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KITTY wrote on Dec 13, 2012 11:34 AM:
" Absolutely.....homeowners is such a rip off.....didn't use to be......there are many companies out there that are not even covering people who had both homeowers and flood insurance......and people wonder why the democrats want regulation......even with regulation these companies find ways to get out of paying legitimate claims.....i have a high deductible on my plan because they pay for no small claims like they use to.....for anything small i just pay for it myself....don't even contact my homeowners.....it keeps my premium down ......yet i have very good coverage for if my home burns down.....you have to stay one step ahead of them and beat them at their own game...... "
conservative1 wrote on Dec 13, 2012 4:05 PM:
" That's exactly what we need. More Government Oversight and Regulation. Thats even a good name for it. The Department of Regualtion and Oversight. We can hire a couple hundren thousand government workers to work there. Raise taxes to pay for them too. Ya that's exactly what we need. HA "
KITTY wrote on Dec 15, 2012 12:21 PM:
" @conservative......that is exactly what we need is someone watching them......if you leave people with no rules to follow they will run rampant.....it is like a society with no laws......government regulations are enacted after gross misconduct......after enron and worldcomm ....sarbanes oxley........after the great depression....glass stegal......ect ect "
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Flights out of London Heathrow do not contain departure gate information until about 45 minutes before the flight is ready to depart (presumably so you spend more money at the duty-free). Are there any public APIs or resources that will tell me which gate my flight departs from before the Heathrow departure screens do?
This is because flights are not assigned gates until the inbound flight has landed. In case the inbound flight is delayed, the gate that is nominally reserved for it, gets assigned to someone else. This is all about managing the (at times incredibly busy) traffic on the ground around the airport.
They could announce the nominally assigned gate, of course, but then they would frequently have to announce gate changes, with resultant confusion. It is simpler for the aiport to only announce gates once the assignment is very unlikely to change (i.e. the plane is already there).
So to answer your question; No, you can't do that.
I don't know about the other terminals, because I don't visit them often enough, but for Terminal 5 the gate is normally known to BA about 1.5 hours in advance of departure. I say normally, because if there's disruption (weather, inbound flight is late etc) things can change and it won't be confirmed. However, most cases (let's say at least 80%), BA will know at checkin time.
T5 is a little special, because it has 3 parts to it, T5A (directly attached landside), T5B and T5C (which has no lounges). At checkin, if you ask, they can almost always tell you which bit of T5 your flight will leave from, so you know which lounge to head for (assuming you have lounge access). They won't always tell you the exact gate then, however, if you ask when you check into the lounge they'll either tell you the gate, or tell you when they can tell you the gate. The lounge staff are normally able to tell you the gate number at least 30 minutes before it shows on the board. (They have to look it up in a different system though, it doesn't flash up when they scan your boarding card to let you in)
So, my advice is to ask about the gate at checkin, and see if they can look it up then. If not, clear security, then ask either the lounge staff (if you have access), or the airport information (if not). They ought to be able to look it up on the airport system and tell you.
For most parts of Heathrow, heading to the wrong bit of the terminal just means a 10-15 minute walk. For some bits, it can mean having to re-clear security and wait for a shuttle train, so it's worth double checking before you say head to T5C only to find your flight goes from T5A....
Home airlines will always know gate information early because they have priority slots that are unlikely to change. For example British Airways at LHR, and therefore I presume american airlines in the US.

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It is believed that $BPP$ has no complete problems. Even for $BPP^O$ for a suitable oracle $O$ it is believed not to have complete problems, unless P=BPP. I wonder if the class MA (the randomized version of NP) has complete problems. For example, IP has complete problems (given that it is equal to PSPACE). There is a similar post asking about complexity classes with no complete problems. Here, I'm interested specifically on complete problems for MA. If the answer is positive, can you give some examples? I've tried google and the complexity zoo, but with no success.
In general, for randomized classes complete problems tend to be either promise problems or approximation problems (which means they don't technically satisfy the conditions for being complete problems).
If you allow approximation problems, you can get complete problems in BPP. For example, for BPP you can ask: given a Turing machine $M$, approximate the probability that it accepts within $t$ steps on input $x$, where $t$ is polynomial in the size of the input. It's clear that you can approximate this probability with a BPP machine (using simulation), and it's also obvious that any BPP language can be reduced to this problem. Technically, this problem isn't in BPP since it's not a language (i.e., its output is not $\{0,1\}$), so it's not BPP-complete.
You can turn this into a promise problem by imposing the "promise" that the acceptance probability either be greater than $\frac{2}{3}$ or less than $\frac{1}{3}$.
These complete promise problems or approximation problems play the same role that complete problems play for non-randomized languages, and they really deserve more respect from computer scientists. For quantum computing, the natural complete problems also tend to be approximation (or promise) problems, and they have been quite useful in the theory of quantum computing.
There is a natural promise problem from quantum computing (stoquastic Hamiltonian) which is MA-complete (and not trivially so). However, I don't believe there are any languages (non-promise problems with $\{0,1\}$ answers) known to be MA-complete.
First, it isn't "clear" that $BPP$ has no complete problems: if $TIME[2^{O(n)}]$ requires circuits of size $2^{\delta n}$ for some $\delta > 0$ then $P = BPP$, in which case $BPP$ certainly does have complete problems! (This is a famous result of Impagliazzo and Wigderson from 1998.) Also, $MA$ is not known to have complete problems, but again, under plausible circuit complexity assumptions, $NP = MA$ in which case all $NP$-complete problems are $MA$-complete too. (This is due to Klivans and van Melkebeek, and others who have weakened/changed the assumptions under which $NP=MA$ holds.) But yes, complete problems for $BPP$ and $MA$ are not currently known.
Secondly, the "promise" versions of these classes have do natural complete promise problems. (A promise problem is a pair $(\Pi_{YES}, \Pi_{NO})$ where $\Pi_{YES}, \Pi_{NO} \subseteq$ {$0,1$}$^n$, and $\Pi_{YES} \cap \Pi_{NO} = \emptyset$. The crucial point is that we do not necessarily have $\Pi_{YES} \cup \Pi_{NO} = $ {$0,1$}$^n$, so some inputs may not be considered at all in a promise problem.) For example, the following promise problem is complete for $Promise-BPP$:
Not sure who first proved that this problem is complete, though in the literature it is sometimes known as CAPP (for Circuit Approximation Probability Problem). One reference is Fortnow, "Comparing notions of full derandomization".
Similarly defined promise problems (with nondeterminism thrown in, naturally) are complete for $Promise-MA$.
My own favorite complete problems are promise problems for the promise problem version of SZK (Statistical Zero-Knowledge). These complete problems have played a major role in the study of SZK, and the relations among them are fascinating per se. See "On the complexity of computational problems regarding distributions (a survey)" at http://eccc.hpi-web.de/report/2011/004.


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|Greg Randolph of Ketchum, Id., relaxes while watching the Smoky Mountains near Sun Valley, Id. Mountain bikes get you to some spectacular country, and the trails are a blast to ride. (Roger Phillips/Idaho Statesman/MCT)
Not that we're going to be loafing around on the couch this winter. After all, Idaho's outdoors is a four-season wonderland.
But looking back at 2012 gets us motivated to plan for 2013 and get a few trips blocked onto the new calendar.
Here are some outings we enjoyed in 2012.
My 960-mile motorcycle ride through Idaho and a corner of Montana was the highlight of my summer.
It was a chance to once again see the amazing scenery Idaho has to offer, and seeing it all on backroads on a motorcycle made it all the more fun.
Brothers Dave and Mike Heimer and I passed through Prairie, Sun Valley, Copper Basin, Mackay, Challis, North Fork, Grangeville, Riggins and more.
The crux of the ride was the 100-mile long Magruder Corridor, which cuts between the Frank Church and Selway/Bitterroot wilderness areas.
The trip was much more than a motorcycle ride. We saw deer, bear and moose. We dodged wildfires and caught trout.
The gist of the ride was exploring a few overlooked corners of Idaho, and it gave me lots of ideas for future trips. Copper Basin is on my short list of places to explore more thoroughly, and there are more. I feel like I barely met Panther Creek, because smoke and searing summer heat kept me from really getting to know the place.
Every year, I try to hit a few new fishing spots, but it can be expensive and time consuming if I have to travel halfway across the state to find them.
One of my favorite ways to try new spots is to explore ponds in Southwest Idaho. It has become a spring tradition, and I've been amazed at the fishing opportunity.
I don't want to name the ponds I discovered last spring because that would spoil the fun of exploration.
But they not only have good fishing, they also have some surprisingly large fish. Knowing those fish are there adds to the challenge. To survive long enough to get big, those fish have to be pretty smart — and elusive.
Ponds also tend to be pretty kid- and beginner-friendly if they have bluegill, and I spent many evenings catching those scrappy little fish.
In a few months, I will be out looking for some more. Or to be honest, I already am. Here's a hint: Google Earth is your friend. (0x0b)
Loading the bike into the truck and leaving Boise to go riding felt odd considering all the trails we have available in the Treasure Valley.
But road trips to Sun Valley and McCall last summer were definitely worth the gas money.
Idaho has some amazing trails, and the mountain biking in those areas keeps getting better, as I discovered.
One of the highlights was riding the trails at Jug Mountain Ranch near McCall and going straight from the trails to the golf course clubhouse for lunch. It was like country club mountain biking without a country club attitude. I never realized how cool it is to ride from the trailhead to the patio for a burger and beer.
Weaving through the tight trees in Bear Basin in McCall is so different than the wide-open spaces of the Foothills. Crossing through aspen groves near Sun Valley and seeing the Smoky Mountains in the distance was like something out of the Alps. Even getting rubber legs from the altitude was fun in a strange way. I was tested on several occasions, and it made me vow to be a better rider when I head up there next summer.
I already have a few trails picked out, and Sun Valley is seeking approval for new mountain bike trails at the resort. I don't know if they will be ready next summer, but I know I will be.
Finally, after exploring Idaho for 48 years, I got to canoe the "Thorofare" between Priest and Upper Priest lakes in August.
I'll never forget that trip.
The waterway takes canoeists and touring kayakers on a secluded adventure far from the busy, touristy 23,000-acre lake, which is lined with resorts and cabins.
I've always wondered about the Thorofare and how difficult it might be.
No problem. Getting to Upper Priest Lake, which lies in an awe-inspiring setting at the base of 7,600-foot Selkirk Mountain peaks, is an easy paddle of about 2.5 to 3 miles to the little lake.
Canoeists and kayakers launch from the white, sandy beaches of the Lionhead unit of Priest Lake State Park and paddle about a half-mile across the large lake. Within minutes, you're paddling along the Thorofare and leaving behind signs of civilization. You are entering the Upper Priest Lake Scenic Area, which is protected from development.
Soon you're taking in nature's perfume — the sweet smell of the cedar, hemlock and white pine forest.
You've got to try it. And maybe you'll see a moose wading in the waters a short distance from your canoe.
You can do a day trip to the upper lake and back or camp overnight on the smaller lake.
It's an all-day drive from the Boise area to Priest Lake on U.S. 95. You can opt to make it a two-day drive by camping somewhere along the way.
The name alone — Kleinschmidt Grade — is intriguing.
I've thought about driving this road out of Hells Canyon for years and never got around to it.
In late June, my wife and I and some friends took a three-day trek on the road and into the Cuprum-Sheep Rock country, and we were not disappointed.
At times, the truck's tires on the driver's side were inches from the edge of a 1,000-foot dropoff while the side-view mirror on the passenger side came pretty close to scraping a craggy rock wall.
But hey, that's a summer adventure.
The grade coming up from Hells Canyon Reservoir into the mountains is an exciting adventure.
One thing about the Kleinschmidt Grade, you've got to keep looking uphill in anticipation of other rigs while looking for turnouts.
That's not easy as the road winds in hairpin turns and climbs about 2,200 feet in less than 5 miles.
But one thing about it, the drive is a pretty quick way to get out of the heat of the canyon and reach the cool mountain meadows and creeks, and see panoramic views of the western Idaho mountains and the Seven Devils Mountains.
The Kleinschmidt Grade fascinates history buffs and backroads explorers, too.
Just the name makes you wonder. In the late 1880s, entrepreneur Albert Kleinschmidt built the road to haul copper and gold from the Seven Devils area to the Snake River.
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Arizona State Law Journal, pp. 293-309, 1975
The choice-of-law provisions of the UCC's Article 9 have not been among its resounding successes. The success of the UCC has had little positive effect on the complicated conflicts problems which arise in the area of secured transactions. Subsection 9-103(4), drafted in 1957 to cover interstate movement of automobiles, may be the most complex, and has suffered academic criticism and judicial inconsistent application. This article evaluates the history behind this article and examines its future. It concludes that things might have been much simpler had different steps been taken in its drafting. Because old section 9-103 was so badly drafted in 1957, the projected effect of new section 9-103 looms positive and salutary. Where the letter of the law was badly blurred and its spirit faint and ambiguous, the new provision should provide both a clearer letter of the law and a more definite policy spirit with which to approach problems of multistate security interests in motor vehicles.
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Hi! My name is Vythand. I started strength and conditioning in junior year of high school. I was introduced to weightlifting in senior year by one of my teachers, who trained me to compete in the high school power clean championships in Las Vegas. The meet didn't go as well as I had hoped, but I became tremendously interested in the sport and have been thirsty to learn more ever since. I'm almost 20 years old and I have my sights set on the 2017 Crossfit Games. I still have quite a ways to go before I'm ready though. After I graduated from high school, I began coaching myself and although I've learned quite a bit about training over the past year and a half or so, I've also been met by a severe case of paralysis by analysis.
2013 was a huge waste of time as far as training goes, I bounced from program to program thinking that I would find the Holy Grail. It doesn't exist. It took me a whole year to figure that out. But it doesn't, so if you're someone who is looking for that "one special program" stop right now, the best program is the one you stick to. So that aside, I've decided to change that in 2014. I am going to stick to a program and that is where this forum comes into play. I've realized that I've never stuck to a training cycle for more than 7 weeks, and that simply won't cut it. I've decided that I'm going to post my progress on here so that I don't jump ship anymore.
The program that I'm committing to stick to for one full year is the double day squat cycle. Each cycle would be 13 weeks, so I'll be able to get through four full cycles. I picked this cycle because I respond very well to high volume, high intensity programs. And because it just looks like a lot of fun. The last time I stuck to a program like that and made sure to get all my macros my squat went from 235 to 285 in about 5 weeks at a bodyweight of 140 pounds, 5'11". Which brings me to my other big goal. I NEED to gain some serious weight. I am currently sitting at 145 and again, that simply won't cut it. I need to be at least 190 to be competitive. So along with sticking to the program, I am also going to monitor my macros and try to get as close to 190 as I can in 2014. I'm not going to do much conditioning for now other than the stuff that is listed in the program by Coach Everett, but I will do a lot of skill work to make sure that when 2015 rolls around I'll be stronger and more efficient. Based on where I am at the end of 2014, I'll decide if I should begin to have more of a Crossfit focus on my training, or continue to get my numbers up by solely focusing on weightlifting.
I am going to start the first cycle on Thursday, December 26 (I start cycles on Thursday so that I can train at home Friday through Sunday, instead of at college where they yell at you for dropping weights... even though they have bumpers and platforms...).
Here are my goals for 2014:
1. Obviously, first and foremost, stick with the program for all of 2014.
2. Prioritize getting 8 hours of sleep every night for all of 2014.
3. Eat my daily macros - with the main goal being to gain a pound per week for all of 2014.
4. Spend at least 30 minutes on mobility per day.
5. I don't really have specific numbers set in my mind for lifts because I don't know how ambitious I can be since I will also be gaining weight at the same time. Ideally my squat would be at or near 400 pounds, snatch would be 225+, clean and jerk would be 300+. So as far as numbers go, I'm not going to list anything right now. As long as I stick to goals 1-4 and train as hard as possible, I'm sure I'll be happy with the numbers at the end of the year.
Currently my numbers are:
Snatch - 155
Clean & Jerk - 195
Front Squat - 210
Back Squat - 230
As you can see, some of my numbers have gone down (such as the squat), and none of them are impressive by any means, so I'm super excited to get those numbers up to something that is actually respectable in 2014. I'll try to post videos whenever possible, and I hope that I will be able to get feedback on my technique. I hope you'll join me in this journey. Thanks for reading and I'll begin posting my progress on Thursday! Happy Holidays!
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Day 1
Well, the time has come, time to start training again! As of this morning I was 143 pounds.
Starting off the day by doing some mobility work to open up my hips, shoulders, and t spine.
Week 0, day 1:
Front Squat - 80% x 1
115x5 135x4 155x3 170x1
Snatch - heavy single; 80% (of hs) x 1 x 3
Warmed up by doing several sets of sn. long pulls + ohs + sn. sots press (3 reps/exercise)
95x3 105x2 115x2 125x1 135x1 110x1x3
Notes: my wrists feel terrible after my lifts, probably because I've been slacking for the past few... err months... so hopefully they'll get conditioned again pretty quickly. Or maybe I should just stop being a wuss. Overall I was quite happy with how the snatches went given how long it's been since I've trained them consistently. They don't feel quite as fast or polished as before, but they're probably about 90% of what they used to be.
Segment Snatch Pull (knee) + Snatch Pull - 90% (of sn) x 1+2 x 4
140x1+2x4 (based on 155 sn.)
Back Squat - 90% x 1, 75% x 3 x 3
135x5 165x3 185x2 195x1 Based on how much of a struggle 195 was I didn't go for 205x1even though I was supposed to today. 160x3x3 (also went about 10 pounds lighter on this than I should have, see notes)
Notes: I also realized that I have the bad habit of leaning towards my right leg slightly so I'm going to focus more on fixing that than on the specific loads. I will go as heavy as I can/do the prescribed weight based on how good my technique is. Once I became aware of it I was seeing some improvements during the back off sets.
Good Morning - 3x5 (very light)
Overall today's training session was pretty good. I was happy with how the snatches went, but the squats were pretty frustrating. In January I back squatted 190 for 20 reps, so to struggle as much as I did with 1 rep at 195 was a wake up call.
I got 8 hours of sleep last night, but I'm going to fine tune sleep by sleeping from 10PM to 6AM. Nutrition still needs some improvement. I eat good quality foods for the most part but I don't eat enough.
Here's a video of some of my training from today.
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Day 2: Leave your ego at the door.
Bodyweight was 143 this morning.
Muscle Snatch - 3x3
65x3x3 Warmed up by doing the same thing as yesterday.
Mid-Hang Snatch - 70% x 2 x 5
This was frustrating. Definitely not a good day for the ego. I was supposed to do 110 for all of these sets. I started at 95x2 and that was easy so I went to 105x2, got the first and failed the second. I did a set at 100x2 and hit it. Went back up to 105x2 and the same thing happened as before. So I went back down to 100x2 and hit two sets there. Went back up to 105x2 and finally hit both. Tried to get 105x2 again and failed both reps. Went down to 100 and failed there too so I decided to stop.
Summary: 95x2, 105x2(f2nd), 100x2, 105x2(f2nd),100x2x2,105x2,105x2f, 100x2f
Power Clean + Power Jerk - 75% x 1+1 x 5
105x1+1, 115x1+1, 125x1+1, 135x1+1x2, 125x1+1x3
Notes: The reason I initially started bouncing around between programs and became inconsistent is because I was having pain in my right shoulder. I finally discovered recently that I was letting my shoulder go a little soft at the top of the jerk which caused it to internally rotate and cause a lot of pain. Since then I've been working on keeping my shoulders more active and focusing on externally rotating at the top. On the second set at 135 I felt a little bit of pain and knew it was because of the same issue so I went down to 125 and finished out the rest of my sets there.
Front Squat - 90% x 1, 75% x 2 x 3
135x5 (after this set I didn't think I'd be able to hit everything that I was supposed to today), 155x3, 170x2, 190x1, 160x2x3
Notes: I hit everything (surprisingly) but I think I still had about 1 inch that I could have gone at the bottom. I realized that on the back off sets and that actually made it easier to get out of the bottom, so from now on I'm going to make sure that I bottom out every squat and just reduce the weight if I think I can't hit it with full range. So yes, I hit 190 but since I didn't go as far I could/should have gone I'm not counting that lift as a make. I'm mainly writing that as a note so that I know to just leave my ego at the door next time.
Overall this session was okay as far as my lifts went. The hang snatches were definitely frustrating, but these are the types of days that force you to grow stronger mentally so it was still a pretty successful day.
Diet was slightly better today, I definitely forced myself to eat more, however I think I'm going to start weighing and measuring to ensure that I eat enough. Sleep was pretty broken up last night, it's hard to get on the 10-6 schedule after being so used to sleeping later.
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Day 3: Giving into temptation
Bodyweight was 145 this morning
Front Squat - 80% x 1
115x5 135x4 155x3 170x1 These felt pretty easy today.
Clean & Jerk - heavy single; 80% (of hs) x 2+1 x 3
This was pretty broken up because one of my friends was over to train and I had to stay relatively light so we could work on his form (equipment constraints) so I worked up to 135 when he was here. Then I gave into the temptation of getting my heartrate up so I went for a fast paced 3-4 mile bike ride. I had some pent up energy that I wanted to get rid of. Came back an hour and a half later and hit:
115, 125, 135, 145, 155 (my arms were a little soft at the top so I called that my heavy single for the day), then 125x2+1x3
Notes: I need to work on the consistency of my foot placement on the jerk. I held the jerks over my head for about 3 seconds before dropping so that I could get more comfortable with externally rotating at the top. The bike ride might have hurt me a little bit for today's training, but I felt like I needed it mentally so I don't have any regrets. Plus it was 45 degrees out and we don't get many of those nice days in december in upstate ny.
Segment Clean Pull (knee) + Clean Pull - 90% (of clean) x 1+2 x 4
I haven't tested my clean in a while so I just worked up to something that felt pretty challenging but still allowed good form.
165x1+2, 175x1+2x4
This was the end of this session, then I came back a couple hours later to finish up. Had a meal in between the sessions. This was the first workout that I decided would be better split up into two and I'm guessing that's how the majority of the rest of the program will be.
Back Squat - 90% x 1
135x5 165x5 185x2 195x1 205x1 (got a little stuck through the middle, but I got it. it felt nice to lift something over 200 pounds)
Pause Back Squat - 70% (of squat) x 3 x 3
Good Morning - 3x5 (little heavier than Monday)
Mobility work today mainly focused on hips and shoulders. I'm happy with today's training sessions. Lot's of things went well and although I still have a very long way to go, this day was a glimpse of what it was like to feel strong. More than anything though, I'm feeling an enthusiasm towards training that I haven't felt all year. I feel like I'm a noob all over again and that's actually a pretty fun feeling. There's one thing that noobs have in abundance and that is enthusiasm and passion, so if I'm getting that back I'm pretty happy about that. Oh and consistently working out is starting to bring out my hyperness (that's not really a word) and energy again which is also fun haha
: My upper back is a bit weak, should I do additional back work like pullups and rows at the end of a workout once or twice a week? And is 3 days of ab work enough (I've been slacking on that...)?
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Day 4:
week 0, day 4
Forgot to weigh myself this morning.
Back Squat - 80% x 1
135x8 155x6 175x3 185x1
Notes: I experimented with both actively forcing my knees out and with my knees tracking over the toes and felt better when I was forcing my knees out. I think that's primarily because my legs are so awkwardly long that when I let them track over my toes they get a lot of strain. Forcing them out allows me to keep them more vertical and to use my hips a bit more. That being said tracking over the toes definitely felt like a faster squat.
Power Snatch - 75% x 2 x 5
Same sn. warm up as usual, then 95x2, 115x2x5
Mid-Hang Clean - 70% x 2 x 5
115x2, 135x2x5
Push Press - 3x5
95x5 95x5 (failed at 4th rep, lowered weight to 75 and finished up using that) 75x5
Notes: Went heavier than I should have on these.
Front Squat - heavy single; 75% (of hs) x 3 x 3
135x3 155x2 165x1 125x3x3
That was, in recent recollection, the hardest 125x3 has ever felt.
My biggest victory today was that I finally hit my calorie goal. This month's nutrition goal is to just hit my calorie goal everyday. I didn't eat super clean today, but I'm also not used to eating this much so once I become more accustomed to not eating like a 15 year old girl I'll clean up my diet. Baby steps, right now I just need to pound those calories. I somehow ended up at 41% carbs, 30% fat, and 29% protein so hopefully I'll continue to have a pretty good breakdown of macros like that for the rest of the month. I just focused on getting enough protein and carbs and the fat just kinda worked itself out.
Man, I can't think of the last time I was actually this excited for a "rest" day. Looking at what was prescribed, I walked into this workout thinking it would be an easy one and I'd be out in no time. And I had things going on all day with my family so I couldn't start training until 8:00 pm. Hitting that last set of front squats at 11 pm was pretty rough. (Note to self, make sure to train earlier in the day, late night training feels twice as worse lol) I'm proud of the past four days though, so I feel like I've actually deserved an active recovery day. I'm definitely not going to take it as a total day off. I'll probably spend a long time mobilizing tomorrow. I really need to focus on gaining shoulder and scapular mobility. Being a skinny guy I'm pretty mobile, but there is definitely room for improvement in my overhead position. I'm gonna really get after that weakness before it leads to an injury. Based on how I'm feeling, I might do a light row (maybe not though because my calluses are just reforming and holding things hurts haha) or if time allows I'll get lost in the woods for a couple hours.
As for sleep, I've been getting my 8 hours every night but my next goal is to make sure it's consistent every night. I tried 10-6 and it's not for me. I think 11-7 will be more feasible, especially once college starts up again.
I'll try to get some more videos on Tuesday and hopefully I can get some advice on where I could improve and be more efficient.
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Day 5:
I'm trying to type this out on a phone, so I'll just update it when I get to a computer. Long story short, today was a fun training day. Happy New Years!
Front Squat - heavy single
115x3 135x3 165x2 185x1 195x1 (form was a little icky on this one, elbows dropped a bit, probably shouldn't have gone for 195)
Snatch - heavy single
95x2 115x2 125x1 135x1 145x1
Notes: Snatch felt very good today, probably could have gone a little heavier than 145 but my wrist was hurting a lot. I need to rework my mechanics to make sure that my wrist stays in a more neutral position overhead. I didn't think that this was a day that I was going to hit anything that was a pr so I decided to bow out while I was lifting well. I don't know if that's what I'm supposed to do or not, but it seemed like the right call at the moment.
Clean & Jerk - heavy single
115x2 135x1 155x1
Notes: As you can clearly see, I slacked on the c&j today. I didn't spend enough time warming up the movement and as a result the weight that I was hitting suffered. Based on how I was feeling on the other lifts there is no excuse for me not hitting 175. So yes, that was a bad, slackerish thing for me to have done and I'm ashamed of it. Not going to happen again.
Back Squat - heavy single
115x3 185x2 205x1 225x1
Notes: Finally hit 225 again and it actually felt pretty strong. I guess that made up a little bit for my disappointing showing in the c&j.
Pause Back Squat - 70% (of back squat heavy single) x 3 x 3
155x3x3 these felt pretty easy.
Good Morning - 3x5 (little heavier than Wednesday)
Notes: stay around here for the next time you do good mornings.
Nutrition: I've been hitting all my caloric goals for the past week, although the quality of food has been pretty crappy.
Sleep: I've been getting my 8 hours
Mobility work: I've been pretty good about mobility work although I should spend less time sitting down during the day.
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What was supposed to be "day 6" (Thursday 1/2/14)
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I couldn't train yesterday, which should have been week 1, day 1. I am making up that day today and I'm just going to train 5 days in a row this week. I know that this is not ideal so I'm going to do everything I can to prevent it from happening again.
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Day 6: Mediocre training
Week 1, Day 1
Front Squat - heavy single
115x5 135x5 155x3 175x2 195x1(it was slow, should've gone for 185 before 195, but form was better than the last time I went for 195)
Snatch - heavy single; 3 x 2
95x2 105x2 115x1 105x2 95x2, decided to try working up again 105x1 115x1F 115x1
Notes: Snatch felt rough today... really rough. Based on how I was feeling I had to go light on the snatches. Slower than usual and I was catching in a bottomed out position even on these light weights. I'm guessing the root cause is a lack of water intake and poor nutrition for the past two days. I was good up until that point but the past two days were bad. Gotta get back on track. Mentally though, today was a good fight, so I'm happy about that.
Segment Snatch Pull (knee) + Snatch pull - 5 x 1+2
115x1+2 125x1+2x5
Back Squat - heavy single; 4 x 3
135x5 155x4 175x3 185x1 195x1 205x1 185x3 165x3 145x3x2
Notes: I didn't intend on dropping down weights on each subsequent set of the drop sets but I was just moving so slowly that I felt it was necessary for me to move down in order to move faster
Good Morning - 3 x 5
Decided to go really light on these based on how everything else went today
Notes: I should have probably gone a bit heavier, but I focused more on quality of movement and since the rest of my session didn't go too well I figured I shouldn't push it too much on this.
Biggest take away from today... you can't be lazy about nutrition and try to follow this program. Also I really need to make sure I'm getting enough water because I felt really dehydrated while training. Minor bump in the road, but I learned some good lessons the hard way today so hopefully that'll help keep me motivated to stay on top of things with nutrition.
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Dear people of the internet
It is now 9:23 pm and I have yet to start my workout. I'm on a terrible schedule of working out late at night and I hate it. So sorry to disappoint but I'm doing the workout in the morning to reset this schedule. Here's the thing, this cycle is just to get me back into lifting, figuring out lifestyle factors, and getting accustomed to the volume so I'm not too concerned with numbers this time around. A year of inconsistency is a hard thing to break in a week. I realize that I'm being a lazy bum by not doing my workout right now. I know. Sorry to disappoint. But I'm mainly just concerned with getting things back on track right now. As time goes on and I start having more fun with training instead of putting a bunch of needless pressure on myself to get everything perfect, I will be back on track. But believe me, I realize the amount of dedication it will take to make my goal a reality and I will get to that point of discipline over the course of this cycle (trust me, I used to be very disciplined, I just have to dig deep and get that back), but right now I just need to take things a bit slower, I'm being overly ambitious with everything and that is becoming a bit overwhelming. If I'm going to get to that point though I need to fall in love with training again or I will never have the level of motivation that it takes to make it. Simply going through the motions never got anyone anywhere. So I guess as I'm starting to train again, my first real objective, more than numbers, diet, or sleep, is to just start having fun with training again.
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Starting Thursday I'm going to do week 1 again. I've been thinking a lot about why I weightlift and what I hope to accomplish, and that's beginning to bring back some motivation. I need to get the mental things situated in order to make progress physically. Like I said though, this first cycle is just to get back into things, I'm not too concerned about how things have been going, because I know the motivation is in me I just need to bring it out again. Anyway, I went skiing for 6 1/2 hours on Sunday so I didn't lift then. Other than that I've been doing some squatting, mobility, and technique work but figured it would be best to just start week 1 over again on Thursday.
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I ask, because there is no forum for the bag's for us to discuss and share what we all got. Or didn't get.
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@carl669: Thanks for that. I saw that thread and thought it was for the older one's.
thanks to you both. i was looking too, but not finding
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 12:15 AM
Posted 07 March 2013 - 02:06 AM
"The star dancer accused of masterminding the attack on the Bolshoi ballet chief acknowledged Thursday that he gave the go-ahead for the attack, but told a Moscow court that he did not order anyone to throw acid on the artistic director's face.
The judge, however, refused to release Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko on bail and ordered him held until at least April 18."
Posted 07 March 2013 - 02:50 AM
Posted 07 March 2013 - 03:03 AM
re. the 'Wife-vs-Girlfriend' designation, it looks like Vorontzova is the common-law wife (as opposed to 'real-law wife') of Dmitrichenko. The above article clarifies this. In the USA, this is called a 'long-term, live-in girlfriend.' In Russia, people in such long-term arrangements are called 'wife' and 'husband'....e.g., Balanchine and Danilova.
re. the accusation of AV being overweight - of course, she is not overweight. However, during last May's run of Coppelias at the Kennedy Center, I remember thinking that she was the 'bounciest' among various beautiful young soloists in the Act III divertissements (she alternated between the solo roles 'Work' and 'Folly'). Her physique didn't hurt at all in those roles; if anything, it enhanced her charm, especially in Vikharev's 1890s reconstruction style. She is definitely a longer-tutu dancer.
Vorontsova often danced Masha in Grigorovich's Nutcracker. I saw her 'liveShe danced it opposite ' opposite Ovcharenko ca-2010, back when both Vorontsova & Ovcharenko were coached by Tsiskaridze. Last season she danced Masha opposite Tsiskaridze himself. She has always been the chubby-cheeked soubrette type - never the hyper-thin and long swan type - so to read that some were pushing her towards those sorts of roles is a bit of a surprise. Even the short-but-ultra-thin Obraztsova has yet to dance O-O at the Bolshoi, even though Filin himself invited her to debut O-O at the Stanislavsky when he was the AD of that troupe.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:18 AM
Parsing Possible Motives in Bolshoi Acid Attack)
Ms. Vorontsova was greeted as a sensation when, at 16, she won her first major dance competition. Valeria Uralskaya, the editor of Ballet magazine in Russia, described her as "a luminous and delicate adolescent." She said that Mr. Filin and his ballet company had taken pains to smooth the way for her to move from Voronezh to Moscow, where she finished her training, providing her with lodging, a stipend and a spot at the ballet academy, as well as finding a job for her mother.
In a 2010 interview Ms. Vorontsova acknowledged that Mr. Filin had assumed she would dance in his company, and that her decision to move to the Bolshoi had been painful and difficult.
"Sometimes in life you have to make a choice," she said.
Ms. Uralskaya said that Ms. Vorontsova's career had leveled off in recent years, probably for several reasons, including injuries and postadolescent weight gain.
Vadim Gayevsky, an eminent Russian ballet scholar, said the tension around Ms. Vorontsova is symptomatic of a broader problem, as artists barely out of their teens expect to shoot to the top of the profession. He said he felt sorry for Ms. Vorontsova because she was being pushed forward so aggressively by the people around her.
"Artists, even the most wonderful ones, must go through a rather long path unless they're totally brilliant," he said. "I don't know her desires. I don't know her. I know that her husband and teacher desire that she dance 'Swan Lake' at 20. Some can do it then, for others it's too soon."
"No one ever asks her," he said. "They decide everything for her."
This question of pushing dancers too quickly -- and the unrealistic (or unrealized) expectataions this may produce -- might we worth a thread of its own at some point.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:20 AM
Taranda's assertion that this whole thing hurt Tsiskaridze more than Filin has made me lose all respect for a man I consider one of the greatest dancers I've ever see on film.
Perhaps what Taranda meant was that Filin will no doubt recover and return to his job as Bolshoi director, don't forget that poor vision was never a handicap for Alicia Alonso. Tsiskaridze will forever be tainted by the accusatons against him, indeed there are already those suggesting his close association with Vorontsova automatically means he was part of a plot to attack Filin. Mud sticks and and it could be his reputation is destroyed forever by all this and I think that is what Taranda was alluding to.
Taranda's opinion it is worth listening to, after all few know the Bolshoi better than he does and Tsiskaridze has danced in his company so he knows his character well. He is also a neutral in all this as he is hardly Grigorovich's greatest fan after being publicly sacked by him. There is a lot of back story with all this that I'm afraid will never emerge (hence my reference to Yanin).
Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:43 AM
The NY Times article today adds another element to this story: the question of how young ballerinas' careers are pushed (or not), with some of the unanticipated consequences of that.
Parsing Possible Motives in Bolshoi Acid Attack)
.....This question of pushing dancers too quickly -- and the unrealistic (or unrealized) expectataions this may produce -- might we worth a thread of its own at some point.
Interesting read, bart. I say KUDOS to Mr. Filin and his immediate predecessors in the A.D. seat for not having pushed her prematurely....as the Mariinsky has been doing with the Somovas, Skoriks and Kampas. Notice that, for the past decade, the Bolshoi has not done this sort of thing with very young promising dancers. Even Osipova had to wait her turn for a couple of seasons and, once she danced Kitri, she danced only the proper roles for her 'dynamic soubrette' emploi. Smirnova is a once-n-a-lifetime diamond but even she had to wait a few months, getting Nikiya at the end of her first season. Krysanova - Nikulina - Stashkevich, etc....all graduated in the 2001/2002 timeframe and are just now coming into top roles. They advanced the Old-Fashioned Way: they EARNED it! Bravo, Bolshoi! Bravo!
'Ye Olde Pay-off' does not seem to have taken hold in Moscow, as it has (ahum) elsewhere. Maybe in other spheres but not to further the careers of dancers.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:55 AM
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:11 AM
Even Osipova had to wait her turn for a couple of seasons and, once she danced Kitri, she danced only the proper roles for her 'dynamic soubrette' emploi.
Yes, but it was the restrictive nature of the roles she (and Vasilev) were assigned at the Bolshoi that, in part, led them to seek other opportunities with ABT and ultimately to leave the Bolshoi. I'm not complaining- the Bolshoi's loss was my gain be being able to see them here in NYC at ABT.
If Anzhelina Vorontsova and her supporters believed she was so talented and underappreciated, she should have jumped ship and tried to find other opportuniites. Commission of a crime was not the answer. She is now damaged goods, I believe, and will, fairly or unfairly, be regarded in a very negative light by these events. At a minimum, she will be seen as a troublemaker and not someone any artisitic director wants to deal with. What real chance does she have now to ever advance at the Bolshoi with Filin at the helm?
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:37 AM
If Anzhelina Vorontsova and her supporters believed she was so talented and underappreciated, she should have jumped ship and tried to find other opportuniites. Commission of a crime was not the answer. She is now damaged goods, I believe, and will, fairly or unfairly, be regarded in a very negative light by these events. At a minimum, she will be seen as a troublemaker and not someone any artisitic director wants to deal with.
That is very harsh: I have never seen her dance so can only go by the opinions of those that have and she is much admired I believe. Unless it can be proved she was involved she should not be blamed for the misguided actions of her besotted boyfriend.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:37 AM
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:40 AM
With Vorontsova instead of telling her she was fat she could have told her she needed additional coaching.
That's exactly what he did. And then Tsiskaridze began to complain that Filin was trying to take away his pupils.
Obviously a phrase along the lines of "take a look in the mirror and ask yourself whether you see a Swan Queen" could be interpreted in a number of ways, but it doesn't appear that Filin explicitly accused her of being overweight. Marina Kondratieva did say explicitly that Vorontsova had become too heavy, but she's not the one to end up with acid in her face.
Personally, I have little sympathy for a 21-year-old dancer who whines "You have no idea how long I've been asking to dance Swan Lake, and they refuse."
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:42 AM
I am NOT condoning any kind of acid attack on anyone, but perhaps when Filin resumes the helm of the Bolshoi he ought to also re-evaluate his own management strategies. It's not easy dealing with 200 very ambitious egos I'm sure, but it also seems like his style of management escalated, rather than de-escalated conflict. With Vorontsova instead of telling her she was fat she could have told her she needed additional coaching. Or (and this is something Balanchine used to do when a dancer insisted on a role) he could have given her one token performance and seen whether or not it was a success.
He did apparently tell her that she needed additional coaching, although there is debate as to how that was taken--her camp saying she was being punished for sticking with Tsiskardize. His camp saying she needed female coaching in addition.
I am also not clear that there is any real evidence he really did say she was too fat, or if this is conjecture (I know it has been said, but is it fact that Filin said it to her...or is this other people justifying after the fact).
Furthermore I don't see that it is good management to give in to what was clearly a demand for a role by a 20/21 year old dancer that you haven't deemed ready for the role. That is not how it generally works in any company. He has a lot of dancers to cast, as you note, and to give her the role would mean not giving it to someone else...someone he did think was deserving of it at this time. She is still young and does have time.
She also has made choices, whether or not they should hurt her or not are debatable, but linking herself to a coach who consistently and openly delights in antagonizes the management and seems to be using her as a pawn in this can really not endear her to management. That may not be fair but I don't see that it is surprising.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:44 AM
[Personally, I have little sympathy for a 21-year-old dancer who whines "You have no idea how long I've been asking to dance Swan Lake, and they refuse."
Bingo. Pride and self esteem are wonderful attributes, but hubris can backfire, and it sure did here. I'm not sure whether she was sophisticated enough to realize that her affiliation with NT was a bad idea from the outset.
Posted 07 March 2013 - 06:53 AM
I keep thinking of Suzanne Farrell's anger that Balanchine would not give her husband roles she thought he deserved. Their response was to resign from the company and perform elsewhere. Whether or not her anger was justified is not relevant. Her response was appropriate in this kind of situation.
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Have any stories that would "restore faith in humanity?"
After watching the video of the kids on the bus who harass the monitor (you can find a thread about it here: http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/f32067f4-5dd6-4a67-a397-f607e7190c7b/what-would-you-do-if-these-were-your-sons), I decided to look for some stuff that has a bit more of a positive outlook that this world isn't going down the toilette. I eventually came across this post:
Anyway, I began to wonder if anyone on here had some stories that feature people that seem to be affecting the world in a positive light.
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This isn't a real faith in humanity story, but it's nice. A few days ago my wife left for work (I leave before her) and she left the garage door open. My neighbor who works third shift came home and thought it was odd that it was open with two of our cars gone. He tried calling our house phone and no answer, so he went to the house and rang the doorbell and only heard the dog barking. He thought about it for a second and decided to close our garage door for us. We live in a nice suburban area so I doubt anything would've happened, but I do have some valuable tools in the garage that would be easy to steal for someone just driving by.
Probably won't restore your faith in humanity, but it is just always a nice reminder that the good guys are looking out for each other! We've since swapped cellphone numbers with our neighbors so we can be reached wherever we are.
friend of mine went to visit her parents with her family of 5, driving a big ol van at christmas time. they stopped at a gas station and were having problems with their debit card reading in the pay-at-the-pump. they had the cash in the account, so that wasn't an issue. multiple people stopped to ask if they needed some money for gas and had cash in their hands trying to insist they take it. it was really nice of the people.
i had a master cylinder break on my rv while in a diff state. we had the skills to replace it, but parts store (that had the parts) was about five miles away. hubby & dad started walking to store when guy from local diff type store showed up & asked me & mom how he could help. we told him what was going on. he went & found the guys, took them to the store, & brought them back. then gave us his number in case we needed another ride to the store. he also offered to go get us some food & drink. we sent several thank yous to his company telling how great a guy he is.
This video: http://youtu.be/auNSrt-QOhw
It's the Coca-Cola Security Cameras video they compiled and posted.
It was cool reading some of these (and I really liked the video); I hope more people join in.
I was thinking back and remembered one day that was pretty cool. I was having a lazy day and didn't really have anything to do or anywhere to be. I saw a guy who wasn't moving in the turn lane and asked if he needed help. He said he did (which actually surprised me a bit), but as I started to help him, another guy ran up from out of nowhere to help push.
About 5 minutes later (no joke), I came across a truck that had lost a bunch of lumber in an intersection. The traffic was simply driving around and not helping. I figured I should pull over and help, and during the time it took me to pull over and get out, six other people had done the same. One guy was even in a suit, and it was a pretty hot day. I thought it was really cool that so many people had stopped to help out a stranger. =)
Anyway, I'm looking forward to what other stories of kindness people have experienced.
OK, go to this thread:
Look at @smtatertot13 response, about 8 down. He references a video. Read the response for the backstory, watch the video. I'm usually not much for gushy, but this was pretty good.
Oh, and about that Coke Security video: I'm wondering what happened with that couple in the elevator. i don't think I would have used the term "love". It seemed a bit baser than that.
@wilfbrim: That was a beautiful video (made even better by the Avett Brothers). The hopeless romantic in me loved it.
Also, someone just linked to this on Facebook a few minutes ago: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/it-aint-over-the-business-secret_n_1607385.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
That's a pretty cool secret to keep for 30 years...
Unfortunately, with the job I've held for the last 18 months, my stories would head the other direction. Some people just seem to want to take the Dark Side in everything.
The reason I don't watch the local news any more is because it's too subjective and they very rarely provide any stories that would help restore my faith in humanity. Instead, I subscribe to The Week and just catch up on major worldwide news that's presented in an objective manner actually providing both sides of the story/argument. And one of the best things is a little section called "It wasn't all bad" that provides a few heartwarming stories of people acting humanely and going out of their way to help others.
I am a government employee working with social service providers. So my opinion of humanity tends to run daily from dark (politicians) to light (dedicated humanitarians). Being an animal lover, a lot of my saddest and most uplifting stories are centered around them. One of my go-to places for thinking well of humanity is a refuge for orphaned baby elephants in Africa. Poachers kill the adults for ivory and leave the babies to die a lonely and terrible death. At this rescue, volunteers agree to spend a full year 24/7 one on one with these babies till they are old enough to join the juvenile herd. They are with them constantly, sleeping on cots beside them. This dedication and kindness to another species just blows me away. http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphans.asp
If you like reading uplifting stories. here's another thread in a similar vein from 7mos ago:
We were in Disney a while ago eating at a restaurant in one of the parks. There was a family of 8 on the other side of the room. You can tell one of the boys (maybe 15 or so) had a severe case of Autism. Every now and then he would scream and then the family would calm him down. It got to the point where they could no longer calm him down and he was getting louder and louder. Eventually he started to physically hit a few family members and the family had to get up and escort him out of the restaurant all while he was still punching and kicking.
You could tell the family was not only embarrassed, but also helpless. My wife and I felt bad that this was going on during their vacation and we really did not want one little event to ruin their trip. So right before we left the restaurant we anonymously paid for there meal and then split.
We have no idea what happened after we left, but hopefully it made a very difficult situation a little more bearable.
I watch TED talks when I am feeling uninspired with humanity.
Like this one, about human ingenuity in the face of crappy conditions:
Or Mike Rowe making the case for, you know. work:
or musing over "awesome" things:
Or Ken Robinson being all clever and British.
And then I know that good is happening all the time, every day.
Our neighbor (a widow) had her house ransacked over a year ago. The thieves took everything, urinated on furniture and rugs, dumped baby powder on everything, stripped all her copper pipes and broke every window to her basement.
To make this short - a group of neighbors and friends got together and helped clean and rebuild her house. Within 4 months everything was fixed or replaced.
It was an amazing act of compassion. I still hold that when I start to lose faith in people...
@wilfbrim: @smtatertot13 is a female. On topic, nice answer. :)
@jsimsace: Aww, thanks for remembering that i'm a chick!
@wilfbrim: And yeah, that video and story are seriously inspiring. Since then, the office pitched in to print 3 of the best stills from the proposal to frame and give to the lovely couple. Unfortunately we didn't have the opportunity to give them to the couple at the same time, but the guy was really touched. I'm hoping that the woman will be happy with the gift as well!
@jordan711: your story reminds me of the most important thing. There will always be jerkfaces out there doing something awful, but there really will always be someone(s) awesome to come together for a better outcome. And thank goodness, really!


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The Posuk(יא,יט) Starts off:
וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם : "Teach THEM"
plural,The Posuk ends:
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ: When YOU lay down and get up
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The Posuk(יא,יט) Starts off:
plural,The Posuk ends:
singular, Why The change?
On a related note with regards to proper chinuch: The Chasam Sofer's Rebbe (one of them), Rav Pinchas Halevi Horowitz (better known by the name of his magnum opus, Haflaah on meseches kesubos), has an interesting comment. The gemmara tells us that if a man is like an angel of G-d, one should learn Torah from him. In the hakdamah to his sefer, the Haflaah explains that an angel cannot walk (angels have one leg) he merely stands in place doing G-d's work. The nature of man is that he is a holech, he walks from one place to another, one task to another, one level to another. Namely, he is growth-oriented. When a teacher must teach material they have mastered to their students, they can no longer grow in their learning, they must stand their at a status quo doing G-d's work by teaching unknowledgeble students. The Gemara's intention, says the Hafalaah, is to tell us that the fitting teacher is one that gives up his ability to grow for himself, a holech, to be like an angel instead, standing in one place, not growing, in order to do G-d's work.
The Chasam Sofer answers this is a lesson in Educating Children.There are Parents who are always telling their children the importance of learning, but they themselves are busy with everything but learning. The lesson is if you want your children to learn meaning you want to teach them plural your children then you must be Singular:וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ You singular learn in your own house serve as an example. In short do not says do as I say and not as I do.
Actually, YS asked the question using an imprecise translation of "וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם". It really translates as "Y'all shall teach them (meaning the words of the Torah) with your sons". The Hasam Sofer's question must be on the plural in the word "וְלִמַּדְתֶּם " which does not fit with the singlar form of "וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ".
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Is there any technical limitation or engineering reason that could possibly be behind the inability to RELIABLY use a connected USB drive with Airport Extreme for Time Machine?
Not a complete answer, but this document might help: Time Machine Server Requirements
To be listed as a backup destination, the AFP server must advertise it with specific features and flags turned on. Airport Extreme storage doesn't show up because it's missing something from that list, but the question is what?
I found a reference to the Extreme's AFP implementation lacking some caching capabilities (link) but I have no idea if that's true. It is plausible that it doesn't have the storage required for the replay cache.
It's also plausible that it does have all these features but Apple chose simply not to enable the Time Machine flag.
Note that the newest generation (the big ones with 802.11ac) does now officially support Time Machine, so this doesn't seem to be an issue anymore. That's probably because they're now almost identical to the current Time Capsule inside.
I have had this working fine, just by initialising a backup over local USB, then moving the drive to the AE, and selecting a the same drive over the network location. All worked fine.
I've also heard it's unsafe, with the explanation of journaling, the "log book" for the hard drive. This journal contains the actions an operating system is "about to do", so the operating system knows what it was doing in a recovery after a write failure (for example, because of power loss). It's easy for a backup over a network share to be interrupted, for example, when the network temporarily falls away. Since a lot of caching is involved in network shares, including caching of the disk journal, you can't always be sure that the remote journal is updated, causing the physical on-disk journal to be out of sync with what the operating system thinks is in the journal.
All of this said, though, I still don't completely understand why it's not possible. Time Machine handles interruptions quite well as far as I know: until a backup is completed, it is in a separate place that doesn't confuse the software if it goes wrong. I.e. maybe the operating system can't fully recover all write problems but at least this can't mess up a backup. Only at the very end of the backup is the backup moved into place with a single, atomic operation. In my mind, the above explanation is a hint, but it isn't a complete answer...
There's no technical limitation. You simply need to plug the disk into your Mac and format it as "Mac OSX Extended (Journaled)", however, it's been reported to be unreliable.
Perhaps it's unreliable because there's no way to have the Airport unmount the disk, so there's no safe way to disconnect it. In my case I have it on the same power bar with the Airport and cable modem, which I occasionally power-cycle for the modem. It's possible the TimeCapsule could have a capacitor/small UPS that allows it to gracefully shut down whenever it's unplugged.


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If a doctor tells a person that he is certain to die shortly (e.g., within one hour), what should that person do during his remaining minutes?
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Various siddurim and halacha books have recommended "last rites", so to speak. This is done between the individual and G-d; if a rabbi is present, that would only be to help the person read the material. It usually include an affirmation of faith (in various wordings, often paralleling Maimonides' Thirteen Principles), an expression of confession (to G-d, not to the rabbi) and request that others forgive him, and the Shema.
Good question! Obviously saying Vidui would be on the short list of things to do.
The truth is that this question is relevant to all of us, every day, as illustrated in this story:
He should do Teshuvah


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If all stars suddenly stopped producing heat (or heating up) which stars would cool to absolute zero first and how long would it take?
In our current universe white dwarfs are the first ones that should cool, because they are already "cold" (not producing anything anymore, just radiating heat) remnants of a former star. The time for this to happen is disputed (10^15 or 10^37 years), but is far bigger than the age of universe, so nobody expects to find one "cooled star" yet. See this article for details on "black dwarfs" as they are called.
In your sudden stop hypothetical universe probably the first one to cool would be the smallest and coolest stars, a M9V red dwarf (with 7.5% solar mass, 8% solar radius, 2,300K temperature). Note that brown dwarfs are categorized as substellar objects, so they shouldn't be considered. I don't think the poorly understood "Mpemba effect" can be yet applied to stars.


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And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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Yes, while many interpreters mistakenly think John is describing a physical heavenly city, his vision is in fact a rich combination of symbols reinforcing the basic point of the vision: "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them." Both the description as bride and city as we will see reinforce this basic intimacy of God's dwelling with his people.
In Johannine literature in general, but especially in Revelation, John uses the dual themes of hearing and seeing to give two seemingly contradictory descriptions of one reality. One of the most obvious examples of this is in Revelation 5:5-6, where John describes the Lion/Lamb:
John is told here "See, the Lion..." and when he looks he says, "I saw a Lamb." On the surface a slain lamb doesn't seem very much like a conquering lion. But it is clear from the narrative that both descriptions are of one person: Jesus Christ.
So it's not unusual in Revelation for John to combine very disparate symbols to give a richer picture of some reality. We find a similar pattern at the beginning of Revelation 17 that will be quite helpful for understanding the bride/New Jersualem in chapter 21:
An later in 17:18, the vision is explained:
Now, notice the parallels with the text in chapter 21:
Just as the woman in the vision of chapter 17 is a whore who is also the great city Babylon, so here in chapter 21, the woman - the bride of Christ - is also the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven.
It's worth noting that the New Jerusalem is modeled in a lot of ways after a temple - it is made of pure gold and fine jewels, it is inhabited by priests, it is shaped like the inner sanctum, it has a lamp, and is a light to the nations. In other words, the New Jerusalem is the place where God dwells. And this city itself has no temple, because "the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." That is, God dwells in the city, and the city dwells in God and in the Lamb.
*All Bible quotations from NIV (1984), all bold emphasis is mine
Yes. Of course Jerusalem has always been the image of the church as it is God's house. As far as I can tell the most common interpretation is to understand this image of the New Jerusalem as the Church 'at the end of the world', where it is perfect and without sin.
In Chapter one in Revelations the seven churches are the bride of Christ on this earth. This is quite a contrast as it has many problems and blemishes. It is not so radiant there but here it is.
There are strong parallels between this vision and the one Ezekiel had in Ezekiel Chapter 40-43.