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A Bit of Prose on How to Lose Weight the Geek Way in "Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!"
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! A Geek's Diet Memoir by Toshio Okada Released by Vertical Inc.
It's faded from North American consciousness, but in the years before "otaku" became a dirt common phrase in the geek lexicon, there was "Otaku no Video." The parody documentary, produced by Evangelion home studio Gainax, followed a normal, well adjusted college student - a guy with a girlfriend and in interest in tennis - who is indoctrinated into the world of hard core geeks. After leaving the girl in favor of a life of opening model shops and producing anime, he too is striving to be the otaku who other otaku bow before, the geek of geeks, the "OtaKing."
In reality, the "OtaKing" is/was co-founder and former president of Gainax Toshio Okada. As Matt Alt translates in his review of "You Otaku are Already Dead" Okada was the model "Otaku 1.0" from the Eighties: "individuals who chose to pursue childish hobbies as a means to intellectually and emotionally isolate themselves from society." And, he found success within that world of ubergeeks. In addition to scripting Otaku no Video, and contributing to anime's spectacular love letter to anime: Gunbuster, he literally wrote the book on otaku, Introduction to Otakuology. After leaving the anime business Okada became a cultural critic, even serving as lecturer of Otakuology at Tokyo University. Then, in recent years, Okada found religion (figuratively). He dropped a hundred pounds. He began describing the current generation of otaku as "a growing ghetto of weak individuals who blame society when others fail to understand their personal interests." From Carl Horn's response to an anecdote about Naohito Tanobe, editor in chief of Eiga Hi-Ho, Japan's Movie Treasures magazine, visiting Burger King to collect a Star Wars Episode III figure from a BK Kid's Meal. At the notorious Otakon 1995 (notorious, for its odd early venue--at a student center deep in Pennsylvania's farm country) Toshio Okada boasted of his journeys to the America of James Earl Carter, returning to Japan in a great many-pocketed trench coat full of four-inch Kenners for resale ("How'd you get that scar? Eatin' Pocky?"). At Anime Weekend Atlanta 2003 it was a different story. Much of Okada's storied bulk was gone, and his personal separation in time from the underground base of Daicon Film and Gainax, into the realm of writing and academia (he was in fact at AWA on his way to lecture at MIT) was much more evident in his manner. It was instead the director, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, who talked all night, bouncing fast-thinking film ideas around, carried through the great courtesy of Taka's interpretation. Lawrence Eng on Okada's 2003 MIT visit When I asked Okada whether or not he kept in contact with his former Gainax colleagues, he replied that he hadn't spoken to any of them in three years. When I asked him his opinion of the recent Gainax releases, he said they were boring, and that (Hideaki) Anno should direct anime again (as opposed to Hiroyuki Yamaga, I presume). Also see Toshio Okada on the Otaku and Anime Toshio Okada on the Otaku, Anime History, and Japanese Culture Okada in 2007 via Otaku Unite Sayonara, Mr Fatty doesn't spell out Okada's evolving perspective on otaku, in fact, there is little in the book that explicitly concerns anime or its devotees. What the book does capture is the mindset and process by which Okada dropped over 100 pounds in a year. He speaks about the transformation with the zealousness of a convert. It's a clear, cogent argument, expressed with complete conviction. I'm a successful dieter who lost 100 pounds in a year. My weight went from 260 pounds to 150 pounds. Who expected such a change a year ago? I certainly didn't - but I guarantee it's true. Everyone asks me: "What kind of extreme diet did you go on?: and "What's the secret?" I didn't do anything special, or use any secret technique. I didn't spend extra money. I didn't suffer. I didn't limit myself to particular foods. I didn't have liposuction. I didn't go to a gym. I didn't take any special supplements. I didn't buy a fitness machine or a sweat suit. I never visited a heath spa or a weight-loss clinic. I didn't eat any diet food. I'm not going to buck the standard of framing the diet review book with a bit about my personal weight and physique. I am by no means athletic, but I would call myself physically fit. I wrestled in high school. I've been going to the gym multiple times a week for about a decade and have been practicing jiu jitsu recently. If I have a weight issued, it's that I can't put much muscle. As such, the diet scaffolding of Sayonara, Mr Fatty! did not interest me as much as the philosophy and mental process behind it. The label "otaku" has adhered to some expansive definitions in recent years. There's "otaku" as a label for anyone who watches anime. There's "otaku" as a label for a dedicated pursuer (or consumer) of any interest.. "Fashion Otaku" "Hiking Otaku." Then, there's a definition of "otaku" that pins the concept to obsessive dedication... the person who'll take time off work to ensure that they get the ticket to a movie premiere, who'll passionately argue about the minutia of a fictional world, who'll compulsively poll eBay auctions to make sure they land the sought after action figure, who'll skip sleeping to write an online column. In Japan, the term's connotations have oscillating over the years, highlighted by the figures with which it is identified, from "The Otaku Murderer" Tsutomu Miyazaki in the early 90's to the early 00's supposedly true romantic fable of "Densha Otoko" or "Train Man." However, even in the mildest judgment: the person who knows too much about a useless interest and consumes to much in pursuit of that interest, devoting excessive time, money and energy to non-socially productive pursuits, there's an unhealthy quality to the otaku life. Okada's diet innovation is to take that otaku obsessiveness, and channel it towards personal betterment. If you're going to compulsively record something, record what you're eating. Start with a note pad, physical and/or digital and begin writing down what you're eating. Make sure you inscribe all of it. Then, you begin noticing patterns. What was unthinking habit and false assumptions can be intellectualized. Okada describes how he was able to observe, interrupt and then end his snacking routines; how he was eating food that he didn't really enjoy; how there were healthy, satisfying elements of his diet buried in an avalanche of food he could do without. Then, Okada develops strategies for being able to eat what he wants without disrupting his weight loss aims. Craving potato chips, he buys a bag, selects the best five chips from the package (obsessive much?), eats those five, runs water over the rest, and tosses it out. He hasn't overcosumed. No one is worse off for having rendered the rest inedible. Sayonara, Mr. Fatty strikes me as the diet book of the Obama era, marked by faith in the ability of disciplined intelligence to outsmart a challenge. Pessimism and concern about intractable problems aside, in this case, I buy it. I'm not a dietician, a nutritionist or even someone remotely knowledgeable about the subject, but as a geek/otaku, I am conditionally convinced. I think if you're an otaku personality type like Okada, if you can adhere to a process, he's outline a sustainable strategy for losing weight and keeping it off. Conversely, if the premise sounds like irritating office work, if you have no desire to plan your diet like a World of Warcraft raid, Okada's strategy is probably a non-starter. Okada appears to be a creature of extreme dedication and organization. I don't think you can produce amateur animation like the Daicon III and IV convention openings or launch a commercial animation venture with Wings of Honneamise - The Royal Space Force without being at last borderline obsessive. Having tendencies in that direction seems to be a perquisite for finding success with Okada's "recording diet." Early on, Okada notes that if you diet and achieve results you'll provoke reactions. Inevitably among those acknowledgments will be offers of advice and disagreement with you're dieting methodology. Throughout Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!, Okada goes back and rationalizes the steps towards thinness: the decision to change how people perceive you, the decision to approach this through weight loss, the decision to achieve weight loss through the recording diet. The process of building these arguments is a fascinating exercise in otaku-think, erected with risk/reward, cost/benefit analyses. At the same time, you can see the gears of "You Otaku are Already Dead" beginning to turn. In what seems to me to be characteristically otaku fashion, Okada works through his dieting narrative alternating between enthusiasm and dispassionate analysis, meanwhile masking argumentativeness. Personally, as someone who is kindof thin and kindof fit, I think that working towards being fitter is a better idea than working toward being thinner, but as a student of otaku-dom, I can certainly appreciate the chart in which Okada evaluates five models of exercise and ranks them against ten other weight loss strategies. The geek might shrink by 40%, and in doing so, he might reevaluate his former, chubby self, but dammit, you're not going to stop that geek from expressing his suppositions in a 140 cell matrix. From diet methods to Otaku 1.0 versus 2.0, Okada certainly has not exorcised the geek mania for categorization and evaluation. In terms of usefulness, if you share a bit of Okada's geek mindset, I can see Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! being a valuable tool. Shrunken girth or not, Okada is a big personality, and as translated by Mizuho Toyoshima, his words form a brisk, persuasive read. Okada is/was an alpha geek; the kind who's sure to be the subject of a nerd cult of personality. As such, it's difficult to entirely avoid getting caught up in the excited reasoning. Going into the book with no plans to change anything in my own eating, I came away strongly considering Okada's observations. For those who had heard of Okada and were looking forward to reading the Otaking in English, Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! is less explicitly about the topics for which he's known than might have been hoped. It is both rewarding and revealing. I do feel that it is a valuable illustration of otaku think and otaku problem solving. Yet, it's like Alice Cooper talking golf: interesting, but not the main attraction and a bit dissonant. As the only Toshio Okada book available in English, definitely add a copy to your nerd library. Just make sure to adjust your expectations for a book that is focused on dieting (there's a late note about how the recording method could be used to correct other troubles, such as personal finance), and not geek subject matter.
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July 10, 2009, 10:59 a.m. CST
I thought this would be an update from Harry about his weight
by YackBacker
Harry, how goes the weight loss program thus far? I hope all is well.
July 10, 2009, 11:06 a.m. CST
harry died?
by ironic_name
July 10, 2009, 11:38 a.m. CST
"Diet of the Obama era"? My God, that's funny!
by Snake Foreskin
The reviewer says, "Sayonara, Mr. Fatty strikes me as the diet book of the Obama era, marked by faith in the ability of disciplined intelligence to outsmart a challenge."
 Though he sounded somewhat equivocal, I am sure many visitors to this site actually believe it to be true. So my question is: Is that what you think the Obama administration and its minions are really all about?
 "Disciplined intelligence to outsmart a challenge." So what is the challenge? Democracy? Free Market Capitalism? A society that has been historically full of pesky self-reliant citizens with an enduring sense of national pride? Yes, by all means, let's come up with an intelligent and disciplined program in order to confront and overcome those obstacles to the tenets of modern Liberalism: Morally Ambiguous Societal Engineering and Parental Control where the government is the parent and the citizens are the children.
 The fanciful ideas you guys have about the current administration would be amusing if they weren't so detrimental to our very existence as a nation. Yes, even as a nation filled with "Citizens of the World" like our esteemed leader.
July 10, 2009, 11:41 a.m. CST
And the author of the book is a weirdo.
by Snake Foreskin
Who runs water over perfectly good potato chips and then throws them out? Give 'em to a fat friend, you OCD fruitcake!
July 10, 2009, 11:49 a.m. CST
re: "Diet of the Obama Era"
by ScottGreen
Hopefully I don't ignite something TOO political. It seems to be that the attitude of the moment is that if you throw sufficient number of sufficiently smart people at problem, it can be solved. My similarly reductionist characterization of the Bush era would be that there is a right way to achieve an an, and that you push that path to get were you need to be
July 10, 2009, 11:53 a.m. CST
by Tell_Your_Mom_I_Said_Hi
TLDR. What the fuck is this shit? Aintitcrap.com should post this garbage.
July 10, 2009, 12:04 p.m. CST
Daicon IV opening is a very underrated piece of art
by ricarleite2
And very unknown too. I'll pop my VHS copy of Otaku no Video vol 1 and 2 tonight...
July 10, 2009, 12:26 p.m. CST
Daicon? As in Daikon Radish?
by The Dark Shite
That's so bizarre & mundane if you live in Japan...as to be amazingly cool!
 Scott Green, I understand. Fortunately (or unfortunately), I have no such reason to reserve myself.
 I believe Obama does have faith & besides that, as someone who isn't American, frankly Obama's a breath of fresh air.
 He's the only American President elected in my lifetime that I can remember (I'm 30 yrs old) who doesn't wanna bomb the shit out of everyone else, or threaten to do so, in the name of nothing but big business.
 Some people even say he's bad for your image as a big man country. Being nice to the Iranians & the Koreans etc. That's what a leader should do!
 If there's even a chance to make everything ok, without sending young people to die, it's worth it.
 I don't believe that if things went bad he would even hesitate for a second to send the troops in. He just won't send them in when there's no reason.
 Hell, he's a Star Trek fan! Gotta be good news.
 Anyway, not here to talk politics. Just saying my bit, because Scott Green maybe can't, but I can.
July 10, 2009, 12:46 p.m. CST
Just to clarify, Dark Shite, he did threaten to bomb...
by Snake Foreskin
Pakistan. And Scott, I agree with you to a certain extent that the admin's solution is to throw things at a problem in order to find a solution. One of the things was mentioned already: supposed "Intelligence". The one that you failed to mention is "Money"! More specifically, money we don't have. Anyway, I couldn't help myself. The Obama diet will make us all very thin indeed, I'm afraid.
July 10, 2009, 12:46 p.m. CST
Or go gastric bypass and wheelchair,
by V'Shael
and continue to stuff your face. You know, what ever.
July 10, 2009, 12:56 p.m. CST
Snake Foreskin..
by The Dark Shite
If that's true, ok.
 I don't care much right now. It's the weekend, I've been out. Not up for a political discussion. I just think he's a good guy. Maybe he isn't, time will tell. But right now, he's doing a good job for your image.
July 10, 2009, 1:08 p.m. CST
Nutri system
by vic twenty
My uncle John lost a ton of weight using that, I think, and the first thng they told him is to write down EVERYTHING you eat. I tried it while shedding a few for a wedding I was in. You'll be surprised how much you snack - even if you think you don't. I don't need to do it anymore, but if you are trying to shed some weight, give it a go - it helps.
July 10, 2009, 1:13 p.m. CST
It's comforting..
by The Dark Shite
As a foreigner. It's comforting to know (or hope) he's a good guy.
 A good example is the recent CIA news. I don't know if you saw it, I assume you did.
 I once dated an American girl in England who was amazed that she saw more news about her own country in England than she did at home.
 Anyway, the recent CIA, publicly released news, is that Saddam Hussein confessed before he was killed, that he had no weapons of mass destruction. No missiles that could reach us. They knew that before he died. Why not tell us then?
 The CIA story is, he felt he had to say nothing because he was scared of Iran. He was scared of looking weak. They killed him anyway. Good guy? No. So what?
 The thing that got me worried, as a non-American, was why are they making this public now? At a time of civil unrest in Iran? I'm hoping my natural conclusion isn't what it seems like.
 & that's why we want to believe in Obama. As a Brit, I have a brother & a best friend in Iraq & Afghanistan. The costs are too high for bullshit.
July 10, 2009, 1:32 p.m. CST
by DennisMM
Exactly. Or if you have an emotional problem, such as compulsive behavior, though the latter can be treated sometimes. But eat less and exercise more is the core of all weight loss.
July 10, 2009, 1:32 p.m. CST
by The Dark Shite
Seriously. I grew up thinking tofu was shit. Raw tofu with other stuff on it, is the key.
 I've been working out, I eat Tofu for lunch, just raw & cut in blocks but covered in Tuna salad.
 It works becaue it's 100% protein or almost. No fat. You can eat that shit & actually get fit AND bigger. It's like protein shakes, but cheaper because no fucker will eat it. But you've gotta exercise.
July 10, 2009, 1:40 p.m. CST
Who the hell is ScottGreen?
by We_Are_Trapper_Keeper
July 10, 2009, 1:43 p.m. CST
re: Who the hell is ScottGreen?
by ScottGreen
AICN's anime/manga columnist
July 10, 2009, 1:54 p.m. CST
The guy with the black box..
by The Dark Shite
That we don't have. Fair enough really.
 Personally, I'm on a quest to learn about Anime. It ain't easy! Too much crap to sift out. But so far he's been pretty cool. Good stuff.

July 10, 2009, 1:56 p.m. CST
Apologies ScottGreen
by We_Are_Trapper_Keeper
I don't make it to the anime articles that often.
July 10, 2009, 2:01 p.m. CST
Smart people
by Toonol
Throwing smart people at a political problem will often result in massive loss of freedom, as the first step they take is often to eliminate that pesky ability of the dumb plebes to choose for themselves.
 We should throw WISE people at a problem. There's a lot of difference between wise and smart; go look at any random sampling of academia to drive that point home.
July 10, 2009, 2:07 p.m. CST
Socrates said..
by The Dark Shite
"I am wise, because I know that I know nothing."
 Or variations of that. The quote varies (because truly nobody knows what he said). A man who considers himself wise is an egotist the same as any other Toonol.
 Lets's face it, we're fucked.
July 10, 2009, 2:37 p.m. CST
you lost me at "LOGO HANDMADE BY BANNISTER"
by 35MinutesAgo
fucking what?
A) 'handmade' really isn't the right word here, is it?
B) who the fuck cares?
 Post handmade by 35MinutesAgo
July 10, 2009, 2:54 p.m. CST
That is the one thing we can be sure of..
by gotilk
.. that we are most likely at least a little bit wrong. Then again, wisdom sometimes comes with long grey beards and not a whole heck of a lot else going on in that immediate region. Experience is not wisdom and the wisest decision is neither instantly brave or the best one. But if you pick the smart guy as opposed to the guy who considers himself wise, I'm in your court. Wisdom makes me think of gurus, and gurus make me think of scam artists/confidence men. I think the "smart" money is on the smart PERSON. And this concept that intelligence equals instant hatred of those less intelligent OR "elitism" is one of the stupid concepts that have helped us arrive where we are right now. In the midst of a financial crisis that most smart people (the real ones, not those "PROFFESUR TYPES in dem big UNIVERSITEEZE") saw coming a decade or more away. We saw what happened when we chose "common sense" and "wisdom" over intelligence. DEREGULATED us into CRISIS. De-regulation is a wonderful thing, in the right place, at the right time and applied in a fair and equal fashion. Problem is, we de-regulated in a way that made really, really rich people substantially richer in the short term (USING dumb people instead of just insulting them.. which do YOU prefer??) with no eye to the future while leaving the REAL "Joe the Plumber" types still regulated and taxed disproportionately UP THE ASS. A conservative with the ability to see the big picture is a plus, something our society needs to balance the frivolity of liberal good intentions. But an uninformed conservative who listens to talk radio and buys into sound bite talking points is this country's WORST ENEMY. Especially right about NOW. One of the things these people constantly miss is that those people you worship who yap on about de-regulation always seem to approach it from the top down. Every wonder why? What is that shit? Trickle down rights? Trickle down freedom? Trickle down "hands-off" government? The second I actually OWN property and can build the house I want, where I want, when I want, using materials I want to use without coming up against so many "departments" and "regulations" and "FEES" it'd make a pharmaceutical company's legal team commit mass suicide, then we'll talk about de-regulation and taxation. Trickle THAT down your mutherfucking CHIN.
July 10, 2009, 2:57 p.m. CST
Oh, and nice review.
by gotilk
Those youtube clips blew me away, too. Especially when you consider when they were made.
July 10, 2009, 3:30 p.m. CST
tofu in slices with a good simple teriyaki/soy dipping is great
by ironic_name
and I too, used to hate tofu.
July 10, 2009, 3:35 p.m. CST
Diet of the Obama Era
by kevinwillis.net
Your taxes go up so you have less money for food, sugars and transfate are outlawed, and a government nutritionist decides what and when you're going to eat. And the government takes over Nabisco, saying that it's "too fattening to fail".

 That doesn't sound like the book.
July 10, 2009, 3:37 p.m. CST
"Transfats", not "transfate".
by kevinwillis.net
Transfate is something totally different.
July 10, 2009, 4:15 p.m. CST
ScottGreen, a suggestion:
by ricarleite2
It always seems the majority of the talkbackers here have no idea what anime (or GOOD anime is), and are limited by the "sex tentacles" cliche joke. Why don't you start a One Anime/Manga a week (or month) kinda like the Quint's Movie a Day (later Movie a Week)?
July 10, 2009, 4:32 p.m. CST
Middle class
by gotilk
"AH EARNED MAH 280,000 a year through HARD WERK.. I be damned if dem DEMONCRATS gonna take MAH 2800 BUCKS to buy dem needles fer JUNKIES"

Everyone thinks they're middle class, almost no-one truly is. Anyone who has trouble buying FOOD because the taxes they pay are too high either IS high, should stop breeding out of his or her budget, is living WAY beyond his or her means or needs to stop eating so damned much. Last time I checked, most of the people I know pay taxes CONSTANTLY but still do not pay income tax. Know why? Because they don't make enough, yet are taxed CONSTANTLY with sales tax, gas tax, etc etc. When some douche comes along who "werked herd to get where I am today" and makes over 300 grand a year, it makes my head explode when they start quoting Limbaugh. Especially when "where I am today" was at times made from government loans and decades of paying shitty wages while taking advantage of every tax break they could get their accountant's grubby paws on. Where's the loopholes for the rest of the huddle masses? That's right. It's all FAIR, isn't it? People who make a shit-ton of money every year pay as few taxes as possible while Jo Schmo pays daily AND supports right wing programming through advertising dollars that drill it into the heads of every podunk shithead that the man is trying to take food out of their mouths by forcing the top 10 percent to pay anything even CLOSE to the percentage the rest of us pay. But that's cool I guess. Just keep believing that the next big "conservative" hero is going to LIFT that burden of yours by letting companies that move manufacturing offshore pay less in taxes. I hope it works out for you as well as it did that last time. I think I'll go buy a McMansion now made of WISHES and Balloons.
July 10, 2009, 4:47 p.m. CST
re: ricarleite2
by ScottGreen
Good idea. I don't have the bandwidth to put together something like that on a weekly basis, but I should try to do some sort of regular feature.
July 10, 2009, 7:44 p.m. CST
Diet of the Obama Era
by marcspector
So I can get someone else to sweat for me? Right on.
July 10, 2009, 7:47 p.m. CST
I like the idea
by marcspector
There really should be a diet directly marketed to geeks. I bet it would sell.
July 10, 2009, 7:54 p.m. CST
So basically he became a "Weightloss Otaku"?
by Geomancer21
Or maybe "Fitness Otaku", though that might better describe the obsessive gym-goers.

and to bad about the bandwidth. I like the idea of an anime a week thing too. it wouldn't have to be big and elaborate.
July 11, 2009, 8:14 a.m. CST
Oh, of anime interest Robotech and Kite are on Hulu
by Geomancer21
The Robotech:The shadow chronicles and Kite: Liberator that is.

 http://www.hulu.com/robotech-the-shadow-chronicles

 http://www.hulu.com/kite-liberator

 heh maybe one day we'll see an uncut version of the original kite come to this country. Legally I mean.
July 11, 2009, 10:47 p.m. CST
Tsutomu Miyazaki..
by The Dark Shite
was one guy you wouldn't wanna meet.
 I couldn't click the link, because my pc doesn't work well, but if I've got the right guy, he was a serial killer over here.
 He was executed last year for kidnapping young girls, killing them & then sending their body parts to the parents. When the police tracked him down, his home was wall to wall videotapes. Fucked up doesn't even begin to describe him.
 It happens a lot here though. You can walk down the street counting your money, safe in the knowledge that you won't be mugged. In normal terms it's a virtually crime-free country.But then out of the blue, there'll be a really messed up crime.
 Like a kid killed his entire family last year becuase he "wanted to know what it feels like to kill".
 Something to do with being over-worked, bowing all the time & keeping your true feelings inside. It's bizarre.
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1. Firstly a facilitator is key. I feel without one, there is structure to the process and that it would be easy to get lost or lose track of what the process is attempting to achieve. Everyone maintaining an open mind is also very crucial. This allows for ideas without limitation or restriction that are wild and random, which can then be chiseled down into something more conceivable. The group also needs to focused on the main goal of the process. Without a clear vision and focus on what needs to be accomplished, it is easy to get off topic and generate ideas that have no relevance to the purpose.
2. I helped in narrowing down the most appropriate ideas that coincided with the given criteria for the problem at hand. To be more helpful I could lead the group in discerning why the selected ideas where the most appropriate and maybe see if any others might be more qualified for the exercise.
3. The main thing I learned from this process was that there are several elements or right and left brain thinking in creativity. During the process there were several portions of diverging and converging which would initially create a mass amount of possibilities, weed out the ideas that were most suited to the issue, make numerous associations to those selected and then come back again and devise one solid idea that was new, innovative but perfectly fit to the problem. The whole process taught me that it requires a culmination of both halves of the brain to be creative for different purposes.


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Exactly. I have come to believe that Hispanics voted 70/30 for Obama for the same reasons that Blacks voted 94/6 for Obama. They are voting for the party of redistribution. The low wages that illegals earn are supplemented by taxpayer funded benefits. A country with generous social services cannot be an open border nation and expect to survive. I lived in a border state and watched the transition as we became majority Hispanic. Lower academic performance, higher crime rates, higher rates of illegitimate birth, higher taxes, an overburdened county hospital, and a rise in Mexico first mentality. I am all for immigration, so long as the policies implemented provide a net positive to the country. Neither party will do this.
Everyone in Washington is showing new interest in immigration reform. President Barack Obama needs to do something to cement the loyalty of Hispanics, who did so much to re-elect him. Republicans seem to grasp that they had better soften their hard line unless they want to forfeit any hope with Latinos and Asian-Americans.
Both sides also agree that a balanced, two-part approach is in order: stricter enforcement and improved border security on one hand and a pathway to legalization on the other. It's an excellent plan -- except for that first part.
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Tumblr didn't have a dedicated server administrator until a few years into its life, so I had to be our de facto server administrator in addition to my primary developer role from Tumblr's start until we had 48 servers handling about 5,000 requests per second.
Since that's a sizable infrastructure, but we had very little time to devote to maintaining it, I had to choose mature, stable technologies with great tools and very low administration needs. And I built Instapaper on the same technology: PHP 5 with a custom high-performance MVC framework, MySQL, Memcache, Apache, and CentOS, on high-end dedicated hardware.
This proved invaluable to both Tumblr and Instapaper, since I don't need to deal with webserver processes crashing, corrupted databases, or any serious platform issues. All of these tools are used by many other companies with deployments much larger than these, so nearly all of the bugs get worked out long before they get a chance to affect us.
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Nature has blessed Vietnam with a bountiful harvest of soaring mountains, a killer coastline and radiant rice fields, Vietnam is a Top tourist destination
Welcome to a world where the colours are more vivid, where the landscapes are bolder, the coastline more dramatic, where the history is more compelling, where the tastes are more divine, where life is lived in the fast lane. This world is Vietnam, the latest Asian dragon to awake from its slumber.
Nature has blessed Vietnam with a bountiful harvest of soaring mountains, a killer coastline and radiant rice fields, Vietnam is a cracker. Inland, peasant women in conical hats still tend to their fields, children ride buffalos along country paths and minority people scratch out a living from impossible gradients.
Vietnam is a nation of determined optimists who have weathered war after war, survived colonialism and communism, and are now getting to grips with the wheeler-dealer world of capitalism. Fiercely protective of their independence and sovereignty, the Vietnamese are graciously welcoming of foreigners who come as guests not conquerors.
Don't believe the hype. Or the propagandist party billboards that are as common as statues of 'Uncle Ho'. Believe your senses, as you discover one of the most enriching, enlivening and exotic countries on earth.
To escape the buzz of millions of motorbikes, head west to the watery landscape of green fields and sleepy villages in the Mekong Delta. There's adventure galore to be had on Phu Quoc Island and stunning white-sand beaches to relax on. Back on the east coast at Mui Ne Beach, you'll be faced with a similar dilemma: action or inertia?
Hoi An might weigh you down – but in a good way – you're bound to add kilos of made-to-order clothing to your luggage. With an estimated 300 to 500 tailors working in this beautiful city, this is fashionista heaven.
To feel the intellectual, cultural and spiritual heartbeat of Vietnam, make a stop in the old imperial capital, Hué. Home to palaces and pagodas, tombs and temples, and host of the biennial arts festival, the Festival of Hué (http://www.huefestival.com/), it's the place to go for historical, cultural and culinary stimulation.
In Hanoi, the country's captivating capital, rise early to watch the city exercise by Hoan Kiem Lake, then pay your respects in person to Uncle Ho at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (a truly surreal experience). See if you can locate 'pickled fish street' in the Old Quarter (it's somewhere near 'wooden bowls street'), and cool off with draught beer at 'bia hoi junction' (a truly rewarding experience).
Eventually you'll be enticed out of the city by the stunning offerings of the country's northern provinces. Nothing can prepare you for the beauty of Halong Bay and its 2000 limestone karsts, nor the experience of trekking around mountainous Sapa.
Vietnam has it all. Go expecting the unexpected, be ready for an adventure as much as a holiday, and Vietnam will deliver.
Learn a little history, and how to cross the street (!) with our 226 Days in Nam video. Or see the capital in a different light with our Hanoi Hustle video.
Ready to go? Our recommended tours make it easy:
Travel from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in 11 days
Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok in 9 days
Trek the beautiful Sapa Valley in Vietnam's remote northwest
Top Picks For Vietnam
1 Kayak Halong Bay
Explore hidden caves and secret lagoons among the limestone peaks of Halong Bay using paddle power – one of Vietnam's many activities for adrenalin junkies
2 Hit the beach at Nha Trang
Lap up the beach culture, and decide for yourself if this heavyweight champion deserves its place on our best beaches list
3 Tantalise your tastebuds in Hoi An
Try a modern spin on traditional Vietnamese cuisine at Mango Rooms in historic Hoi An
4 Have a Hanoi art attack
Head straight to our faves: Apricot Gallery and Mai Tai Gallery in the Old Quarter, the Oriental Gallery in the Nha Tao Area, Dong Phong Art Gallery in the French Quarter, and perhaps the best in Hanoi: Art Vietnam in the West Lake area.
5 Karst your eye over Phong Nha Cave
Go underground and explore the nooks and crannies of Phong Nha Cave, the largest and most stunning cave in the country
6 Cycle Ho Chi Minh City
Grab a bike and take the ride of your life through the streets of this riverside metropolis
7 Mai Chau
Go native with an overnight stay in a traditional Thai stilt house, amid the lush valleys
8 Quy Nhon
Access beautiful beaches and amazing Cham architecture from one of the coast's less touristy cities
9 Sapa
Swoon at the valley views from this rugged mountain retreat, a home to a wealth of minority peoples and a base for exploring the Tonkinese Alps.
10 Dalat
A completely different view of Vietnam, this mountain town combines the French Alps with plenty of Bohemian cool
11 Cat Tien National Park
Lush refuge for city dwellers with ample hiking and bird-watching opportunities, plus elephants, crocodiles and the endangered Javan rhino
12 Mui Ne
Action or inertia, take your pick, this place is made for surfing (wind, board or kite) or blobbing on the beach
13 Mekong Delta
Watery world of bustling river towns and sleepy villages, floating markets and tasty fish served by uber-friendly locals
14 Phu Quoc
White-sand beaches and little development make for a magical tropical getaway on this forested island gem
15 Hué
Intellectual, cultural and spiritual heartbeat of Vietnam, the old imperial capital offers historical, spiritual and culinary stimulation


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A dynamic econometric system for the real yen–dollar rate
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The Friends of the Bourne Council on Aging will be moving out of the Bourne Veterans Memorial Building as of Monday.
The non-profit group sent a letter this week to Town Administrator Thomas M. Guerino, citing the reasons for what they called the "very difficult and forced decision" to make that move.
Over the past year or more, the town has been moving to disentangle the finances and non-profit operation of the Friends from that of the Council on Aging, the municipal department that the Friends group serves.
This past week, the Friends learned that Joyce Lindberg, the administrative assistant employed by the Friends, was asked to move out of the space in the COA offices that she had been using.
Ms. Lindberg, the Friends officers wrote in their letter to the town, was asked to move into a storage room "with no natural light source, heat or air-conditioning." The Friends letter calls the request "insensitive to Joyce and all the Friends of the Bourne Council on Aging" members past and present who have contributed so much to the vitality, success and appearance of the Bourne Community Center."
Along with Ms. Lindberg's move, the Friends were also asked to provide her with a computer, desk, and other equipment, since she was no longer allowed the use of the COA's copy machine.
Since 1979, the Friends members wrote to the town, the group has already paid for the desks, chairs, conference room tables, and window treatments, office supplies, copy machine, and coffee supplies now used by the entire community building. "We have been playing half the monthly expense for a dumpster that we are not allowed to use," the letter said.
The Friends have opted to rent office space at 258 Main Street, the brick building located across from Red Top Sporting Goods.
The decision to move was approved last Thursday by the unanimous vote of the Friends' board.
Town Administrator Thomas M. Guerino said Wednesday that a town employee had also once used that office, and that he thought that the issues might have been resolved short of the need for a move.
Bourne is not the only town that has been dealing with the issue of non-profits using municipal space. In Mashpee, the COA's friends group operates out of a thrift shop near the town's facility. That town also recently dealt with the issue in the context of its library's Friends group. That group stopped fundraising in September of 2011 over new rules as to where it could hold sales and who would control book sale proceeds.
Bourne's Friends have no such intention. That organization's letter states that the move will save the organization the support funds that it has been paying while the group was allowed to operate out of the community building.
"These funds will not only cover our rent but leave additional monies to further support and create new programs for senior and the Friends Food Pantry," the officers wrote.
Friends Vice President Lisa Laine said that new COA Director Felicia Monteiro has asked the state Ethics Commission to come to Bourne to explain the law as it pertains to municipality and non-profits. She said all town departments will be invited to that workshop.
The letter sent by the Friends of the COA was signed by Friends President Carol MacDonald, Ms. Laine, Treasurer H. Arnold Carr, and Patricia Morley, secretary. A copy was sent to all five selectmen; to Estelle Blake, the president of the COA board; and to Ms. Lingberg.
The Friends will begin their move on Monday. The group expects to have all of the equipment and supplies that have not been previously gifted to the town moved out of the center by October 1.
The Friends new address will be 258 Main Street, Executive Suite 3-C, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532. Its mailing address will be Friends of the Bourne Council on Aging, Inc., PO Box 144, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.


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Don't Expect the Obamacare Ruling to Calm the Markets
Even before the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare was handed down yesterday the markets were selling off hard.
They were tanking on news that the latest European summit was unlikely to be a game-changer, that U.S. gross domestic product was a paltry 1.9% in the first quarter, and a New York Times story that JPMorgan Chase's derivatives loss could top $9 billion.
Then came the long-awaited decision from the country's highest court on the divisive healthcare law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which unhinged markets further.
The Court's historic decision shook the markets for several reasons.
But the single overriding effect of the mixed-bag decision will be its impact on markets going forward.
That's because the divided decision further fuels partisan politics going into the November elections and sets the stage for an all-or-nothing battle between Republicans and Democrats.
The chances of there being any compromise anywhere on any divisive issues before the elections is now mathematically zero, where before it was somewhere between slim and none.
The Bigger Issues Behind the Obamacare RulingWhat the markets now face aren't just healthcare, tax and spending issues.
As a result of the Court's stunning decision, we face something much bigger -- Constitutional issues of the highest and deepest order.
The High Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts unexpectedly siding with the Court's four liberal justices, rendered a 5-4 victory for President Barack Obama's prized legislation.
The ruling upholds the "individual mandate" that requires citizens to either pay for "minimum essential" health insurance or pay a "penalty" through the IRS as a "tax" towards offsetting the shared costs of national healthcare.
But the Court also struck down the Act's provision allowing the Federal Government to effectively "hold a gun to the head" of states if they failed to increase Medicaid benefits, largely expanded under the new law.
In its original form, states could lose all Federal funding of Medicaid for non-compliance with Federal demands.
By its decision the Court effectively admitted that the Commerce Clause argument underpinning the individual mandate's Constitutionality was null and void.
But while they said that the individual mandate that "forced" citizens to buy health insurance wasn't intended as a "command" that fell under the Commerce Clause, they incongruously flipped the argument on its head and agreed (by a one-vote majority) that the mandate was legal under Congress' authority to "tax" citizens for the benefit of the nation.
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Question of the Week: Do the Pitfalls Outweigh the Promise For the New Healthcare Reform Program?
When U.S. President Barack Obama signed the new healthcare-reform bill into law yesterday (Tuesday), it ended months of political bickering and maneuvering, and began a new chapter in the nation's healthcare saga - one in which the country will feel the effects of this sweeping, costly and controversial policy overhaul.
The fact is that many Americans will have healthcare for the first time ever. Offsetting that bright spot, however, is the reality that the program could add trillions in debt to the country's already burgeoning national debt, further complicating the matter.
Going forward, it will now be left to the pundits, analysts and the healthcare industry to decipher what these provisions really mean for the industry, for individuals, for taxpayers - and even for investors.
But here at Money Morning, we wanted to know what you think about this new law. That's why we made healthcare reform the inaugural topic in our new "Question of the Week" feature.
Money Morning Question of the Week: U.S. President Barack Obama's controversial healthcare proposal is now law. What do you think? How do you feel? Do you think it's a beneficial or harmful move for you as a consumer, as an investor, and as a taxpayer? What do you think it means for our nation's economy?
What follows is a sampling of the enthusiastic and passionate responses that we received. Make sure to also check out next week's "Question of the Week," a query that seeks your thoughts on the growing levels of U.S. debt.
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We Want to Hear From You: What Do You Think About the New Healthcare Law?
After months of controversy, political bickering and maneuvering, and intense media speculation and scrutiny, this week became a historically significant moment in the annals of U.S. healthcare when U.S. President Barack Obama signed the new healthcare bill into law.
Thus begins a new chapter in the healthcare saga, when the country will feel the effects of this sweeping, costly and controversial policy overhaul.
As with any sweeping legislation, the law is facing both fierce support and opposition as the country digests what the provisions mean for individuals, for the healthcare industry, for the government - and for the... Read More...
Drug Companies and Hospitals Get a Boost from Healthcare Reform
After months of trying to predict how the healthcare reform proposals would affect the respective futures of their industries, drug companies and hospitals are optimistic about the prospective long-term profits the final version of the health care reform bill could bring them.
President Barack Obama yesterday (Tuesday) signed the $940 billion health care reform bill with support from pharmaceutical companies and the hospital industry. Both will benefit from a sharp increase in the number of insured customers, as the bill expands healthcare to up to 32 million more people.
While the bill will cost tens of billions of dollars over the next 10 years, the planned reforms create something drug companies and hospitals can't live without: paying consumers.
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Shaky CBO Deficit Projections Help Healthcare Reform Bill Pass House
When the comprehensive healthcare reform bill won approval from the House on Sunday, some of the swing lawmakers were won over by a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis showing the bill will slash the deficit by over $1.3 trillion over the next 20 years.
But at a time when the U.S. budget is already saddled with hefty doses of red ink, there's a growing debate about whether the new bill will reduce the deficit or evolve into another entitlement program that will expand the country's debt beyond already record levels.
Even though the bill - which President Barack Obama has hailed as the "most significant effort to reduce the deficit since the Balanced Budget Act" of the 1990s - will cost the federal government $940 billion over a ten-year period, the CBO said it will increase revenue and cut other costs by an even greater amount.
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Obama's Targets Insurers with $950 Billion Health Care Reform Plan
Health insurance providers are protesting this week as the government comes a step closer to strengthening its industry regulation by calling for new "common sense" practices.
This latest development in U.S. President Barack Obama's push for health care reform occurred Monday when the White House released a sprawling $950 billion proposal in anticipation of tomorrow's (Thursday's) scheduled summit.
Obama's plan, which combines the respective reform bills of the Senate and the House of Representatives, suggests drastic changes are coming for insurance providers.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 review
Review Date : Tue, 4 Dec 2012
Author : Mike Topham
Can Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 improve where Elements 10 left off? We installed the latest version of Adobe's consumer editing software to find out
|Events view in the organizer, Clean and uncluttered interface, Fast performance, Latest Raw support
|No significant changes in the editing interface, Lack of Twitter support, No way to create action folders
Adobe Elements has been the number one photo-editing package for amateurs and enthusiasts for several years. A simplified substitute to Photoshop, it has been designed to be user-friendly for beginners, while also offering advanced functionality to satisfy more experienced users. Elements 10 offered what we thought were all the features an enthusiast could possibly need, so has Adobe released another version too soon, or has Elements 11 improved again? Let's look at the latest features to find out.
New Features
Unlike Photoshop, which is aimed at professionals who like to concentrate on editing their shots with the finest control, Elements 11 offers more ways to organise and share images. Open the Organizer and the first obvious differences are the larger icons and cleaner looking interface. These changes have made it much easier to navigate, and not only can you view full-screen image previews, it's easier to manage your photos based on the people in them, where they were taken, or when they were taken. Provided you have an Internet connection, the places view is a great area of the organizer to plot an image or group of images, and if your camera supports GPS, Elements 11 will now recognise the coordinates before automatically adding the images to its integrated Google map.
The organizer sports a cleaner looking interface. Most of the main options have been repositioned from the top to a horizontal task bar at the bottom.
Elsewhere in the organizer, the new events view lets users assemble shots based on the date, month and year they were taken. Finding the shots you add to the events area is also made very easy thanks to a new calendar column on the far right of the interface. Not forgetting the importance of sharing images, Elements 11 supports direct uploading to emails and social media channels such as Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr. These options are available from the share tab within the organizer, but unfortunately there's no option to export images directly to Twitter.
From the top right of the organizer you have various options to export your images directly to social media channels, such as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr.
Switching from the organizer to the full editing area reveals it's not only the organizer that adopts the new, friendlier looking interface. Icons and palettes are much larger than those in previous versions, which suggests Adobe's focus is on making sure the interface isn't a daunting place for inexperienced users, or those who haven't used the software before.
You'll find the options bar has now been moved to the bottom of the interface in Elements 11. Tools in the toolbox have also been moved into seperate categories, such as View, Select, Enhance, Draw and Modify.
Elements 11 also adopts the three editing modes - Quick, Guided and Expert. These offer different ways to edit your shots based on the skill level of the user, and though there haven't been any changes to the Quick edit mode, there are more options within the Guided and Expert edit modes.
The Guided edit area is a great place to work if you're unsure of how to go about achieving certain types of adjustments or effects. It offers a clear explanation of each effect as well as a small thumbnail image to give you a clearer idea of how the final result will look. The four new additions to this edit mode include High Key, Low Key, Tilt Shift and Vignette.
The Guided Edit mode offers thorough descriptions and basic sliders to show users how to apply certain types of effect.
Moving into the more advanced Expert edit mode, there are three new filters, which include Comic, Graphic Novel and Pen and Ink. Each of these artistic filters come with four ready-made presets and sliders to take precise control.
The three new filters - Comic, Graphic Novel and Pen and Ink are found from the Sketch flyout menu.
Elsewhere, Refine Edge has been enhanced to offer all the functionality of Photoshop's Refine Edge, with the added benefit of a Erase Refinements tool. This works by restoring the original pixel edge if you're not happy with the adjustments you make using the Refine Radius tool. Adobe has also taken time to refine the Actions command. Actions were introduced into Elements 10, but you can now load pre-made actions from the Internet, but unfortunately you can't create your own custom folders.
If your not happy with the work you carry out with the Refine Radius tool, you can now use the new Erase Refinements tool to preserve the original selection edge within Refine Edge.


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Course Description: This course focuses on gender, race, and class based differences in income, wealth, and employment status. Current data and historical trends in the U.S. are discussed and analyzed, and human capital theory and various theories of discrimination are presented as potential explanations. The economics of the family is explored, with emphasis on differences in gender roles and women's changing relationship to the labor force. Students will also become acquainted with different ways of defining and measuring class differences, the reproduction of inequality, and the experience of the working poor.
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Damon Dogg XXX is up for review today, and this is a site that features videos of a guy named Damon (and a lot of his friends) in hardcore gay action without condoms from what I can tell. I don't really see much of a niche of any kind beyond that, although the content doesn't feel entirely generic and standard, either. Take a look around the tour to get an idea of what they offer. The normal price is $25 a month here, though they have an introductory offer going right now for just $20. I have no idea how long this will last.
Fun bareback gay scenes.
The action is hardcore here, and the condoms are nowhere to be seen. Most scenes are pretty standard with two guys hooking up and doing their thing, but the lack of condoms goes beyond just not having to view rubbers. I'd say in all that the guys are slightly more kinky than on some other sites, though perhaps that's just in my head.
All videos come in HD.
It's a little confusing at first to make sure you click the correct download link; the first option is their mobile version, so watch closely. However, once you do, you'll see that all of their videos here come in high definition. It's on the lower end of HD, but it's a start.
Other Good Stuff:
Not a very large site.
There are just over 60 scenes up currently, which isn't a lot to check out unfortunately. There are new scenes coming weekly, but it's going to take some time before they get very large here. For now, it may be worth a quick look, and then a return visit later once they've grown more.
Minor Negatives:
Just okay for now with a few okay scenes, but not nearly enough to get excited about.
Damon Dogg XXX is off to an okay start, but there's a lot holding them back still. They don't have enough material to keep you busy for very long, which is my main concern. Updates are coming, but it's going to take some time. The videos look okay in HD, but are still pretty middle of the road in terms of quality. More options could help, though they're not terrible. All in all, the size is my main concern right now, so hopefully they can get that fixed with a little bit of time.
About the Content:
Downloadable original scenes featuring guys in fun hardcore gay action generally without condoms.
Download Managers:
Yes, should work.
Channel Max: 9
Able to pause/resume.
Test Software: Speed Download
Download Speed:
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Browser: 3.2MB/sec.
(222MB video, 35Mbps cable internet)
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My Opinion: Yes, it looks like they shoot all their own content here, but also put out DVD material.
File Sizes (HQ):
(average size, HQ)
HD Video:
Yes, all videos.
File Type: MP4 (h.264)
Bit-Rate: 2000k
Dimensions: 1280x720
Quality: Compression artifacts are definitely noticeable.
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No free live cam shows.
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Only user/pw required.
Videos don't require pw.
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Mix of models.
Generally amateur to semi-pro.
Body types from thin to muscular.
Model Info:
40+ models total.
Ages 18-35.
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No notable extras.
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Little to no condoms.
No music in most videos.
A few banner ads.
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Medium flash player.
Can jump ahead immediately.
3-4 second buffer.
Smooth playback.
Good quality.
Updates in Last 7 Days:
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I use spam PoH alone in the final phase of the Trial of the Champion Black Knight fight, as well as for the ghosts leading up to the Keeper of Souls boss in the Forge of Souls. Easiest counter to infrequent yet significant group damage when the party is mixed between melee and ranged (i.e. PoM wouldn't help, and CoH doesn't have the range).
Back on the point of the article, I view the Inner Will & Leap of Faith spells as addressing quality of life issues. I can imagine using Inner Will when I don't need big heals (spellpower), and want to run around spamming Renew and PoM... it screams "use me for highly mobile fights", and it's not like it's required - just that it makes it easier. Life Grip is the same - stupid DPS players are stupid, and I can't recall a Brann Bronzebeard fight in Halls of Stone where I didn't get sick of spamming heals on the person standing in the red lazers... yanking them out would reduce my stress levels significantly and allow me to put my GCDs to other better uses. To hell with what the other players think about whether I use it or not.


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Save a cow, eat this dress instead
Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan wore a dress made of lettuce to encourage people to go vegetarian as meat consumption in China rises.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:58 AM
GO VEG: Chinese, historically, had a vegetable-heavy diet, but as incomes and living standards have risen among the nation's growing middle-class, people are eating more meat. (Photo: ZUMA Press)
BEIJING - The dress worn by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan looked good enough to eat.
It was made of lettuce leaves, part of an effort by animal rights group PETA to encourage consumers to go vegetarian as meat consumption in China keeps on rising.
Draped in the dark green, form-hugging leaves, Gao also sported a necklace made of gleaming red chili peppers.
"After going vegetarian, I feel so much lighter," Gao told a media event.
"When I first started the vegetarian diet, I was not used to it and so I ate starchy foods in big amounts, and gained a little bit of weight. Still, I felt much more energetic."
Chinese, historically, had a vegetable-heavy diet, but as incomes and living standards have rising among the nation's growing middle-class, people are eating more meat.
On average, each person consumes 55 kilograms a year.
Jason Baker, from PETA, said that China's consumption of meat has quadrupled over the last four decades, resulting in a number of health problems.
"Per capital consumption is still lower compared to the Western world, but it's changing — it's getting worse," he said, noting that factory farming of meat has begun in China as well.
"Consumption is going up, and related to that so are diseases related to meat consumption — cancer, heart disease."
Still, meat eaters remain skeptical.
"I think going vegetarian doesn't always equal health," said a Beijing resident who gave only her surname, Wang.
"You still need to have both meat and vegetables to have a balanced diet. If you only eat vegetables, there's bound to be some lack in your dietary requirements."
(Reporting by Roya Stevens and Jimmy Guan; editing by Elaine Lies)
Copyright 2011 Reuters Life! Online Report


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ToyChristopher said...
They rolled a paladin.
A lot of paladin tanks say this nerf was needed but I don't understand why paladins are hotfixed so often.
In that same gear I am thinking a warrior wouldn't be that far off.
And people need to stop acting like a block for 2.5K is something incredible. Seriously. It's not like the savage defense doesn't do similar, and DKs have more stam and armor on par with us.
We scale better with stam. I don't recall there being a warrior nerf when they outdid us on health, they added the scaling to get us close. Now that we are pulling ahead, they nerf all of us, not just the people at the top. Thanks.
"what did pally tanks do to deserve a stam nerf?"
They were misunderstood by Blizzard, again.
Paladins are being used on tough progression bosses, and idiot tanks on the forums are blaming it on health scaling, and Blizzard listened.
Hey Blizzard: IT'S NOT OUR HEALTH THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S OUR FREE GUARDIAN SPIRIT WHEN THE HEALERS HAVE TO RUN AROUND SO MUCH.
This change is going to make exactly zero difference in the issue they're attempting to address, that of non-paladin tanks not being brought to progression kills.
It's another trickle-down nerf aimed at a handful of paladins representing the exception and not the rule that'll end up doing more damage to levelling/recently 80 paladins than it will to the target group.
Pretty much like the Titan's Grip nerf aimed at powergaming fury warriors that killed any interest I had in playing my warrior with her suddenly abysmal dps.
Comments comparing Warrior stam to Pally's like the one above is just plain ignorant. Take the ever present difference of the Ranged slot for a warrior vs the Libram slot for the pally. You do realize that a prot warrior stuffs that ranged slot with an item that adds +1K more health that a pally tank CAN NEVER HAVE!?!?! Please give me a break on the comparisons and the stealth nerfing is really pissing me off.
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Nerfs like that just annoy me. First they buff health so paladins can have comparably and close amount of health to compete with warriors' health and then they nerf it.
Give with one hand and take back with the other.
I'm the ignorant one? Instead of a talented mathematical advantage that SCALES with ALL OF YOUR GEAR'S STAM, warriors get a slot, the stats allocation of which are entirely out of their control. Then that slot can be used for something to further improve paladins.
And what of DKs if you're going to get into that game? Until these hotfixes, they both lacked that extra slot and the proper stam scaling to even have a shot.
If you're seriously suggesting that an equipment slot is a good trade for 8% stamina scaling (over double the amount) and a slot for a specialty item (Libram), then you're out of touch.
Just because I was bored: The two best tanking ranged weapons in game yield 77 stamina (the BoE trash epic) or 101 stamina (65 + 30 gem + 6 socket bonus) from the heroic Dreamwalker 10 encounter.
To find the magic stamina number that yields better results, I came up with this formula (where S is stamina):
S * 0.04 = 101 (I'll pretend all warrior tanks will get this weapon rather unrealistically)
That amount of stam is trivial to achieve with ToC gear (maybe even Ulduar gear)
Let's use the more realistic 77 from the BoE. S = 1925 Ouch. That might even be achievable by a Naxx tank. For fun, let's look at what it used to take.
Wanna tell me again how that slot makes up for the scaling?
You might want to recalculate that while taking into consideration the Warrior talent Vitality that gives you 6% stamina. We did have a 2% advantage but you had that weapons slot.
So now, if a warrior and a pally are each wearing the same plate armor and have 3000 stamina each, and you add your 77 stamina ranged slot. Then apply the increase from stamina boosting talents:
Pally has 3000 * 1.04 = 3120 stamina
Warrior has 3077 * 1.06 = 3257 stamina
when the pally was at 8% it looked more like this:
3000 * 1.08 = 3240
so if you are going to compare your apples to my oranges don't forget the ones in your pocket.
You forgot that Paladins also get Combat Expertise, which is 6% just like a warrior's Vitality. Paladins had a *further* 8% on top of what warriors have, and Sterb's calculations are correct.
Meanwhile, the big reason to grab a pally for a tough fight is that they somehow scored themselves an ability that started out as a clone of Last Stand, but had a minute peeled off the cooldown and casts automatically instead of requiring the tank to try to cast it themselves during the horrible lag-spike that's preventing the healers from topping them up... I know which one I'd prefer. o.0
Exactly what Teaspoon said.
That pocket comment might have been clever if you'd come up with an argument that actually took everything into consideration.
It's rather funny considering how similar the talents that I simply left out of the stamina equation are.
The fact is that Paladins STILL have a mathematical stamina advantage despite the nerf and they're crying they've been gutted as a tanking class.


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A 23-year-old man is facing charges alleging he burglarized an area home and sold some of the stolen items to another man in the parking lot of Brookfield Square Mall.
Gary J. Render, of Waukesha, was charged in on Wednesday with one count of burglary and one count of felony bail jumping. If convicted, he faces up to 18 ½ years in prison and $35,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
On July 16, Waukesha police were called to the 300 block of Cambridge Avenue after a couple came home and found someone had broken into the home and stolen various items, including an iPad, 65 gold and silver coins, three rings and 29 blank checks.
On July 25, officers were contacted by another man who said he bought the stolen iPad from Render in the parking lot of Brookfield Square. He said Render was also trying to sell a digital camera, but the man didn't buy it.
On Aug. 14, officers found Render walking near the Siena House with a woman. When they asked him about the sale he said the other man was selling the iPad and he knew nothing about the burglary. However, the woman told police she was present at the transaction and Render sold the iPad.
The woman told police Render had a duffel bag full of coins and other items and when she asked him where they came from, Render told her he purchased the items from an intoxicated man in the park.
Render is currently being held in Waukesha County Jail on $2,500 bond.


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Opening Reception for "Light Sho" on Wednesday, May 8 from 5:30-7:30 pm
This group show explores the many guides of light: as transparency or reflection, as a color, or as the subject of artistic expression. Media as diverse as glass, painting, photography, sculpture, and video were used by artists Bryson Deane, Brooke Hammerle, Nadine Pacik, and Shawn Towne to capture light in its many forms. Meet the artists and learn about their work, enjoy light refreshments, and consider purchasing an original work. The reception is free and open to all (donations gratefully accepted at the door) with plenty of free parking behind City Hall. The "Light Sho" runs through June 29 and there's more info on Facebook.com/WarwickMuseum or call during gallery hours.
Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886 401-737-0010


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From now on there will be two options for crow pose. This first one will be for more advanced practitioners: Then we have this one for those who need a slight modification: So there you have it – I think it is all quite straightforward at this […]Read more →
Ahhh! Another successful family vacation. The three kids are out exploring Deep Creek Lake, hubby is relaxing (or maybe taking this photo), and now I get time to do my thing – outside, in the peace and tranquility of nature's surroundings. Such are Nancy's thoughts on this […]Read more →
Recently Ashleigh, Matt, Eliza (3 1/2 months) and their two pups went on an outing to Gunpowder Falls State Park. It looks like they are about to have a wonderful outing and enjoy the beautiful day. A perfect, relaxing time…. Indeed Eliza in particular was happy about […]Read more →
As our student spotlight series develops, today we have both a youtube video and a podcast (audio) from Sherrod. Please find both below. Sherrod, a regular on Monday nights (NECC), is always ready for the next "move" – both in life and in yoga. She enjoys being […]Read more →
OK – the gig's up! No more complaining or excuses about crow pose. If these two giants can manage crow pose, then you can too! This is now mandatory in every class – complainers and nay sayers will be escorted out of the hall. Don't you think […]Read more →
Crow and mother nature…here is Nancy in perfect form at Flag Ponds Nature Park. Some yoginis need all the accoutrements – not this one! Mat – nah! Yoga pants – nah! Short sleeves – nah! Smooth surface – nah! Jeans – Sure! Hiking boots – Why not?!? […]Read more →
As Sara (Mon Nite NECC) continues her vacation travels and does yoga at all the hot spots – shown here in Albuquerque, N.M. – a grand question comes to mind. Who is in greater bliss – Sara or the resident feline? What is your opinion… More of […]Read more →


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The Global Landscapes Forum brings together two of the world's most influential annual conferences on the role of forests and agriculture in mitigating and adapting to climate change: Forest Day and Agriculture and Rural Development Day.
The Global Landscapes Forum will take place from November 16-17, 2013, on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw, Poland, to develop the potential of the landscape approach to inform future UNFCCC agreements and the proposed post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. More than 1,000 global experts, policy makers, and representatives of the private sector, civil society, farm organizations and indigenous groups are expected. Organizations are invited to host technical and science sessions and exhibition booths.
The Global Landscapes Forum combines into one event two of the world's most influential annual conferences on the role of forests and agriculture in mitigating and adapting to climate change: Forest Day and Agricultural and Rural Development Day. This will be a global platform to inform and engage world leaders, policymakers, scientists, donors, media, civil society, the private sector, indigenous and community groups, and climate negotiators on the role sustainable landscapes can play in providing food, shelter, income and ecosystem services and environmental goods. The objective is to develop the potential of the landscape approach to inform future UNFCCC agreements and the achievement of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the Forum will be organized along four main themes:
- Investing in Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods. Includes discussion of poverty alleviation, private and public financing
- Landscape Policy and Governance. Includes land tenure, women and gender, rights of communities and farmers
- Synergies between Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change in Landscapes. Includes MRV of landscapes
- Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition. Includes sustainable food production and consumption, nutritional aspects, wood-fuels and energy efficiency and supporting climate resilient communities (commodity value chains and markets)
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will be organising and participating in a number of Technical and Networking Sessions and Discussion Forums throughout the Forum. A few of the sessions will be live-streamed [more information to come on this]:
- On Saturday 14:00-16:00 CET, CCAFS will be leading the Technical and Networking Session Managing landscapes for food, fuel, fiber and forests: innovative approaches in a time of food insecurity and climate change together with IFRI University of Michigan and The Forests Dialogue.
- The Technical and Networking session "The good, the bad and the ugly: Climate change's potential impact on farmers in Africa" will be organised by IFPRI at 16:30-18:30 CET and present the CCAFS-supported Climate Change in African Agriculture book series.
- On Sunday 11:00 -12:30 CET, four parallel Sub-Plenaries will be held. CCAFS will be active in the plenary entitled Synergies between Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change in Forest and Agricultural Landscapes. The Sub-Plenary will be co-organised with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA).
- CCAFS theme on Long-term Adaptation, based at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) will be co-organising a Discussion Forum on the theme of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs): Opportunities for cross-sector synergies in the nexus between water, food security, forests and energy? The Forum will be taking place on Sunday 15:00-17:30 CET.
- On Sunday, another Discussion Forum entitled Rolling up our sleeves on agricultural mitigation for landscape benefits, will be co-organised by CCAFS and Farming First among others. The session will be held 15:00-17:30 CET.
The Forum is jointly coordinated by CIFOR on behalf of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) on behalf of a global consortium of leading Agriculture and Rural Development organizations.


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There's so much music written, recorded, and released each year that it's impossible for it to all maintain artistic integrity. Music was, at one point, an expression of thoughts and emotions that swirled inside the head of a creator, but as it became a business that has increasingly catered to the whims of fans, a growing proportion of the music we hear is written with the explicit purpose in mind of appealing to as many people as possible.
CC's back, Joe's confused, and we hope you enjoy the new sound!
A movie that has the crew conflicted.