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Pop-Ed: Why 'Biggest Loser' Makes Losing Weight More Difficult for the Rest of Us
And those scales are so huge. There's no running and hiding from 'The Biggest Loser' scales. They might as well shout the numbers in a big thundering voice while they're at it.
Here's the thing, though. While 'The Biggest Loser' is inspiring and offers plenty of health tips for those of us watching from our comfy couches at home, could the show actually be making things harder for us? I say yes, it could. Here are five reasons why.
1. It's unrealistic. Unless you're independently wealthy and have nothing else going on in your life, spending hours a day in the gym is totally unrealistic and possibly unhealthy. There's such a thing as over-training. We also don't have Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels riding herd over us. While they're no doubt great trainers, they also have a vested interest in the results. If their contestants don't lose weight, I can't imagine they'd be asked to return season after season. I've had a few trainers in my life, and they're nowhere near as invested in my weight loss. Maybe I need new trainers. Maybe I need ... Bob and Jillian!
2. It's not normal to lose those big numbers. Sure, it's not unusual to lose a lot of weight at the beginning of any health regime, especially if you have a lot to lose. So the contestants' high numbers of 25 or 30 pounds in the first weeks probably aren't that outrageous. But as the weeks go by, the contestants seem really discouraged if they lose only five pounds. Five pounds! That's a major achievement in the real world. I find myself yelling at them through the TV: "Be happy you lost five pounds! You're doing great!" It leaves the rest of us feeling like our low numbers are really crummy, when in fact, everything I've heard about weight loss indicates that slow and steady is best.
3. They give up their favorite foods. You see contestants sneaking down to the kitchen at midnight to scarf brownies, indulging in sprinkle-covered donuts during challenges and lusting over French fries in their dreams. Ok, we don't really see that last one, but I bet they are. One thing I love about Weight Watchers (and, I'm sure, scores of other diets) is that you don't have to give up your cravings. Foods are neither good nor bad, but rather, you just control the portion sizes and how often you eat them. In the real world, we encounter temptation from the moment we get up in the morning to the wee hours at night when the kids' Halloween candy yells at us to dive into the bag face-first. It would be more realistic for 'The Biggest Loser' contestants to learn how to eat "only" one donut or a handful of fries.
4. The contestants are closely monitored. Look, these are obese people who basically go from a life of inactivity and overeating to training long hours every day. They have doctors watching them closely and EMTs standing by if they collapse during a challenge. Some of us might see a doctor before beginning a health regime, but I bet most of us don't. Jumping into a new workout regime can be risky, painful and unhealthy, especially if you're obese and do it without consulting a doctor, nutritionist and/or trainer.
5. They're constantly comparing themselves to each other. My yoga teacher is always reminding me not to compare myself to others, but rather to listen to my own body. But let's face it: Women, in particular, are always comparing ourselves to other women. How much does she weigh? What size are those jeans? Does she have my muffin top? And on and on. There are definite winners and losers on 'The Biggest Loser,' and the last person standing is the ultimate winner. Along the way, winning the challenges, working out the hardest and eating the most healthfully is all part of the game. I realize it's a competition, but it just doesn't seem like an emotionally healthy way to lose weight.
While 'The Biggest Loser' does make me think twice about eating an entire bag of salt-and-vinegar potato chips while watching the show, it also makes weight loss seem unattainable for people in the real world. It sets us up for failure and contributes to us feeling like it's impossible to lose weight.
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- Monday 03 MayBy Karen
Stop analysing. Just get off your A** and get moving. Do what you can each day and don't eat like a pig. Simple. You may not get double digit but you will lose weight. Once again simple.
- Wednesday 05 MayBy SherLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
It is NOT that easy for EVERYONE!!! Don't judge until you have walked a mile in our shoes!!
- Wednesday 05 May
You said it -bravo- get off your a**! Where there is a will there is a way. That simple. Find what works for you and go for it!
- Wednesday 05 MayBy ashleigh
Geez Karen... No need for such a rude attitude! I don't think the author of this article is 'over-analyzing' anything! As a matter of fact, I have written questions to Jillian a couple of times, because I get her newsletters, but she's never answered (no surprise there) -- but anyway, I've asked her why her NEWSLETTER states "slow & steady wins the race and is the ONLY HEALTHY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT", and also says that "1 to 2 pounds per week is the MAXIMUM a person should lose weekly" if on The Biggest Loser, people are losing 30 pounds in 1 week, and that if they ever fail to lose DOUBLE-DIGITS each week, they cry and moan about it, yet Bob & Jillian NEVER say 1 to 2 pounds is the best way to go... Of course, I've never heard back from her about her own contradiction (her own newsletter says never to lose more than 2 pounds a week, but on the show, she & Bob look utterly crushed & confused if someone doesn't lose more than 9 pounds in a week) and so I agree with this author that the show is inspiring, but it's also defeating, too, because NONE of us can live that way... It's hardly over-analysis -- it's just an honest evaluation and question of the absolute contradiction...
- Wednesday 05 MayBy Matt
Honestly ashleigh they are doing this because these people are morbidly obese so they get extra atention. Normal people lose 1-2 pounds per week its a fact, we know. But these people are just gettin extra atention and its helping others out by teaching some ppl ways to work out and eat right. You honestly need to pay a bit more atention yourself.
- Thursday 06 MayBy Sabran
No one said losing weight is easy. Do the contestants look like they're having a walk in the park?? It's hard work no matter how one does it. One thing is for sure...no one has ever lost weight by making excuse why they can't lose weight. As Karen says...get movin...
- Thursday 06 MayBy Nancy
Karen- I couldn't agree with you more. I'm guessing the author of this article must be a heifer. Excuses, excuses. excuses. Get off your butt and stop eating everything in sight. This show is fantastic; it deals with the real issue of changing what's up in your brain that's causing the eating problems. It never claimed to be "real" life environmen. It should be inspirational, not just another lame "reason" why others can't trim down. But some will always find a way to gloss over the denial.
- Thursday 06 May
It is unbeliveable, a program that has been so positive has this person finding fault. Maybe she should look at the people in our country that are so over weight and be thankful for a program like Biggest Loser. Or maybe she would be happy to watch cartoons and eat candy. I was thinking about the program this morning and thinking how great it was to have something that makes us all (thin or fat) look at what we put in our bodies and what we do with ourselves all day long. As for her eating potato chips get them out of the house!!!
- Monday 03 MayBy Heather
Jane Boursaw, you echo my sentiments exactly, especially how anyone should be thrilled to lose 5 pounds in a week, and how contestants need to learn how to eat only 1 doughnut, not give up the things they love to eat, because life is short, even for skinny people. It is about portion control and EXCERCISE, but it's so unrealistic to think anyone could spend 6+ hours a day exercising unless they are one this show, on vacation, or do it for a living.
- Monday 03 MayBy flmetz
Apparently you have been watching a different show that
I have, they do teach them to eat properly. What do you think these little table side chats are doing? We must also remember that these people are morbidly obese with health problems and often need a life saving intervention.
- Monday 03 MayBy LoserFan
I appreciate the perspective, but need to correct a couple of things. First, fitness does not have a regime. Hitler had a regime. Fitness can be regimented and have a regiment, but not a regime. Most people make that mistake. I've done it before and been corrected, so I'm just paying it forward. Second, giving up your "favorite" foods is the only way to change a lifestyle and be healthy. Doughnuts and french fries should actually never be eaten and, at most, perhaps once or twice a year. The problem with us humans is that we think the old "moderation" is still effective, so we kill ourselves slowly with moderation by continuing to eat foods that actually will not only make us fat, but will kill us. Eventually, you no longer want to put those things in your body and no longer have the cravings and fantasies about pizza, ice cream sundaes, etc. You wise up and you live longer and you feel amazing and you don't ever want to turn back. I know this from experience.
- Wednesday 05 MayBy Diane
Since you had to get all bent out of shape by the use of the word "regime" let me correct you in saying that by definition it is not necessarily incorrect. Regimen might apply better, but if you bother to look up the definition of "regime" it also can apply to one's "regular pattern of action" as in fitness or health. ALso, you will notice (on AOL dictionary) that under regimen, they also list "regime" as an alternative, so they CAN be used interchangeably (not the end of the world!) I just get tired of uppity people correcting other people all the time. I am sure you are 100% perfect in your speech and behavior at all times, right? Get over yourself!
- Wednesday 05 MayBy Judy
what's wrong with you?
- Wednesday 05 MayBy LoseFanLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
It seems I may not be the one who got "bent out of shape" and "uppity" at all here. I already confessed to having made the mistake and been corrected by someone else, and even stated that I was just paying it forward. I am always open to being corrected because there is always room for improvement. Snide remarks about perfect speech and behavior are laughable and shows someone may not have read my entire message before reacting.
- Wednesday 05 MayBy happycloud
Ouch! The word is "regimen"...but regime is also correct. "Regiment?"...just plain wrong. Look it up. If one removes all unhealthy foods from a diet then the diet is regimental (the adjectival form of the verb "to regiment" which means to organize rigidly or too strictly.) Cut yourself some slack. To err is human...to eat an occasional Twinkie is devine. Stressing out over language or food choices? Now THAT'S unhealthy.
- Thursday 06 MayBy Super Sonic
Um...who else was thinking "damn grammar nazi" When he/she read that? And not even getting right..Wow, brilliant Sherlock.
Back to the main point. A doughnut will not kill you. That is proposterous. It's made of flour, sugar, yeast, an oil of some sort likely shortening and food coloring plus a couple other things. Nothing on your list is so bad for you that you could never have it.
What it is and how it's prepared are two different things. What's wrong with Pizza? Cheese is one of the best foods you can eat. Real cheese has more protein than most of the meat you purchase at the grocery store. Bleached flour is not bad for you. It's just mostly a source of energy (calories, that's what calories mean in relation to your body. It's the energy that makes you function.) And you can get wheat pizzas you know.
You're not going to bash the tomatoes and spices in the sauce are you? That covers everything on a basic pizza. And it's baked, not fried.
Everything in moderation. To lose weight you simply need to burn more energy than the equivalent in food that you eat. That's all. Nothing extreme or crazy just do a little more and eat a little less. You can't live on cookies, but you sure as hell can have them.
- Thursday 06 MayBy kirsten
you are so right. portions are good but you can't survive on small portions of doughnuts. you have to change what you consume and begin to look at food as fuel and not something you consume for a "feel good".
- Thursday 06 May
I was so happy to see you beat me to the word use issue, until I saw you also got it wrong. :-( It's regimen, not regiment.
Regime: a form of government
Regimen: a regular pattern of occurrence or action
Regiment: a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
As for the content of the article, I think it gives people hope in that it doesn't HAVE to take forever to drop weight. And, no matter how out of shape you are, you can do it.
- Monday 03 MayBy jeffhey
I disagree. This show does not make it harder for the rest of us, it should make it easier to start exercising seeing these grossly obese people able to exercise. If it makes it harder for you,its only because you are using it as another reason to sit on the couch and not start exercising. In the last 15 months I have lost 43 pounds, from 253 to 210, and I have only made modest changes to my diet. It is very HARD to make yourself exercise every day with the time constraints of our every day lives, but when I don't want to workout, I think of these enormous people that I dont want to be, and hear Bob and Jillian yelling at me to get off the couch, and thats motivation enough for me
- Sunday 09 MayBy terri
You are so right . No in the real world you might not be able to workout 6-8 hours a day. but you can pretty much bump up what u are doing. at first i was burning 200-300 calories a day and thought i was doing it. i didnt lose a pound maybe 1 in 9mos. ha! what a joke and i was walking on the treadmill 30-45mins 4-5 days a week. I pretty much lead myself to believe. menopuse. slow metabolism. friends telling me give it up old age spread you're going to pick up weight as you age. well at 255pounds 5'9 at 46years old. there women out there older than me and not fat. watching biggest loser bumping it up i am now 230 in 4weeks andstill dropping it works. No excuses i plan on being 162pounds by 1-1-2011 i watch what i eat and now i"m burning 1200 cal. a a day and i plan on bumping it up some more. everyone at work on a daily asks me what is it i'm doing. and that i look great. and i do and I'm not even half way there yet. It's on. from a 24 to a 18 in 4wks and still at it. Biggest loser aint lying. I was makin excuses and sittin on the couch gettin bigger.Aint nothin to it but to do it. I will keep in touch. time to work out.
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For beginners, all of the film stills in the book are pixelated and muddy. I'm not talking just about the full-page frame blowups, even regular-sized images that take up only a third or half of the page look like hell. Beyond the poor image reproduction, they also made an inexcusable editorial decision to print the visual development artwork of only two illustrators: Dave McKean and Tadahiro Uesugi. The book, in fact, neglects to showcase the work of any of the animation artists who worked on the film, including the people who actually designed the look and feel of the movie.
One of the film's primary character designers Shane Prigmore recently did a post on his blog about working on the film. In that post, he mentions some of the artists whose work shaped the film visually, including visual development artists Dan Krall, Shannon Tindle, Chris Appelhans, Jon Klassen, Andy Schuhler, and Stef Choi, sculptors Kent Melton, Damon Bard, Leo Rijn, Tony Merrithew and Scott Foster, and story artist Chris Butler, Andy Schuhler, Vera Brosgol, Graham Annable and Mike Cachuella. Unbelievably not a single piece of artwork from any of these artists can be found in the book. Instead it is page after page of Tadahiro Uesugi's work. A lot of it is repetitive because they are costume suggestions that he drew using characters that had already been designed by the artists listed above. The irony is that even fans of Uesugi's work will be disappointed because of the small print size of his artwork.
For all I know, the writing in the book (and there is a lot of it) may be wonderful. The book, however, is called "A Visual Companion" and on that mark it is a complete and utter failure. I've never seen an 'art of' book that eliminates the work of every single artist who worked on the film save for one whose work wasn't even a primary factor in the film's final look.
I've been looking forward to seeing Coraline for a long time and I still am. Unfortunately, with tie-in books like this and the film's lackluster marketing campaign (the subway and bus stop ads around NYC are a subject for another time), I may be watching the film in an empty movie theater.
(To see a representative sampling of artwork from this film, check out a discussion panel with the film's key designers on Saturday February 7 at Gallery Nucleus.)

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It matters not to Alter that Webb is advocating our near-immediate withdrawal from Iraq (how muscular will Osama bin Laden find that?). What counts is that Webb's dad was a vet, he's a vet, and his son's currently serving in Iraq. And like a good liberal, Alter invoked the chickenhawk mantra, saying that unlike Bush and Cheney, Webb served in Vietnam.
Oh, yes, and "unlike fellow veteran John Kerry, he has a military bearing and nonelitist tone that is appealing." By "military bearing," Alter means that Webb doesn't look like a perfectly coiffed "wussie," but a tough military guy, whose appearance also trumps his dovish policies.
Another liberal columnist, the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne, was similarly ecstatic about Webb's speech and the apparent toughness he displayed. Dionne wrote, "Webb's performance was a salutary sign that Democrats might just be getting over the battered party syndrome that has left so many of them terrified of saying exactly what is on their minds."
Sorry, E.J., but to call a party that has been mercilessly bludgeoning President Bush for six years running "battered," is like, well, calling liberals "muscular." Democrats can't have it both ways. Either they're going to join us in the war on terror, or they aren't. Either they're going to put teeth in their antiwar Senate resolutions, or they're not. It's one thing to shadowbox and talk tough. It's another to get in the ring and start swinging.
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This surprising finding, reported by Whitehead Institute scientists in a paper published online this week in the journal Nature Genetics, is paired with another unexpected outcome: despite its reputation as the most stable chromosome of the genome, the X has actually been undergoing relatively swift change. Taken together, these results suggest that it's time to reexamine the biological and medical importance of the X chromosome.
"We view this as the double life of the X chromosome," says Whitehead Institute Director David Page, whose lab conducted this latest research.
"The X is the most famous, most intensely studied chromosome in all of human genetics. And the story of the X has been the story of X-linked recessive diseases, such as color blindness, hemophilia, and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy," Page adds. "But there's another side to the X, a side that is rapidly evolving and seems to be attuned to the reproductive needs of males."
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The town board will take out serial bonds and pay for the project over a five-year period, according to Town Supervisor M. James Dawson.
"The town is borrowing (the money) because the (Brasher-Stockholm) Recreation Commission has no authority to borrow money," he told councilmen this week.
Recreation commission members have been looking to update the chiller barrel as part of infrastructure work on aging equipment at the arena. The chiller barrel is used to cool the Brine and is critical component of the refrigeration system.
A separate project to replace a boiler will be put out for bid after two estimates that were sent in following a request for proposals came in too high. Recreation officials say that, by replacing the boiler, they anticipate savings of approximately $7,000 the first year.
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Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore.
Wes just couldn't shake off the unsettling coincidence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same newspaper. After following the story of the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial to its conclusion, he wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter tentatively asked the questions that had been haunting him: Who are you? How did this happen?
That letter led to a correspondence and relationship that have lasted for several years. Over dozens of letters and prison visits, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own: Both had grown up in similar neighborhoods and had had difficult childhoods, both were fatherless; they'd hung out on similar corners with similar crews, and both had run into trouble with the police. At each stage of their young lives they had come across similar moments of decision, yet their choices would lead them to astonishingly different destinies.
Told in alternating dramatic narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.
"Two hauntingly similar boys take starkly different paths in this searing tale of the ghetto. Moore, an investment banker, Rhodes scholar, and former aide to Condoleezza Rice, was intrigued when he learned that another Wes Moore, his age and from the same area of Greater Baltimore, was wanted for killing a cop. Meeting his double and delving into his life reveals deeper likenesses: raised in fatherless families and poor black neighborhoods, both felt the lure of the money and status to be gained from dealing drugs. That the author resisted the criminal underworld while the other Wes drifted into it is chalked up less to character than to the influence of relatives, mentors, and expectations that pushed against his own delinquent impulses, to the point of exiling him to military school. Moore writes with subtlety and insight about the plight of ghetto youth, viewing it from inside and out; he probes beneath the pathologies to reveal the pressures — poverty, a lack of prospects, the need to respond to violence with greater violence — that propelled the other Wes to his doom. The result is a moving exploration of roads not taken." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
One of the top young business leaders in America delivers the true story of two boys born in the same neighborhood in the same town with the same name, and their starkly different fates.
About the Author
Wes Moore is a Rhodes Scholar and a combat veteran of Afghanistan. As a White House Fellow, he worked as a special assistant to Secretary Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. He was a featured speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, was named one of Ebony magazine's Top 30 Leaders Under 30 (2007), and, most recently, was dubbed one of the top young business leaders in New York by Crain's New York Business. He works in New York City.
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This badge is worn as a symbol of gay pride, although the pink triangle was initially associated with Nazi persecution. The Nazi regime came to power in Germany in 1933. It was responsible for the persecution and murder of millions of citizens, predominantly Jews, but also communists, trade unionists, Gypsies, prostitutes, the physically and mentally disabled and homosexuals.
Persecution of homosexuals began within a month of Hitler coming to power. The headquarters of the German gay movement was burned down and gay bars were closed. By late 1934 the Gestapo started compiling a 'pink list' of homosexuals to be transported to concentration camps, and an estimated 100,000 individuals were arrested between 1933 and 1945. It is not known exactly how many of these were sent to the camps, but those who did end up there were made to wear triangles of pink cloth to identify them, just as Jews were made to wear yellow stars. After the war, a German gay rights organisation campaigning for compensation for gay concentration camp survivors reclaimed the symbol and it has been worn as a badge of gay pride ever since.
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Well said, Mephisto Pheles, well said.
Before you guys come clobbering me for not posting my review of No. 6, school's just started and I can only spare my free times on weekends. Expect an update on episode 4 and 5 this Saturday. But not the Ao No Exorcist reviews though. This week; Rin faces Judgement Day, whether he lives or…dies. The Kyoto Boys (minus Konekomaru), Shiemi and Izumo are out to a mini field trip in Kyoto to get the Kurikara fixed. The new Paladin (taking over Father Fujimoto, grrrr…) visiting Japan does not make things easier for everyone.
It's a bird, it's a plane…no, it's…
Summary: Rin managed to calm down after Shiemi gave him a cooldown hug. Seeing what all the commotion is all about, newly appointed Paladin (a.k.a. Father Fujimoto's substitute) Arthur Auguste Angel visits True Cross Academy and arrests Rin for being the son of Satan, taking Mephisto and Shura to court as suspect and witness respectively. As Yukio tells his students of Rin's demon heritage and the broken Kurikara (which apparently belongs to Bon's family in the past) they (except Takara and Konekomaru, who still have broken bones to heal) decided to go to Kyoto and find Yoshikuni XI to get it fixed by going through a portal we better not know about for now. As Mephisto is cornered with questions from all four corners on trial, Yukio and Bon face their inner demons but thanks to the help of the others the quest of asking for mystical nails proceed smoothly.
Finally Amaimon popped in the middle of the trail after he heard from his demon minions that he was not invited to the party. Oops.
…a.k.a. da Big Prick of the Vatican Order who gets his uniform custom-made.
Rin, in Demon Berserk Mode breaks Mephisto's cuckoo clock, releasing Amaimon from entrapment. Preventing Rin from losing his remaining humanity, Shiemi gives him a hug, helping him in stopping Rin's demon side from controlling him completely. Recently appointed Paladin, Arthur Auguste Angel shows up to arrest Rin, as well as taking Shura and Mephisto away for trial in the Vatican. On the other side, Yukio tells the class of Rin's true identity and explains a bit of the Kurikara, which Bon has a knowledge of as the sword originally belongs to Bon's family, which has been keeping it for generations until it landed in the hands of Rin Okumura. Or to be precise, Father Shirou Fujimoto.
Not surprised if you come back with demon-positive blood in you health check-up report one day…
On trial, an unconscious Rin is trapped in a crystal as the trial began. Reveal a part of his plans to the higher-ups, Mephisto intend to use Rin as a weapon to defeat Satan (but judging by Mephisto's facial expression, you know that 1. He's lying, 2. He has something dirty under his sleeves or 3. intends to use Rin for his own plans, using the Order and Satan's forces to add to his personal agendas.) The higher-ups had a hard time whether they could trust him, seemingly Mephisto has been helping the Order for 200 years now. While on trial, Yukio and the others (save Konekomaru and Takara) go to Kyoto via a special portal (or something), meet Yoshikuni XI (who takes a liking of Bon) and tells them to find special nails to fix Kurikara, which is a difficult sword to repair because of its affiliation with demon slayings.
Rin took the sword. That means he's an enemy. Yukio, you're his brother. I'm going to hate you too. What's that? Father Fujimoto took that sword from my father? That's it, I'm SSOOOO gonna hate your family with the intensity of a million litres of chlorine once Rin gets out of trial.
Of course, things do not go as they planned. Yukio and Bon are faced with their inner demons via Buddha statues possessed by demons tempting them to hate Rin. With a streak of good luck, the girls and Shima respectively saved them before they get to accept the so-called 'truths' told. They got the nails and Yoshikuni managed to fix the Kurikara once they returned. Back to the trial, Amaimon crashes into the trial, causing everyone to panic and also preparing the soon-conscious Rin away from dreamland.
Son of Satan VS Satan. Now that's something you don't get to see everyday in your lifetimes.
Earning the trust of a holy order known to all…takes me 200 years to get through the audition stages. Now another 500 years to get by preliminaries and quarter finals. Let's not talk about the finals, shall we? ;_;
'all me Yoshikuni XI. 'ice to meet 'yar ar. Dun mind e' ac'nt.
Bickering like an old couple. They are in love, full stop.
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Thoughts: From the look of things, looks like 70% of it is anime-original.
Yes, Angel's sword Excalibur is on its way to become Excalibur Jr. of Excalibur (Sr.) from Soul Eater. And crap, the anime decided to remove the part where Angel breaks Rin's leg using Excalibur (and all other interactions with him thereof, leading to some funny moments in a grim situation). That part is very important (so that we can hate that Angel guy more than ever. Why??? WHY????? Let me go cry and rage in a corner. ;_;) Also, I was very much expecting the Kyoto Boys and Shiemi to stay away from Rin after Yukio revealed everything, since this is important for everyone's character development. Especially Bon, being hard-headed till now, and let's not forget his daddy issues… But I can't say for sure when the next episode airs as it tracks back to manga material.
We get to find out more about Rin and Yukio's mother, Yurie Gin, Lower Second Class Exorcist but that's all we're given. Somehow she was tricked and got raped by Satan in Gehanna (Satan cannot reach Assiah unless he possess a body, which unfortunately won't last very long for him) and is intentionally doing that just to piss the Order off. I'm going towards the former, unless the series takes a cynical turn in later chapters, which I hope will not happen, ever. I have a hard time understanding what Yoshikuni XI was trying to say (Kyoto accent?) and looking through the manga she's an anime-original character. She'll probably appear in the manga sooner or later and I doubt we'll see the last of her in the anime though. About Takara; I have no idea when he's going to reveal his true identity like Shura did, or show off his real powers. I can't believe he can carry the lit lantern back on his own without the mangaka or anime producers explain how he did it.
Join the Dark Side, Yukio Okumura, join the Dark Side. We have mole erasers.
Alas… IT'S TIME for a bigger sword! Bigger, wider, faster, stronger!
Next week: Rin learns how to control his flames. Yukio and Shura decides to hit balls. No, you dirty readers, it's not what you think it is!


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Honors and Awards2011: Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten ... winner of UW's Ivan Williamson Scholastic Award ... Academic All-Big Ten ... invited to the Senior Bowl and the NFL scouting combine2010: Academic All-Big Ten ... Preseason: Second-team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports and third-team by Phil Steele2009: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches) ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District ... Academic All-Big Ten
CareerRanks third in school history with career punting average of 42.1 yards per punt (min. 100 attempts) ... sits fourth in UW history with 8,383 career punting yards ... fifth in UW history with 199 career punts
2011: Earned fourth letter ... punted in all 14 games ... punted twice for 89 yards, including a 56-yarder which tied for the fourth-longest in UW bowl history, against Oregon in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2 ... averaged 45 yards per punt (5-225) with one inside the 20-yard line against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3 ... punted five times for 203 yards, average of 40.6 yards, with one inside the 20-yard line ... named UW's co-special teams player of the week after putting three of four kicks inside the 20-yard line and two inside the 5-yard line, including a season-long 74-yard punt, at Illinois on Nov. 19 ... placed two of three punts inside the 20-yard line at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... punted three times for 111 yards against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... matched season high with six punts for 243 yards, with one inside the 20, at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... two punts for 83 yards at Michigan State on Oct. 22 ... named UW's co-special teams player of the week after season-high six punts for 263 yards (43.8 avg.) and three inside the 20-yard line against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... had two punts for 83 yards, one of which landed inside the 20-yard line, against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... one punt for 38 yards against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... punted just once against Northern Illinois for 36 yards ... named UW's special teams player of the week after punting four times for 183 yards (45.8 average), with three landing inside the 20, against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... punted twice for 90 yards against UNLV on Sept. 12010: Earned third letter ... played in 12 games (Badgers did not punt against Indiana) ... executed a fake punt for 11 yards and had three punts for 126 yards in the Rose Bowl against TCU on Jan. 1 ... punted five times for 198 yards, with four downed inside the 20 against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... had one punt, which was downed at the 1-yard line, for 41 yards at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... did not have to punt against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... tallied four punts for 174 yards with two punts inside the 20 at Purdue on Nov. 6 ... named Big Ten co-Special Teams Player of the week and UW special teams player of the week after running for 17 yards on fake punt on fourth-and-four during game-winning drive at Iowa on Oct. 23, also punted twice for 96 yards ... averaged 50.5 yards on two punts in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... punted twice for 79 yards against Minnesota ... season-high six punts for 225 yards (37.5 avg.) at Michigan State on Oct. 2 ... blasted career-long 76-yard punt and added second punt of 45 yards (60.5 avg.) against Austin Peay on Sept. 25... punted four times for 172 yards, average of 43.0 yards per kick, with one inside the 20 ... recorded three punts for 134 yards, season-best average of 44.7 yards per kick, with one punt inside the 20-yard line and all punts fair caught against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... punted four times for 156 yards (39.0 avg.) at UNLV on Sept. 42009: Earned second letter ... played in all 13 games at UW's punter ... averaged 42.0 yards per punt, ranking fourth in the Big Ten and 40th in the nation ... recorded five punts for 195 yards (39.0 avg.) and had three downed inside the 20-yard line against Miami in Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 29 ... had five punts for 205 yards (41.0 avg.), with two punts downed inside the 20 and one touchback against Northwestern on Nov. 21 ... booted four punts for 177 yards (44.2 avg.) against Indiana on Nov. 7 ... had five punts for 223 yards (44.6 avg.) and had one downed inside the 20-yard line against Iowa on Oct. 17 ... punted four times for 195 yards, including season-long of 61 yards, against Ohio State on Oct. 10 ... totaled 101 yards on two punts (one inside the 20-yd line) for season high average of 50.5 yards against Minnesota on Oct. 3 ... recorded five punts for 185 yards and had three downed inside the 20-yard line against Michigan State on Sept. 26 ... averaged 45 yards on two punts, with a long of 54 against Wofford on Sept. 19 ... punted season-high six times for season-high 285 yards (two inside the 20-yd line) for an average of 47.5 yards against Fresno State on Sept. 122008: Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games as UW's starting punter ... had 66 punts for 2,761 yards with a 41.8 yard average ... 41.8 yard average ranked sixth in the Big Ten and fifth among freshmen in the nation ... six punts for an average of 44.3 yards with a long of 55 and one downed inside the 20-yard line in the Champs Sports Bowl against Florida State ... six punts averaging 41.2 yards per punt, including two inside the 20-yard line against Minnesota on Nov. 15 ... named the Big Ten, ESPN.com's Big Ten and UW's Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking six punts (three inside the 20-yd line) for a career-best 51.7 per punt average (third-best game average in UW history) against Illinois on Oct. 25 ... career-high seven punts averaging 37.4 yards against Penn State on Oct. 11 .. six punts against Ohio State on Oct. 4 ... averaged 42.0 yards per punt and had a long off 55 yards versus the Buckeyes ... had three punts averaging 47.7 yards on Sept. 6 against Marshall ... made his debut as a Badger against Akron on Aug. 30 ... had one punt for 58 yards inside the 20-yard lineHigh School: Ranked as the No. 4 punter in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 8 by Scout.com ... rated as the fourth-best player in the state by Scout.com ... first-team all-state (WFCA, AP), first-team all-suburban, first-team all-area, first-team all-county and first-team all-conference punter as a senior ... first-team all-suburban, first-team all-county and first-team all-conference linebacker as a senior ... conference defensive co-perimeter player of the year and honorable mention all-conference tight end as a senior ... honorable mention all-state, first-team all-area, first-team all-suburban, second-team all-county and first-team all-conference punter as a junior ... honorable mention all-area, all-state tournament team, high honorable mention all-suburban and first-team all-county linebacker as a junior ... second-team all conference punter as a sophomore ... totaled 56 tackles and two interceptions as a senior ... 24 punts with a 39 yard average, including 13 inside the 20-yard line ... team captain as a senior ... National Honor Society member ... National Society of High School Scholars ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Brewers Student Achiever Award ... head coach was Doug LangePersonal: Parents are William and Jane Nortman ... enjoys golfing ... Special Olympics and Nursing Home volunteer ... Calvary Lutheran Church Praise Band and mission servant ... majoring in accounting
Game-by-Game Punting (Att.-Yds., Avg.)2008 SEASON: Akron (1-58, 58.0); Marshall (3-143, 47.7); Fresno State (5-194, 38.8); Michigan (6-239, 39.8); Ohio State (6-252, 42.0); Penn State (7-262, 37.4); Iowa (6-219, 36.5); Illinois (6-310, 51.7); Michigan State (8-319, 39.9); Indiana (2-98, 49.0); Minnesota (6-247, 41.2); Cal Poly (4-154, 38.5); Florida State (6-266, 44.3)
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Learn how heart conditions are treated and the benefits and possible risks that come along with each type of treatment.
If you or your child have a heart defect, it can be very scary. But there are a number of treatment options depending on the type of defect and the symptoms. It's important to find a cardiologist who specializes in congenital heart defects and get support. Learn more about treatment.
My wife is diagnosed with a faulty tricuspid valve and we are to see the surgeon on Friday. She is 76. What is the typical recovery time for a person of her age for an operation to repair the valve? Will she need home care after the hospitalization? How quickly is the leakage caused by the faulty valve eliminated or greatly reduced following the surgery? What questions should we ask the surgeon?
Typical recovery time is dependent upon the extent of the incision and what other things need to be done. If it is a full sternotomy (operation that involves cutting through the sternum), then typical time is about 6–8 weeks. Most people would spend one week or so of that time in the hospital, then follow with rehab. It is safe to assume that a 76 year old person, unless she is in excellent shape, will require some sort of home-health aide after discharge. If the patient has a protracted hospital course, they might need to go to skilled nursing facility for a few weeks after being discharged from the hospital. Typically you see the results on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the OR. Most of the time, a pre-discharge echocardiogram is performed. The health benefits might take a while, perhaps a few months.
Ideally, tricuspid valve repair requires an experienced surgeon and an experienced center. Here are some questions to ask of the surgeon: How many such operations have done by the surgeon in the last five years? What other procedures does she need along with tricuspid valve repair? How does the surgeon plan to repair the valve valve—a ring, a Kay approach, or a replacement? What are the long-term outcomes of the chosen approach? Also ask how the patient's right ventricle is functioning, as that will affect outcomes.
There are also questions to ask about the site where the surgery will be performed. What is the rate of post-op AFib? What is the site's infection rate? What is the complication rate?
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I am happy to hear that your mother did well after she suffered a heart attack. These days most heart attacks can be treated with angioplasty and coronary stents, which are small tubes made of a metal mesh to prop the vessel open. However, in some cases, patients have additional blockages in other coronary vessels that need to be treated. Depending on the number, location, and complexity of these blockages, physicians may choose to place additional stents at a later stage (usually not during the initial procedure to treat the heart attack) or refer the patient for coronary by-pass surgery. The timing of surgery, which alludes directly to your question, depends on whether the patient is clinically stable or not. If the patient is stable, which means that he or she is not having further episodes of chest pain and shortness of breath, and the blood pressure is not low, there is no need to rush to surgery and the patient can wait 24-48 hours or even longer. Sometimes the patient may be stable, but the blockage is located in a critical spot, such as the principal vessel that supplies most blood flow to the heart muscle (left main coronary artery). In these cases it is better not to wait and perform the surgery within 24-48 hours. As you can see, the timing of by-pass surgery depends on many factors and most decisions are individualized. It is always good to have an informed discussion with the doctor taking care of the patient to understand the decisions being made. I hope I was able to answer your question.
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Wow this game looks intense. I'll probably spend an eternity beating this game between playing this for 5 minutes and watching cat videos to keep my nerves intact. looking good!
You wake up in the middle of a highway, you don't know what happened, an accident maybe? You go look for some help, you find a house, and... Well let's just say that death will be a blessing and life a curse during this story.
A huge progress was made since my last update and an awesome trailer!
Posted by marcolino123 on Jul 30th, 2013
A huge progress was made since my last update... The first part of the game is finally done, Hangar. Right now some people are playing it and looking for bugs or problems. The reception for this first part was very good and all of them said the same thing which made me happy: "It's fu***ing scary".
Due to my last year of high school, progress has been slowing down but after this reception, I'm pretty happy and doing all of my best to work on this game.
I'm thinking about releasing a demo version maybe on the halloween but it all depends on how much it will be done until there.
And to show some work here's a trailer for the game i've made, hope you all enjoy!
Wow this game looks intense. I'll probably spend an eternity beating this game between playing this for 5 minutes and watching cat videos to keep my nerves intact. looking good!
Wow..looks great
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Like this trailer, looks really nice!
And i love the Eduke32 engine.
I assume you will release this game for free and not sell it, i say this because at 0:31 minutes in this trailer i seem to recognise a monster from Doom3.
Don't get me wrong, i don't complain, i just thought that i should mention that should you want to sell it then you need to change that monster otherwise you will get trouble with ID.
I can't sell it not just because of that monster but because the license from eduke32 doesn't allow anyone to sell it!! But I don't like to sell my ideas too!


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Honoré Daumier, Street Scene with a Mountebank Playing a Drum, a drawing in pen and watercolour over black chalk
France, around AD 1865
This is one of the most famous drawings by Daumier (1808-79), and was made as a finished work in its own right. During his lifetime, Daumier was known almost emtirely as a caricaturist, where his genius had been celebrated by such influential critics as Charles Baudelaire. By comparison, his paintings and drawings were unknown and ignored. They were first revealed to the general public in a show put on by a group of friends in the year before his death in order to raise funds to reprieve his poverty and blindness. The theme of the aged clown, playing his drum while being ignored by bystanders has often been read as a metaphor for the artist's own predicament.
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C. Ives and others, Daumier drawings (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992)
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Unclog congested skin
Fri, 12 February 2010 12:06PM
Unfortunately for AnnaLynne McCord, it doesn't matter how old, pretty or successful you are, you can still get pimples. When the 90210 star rocked up to a Superbowl bash in recent days, it was clear she was having problems keeping her skin, well, clear.
Skin congestion tends to rear its ugly head whenever there is an excess of dead skin cells, blackheads, whiteheads, oil, sebum, dirt and pore clogging makeup. But there are a few simple tips to help unclog your skin and banish congestion for good.
1. Good skin starts with a good cleansing routine. Cleansing your skin morning and night will help get rid of any product build-up, makeup, pollution, dirt and oil. Start by applying a damp face cloth to your face and allow the heat to open up your pores. Then apply a gentle cleanser, lather it up and rinse clean. Try Dr LeWinn's Gentle Facial Cleanser, $34.95 or Nivea Gentle Cleansing Cream Wash, $9.98. Harsh cleansers tend to up the production of sebum in your skin, resulting in more oil and more blocked pores. Yuk.
2. Exfoliating will do wonders for your skin. It helps to unblock pores, and by removing the top layer of dead skin cells, your moisturisers will work more effectively. Winner. Look for a fine, soft exfoliating scrub because anything that is too abrasive will do more damage than good. Gentle scrubs like Trilogy Gentle Facial Exfoliant, $36 are fine to use 1-2 times a week max, especially if your skin is seriously suffering like AnnaLynne's.
3. Avoid heavy, thick face moisturisers because they will only keep on blocking up those pesky pores of yours. Lotions are your best bet. Try Aveda Outer Peace Blemish Relief Lotion, $79.95 or Palmer's Daily Facial Lotion, $12.99.
4. Salicylic acid is your friend, but not your best friend. Make sure you use products that contain small doses of the acid without going overboard. Using it excessively and for lengthy periods of time can leave your skin red and easily irritated. Try Garnier Pure Active Deep Pore Unclogging Wash, $10.75.
5. I know you might be sceptical, but mineral makeup will do wonders for your congested skin. Why? Mineral makeup doesn't sink into your pores like your regular makeup. Instead, it sits on the skins surface, allowing your skin to breathe. Awesome. Get your hands on the Inika Cosmestics Mineral Starter Kit, $124.95.
6. I know you're sick of us banging on about it, but drinking loads of water everyday will do wonders for your skin. And while you're at it, up the ante on your exercise routine. The combination of both will help flush your system of those nasty pimple-causing toxins, which will do wonders for your skin.
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A longtime duck hunter, outdoorsman and advocate for wildlife, David Hillendahl of Petaluma died Thursday. He was 85.
"He really had a full life, all revolving around wildlife federations and nature," said his daughter, Lori Thornton of Tomales. "He had a bunch of old, close buddies from Petaluma. Up until the very end they were still old fishing and hunting buddies."
Hillendahl was born in Los Angeles, and at age 10 his family moved to a farm in Penngrove where he learned his love of nature, wildlife and hunting, Thornton said.
He served in the Army as a paratrooper stationed in Okinawa, Japan, during and after World War II and was discharged as a private first class in 1947 with victory and occupation medals, Thornton said.
Working as a maintenance supervisor at the Sonoma County Water Agency, Hillendahl loved his job of clearing creeks and ditches to help prevent flooding because it dovetailed with his interest in preserving wetlands.
Hillendahl channeled his passion for wildlife and game into several local groups, co-founding the Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Commission, Pacific Flyway Decoy Association, Tomales Bay Shark and Stingray Derby and Petaluma Outdoorsman. He also served as president of Ducks Unlimited and chairman of the Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Board.
At home, Hillendahl's freezer was always full of venison and fish. But his wife and daughter would never eat any of it, Thornton said.
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Hillendahl's vast collection of duck decoys was more than just a hobby. When each of his grandchildren were born, Hillendahl would sell some decoys, worth $4,000 to $5,000, to help them start savings accounts, Thornton said.
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Oh, I see you use the Microsoft theory of "standard" aka: make shit up that doesn't match what anyone else is doing, then try to force everyone to follow.
(yes, I know you were being factious, so was I.)
um, there is a gap between the final episode and the movie, plenty of room for a season or two
Probably should be read as "human driving error" as in, the stuff the computer is automating, unless the train is going to strap down your load and maintain your vehicle.
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They don't do consultation through the window, just document pickup/dropoff.
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Jeanne Jennings | October 28, 2013 | Comments
Learn how to calculate revenue per email and use it at a cell level to determine winners in your testing process. Columnist Jeanne Jennings shares success stories and record high RPMEs from recent campaigns.
Two years ago, I wrote a column about the value of the revenue per email (RPE) metric; how to calculate it and how to use it to use it at a cell level to determine the winner when you're testing. I followed that up with a column on more ways to use RPE in analysis, to identify areas of strength and weakness in your email program.
I've continued to use RPE or, in cases where the RPE figure is small, revenue per thousand emails (RPME) with clients. Here's an update on successes we've had thanks to focusing on this metric.
As you can see in the chart above, we've driven record high RPMEs in the last two quarters. Revenue generated per 1,000 emails sent has gone from double to triple digits and their bottom line has benefited.
The key to success here isn't sending more email; it's being smarter about the email you send.
When I began working with this client a few years ago, their year-over-year quarterly send quantities (they're a seasonal business, so year-over-year makes more sense for them than quarter-over-quarter) were increasing at a rapid pace. In 2010 and 2011, there was only one quarter with a single digit year-over-year increase. In more than half those quarters, the increase exceeded 25 percent.
At the same time, their universe of prospects and customers wasn't increasing dramatically. What was going up was their frequency. The number of people receiving an average of one email message every other day increased by 368 percent, while the number of people receiving an average of more than one email every other day went up by 9,115 percent (see the chart below).
The majority of these increases weren't driven by people opting in to receive more email - they were driven by business units dramatically increasing the frequency by which they were sending to the company's house list. At trade shows and in other communications with customers and prospects, many reported feeling bombarded with email from the company.
In mid-2012, corporate management mandated a decrease in send quantities for all business units. The only exceptions were email newsletters, which recipients were explicitly opting to receive, and new business units with no historic email program.
Going back to the first chart, you can see that increases in year-over-year quarterly quantities assumed delivered (and, although not shown here, quantities sent) decreased dramatically beginning in Q3 2012. The largest year-over-year quarterly increase since then was just 13 percent; a far cry from the high of 59 percent seen in Q1 2011.
It took a while for business units to embrace the idea of mailing smarter instead of mailing more. The RPME took a hit in Q3 2012, falling once again below the Q3 2010 figure. But then things began to turn around.
In addition to mandating send quantity decreases, the company's internal agency ratcheted up creative testing and, most significantly, the internal list team worked more closely with business units on segmentation and the targeting of lists. By analyzing past results, we were able to identify the list segments most likely to respond to specific offerings. Ongoing testing of segments allowed us to continue to refine this targeting and to improve the RPME figures for each individual send.
Q1 2013 saw the first decrease in year-over-year quarterly send and delivered quantities, along with a slight increase in RPME over the same quarter in 2011 and 2012 (we were still below the 2010 figure, unfortunately).
As you can see, in the second and third quarters of 2013, this new approach to email has significantly improved RPME; we're at the highest levels in the four years we've been tracking it. We saw small, single digit increases in year-over-year quarterly send quantities, primarily due to new business units using email. But the improvement in RPME, 58 and 150 percent respectively, was dramatic.
Hopefully your head isn't swimming from all these numbers. Taking a quantitative approach to your analysis is critical for long term success. If you aren't looking at your email program in this way, it's time to start! Use the articles I linked to from 2010 to get started and then move forward. By doing this analysis for each business unit in your organization, or for each product you offer, you can identify areas to target to improve your bottom line metrics. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Until next time,
Jeanne Jennings is a recognized expert in the email marketing industry and managing director of digital marketing for Digital Prism Advisors. She has more than 20 years of experience in the email and online marketing and product development world. Jeanne's direct-response approach to digital strategy, tactics, and creative direction helps organizations make their online marketing initiatives more effective and more profitable. Digital Prism Advisors helps established businesses unlock significant growth and revenue opportunities in the digital marketplace; our clients learn to develop and implement successful digital strategies, leveraging data and technology to better meet bottom line goals. Want to learn more? Check out Jeanne's blog and Digital Prism Advisors.
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They better take down the servers, cause they are useless. Over 150ms ping on each of those servers, it's unplayable.
Guess there's no fix. :'(
I'm still having the bug. Any kind of fix, please ?
Any fix soon, or this 'bug' it's not important ?
I think people would think it's a live show of an earthquake. :D
And 2nd, perhaps live.quake.com would be a copyright issue with www.live.com
3rd, live.quake.com is already taken by that...
Me too. LG acc is zero.
http://www.quakelive.com/forum/showthread.php?7558-My-LG-s-Acc-is-0-O :(
fov = field of view ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_view )
cg_fov changes the field of view. Default it's 90. Change the value to see what's really about.
I've just noticed that my LG's overall accuracy in my character panel it's 0%, although it has a 20% usage with several frags on its name. :D
There's one thing to say to your teammates to use SG or LG on an enemy, there's another thing to tell them exactly where the enemies/enemy are/is.
When you're in a tied match 9-9 for example, you...
Currently, in the Clan Arena mode, after you die and you press the right click menu, you're able to fly on the map and see exactly what is happening and where the enemies are.
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So last christmas I've been asked by my girlfriend to build her a lamp.
At first I was like , "haha good joke" and then it quickly switched to "you really do want a lamp eh?" so after much web-browsing on cool lamps I could try, I've found the solution while
having a dinner at a restaurant where they had some really cool walls : Thick sheets of glass containing bubble-filled water on which led light was spread. The effect was super cool as only the
bubbles actually display the light and the water stay pretty much transparent. Their apparatus was also big as it could get : 2 full panels of 4'x8′ and it was more than sufficient to flood the place with
colour-changing light.
So it was decided,after some sourcing I've came up with this:
And final version look like this:
It's 2′ X 1′,all Plexiglas ,all chemicals weld.
here's a video of it in action:
How it's made:
First of all,you need
-Plexiglas for this, something like 2X 2'by1′ and 6-8 strips of 1′ wide 24′ long. (hardware store supply,be carefull this is expensive stuff…)
-RGB LED strip IPV6 recommanded (waterproof and flexible) here,a simple non-adressable strip is used http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10259
-3 Power Mosfets (1 per color) http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10213
-Bubblers (fish tank style are .75′ wide and work like a charm,used 2 in this setup) http://www.aquariumguys.com/buwaai28.html
-Air tubing http://www.aquariumguys.com/airlinetubing6.html
-Air pump (with some check valves to prevent back flow into the pump) http://www.aquariumguys.com/renaairpump3.html http://www.aquariumguys.com/checkvalve.html
-Arduino of your choice. I used this : http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9218
-Plexicolle (the only thing good enough to weld plexiglass) find that at your hardware store,it's a glass bottle with some warning on it,name can change where you live, it's highly volatile and is a transparent liquid that is a chloromethane-based solvent.IT NEEDS TO BE SYRINGE APPLIED for good results
Once you have everything,the first part is to assemble the lamp's body.
-Assemble one side with the strips cut to length and weld. Use clamps and vises to secure stuff and do correct welds.
-Drill 2 holes for the wires and tubing to come out at one of the corners on the bottom.
-Assemble the bubblers and the led strip,hot glue works but it ain't perfect,use some epoxy-solvent glue and glue it to the bottom.
-Pull the wires/tubing out,don't seal it until you've tested it work !!!
-Assemble and "tack weld" the other big panel on it. Once it's clean dried, you can go on and use a syringe extender (home made is way funnier).
Here's a video of one of the final welds:
As you can see,it's a pretty tedious job. Take your time,and take deep breaths between shots. (do not breath the stuff,it's harmful! )
-Assemble electronics (I used LadyAda tuto for this,including the software as a start point) http://www.ladyada.net/products/rgbledstrip/
it should look something like this: (the pump I've used as 2 outputs,more bubbles)
(the potentiometer is used to control color changing speed)
When everything is good to go,seal the wires,the tubing,the outside,abuse plexicolle all over the place. Bend some "legs" to look like hang-coat and weld them on. Fill with water,start the pump (yay bubbles!) and fire up the electronics.
For the "legs" simply bend with a air gun some 1″ wide strips and weld them on place,work like a charm with a vise.
TIPS for working with Plexiglas:
1-Use a metal saw to cut this, HIGH FPM with low hand feed works good.
2-Do not remove the protecting plastic until you are ready to weld.
3-Hot air gun is your friend when you want to bend those, take your time,low heat is sufficient.
4-Get some syringes with the smallest needles. You'll use that to put the solvent where you want. If you don't clean them ASAP they melt too,so get more than one.
5-Do not drop solvent anywhere on the Plexiglas,it will melt it and make "scratches" (look closely at the pic above,left side,right above the leg).
6-Use "soft end" vises and pliers to hold the material still.
7-Use extenders like this if needed:
One rod hold the syringe,the other one pushes.
Made with scrap rods from printers.
You should now have a good looking lamp adding some flood lighting to your room.
Pics of the build process :
Questions? Comment!
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