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Posted: Mar 7 2009, 04:42 AM
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Alright, since IDAS5 is right around the corner, and since I've broken out of the 3 flat barrier and got my 2'59"xxx time already, I figured I'd give my last parting gift for IDAS4 to all the aspiring Akina players here.
Take note, this guide was once classified information posted just for GAROU. After contemplating, I've shared it with the rest of the world like I said, to help out those in need.
Any plans to republish this information or re-post it somewhere I dont mind as long as you ask permission and please, please PLEASE give a little credit, ok?
Good luck!
Before reading further, be advised that this thread contains my exact line on how, when, where and why techniques regarding Akina Downhill Dry. Also remember that in every course techs thread I do, I will always make a simulation based on the course car of the said map which in this case is the AE86 Trueno. If you have any questions, you can post in this thread but do remember that this is MY line and you only have the right to dispute anything if you have a faster time than me.
This is classified information and must not be shared or distributed in any way. Thousands of pesos were spent just to formulate these techniques and you now have it in your fingertips. Basic skills like lining should already be mastered so if you still followed my guide to the letter but still have a slow speed, then its your fault, not mine.
Remember, I can only show you the path. What you do with it is up to you
Akina Downhill Dry 3 Flat timing Simulation
How to use this guide:
I've broken it down into sections. If you're still not familiar with the map and what I'm talking about, go practice some more and refer to me once you cannot break your time anymore. I've also put in bird's eye view of the map to help you in deciphering what I typed down. On hairpins, I will put the best "Entry Speed" and "Exit Speed" needed. If you want a "non-pushed" line, subtract 1 to 2 kph from the optimum speed at the exit.
Adjustments are made by driver preference and by car being used but like I said above, this is a guide to be used while in an AE86 Trueno.
Important notes needed for Akina DH:
*Early Turning* - Very, very important as in all maps. But more so in Akina. From the 1st turn to the most important 2nd turn, everything must be done early.
*Late Downshift* - As proven especially in the 5i4o turn, shifting too early makes your speed go down too fast therefore robbing you of getting the best speed you can at the apex. As in the 5i4o turn where your entry speed should be 158 or above, if you downshift TOO EARLY, your speed goes down lightning speed to 144 which is the limit of your 4th gear, THEN it starts decelerating more because you're turning. What should be done is to do the early turn while braking, your speed goes down but not too fast, giving you optimum speed at the apex, once you reach the limit which is 144, downshift. You will find out your speed will be almost 140 kph. Why? Because you did a late downshift, your speed did not "automatically" go down to 144, giving optimum "speed-in-relation-to-distance" ratio.
*The Last Minute Entry* - Sounds ironic if you read the earlier topic but yes, there is a thing called the "The Last Minute Entry". The point of this technique is to push 1kph more than the safest entry speed on a minor turn which subtracts precious milliseconds from your time but more importantly provides you with more power on the exit. My example would be the very first slight right turn before the 1st turn of Akina. If you keep on going and do an average good line, sticking to the inside and turning early on that slight small turn, your speed would probably be 153kph. Now try to do a delayed turn, this is what is going to happen. Your speed will clock to 154 kph AND THEN you jerk the wheel hard on the turn, ensuring you still have the inside line. Very effective and essential not only in Akina DH but in a lot of maps and is what I consider one of my best-kept secrets. This technique requires daring. Remember, if you dont have "daring", you shouldnt be playing a racing game. ALSO TAKE NOTE THAT THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE ENTERING MINOR TURNS, NOT ON HAIRPINS. HAIRPINS NEED AN EARLY TURN.
Entry Speed: 158-159
Best Exit Speed: 138 above
Entry line should be either MID to IN or if you can do it, IN to IN. The points where we used to release the gas back in ver1.2 is actually the start of our braking point for ver1.5. Turn early while braking, right down to the apex, "feel" the weight of the car slightly shift to the inside line. The angle changes. Do a *late downshift*. Countersteer, and immediately take the line on the left. At the 138 exit speed I stated above, your car should already overrev at 144 before the slight, small left turn immediately after the 1st turn.
Best Entry Speed: 155-156
Best Exit Speed: 136 above
This is THE most important turn in Akina Downhill. EVERYTHING relies on this turn. Screw it and you might as well force quit. Now, if you did everything correct on the 1st turn and overreved before the small left turn immediately after the 1st turn, you would be approaching a left, right, left combinational turn. The first two turns are minor ones but they are the ones that make the 2nd turn one of the hardest turns in IDAS4. Ok, entry speed on the first small left turn would be 154 above. The technique is NOT to turn hard on this small left turn. A slight jerk on the wheel, just to ensure that you have the inside line is enough. Hold the wheel steady for a microsecond for a *delayed entry* If you did this correctly, you can imagine your car taking a straght line through that small left turn rather than doing a full steer. The next small right turn is where you need to do the full steer to catch the apex. This gives you around 156 entry speed.
Now the important part.
"Fix" the car first. Straighten the car for a microsecond then start your *early turn* braking. Do not be light on the brakes with this turn. Being safe is enough rather than hitting the wall or doing an oversteer. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE INSIDE. You will RARELY hit the inside if you did everything correctly. The only time you will hit the inside is if you DID NOT FIX YOUR CAR before entry. Countersteer smoothly, not by jerk and quickly take the inside line on the left. There is a small turn with a gutter there which you should be entering at 140 above speed. Finally, there is a sharp right turn where you should do a *delayed turn*. Entry speed before this SHOULD be at least 153. Anything lower is not enough. Anything faster gives you a chance to get a good 2nd section.
Best Entry Speed: 158 above
Best Exit Speed: 141 above
Immediately after the 1st cp is a sharp right turn. Entry is extremely early turn. The line is mid to in (slightly more on the inside than mid actually), If you turn early enough, all you'll be seeing is the wall. But again, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE INSIDE. This is a fast timing simulation, not a noob simulation. So you should be pushing the inside line as much as you can. If you do everything correctly anyway, have faith. Again, once you "feel" the car shift its weight to the inside, countersteer smoothly. You might feel the car "float" a bit here but do not worry. If you pressed on the brake enough, the car will be stable after a bit. Also, if you did everything correctly (including the *late downshift*), you should be able to shift up to 5th gear before the 5i40 hairpin. Immediately take the inside line on the right and prepare for the 5i4o turn.
5i4o HAIRPIN (refer to the map)
Best Entry Speed: 145 above
Best Exit Speed: 130 above
Mid to in entry. This hairpin requires another *early turn*. Get used to just seeing walls because you'll be getting this a lot. This turn does not require a late downshift because you're almost at the limit of the 4th gear. Still, doing a *late downshift* actually gives you a more stable exit. The brake pressure here isnt too hard. You can gas a little early as long as you push the apex. Countersteer smoothly and feel your car sliding smoothy and sliding to the wall. A Takumi Moment. There is a small right turn after this hairpin and you should take the inside. Exit speed at that small turn should be around 158 above. At the end of the long straightway, you SHOULD be at least at 168 or higher speed.
RHOD (refer to the map)
Best Entry Speed: 169 above
Best Exit Speed: 146 above
If you did the 5i4o hairpin correctly, and did the small consecutive minor turns with good lining and *delayed turning*, your exit speed at the long left turn before the RHOD should be around 169 KPH. You should be able to see some red stripes on the ground. This is your visual cue. Imagine those red stripes as one big rectangular box. Now cut that box in half, the mid point where you cut that box is where you should start turning. This is an EXTREMELY *early turn*. You will rarely hit the apex so do a full turn on this. Countersteer quickly but smoothly and you should be around 145 or 146 exit speed. DO NOT DOWNSHIFT TO 4TH GEAR IF YOU ENTERED THE RHOD AT LEAST 165 OR HIGHER.
3-LANE TURN (incorrectly termed as the LHOD on the map above)
Best Entry Speed: 177KPH (overreving)
Best Exit Speed: 159-160 above
If there was a place that you should do the ULTIMATE EXTREMELY MEGALOMANIACLY EARLY TURN, it should be done here. The entry point is a MID to IN line. Refer to the map above. Before the 3-Lane Turn is a very small minor right turn. Now imagine the mid point of the distance between that small right turn and the 3-lane turn and you will have the exact entry point where you should start braking. Once you reach the apex, try gassing a little early while doing a smooth countersteer. You'll probably hit the wall a few times as you try to push the exit speed. Average would probably be around 157 or so. Hitting a 160 gives you good entry speed as you enter the consecs.
CONSECS: (divided into 4 turns)
1st Turn
Best Entry Speed: 176-177
Best Exit Speed: 136 above
Coming from the short straightways, you should be slightly on the overrev limit as you enter the consecs. There is a visual aid where you should turn. The "straightway" before the consecs is not actually straight. If you stick on the right which is the inside line, you will see a small "V" shaped outcropping slightly before the turn. START BRAKING ON THAT OUTCROPPING. Rape the wall as you turn, downshift to 4th gear and countersteer quickly after the apex and let your car hit the wall on the left slightly scraping it (SCRAPE IT, DO NOT RAM IT). Keep scraping until the entry to the 2nd turn.
2nd Turn
Best Entry Speed: 140
Best Exit Speed 125 above
Before entering the turn, you should be "scraping" the left wall before the turn. Your speed will still be accelerating. Do an *early turn* and slightly rape the inside line. DO NOT DOWNSHIFT UNLESS SPEED HITS 119. Brakes should not be pressed hard. Countersteer quickly and try not to hit any walls from this part on.
3rd Turn
Best Entry Speed: 130
Best Exit Speed: 125 above
Do an *early turn* but DO NOT BRAKE. Just slighly release the gas a bit and downshift to 3rd gear as you turn. The countersteer should be smoothly done after the apex. Once again, do not hit the walls on exit.
4th Turn
Best Entry Speed: 129 above
Best Exit Speed: 127 above
Do the exact thing you did on the 3rd turn but turning to the left this time. Again, this turn doesnt require any braking. Countersteer quickly and stop your car as it drifts to the right. You are about to enter the 4th section.
Best Entry Speed: 144
Best Exit Speed: 126 above (after the right turn) and 128 above (after the left turn)
The Extended R-Bend is a right-left turn combo immediately after CP3. Again, do an *Early Turn* for the right turn. Gassing quickly on the exit and staying on the left line to get ready for the entry on the left turn. DO NOT BRAKE ON THE LEFT TURN - Only slightly release the gas a bit and your car will slide to the right on exit. Stop it with a smooth countersteer and stick on the inside line.
FIREWORKS (refer to the map)
Best Entry Speed: 150
Best Exit Speed: 139 above
The most important turn on the 4th section requires you to do an *early turn* BUT do not be complacent and control the car. This is the one turn where there is a good tendency to hit the inside line. As your car's weight shifts to the right, jerk the wheel to the left, countersteering quickly to avoid the inside line. Done correctly, you should be hitting 164 at the end of the long straightway.
Best Entry Speed: 169 above
Best Exit Speed: 160 above and accelerating
Steer fully on the turn without releasing the gas or braking. As you reach the middle of the turn, very slightly tap on the brakes. If done correctly, you should be accelerating after this turn.
"Akina DH is the proving grounds for you to be familiar with the physics of ANY version of IDAS. In 1.5, you should pay attention to how the car "feels" rather than visual cues. On practice, you should be having more faith in your skills. When I turn on the hairpins, I actually take my eyes on the road and keep it glued on the tachometer so I know when exactly to stop braking or start gassing. This is a technique born on instinct and done by practice, practice, practice. Keep at it and you'll surely get it.
I will not do another Akina guide again unless there are changes on the lines and entry points. a 3 Flat in Akina DH is considered really fast already. Sub 3 is pro standards.
I surely hope you guys appreciate this. I dont want to spoonfeed you guys anymore but I do love the team. And for us to reach our goals, I do have to teach which I love to do anyway. It took me all night to make this guide. And dont worry, I'll be making more as I play more. Till then... SPEED AND HONOR!" - Wolf
Posted: Mar 7 2009, 05:41 AM
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wow nice guide wolf, i'll take note of it, as im still struggling on my akina 2nd corner... and im not that free to further improve it due to my final year project..
This could help all 3"05"XXX and below akina TA'er to push below 3 flat
sticky this thread?
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Posted: Mar 7 2009, 05:46 AM
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And its already pinned.
Posted: Mar 7 2009, 06:41 AM
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hope i can minus a second from my 3'02
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Posted: Mar 7 2009, 07:26 AM
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Wow, thank you Master Wolf!
This came just in time . . . am up against Bunta
Posted: Mar 7 2009, 01:18 PM
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i'll keep this in mind Sir Wolf
Posted: Mar 8 2009, 02:24 AM
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I'm not sure i understand the braking concepts. Are we braking before [B]OR into the turns? =/
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Posted: Mar 8 2009, 02:38 AM
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^ yes of course, but not all turns require brakes
Posted: Mar 8 2009, 02:43 AM
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i'll keep this in mind as well, still itching to get at least a 3'02 on dh dry and 3'04 on dh wet...
Posted: Mar 13 2009, 06:44 PM
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Thank You, got 3"00'007 because of Your Guide from 3"02'6xx
Posted: Mar 13 2009, 08:35 PM
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Hahah! Congratulations! Thats what Im talking about! I want more stories of people beating their times so I know I managed to help you guys. Post it in the rankings too so other people can see.
Good job on the 3 flat shinrei! Were my instructions right on the money?
Posted: Mar 13 2009, 08:56 PM
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I forgot My E-Mail registered for the Inet Ranking and I'm too lazy to make another one since IDAS5 is coming..But I still have My old 3"02'xxx on the Inet Ranking You can check it out, *J*J* have seen it I think
Although I didn't understand most of the part, but Your guide on the 1st Turn and 5 Consecs really helps Me
Thanks a lot, I've never thought that I could reach 3 Flat, although I cheated the 5 Consecs
I want to get a Flat 3 without Cheating on the Consecs, but oh well, I think that's not gonna happen
Posted: Mar 13 2009, 11:21 PM
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hi shin, congrats to ur TA ... well done
well hope u can b even better in V5 ... lets keep waiting for it to come ... sighhh
Posted: Mar 14 2009, 02:14 AM
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What??!It's not there yet?!
I thought since Singapore got it already, Malaysia should've had it too
Posted: Mar 14 2009, 06:02 AM
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Ah, thanks for this Wolf... I enjoyed reading it... Maybe I should keep these in mind once I try playing ID4... gah, those brake points are annoying me and I keep playing safe... ;x
Been a while since I been to SM Megamall or this place for that matter... *flees*
Posted: Mar 15 2009, 03:53 AM
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lol sir wolf's comment about the cost of formulating such secrets is not a joke..
Posted: Mar 15 2009, 04:01 AM
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@lester7c: If he spent at least P 2,000 (around US$ 40) at WoF Gold VIP rates, he would've done 240 runs . . .
. . . talk about a track day!
Posted: Mar 15 2009, 04:41 AM
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LOL, no. When I meant thousands of pesos, I really meant thousands of pesos.
I started playing ID4 when it first appeared in Timezone Megamall back when its was still 40 pesos per play. I tuned my first car back during those rates.
And all the techs needed to make the 3 flat were formulated not when I was Akina itself. It was the amalgation of all my experiences in all maps. I wouldnt know all these techs if I was just playing Akina alone. The late turn itself was taken back in Akina Lake. Early turn theories were first formulated in Iro, etc etc etc.
I would say the figure would be well above P30,000. That includes the tuning of all my fully tuned 12 cars, all my countless IR battles against Project Tofu to be the best in the Philippines (I was up against an entire team for pete's sake), all the runs I did to run abreast of the English IR world records back in ver1.2 AND ver1.5, all the runs I made in all the "mall raids" Garou went to to get the machine records, also all the runs I did to show all my Cub Club (students) and now members of Garou how to do this and that, And to keep myself number 1 in Other Asia and at least among the top 10 in the WR in mostly every map in ID4.
If you add up the money I spent but weight it against the people I've met, the respect I've earned, the friends I've gained and the indescribable feeling of actually getting a dream I had come true, I'd gladly spend some more....
But... I'll probably wait for ID5 first.
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@ Sir Wolf: Man, you are a pro!
But still, the nice thing is that ID4 "pro" is way less expensive than a real racing expedition
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top secret garou information is now spilled! hehehe, that adds up more fun!
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Went from a low 3'11 to a low 3'10 :)
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thanks wolf! got a 3'08 from a 3'15 using a stock r34. tnx again! tnx tnx tnx!
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so a 3'02'896....thats what i got, is that considered pro...?
the second turn in cp1 is whats keeping my time a an 02,i can only clear it at 131,132 tops and thats me pushing it.....
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Near 3 Minutes is PRO already lah
Btw do You WallRape with that time?Cos I got 3"02'5xx with no WallRape, so I think You can do better
I got 3"00'007 from 3"02'5xx through this Guide
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yeah i do wallrape....
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Lucien and Regina are a thirtysomething couple who forage for wild mushrooms in forests and sell them door to door to Manhattan restaurants. Lucien is a mycological authority. The tone of their marriage is set in an early scene, when he discovers a motherlode of mushrooms and calls out for her in the forest with a voice so loud and harsh you'd almost think this was her fault.
Regina (Tiffany Esteb) is a loving and forgiving woman. Lucien (Jason Cortlund) doesn't deserve her. He believes her slavish obedience is his due. They are both expert chefs — so subtle, exacting and perfectionist, you feel it is a sacrilege to actually put their food in your mouth and eat it. Better to simply regard it and meditate on the chefs' greatness. Cuisine elevated to such an extreme is a tiresome conceit.
Lucien is passive-aggressive, barely containing himself at times from active aggression when Regina is so bold as to question their lifestyle. When times turn really hard for them, his response is to pull out an atlas and map a nomadic journey from Oregon to Mexico, paying their way with mushrooms. A road test of this strategy goes wrong when he ventures into the New Jersey Pine Barrens and meets a couple of Russian mushroom hunters with machetes, who suggest he hand over his mushroom basket.
"Now, Forager: A Film About Love and Fungi" is more about fungi than love. Starring Jason Cortlund, who also wrote and co-directed, the film convincingly portrays Regina's growing exasperation with his character. One review says the characters "lack chemistry." Say what? Of course they do. Regina is offered a well-paying kitchen prep job by a friendly restaurant owner, and when she accepts, Lucien treats it as disloyalty. The owner lines up a position for her, cooking in a Basque restaurant on Long Island, where her own food snobbishness comes into play.
Meanwhile, in the movie's best sequence, the desperate and broke Lucien is offered $2,500 to cater a "sit-down buffet" for a rich woman (Gabrielle Maysles) who will require, I believe, dozens of appetizers and 47 fresh lobsters. Lucien begins to invent exquisite appetizers, and this insufferable woman begins to page through cookbooks that look previously untouched and suggest that some dishes could use "a little hot pepper." She fails to observe the rage boiling inside him.
The images of wild mushrooms by Cortlund himself (editor of the newsletter of the New York Mycological Society), and the shots of food prep by cinematographer Jonathan Nastasi, approach art. "Now, Forager" is a uncompromising film about two people who don't deserve each other — but maybe nobody deserves either one of them.
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I don't even have it in me to do a full-on rant about a new claim that obesity can be transmitted through social networks, which was apparently published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. Earlier, someone sent me a copy of the entire article — which does not seem to be available on the NEJM website, but presumably will be at some point — and these were my gut impressions:
1) Geographical distance did not decrease the risk of "social" obesity here. That point is made over and over. Which means they are claiming that by TALKING TO EACH OTHER — not living with each other or eating together or exercising together — people are making each other fat.
For this to be plausible, you need to accept a few things:
A) Geographically distant friends and relations spend enough time talking about their weight to produce this effect.
Does that seem even remotely realistic to you? When I call my far-away friends, fat or thin, I ask about their lives and families, not their bodies.
B) There is an identifiable set of behaviors that reliably leads to obesity, which can be discussed and encouraged over the phone or by written correspondence.
Presumably, they think that's eating too much and not exercising enough. Problem is, as we've discussed before, it's just as hard (i.e., near impossible) to make naturally thin people permanently fat as it is to make naturally fat people permanently thin. So even if people could talk their friends into chronically eating too much and exercising too little — which, come on, people — the results would almost certainly not last any longer than the results of the typical "successful" diet. Unless that person was already predisposed to being fat and started out below her natural set point — maybe because of, um, dieting. Hmmm….
C) People are more likely to take one geographically distant friend's word for it that engaging in [undefined set of behaviors that ostensibly lead to obesity] will be more personally rewarding to them than conforming to the OVERWHELMING insistence from the larger culture and, most likely, their local environments (in which their bodies are actually seen and judged) that fat is bad and dieting is good.
Can anyone seriously believe all three of those things?
2) Obesity, according to this study, is more socially transmissible from one man to another than one woman to another.
Does this jibe with other research that suggests women are much more invested in social networks, more communicative with their friends about personal issues and, not for nuthin', more susceptible to mirroring their friends' eating behaviors when they do eat together?
3) If they're going to include siblings in their results, they REALLY better have completely ruled out any genetic component to fat, which they clearly haven't.
The fact that they would include people with genetic overlap in a study that purports to be all about social factors strikes me as utterly absurd — I think it's more than fair to ask why they included that group at all. Because their results were statistically insignificant without it, perhaps?
4) As I understand it, spouses did not "affect" each other as strongly as even geographically distant friends.
This goes back to point 1. Are we really meant to believe that people in one of the most intimate possible relationships, who communicate daily, eat together, and share umpteen "lifestyle" factors, are less likely to "transmit" obesity to one another than friends who live on opposite coasts? What is it that makes you fat, then? If we believe it's diet and exercise, how is it conceivable that people who live together do not affect each other's diet and exercise habits as strongly as pals who rarely see each other? And regardless of what they're claiming the direct cause of obesity is here, do we really believe that people are more susceptible to the opinions of distant friends than their own spouses?
5) All of this is based on data from the Framingham Heart Study. (That link is to several excellent articles by Sandy Szwarc that reference this study.)
It's well worth mentioning that that study demonstrated, among other things, that there's no clear link between longevity and BMI, that among non-smokers, obesity was correlated with greater longevity, and that the largest single determinant of longevity was… drumroll… genes.
So basically, they took a study that showed obesity's no big deal and turned it into a study that shows obesity is CONTAGIOUS!!!
6) They repeat yet again that obesity is increasing like crazy, it's out of control, blah dee blah. They don't cite the statistics, which are far less alarming than the myth that we're all blowing up like balloons. (One oft-neglected point: we're also getting taller.) The discussion of "Claim 1″in this paper (PDF) breaks down why they're freaking out over nothing (emphasis mine):
The claim that we are seeing an "epidemic" of overweight and obesity implies an exponential pattern of growth typical of epidemics. The available data do not support this claim. Instead, what we have seen, in the US, is a relatively modest rightward skewing of average weight on the distribution curve, with people of lower weights gaining little or no weight, and the majority of people gaining ~3-5 kg more than they did a generation ago. The average American's weight gain can be explained by 10 extra calories a day, or the equivalent of a Big Mac once every two months. Exercise equivalents would be a few minutes of walking every day. This is hardly the orgy of fast food binging and inactivity widely thought to be to blame for the supposed fat explosion.
While there has been significant weight gain among the heaviest individuals, the vast majority of people in the "overweight" and "obese" categories are now at weight levels that are only slightly higher than those they or their predecessors were maintaining a generation ago. In other words we are seeing subtle shifts, rather than an alarming epidemic. Biologist Jeffrey Friedman offers this analogy: "Imagine that the average IQ was 100, and that five percent of the population had an IQ of 140 and were considered to be geniuses. Now let's say education improves and the average IQ increases to 107 and 10% of the population has an IQ of >140. You could present the data in two ways. You could say that the average IQ is up 7 points or you could say that because of improved education the number of geniuses has doubled."
So the whole premise that justified this review of another study's data — that we, as a country, are SO MUCH FATTER than we used to be — is basically horseshit. There's that.
Finally, it sounds like what they're really afraid of is people telling their friends it's okay not to diet. If that's what's actually happening here? I hope it becomes a goddamned epidemic.


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BALTIMORE- The third-seeded Albany men's lacrosse team (5-10) advanced to the finals of the America East Championships with a 19-8 victory over the host No. 2 UMBC Retrievers (5-8).
The Great Danes will meet top-seeded Stony Brook in Stony Brook, N.Y. on Saturday for the league championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Juniors Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and Scott Hopmann (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) and sophomores Matt Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) and Zach Linkous (Jarrettsville,Md./St. Paul's) each scored two goals for UMBC.
Junior Joe Lustgarten (Wading River, N.Y.) ran his streak of multiple-assist gmes to nine with four helpers in the game. His 29 assists on the season is tied for the 13th-best in school history.
Albany's Miles Thompson and Lyle Thompson scored five goals apiece for the visitors and America East Player of the Year Joe Resetarits added four.
Jones actually gave UMBC 1-0 lead just 27 seconds into the proceedings, when Lustgartnen intercepted an Albany clearing pass and fed his linemate for quick score. But Albany would go on a 4-1 run to take a 4-2 lead on Miles Thompson's second of back-to-back goals with 6:33 remaining in the quarter.
Linkous scored on a 15-yard rocket to trim UMBC's deficit to 4-3 with 5:27 to play in the quarter, but Ty Thompson answered with three seconds left to give the Danes a 5-3 lead after 15 minutes.
The second quarter belonged to the visitors as they extended their run to 6-0 by scoring all five second quarter goals.
Trailing 10-4 at the break, UMBC again struck early in a quarter, as Gregoire scored from in close after a long pass from sophomore face-off specialist Phil Poe (Harwood, Md./DeMatha) just 40 seconds into the quarter. Albany countered with a pair of goals, but when Hopmann responded with a man-up goal, UMBC had some hope, trailing, 12-5, with 3:44 remaining in the quarter.
Just 11 days earlier, UMBC rallied from a five-goal deficit with less than six minutes remaining to defeat Albany, 17-16, in overtime. But the Danes went on a 7-1 run over 10 minute span to put the contest out of reach.
UMBC outshot Albany, 39-29 and won the face-off battle, 19-11. But the Danes scored on 19 of those 29 attempts as starting netminder Adam Cohen (Arnold, Md./Severn) made four saves for the Retrievers. UA freshman Max Huber went the route and stopped 11 UMBC shots.
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Forum Post: retail teamsters union !!!!! Raise everyones' wages all naturally & re-balance the entire structure of our economy!!!!
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Hey retail workers, they can't outsource you, so you now represent America's largest labor industry - so how come you don't want to make 30 dollars an hour with full almost free benefits instead of peanuts? Have a National Strike and organize your futures now if not for yourselves for your family and future generations
If a walmart or big box store worker strikes for two weeks but gains a pay increase to $30.00 an hour then they will make back an estimated 5 times their regular pay when the strike is over - worth the wait I would say and a nice little vacation at that?!
A.) a strike will cause them (Wal-Mart and their ilk) huge huge problems they can't do it ...in those two weeks they may lose every shareholder they have - there would be a run and they could actually go under from it - we're using the stock market against them in this way
B.) .. WE here at Occupy now need to work to re-balance and shift retail as the new American Labor baseline for a job that can't be outsourced and that can provide a good paying family feeding wage. For all Wal-Mart and big boxers have GAINED from the economy - they must now PAY and in fact OWE back what they took from it to keep our economy functioning and balanced. The labor market has shifted from manufacturing based economy to retail and service sector based economy and sorry Wal-Mart the ride is over - time to accept that and let it happen. You have to especially remember that this would now also create competition in the labor market - if Wal-Mart is paying $30.00 an hour you might think about leaving your $15.00 an hour office job to go work there - it will create a shift in the ENTIRE market - all sectors will have to pay more!!! So it makes up for the difference if any in cost increase on goods and will NATURALLY let the market determine a better less stagnant wage for us all.
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The Kīlauea Lighthouse
The recently completed restoration of the century old Kīlauea Lighthouse has returned it to essentially its original state in 1913. Twice a week, lighthouse lovers can climb up into the tower that once projected a beam 22 miles to sea. Dedicated to Senator Daniel K. Inouye in May 2013, this structure stands at the edge of Kīlauea Point, 180 feet above the ocean. Displays nearby tell the story of life in the early days at the Kīlauea Point Light Station. The three year restoration project was made possible, in part, by close to one million dollars in private donations. Learn More.
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Our non-profit organization works closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service team to support conservation, education, and preservation efforts for the precious wildlife of Kaua'i. By funding education programs at local schools and awarding annual scholarships for college students pursuing environmental studies, we encourage awareness of our natural resources. With donations, plus funds from bookstore operations, we finance research and educational projects, rehabilitative care, volunteer training, special events at the refuge, and equipment for wetlands management. Learn More.
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Justice League Dark #22
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Michael Janin, Jeromy Cox
Lettering by Carlos M. Mangual
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Review by Richard Gray
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10
The pieces begin to come together in the third chapter of the so-called "Trinity War", the DC event of the year that promises to reveal the secrets of Pandora's Box. Spanning all of the Justice League books, the one team that never sat well with the name is perhaps the most appropriate to the crux of the narrative. A mystic energy as old as time itself is in the world, one that is potentially connected to everything in a post-Flashpoint world. While the opening pages of this chapter might negate at least one of the "shocks" of Justice League #22, it is perhaps the most fun outing of the event to date.
With this chapter, the reluctantly named Justice League Dark are drawn into the fray, although very few of their adventures seem to begin with willing. As Wonder Woman draws the Justice League Dark into her search for Pandora, the Phantom Stranger appears to members of all three teams and warns that it could be the death of them all. Lines are drawn and factions begin forming, and they don't necessarily fall along defined team boundaries. Meanwhile, Madame Xanadu may not be as far out of the game as we were led to believe. The feeling that they are all being manipulated grows, but this doesn't stop them from running headlong into the fourth chapter, where we will find them in the coming weeks.
While many events that run across multiple titles often slap a logo on an existing series and call it a tie-in, quite the opposite is happening in "Trinity War". While the second chapter, in last week's Justice League of America #6, put the titular team in a supporting role, Lemire ensures that his team are an integral part of the overall arc in Justice League Dark #22. Seamlessly integrating the often convoluted world of magic alongside the capes and heroes, the team finally feels as though they are part of a wider DC universe. Indeed, in many ways, this appears to be the primary goal of "Trinity War", in that it unites the often disparate strands of the New 52.
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1
Written by Chris Yost
Art by David Lopez, Andy Owens and Rachelle Rosenberg
Lettering by Joe Caramagna
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10
Why would Otto Octavius need a partner, when he can just take on the entire Marvel Universe by himself?
With the first issue of Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, Chris Yost and David Lopez hit the ground running, as they produce an action-heavy, fast-paced story that defines this sinister Spider-Man's place in the Marvel Universe as a whole.
Part of what makes this comic so much fun is that Yost just dives into the action immediately - considering we've all been waiting for Superior Spider-Man Otto Octavius to revert to his villainous ways, watching him suddenly assault characters such as Cloak and Dagger, Daredevil and Doctor Strange immediately piques your interest. Additionally, having Otto so effortlessly take down these A-list heroes calls back to the main theme of Superior Spider-Man as a whole - namely, that Peter Parker is more powerful than anyone ever gave him credit for, and it was only his great sense of responsibility that kept him from reaching a more ruthless pinnacle of potential.
For the most part, David Lopez does some great work here as well. His take on Spider-Man is particularly strong, with his anatomy of the character reminding me a bit of Chris Samnee. He doesn't particularly go for flashy poses or composition, but his fight choreography does look nice - especially a page where Spidey is dodging a round of attacks from the combined might of the Avengers. That said, Lopez does wind up stumbling a bit towards the end, particularly with some awkward posing from Hyperion, as he stands on one wobbly knee.
While some people might see the end coming from a mile away, there's a lot to like about this first issue of Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, particularly the scale and stakes involved - this isn't just some one-off team-up, but a smorgasbord of cameos and guest appearances from across the Marvel Universe. Ending on an intriguing cliffhanger, this first issue nicely reflects the more sinister angle Superior Spider-Man has taken lately - given Otto Octavius's less-than-heroic tendencies, I'm excited to see what kind of team-ups he has in store.
Batman/Superman #2
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Jae Lee and June Chung
Lettering by Rob Leigh
Published by DC Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 6 out of 10
Sometimes less is more. And sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Case in point - Batman/Superman #2. What started out as a showcase of characterization and artistic talent has already gotten muddled in this book's sophomore outing, as alternate universe tropes threaten to derail a comic with a ton of potential.
And that's a shame, because Pak's handle on Batman and Superman as characters is among the best I've seen in the New 52. Superman in particular reads as pure poetry, as he recalls his father's death: "His last breath sounded like a hurricane. And then the silence that followed nearly broke my eardrums." Batman, meanwhile, is younger and brasher than his methodical present-day counterpart, but that's actually refreshing - for once, the omnipotent Dark Knight can actually be threatened by crooks like Catwoman, and the tension rises when he recklessly dives into fights he can't possibly win.
But character isn't everything - and the plot is what hampers this book. We have "Year One" Batman and Superman squaring off against their modern-day (yet alternate universe) counterparts, and considering this book is supposed to be an easy entree for DC's two biggest properties, that is way too complicated for a second issue. The two Superman are decently defined from one another, especially as modern-day Superman knocks down his younger doppelganger with zero effort, but the two Batmen, for example, are almost impossible to distinguish. It's a shame, as Pak's original premise - seeing DC's most dangerous men spar for the first time - was plenty to work with. Alternate universes is a concept that, particularly after the relaunch of the New 52, DC should be steering clear.
The art, unfortunately, doesn't help. You know how I said less is more? Not quite the case when it comes to Jae Lee. When Lee is on, he is on - but for some reason, he relies entirely too much on silhouettes and unfinished artwork this issue. Considering the entire comic hinges on two different versions of the same character, that winds up being a problem - it doesn't matter how cool Batman looks when he launches a flying kick at Catwoman, or how cool modern-day Superman looks when he touches down in Smallville, if you can't tell which character is which. Indeed, more than half of this book's 20-page count is covered in black, which makes the storytelling difficult to comprehend. Combined with a lack of backgrounds, this is a rare misstep for one of DC's most talented artists.
Who would have thought that twice the Batman and twice the Superman would be too much? Yet Greg Pak winds up putting the cart before the horse with a needlessly convoluted plot, compounded by some messy artwork by Jae Lee. Considering how talented this creative team is, it makes for a somewhat frustrating time - while this book still stands above much of the rest of DC's catalog, you can't help but feel this book could be better. The World's Finest, this isn't.
Mice Templar #5
Written by Bryan J.L. Glass
Art by Victor Santos, Serena Guerra and Michael Avon Oeming
Published by Image Comics
Review by Forrest C. Helvie
'Rama Rating: 10 out of 10
Without a doubt, the previous issue of Mice Templar was the most gruesome and chilling story in the entire series as it brought readers down the dark hole of Captain Tosk's past up to the present. Glass wisely fleshed out this villain, as Tosk will no doubt play an integral role in bringing this pint-sized yet epic story to its eventual conclusion. However, his decision to dedicate the majority of Issue #4 to this endeavor left readers waiting to discover the results of Cassius and Karic's journey to the seat of the animal gods. And this is where this issue picks up. It is clear this issue provides a key piece of the puzzle to not only volume four, but the also the entire Mice Templar series; moreover, it appears to set Karic on an unexpected path.
One aspect I greatly appreciate about Glass' writing is the understanding he demonstrates about the difficulties of telling an epic tale. Epics are narratives that are grand in scope and deal with a number of moving plot pieces, and when well-orchestrated, they come together in the story's final act seamlessly. Having spent the bulk of the past issue delving into one player within his grand narrative, Glass holds off on diving into the action and provides readers with a re-introduction to the material. There's no need to go back and reread the previous issues to get back up to speed as he provides readers with just enough context to pick up where the previous thread left off. It's an effective technique that allows for a smooth and consistent reading experience. Moreover, this exposition does not come at the expense of interior, sequential pages unlike some other mainstream titles that apply this technique over the first splash page in a crowded and busy manner – or tack it on at the end of an issue in a forced way.
One party that has been absent from recent issues has been the priesthood in the Great Ash Tree, and the issue opens with bringing readers up to speed with the events transpiring amongst the corrupt priests and the truly faithful mice residing there. This scene provides readers with further insight into the relationship between its leadership and the mad tyrant, Icarus, in addition to hinting at future sources of conflict as the series creeps towards its inevitable conclusion. It's an important scene as it reinforces the level of decay within the Great Ash and the desperate need for renewal from within.
Of course, the greater part of Mice Templar Issue #5 is spent on Karic and Cassius as they interact with the animal deities in the Otherworld. Both Mice Templar and the reader learn about the secrets behind the curtain, so to speak. While supernatural beings have appeared and their origins guessed at throughout the past issues and volumes of the series, much more is made known about the prophecy surrounding Karic and his destiny. In many ways, this scene mirrors the internal struggle taking place within the young warrior mouse, while Cassius reflects the reservations many readers will likely begin to experience as the scene plays out before him. I'm don't want to go too far into the details as 1) It's just too complex to summarize within a few lines, and 2) I don't want to chance spoiling it. But know that understanding what happens in this issue will no doubt be integral to seeing the rest of Karic's journey play out. And given Karic's response to the revelation about his destiny, it's like to take more than a few readers by surprise.
I mentioned consistency before, and it's worth bringing up again. Santos, Guerra, and the other artists involved in this issue and series are absolutely consistent when it comes to delivering high quality artwork that does not come off as rushed in any way. Each member works to ensure the different mice are distinguishable from one another and emote as powerfully as any human character might (especially as seen in their eyes). I also really love how readers are immediately cued into the type of atmosphere, tone, and general setting simply through the consistent use of lines, lighting and color palettes. We know we're in the realm of Bradan Feasa due to the bright lights and gold colors, just as we are also aware that something wicked this way comes when the shadows grow long in the chamber room of the Great Ash Tree and upon Karic as he and Cassius leave the cavern. It might seem like a small artistic detail, but inconsistency in the visual presentation of a story can quickly lead to reader confusion, and it's not something I've observed in this series to date.
If there's something this series and its creative team does right and deserves credit for, it's delivering a generous serving of top-notch storytelling on time every month. This issue, like those before, recalls myths of the past in the narrative it weaves. Yet, as Karic shows readers here, it is not rigidly beholden to the heroes of legend who may have originally inspired Michael Avon Oeming and Bryan J.L. Glass when they originally started out. Instead, Glass finds new ways to tell these old stories of young boys and girls on journeys to become the warriors and leaders of their generation, and it's done incredibly well. Image rightly deserves kudos for continually bringing exciting new comic series to readers, but it amazes me this series is not getting more buzz for the deeply rich and intelligent type of storytelling it continues to provide.
Hawkeye Annual #1
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Javier Pulido and Matt Hollingsworth
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by George Marston
'Rama Rating: 9 out of 10
Who is Kate Bishop? That's the question Matt Fraction's now Eisner winning Hawkeye asks as the title circles back to "The Tape," a story from issues #4 and 5 that focused on young Ms. Bishop, Clint Barton's protege/social superior. With the rivalry she started with Madame Masque coming back into focus, this annual takes the time to establish exactly why Kate Bishop is the perfect successor to Clint Barton, whether she'd admit some of the reasons or not. After the murder of a tenant in his building and the return of his estranged brother Barney into his life, Clint Barton is languishing. Refusing to be sucked into his spiral - and fleeing an increasingly awkward relationship with her father - Kate packs up her arrows and steals Lucky the Pizza Dog, and jets off to sunny California to make her own fortune. Despite Clint's derisive comment "Yeah, because the west coast totally needs a Hawkeye," it becomes clear that it's more like Kate needs the west coast.
And so begins Kate's second adventure against her accidental arch-nemesis. Matt Fraction has a clear grasp on Kate Bishop, and despite asking herself who she is, time and time again, it's pretty clear that she's every bit the resourceful, impulsive hot head that her mentor is at the best of times, and an unseasoned but eager young adult at the worst. Kate makes mistakes, she dotes on shallow cultural artifices, but when the going gets rough, she proves herself time and time again. As a counterpoint, Fraction establishes a side of Madame Masque that is rarely seen, taking her out of her mask, and bonding her with Hawkeye just enough that when her inevitable betrayal comes, it almost hurts.
Taking over for David Aja, who just won an Eisner for his work on Hawkeye, is Javier Pulido, who also illustrated Kate's earlier encounter with Madame Masque. Pulido is an accomplished story teller, and his grasp of characters rivals Aja's, though here he skews a little simplistic, reducing some of his art to principles so basic that it resembles a story book more than a comic. That's not all bad, as it allows Pulido to convey some very raw emotions in very simple ways, but it does feel a little off-putting at times, especially during the action beats.
While I hope that Fraction doesn't keep Kate and Clint separate for long, as their dynamic is one of the driving factors of the book's success, it is really exciting to see Kate striking out on her own, and truly living up to everything the Hawkeye name embodies. Gifted with her own shortcomings, and her own wild luck, Kate is the kind of female hero you rarely see, who dares to be feminine and girly, but is also uncomposed and rough around the edges at all the right times. As much as Clint Barton is the focus of Hawkeye, Kate Bishop is definitely the book's break out star.


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"They're road legal and feature full carbon fiber shells and ultra-soft burgundy nappa lambskin linings," says Luxist. Talk about traveling in style. The mink-covered caps are also the perfect accompaniment to your new Chanel Segway. While the latter will cost you a cool $12 grand, prices for the fur helmets have not yet been released.
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Teens Talk to 90-Somethings
Teens in Rabun County, Georgia, are tapping into the memories of 90-year-olds in an effort to protect a culture that has often been stigmatized and misunderstood—that of southern Appalachia. They're part of the Foxfire project, which started in one classroom in 1966 and has grown into a series of publications and programs.
Youths interview elders about traditional practices—from weaving to caring for the deceased. Their stories are published in magazines and books, and the skills they learn are revived through community workshops.
Teens learn what it means to live without electricity or running water, and gain a deep understanding of the traditions that built their communities.
More radical acts of education...


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Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies
Hello everyone!
How is the new year going so far? Mine is going pretty well! Very occupied again, but very happy to be! Lots of fun stuff going on!
As you can see I didn't have much time for the blog in the last few weeks and it might be like that until summer, but I have a delicious recipe for you today! In fact I was supposed to do mallows again with a twist but a couple of things went wrong so I turned around and made PB frosting instead of the marshmallows. My man was happy, he's not really into marshmallows and even before things went wrong he asked me for PB instead (sabotage maybe?). But don't worry, it's as good, if not better, than mallows!
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies
Yield : 48 cookies
For the brownie cookies
- ½ cup butter
- 14 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- For the Peanut Butter Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons 35% cream
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- For the chocolate glaze
12 ounces semisweet chocolate
2 ounces vegetable oil
For the cookies
- In a saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Let cool.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Beat together the eggs, sugar and espresso powder. Gradually add the dry ingredients, beating well.
- Add the chocolate mixture and beat well.
- Drop teaspoons of batter onto baking sheets. Leave a space of about 1/2 inch between each cookie.
- Bake for about 10 minutes. The middle should be somewhat soft.
- Cool slightly on baking sheet; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
- For the Peanut Butter Frosting
- Beat butter and peanut butter until incorporated.
- Add the powdered sugar and mix well.
- Incorporate cream and beat until fluffy.
- For the chocolate glaze
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and oil together.
To assemble
- Pipe frosting on top of each cookie.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- One at a time, gently drop the frosting-topped cookies into the slightly warm chocolate glaze.
- Lift out with a fork and let excess chocolate drip back into the bowl.
- Place on the prepared pan and let set at room temperature until the coating is firm, about 1 to 2 hours.


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Making the Grade: 10 Smart Study Tips for Students
When it comes to test-taking, what can you do to ensure your kids really know their stuff? (Hint: It's not helping them power through a late-night cram session.) We chatted up the experts to learn their very best tips.
Create a Study Schedule
Putting off studying until the day before, then frantically trying to digest weeks' worth of information until midnight—or later. Is your kid's test-prep M.O. something like that? If so, it's time to shake up his routine. "Cramming is a short-term solution to passing an imminent test," says Jessica Brondo, founder of The Edge in College Prep, edgeincollegeprep.com. "But students who study over longer periods will recall material more easily come test time." Ideally, your child would keep up with his work and only review for the test. To start him on that path, suggest that he begin studying at least a week in advance and let him plan daily half-hour work sessions. Have him post the schedule where you both can see it, like on the fridge or by the family computer.
Practice, Practice, Practice
Test taking is like any other skill, so having your child run through sample exam questions—with a focus on what he struggles with—could result in better grades. "Practice tests familiarize students with the material and how it may be presented on the actual exam," says Laurie E. Rozakis, author of Test Taking Strategies & Skills for the Utterly Confused. Encourage your teen to make his own quizzes by changing the numbers in challenging math problems or reworking topic sentences from his textbooks into questions and then answering them.
Respect Your Child's Learning Style
Help your child determine how he learns best: Does he absorb the most information when someone explains it directly to him? Or grasp ideas when they're drawn out as pictures or graphs? Once he's figured that out, urge him to develop complementary study habits. An audio learner can record himself explaining difficult topics and play back his lecture when walking around the house or neighborhood. If your child is a visual learner, purchase a white board and advise him to map out information in charts with colored markers. "It's really important for parents not to force a certain style of studying onto their children because that can backfire," says Vanessa Van Petten, author and creator of radicalparenting.com. "Many students grow to hate math or science simply because they had teachers who taught in a way that was different from their learning style."
Encourage Effective Study Breaks
Learning to take breathers is just as important as learning how to hit the books. "Teenagers get burnt out with homework after two hours because they're interspersing studying with Facebook and texting 'breaks,'" Van Petten says. "This is draining because children aren't stepping away from their computers at all." Real downtime (i.e., away from cell phones and other glowing screens) helps the brain recharge. Allow your child to take time off every half-hour. Depending on how long he's studied, breaks should be between 5 and 25 minutes—anything more and he'll have a hard time getting back to work. A good respite can be eating a small, healthy snack, taking a walk around the block or listening to music.
Remind Them to Read Directions
Every teacher will tell you that students miss easy points on tests simply by not following instructions. While your teen is solving homework problems, have him explain the directions for each question set in his own words. If you put together a practice test, insert a random direction into one question, like, "write your name on the bottom left hand corner of the page."
Support Your Teen's Study Time
And ask your family to do so, too. "Make sure there are no 'rewards' that studying will cause your child to miss out on," says Van Petten. "For example, if American Idol is on that night and your child has to study, record it and wait until the next day so the whole family can watch together."
Help Kids Learn from Mistakes
"It's one thing for students to understand why they got something wrong, but a totally different thing for them to remember that and apply it to other questions," says Brondo. Help your child create a "wrong question journal" where she can record and work through concepts that give her trouble. Purchase a notebook and have her divide it into sections for each subject. After she gets back any graded work, encourage her to jot down the problems she got wrong and figure out the correct answers. Remind your child to review her notes often.
Get Creative with Flash Cards
They've been around forever, and there's a reason for that. But don't purchase pre-made packs for your kid—he'll reap more benefits if he creates his own. "Our memory function works by seeing something and then actively doing an action to help us remember it by," Brondo says. Flash cards work for virtually every subject—math equations, science concepts or vocabulary words for English and foreign languages. One side of the card should state the word or problem and the other side should include the definition or explanation. For example, one side of a geometry card could say, "Area of a triangle" and the other side would say, "A = (1/2) x Base x Height."
Let Your Child Teach You
"I like having kids explain concepts to their parents because it boosts their confidence," Brondo says. When a student is able to explain something, it shows that he knows the whys and hows of that topic rather than just memorizing facts. By voicing their thought processes, students better understand what they're studying and improve communication skills. That's a win-win combo.
Give Anxiety the Okay
Does your kid get pre-test jitters? Let him know that's fine! "If a child is too relaxed, she can't actively think about how to solve the problem," says Gary Gruber, Ph.D., author of Gruber's Essential Guide to Test Taking: Grades 6-9. "For most children, as long as they know they have prepared for the exam, the anxiety will translate to energy and they'll be more alert and ready."
Copyright © 2011 Meredith Corporation.


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KEY LARGO, Fla.—Behind double-doubles from Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.) and Olivia Murphy (Canton, Mass.), UMass Boston (8-2) outlasted Maine Maritime Academy (3-4) 69-60 in double overtime Saturday afternoon in the Key Largo Classic semifinals.
The pair of underclassmen forwards combined to outscore the Mariners in double overtime (8-4) and finished with 34 points and 39 rebounds in the Beacons third-straight win. With the victory, UMass Boston advances to Monday's Championship Game to take on the winner of Fitchburg State and Elmira.
Morrison was dominant in the paint, finishing with 14 points and a career-high 24 rebounds. She pulled down 12 offensive and 12 defensive boards to tie Eileen Fenton ('91) and Jennifer Allen ('84) for the fifth-most rebounds by a Beacon in a single game.
Her front-court mate was just as impressive, as Murphy poured in a game-high 20 points and added 15 rebounds. She grabbed four offensive rebounds in her fourth career double-double.
Guards Lauren Perra (Taunton, Mass.) and Teresa Pina (Boston, Mass.) joined the front-court in double-figures. Perra finished with 16 points and added a game-high five assists and four 3-pointers. Pina chipped in with 11 points, three assists and five rebounds in the victory.
Mary Badeen led three Mariners in double-figures with 17 points and 11 rebounds in 40 minutes off the bench.
UMass Boston earned the victory by grabbing 26 offensive rebounds and forcing 31 Maine Maritime turnovers.
The two teams traded leads over a slow first half, with the Beacons grabbing their largest lead of the stanza 25-20, behind a Perra 3-pointer with one second to go before the break.
UMass Boston carried the momentum into the second half as they extended the lead to 13 three minutes into the second half. Perra opened up the half by knocking down two more threes and Murphy added a layup to cap off the Beacons 11-0 run at the 17:56 mark.
The Beacons held on to a three possession lead for the next 12 minutes before the Mariners finally cut into the lead. Maine Maritime used a 7-0 run between the 5:13 and 3:02 of the second half to tie the score at 43 and set up a thrilling final 66 seconds.
Morrison put the Beacons up 45-43 with two free throws with 1:06 left, but Mary Badeen tied it at 45 with two free throws of her own on the next possession. After Badeen forced a steal, she put her team up 47-45 with 31 seconds to go on a layup, but Pina would have the answer. The Beacons senior guard took a pass from Morrison and connected on a layup with 17 seconds to go to force overtime.
The first overtime would follow a similar pattern, as the Beacons jumped out a slight lead and then needed a late basket to overcome Badeen and the Mariners.
UMass Boston scored the first four points to take a 51-47 lead but trailed by two with 30 seconds to go when Badeen hit the second of two free throws. This time Pina found Murphy on a layup with 20 seconds to go and the Beacons defense held Maine Maritime shotless to extend the game five more minutes.
Morrison and Murphy wanted no piece of a third overtime, as the pair scored six of the first eight points in overtime to give UMass Boston a 62-58 lead three minutes into the session. After two missed shots by the Mariners, Perra put the game out of reach with her fourth 3-pointer of the day to give the Beacons a 65-58 lead. Two made free throws each from Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) and Murphy helped the Beacons close out the 69-60 win.


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A new documentary is making the rounds that argues, with vivid examples, that the nation's colleges are squelching freedom of expression and are no longer free marketplaces of ideas.
The film carries the striking title "Indoctrinate U," and was made by Evan Coyne Maloney, who describes himself as a libertarian and is looking for a national distributor.
The film borrows the technique of ambush interviews from an ideological opposite, Michael Moore, and tells how at California Polytechnic State University, a student underwent a daylong disciplinary hearing for posting a flier publicizing a black speaker whose talk was titled, "It's O.K. to Leave the Plantation."
A white student at Michigan State University recalls a dressing-down by her professor for questioning why her adopted Hispanic brother should benefit from racial preferences. Marx, the film contends, is taught, but not Adam Smith.
Does the film offer a fair picture of campus life in 2007, or is it just a pastiche of notorious events? One answer might be found here at Vassar, which faced its own dispute over what some called hate speech and others "political correctness," and emerged with its integrity more or less intact.Continue reading the main story
The Imperialist, a publication of the school's Moderate, Independent and Conservative Student Alliance, published a contributor's article in 2005 that criticized social centers for minority and gay students. The article called such centers "ghettos" and said they turned Vassar into a "zoological preserve."
Students complained that the language was insulting and called for banning The Imperialist. For weeks, the issue was debated by the student association, which finances the publication. Ultimately, the group withheld its money for one year and publication was suspended.
Students like Victor Monterrosa, a son of Salvadoran immigrants who recently graduated, still thinks that the question of whether students should be clustered by race or sexual orientation does not deserve a forum since Vassar "is supposed to protect diversity" and "these discussions ended up making us more polarized."
"There are students who feel comfortable putting us on the back burner who ended up fighting for free speech on campus," he said.
Others, like Randall Stuebner, a senior who describes himself as a Republican who votes Democratic, feel speech should be unfettered. "It's my duty to be as provocative as possible," he said.
What was notable was that Vassar, a college of 2,360 students founded in the 19th century on progressive ideals — and a place where conservatives remain a distinct minority — hashed out the matter without violence and did not trash or burn newspapers as has happened at other campuses.
The Imperialist is publishing once again. Vassar seems to have made a distinction between forbidding publication of an idea and not allowing gratuitous racial insults to be hurled while examining that idea.
"Ultimately, free speech was respected," said Mark Goreczny, 20, a student. "There was a dialogue, polarized as it may have been."
A spectrum of professors, administrators and students say the national picture is far more complicated than that pictured in "Indoctrinate U," a point the dust-up at Vassar illustrates. Yes, periodically there are embarrassing incidents, like the disruption of speakers at Columbia last October who opposed illegal immigration. But most colleges are still places where unorthodox ideas are explored and debated.
Free speech groups like the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a campus watchdog, and individuals like Peter Salovey, dean of Yale College, contend that offensive speech should be answered with counterpoint speech, not the Vassar-like suspension of publication.
"One goes down a very slippery slope when one tries to define certain kinds of speech as able to be banned," he said.
Still, Vassar deserves credit because, as students explained, the dispute was not focused on whether The Imperialist could argue that a center exclusively for minority students fragmented the community; it was over whether the language used to express the idea was offensive.
The wider society, after all, has not resolved the issue of abusive language. Limits are evident in hate crime laws, the firing of Don Imus and this week's Supreme Court ruling against a high school student who displayed a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner.
GREG LUKIANOFF, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, acknowledged that campus freedom of expression has improved since the low points of the 1990s. One such nadir, free speech advocates say, was in '97, when administrators at Cornell defended as a "symbolic" protest the burning of conservative newspapers that printed a provocative cartoon.
Some academics think campuses are still too repressive. John McWhorter, a linguist and frequent speaker against affirmative action, chronicled a number of visits in which he had been treated with less than hospitality.
"When I give a talk on race," said Mr. McWhorter, who is black, "I don't know of any more intolerant environment than a university. There is a bitterly indignant conviction that there is only one way of looking at race."
Amy Wax, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School who specializes in social welfare law, said there is still a lingering reluctance on campus to grapple with certain subjects. Undergraduates, she finds, are taught about the economic roots of poverty, but not about debatable cultural causes like single motherhood. She said her students' ignorance of such ideas leads her to believe they received a "skewed education."
At liberal Vassar, Peter Leonard, director of the school's field work programs, admitted that some students and faculty members are uneasy taking unpopular positions on delicate questions like race or the war in Iraq. "You would have to be not completely awake not to realize that there's a social disinclination to voice a conservative opinion," he said. But he said the reluctance results from social pressures of "going against the grain" rather than an administrative prohibition.
That's why a view stated by Jessica Belasco, a student active in rights for the disabled, is so reassuring. She observed how appalling she finds the ideas of Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton who justifies euthanasia for severely disabled infants.
Nevertheless, she said, "I have trouble saying he's not allowed to say it."Continue reading the main story