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Its a dictatorship.We need some governors to declare their states to be federal regulation sanctuary states. That is, declare null and void any executive order that does not stem from congress, and vow to protect and defend anyone who is threatened by the federal government for violating these regulations. We need the states to fight against Obama as we cannot do it alone -- our state governments could actually be good for something if they did this for us.
What will congressional Republicans do about it?I thought as much.
Barry is racing to turn the country into the Soviet Union redux.
Democrats are well aware that the biggest obstacle to economic growth is Obama himself. But as they are against economic growth themselves ("It´s not fair!") it´s all good to them.
The US Hose has the power to regulate the regulators by shutting off the money. The Senate and Executive branch can stop any lowering of funds, but if the House does not pass another bill to fund the regulators, the money dries up.The House has all the budgetary power. Too bad we do not have leaders in the House that will use the power they have.
It always comes back to "it´s the fault of the Republicans in the House," doesn´t it? No one expects anything good out of Democrats so the fact that they are backing Obama in every unconstitutional act goes without comment or complaint. Don´t any of you have Democrat representatives or senators you can complain about? And, if you do, why do they keep getting elected?
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It is difficult for me to read Dr. K criticizing Zippy without remembering he was so for him early on.
Apparently we´ve hit the debt ceiling two months earlier "than expected".Social Security is now running a deficit when it used to lend government money.Still there´s millions of people wanting a mega gift from Obamaclaus.I can´t believe how broke this country is yet there´s people on the border waiving illegals in to loot the system on top of our own slackers.The self-destruction of this country is intentional and being masterminded by the elite left and islamic adherents.
I do not ever remember reading an article whereby Krauthammer was "for" Obama. At the beginning when Obama was elected, K only mentioned to give him a chance and we will see. Otherwise, K would have been really racist, wouldn´t he? K is a fair player. He is very smart and many value his opinion. Conservatives who I know try to be fair otherwise we are like the left. Since Obama´s four years now, we know that O is a extreme socialist and dumb as a brick about helping our country, many say it is on purpose.Irregardless, we have to be like the French underground and strike where ever we can to change the minds of many people who are not leftoids, but simply fooled. And get voter ID by 2016. The Dems won´t bother with much voter fraud in 2014, because it is very expensive and not as much at stake.
Keep Obama in president, you know?He gave us a phone!He gonna do more!
Oooooh, Krauthammer slams obama. That ought to do it.
Krauthammer is right, but the cards may be too stacked against us. Can "right"get a fair hearing in our courts? (Obama´s promises have become almost worthless.)
Exactly, #8! Also on Special Report, about 5 years ago, Dr. K essentially endorsed Obama. He said Obama had a first-rate temperment and was fairly salivating over him. Sorry, Charles, you, like Peggy and Kathleen, own this presidency.
Agree with #1. We need to get involved at the state (and local) level, I believe that is where we can do the most good. I´m guilty of focusing too much on Washington, expecting relief from the very people who are causing the pain. It is not working, time to stop going around that mountain and get out of the wilderness.
Small business owners are overwhelmed?Well, yes .... of course! That´s the whole idea. Small business has been Obama´s target from the beginning. Did some people misunderstand?I´m still waiting to hear the reaction of those Obama supporters who really believed his promise that they would be allowed to keep their cushy medical plans..... Of course, it´s true. The part he didn´t explain is that the government intends to make certain that their current medical insurance becomes unaffordable, thus forcing such insurance plans into government ownership.Ooooops.
Thanks, #10, I am weary of those comments also. K is one of the best and I never miss his column.
While it´s true that budgets come from the House, they also operate on sort of a continuing basis. The House can fund new things or cut things off only if the Senate and the House put together a bill that does that and it gets signed by the President (or his veto is over-ridden.)Look at the current situation: The House sent up three budgets in the last two years but the Senate hasn´t passed a budget in 3 and things are still operating.One other thing: when you dump (and I mean dump) 4 trillion dollars into the hopper and still have the worst economy in 75 years... that money is going somewhere.Jack Burton says that it´s going for regulations. Otherwise things would be getting better.
17 and 10, K never officially "endorsed" Obama but he clearly was under the spell, calling him "elegant" time and again, and oohing and ahhing over his intellect and temperment time and again, while pretending Sarah Palin had a room temperature IQ. Krauthammer was just this side of David Brooks and the pant crease. Not quite that bad, but almost. Don´t be fooled.
The video edited out comments from billy k and the insufferable ab stoddard. No doubt ab stuck her arrogant nose in the air and provided predicable, agonizing nasal monotoned talking point excuses for obama. Dear Fox, please give this woman the hook.
As long as the House Republicans go along with these continuing resolutions then all these agencies will have enough funding to do whatever. These resolutions need to be stopped and force the Democrats in the Senate to approve a budget then cut the budgets of all regulatory agencies. The use of baseline budgeting also needs to stop. A slight decrease in the amount of increase in a budget is not a cut in spending!!!!!
Several years ago I worked for a medium-size company. We were having problems complying with a regulation. Finally I called Washington and talked to the guy who wrote the regualtion. His response, "Gee I never thought of that." I have even traveled to Washingtion to speak to other bueracrats. Most are quite ingorant about the world they are writing regulations for. I did find a few helful ones.
Yo to the left and those who would not vote on November 6th, still time to wake up and smell the coffee. But, the door is closing real fast. More regulatory overreach to come. You ain´t seen nothing yet. Obie has "plans" for us.
We know you by how you react to Palin, Dr K and others. Stands to reason that Dr K would drool over the elegant Obama and diss the authentic Palin. Like Tebow we know the hearts of those who mount personal attacks against them. Do I want Palin for President. I don´t know. Is Tebow the greatest quarterback ever. No. But, attacks against them show us all we need to know. Who hates Christians? Democrats, liberals, Socialists, Muslims, atheists, etc. And, policy is not how the attacks by Dr K and posters go..it is always personal. Always. Always. Always. So posters own it. You are as much a part of the enablers of Obama as is any free phone voter.
"Ah gee whiz Miss Crabtree." -- the daily Krauthammer.
Re: #24 - I read the article and found nothing anti-Christian in it, nor do I see a justification for attacking posters who generally support positions as described by Krauthammer. Krauthammer´s writings display a consistent, but not perfect, conservative core - as do Will´s and Sowell´s. I differ with K on specific opinions but find him to be anything but an Obama enabler.
Correct, Safari Man. If the house won´t cut funding it´s up to the governors who would legally be within their rights to refuse fiat, and only recognize properly constituted regulations.It´ll eventually hit the Supremes, so we better begin the challenge now, before the court moves further left.
#2 - Think Longshanks."We´ll offer them lands and titles if they will turn on their people."Courtier - "And when they do?"Longshanks - "Then after a couple of years we´ll slaughter the lot of them. How could I ever trust a man who will turn on his own people?""
#1, Excellent idea. Lets start getting our local reps, senators and gov´s attention in each state.#21 has the right of it. Without the spineless libtards in the house going along with the continuing resolutions, and shaking in their boots that the libtard propaganda arm will say bad things about them (well, a little more than usual) the funds would dry up.#27 - as the founder said, the SCOTUS isn´t the final arbiter of the constitution, but the people are. More people need to wake up to that idea.
Come on..90% good K overshadows the other stuff.
I´m not sure that the 90% of the time when Charles is the good Doctor, which he is, outweighs the times he assured all Krauthammer fans (and others)prior Obama´s first election that Obama was a moderate, supremely intelligent, of superb temperment, and suited for the Presidency. If only Dr. K had seen what so many of us did. I admire Krauthammer and enjoy his take on issues, but I´m still waiting for his mea culpa.
I think I´ll stop jumping on Dr. K and comment on the thrust of the article.Since a majority of these rules and regulations do not come from laws passed by congress but from executive orders issued by Obozo, I would like for someone, anyone, show me just where in the U.S. Constitution where it gives the president or anyone else the power to issue an executive order that has the power of law. I thought that the Congress was the only body that can pass a law. Maybe I´m living in the wrong century.
#24 The only one making a personal attack is you.Dr K criticized Obama and only Obama in the piece .The litmus test on fealty to FOX pundit Palinis ridiculous and sounds just like the left demanding the same towards Obama.Now that Obama controls the presidency , the Senate , the media and will eventually completely controlthe Supreme Courtthe shrinking majority of House Republicansfrom Jan 2013 to Jan 2015 will have less and less powerand influence.Obama can obviously act like a dictator and get away with it.If the Democrats gain 17 seats in Nov 2014 ,the power goes back to them and Obama´slast two years will be unimaginable.The red states may be the only hope for some sanity.
I do not care if anyone likes Palin or not. I do see personal attacks on her as a sign of a person´s heart and mind. A pattern that shows up is the same people who bash Palin and defend Dr K often shows up in other ways. What do I care what someone thinks. But I sure am welcome to my own opinion. Comparing me to litmus tests leftwingers administer to others is ridiculous. I am stating how I believe and feel and judge the opinions of others. If you are saying I am trying to suppress people who disagree I larf and larf and larf. Silly and too too sensitive. Get over it. I can still give my impressions. Is me having an opinion in some way suppressing you? If so you are pretty easy to suppress and might even be one who likes to be a victim.
As I´ve asked my liberal senator and congressman...where and how is our constitution protected from runaway socialism? The Snake in the whitehouse has been getting away with this stuff all his life..as well as the politicians that serve him (and NOT the people!). But I guess when the fox is watching the hen house this is what we get! I never got a rely to any of those letters that I sent asking the question.But isn´t there a recourse to these tyrannical acts? And whose job is it to bring them all up on charges?
#1--you said it all. Thanks.Let´s force this issue as much and as hard as we can.
Our gov, Jan Brewer, has taken on Goliath and has done pretty well for AZ. I hope she continues.#16, my son has a friend who works at the PHX. She along with almost all the employees of the Zoo will be having their hours cut back to under 25 hours a week because of Obamacare. It is starting.
All small business has to do is this:Ignore the rules.And when the govt thugs show up wimpy tell them your employees are all on strike...the thugs are legally bared from crossing a strike picket line, manned or not.Use their rules against them!
#8, agree with you. I remember when Dr. K. was praising Obama´s temperament, both on television and in print.Perhaps if more people like Dr. K. had seen what we see in Obama, and wrote about it in 2008, we wouldn´t be stuck with him as President now.
Unfortunately, States that refuse to enforce federal regulations will likely not receive federal funds. That occurred with States complying with road regulations, drinking age and speed limits.
Thats another way that Obama is taking over this country. We are no longer a free nation. There are no more freedoms in this country. We will be told what to do and when to do it and there is nothing we can do about it.
My My so Dr. K doesn´t pass some perfection test many of the posters have perpetuated and must be trashed regularly. Of course that test has been used to the point where those in nay mode have --not voted --us into this extreme situation. Hero fixers don´t arrive on the wings of chance.Alas that perfection doesn´t exist in human realms and will never do so. You have merely thrown away our nation and can rant in vain the rest of your lives.it will come to only one sad recourse to restore a fraction of our liberty.We all know what must be and a new martyringrained into our legends..
And the worst of this is that the majority (?) of Americans still look upon this "great man", who has sacrificed a day or so of his 4 million dollar (on our dime) Hawaiian vacation to come back to settle without offering anything at all. And I am also sure that when he renames the Bush tax cuts the OBAMA tax cuts they will sigh with delight---Obama is as much a cult of personality as Cesar Chavez, with as many irreparable results. I feel terrible for those of us who will suffer, lose jobs, have inadequate insurance and all the rest, but have a general contempt for those who voted this man back in---especially my well educated Democratic friends. I really hope they suffer alone with the rest of us. But most of all, I hope they finally recognize what they have elected!


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It's hard to believe that some talk casually about androids as if it's second-nature. In some science fiction world, it's an apocalyptic holocaust of dynamic proportions when fearless machines wage war on the sick and weakened flesh of the John Connor mentality, these cyborgs of death implanting laser-like bullets into the heads of the terrified innocent! "We are not human, we are androids", indeed! You have to love science fiction, though.
Sadly, though, when people talk about 'androids', they're not talking about shiny metal robots carrying guns. No. What they're talking about is actually a lot smaller–and those smaller 'androids' don't carry any guns.
'Android' in modern-day technology terminology is actually a word to describe a type of software used in smart phones. It's software designed by the global giant called Google, and you can find the system installed in several phones already. An "android" phone is not a phone, by the way. Most "android" aficionados would cringe and shrivel up like dry plants if you had asked that. So take precautions and don't. Please. Also, don't confuse an android phone with a product such as the Verizon "Droid", which is a completely different brand that has nothing to do with Google. While a 'droid' is technically an 'android', it's not the same thing in smart phone language.
To better understand 'Android', know that it's basically a bundled service powered by Google that includes basically everything and anything surrounding Google, like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Earth, Google Calendar, and YouTube. Now if you know Google well, you'd know that their capacity for state-of-the-art service is king. So you can imagine the power and efficiency of an "android" phone. Top-notch.
So here's what you do: the next time someone says, "What is an android phone?" you'll know what to say. Repeat everything in this little article, and you'll be the king of conversation. Not to mention they'll be jealous of your sleek Google Nexus One!


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Just looked at some 4chan posts and want to know...
1. Is the concept of SAO is exactly like Hardcore Diablo 2 or 3? 2. Does PK really exist? 3. Does the concept of 'stats' exist? (ATK for damage, INT for magic damage, VIT for defense, DEX for accuracy and so on) 4. Does trade scam exist in SAO? 5. Is Kirito already an expert in SAO?
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3. Yes stats exist, in the novels it said when you leveled you had a choice from skill slots or stats like dex, str, vit, and magic does not exist in SAO, for the most part 4. I don't believe that there is any trade scamming 5. Yeah as said above, he was a beta tester so he was already familiar with the game at the start of the story |
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At that time, most of the beta players were also being blamed by other players for not being aware of the true nature of SAO (That it's a death game and you die IRL if you die ingame). Kirito did some calculations and figured that comparatively speaking, the casualty rate for beta testers was actually higher than that of new players (even if the actual figure in dead bodies was lower).
By the time Volume 1 kicks around, the hate seems to have gone down somewhat, but at that point Kirito's only interactions with others are with Asuna, Cline, Scilica, Lizbeth and Agil, who're all friends; and the other clearers, who at this point don't really give a shit and just want to get the game over and done with. |
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Forgot to ask the following:
Does SAO accept the concept of: Kill a boss -> New Game -> rinse and repeat? Does HP (hit point) bar exist in SAO? Does SAO display how much damage a user took? Does lag/bugs/dupes exist in SAO?
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I was wondering how the players are being taken care of in real life. Someone told me that they were put in hospitals but I was wondering how they could be moved without the game being turned off. I know they said the helmet has an internal battery but wouldn't it still need to be hooked up to some kind of console for the game to work? I know there was some kind of cable being plugged in during the opening scene.
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This is gonna be a big spoiler. Let the reader beware.
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Taken from an April 2013 interview with Cheaptents.com - read the rest of the interview here:
CheapTents: All of your Expedition 1000 journeys have / will be carried out using non-motorised transport. Would you like to see a future where the majority of travel is carried out with non-motorised transport?
Dave Cornthwaite: Naturally. Modern-day humans are so set apart from our ancestors. We rush around in fast, metal cages, fuelled as a consequence of plundering the Earth. So many people seem to live as fast as they can before they die and it's an awful waste of time, it's sad. Non motorised travel not only keeps us fit and healthy, but it allows us time to think and develop an understanding of who we are, and a greater connection to the world around us – people and planet. Healthier, happier people result, and I don't think the wider benefits of that could be argued.
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Three weeks ago Miguel Endara broke his ankle after slipping off his skateboard in Miami's Coconut Grove. Just a few roads away and ten months earlier Miguel, his wife and two friends serendipitously walked across a junction as I pedalled up on a Bikecar. I was on top of the world, had just crossed over 1000 miles on a ruddy great hunk of aluminium and office chair, and had only a few hundred metres to go before the end of my 6th big journey.
I was in no hurry and the group were a by then typical mixture of curious and friendly. One of the guys said he'd been thinking of doing a big bike ride up the East Coast and I gave him my card. A week later he came to an event I was speaking at, and a few days after that he ended up taking the Bikecar off my hands. During that exchange Miguel told me he worked in advertising but was slowly pursuing a new career as an artist and a filmmaker. 'If you ever need someone to film a journey,' he said, 'give me a call.'
So I did. A couple of months later Miguel flew into Sioux City, Iowa, to join up with my team for the first few days of Swim1000. Out of his own pocket he decided to fly in two months later as myself and my final three teammates covered the last 100 miles of the Missouri River into St Louis. And then we said goodbye.
Miguel didn't have a huge portfolio when we first met but from what he showed me I had no doubt that he'd produce an incredible short film from the days he spent on the Missouri with us, and this is coming from someone who has an innate suspicion of anyone who holds a camera.
I woke up two nights ago for no reason. I never wake up in the middle of the night, I like dreaming too much. I couldn't sleep. I checked my email, and there was a link to the film from Miguel. 'Enjoy' he wrote. That was it. I watched it three times, pumping my hands in the air countless times. Sheer delight. It was beautiful.
The first time I let someone else make a film about an adventure of mine it was a frickin' disaster, so much so it put me off having anyone on board in that capacity for the best part of 6 years, but I'd work with Miguel again in a heartbeat. The guy is a true professional, a pleasure to spend time with, and he managed to put together an incredible film having shot most of it perched high on team gear in the middle of a canoe.
Personally, this journey was the hardest of my life. It was peppered with issues that made me sometimes wish I'd gone solo or made different choices. The resultant stress meant I was dealing with ulcers from the fifth day of the journey through to the end, and that's even before swimming 1001 miles whilst dragging a raft tired me out!
Except for the countless times where we met incredible strangers (like the Feltmans in the film) I struggled to enjoy my time on the Missouri, for much of expedition I was unable to clear my head and I'll admit, my inability to cope with the pressure meant it was rarely fun for myself or any of the team. They deserve a mention here, each person who joined me on the river took a leap of faith having never taken on an adventure of that scale before. It was with great relief that after everything we eventually finished happy. Beat, but happy.
We also fell vastly short of the initial fundraising target, which I found desperately disappointing, and I hope this can be rectified somewhat by the film's success, but now there is something that creates a positive memory from the river. This film has made all of the effort mean something, this journey was unimaginably tough for everyone involved and it deserved to leave a legacy. Now it has.
Had Miguel not broken his ankle we'd still be waiting to see the Swim1000 film but I'm delighted to be able to share it with you now. I really hope you enjoy it and if you do, please send the credit Miguel's way - it's all down to him.
And please don't let him forget that once his ankle heals, he has an East Coast cycle journey waiting for him!
Without further ado, please watch the film at www.swim1000film.com
And check out Miguel Endara's art @ www.miguelendara.com
We wanted to share the film for free so as many people get to see it as possible. If you enjoyed it and appreciate the effort behind its creation and the expedition itself, please do make a small donation to CoppaFeel! Now, go and enjoy it! And please share the Swim1000 Film website with your friends!
I've become accustomed to physical and psychological challenges in the past few years. Managing the ongoing drone of monotony required to complete a slow journey is part experience, part innate stubbornness, part understanding of the worth behind the goal.
My most recent expedition, a 1001 mile swim down the Missouri, has changed me. Unlike many of my other projects fun was sadly lacking throughout chunks of last summer, and despite having a team in close proximity I felt very much alone in my exact experience. The surface of a river is a thick wall, sometimes.
I didn't write much during the trip, not for public consumption, anyway. My physical strength was removed with each day in the water and there was little space in my mind for creativity. The months following our arrival in St Louis have been darker than any other post-expedition experience I care to remember but finally, recent weeks have allowed my usual self to return and slowly begin to gain perspective on what happened last year.
For now, I thought I'd share a few words about the closing section of the Missouri River swim. The expedition was bloody hard for everyone involved but writing about it has made me realise I didn't really focus too much on what was going on at the time, the only way I was going to reach the Arch at St Louis was to suck it up and just keep moving. One day, perhaps, this will make an interesting book.
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During those final three weeks spent immersed in the river I vomited countless times each hour, eventually almost once a minute as we moved into the last week. My body had reached its limit. It's simply impossible to properly digest the calories burned during seven to fourteen hours of swimming and kicking each day, horizontal isn't an ideal position for digestion at any time, let alone when you're burning over 6000 calories between sunrise and sundown. At the start of each session I would lower my head into the water - by then so cold that each first plunge would draw a natural gasp - stay beneath the surface, and allow my skin to become used to the temperature until I felt acclimatised enough to swim. What was once a more natural habitat upstream was now uninviting, the slog had begun.
This was a constantly changing, foreign environment in which I became less at home with each fading pull through the water. The visibility was under three inches at all times and like an old man fond of reading small print my sight in the river declined with time. I entrusted my safety to the team, as I crawled downstream they were my eyes, scouring ahead for debris, wing dykes, barges and dead heads. In them I had complete and utter trust. This was a partnership, a relationship. They knew it, I knew it, it couldn't be broken, not during the journey at least.
More vomit. I'm not sick as we'd normally know illness to show itself. I'm destroyed. Beyond beat. My body is telling me that enough is enough and that continuing isn't wise. I live to test myself in order to understand my capabilities and I know from experience that as long as the mind is willing the body will go. But my body is now close to collapse.
More vomit; involuntary, instant and up my throat without warning. It burns. Fine, if my head is straight down in the water during the end phase of a stroke as it's only a mouthful that can be expelled immediately, but when it comes during a breath I have no choice but to stop swimming, cough it up (because I'd breathed it straight back down), tread water, regain my composure and then set about swimming once more.
On the penultimate day we breached the Missouri's confluence with the Mississippi River and rounded a bend familiar to me from my descent by paddleboard the previous Summer, the lights of northern St Louis guiding us home in the darkness. October had come and with it the trees reddened and the water lost temperature daily. Already once that day we'd all nearly succumbed to hypothermia, leaving St Charles at sunrise on request from the Fox TV chopper that was subsequently foiled by poor weather. The clouds sped in, the rain began to fall and my world transformed into a waterscape of delicate, minute sploshes. In between gusts when the surface had calmed my vision was filled with indentations created by each falling droplet of rain and the following perfection of ripples. With my earplugs in everything was silent and still, sight was my only fully operative sense. Only the top half of my head was out of the water, a unique, blissful eye level that confirmed yet again the falseness of a past assumption that I wouldn't take on a long swim because, simply, I wouldn't see anything.
The team were shivering uncontrollably above the surface and I wanted to get them to warmth, yet there were no buildings nearby nor dry firewood to take advantage of. My own body fat had left me weeks earlier and my wetsuit, thinned from hundreds of miles of protection, was offering little resistance to the cold. I chuckled to myself with the realisation that the only way I could stay warm was to 'think warm'.
Ben Stiff and Emily Bill with photographer Grant Hindsley, halfway through a bitterly cold penultimate day.
One of life's best tricks is the arrival of a decision that leads to us proving ourselves wrong, keeping us humble, letting us fall in order to stand up taller. After 997 miles the cramps finally kicked in. The Missouri was less than a mile upstream and perhaps it was this new passage in familiar water that allowed the demons in. Utter agony. Imagine, it struck first as I stretched out my right hand to crawl. The vomit came, so frequent now it's barely worth mentioning, and then a raking pain across the abdomen which doubled me up instantly. I reached for my raft and held position, curled up in a floating ball, shivering recklessly, groaning, totally lost in this new discomfort.
After a couple of minutes I stretched my legs straight down, breathing deeply, willing the pain away. It pretended to go but the mere suggestion of a breast stroke would bring it back. The last miles of any journey are the most crucial. Concentration is paramount, but this was the first time in my career that physical injury or pain was threatening the slow magnetism towards a completed journey. The remaining ten miles seemed hopelessly out of reach.
Someone came up to me the other day and said, 'I loved your video about staying awake for 72 hours.'
I'd completely forgotten about doing that! The last few years have been a whirlwind of change and action, so busy and jam-packed with new adventures that many have disappeared unfairly down the pecking order of conversation.
So, here they are, written down in one place.
Included are expeditions, projects, books, TV appearances and even some of the most enjoyable talks from which I've learned a great deal. Each item on the list was a true adventure and if anything, the accumulation is simply an example of what we can achieve if we just decide to say YES more.
Let's begin with the most recent. First, a quick list, then a more in depth look at each one further down the page
EXPEDITION: ElliptiGO Europe (starting May 1st)
EXPEDITION: Swim1000 Missouri River
EXPEDITION: Bikecar Memphis to Miami
SUP ADVENTURE: Wolf River
EXPEDITION: Sail Mexico to Hawaii
TALK: Endurance Life, Anglesey
TV: Live N Deadly
TALK: TEDx in Bath
EXPEDITION: Stand Up Paddleboard Mississippi River
PROJECT: Hole In One News Reporter
TALK: PIS Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas with Seb Terry
EXPEDITION: Tandem Bike Vancouver to Vegas
PROJECT: Paragliding/ Defeat Vertigo
PROJECT: 1000 Photos
PROJECT: 72 Hours Awake
PROJECT: Australian Speaking Tour
PROJECT: Mototaxi Junket
SUP ADVENTURE: Bath 2 London
SUP ADVENTURE: Lake Geneva Crossing
EXPEDITION: Murray River Expedition
PROJECT: Living on a Boat
BOOK: BoardFree
TV: The One Show
PROJECT: The Aquaskipper
EXPEDITION: BoardFree Australia
EXPEDITION: BoardFree UK
PROJECT: Quitting the job
Adventures in full:
EXPEDITION: Swim1000 Missouri River
August - October. 58 days. 1001 miles.
I hadn't swum further than 300 metres in one go before jumping into the Missouri at Chamberlain, South Dakota. Two months later my team (all paddling) and I reached St Louis, MO having accomplished one of the longest swims of all time. Read more
Expedition: Bikecar Memphis to Miami
April - May. 29 days. 1000.3 miles.
Getting hit by a speeding car and ending up 30 metres off the road is not a good way to start any journey but it gave rise to an important question: 'Do we stop living simply because something bad might happen?' I chose life, and a tough, rewarding journey on Priscilla the Bikecar was the reward.
SUP Adventure: Wolf River
April. 7 days. 89 miles.
A brilliant little challenge. Sadly I missed the first two days after being stranded in Honolulu airport, but once on the Wolf revelled in the obstacle course of fallen trees, shallow waters and the famed maze through the Ghost River section. A perfect example of how a challenging adventure doesn't have to take months.
Expedition: Sail Mexico to Hawaii
March. 17 days. 3156 miles.
Expedition1000 Journey #5: This was a social expedition with a group of people who had signed up after I posted on social media channels. How would a group of 13 people change their mindsets after being at sea for three weeks, far away from the pressures of land, work, the commute, banks, supermarkets and daily stresses?
Book: DATE
Finally, I decided to turn down offers from Publishing Houses and self-publish my second book, a candid and unorthodox tale about trying to find a girlfriend. Bringing it all together - including researching, writing, formatting the copy, designing the cover and finding a printer - made this one of the most satisfying projects of my life.
Talk: Endurance Life, Anglesey
Another fun talk partly memorable for an 18-hour train journey home afterwards! It's not easy making 70 people who have just run a mountain marathon laugh, that's all I'm saying!
TV: Live N Deadly
Fresh off the Mississippi River Expedition I was asked to guest on the BBC Two children's show, Live N'Deadly, where amongst other things I was to challenge presenter Steve Backshall to an unusual race.
Talk: TEDx in Bath
One of the best days of my life, opening the TEDx Youth @ Bath conference was a big test in the early days of my speaking career.
Expedition: Stand Up Paddleboard Mississippi River
June - September. 82 days. 2404 miles.
The 4th journey of Expedition1000, this became a new world record for the longest distance travelled by SUP and without doubt my favourite expedition to date. An unbeatable way to spend three months.
Project: Hole In One News Reporter
Seb was determined to tick off No. 18 on his list, to get a Hole In One. He tried on three separate occasions during this speaking tour, without success. I decided to chronicle his efforts via a spoof news report.
Talk: PIS Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas with Seb Terry
April 17th
Well, we made it to Vegas just in time and cycled straight into the conference to give the talk. Here are the highlights.
Expedition: Tandem Bike Vancouver to Vegas
April. 14 days. 1396 miles.
Expedition1000's 3rd journey. Seb and I had been invited to open an Australia company's annual conference in Las Vegas, but accepted only on one condition, that we be flown into Vancouver so we could cycle to the conference. We hadn't ever tried a tandem before flying into Canada.
Project: Learn how to Paraglide
It took me a while to agree to head to Nepal and face my fear of heights, but a paragliding journey was on the Expedition1000 list and I had to start training despite my fears. Thanks to Alex Ledger, it was one of the most memorable three weeks of my life.
Project: 1000 Photos
Life is a series of moments which become memories. I remember little of note from when I was a graphic designer, every day seemed to merge into the next. On 1st January 2011 I took a self-portrait, promising to take one each day for 1000 days. The places, people and situations in each shot give me a daily marker by which to retain my memories.
Project: 72 Hours Awake
Another speaking tour followed the tandem ride and throughout we ticked off a few items from Seb's 100 Things bucket list. One of them terrified me, staying awake for 72 hours. Equally painful and exciting, we packed quite a bit into those three days.
Project: Australian Speaking Tour
October - November
Seb Terry and I again joined forces, this time on a speaking tour around Australia. We simply decided to try out speaking together and pulled this tour together in a matter of weeks. Jeep even sponsored us!
Project: Mototaxi Junket
August - September
The Adventurists asked me to manage one of the first Junkets in South America, a mad 4000km journey from Peru to Paraguay on local mototaxis. Although I wasn't taking part it was a proud day, having spent six weeks working with the local team to bring all this together.
SUP Adventure: Bath 2 London
June. 7 days. 146 miles.
Having lived on the canals in 2008 I was joined by adventurer Sarah Outen in this cross-Britain Stand Up Paddleboarding challenge, which included portaging over 120 locks in a week.
SUP Adventure: Lake Geneva Crossing
April. 3 days. 53 miles.
My new friend Seb Terry and I paddled the length of Lake Geneva on Stand Up Paddleboards, a testing ground for a possible world-record journey by SUP.
Expedition: Murray River Expedition
October - December. 79 days. 1476 miles.
Journey #2 of Expedition1000. A source to sea descent of Australia's largest river and my first taste of travelling on water and self-filming an expedition (not always successfully!). Formative, life-changing expedition.
Project: Living on a Boat
January - September
Following the publication of BoardFree I wallowed in self-congratulation and confusion for a year. Not knowing what I was meant to be doing anymore I spent most of 2008 slipping back into surviving in London. Eventually enough was enough, I wanted to move to the country, live on a boat and paddle every day. So I did!
Book: BoardFree
A proud moment, seeing the first book on the shelf. Becoming an author was one of my dreams, magic moment.
TV: The One Show
Former England cricketer Phil Tufnell had a segment on BBC One's evening magazine show in which he was challenged by the Olympic Hurdler Colin Jackson. This was one of a few occasions when the Aquaskipper was required for a TV skit, and as pretty much the only person who could make it work in Britain I got the call.
Project: The Aquaskipper
An article in the Metro newspaper sparked my interest in this extraordinary hydrofoil-based contraption. I determined then to win a competition to become 'the face of Aquaskipper.' Mum was proud.
Expedition: BoardFree Australia
August '06 - Jan '07. 105 days. 3618 miles.
My team (in vehicles) and I set off from Perth, WA on the 20th August and took the best part of five months to reach Brisbane. A new world record for the longest distance travelled by skateboard and the first journey of over 1000 miles I'd completed.
Expedition: BoardFree UK
April - May. 34 days. 896 miles.
A 'warm-up' which turned out to be the hardest challenge of my life. This was the first time that anyone had travelled the length of Britain by skateboard and the journey strengthened my resolve that crossing Australia was possible.
Project: Quitting the job
The first lesson of living a happy life. More is less. Don't do a job or make any decision based on money, otherwise you put money before happiness. I quit and started living.
Once I'd overcome my deepest inner fears and decided that yes, I could swim a longer distance than a length of the swimming pool down the road, then I started thinking properly about things.
I'm not a swimmer so I needed a wetsuit that would teach me how to swim. The Orca 3.8 is the suit of choice for long-distance swimmers, including the Big River Man himself, Martin Strel.
With built in buoyancy to enable even the most fatigued swimmer keep their form, the Orca 3.8 is one of a long range of world class wetsuits designed to help people swim further, faster.
As it was, I was always going to be fairly slow. But who's quibbling?!
Although pulling on a cold, damp wetsuit at 6am every morning wasn't the most enjoyable of experiences, I instantly felt at home in the 3.8. Having not trained at all for this journey I certainly needed the assistance offered by this suit in the early days in the South Dakotan lake system, but after 58 days in the water and 1001 miles swum I could probably swim quite well without the suit. Not that I'd want to.
After two weeks of the journey I was joined for a few miles by Alex Gerlach, 14, who swims for South Dakota and has his beady eye on the next Olympics in Brazil.
Alex was a lovely guy and as I had a spare 3.8 I decided that he should have the one I'd used for the first 75 miles or so. I washed it out before giving it to him, naturally.
Although it was undoubtedly the hardest challenge I've ever taken on, swimming 1001 miles down the Lower Missouri River was also the most formative for me, in many ways.
Being immersed in water day-in day-out is one thing, dressing as a batman lookalike for two months is another. The Orca 3.8 is flexible enough to accommodate the natural weight and size shifts of an endurance swimmer. Weight (and therefore waist) went down, shoulders and thighs went up. The 3.8 (I'm a size 7, in case you were wondering) stayed the same.
I wasn't a swimmer, and then I was, and now I'm not again. It was a pleasure having Orca as a part of my identity for two, life-changing months. If you're considering a long-distance swim, or even a triathlon or the odd weekend plunge, I couldn't recommend the 3.8 more. Glorious.
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> Find out more about the 3.8 wetsuit
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Zoggs stuck with Dave every step of the way during Swim1000. His goggles of choice are the Predator Flex Polarised open water swimming goggles, which were essential to reduce glare and direct sunlight as he doggy paddled along.
They also come in a fancy blue, white and yellow combo…
With Christmas coming Zoggs make great presents. Dave gave the goggles he wore for the first two weeks to young Bear Gerlach, who was quite happy to say the least and even to this day wears them instead of sunglasses. What a star!
We also used Zoggs towels, including their branded beach towel (above) and each member of the team had a micro fibre Le Towel, too (below)
After much consideration Dave decided that he'd use a small pair of fins during the journey, to better aid him escape from obstacles, wing dykes and other dangers such as barges. He opted for the Zoggs Positive Four Stroke Drive Fins, which made people go 'ahhhh, he looks like a Platypus'
With an everyday risk of picking up viruses and infection from the water Dave wore Zoggs ear plugs and a nose clip whenever he was in the water.
The Swim1000 ladies all boasted Zoggs swimwear, even when lifting tents…
Oh, and to keep hydrated guess where our water bottles came from…?!
Thank you Zoggs, it's been a pleasure…
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> Visit Zoggs USA
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I had...well, I want to say an odd weekend, but to be honest, it's more of a typical weekend for us.
Greta and the girls went out camping about 30 mins away, and so Friday night I had a little whiskey and a lot of Battlefield multiplayer.
Saturday, my body went into reject mode, and I spent a long time in the bathroom. Finally able to leave, I headed out to the campsite and took the girls out to a late lunch. The weather was oppressive, they hadn't slept all that well, and it was pretty clear they weren't having fun. But they were troopers, so I said goodbye and went home. About an hour later, I went back, as a deer tick incident pretty much ended the camping trip. Hey, if you aren't having fun, you aren't having fun. So everyone came home.
Sunday was a hot day, and while I did do some gaming, I also purchased a selection of Super Soakers, and we proceeded to have an epic squirt gun fight.
That was the highlight of the weekend, I think.
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- With Mayo Clinic gynecologist and obstetrician
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Dr. Mary Gallenberg is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and medical oncology.
An Antigo, Wis., native, Dr. Gallenberg is a consultant in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and an assistant professor at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Gallenberg has been with Mayo Clinic since 1990. She was on the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource editorial board and has been honored for excellence in teaching. She also won a Mayo Clinic Excellence Through Teamwork award.
Ovarian cysts and fertility: Is there a connection?
Is there a link between ovarian cysts and fertility?
from Mary M. Gallenberg, M.D.
Some ovarian cysts can be associated with decreased fertility. However, it depends on the type of ovarian cyst you have.
Ovarian cysts that can affect your fertility include:
- Endometriomas. Endometriomas (en-doe-me-tree-OH-muhs) are cysts caused by endometriosis, a condition in which the tissue normally lining your uterus (endometrium) grows outside the uterus. These ovarian cysts may be associated with fertility problems.
- Ovarian cysts resulting from polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition marked by many small cysts in your ovaries, irregular periods and high levels of certain hormones. PCOS contributes to problems with fertility in some women.
Unless they become very large, these types of ovarian cysts don't affect fertility:
- Functional cysts. Functional cysts — such as follicular cysts or corpus luteum cysts — are the most common type of ovarian cyst. Functional cysts form during a normal menstrual cycle and don't cause or contribute to infertility. In fact, functional cysts actually indicate that the necessary functions leading to fertility are taking place.
- Cystadenomas. Cystadenomas (sis-tad-uh-NO-muhs) are growths in the ovary that arise from the surface of the ovaries. Although they need treatment, they don't affect fertility.
- Dermoid cysts. These cysts contain tissue — such as skin, hair or even teeth — instead of fluid. Dermoid cysts aren't associated with infertility.
If you've been diagnosed with an ovarian cyst and are concerned about becoming pregnant, talk to your doctor.
- Lentz GM, et al. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2012. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/linkTo?type=bookPage&isbn=978-0-323-06986-1&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-06986-1..C2009-0-48752-X--TOP. Accessed Oct. 3, 2012.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Polycystic_Ovary_Syndrome.cfm. Accessed Oct. 3, 2012.
- Stany M, et al. Benign disorders of the ovary. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 2008;35:271.
- Kuohung W, et al. Causes of female infertility. http://www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed Oct. 3, 2012.
- Coddington CC (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Oct. 9, 2012.


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"A tiny, family owned Victorian winery has been named amongst the world's best by wine guru Robert Parker Junior...Of the 175 wineries reviewed, Chambers is the only Victorian winery mentioned..."
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This small family owned winery was established in north eastern Victoria by the first William Chambers in 1858. In 2001, after a highly distinguished career, Bill Chambers OAM handed over the winemaking function to his son Stephen, making him the sixth generation of the family to make wine at Rosewood. Today the distinctive rose logo on the Chambers label is recognised as the benchmark of unique, fortified wines and continue to attract attention throughout the world. (winery notes)
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Friday, April 5, 8PM at Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction. $35/40.
The Fixx Is In
Since forming in 1979, London' the Fixx have stood at the vanguard of New Wave music. Though best known for 1980s hits such as "One Thing Leads to Another," "Saved by Zero" and "Deeper and Deeper," the band has maintained global relevance. Its latest record, Beautiful Friction, released last year, delivers the signature hook-heavy, beat-driven, synth-laden sound that has been the group's calling card for more than 30 years. Catch the Fixx this Friday, April 5, at the Tupelo Music hall in White River Junction.


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Tag Archives: Alain Corre
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 | 21:35 BST
Rayman Legends 3DS hasn't been "ruled out," says Ubisoft
Rayman Legends may eventually land on 3DS once some technical hurdles are jumped over, according to Ubisoft executive Alain Corre.
Mon, Aug 26, 2013 | 01:48 BST
Ubisoft still believes in Vita, Wii U
Neither Sony's latest handheld nor Nintendo's newest console have gained much ground in the last year, but notoriously new hardware-friendly Ubisoft believes both Vita and Wii U are worth pursuing.
Wed, Feb 27, 2013 | 00:01 GMT
Watch Dogs aiming to compete with Grand Theft Auto
Watch Dogs is hoping to snaffle a few slices of Grand Theft Auto's open-world pie, and Ubisoft expects the near-future effort's connected features to grant it an edge.
Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 06:12 BST
Ubisoft finds success with casual, freemium
In 2010, 40 percent of Ubisoft's revenue came from its casual games lines – and it sees huge growth in the free to play market.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | 09:10 BST
Splinter Cell Conviction console exclusivity was "a logical step," says Ubisoft
Alain Corre, executive director of Ubisoft, has said the decision to make Splinter Cell Conviction an Xbox 360 console exclusive was a "logical step" for the company.
"It was a decision that we took many years ago," he told GI. "It's been an ongoing process.
"For us when we decided to do that many years ago it was a logical step."
Corre was equally cool when asked whether Ubisoft was worried about limiting sales to just one machine. "But there are also a lot of hardcore gamers who have ownership of both consoles," he explained.
"And everyone has a PC at home. To a certain extent if players want the next Splinter Cell game they will find a way."
Full interview with Corre through the link.
Splinter Cell Conviction is out for PC and Xbox 360 in October.
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | 11:42 BST
Ubisoft considering I Am Alive sequels
Speaking to MCV, Ubisoft executive director Alain Corre has confirmed the firm is considering sequels to DarkWorks survival horror I Am Alive – despite the fact the game's never even been seen in public.
"Yes [we are considering sequels]. Clearly, when we are creating a franchise, it's a long-term process. We want to keep it and have more iterations, because it's a big investment at the beginning to launch it," he said.
"So it's better when you can advertise and bet on a few franchises in the years to come. We hope it can be another strong franchise for our portfolio, alongside Prince Of Persia or Rayman Rabbids. It's a new baby for us – and we have big hopes."
There's a full interview here.
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | 12:08 BST
E3 not appropriate at this time of year, says Ubi
Speaking with GI, Ubisoft executive director Alain Corre has said that he feels that date and location of E3 doesn't adequately reflect the importance of the event.
"For E3, it's very important to be there, and to present the games, because even though it's much, much smaller than it used to be, still the American media are here, all our competitors, so you need be there, to be ready and to share product," he said.
"It's one milestone in the communication of your products throughout the year, and it's important because it's the ramp-up for Christmas," he added. "[But] E3 here, mid-July, in the Convention Center in downtown LA – it's not appropriate I would say.
"What we would like, and we're discussing that, is to have an E3 back in May with a bigger size," he went on.
"It shouldn't be at the same level [as 2006] because it was getting too big, it was a funfair, and the cost was too heavy for everybody.
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Cat communication is the transfer of information by one or more cats that has an effect on the current or future behaviour of another animal, including humans. Cats use a range of communication modalities including visual, auditory, tactile, chemical and gustatory.
The communication modalities used by domestic cats have been affected by domestication.
1 Vocalizations
1.1 Purr,
1.2 Meow,
1.3 Chirr,
1.4 Call,
1.5 Growl, snarl and hiss,
2 Visual
2.1 Posture,
2.2 Ear position,
2.3 Eyes,
2.4 Tail,
3 Tactile
3.1 Biting,
4 Olfactory,
5 See also,
6 References,
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Feline vocal communications have been classified into five categories: the purr, chirr, call, meow and growl/snarl/hiss. Dr Susanne Schötz of Lund University provides an acoustic analysis of a number of cat vocalizations, including chatters, meows, murmurs, and combinations of these sounds.
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The purr is a continuous, soft, vibrating sound made in the throat by most species of felines. Domestic cat kittens can purr as early as two days of age. This tonal rumbling can characterize different personalities in domestic cats. Purring is often believed to indicate a positive emotional state, however, cats sometimes purr when they are ill, tense, or experiencing traumatic or painful moments.
The mechanism of how cats purr is elusive. This is partly because cats do not have a unique anatomical feature that is clearly responsible for the vocalization. One hypothesis, supported by electromyographic studies, is that cats produce the purring noise by using the vocal folds and/or the muscles of the larynx to alternately dilate and constrict the glottis rapidly, causing air vibrations during inhalation and exhalation. Combined with the steady inhalation and exhalation as the cat breathes, a purring noise is produced with strong harmonics. Purring is sometimes accompanied by other sounds, though this varies between individuals. Some may only purr, while other cats include low level outbursts sometimes described as "lurps" or "yowps".
Domestic cats purr at a frequency of 25 to 150 Hz. One study reported that domestic cats purr at average frequencies of 21.98 Hz in the egressive phase and 23.24 Hz in the ingressive phase with an overall mean of 22.6 Hz. Further research on purring in four domestic cats found that the fundamental frequency varied between 20.94 and 27.21 Hz for the egressive phase and between 23.0 and 26.09 Hz for the ingressive phase. There was considerable variation between the four cats in the relative amplitude, duration and frequency between egressive and ingressive phases, although this variation generally occurred within the normal range.
One study on a single cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) showed it purred with an average frequency of 20.87 Hz (egressive phases) and 18.32 Hz (ingressive phases). A further study on four adult cheetahs found that mean frequencies were between 19.3 Hz and 20.5 Hz in ingressive phases, and between 21.9 Hz and 23.4 Hz in egressive phases. The egressive phases were longer than ingressive phases and moreover, the amplitude was greater in the egressive phases.
It was once believed that only the cats of the genus Felis could purr. However, felids of the genus Panthera (tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards) also produce sounds similar to purring, but only when exhaling. The subdivision of the Felidae into 'purring cats' on the one hand and 'roaring cats ' (i.e. non-purring) on the other, originally goes back to Owen (1834/1835) and was definitely introduced by Pocock (1916), based on a difference in hyoid anatomy. The 'roaring cats' (lion, Panthera leo; tiger, P. tigris; jaguar, P. onca; leopard, P. pardus) have an incompletely ossified hyoid, which according to this theory, enables them to roar but not to purr. On the other hand, the snow leopard (Uncia uncia), as the fifth felid species with an incompletely ossified hyoid, purrs (Hemmer, 1972). All remaining species of the family Felidae ('purring cats') have a completely ossified hyoid which enables them to purr but not to roar. However, Weissengruber et al. (2002) argued that the ability of a cat species to purr is not affected by the anatomy of its hyoid, i.e. whether it is fully ossified or has a ligamentous epihyoid, and that, based on a technical acoustic definition of roaring, the presence of this vocalization type depends on specific characteristics of the vocal folds and an elongated vocal tract, the latter rendered possible by an incompletely ossified hyoid.
Meows are one of the most widely known domestic cat vocalizations. In nature, the meow is a call used by a juvenile to signal a request to its mother. This is by far the most common and varied cat sound. It can be assertive, plaintive, friendly, bold, welcoming, attention soliciting, demanding, or complaining. It can even be silent, where the mouth opens but no sound emerges. Humans tend to find this silent meow particularly plaintive and appealing. Adult cats do not usually meow to each other and so meowing to human beings is likely to be an extension of the use by kittens.
The word "meow" (or "miaow") is onomatopoeic. Different languages have correspondingly different words for the "meow" sound, including miau (Belarusian, Croatian, Hungarian, Dutch, Finnish, Lithuanian, Malay, German, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Ukrainian), mňau (Czech), meong (Indonesian), niau (Ukrainian), niaou (νιάου, Greek), miaou (French), nya (ニャ, Japanese), miao (喵, Mandarin Chinese, Italian), miav/miao or mjav/mjau (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), mjá (Icelandic), ya-ong (야옹, Korean) and meo-meo (Vietnamese). In some languages (such as Chinese 貓, māo), the vocalization became the name of the animal itself.
The chirr or chirrup sounds like a meow rolled on the tongue. It is used most commonly by mother cats calling their kittens from the nest. It is also used by friendly cats when eliciting the approach of another cat or a human. Humans can mimic the sound to reassure and greet pet cats.
Cats sometimes make chirping or chattering noises when observing or stalking prey.
The call is loud, rhythmic sound made with the mouth closed. It is primarily associated with female cats soliciting males, and sometimes occurs in males when fighting with each other. A "caterwaul" is the cry of a cat in estrus (or "in heat").
Growl, snarl and hiss:
The growl, snarl and hiss are all vocalisations associated with either offensive or defensive aggression. They are usually accompanied by apostural display intended to have a visual effect on the perceived threat. The communication may be directed at cats as well as other species - the puffed-up hissing and spitting display of a cat toward an approaching dog is a well-known behavior. Kittens as young as two to three weeks will hiss and spit when first picked up by a human.
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Cats use postures and movement of body parts to communicate a wide range of information. Some examples may entail a wide range of changes such as when cats arch their backs, erect their hairs and assume a sideward posture to communicate fear or aggression, whereas others may entail only a single change (as perceived by humans) such as slowly blinking to signal relaxation.
Domestic cats depend on visual communication to a high degree, using their eyes, ears, mouths, tails, coats and body postures to convey complex meanings. A cat's facial features change the most, and are probably the best key to the feline language.
A cat lying with its ventral surface exposed conveys trust, and comfort (this is also typical of overweight cats, as it is more comfortable for them); however, a cat may also roll on its side or back to be able to defend itself with all four claws.
A calm cat stands relaxed with its tail at ease, observing the environment without any overt visual display. As the cat becomes more assertive, confident and offensively aggressive, its hind legs stiffen, the rump elevates but the back stays flat, tail hairs are erected, the nose is pushed forward and the ears pulled back slightly. The intent is not to attack, rather it is to elicit deference. The cat will attempt to make challengers back down and will pursue them if they do not defer. A fearful, defensive cat makes itself smaller, lowers itself toward the ground, rounds its back and leans its body posture away from the threat, rather than forward. The cat's goal is to avoid combat which could result in injury; it will only fight when escape is impossible. A cat with its ears forward and keeping still while focusing on another cat (or other attacker) is being defensive and in a very alert state.
Other postures, such as ears and whiskers held backwards, give an indication of the cat's overall mood. Flattened ears generally mean that the cat feels threatened and may attack. Having the mouth open and no teeth exposed indicates a feeling of playfulness.
Ear position:
A cat's ears change position quickly, in a continuum from markedly erect when the cat is alert and focused, slightly relaxed when the cat is calm, and flattened against the head in an extremely defensive or aggressive posture.
A cat's eyes, particularly the pupils, are highly communicative. However, in some circumstances, changes in the eyes can happen so quickly it is difficult for humans to discern them in time to avoid the cat's subsequent communication with a bite or a scratch. Cats however, are able to interpret communication by each other's pupillary changes. In general, round pupils are associated with fear, oblong pupils with aggression, and slightly off-round with a state of relaxation. A larger pupil generally indicates a more intense emotion, although, like humans, their pupils do dilate in darkness, so a relaxed cat in a dark room may also have large pupils. A direct stare by a cat is a challenge or threat, more likely to be seen in high-ranking, confident cats. Lower-ranking cats usually withdraw in response.
Cats often use their tail to communicate. Cats holding the tail vertically generally indicates positive emotions such as happiness or confidence and is often used as a friendly greeting toward human beings or other cats (usually close relatives). A half-raised tail can indicate less pleasure, and unhappiness is indicated with a tail held low. In addition, a cat's tail may swing from side to side. If this motion is slow and "lazy", it generally indicates that the cat is in a relaxed state, and is thought to be a way for the cat to search and monitor the surroundings behind it. Cats will twitch the tips of their tails when hunting or when irritated, while larger twitching indicates displeasure. A stalking domestic cat will typically hold its tail low to the ground while in a crouch, and twitch it quickly from side to side. This tail behavior is also seen when a cat has become "irritated" and is nearing the point of biting or scratching. They may also twitch their tails when playing. Sometimes during play, a cat, or more commonly, a kitten, will raise the base of their tail high and stiffen all but the tip into a shape like an upside-down "U". This signals great excitement, to the point of hyperactivity. This may also be seen when younger cats chase each other, or when they run around by themselves. When greeting their owner, cats often hold their tails straight up with a quivering motion that indicates extreme happiness. A scared or surprised cat may erect the hairs on its tail and back. In addition, it may stand more upright and turn its body sideways to increase its apparent size as a threat. Tailless cats, such as the Manx, which possess only a small stub of a tail, move the stub around as if they possess a full tail.
Cats often lick other cats and humans (e.g., their owners). Cats may lick for allogrooming purposes or to bond (this grooming is usually done between cats who are familiar). They will also sometimes lick humans for similar reasons. These reasons include wanting to "groom" people and to show them care and affection.
Cats may paw humans or soft objects with a kneading motion. Cats often purr during this behaviour, usually indicating contentment and affection. This can also indicate curiosity. A cat may also do this when in pain or dying, as a method of comforting itself. It is instinctive to cats, and they use it when they are young to stimulate the mother cat's breast to release milk during nursing.
Domestic cats communicate information about themselves by scratching and kneading substrates in localised areas. Cats have scent glands on the underside of their paws which release small amounts of scent onto the person or object being kneaded.
Touching noses, also known as "sniffing noses", is a friendly tactile greeting for cats.
Some cats rub their faces on humans as a friendly greeting or sign of affection. This visual action is also olfactory communication as it leaves a scent from the scent glands located in the cat's cheeks. Cats also perform a "head bonk" (or "bunt"), in which they bump a human or other cat with the front part of the head. Head-bumping may also be a display of social dominance, and cheek rubbing is often exhibited by a dominant cat towards a subordinate.
Gentle biting in the absence of vocalisations can communicate playfulness, however, stronger bites that are accompanied by hissing or growling usually communicate aggression. When cats mate, the tom bites the scruff of the female's neck as she assumes a lordosis position which communicates that she is receptive to mating.
Cats communicate olfactarily through scent in urine and feces, and chemicals from glands located around the mouth and chin, forehead, tail, and paws. Their rubbing and head-bumping behaviors are methods of depositing these scents on substrates, including humans.
Urine spraying is also a territorial marking. Although cats may mark with both sprayed and non-sprayed urine, the spray is usually more thick and oily than normally deposited urine, and may contain additional secretions from anal sacs that help the sprayer to make a stronger communication. While cats mark their territory both by rubbing of the scent glands and by urine and fecal deposits, spraying, most frequently engaged in by unneutered male cats in competition with others of their same sex and species, seems to be the loudest feline olfactory statement. Female cats also sometimes spray.
The urine of mature male cats in particular contains the amino acid known as felinine which is a precursor to 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol (MMB), the sulfur-containing compound that gives cat urine its characteristically strong odor. Felinine is produced in the urine from 3-methylbutanol-cysteinylglycine (3-MBCG) by the excreted peptidase cauxin. It then slowly degrades via bacterial lyase into the more-volatile chemical MMB. Felinine is a possible cat pheromone.
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-- your coverage here on fox in the State of the Union Address let's return now to correspondent Shannon Bream who has been following.
Are being polls to gauge viewers' reactions to the president's speech tonight -- what are you finding out.
We'll -- it's interesting we got twelve point nine million votes folks playing and we -- take -- through some of the hot topics tonight.
Immigration let's start there with a little bit about what the president said tonight is speech.
We know what needs to be done.
And as we speak bipartisan groups in both chambers for working diligently to draft -- bill and I applaud their efforts.
What was interesting here is we -- people who long -- and by party and by gender.
This was one area where nearly every one.
Republican independent and Democrat coalesce and it was the first time and really the only time that we -- Republicans and their approval about what the president was saying.
Actually spike above independents and Democrats but it was the one -- That everybody really seem to coalesce on now let's talk about where they didn't exactly lineup by party here's a bit on climate change from the president tonight.
Our missions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet.
Have actually -- But for the sake of our children and our future.
We must do more to combat climate change.
But when the president talked about issues of climate change global warming an energy production there was -- enormous split by party.
Independents went with Republicans on this and they nearly bottomed out it was the lowest scoring factor that we could see for the president tonight -- his speech.
While Democrats seem to approve independents clearly flocked with that Republicans -- the lowest rating of the night for the president.
Clearly not coalescing on issues of climate change making it very top of the president probably to sell this particular issue.
The last thing we wanna look at here is gun rights it this was agony and the -- here's a bit of what the president -- on that topic tonight.
It has been there.
Two months since -- time.
I know this is not the first time this country is debated how to reduce gun violence.
But this time is different.
Again this was a place we saw a big split and again independence tracked with Republicans on as Democrats seem to approval what the president had to say.
Independents and Republicans again joining together bottoming out.
Not approving what the president had to say on tougher loss frat.
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Assessment of Energy Policy and Practices
Macro assessment
Central to the macro assessment are indicators measuring the extent to which a country has the necessary attributes in place to achieve the 3 A's. This Energy Policy and Practices Index (EPPI) is built around the four Supports and the Building Blocks in Figure 1. The first support measures the capacity of a country to design and implement high-quality policy and practices. The second support predominantly measures the strength and flexibility of the economy, supplemented by the ability to implement energy security (Availability). The final two relate to current performance in addressing different elements and characteristics of the remaining two 3 A's, Accessibility and Acceptability.
The four Supports, illustrated in Figure 1 above, are composed of 13 Building Blocks:
A. Institutions is composed of Institutions and Regulation (A1) and Goods and Factors Markets (A2).
B. Economy is composed of Macro-economy (B1), Innovation (B2), Energy Markets (B3), Investment (B4), Infrastructure (B5), and Energy Security (B6).
C. Social Capacity and Equity is composed of Education (C1), Health and Safety (C2), and Equity (C3).
D. Environment is composed of Climate Change (D1) and Other Environmental Factors (D2).
Each Building Block is defined by a set of relevant indicators (see Annexes 1 and 2 for details on both building blocks and indicators). All of the data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical organisations, and national energy institutes. All data are then validated by the individual member committees.
Once the data for the indicators are collected, the results are aggregated through weighting to obtain an index.
The weighting reflects the relative importance of the factors shaping a country's overall energy policy and practices.
In this Assessment, a Principal Components Analysis (PCA)² is used to estimate the weighting to be applied, a common tool in other index studies. However, using such a statistical technique has its limitations, and going forward we will review other approaches which may lead to revision of weightings. A working list of weightings is presented in Annex 2.
² PCA serves to link indicators through measures of co-variance, and by a statistical estimation process apportions weights systematically. See James l Kenkel (1996) Statistics for management and economics, ISBN 0-534-20370-1


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