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I don't think anyone that says "Its their choice" has actually had any suicide in their lives.
literally anyone I meet that has doesn't say that, ever, and when they do, they never experienced it, ever.
I don't think anyone that says "Its their choice" has actually had any suicide in their lives.
literally anyone I meet that has doesn't say that, ever, and when they do, they never experienced it, ever.
I'd like to point out a few things about depression. Again it might not apply to all people, but at least in my case I came to a point where everything was so terrible I wanted it all to end, and I didn't want to see myself coming out of this, but rather I wanted to just kill myself, mainly because absolutely everything I did during that time felt absolutely like hell.
Wherever I'd go everything looked bad, everything I'd eat tastes really bad, everything activity I used to enjoy felt wrong, and it's not like things physically tasted or smelled or felt bad, but it was the major feeling I had over absolutely everything.
For me it was over a certain loss, so I didn't even want life to continue, I didn't want to see myself getting over that loss because that felt horribly wrong to get over something so great that ends abruptly and in an unfair way. So I found myself just sitting in my room sometimes and wishing I'd just die on the spot. That obviously didn't happen, so I found my way one day to a tall bridge, I was really and honestly prepared to end this all, more so because I was drunk so that numbed any fear I might have had, but in the end I was prevented from committing suicide.
Hopefully this will clear up some reoccurring questions here in the fashion of "I don't understand why would people do that"
I don't think it actively adds to an argument in this debate, so apologies for that.
So to add my opinion here, I don't think it should be illegal to attempt suicide, because say, you failed and then you'd be sentenced for feeling hell. That isn't fair.
I completely agree with the laws here (And as far as I know in most other countries) that state that it is illegal to convince someone else to commit suicide. (i.e "do it faggot")
However the obligation to report to the authorities about a suicidal person can seriously backfire, because in that case the person at hand won't share his wish with anyone to begin with
Because having the opinion that it is their choice at a legal level and helping them at a personal level is impossible? right? Fuck sakes.
Who said I would let them do it? Seriously, this is asinine, arguing that it is their RIGHT to do it, and saying it's full out their choice is not saying "go fucking die" or "i'm not helping you". I'll probably have to repeat this a bunch because your entire argument relies on me saying that and not wanting to help them at a personal level.
You're funny. Or not, I don't know where you think you're going with this horseshit.
Oh, that's right. We all have to view things the way YOU view them or else it's wrong, wrong, wrong. Honestly, I don't care and it's not insulting to her memory. It might be if she was a different person than she was, but nope. Seriously, the world isn't the same all over the place and we all don't see it the same way as you, that doesn't by default make you right.
You're still acting like legally saying "it's YOUR choice, it's YOUR body, it's YOUR decision" is not saying "oh, go die because I'm not going to help you.". Oh, I repeated it again because that's the entire argument you have. I've never once said they shouldn't get help or that people shouldn't be trying to help them, but I am saying, IT'S LEGALLY THEIR FUCKING CHOICE.
Yes, I was stopped by realizing what was going on in my life at the time, my story is complicated and there is no one reason as to why I stopped and moved on. And yes, I did realize how it would affect people around me but I didn't care. I've had to talk to many of my suicidal friends, I've talked them down from it, same as you, and I did tell them "hey, it's your choice, but no one wants this for you but you it seems".
Once again, arguing the legality of suicide is not arguing the practicality of talking someone out of it for fucks sakes
So who owns our body then? Our friends? our family?
That is an important issue about this fucking argument and you just sweep it under the rug of emotion and say "whatever, who cares about who "owns" your body". That's not what some of us are talking about.
You can have the opinion of it being a persons choice and STILL try and talk them out of it as a caring person and friend. I'm never going to legally think it's anyone elses choice(but you clearly do) but I'm never going to just let someone die if I can help them.
I doubt most of FP would either.
fair enough
people are (seemingly)arguing as if they're so into "Its their choice" that they would just let people decide what to do, which to me sounds entirely an extreme opinion
I've heard people that bully others say "its their choice" before but thats it. Many people around me are very heavy against joking about suicide/murder/etc after all
just a topic I never talk about personally
Fair enough, I've never meant it in anyway besides the legality of the issue. I think to just let suicidially depressed people go and do what they want, especially when they're a friend is probably very irresponsible, but at a legal level, I seriously can't hold another opinion of it.
I joke because my own experience with the subject has left me jaded, and rather than hate people for what's happened and what could have happened, I laugh and I joke.
I'd also like to add that I'm against illegalizing suicide, but I'd never ever tell a person "Yeah well, your call buddy", I'd do my best to help him out.
Are we actually debating the legality of suicide itself, or also of what other people do when they know of someone who wants to end his life?
With me, you talk people out of it, thats the end of it. You don't talk about morals or what is right, whether or not it should be legal or not, just that the person is alive and you can't let them kill themselves.
basically, something I just stay away from. But personally, I think it should be legal, but people should be put into therapy that is paid for my taxes, or something like that as a requirement, get a lot of help from others that have experienced it.
The thing about legality as far as I understand it is that you don't get punished for trying to commit suicide, but you are forced to recieve help, which in my opinion is reasonable.
In most developed states it's not illegal to take your life anymore though.
I've always been under the impression we were arguing the legality of the issue.
I personally would want to have help forced upon me and have people force me not to kill myself if I ever tried to (Though I'm so opposed to that idea that I doubt I ever will)
Forcing someone in my opinion is telling them that you care in some way.
Its facepunch
talk about the legality of weed and then everyone debates religion
No, it is more inhumane to acknowledged human rights.
I'm confused with the guy on a building question because you didn't make it very implicit that he was going to commit suicide. Assuming I knew he was though, I would have no obligation in his affairs so I could continue walking. Or I could try to talking him out of it. Any measure of force would be off the table, and if he choose to jump regardless of my talk, then I must allow it.
Would you prefer for me to say "it's my choice" or "it's our choice". That wouldn't be factual though, unless you don't believe a person owns their own body.
The second argument you're making equating legalization of an activity with endorsement. It is the same as making the claim that legalization of drugs would encourage drug use. This is done to associate a strong negative with a potential outcome. Regardless of outcome, this is an issue of rights.
The "hurts everyone around them" argument is pretty laughable, not in that suicides don't usually have this affect, but that are so many issues with it. First you must assert that a person has a duty to not hurt everyone around them. Second, you have to apply this logic to far more than just suicide. I'm sure if I decided to become a prostitute that would "hurt everyone around me", yet again, unless I have some obligation (through contract) or I do not have a right to my body, this cannot be true.
Of course I'd try to talk them out. Being realistic, I'd go to great lengths to stop them. But I wouldn't ever use force against them.
There is no issue with negotiating with people. But there is an issue with force, forcing them to stop, and forcing them to seek help.
Your death penalty comparison makes little sense as the prisoner does not have a choice in the sentence they receive, it couldn't at all be linked to suicide, as the death penalty is force.
Who is the judge of what is easily fixable and when it acceptable to kill yourself? I think it is the individual.
Certainly telling someone there are two choices will make them believe there is actually only one choice. Despite the logic involved in developing such a conclusion, this would indicate that saying there is once choice (perhaps just living) is actually saying there are two choices. Nothing else you say in that paragraph is of value as it doesn't focus on the issue but rather on the subject of the response.
Most of this is an appeal to emotion. I don't really understand though, how you negotiate with people who considering suicide doesn't really matter as long as it doesn't involve force. Granted that most people who look for help want to be talked out of it, yes it would make sense not to encourage it. Most of all, pointing out that it is their choice in a negation would be a bit obvious.
And what about the 10% of people who don't? Most people in the thread are talking about rational, non drug or disease induced suicide. Even then, how this strip away someone's ownership of their own body and be able to attribute it to someone else?
How would this be considered a convincing argument?
Actually the thought did pass many, many times, but she was running it in a mental loop so it came back sooner-or-later. You can't honestly believe she was thinking about being raped every second of her life.
She probably should have got professional help from a (good) psychologist.
I'm sorry but that's just wrong. Suicide isn't one of those things you have to "experience" to understand why people do it. It's not some sort of secret. It is always their choice to do it - unless they have some sort of mental illness which warps reality for them. Yes, many people suffering depression have committed suicide. Those people chose to kill themselves, too.
Don't misunderstand me. You seem to have experienced it in your life so I'm sorry that you had to, but I still stand by what I've said.
Suicide is the result of an illness. If you want to commit suicide, there is somthing wrong with you.
Would you say that its immoral to restrain someone who is trying to kill themselves just because they sniffed some real bad glue?
The depression which makes you kill yourself is no different from suicide glue, both are abnormal and should be dealt with.
That costs quite a bit of money in some cases.
And yes, it was every day. Not every rape victim reacts the same way to it.
fair enough
the people I've dealt with had depression warp their reality, making them believe they're alone and completely hopeless, even when helped
I pretty much had to tell a group of people what was going on to stop them, that shit is scary
we need to spend tax money on programs for the suicidal, let them group together and talk about solutions, make it a big thing
instead of well... wasting it
anyone have any better ideas than me though? Legalize it, but require them to go through tax paid programs.
Seriously? Written consent from the parents for suicide? Think realistically frankie.
Sorry for bumping an old thread, but this is something that has been on my mind lately.
Why shouldn't suicide be "legal"?
This is like saying "You have a right to live, but you have no right not to."
It makes no sense. Why shouldn't you be allowed to take YOUR own life? The country doesn't own you, neither does your friends or your parents, so why should it be illegal?
Also, what exactly are the consequences of taking your own life? Do you get a debt that is transferred to your next of kin or something like that? If so, that does a lot more harm than good.
I think the topic was supposed to be on assisted suicide, i.e. euthenasia or something like that but I think it kind of got derailed. Anyways,
I think assisted suicide should be legal. There are people who really just don't want to live any more and it is not the government's place to deny them their wish. I saw a video one time of a guy who was paralyzed from the neck down and had a stroke or something. So he couldn't read/talk well/move at all. Basically the video was about how he had wanted to kill himself since a year after it happened and his wife wanted to help him to end his agony, but the law would not allow them. Something kind of like this video:
I don't understand how people here are debating the legality of suicide itself. I strongly doubt anyone who is going to end their own life cares that what they're doing is going to break a law that they won't be around to accept punishment for. I may be misunderstanding what they're debating, though.
suicide for bullying is a stupid reason nonetheless
literally kids are suicide-happy after getting called a pussy ONCE
I think suicide is for people that are weak. and i dont want to sound like a dick here but its all the trouble and challenges you face in your life and if you overcome it you get a feeling of pride for yourself. Even if you have the worst fucking life ever ( everyone hates you and hopes you die, they make you feel like a peice of shit every single day, no one loves you and your apparently not use for society) taking your own life is like saying they have one and they are right, I am worthless. Bullshit people need to learn how to come back harder and tougher. Allthough the law shouldnt control what you do as long as you dont harm anyone else, but suicide is never worth it.
Oh one more thing If someone has a terminal illness and there's no sign for a cure, i think they can take their life. Because in that case there isnt any sign of hope and its an extremly painful road to death then you can take your life just to end the pain.
This is bullshit, you're not looking into it enough. Nobody commits suicide or gets depressed for being called a pussy once.
How are these people supposed to learn how to become harder and tougher? It doesn't matter is a person is weak or not, it still takes alot of shit to get someone to commit suicide, shit that nobody deserves.
It's a bit selfish to commit suicide, when you think about the people who cared about the person.
Yet, it's selfish to force a person in therapy and book him/her full of meds / therapy / institution if they feel like they don't want to go on.
Sometimes people do suicide for not so bright reasons, but sometimes life is not dancing on rose pedals.
Also, you've obviously never encountered much hardship in your life. You don't know how it's like to walk in the shoes of somebody who's emotionally crumbled. It's easy to tell them to suck it up, what the hell would you know? People deal with things in different ways, not everybody is such a "strong" and "tough" person
I don't think it's for people who are weak. If the situation you outline actually happened, which I don't think it ever has/will, then yes, that person has no reason to not commit suicide. Maybe the person is worthless. It's not implying that they're right, however. Even if it was implying that they're right...why would that matter? It's simply not wishing to exist any more. Nothing more, nothing less. I don't think you've ever had any serious mental trauma, and if you have I applaud you for being able to make it through, but some people just can not be happy any more. They will just exist in a perpetual state of depression, which is not enjoyable and the most sensible way out is, sometimes, suicide.
Making it illegal is just stupid. We are humans, not computers following a strict program.
Try to help suicidal people instead.
I'm pretty sure we are?
I don't really see how suicide is weak. You'd have to be pretty damn brave to kill yourself.
Suicide is painless.
People are getting a bit off topic here. Describing the property of an act does not at all answer whether the act is legitimate or not. An opinion about an act does not have an effect on whether it is moral. Your own personal preference to perform an act also does not affect the act. Whether suicide is a weak or strong act isn't of importance as such a perception does not affect the moral acceptability as it is an issue without a lot of grey.
Keeping people from commiting suicide is a way of helping suicidal people, enforcing the illegality is a way of keeping people from committing suicide. And no, I'm not implying you should put people into jail for trying to commit suicide etc, it's more about giving the government a legal way of forcing suicidal people to get help, which in my opinion, is only good.
Committing suicide is surprisingly easy to screw up.
There is always a way to help a suicidal person out of their situation. If they commit suicide then something in life has clearly gone wrong for them at some stage that could have been fixed with proper attention.
This, if you want to kill yourself, fine, but just be sure you've thought about the people that mean a lot to you first, how it will affect them.
Why would someone ask their friends and family permission to kill themselves?
As someone who has witnessed an attempted suicide and stopped it from happening, I still think it's the persons decision. It's a humanly instinct to stop it if you weren't expecting it.
This, the suicidal person really doesn't care. Call them selfish, but there is alot of stuff on their mind already so it's very hard to care for others at that point.
This case is not on the usual level of suicide. This one was about someone coping with life long mental scars.
There are again so many cases where someone suffers from clinical depression and attempts suicide due to lacking rational aspects due to their depression, cases where we can't just say: Welp, I guess it's their desicion. And then we let teenager Tommy hang himself because he got rejected by his crush whom was way out of his league.
Suicide is illegal with a good reason. Its a mental condition, the person is unstable, unsuitable to make their own decisions. If you attempt it, but fail you need to be detained. You need to be kept safe for your own well being.
What about people who don't want to live anymore because their entire body has been crippled due to disease, and they want to move on from this world to wherever death takes you? Are they considered mentally crippled and aught be detained as well?
A common saying follows that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
But I think it more often is a solution to a permanent problem. It's sad what life can throw at you, and it's sad that people have to struggle with it when there's no end in sight.


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Last chance: Read the sign!
Appropriate warning signage is a critical component of industrial safety—often the last reminder regarding some aspect of safe machine operation. Labels have come a long way since "Keep Off" and "Keep Out." Various standards are having an impact on new labeling, making these messages more effective in risk reduction.
Are we thinking of summer vacation yet? Long-distance travel, road trips?
In our preparation check list, we make sure the car has had its routine maintenance; we map out the trip, pack carefully, and fill up the tank.
And when we're on the road, we're mindful of the road signs, especially the ones that say "Last Chance Gas," right? Years ago I was traveling in the Southwest and opted to take a shorter route through the desert. I should have paid more attention to the "last chance" sign.
As owners or operators in the manufacturing industry, we see numerous "last chance" messages relating to the safe operation of shears, presses, formers, welders, and all types of machinery in our shops—all attached to the equipment and machinery we operate. They continuously remind us what to do and what not to do to keep us safe. Not heeding these warnings could have a significantly greater impact than running out of gas.
Importance of the Message
Just like the urgency of the "last chance gas" sign, the strategic location of a warning sign has critical importance too: It's the last reminder we get regarding some aspect of safe operation.
Additionally, despite all the preemptive efforts that we employ— such as providing safety manuals, training, and supervision—human nature is what it is. Take a new automobile for instance. It's a good bet that the average person's first encounter with a warning label or safety alert is at the point of the hazard— for example, under the hood or the LED on the dash—and not the safety manual in the glove compartment.
In the hierarchy of risk reduction, warning signs and safety labeling on equipment are at the midpoint of the priority list. (More information about risk reduction for machinery and equipment is referenced at the end of this article.)
In short, the recommendations are that both the OEM (equipment builder) and the user (equipment operator) take part in the process (Figure 1).
The OEM is working from the top of the chart, designing improvements to minimize hazards and installing guarding to eliminate contact with hazards.
The user is working from the bottom of the chart, training employees in safe operation and providing them with additional protective measures or equipment.
While opportunities exist for the OEM and the user to help each other, control and capability issues often cause responsibilities to divide at the midpoint, which is usually the location of the hazard. Hopefully, it will have a warning sign, the last chance message that says "You're going to run out of gas!"
What Should the Message Look Like?
Safety communication and labeling have come a long way from the days of the old "Keep Out," "Keep Off," and "Think" signage. Though these older versions, which were originally Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signage, still exist, the preferred formats are those suggested by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO). These new formats, set up primarily for product identification, are working their way into environmental signage as well, because of their preferred communication abilities.
In particular, the ANSI-Z535 Committee on Safety Signs and Colors has produced standards for all manufacturers to use that are highly effective in the design of safety messaging. Elements of design in these standards are format or layout, use of "signal" words, colors, graphic safety symbols, and written-word messages. Examples of more common versions are shown in( Figure 2) along with a similar ISO version.
To determine the final design of the warning label, an OEM will conduct a survey of its products and then follow a prescribed procedure for the development process. This can be accomplished through an in-house engineering staff or, more frequently, through a consultant/producer of safety identification.
Application to FMA Members
The large variety of products, machines, and equipment in the manufacturing environment usually requires individual interpretation and design of hazard notifications. Each machine has a different type of hazard, operational standard, opportunity, and audience.
One successful approach is to use the available national standards and apply them in the design of industry-specific safety identification. In this way, similar manufacturers or trade associations can benefit from continuity of presentation and other advantages, including:
- Relativity. Members are able to draw from standard messages to meet the industry-specific needs of their equipment, instead of searching through multiple sources or developing their own.
- Comprehensibility. Particular attention is given to developing messages that are understood and meaningful to a specific audience.
- Safety. Standardized presentation of safety messages promotes familiarity, safer operation, and better individual protection through participation in industrywide guidelines.
- Economy. Standardization produces economies of scale.
Good News
In general, OEMs and users alike are employing all of their resources to improve and safeguard their equipment. Safe design and guarding against potential hazards are normally part of the thought process. And when necessary, better safety warning and labeling can prevent more injuries at the hazard point, the "last chance."
Russ Butchko
Nutron Nameplate Inc.
North Olmsted, OH 44070
Fax: 440-777-6664

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evmo San FranciscoAdminThis is a topic about which both Donal and I have written extensively. (I know you know this, Mike; this is for folks who might stumble on this discussion later....)
- Marathon Swimming Nutrition: Art vs. Science
- Marathon Swimming Nutrition: Osmolality and Why it Matters
- Marathon Swimming Nutrition: A product comparison
- Marathon Swimming Nutrition: Do it yourself
- HOWTO: Important factors in marathon swim feeding (LoneSwimmer)
- Use of choline supplementation in marathon swims (LoneSwimmer)
- LoneSwimmer nutrition archives
Sharko Sonoma County, CACharter MemberA quart of steel cut oats 1-2 hours before a long swim....carb drink before jumping in and then a carb drink that stays down at the hour and then every 1/2 hour. General nutrition should include high quality protein after a long work-out with vegies and no refined carbs in the evening such as bread...do that in the morning or at lunch...etc, etc, etc I have done a lot of this so ask questions of my or others at the South End Rowing Club.
Sharko"I never met a shark I didn't like"
Kate_Alexander MemberCan anyone advise if the nutrition plan should be different for a stage swim? I'll be doing 27k one day and another 27k the next. Are there different protein or carb considerations? Sharko - thanks for mentioning no bread for the evening meal.
I'm a newbie to these distances so welcome any input. -
david_barra NYCharter Member
Last year I swam 7 consecutive days to cover the 120 miles of 8 Bridges... between 4 hours and 9.5 hours per day. I kept to what has become my standard feed plan... all liquid 285 cal/hr. Recovery is important... PROTEIN!, as is keeping well hydrated between stages.Can anyone advise if the nutrition plan should be different for a stage swim?
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
loneswimmer IrelandAdminDave, obviously no problem sleeping with all the maltodextrin buzzing around inside?
I can never swim the night after a long training swim if using malto carbs. Did a 20k training recently and I only used 1 bottle of Maxim, I used more of my smoothie instead and I actually slept that night. Of course after day 2 I'm sure you would have slept anyway. -
david_barra NYCharter MemberIts not the malto that keeps me up at night. Every swim I've ever done > 11 hours has left me in an achy feverish state for the night... sweats, mouth throat sinus sore, lungs hurting etc...
I love this sport!...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
loneswimmer IrelandAdminI'd like to hear more discussion surrounding and subsequent to the Peter Attia webinar during the winter, which evmo covered on his blog. The basic thrust was carbs bad, protein good and a ketogenic diet is best for maximised energy utilization during a long swim, once you are already keto-adapted to this diet.
I haven't seen any arguments with the science and evmo has followed up on it, but has anyone changed or considered doing it this year for a swim? Or has anyone already done it coldish water? Which was a question that didn't arise on the webinar.
One of the things Peter Attia mentioned was fat loss, something might be great in theory or even practice but not much use to those of us in cold water who need our bioprene. I do know one aspirant who changed to the Atkin's diet this winter and after the first week adjustment, had no energy deficiency problems and he of course lost some weight. But afaik, his wasn't a long term to do this for his Channel swim.
I recently (last week) found a malto/superstarch/5% protein http://www.sponser.ch/g3.cms/s_page/79220/s_name/productdetail/s_level/10030/s_product/1035, but that's still mostly similar to how marathon swims have been done (and I won't get to try it on a sea swim for months until the sea warms up more anyway).
And finally, as evmo pointed out, we all love our carbs, right? So... any further thoughts? -
Sharko Sonoma County, CACharter MemberI recently have been using Malto, Waxy Maize and Whey Protein...seems to satisfy the energy and heat needs....Waxy Maize seems to burn longer than the Malto and Whey seems to give balance to the mix...tried it on a 49f swim from Pt Bonita to Aquatic Park on February 8th of this year...might be what I use on my next swims???
"I never met a shark I didn't like"
mrfinbarr Charter MemberInteresting comment @loneswimmer re the low carb option. I've been maintaining (well trying to anyway) a low carb diet since August last year but in order to lost weight rather than as a fuel supply source for marathon swims. I think the science behind it is straightforward enough: once your body goes into ketosis there's a energy supply there which will last much longer than the carbs contained in the blood supply, provided, of couse, you're carrying enough fat.
Tomorrow I intend to do a 12k sea swim in Sandycove so I'll let you know how I get on with this fuel supply. -
Kate_Alexander Member
Thanks, Dave. One of my crew will be wearing the CIBOWS cap you gave me, a bit of inspiration every time I look up at the boat.
Last year I swam 7 consecutive days to cover the 120 miles of 8 Bridges... between 4 hours and 9.5 hours per day. I kept to what has become my standard feed plan... all liquid 285 cal/hr. Recovery is important... PROTEIN!, as is keeping well hydrated between stages.Can anyone advise if the nutrition plan should be different for a stage swim?
IronMike Moscow, RussiaCharter Memberbump. I'm researching now for a potential long swim next year, so thought I'd bring this back up to the top.
swimchica623 Member@Ironmike how is your research going? I'm worried about my nutrition as well, going into 24 mile Tampa and too happy with gels and water (or water/Gatorade mix)for other swims up to 6 hours. I can't adjust to the maxim my training partners use, but I can eat gels till the cows come home!
IronMike Moscow, RussiaCharter MemberSo far so good, but all my research is with half apple juice/half water with a pinch of salt. I've yet to delve into the world of powdered carb mixes. ;)
johnyG Memberim geting ready for a busy season in 2014 and still dont know with what can of carb energy drink to go with...as far as i know you cant find Maxim anywhere in ireland ...so wich one is the best and where to get it guyssss????
loneswimmer IrelandAdmin@JohnyG, Maxim seems to have disappeared last two seasons. You can easily get Vyomax Maxi Carbopro online, it's the same thing, it comes in a huge 5kg tub. You can also find Sponsor Competition and Sponsor Long Energy in a lot of the triathlete shops also High Five which has a 20% protein also. I have used all and they are fine, (I just don't like High Five myself).
Niek Heiloo, NetherlandsCharter MemberFor the UK http://energysports.co.uk/webpage.php?ChildID=104 they ship to Northern Ireland.
The Maxim company website is http://maxim-nrg.com/content/us/where_to_buy with more national retailers listed that you could ask for if they ship to Ireland.http://openwaterswimming.eu - Cold, wind, waves, sunburn, currents, jellyfish and flotsam! Hop in and join the fun!
Kevin Member@johnyG . I get mine here with free shipping in Ireland . http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/maxim-energy-mix-drum/rp-prod38007
ttriven Senior MemberWith the active support of Yakult, FINA Official Partner, 23 of the most well-known specialists in this area discussed from December 13-15, 2013 in the British capital the challenges and strategies concerning the nutritional aspects of the FINA athletes in the five disciplines – Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming.
Yes, but what were the results? How do we get access to the discussion?
http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4293:fina-debates-aquatics-nutrition-in-london&catid=225:highlight&Itemid=179 -
Lynne MemberIs anyone familiar with the product 'maltotraining' by Punch Power? Is the product as good as the original Maxim?
evmo San FranciscoAdminMaxim is pure maltodextrin. If Product X is also pure maltodextrin, then it is as good as Maxim.
daveyswims MemberJust to add my own recent experience for my first long swim. I used Carbopro while training and during my 8bridges swim, just added a little fruit flavor of Miwadi blackcurrant (it's an Irish thing) for taste and it worked really well, really appreciate the advice from this thread. Ordered very easily from Amazon in the US.
loneswimmer IrelandAdmin@daveyswims, I read that as you could get Miwadi on Amazon US! I brought my Miwadi to NY for MIMS. :-)
daveyswims Member@loneswimmer, No, got the Carbopro on Amazon, had to get the Miwadi smuggled in ;)
swimmer25k Charter Member
JonML MemberHas anyone tried this: http://static.abbottnutrition.com/cms-prod/abbottnutrition.com/img/Vital-1.5-Cal.pdf ? It's a medical product designed for people who can't eat anything normal. The dietician who recommended it to me says it doesn't taste like much of anything, but packs a lot of nutrition into a small volume. She also says it doesn't contain anything on the Olympic banned substances list. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has tried either this or something else that's designed primarily for medical, not consumer, use.
msathlete Victoria, British Colubia, CanadaSenior Member
I'm looking to pull together a nutrition plan for a 50 hour solo lake swim and am wondering if anyone has suggestions. I have been function with the assumption I should feed every 30 minutes and consume app 300 calories per hour. My two main challenges are 1) I am a vegan and 2) length of time on the water - gel packs and sports drinks will get very tiring and will not be enough.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated
j9swim CharlestonSenior Member
looking for some help on nutrition - it seems that carbopro won't be making hydra c5 in good flavors again this year and last year i used ucann mixed with carbopro but it still tasted chalky which i didn't really enjoy. Has anyone tried Skratch? Found it in a bike store (because there aren't any stores of marathon swimming) and it tastes good- similar levels of sugar and salt. it looks like a relatively clean product (see below) - any callouts good or bad? Thanks!
- cane sugar, dextrose, sodium citrate, raspberries, citric acid, magnesium lactate, calcium citrate, potassium citrate, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C).
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The mixture you used last year and Skratch seem to be "chalk and cheese", as the English would say. Last year's was more of a complex carbo mix (albeit with maltodextrin's slightly odd properties) and Skratch is more of a simple carbo mix. If you liked the complex carbo mixture (other than the texture), you can always just get pure maltodextrin and then add some flavoring and electrolytes on your own. (Hammer "Endurolytes" are pretty good.) On a long swim, I'm pretty sure Skratch would give me stomach problems due to the amount of simple carbos.
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." - Oscar Wilde
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I did a 30K swim on nothing but Maxim and had no hunger at all, I used to mix in goo but no more. Maxim gives some upset stomachs but not me, so of course you'd want to test it first. I swear by the stuff and plan 3 or 4 20+ mile swims this year on nothing but Maxim. And no, they aren't paying me, but I'm willing to listen. ;)
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j9swim said: looking for some help on nutrition - it seems that carbopro won't be making hydra c5 in good flavors again this year
I started ordering custom blended powders from Infinit Nutrition about a year ago. You literally dial in exactly what you want using a cool slider bar interface. I imagine you could just look at the back of your carbopro hydra C5 and imitate the blend. I like being able to have the same basic formula for every swim but being able to make tweaks based on the unique demands of each.
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Have you tried mixing Carbo pro with something else, like an electrolyte/sports drink? I've mixed it with Gatorade Prime and my recent favorite, Golazo (organic, coconut water based). The mango-lime flavor goes well against the taste seawater. I've also added nuun to Carbo pro for flavor and electrolytes.
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Maximo Caminero told The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1kSIpWF ) Tuesday that he had no right to destroy someone else's art. The vase was one of 16 in an Ai installation at the new Perez Art Museum Miami. Police said Caminero told them he smashed the vase Sunday to protest the lack of support for local artists rather than international ones.
Caminero canceled a planned Tuesday news conference and did not respond to telephone messages left by The Associated Press. A note on his studio door said his lawyer advised against commenting.
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my phone wont turn on at all, unless i plug my charger in but even then it only brings up the motorolla logo then shuts right off. how can i fix this?
How long have you left it charging? I'f it's dead, it could take almost an hour to charge. Swyped from a Droid
I'm having the exact same problem with my Droid X I just got yesterday...is there any indicator, like a light or something that should be glowing to let me know the charger is active, and is there anything that will let me know when it's fully charged? It's on the charger and when I push the on/off I get a battery with a question mark inside of it on the screen...
Hmm, that sounds like your device doesn't like (or isn't detecting) your battery. Maybe try taking the battery out and ensuring that there's no dirt or dust blocking the contacts. On my D2, there's a small white LED next to the USB port which illuminates when charging, but as far as I know it doesn't change color/behavior when the device is fully charged. These days I dock my D2 in the docking cradle, and it says on the screen when it's fully charged.
A similar problem hit my phone late last week; it would detect the USB charger only if the phone was off. I do not know if using a wall charger instead of off the computer would have changed anything. I wound up removing some recent apps, restarting the computer, and pulling the battery. One of those things made it work again. Were it my phone with your symptoms, I would try charging it with the wall charger. If it was still going through the charging->starting->not-charging->turning-off steps, I would take off the back cover and once the phone turned itself on, pull the battery so that the phone crashes instead of sleeps. That way the phone won't try to turn on when you go to charge it again. But I give no guarantee that that will work (or even that it will not damage your phone, it's just what I would try). EDIT; The real first step would be to borrow a charged battery from someone else, start the phone and turn it off. But, I don't know anyone with a Droid, so I never think of that first.
This morning my phone had 20% battery. When I went to bed last night it was 100% so I checked my Battery Indicator App and then clicked on Usage. It said over half the power was consuned by Ihartradio app. Then scratching my head, I opened the Ihartradio app to see what was playing. The app was not on. So I decided it was time to turn the phone off and charge it. But the white light would not come on when connected to wall charger. I unplugged it and used the power button to power it on. The whit M came on screen and then it went into Droid 2 Bootstrapper. I hit the camera button to choose/execute "Reboot" and the phone came to life and then I was able to plug into the wall and charge the battery. The reason I went through all that here is to let you know that Droid 2 Bootstrapper app will get you out of most all of these quirky situations and it knows when to do it.
It's solved to me Is your Droid 2 smartphone failing to turn on? Here are a few things to try. 1. Plug the Droid in using the wall power cord. (Plugging it to a PC or other USB powering device doesn't provide that much juice.) 2. Try pressing ALT + Shift + Delete simultaneously a few times. This should soft reset the device. 3. Pull the battery from the device and replace it. If none of these options work, you may want to try a hard reset. If that doesn't work, you may want to take the Droid 2 back to where you purchased it for a replacement.


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Big games loom for surging Wildcats
FORT WORTH, Texas — It's been hard not to notice these next two games for Kansas State for some time now.
With Oklahoma and K-State's wins on Wednesday night, it set up a game between two teams tied for first place in the Big 12 Conference this Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Of course, then there's that other game on Tuesday, the one against Kansas — also in Manhattan.
The Wildcats and Sooners will come into Saturday's game at 3-0 in the conference, and only one team can keep its Big 12 lead alive.
K-State lost twice to Oklahoma last season, and Jordan Henriquez said they're games they would like to get back.
Wildcats' coach Bruce Weber said they have to stay focused on that game, and not look ahead.
"Now you've got to go home and play Oklahoma, who has a higher RPI than us, and it's a big game for us," he said. "We've got to worry about it one game at a time, I know there's another game next Tuesday, but Oklahoma's the one we have to worry about now."
Wednesday's game at TCU seemed to be set up as a trap for the Wildcats, an opportunity for K-State to get ahead of itself before the games against Oklahoma and Kansas.
But the Wildcats took care of business, just as senior Rodney McGruder said they wanted to — keeping an unranked, struggling team from beating them on the road.
With a win over Oklahoma on Saturday, the Wildcats would be off to their first 4-0 start in Big 12 play since the 2007-08 campaign — Frank Martin's first team at K-State, led by Michael Beasley and Bill Walker.
TCU coach Trent Johnson said the Wildcats looked deserving of their No. 16 ranking.
"That's a very experienced, very well coached team — very worthy of their ranking," he said. "I thought we played probably as good as we could play for the first three or four minutes, but like most good teams that are mature, skilled, understand their role, we had a couple breakdowns defensively, a couple breakdowns offensively and they made some plays."
Johnson has coached at several schools with varied success, especially in the NCAA tournament, at Stanford and LSU and is currently tasked with helping TCU transition from the Mountain West into the Big 12 — essentially from a mid-major to power conference school.
He said the K-State team he saw on Wednesday, brought back memories of some of the better teams he's coached, and something he's looking to replicate soon.
"That team reminds me of all the good teams I had," he said. "That's what people here at TCU want to see sooner rather than later."


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England's new head coach Peter Moores is keen for the country to forget about Kevin Pietersen and said that the future is more exciting than the past.
Pietersen sarcastically offered his services as England's new batting coach this week following Graham Gooch's departure after both Moores and captain Alastair Cook opted to dispense with the services of the batting coach.
Moores said that it is really important that Pietersen can have his say, but they want to put forward what is happening with the England team, how the players are portraying themselves, how they are playing and portray that as more exciting and also that the future is more exciting than the past, The Guardian reported.
Moores said that he has not gone into depth with Pietersen's axing, who had been sacked by England following the terrible Ashes wipeout in Australia, situation because it has not really been on his radar as he has been busy with enough other things to do.
Pietersen and Moores fell out badly during the coach's first spell in charge, but the England's second time head coach is now focused on changing the culture of the team's set-up following a miserable winter.
Moores will start his second spell in charge at England with One-Day International (ODI) against Scotland next week, before the series against Sri Lanka , but the team would be without some key players in Aberdeen as Ben Stokes and Matt Prior are recovering from injuries, the report added.


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Orbus is the third book in the Spatterjay series – I know this as William Gaminara reminded me when he started narrating Neal Asher's return to Sniper and Vrell. This time we the switch in focus to Captain Orbus as he takes us away from the planet Spatterjay and out to the Graveyard, border between the Polity and the Prador Kingdom.
But before we continue I highly recommend reading The Skinner and The Voyage of The Sable Keech first as Orbus is not a good jumping on point, being the last (so far) in this loosely connecting series. I guess you could read it in isolation but you'd miss a lot what makes Orbus a brilliantly imagined book. If you're continuing to read I'm including spoilers form now on in. So with that in mind…
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Asher has been keeping secrets, the virus of Spatterjay isn't all that it appears. It is so much more. And the evolution to its true nature is one part of what makes Orbus a crackling read.
At the end of the last book Vrell had entered Vrost's ship but it's what he does there which causes the viruses true nature to be revealed and causes the Prador King personally to arrive to finish the job that Vrost has so far failed to do. And you can see why a Prador who is infected with the Spatterjay virus shouldn't be allowed to leave. Asher also introduces us to the Golgoloth, a myth and a story to scare young Prador, and a creature is that is very real.
Together they create a mix and a direction that I wasn't expecting after the low level storytelling of the first two as this time the stakes could not be higher for King personally as well as the Kingdom and probably the Polity if the virus manages to get loose, which sounds dramatic, and it is.
Asher gets to stretch himself writing a grand space battle which he handles with fineness as he winds back time to see events from different views and plays out smaller dramas along with the big battle.
Orbus, being an old sea captain, infected with virus and very much mentally tainted by the Polity/Prador war on Spatterjay as explained in The Skinner and The Voyage of Sable Keech makes him a darker hero to follow. And his struggle with killing or saving Vrell at several points makes great reading.
Not that Orbus was expecting this mission when he signed up to Captain the trade ship Gurnard but Asher uses this book to demonstrate the the Polity AIs are quite manipulative and forward thinking.
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The thing I like about Asher is that he's always pushing and exploring his creation (the Polity). For example I'm going to read The Technician as soon as I can and that is supposed to feature a black (as in magician) AI. Now they might feature in his Agent Cormac series, which after The Technician will be the only books in the Polity I've not read, but I know it's generated a sequel, Penny Royal, that he's writing now.
But back to Orbus and a question: what should science fiction do? In Asher's case his science fiction tells a great roller-coaster story and explores survival, genetics, societies, technology and other themes should be present in science-focused fiction. And he manages to show deep thinking without derailing the story he's chosen to tell.
Though the voice telling this tale is that of William Gaminara who also lifted The Skinnerand The Voyage of Sable Keech off the page. It's staggering to think that not only does Gaminara have to read for 14 hours plus but he also has to keep up with what voices he's given to each character and it's so smoothly done that when he slips (and he did only a handful of times) do you realise how effortless his narration feels.
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87th Academy Awards through February 22nd, when the winners are announced.
Not too long ago, Michael Keaton seemed like the man to beat in what has
been the most competitive of all the acting races all season long. He's
the sentimental favorite, starring in the film with the most Oscar
nominations. Not to mention he won both a Golden Globe (in the
comedy-musical category) and a Critics Choice Award a few weeks back.
But then this weekend, he lost out on what could have confirmed his
frontrunner status: the SAG Award. Eddie Redmayne took that for "The
Theory of Everything," adding to his own Golden Globe in the drama
category. What's important there is that the last time the winner in
SAG's Best Actor category didn't go on to win the Oscar was way back in
2003. So does it appear that Redmayne now has the edge in a
neck-and-neck race between him and Keaton? Not if Bradley Cooper — the
only nominee in this category without any previous bids for the win —
has anything to say about it. Cooper wasn't competing against Keaton or
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"American Sniper" was released so late in the game. The film is
obviously surging in terms of box office and awards buzz (though also in
terms of controversy). If Keaton and Redmayne cancel each other out,
it's Cooper who benefits. Which is still a tall order: He'd notably
follow Marcia Gay Harden as only the second person ever to win an Oscar without a Golden Globe, SAG or Critics Choice Award nomination. Either way: Toughest acting call of the night, by far (we're going with Redmayne, but it's our least confident call of them all).
Check out our predictions in other categories here.
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Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Will Win: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
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Should Win: Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Shoulda Been Here: Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
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Before the federal government came up with prescription drug coverage for seniors, the state of Wisconsin came up with Seniorcare. But when the federal government's Medicare drug benefit goes into effect on January 1, the funding for Seniorcare may go with it.
Speaking Tuesday to a group at the Chippewa Falls Senior Center, Governor Jim Doyle said the federal government should instead implement a program more like Wisconsin's.
The Governor says Seniorcare provides better coverage in addition to saving taxpayers and governments money.
"We can negotiate with drug companies to get lower prices," says Doyle. "The federal government, President Bush said we're not going to negotiate with drug companies, we're going to pay whatever prices drug companies hand us, which is ridiculous."
Doyle says legislators in the state need to fight together to keep the federal government's funding for Seniorcare. The program serves more than 90,000 people in the state.
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The Boardwalk is an 8-unit townhome complex located in 2 buildings at 805 and 819 H Street. These apartments were built on the former site of a plant nursery: Davis Nursery, a retail nursery owned by the Basinger family for more than 40 years. There is a unique gold-tipped variety of Deodar cedar in front (visible in the photo above) which was planted by nursery owner Tom Basinger. The apartments are located directly across the street from the freight train tracks. The freight train comes by a few times each day (much less frequently than Amtrak), typically only during daylight hours. The complex is close to bus lines, bike routes, markets, restaurants, and shopping centers. It's about 10 blocks from UCD campus.
The townhomes have either 3 or 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms (depending on the unit). All units have: energy efficient features (i.e. soundproof dual-pane windows, high-grade insulation walls, new appliances), individual indoor washer & dryer, walk-in closets, heating & air conditioning, hi-speed internet (Cat-5) wire to every room, private covered porch area, mature trees, and unassigned parking in a lot. Overflow parking can generally be found in the street.
The following rates were listed here by a Boardwalk Apartments representative:
In 2010, base rent was between $2,000 to $2,600 per month. Rent includes 1-2 parking spots per apartment and city utilities (water, sewer & trash).
However, comments below indicate that management in fact demands additional monthly payments for utilities and for dedicated parking spots, a few of which are covered garage spots. Consider yourself warned.
To learn more about rental housing in Davis, check out our Housing Guide as well as our Apartments pages.
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And is it just me, or is two grand a month pretty ballsy for an apartment with such a good view of the tracks? —MelissaH
2008-10-30 21:30:54 LOL - I forgot about the extra fees. Want one of the 3 garage spots? $50 a month. Want to rent a washer/dryer? $50. Dog? You guessed it - $50. —sbyun
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2009-03-19 08:57:23 I read some of these comments and have to say my experience with this mgmt. team has been spectacular! They are quick to respond to any requests that are needed and just charge the market rate (ppl. are not forced to rent here, lol)..anyhow, this just looks like a unhappy person looking to take out their issues on somebody, so they write something negative. —davisaggie
2009-04-17 15:34:53 These comments seem outdated since i'm finishing my year here at these apts. and they're just great (there's a reason why they have a waiting list)..overall, Ali is real responsive to anything that comes up and is a real good handyman.I highly recommend this place over Tanglewood and Willows which are places I was at before. —darthvader2010
2010-05-17 15:35:32 I've had a great experience here where it's nearby the campus and downtown with ample parking compared to my friend's other areas of living...staying here another year. —Baron
2009-09-23 11:18:37 I lived there and the place was pretty nice, but the train was really loud and came early in the morning. The worst part was the management, they were inconsiderate and rude. They would go back on their word and would not allow you to put anything outside your apartment if you lived in the apartments on the street. Overall I would not recommend these apartments because the places were over priced but more importantly Ali was a awful land lord! —davisalum19
2010-05-24 16:38:26 This apartment complex is INFESTED with cockroaches. They are on the walkway in between apartments, swarming by the trash containers, and in the upstairs and downstairs of the units. We have had cockroaches all year, and are currently finding about 1 per day in our kitchen. At night, there are dozens on the walkways, especially near the recycling unit in the parking lot. We have had cockroaches crawl up drains in the kitchen sink, downstairs bathtub and upstairs bathtub. If you want to live here, be prepared to step on a lot of bugs. —DavisGrad10
2010-06-09 11:52:10 Thank you for your comment DavisGrad10. An exterminator has been ordered and cleaning the interior of units is the tenant responsibility. I can recommend a cleaner if that helps. —sritern
2010-06-09 12:00:03 Same person (user: sbyun) commenting for over 2.5 yrs. The comment of "he frequently checks in" applies to the person writing the post. It is unfortunate s/he had a bad experience, but the comments are outdated and is harassment/personal drama which is not necessary on wiki. —sritern
The following comment was initially deleted because it does not appear to be a genuine comment from a tenant. 2010-06-08 23:10:06 I am a happy renter and highly recommend this place! The new management, building amenities, money saved on energy efficient utilities, quite neighborhood with extra insulation and proximity to campus are all great. I agree parking is easy with additional shaded parking on the street. Have not had any issues with cockroaches. Any normal cleaning of sinks, mopping, vacuuming, etc. would prevent attracting insects. —ResonsibleStudent
2011-02-25 11:48:56 Does anyone know the sq footage of these apartments?? Both 3 and 4 bedroom total sq. footage? Thank you! —FranThompson
2011-05-03 13:37:13 I don't understand the awful reviews about Ali. He really is a very approachable manager. As a proper tenant, we did a thorough inspection of the apartment when we moved in and he fixed all problems with any appliances at the time. Even when we were the ones to break the garbage disposal, and he told use we would have to pay for the plumber, he ended up fixing it himself with no charge. I by mistake even underpaid my rent once, just a typo on the bank transfer. He contacted me and did not charge a late fee.
I am up before 6am every day and the first train does not come until just after 6:30am. I pretty much always find parking right in front of the apartments. I actually prefer to park on the street as apposed to the parking lot since the street is shaded. As far as cockroaches are concerned, I have never lived in an apartment/house in davis that did not have cockroaches at the very least outside the house. The one time I did find two roaches in this apartment, I contacted Ali and he put me in touch with the person to come spray the house and I haven't seen one since. Other than that, I might see one occasionally outside, but they are everywhere in davis.
He does come around the apartments to work on the garden and outside maintenance, but has never come inside our apartment without advance notice and permission.
For me its location is the best part, just a block from the Coop and three blocks from downtown. If I was staying in Davis, I would renew my lease. Even the girls who lived the apartment before us had been there for three years, I believe. —DTahiliani
2012-01-12 14:10:50 I have lived at this town-home complex for slightly more than six months, and in light of the many negative reviews of the dwelling and owner/operators, it seems appropriate to provide an account of my experience living at the Boardwalk Apartments, and particularly, to address some of the more sensational claims made in previous posts. First, I have enjoyed, tremendously, living at the Boardwalk Apartments. Ali has never related to me in the manner described above — I have found him and his wife Michelle to be fine, pleasant, reasonable people —nor has he ever entered my apartment without my consent. Second, I have NEVER seen a cockroach in my apartment. In fact, it should be noted that the cleanliness of my unit (I can't, obviously, speak as to the condition of the other residences) was the principal reason that I decided to live here. Second, while the train does often pass by this property a couple of times a day, most often it passes by during normal waking hours (between 8 and 5 o'clock)) and usually without much fanfare. I urge anyone reading this to be mindful of the fact that one's perception of what constitutes a nuisance is a fairly subjective sort of thing. Personally, I do not find the train operations to be burdensome in any way. Last, I have paid a mere $100 each month that I have lived here, for water, sewage, garbage and electrical service. In Davis, that is a very reasonable sum of money to have to pay for such services. As for the parking, Ali and Michelle have in place a policy that provides the tenants of each unit one parking space, at no additional charge. Also, those who renew their lease are afforded the opportunity to acquire an additional, assigned parking space if space becomes available. Upon reflection, I think one would do well to realize that this is a very fair policy. For those that are deliberating about whether to live at the Boardwalk Apartments, they absolutely warrant your consideration.—HoldenCaulfield
2012-01-31 13:55:02 Zombiek: I am not Ali or Michelle, or anyone that they happen to be closely familiar with. I provided an account of my experience living at the Boardwalk Apartments, principally, because I found your account of living at the Boardwalk, and your experiences with Ali and Michelle, to be so remarkably inconsistent with mine. They have treated me well, so I thought it right to tell the users of this wiki, and anyone else that happens to peruse this site, my story. It's that simple. I use the pen name 'HoldenCaulfield' as a way of protecting my identity, which, as evidenced by your 'handle' of 'zombiek', I should think you would understand. It seems that I live in the unit that you once occupied, presumably with an individual by the name of S*** B******* (his mail often fills my mailbox.) If, however, you are still unconvinced, then I suppose you could inquire as to the location of the IP address of this post. I am, as I was when I first posted on this page, on the UC Davis campus, using a UC Davis wireless internet network. You're not really going to suggest that Ali or Michelle have access to campus wireless networks, are you? —HoldenCaulfield
2012-03-02 15:20:20 im thinking of maybe moving back to Davis for this summer. Are there and sub-leasers for $500/mo or less room? I was a prior student and feeling like being around the energy again. Would not mind being back living in the apartment i was before. —ResonsibleStudent
2012-06-10 15:45:34 After I first signed my lease, I was a little worried because I came across this site. However, I've lived in these apartments now for my second and third year of law school at Davis and find these comments to be exaggerated. The apartments are very nice — two story townhomes, newly built with hardwood floors, and new appliances. Other apartments/homes in Davis are older and have a lot of problems — but these apartments are really nice for davis, clean, safe, and really close to all the restaurants. Ali and Michelle will email/call you and try to give you an advance notice when they are showing your place as best that they can. They do not just show up randomly and are not intrusive or overburdensome. They look out for the residential community and try to keep the environment of the complex fun and student friendly. I would recommend living here as long as you are not bothered by the noise of the train (which me and most of my roommates weren't). —RabiaP
2012-06-13 21:02:02 I had a very pleasant experience living in Boardwalk Apartments. It's located in a very convenient location, all the amenities worked well and it felt very much like a home. Ali the owner was easy to contact and we had no trouble at all during our time there. I was worried about roaches when I moved in as well but the unit was very clean and my rooommates and I all had a great time living there. I would recommend it. —kpearl
2015-09-25 13:55:02 The following post is my opinion of my experience at 805 H St. Apt #13: On move in day, the town home #13 at 805 h st had lots holes in the walls, the handrail was hanging off the wall, there was lots of stains in the carpet, a couple of holes in the carpet, some of the closet doors were off the rails, the windows, floors, and kitchen had not been cleaned (even though Ali, the landlord/owner insisted they were professionally cleaned), and the carpet cleaner arrived at the same time as I did o the movers I hired couldn't put anything in my room. Admittedly, Ali did compensate us a little for this by prorating 1 days rent and was apologetic about the state of the place upon arrival. But, during a walk through with him voicing my complaints about the state of the town house he became combative very quickly all while assuring me that he had noted all the damages. I felt that maybe this is not his fault and that the previous tenants were to blame. On move out day he did a walk through with us where he proceeded to blame us for the holes in the carpet and having dirty window sills taking portions of our deposit. California law specifically allows the landlord to use a tenant's security deposit for four purposes: For unpaid rent; For cleaning the rental unit when the tenant moves out, but only to make the unit as clean as it was when the tenant first moved in;214 For repair of damages, other than normal wear and tear, caused by the tenant or the tenant's guests; and If the lease or rental agreement allows it, for the cost of restoring or replacing furniture, furnishings, or other items of personal property (including keys), other than because of normal wear and tear. —tknelson
2016-01-30 14:33:19 The landlord Ali is a complete airhead and has no idea how to manage an apartment complex. More than 3 times in my year living here he has messaged the wrong until about tours and shown up in the morning, 2 hours early, to the wrong unit, and expected to tour the place. In my experience, and as well as the experience of my female neighbors, he will frequently enter the apartment without warning in the mornings in an attempt to fix something, and interrupted multiple people changing. (oh and the things he was there to fix, didn't actually get fixed). One of my neighbors was moving into their place on 9/1, and it was completely disgusting. They brought it up with Ali, and he said that the place had been professionally cleaned, which was complete and utter bullshit. The previous tenants moved out that morning and nothing had been cleaned at all. He said the whole deposit had been used and that they would need to clean the rest. Oh, and he threatened to sue a tenant if they left a bad review on this site. To put it shortly, this guy is a slimy airhead and you are better off renting somewhere else.
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Lwatch is a log colorizer. It reads syslog/syslog-ng data from named fifo or from stdin and displays colored logs into stdout. Lwatch is highly user-customizable. It reads configuration data from the file /etc/lwatch/lwatch.conf or (if given) from the file provided with option -C The way it works is simple. It reads a line from input (build-in default is /var/lib/lwatch/syslog.fifo), splits it into four parts: date, hostname, service name (with PID, if available) and real message. Each part has its own default color. You can redefine them in configuration file. Default colors as the same as in loco(1) [see: http://www.zjuul.net/~jules/loco/]. But lwatch is not only a static log colorizer. It is something more. It can colorize your logs any way you wish. You are able to set a new color for any part (date, host, service, message) using regexp based patterns.
Lwatch accepts some command line options. Command line options have precedence over values from configuration file. -C filename --config filename read config from filename instead of /etc/lwatch/lwatch.conf -i filename --input filename read data from named fifo filename instead of /var/lib/lwatch/syslog.fifo -o filename --output filename write colored logs to filename instead stdout -s --show-unparsed show unparsed lines like 'last message repeated 5 times' or '--- MARK ---' -O --omit-rc do not read values from config file -h --help show help about runtime option -v --version show version and copyright notices
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· http://sf.net/projects/lwatch · http://freshmeat.net/projects/lwatch/
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Regular expression support is provided by the PCRE library package, which is open source software, written by Philip Hazel, and copyright by the University of Cambridge, England. This library is available at: ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
I have written this tool for my own needs because perl tools, however flexible, eated a lot of memory and CPU. I have found it useful and I share it with the Open Source Community. But still, developing of this software is driven by my own needs. So, you could expect next release in a year or two ;) It would be really nice if you could find some time and spare it for rating this project on FreshMeat (see RESOURCES). Comments are welcome too. I cannot promise that I will add new features to lwatch immediately but any positive feedback will raise my motivation level up. Thank you in advance for your time.
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Top Renewable Energy CEOs to Convene in Toronto This April
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 15, 2013) - The thought-leading speaker line-up for the 4th annual Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum, April 2-4, 2013, was announced today with the majority of CEOs leading renewable energy companies in Canada confirmed to attend this industry-critical event including:
John Carson, CEO, Alterra Power
Patrick Lemaire, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boralex
Michael Polsky, Founder, President, and CEO, Invenergy
Uwe Roeper, CEO, Xeneca Power
Kerry Adler, President and CEO, SkyPower Global
Mike Crawley, President, International Power Canada
Mike Garland, CEO, Pattern Energy
Dr. Michael Dan, President, Gemini Power Corp.
Mike Snow, President, Algonquin Power Company
Now in its 4th year, the Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum has seen remarkable year-on-year growth and is now established as the annual spring event for the renewables industry. More than 500 attendees from across North America and Europe are expected to attend this year. Key decision-makers from all technologies will gather to understand project opportunities, gain clarity on FIT program developments and do business.
After five months of intensive primary research, this year's agenda reflects the topics industry has outlined as critical to their success in Ontario. This renewable energy industry is seeking clarity on the opportunities under the province's FIT program and the next steps for renewables in the province. Whether attendees are looking to answer a particular question about a FIT project or application or are looking to understand the full picture for the Ontario and Canadian renewables market, the forum will deliver the right contacts and essential market intelligence.
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Smoke DZA flosses in New York only to link up with Rick Ross in the new music video for "Black Superhero Car" from DZA's Pete Rock collabo album, Don't Smoke Rock. The Dan the Man-directed visual also features cameos from DC Young Fly and Big K.R.I.T.
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U-God, who has been in the press lately due to a rift within the Wu-Tang Clan, just debuted a new single and announced the forthcoming album Venom via Billboard.
With Smoke DZA and Pete Rock's full-length collabo, Don't Smoke Rock, dropping tomorrow, the New York duo has released a new visual via Complex. The site also premiered an exclusive stream of the album.
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With Statik Selektah's remix project The Best of A3C dropping tomorrow, A3C and iHipHop Distribution have decided to share the full album today via HipHopDX. The album includes remixes of A3C compilation series tracks by G-Eazy, Action Bronson, Dave East, Vince Staples, Mick Jenkins, The Underachievers, Michael Christmas, and more.
The latest single from The Best of A3C-Statik Selektah remix album is Statik's take on "Stretched Out" by Dave East. Flipping the stick-up kid tale into a smooth boom-bap track, Statik offers a refreshing interpretation of the Harlem native's track. Read More
Trade and Roddy join forces with Chicago's Mick Jenkins and LeeLee Haxi for the latest track from Family Business. After hearing the title track and "DFA" featuring Kevin Gates, Family Business is certainly shaping up to be something special.
Today we get another Statik Selektah remix from the A3C compilation series, this time a dark take on G-Eazy's upbeat track "Rebel."
Statik Selektah is teaming up with A3C and iHipHop Distribution to remix some of the most memorable tracks from the A3C compilation series. The first track to be released is by one of Statik's frequent collaborators, Action Bronson.
The A3C Hip-Hop Festival and iHipHop Distribution have given fans across the globe a special Thanksgiving day treat in form of a massive 30-track compilation album featuring SD, Young Roddy, A-F-R-O, Kur, Felly, ThouxanbanFauni, Merkules, Mcevoy, Hus Kingpin, Zak Downtown, Chester Watson, Mpulse, Lex Lavo, Oswin Benjamin, El Prez, Hi-Rez , Saga, Da Villins, Gio Martin, C-Money, RetroI$Awesome, Malc Stewy, Rozewood, and more. Hit the jump to stream the full album.
Smoke DZA and Pete Rock enlisted MMG boss Rick Ross for the latest single from the duo's highly-anticipated album Don't Smoke Rock. "Black Superhero Car" was premiered by the FADER who rightfully said "It's as New York a record can get in 2016."
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Rob Zombie helps ready a Halloween horrorshow opening this weekend at Universal Studios
September 23rd, 2010, 12:52 am by KELLI SKYE FADROSKI, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERFall is finally here, so Universal Studios Hollywood is kicking off haunting season Friday with its annual terror-filled Halloween Horror Nights. And who better to tap for such festivities than a master of horror, Rob Zombie?
The gruesome rocker, whose lengthy career has led him to become one of today's leading horror-movie directors, has long been a part of the Universal experience: it's rare to walk the grounds during these screamfests, let alone wander anxiously through one of the scare-stuffed mazes Zombie helps design, without hearing his extreme, event-appropriate music being blasted.
This year he's outdoing himself. Zombie has teamed with Universal's crew to create the amusement park's first-ever 3-D horror maze, with a fittingly obvious title: Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D Zombivison. Those who dare enter will don 3-D glasses and take a trip through Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen -- just like actors Chris Hardwick and Rainn Wilson did in Zombie's 2003 directorial debut.
Filled with characters straight from his twisted mind -- infamous psychos and serial killers Baby, Otis and, of course, gnarly, grinning ringleader Captain Spaulding -- guests will get terrified inside elaborate setups of the Firefly family home, Spaulding's museum, and the point of no return, Dr. Satan's lair.
"The thing I was most impressed with was that there are some pretty elaborate makeups in House of 1000 Corpses, so I thought, 'Oh man, how are they going to do those characters?'" Zombie said during our recent phone interview. "They have really done some elaborate prosthetics on people, and I was very impressed." [brightcove][bc3 height="320"]618062610001[/bc3][/brightcove]Though he's been on the road more than most years lately -- his Gruesome Twosome Tour with shock-rock forebear Alice Cooper, revived for fall to coincide with the opening of Halloween Horror Nights, initially ran in April and May, before he co-headlined the summer-long Mayhem Festival with Korn -- Zombie has been involved with the creation of this maze since Day One. Via e-mail he reviewed photos of everything -- props, character makeup, costumes, sets -- and was able to critique and change things as the project went along.
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World Cup Golden Ball winner spurns big chance against Peru
The miss in the video above might not be comically bad, but it is a further indication that absolutely [...]
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Barcelona were surely taking the p*ss with their bid of £27million for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas earlier today, no? It's almost as if Barca didn't expect the bid to be accepted.
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As you can most probably imagine, The Spoiler offices are a whirring hub of speculation, and today talk morphed from a light hearted discussion about Frank Lampard's melted-down golden iPods, into a hysterical debate about what you might find on Lampsie's personal stereo.
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Jeri Ellsworth just shared a post about how Charles Lohr has developed a method for making glass PCB's. Charles goes step by step in how he makes a touch controlled LED board.
This Is just ,just Hell there isn't a word, GEEK-TASTIC. How would you use a clear PCB?
I'm thinking maybe a LED Matrix Cube With the circuits around the Outside. That Would BE epic.


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SMH Offers Preparing for Birth Class
The Family Birthplace at Stephens Memorial Hospital will be holding their next Preparing for Birth class Friday night and Saturday morning, February 24 & 25, 2012 – Friday from 6-8:30 pm & Saturday from 8:30 am-1:30 pm in Harper Conference Room at the Ripley Medical Office Building (193 Main Street, Norway). Gail Martel, RN, will be facilitating the course.
Join a group of expectant parents having fun learning about the labor and delivery experience at Stephens Memorial Hospitals Preparing for Birth class in February. They will explore how to relax and allow themselves to flow with their labor through breathing and relaxation techniques. Your coach will learn how they can assist the pregnant woman through the process of labor and share in the joy of your baby's birth. Information on making a birth plan, comfort measures, stages of labor, and cesarean delivery are all explored. A question and answer session is always part of the class.
Pre-registration with payment. The fee for this class is $35 and is usually covered by insurance. To register for class please call 743-1562 x6951 and send in your payment.
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