he said they also wanted to go to San Telmo, I said to myself, OMG! and felt as if I had been kicked WAY below my waist, but somehow or other managed to mutter that we'd be glad to take them. I plead guilty, as charged, to not having told them to cab it, which was also unfair to the OP, as I told Crellston, at the time.
6) About the OP's "I was getting the distinct feeling that the couple who didn't have to sit on top of each other were the guests of honor and that my wife and I were secondary.", I'm afraid I lack the training to answer that kind of thing.
So, as the OP well says: "Live and learn".
The OP posted the following on 11/20/2008 at 06:07 pm, in my A REALLY dumb decision! thread:
"Confucious say: Sometimes I appreciate a good hearty laugh in the middle of chaos. It does the soul good."
Hail to CONFUCIUS!
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I'm sorry that this is somewhat unrelated to what's going on in this post, but as I am the poster who "complained about people speaking spanish" - in case anyone on here did not see my post responding to this in my buenos aires trip report thread, I wanted to put it on here as well. As I re-read what I've written, I realize how it sounds, and I apologize for the brattiness and if I offended anyone. Truly, most everyone I've met here has been extremely friendly, teaching us spanish, and speaking whatever English they know with us. I thought I could get by with a little translator, but I find it awkward to actually take it out and use it. I suppose it is my fault for not knowing Spanish, and I wish I did, but in my other travels abroad I guess I found more English speaking - which is NOT a criticism of Argentina, just my limited experience. Anyway, all I wanted to say is that the tone of my post is now what I meant it to be, I was very frustrated about how horribly we were treated in the restaurant, that's all.
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It's OK, sharbear, we all hope you are having a great honeymoon!
Perhaps you shouldn´t write such great reports.
I have never been to Sucre, but, if you'd asked me, I would have told you not to go, considering what I have read about it.
Did you enjoy Iguazú?
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Thanks Avrooster - I should've asked you!! Iguazu is amazing, I just posted the first part of my report on it
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I usually only visit this site once per day when I check my morning mail but I just had to peek again today.
First of all, let me wish all a very happy new year.
I would like to thank everyone for their input, particularly those who live in Buenos Aires for their first hand on site information. The data you provide comes not from one selling a specific service, hotel or what ever, but from a resident who is obviously a proud Portenio. can one get better than that?
By the way, when we go out to dinner with friends it is common practice here to also split the bill equally. And, no, we do not count each mouthful to see who ordered what. I drink very little as it is not my choice of calories but we still split equally. If one does not have the exact amount, we often round the contribution and could adjust next time. Life is too short to be serious and nit picky.
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Wow, all this inspired me to read all the tips that AVrooster has to offer on this website and to find out about a tour next year at this time. We are generally a group of 6 or 8 and are fun and gracious. Many times our tour guides will rent a larger vehicle to accommodate us. Do you have an e-mail address? Thanks!
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Well, seeksocean, don't you think that perhaps you should "Beware of the 'Offer you can't refuse'"? LOL!!
More seriously, do you clearly understand I am NOT a tour guide?
If you are fully aware of that, click on my screen name, find my "The REAL Buenos Aires" thread and just about in the tenth post there, you will find my e-mail.
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Okay AVR, Sorry I wasn't more thorough in my reading of this thread! I am too lazy to read this whole thing right now because I am busy making sushi for New Years Eve. Happy New Year one and all! Peace!!!!
I'll read more of your entries soon, but I do realize that this time of year is busy and I had better get in gear to research this for next year.
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I had a lovely dinner with AV and his wife and several others when I was in Buenos Aires. They were charming and delightful hosts. Should they ever venture into rural America, I'd love to host them in my home.
Not as elegant as Confuscious AV, but another saying applies "Don't let the turkeys get you down!"
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So, I must admit when I saw this post while cruising nostalgically on the boards, in no way did I suspect that the person against whom the complaint was made was Avrooster.
I visited BA in late 2006 and can only say kind things about AV and the experience we had with him and, at that time, the Real Tour (which was of course free with the exception of your mass transit fare).
Of course I was disappointed that he couldn't stop the rain so that I could see a polo match!!!
I still think fondly of my experience in BA and if there weren't so many other places in the world that I want to visit would happily return and would of course arrange to spend time with Avrooster and Theresa.
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Thank you, momssk & teach2travel!
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And Happy New Year to you and your wife, Woodie!
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to you avrooster.
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I've read this post with interest just because...but I have just three things to add considering I was not there and really don't care much since again-I wasn't there!
1. I am American but own an apartment in Buenos Aires. It's a beautiful city, but not everyone is really that friendly. MOST people are, but not every single one. That being said, aside from Sydney it's a rockin awesome place!
2. AV offers a lot of advice, but no one is putting a gun to his head to do so, so people are entitled to take the advice and run, dispute it, or use it to their advantage. Not everyone will agree with him just like not everyone will agree with advice I may give, and that's fine with me. It's nice of him and Dr. Dawggy and Scarlett and all the BA regulars to give advice (which is usually wonderful so thank you), but they do it on their own time and at their own free will.
3. Georgewoodie-you will see bus drivers in NYC (where I live) give people free rides. In fact one just did this month and what did he get in return? SHOT! The guy got pissed that he didn't get a transfer or something stupid like that. People here are quite nice-maybe you haven't had that experience while "visiting our fair city"(something I see AV saying a lot) but there is etiquette and common courtesy shown in NYC.
I hope in 2009 that someone posts a trip report where they had a good time, meet nice people, and everyone who gave that person free advice can just be happy that that person return safe and sound. If you don't like the the feedback then don't offer the advice.
One last thing-La Cabrera is the best restaurant EVER. Everyone should have the experience. That said-do not order your own entrees. Two people can EASILY share a steak-it's like 20 ounces!!!!!!
Ok everyone-let's get along and enjoy Buenos Aires for the amazing, gorgeous, and special city that it is. Please???
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I should have said people post a trip report report where they "met" nice people and "returned" safe and sound. I don't like starting off the new year on the grammatically wrong foot. Cheers, Skiergirl.
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Pay no mind...dealing with immaturity breeds more immaturity. I have followed some of your posts and it seems to me that Fodorites who venture to wonderful Argentina are lucky indeed to have a Porteno so willing to help out in the planning phases, and more. I wish I had that luxury during my Latin America traveling in the 80's and 90's but it was all before my Fodor days....
Thank you Av, for graciously being that friendly local any tourist would like to find anywhere in our world.
Todd, I don't know you, but publically chastising a man who was so helpful to you in your planning for the visit, just ain't done where I come from (New England and california)...and not equally splitting a dinner bill is also a concrete "no-no"...frankly, I think it's you who owes AV an apology for uncalled for public condemnation.
stu t.
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Happy New Year, Skiergirl!
I agree with you on item (2) of your post.
About item (3), I suggest you read the lyrics of "New York, New York". I believe it shows how New Yorkers feel about themselves and you know as well as I do that MANY, many people agree with me.
I have read a lot of highly positive trip reports about my town and my country, so I just hope they'll keep coming.
I believe La Cabrera is a crowded, noisy and touristy restaurant which normally serves decent steaks. For some reason or other, tourists seem to absolutely love it.
Finally, I echo your "Ok everyone-let's get along and enjoy Buenos Aires for the amazing, gorgeous, and special city that it is. Please???"
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Happy New Year, Percy and tower!
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Hi Georgewoodie and all,I wish to put in a word for New York my home for fourteen years.
New-Yorkers are most of the time in a hurry like Parisians.... they can be rude but they can also be very nice and kind. They used to have, or may be they still have something in common :they are efficient.
Because bus drivers have been quoted in Buenos Aires and in New York, I had this very nice experience in N.Y. in the Fifth Avenue Bus going South,
I was visiting New York with one of my teen age daughters I was a tourist at the time.
I had in my hand Fodor;s New York guide book of New York. At a certain point the driver an older African American, started pointing out the buildings we were
passing by, LIke" to your right the Public Library "etc...
I was astonished , only to realize that he was doing that for us....for my daughter and myself.
Later on the ride, after Fourteen street several old ladies on the bus joined in the general conversation and gave us a lot of advice. Well this is NEw York ...
The year? it was some time in the late 80 and of course it was late in the morning, it was NOT rush time.
There is good and lovely people all over and nasty and unpleasant people all over too. Don't you think?
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and a happy 2009 to you, your family and the great city of Buenos Aires...my oldest granddaughter, who spent her junor year in high school in Mendoza, recently returned to BA on a business trip..it was her second vist and couldn't get over how spirited and welcoming the city was. She stayed in Palermo, because the conference was held in the large convention center nearby....
By the way, here are a few scanned photos of earlier visits to B.A..that shot of the museum is one of our favorites.(Can be enlarged by clicking on magnifying glass icon)
I look forward to contacting you should we return again.Keep on truckin' ol boy!
Stu Tower
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"Keep on truckin' ol boy!". ROTFLMAO!!!!!
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You MUST be a Grateful Dead fan if you recognized "keep on truckin'"...!
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Av, when I scanned my old pix I inadvertently mixed up pix of the Modern Art Museum, with those of Centro Cultural Recoleta..I edited the captions...the Centro is far more dramatic as a piece of 18th century architecture, IMO. I shot it on a partuclarly bright and sunny, blue sky day.
By the way, your English is perfect. Are you a native of Argentina?
stu T.
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Hi, Stu!
About "You MUST be a Grateful Dead fan if you recognized 'keep on truckin'", no, I just liked the words.
About "..your English is perfect. Are you a native of Argentina?". Yes, I'm a native, never lived abroad and my family was not English-speaking, but it just happened.
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My son (Barney Tower)is a longtime fan of the "Dead"..he's a somewhart well known California telecaster/guitarist and was proud to play on the "Pickin' on The Grateful Dead" commemorative album two years ago. I agree, great words.
Sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window.
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again ...
I'd like to get some sleep before I travel,
But if you got a warrant, I guess you're gonna come in.
Busted, down on Bourbon Street;
Set up, like a bowling pin.
Knocked down, it gets to wearin' thin.
They just wont let you be, oh no.
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
Other times, I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me ...
What a long, strange trip it's been.
stu t.
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As in, when descending more techy stuff (especially for extended periods) and rolling stuff in general, do you find you always put one foot forward? Does it then feel wierd to put the other one forward?
Or is it just me? (left foot forward btw)
As in, when descending more techy stuff (especially for extended periods) and rolling stuff in general, do you find you always put one foot forward? Does it then feel wierd to put the other one forward?
Or is it just me? (left foot forward btw)
its called your chocolatefoot
Left foot me, doesnt feel as good right foot forward, I'm right handed but left footed!
im no goofy foot its regular all the way
i can ride either foot forward but 95% of the time im right foot btw
Skateboarding, right forward is "goofy", it's a minority stance. I still don't know what foot i'm supposed to kick with...
i try ride with which ever foot happens to be forward after the pedal stroke before any bits on the trail. if it's a sketchy section i automatically put my RFF, same for jumps. i can hop the bike LFF but feels better/more controlled RFF.
i do find after a long descent (i.e. no pedalling) i need to alternate the position as the muscles become tired being in the same position all the time....
chocolate foot? sounds like somethin you'd find on youporn.... not sure if i want to know....
Normal descending, technical stuff - right foot is my chocolate foot. Certain moves in trials require me to start with my non-choc foot forward so that the choc foot is "in place" at the difficult moment.
Left foot forward on a bike, regular snowboarder. Makes sense I guess.
LFF even though I'm right handed and rightfooted.
I'm a bit weird though.
I seem in a minority in that I:
Skateboard/Snowboard RFF
Vault fences with my right arm
Spar Southpaw
Some say it is to do with 'eye dominance' - but I don't know.
leftie, but right foot forward
easier to balance on your bash ring when getting trials-y.
I remember when I used to BMX and my mate could jump huge sets of stairs (25 steps and 20 feet?) on a 45lb bike with 150psi in the tyres. . He (like everyone) used the strongest cranks, Profile Racing 3 piece, but used to bend them regularly. To bend them back he used to do the same steps with his feet the other way.
Try it one day, it's just SO wrong.
goofy. same for snowboarding and other sports.
Right foot forward on me bikey
Goofy when riding a stick.
I don't think I've ever even tried to hop LFF on a mountain bike. That's something to try and fail next time I'm out riding
I'm right handed, kick a ball with my right foot, ride a snowboard regular, but conversely ride a mountain bike with my right foot forward (seemingly the opposite to my stance on a snowboard). For some reason, I don't know why, but I just cannot ride at all with my left foot forward! It feels so alien.
RFF naturally but forced myself to learn and become nearly as natural with LFF
...makes switchbacks doable in both directions
I grew up ice skating. Now use whatever foot seems right,without thinking.
Goofie here, what realy gets me tho' why do I stick my tongue out!( on dropsetc. etc. etc.)
Surf goofy but ride regular. Does that make me weird or just special?
I usually the other one
My best foot is at the top of my legs!!!
its called your chocolatefoot
goofy the whole way - same as skateboarding and snowboarding
LFF for me, all my riding buddies are RFF and think I am weird
always used to be LFF on SPD's, but since going to flats im much more versatile.
I'm left handed, but use my right hand for things like using scissors and I swing a golf club right handed.
I am the usual way round when snowboarding, whatever that is called and I ride with LFF.
I find that it is the same for turning. I am much more balanced on switchbacks etc. if I am turning left than right. I need to practice my right handed slow speed turns, really.
RFF for me, which has resulted in some issues with non-drive cranks backing off the BB, unfortunately. I tried LFF to resolve that, but it just felt weird...
It is usually the case that if you ride left foot forward, then turning left feels more natural than turning right. Other way round if you're rff obviously. For this reason one of our exercises for cornering is to do S turning repeatedly down a wide fire road. When you do dozens of turns one after the other it becomes automatic - the objective being to end up with both right and left turns feeling as natural as each other.
One consequence of the whole chocolate foot thing is that your trailing foot gets all the mud and water, so you can see how folk ride by looking at their shoes.
I'm goofy footed for surf/snowboard but ride predominantly LLF on the mtb.But I ride bmx a lot and when I air quarters or spin (360's) I have to go RFF.I constantly have to do half pedal strokes when I ride depending on what trick I'm doing.In bmx going against your lead foot is called cackfoot!i.e spinning anti clockwise LFF or doing tables to the right LLF.
You want to try windsurfing...you have to learn everything twice.LLF and RFF for each tack.Im half as good at port tack beaches than starboard grrrrr.
Right handed, right footed but LFF for biking. Guess that makes me a "minority goofy chocolate foot"?
I also have my brakes done euro style, which will hopefully send any twunt who nicks it straight over the handlebars.
Right Handed and ride LFF.
Strange thing is a few years ago when I knackered my reight wrist I had to learn to all sorts of everyday things left handed, and from then on I've become more ambidextrious, even got alot better using my left foot while playing footie
Chocolate Foot, from Urban dictionary:
2. A gathering place for cyclists who have lacked adequate male attention in their formative years and subsequently strive for male acceptance by making feeble jokes jokes about anal sex and homosexual experiences
Right handed, right kicker, step off on the right, but left foot chocolate.
posisbly to do with wheelying.
wheely and pedal hops are done from the crank at about 1 o clock.
so if you ride strong foot forward you either have to, pull the crank back 2hours and then find a pick up to push on, or complete a full crank rotation (too slow for techy trialsy riding)
dont like stabbing at pickups, landing on them, prefer to find it and push it in a controlled manner
left foot choclate allows me to put in just over a quarter of a turn to find the pickup and then push it from 1 o clock to bring the front wheel up or jump.
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dynamicchiropractic.com >> Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
The Key May Be in the Muscles
By Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD [Hon.], LLC
It was no less a personage than Thomas Edison who once opined, "Great ideas originate in the muscles." Roll the tape forward some 75 years and one starts to observe an interesting parallel in functional medicine.For it was at this time that applied kinesiologists and others turned to the muscle as an exquisite indicator and adjunct to the nervous system, either indicating or generating changes in efferent or afferent activity.1 Put in other terms, the movement characteristics, spasms and electrical activity of the muscle became important tools with which to assess pain and motor function.
For chiropractors, the potential for evaluating muscular recruitment and how muscles acted upon spinal structures presented itself through the use of surface electrode [sEMG] studies of loading and fatigue to assess muscular recruitment and activity. The basic premise was that motion-segment disorders were closely allied with changes in the intensity of local muscle activity.2
While the unbridled use of surface electromyography was challenged as a definitive diagnostic tool in the 1990s,2 there was a suspicion that such instrumentation could be applied to a combination of flexion and postural tasks to discriminate healthy from unhealthy subjects.3 Indeed, the correlation of disability as shown on the Oswestry index with aberrations shown on surface electromyography upon bending was clearly evident from the work of Triano and Schultz in 1987, in which the normal quiescence of muscle activity after 70 degrees of trunk inclination was eliminated in individuals who had significant restrictions in their activities of daily living. In other words, the musculature associated with the low back was found to keep firing with virtually no interruption throughout the entire flexion-relaxation cycle.4
This hypothesis had actually been supported up to 20 years earlier, in that Stary in the 1960s5 and Grice,6 Triano7 and Jayasinghe8 in the 1970s all presented evidence to the fact that major sEMG asymmetries and functional disorders of the spine were significantly related. All these findings led to the conclusion that such recordings of the activities of muscles suspected of contributing to joint dyskinesia could eventually elicit underlying functional disturbances of the mechanisms of the locomotor system.2
Leaping ahead into just the past year, we find a bloom of clinical findings that clearly points the finger toward altered muscle activity as an important site to study both pain and the mechanisms of analgesia which accompany spinal manipulation. This, in turn, opens the door to a variety of refined electromyographic approaches, including sEMG.
De Camargo's group, for example, found in 37 subjects with mechanical neck pain that the sEMG amplitude signal and fatigue resistance in the middle deltoid muscle undergoing 30 seconds of isotonic contraction was increased by cervical spinal manipulative therapy to the C5/C6 segment. The pressure-pain threshold was also increased in the manipulated group. No such increases were seen in a similar group randomized to receive no treatment.
This was stated to be the first study investigating sensory and motor efficacies after a cervical manipulation over nonspinal muscles conducted on patients with mechanical neck pain. It was hypothesized that the neurophysiological basis for EMG changes could be attributed to the activation of mechanoreceptors and proprioceptors of several structures, including the muscles, muscle spindles, or Golgi tendon organs.9
An additional probe into the effects of spinal manipulation was offered by Clark, et al., demonstrating that patients with chronic low-back pain who demonstrated an audible response to spinal manipulation revealed a 20 percent decrease in the stretch reflex amplitude, suggesting that such treatments could have decreased the sensitivity of the muscle spindles and/or segmental sites of the 1a reflex pathway. The speculation was that an increased stretch reflex gain underlies increased muscle tone in painful muscles, such as observed in low back pain.11-12
Finally, Arab and Mosely conducted a cross-sectional study to compare muscle activity during prone hip extensions in 10 women with chronic low back pain and 10 asymptomatic women with no such history, ages 30-34 on the average. Normalization was carried out to rule out the thickness of tissues overlying the muscle, as well as skin impedance.
The result was that there was a significant increase in the percent of maximum voluntary contraction during prone hip extension in women with low back pain in the erector spinae, gluteus maximus, and hamstrings.13 Thus, the previously proposed altered activation pattern of lumbopelvic muscles during various tasks in people with low back pain was confirmed.14
All of these recent studies provide a compelling rationale for pursuing the central element of applied kinesiology, which is the testing of a given muscle. As proposed by George Goodheart in 1964,1 the response of a given muscle to resistance applied by a trained professional examiner is stated to be the summation of all the excitatory and inhibitory inputs of the anterior horn motoneurons, such that a failure of the muscle in the test could be directly linked to a dysfunction of the nervous system. In other words, muscle changes evaluated by the manual muscle test are proposed to be reflective of a change in the peripheral or central nervous system, with treatment being effective only if it is directed at the correct neural disruption.15
It turns out that the utility of analyzing disturbed body functions by assessing changes which affect the muscles has been supported from a variety of sources for 60 years.16-20 What distinguishes AK from previous concepts of postural disturbances is that the latter investigates the immediate changes in muscle function as the result of sensorimotor challenges to biomechanical, biochemical, and/or psychosocial aberrations that produced changes in muscle function upon testing.
Simons previously demonstrated that muscle dysfunction and myofascial trigger points specifically result from biomechanical, biochemical, and psychosocial influences.21 Indeed, biochemical and emotional factors are now accepted to be fundamental components in holistic models of muscle dysfunction.22
D.D. Palmer once declared: "Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of chiropractic. Tone is the normal degree of nerve tension. Tone is the expression in function by normal elasticity, activity, strength and excitability of the various organs as observed in a state of health. Consequently, the cause of disease is any variation of tone – nerves too tense or too static."23 Considering the proliferation of electrophysiological evidence, both new and old, and bringing chiropractic back to its emphasis upon the nervous system, we cannot ignore the muscle and muscle testing. These are clearly essential gateways to understanding not only pain and its alleviation, but also any biochemical or psychological aberrations that are detrimental to optimal health.
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Thank you notes are not just polite gestures, they can make a whole lot of difference in how the recipient looks at you once he or she has done you a favor.
This is especially true in the event of a promotion as the burden of gratefulness lies on the shoulders of the person who has received the promotion.
Let us look at it this way. An employee has just been promoted and an employer is expecting some kind of gratitude. It is the professional duty of the employee to send in a thank you letter to sound appreciative.
There are many ways to write a thank you note and no particular way to write it so you can basically write it in any format. But just to understand what you can write in it, here is a sample that you may take ideas from.
Sample Promotion Thank You Note to Boss
Emily Thompson
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January 1, 2017
Mr. Collin Henderson
Marketing Director
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778 Long Creek Street
San Antonio, TX 88933
Dear Mr. Henderson:
I am writing this note to thank you for my recent promotion to the position of Marketing Executive. This is an opportunity that I was struggling to achieve since the time I joined Nestle Foods – and I really worked hard to achieve it.
I am very grateful for the fact that you went extra mile to recommend me for this promotion and followed-up on it. I value this trust that you have put in me and assure you that I will work extra hard to maintain it. During the time that I have spent as a marketing assistant at Nestle Foods, I have been in awe of your direction and the way you have handled strategic marketing plans effectively – I vow to work along the same lines.
Thank you once again for all your help and trust you have shown in my capabilities. I intend to work diligently and in a result oriented manner and will try to exceed your expectations in my new role.
Best regards,
Emily Thompson


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Academic integrity is a vital ethical commitment of the UMBC community. The Faculty Senate affirmed the importance of our values and practices at its February 2001 meeting by adopting the Statement of Values for Student Academic Integrity at UMBC (see below). This statement is consistent with the Faculty Senate's adoption of the Student Academic Conduct Policy in November, 2010. UMBC undergraduate students approved an Undergraduate Honor Statement in a student referendum in spring, 2004. The Honors Task Force Report and subsequent conversations in the 2000-2001 year reinforced our shared commitment to uphold high ethical standards amid new challenges and technologies. As a member institution of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), UMBC is part of an international consortium sharing best practices and ongoing efforts to maintain traditional values in a dynamically changing academic environment. Faculty and students are encouraged to consider such principles as outlined by ICAI colleague Dr. Bill Taylor in A Letter to My Students Additional resources relating to academic integrity for students and faculty members are included on this site, in the UMBC Student Handbook and the Graduate School's Policy and Procedures for Student Academic Misconduct.
UMBC Statement of Values for Academic Integrity
By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, but is not limited to, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult UMBC policies, or the Faculty Handbook (Section 14.3). For graduate courses, see the Graduate School website.


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The Walking Dead is taking over this holiday season with numerous gift ideas based off of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series and AMC's The Walking Dead Tv show. From board games to collectible character figures, The Walking Dead is infecting us all with it's zombie craze!
Specifically, The Walking Dead Risk and Monopoly games are receiving positive attention, with Risk: The Walking Dead Survival Edition being featured in Entertainment Weekly's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide!
Entertainment Weekly covered the The Walking Dead Risk in their "For the Game Player" section of their gift guide. The board game was a top pick among electronic games and gaming systems.
Both The Walking Dead Risk and Monopoly Survival Editions are also being featured in the official The Walking Dead Magazine!
Word of The Walking Dead Risk and Monopoly games spread quickly once the games hit comic book specialty shops with top gaming and comic book reviewers playing and assessing each game.
Some feedback from fans and game reviewers have been....
"RISK: The Walking Dead Survival Edition, blew me away – in the game and out of it!"- Captain Comics Round Table
"Talk about a Pyrrhic victory!" "The result is an unpredictable game where numbers and fortunes can turn on a roll of the dice or turn of a card." "Monopoly: The Walking Dead Survival Edition is a hoot." Captain Comics Round Table
"Go directly to jail. It's your home after all"- The Awesomer
"Awesome, themed board game that is a blast to play..." "The best version of Monopoly that has come out so far." "I would highly recommend this if you are a fan of "The Walking Dead"- Aaron Chalich KSTP
"This time you'll want to get sent to jail for safety." "...everything you know and loved about Monopoly, but with 100% more zombie flavor. Eww." –the laughing sqid.com
"The Walking Dead Monopoly Game Is Here And It Rules All"-Jessie from 102.1 The Edge
"It's literally a game of life and death." "Structured like Risk, The Walking Dead version is unique, and deadly, in its own right." "Everything about this game (Monopoly) screams horror"-Boyce McCain Collectors Corner
"So continue the The Walking Dead fun long after the show ends with these two great new games: Monopoly: The Walking Dead Survival Edition and RISK: The Walking Dead Survival Edition!"- The Review Stew
"The Walking Dead will take over the board game market."- Robert Bernstein Den of Geek
The games are still receiving great coverage and are flying off the shelves as the holiday season is quickly approaching. Both games put a post-apocalyptic twist on the classic versions, that both comic fans and fans of the TV show will love.
The games have also been covered on top nerd and geek culture websites along with gaming, pop-culture, entertainment, and major media outlets which include...
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I would not recommend this plugin to anyone. I usually don't say bad things about other people's developments; but I'm sorry! I had to rate this at a one because the entire set up is very, very confusing. I feel that my review represents the majority of the online audience being that I'm not ignorant to using WordPress, but I'm not an expert in coding either. I have enough experience to tweak a theme and dig into the CSS to make it work for me but not enough knowledge to dig in the coding. So my review is this….
Compared to other ecommerce plugins, this whole process is tedious and very frustrating. I understand how people want to "customize" their pages and control the look and feel of the layout, but for novices or for someone who wants a easy set up, its not worth the time nor the effort. This is definitely a "different" plugin from others similar, but in my opinion, this is downfall for the plugin.
When I first uploaded the plugin, everything seemed smooth sailing, but it took me almost an hour to figure out why the products were not on the page and that I needed to use shortcodes. I still have not figured out how to add a image. I did Google the issue and found that someone had the same issue, but after reading their (and others) response, I still didn't understand what in the world they were talking about. Being that this is the "free" version, I knew if I posted to the support forum, it would be addresses on their time – and I needed an answer, like now. Some things you can post and wait for an answer, but not knowing how to post images is not something you can move on from.
What I found even more frustration is the documentation. After being confused and then downloading a 20 something page documentation, I was done. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the documentation more than I don't; but none of the other carts I've used had a documentation over a few pages. This made it even more frustrating because now you want to me read 25 pages after I'm already confused about everything – just so that I can become more confused; and thats just what happened. After reading several pages of the documentation, I had a splitting headache. I had wasted hours trying to make this plugin work and was still on the same thing. I could not figure out anything. The only thing that I was able to do was add a product.
Lastly, I kept getting a very irritating pop up box mentioning something about a Data Tables warning. Again, I google'd the issue and understood nothing anyone was saying about it. So my conclusion is this:
Most of the people that are rating the plugin high have an expert level knowledge of coding and/or are coders themselves. I know this is true because I've visited some of their pages – their experts and/or developers themselves. So of course working with this would be a piece of cake to them. I should have paid more attention to the stars and ratings because it seems like more people are dissatisfied with the plugin versus those that say it was "easy".
I really wish I never used this plugin because now I have to start all over with Woocommerce.
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Weekend Money - Clockworkin'
From dusk to dawn and vice versa, Brooklyn twosome Weekend Money are on their feet, chasing after that paper. In other words, they're Clockworkin'. On this freshly-minted single, their first feature since dropping off visuals for Yellow this past summer, Baghdaddy's thundering percussion and synth-bass blurts accompany crewmate Ness as he spits about his 24/7 hustle. On the hook, the duo draws inspiration from 1950s rock 'n' roll classic Rock Around the Clock. Zach Isaac directs and edits the quirky official video. Intended to resemble a "highly stylized Puff Daddy and Ma$e video from the 90's," it packs cameos from Tanya Morgan's Donwill, Das Racist alum Heems and many more familiar faces. Fans will be able to find Clockworkin' on Weekend Money's Freddy Merkury LP, set to drop digitally next Tuesday, February 4.


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Friday's Top 25 CBB Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2012-13 College Basketball Season gets started on Friday. Here is a look at the odds for the top 25 games being play on the day.
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One of the featured games on opening day has No. 14 Michigan State taking on Connecticut at 5:30PM ET (View Matchup). This game is taking place on the Remstein Air Force Base in Ramstein, Germany. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Michigan State is favored in this game, as the Spartans have odds of -8.5 points against the Huskies. An over/under total hasn't been set for this game. Michigan State is 21-10 against the spread in its last 31 games while Connecticut is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 non-conference contests. Connecticut won the last meeting in this series, but MSU had won the two prior meetings.
The other featured game to take place on Friday has No. 10 Florida taking on Georgetown at 9PM ET (View Matchup). This game is taking place at the USS Bataan in Jacksonville, Florida. According to oddsmakers, Florida is favored in this game, as the Gators have odds of -4.5 points against Georgetown. The over/under total has not been set for this game. Florida is 9-4 against the spread in its last 13 games against Big East opponents while Georgetown has hit the under in 11 of its last 16 games on Fridays. Florida has won its last two meetings with Georgetown.
Bet on College Basketball Odds
For odds for each of Friday's games, see below. The over/under totals for the games have not yet been set.
2012 Top 25 College Basketball Odds & Over/Under Totals for Friday, November 9
527 Michigan State -8.5
528 Connecticut +8.5
535 Miami (Ohio) +21
536 N.C. State -21
537 Georgia State +20.5
538 Duke -20.5
543 South Alabama +14
544 Florida State -14
531 Ohio State -6.5
532 Marquette +6.5
593 SE Missouri State +22
594 Kansas -22
615 Bryant +33.5
616 Indiana -33.5
533 Fresno State +12
534 Texas -12
549 North Texas +10.5
550 Creighton -10.5
563 Maryland +11.5
564 Kentucky -11.5
609 Southern Utah +24
610 Gonzaga -24
545 Georgetown +4.5
546 Florida -4.5
573 Indiana State +15.5
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Dawn Halfaker Accepts Television Academy Honors Award for HBO's Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq
Halfaker and Associates' CEO, Dawn Halfaker, participated in the Inaugural Television Academy Honors Ceremony. Dawn accepted the Television Academy Honor for Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, along with co-executive producer Alexandra Ryan and supervising producer Sara Bernstein. In her acceptance speech Dawn came to realize, she said, that "I represent a lot of people who didn't have the opportunity to tell their stories, of their sacrifices and their families' sacrifices. I'm very, very honored to be here."
Whether the subject matter is the decimation of war, the ravages of disease, the horrors of gang rape, the wonders of nature or the power of friendship, television has an unmatched power to depict socially relevant issues with insight and imagination.
Paying tribute to programming which engages viewers while at the same time educating and inspiring them to action was the motivation behind the newly created Television Academy Honors; Alive Day Memories was one of nine programs saluted.
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These speakers were designed by John Krutke (aka Zaph, of Zaph Audio), and built by me. The design is his "BAMTM" - see all the design info on his webpage. The speaker is an MTM configuration, and I built them into the 2cf floorstanding version. I built these while I was working at a cabinet manufacturing facility, so the material and construction is top notch. The cabinets are very solid.
These speakers are very neutral sounding - as one would expect from something very well engineered. They also cover a very wide range - the highs and lows lack nothing - in particular, the bass can overwhelm small rooms. I tune the port to the room, and have gotten great results. These speakers were designed using inexpensive drivers, but without sacrificing sound quality - the only sacrifice made was with total SPL capacity. These speakers won't play at rock-concert levels - but who needs that? Don't worry, they can play quite loudly.
These speakers are larger than average, and weigh about 50lbs each. I couldn't imagine shipping them. I'm located in Los Angeles, so local pickup is the primary option. I'd be willing to deliver them if someone wants to work something out.
I'm asking $250 for them, which is less than what they cost to build.
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To make my son's summer vacations exciting I planned a trip to America with help of Thomas Cook Tour for 14days and 13nights. We decided to go to North America and we boarded the flight to United States of America and from where our journey begins to experience a part of this continent. The things which remind me about this trip are the exciting boat ride to The Statue of Liberty, the 'Historic City' - Washington, D.C and last but not the least American Chocolate factory at Hershey's Chocolate World which was my son's much loved place. We spend a day at NASA where we experienced the Future world. We also spend a day at Sea World - he loved all the beautiful colored fishes. We spended the last three days of our trip to Las Vegas-the amazing gambling capital of the world where we witnessed Hollywood first hand at the Universal Studios - beautyful movies beautyful everything! Here we came to an end of our trip, come back home with loads of memories and the warmth by Thomas Cook.


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Did New York City Stop Caring About Hotdogs?
Wake up New York, you're losing your landmarks. Gray's Papaya will soon be no more. Where's the hotdog love?
"It's always traumatic for me as well as the customers" – Nicolas Gray to the New York Times in 2008, explaining why he had to raise the price of the hotdog. It seems like the trauma was just beginning…
For those who don't already know, there is now one Gray's Papaya left in the city. Is New York City over authentic hotdogs? It seems like everywhere I turn there is a spin off of a classic. But what happened to the classic itself? I often wonder what happened to the old New York.
Here's a direct quote from my dad: "Gray's Papaya is a New York institution that will be sorely missed. Their dogs are better than filet mignon, and they introduced a whole generation to the health benefits of Papaya."
I grew up in New York City. With a two-dollar allowance, it was difficult to get a good bite that wasn't a candy bar. Gray's Papaya offered an unbelievably satisfying dog for no more than $1.50 (the price eventually went up, but it wasn't over $2 until the '00s). As a native New Yorker, these hotdogs have given me so many memories. It's unfortunate that our city can't appreciate and maintain its landmarks.
Most people don't know this about me, but I have a special place in my heart for hotdogs. Growing up, I was a very picky eater. I didn't try a burger until the end of high school. Hotdogs were my best friend. Nothing would put a bigger smile on my face than an amazing Hebrew National dog from the grill. This used to be a year round thing. Then, it became a summer thing. And then, this summer, as I sat at a barbecue eating chicken and corn, I wondered, "WHERE ARE THE FUCKING HOTDOGS?"
This got me to thinking even more. Do people even care about hotdogs at all these days? I mean, seriously, when was the last time you heard someone say they wanted a hotdog? My dad and I are just about the only people I even know who still go to the Hebrew National stands in Central Park. Now, there are five falafel stands for every hotdog stand. There isn't even a hotdog emoji on the iPhone. Am I going crazy here?
Let's backtrack. Remember why you loved hotdogs in the first place. Think about why New York was so special when you moved here. Nowadays, anything that isn't owned by a mega corporation (Equinox, Starbucks, Chase) seems to be slowly awaiting its death. To make matters worse, Liquiteria is moving into the old Gray's Papaya location on 8th street and Sixth Avenue. Yes, that is a juice bar. What is this, L.A.? And what's going next, Katz' deli? (PLEASE GOD NO!!!!)
Hotdogs are serious. They really are no joke. Ghetto Gastro, friends of Mass Appeal who happened to be a quartet of incredible chefs, know it too. Malcom, aka Ice Lord, says, "Hot Dogs are a NYC STAPLE! My first memory of a dog was Gray's Papaya! Growing up I actually hated dogs. The smell, everything about them. And then one day, I went with my uncle and he was telling me to try it and my moms was telling me to get the caramelized onions on it. At first glance, I wanted to get out of there ASAP but then I tasted it and it was just a revelation. Everything was perfect down to the small details of a lightly warm toasted bun. That joint on 72nd street is the heart for me; a lot of memories. Shit, I even went there the night of my prom! To hear that they're closing [the West Village location], I'm in shock! But also not surprised, NYC is changing. Just because something is legendary or classic doesn't mean it will stay around. You have to evolve and adapt, it's key to survival in these streets."
Malcolm has a great point. Jon Gray adds, "I used to front like my fam owned the spot since I spell my last name with the G-R-A-Y as well. The hotdogs were cheap and good, but for me it was about the drinks and those exotic flavors. I used to mix the Coconut Champagne with the Banana Daiquiri as a young gunna, later in life I just threw some yak in it and called it a day. Sad that this piece of NYC will soon be a memory." Couldn't have said it better myself.
Not only is Gray's Papaya amazing and reasonable, but the owner, Nicolas Gray, genuinely cares about his customers. In 2008, Gray introduced the "Recession Special" that included two hotdogs and a soda for $3.50. He clearly works hard to make sure his prices stay low, but with the rise in NYC rent, there's just nothing he can do. New York Times writer Jake Mooney profiled Gray in a 2008 article. "I'm as suicidal as everybody else," Gray said. "I'm weeping as I do it," he continues. "My prices are very low and my rents are very high, so I have a problem." A problem indeed.
With all these juice bars, salad bars, frozen yogurt places, and gluten free shops, sometimes I wonder who we are all trying to fool. Don't get me wrong, this heath craze is great for you, but stop pretending to get excited over a Kale salad when we all know the truth. Deep down, you are craving a real New York City hotdog that is 100 percent water and 100 percent amazing. In reality, you aren't ready to let go of Gray's Papaya. It's like that relationship where you didn't realize what you had until it was gone.
Lindsey will never stop dreaming about hotdogs. If you feel the same way about hotdogs, and even if you don't, follow her on Twitter and Instagram @lindzmetz