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CHICAGO — A study of 17 middle school students suggests that physical fitness gains made by obese children who participated in a lifestyle-focused physical education class during the school year were lost after the three-month summer break, according to a report in the June issue of "Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine," one of the "Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)/Archives" journals.
Children increasingly live in an environment with reduced amounts of physical activity coupled with easy access to calories, according to background information in the article that was posted on the Web site www.medicalnewstoday.com. This can result in obesity, poor cardiovascular fitness, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.
Dr. Aaron L. Carrel and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital in Madison, WI, previously conducted a randomized, controlled trial in which 17 overweight children over the age of 12 were assigned to participate in a lifestyle-focused, fitness-oriented physical education class for nine months. At the end of the trial, students in the class achieved significant improvements in cardiovascular fitness and also had reduced fasting insulin levels, which indicate a lower risk for diabetes. For the new study, the same children — all of whom remained at the same school and repeated the fitness class — were assessed again at the beginning and at the end of the next school year.
"Improvements seen during the nine-month school-year intervention in cardiovascular fitness, fasting insulin levels and body composition were lost during the three-month summer break," the authors write. During the break, average fitness level as measured by maximum oxygen consumption — the amount of oxygen the body can use, with higher levels indicating better fitness — decreased by 3.2 milliliters per kilogram per minute. Percentage of body fat increased by an average of 1.3 percent, and fasting insulin levels also increased.


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I am looking into physics PhD programs and I would love to take the opportunity to live abroad (again). I know there are some well-known, technical, international universities like IIT in India and KAIST in Saudi Arabia.
What universities offer PhD (or MS) Physics degrees with classes taught in English, but are not in an English speaking country?

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(AP) Sudan: Protesters try to climb US Embassy wall
By AYA BATRAWY and LEE KEATH
Associated Press
Witnesses say Sudanese police have opened fire on protesters trying to climb the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum.
The witnesses say several thousands of Sudanese were protesting outside the embassy, trying to storm it in anger over an obscure file produced in the United States that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad.
It was not immediately clear if any protesters got into the embassy.
The witnesses said at least three protesters were hurt, seen motionless on the ground. There was no immediate confirmation whether they were dead.
The attack came as protests against the film spread around the Middle East and other Muslim countries, from Tunisia to Pakistan.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Angry demonstrations against an anti-Islam film spread to their widest extent yet around the Middle East and other Muslim countries Friday, as protesters smashed into the German Embassy in the Sudanese capital and security forces in Egypt and Yemen fired tear gas and clashed with protesters to keep them away from U.S. embassies.
One protester was killed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli in clashes with security forces, after a crowd of protesters set fire to a KFC and an Arby's restaurant. Protesters hurled stones and glass at police in a furious melee that left 25 people wounded, 18 of them police.
Protests were held in cities from Egypt to Pakistan after weekly Friday Muslim prayers, where many clerics in their mosques sermons denounced an obscure movie produced in the United States that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad. The spread of protests comes after attacks earlier this week on the U.S. Embassies in Cairo and the Yemeni capital Sanaa and on a U.S. consulate in Libya, where the ambassador and three other Americans were killed.
After security forces earlier this week stood aside in the face of protesters, Yemen and Egypt made efforts Friday to contain them. In an apparent attempt to patch up strained ties with the United States, Egypt's Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, went on state TV and urged Muslims to protect foreign diplomatic missions _ his most direct public move to contain protests.
In Sudan, a prominent sheik on state radio urged protesters to march on the German Embassy to protest alleged anti-Muslim graffiti on mosques in Berlin and then to the U.S. Embassy to protest the film.
Soon after, several hundred Sudanese stormed into the German Embassy, burning a car parked behind its gates and setting fire to trash cans. Protesters danced and celebrated around the burning barrels as palls of black smoke billowed into the sky.
Police firing tear gas drove the protesters out of the compound. Some then began to demonstrate outside the neighboring British Embassy, shouting slogans, while others left, apparently heading to the American Embassy, which is outside of the capital.
In east Jerusalem, Israeli police stopped a crowd of around 400 Palestinians from marching on the U.S. consulate to protest the film. Demonstrators threw bottles and stones at police, who responded by firing stun grenades. Four protesters were arrested.
Security forces in Yemen shot live rounds in the air and fired tear gas at a crowd of around 2,000 protesters trying to march to the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Sanaa. Though outnumbered by protesters, security forces were able to keep the crowd about a block away from the mission.
A day earlier, hundreds of protesters chanting "death to America" stormed the embassy compound in Sanaa and burned the American flag. The embassy said nobody was harmed. Yemen's president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, quickly apologized to the United States and vowed to track down the culprits.
In Egypt, several hundred protesters massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square after weekly Muslim Friday prayers and tore up an American flag, waving a black, Islamist flag.
A firebrand ultraconservative Salafi cleric blasted the film and in his sermon in Cairo's Tahrir Square said it was upon Muslims to defend Islam and its prophet.
Many in the crowd then moved to join protesters who have been clashing for several days with police between Tahrir and the U.S. Embassy. "With our soul, our blood, we will avenge you, our Prophet," they chanted as police fired volleys of tear gas.
Ahead of the clashes, the president spoke for more than seven minutes on state TV, saying, "It is required by our religion to protect our guests and their homes and places of work."
He denounced the killing of the American ambassador in Libya. "This is something we reject and Islam rejects. To God, the attack on a person to Allah is bigger an attack on the Kaaba," he said, referring to Islam's holiest site in Mecca.
His own Muslim Brotherhood group called for peaceful protests in Tahrir to denounce the film.
The movie, called "Innocence of Muslims," ridicules the Prophet Muhammad, portraying him as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester.
A small, peaceful demonstration was held Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Additional reporting by Esam Mohamed in Tripoli, Ahmed Al-Haj in Sanaa, Yemen, Mohamed Osman in Khartoum, Elizabeth A. Kennedy in Beirut, Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem and Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Lebanese officials: 1 killed, 25 wounded during protest over anti-Islam film.


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When Amanda and I started our church tour, I'd had it up to here with vanilla religion. I wanted to take a walk on the wild side (read: nothing Christian), but it turns out that, for a city that prides itself on "keeping weird," Portland doesn't have much to offer in that regard.
And then I heard from a member of Home PDX that there is a place in town that can satisfy all that and more!
It's the local chapter of Ordo Templi Orientis, based on the teachings of occultist Alister Crowley—a.k.a. The Great Beast—and purveyor of the only Gnostic Mass in these parts. It sounded quite gnice.
Steeped in pagan ritual, it promised sharpened gnives and a bare gnaked virgin! I gnew it would be loads of fun—and definitely out of our comfort zone. Even though our gnees gnocked a bit as we entered their lodge yesterday, the service didn't disappoint.
Check back shortly for our report.
Yesterday, we went downtown to check out Home PDX. If you want to make head honcho Bruce Arnold, squirm, call their community a church. The word has so many negative connotations, they'd just as soon not use it.
Then again, the PDX Homeys have a different word for everything. Take the word "homeless," for instance. To them, the correct term is "people who sleep outdoors." Oh, and they don't have "members." They have "friends." (But don't confuse them with Quakers!)
Our visit ended with a rousing game of Bingo. (They simply called it "Bingo.") Want to know how it started? Come on back real soon.
It's been almost a year since the inspiration for this blog began with a trip to the First A.M.E. Zion Church in North Portland. It was a predominantly black church in a predominantly black neighborhood and what I wrote about it ended up being our most controversial post to date. To this day, it's also the post I am most proud of. The post I go back and read whenever I need to rekindle that inspiration. (In fact, I'd encourage you to go back and read it yourself.)
This week Joel and I thought it fitting to head back to North Portland where we started and visit a Full Gospel Church called Emmanuel Temple. Ironically, when I put on my red dress on Sunday, I went to church in search of all the things I'd found at the Zion church: grit, vulnerability, love, God, and a renewed ability to let go of my fears, but instead, I got everything I THOUGHT I wanted a year ago:
I had my mouth watered for audaciously be-feathered hats, jerry curl, purple pin-striped suits and the kind of fire and brimstone that would make my grandmother weep for my poor, deranged soul. I wanted to feel under-dressed and over-analyzed.
I had my mouth watered for audaciously be-feathered hats, jerry curl, purple pin-striped suits and the kind of fire and brimstone that would make my grandmother weep for my poor, deranged soul. I wanted to feel under-dressed and over-analyzed.
Emmanuel Temple was pretty much the opposite of what I needed this week.
I got escorted to my seat by a twiggy tween usher wearing white satin gloves.
I got assaulted by the shouting/crying/singing/hallelujahing of a woman speaking in tongues. Into a microphone.
I got a five-year old daughter with eyes as big as saucers.
I got two organs, neither of which had any pipes attached to them.
I got an organ player who reminded me of Stevie Wonder because he never once looked down at the keys of his Hammond.
I got asked if there was a witness in the house. (There was. I was sitting right next to her.)
I got asked to clap for the deacon (when I really just wanted to clap for his shoes).
I got a sermon that focused not on fears or love or helping others, but on how important it is to pay God first (and by "God," the preacher clearly meant the church and all its bills, bills, bills).
I got a preacher with a monogrammed sweat towel.
I got a piercing headache right above my right ear. (Thanks Zoloft!)
I got the feeling the house drummer has the best gig in show business.
I got bored by the two-hour sermon.
But I also got a choir so loud and magnificent that when I closed my eyes, I could feel their voices banging around and echoing off the walls where my heart used to be.
What I didn't get was faith.
It's no secret that I've been struggling lately. Of course, since I am now and have always been a non-believer, I'm not talking about my faith in God. Not at all. Like always, I'm talking about Joel and me. I'm talking about how hard it is for me to actually trust him to love me. Forget God, I can't even have faith in a man who I can see and touch and smell and kiss. A man who tells me he loves me every day in words and kindness and perseverance. And maybe it's because I've always been an atheist that the concept is so damn difficult for me to grok, but things haven't gotten any easier since I wrote my last post.
In fact, I think it's been the hardest few days of our relationship yet. I've been trying – TRYING – to flip off some invisible switch in me that doubts everything and feels unworthy. So yesterday I woke up and made a decision: today is the day. I'm starting fresh. I'm going to live in a universe where I believe that Joel loves me.
But I couldn't do it.
We had a truly lovely day together, which I promptly ruined by starting an argument that turned into a sobbing, screaming emotional slugfest that lasted into the wee hours of the morning.
All because I'm terrified. What if I put my trust and faith in Joel and he ends up not returning it? What if he breaks my heart? I'm so fragile right now that losing him feels like it would break me into a million pieces.
It's been almost exactly a year since I told Joel I loved him for the first time. Back then I didn't even care if he loved me back. In fact, it took him a week to say it back to me. I was that fearless. I was willing to take the risk. Willing to throw my heart off a cliff. Apparently this year has taken its toll on me because I'm not that fearless girl anymore. I keep accusing Joel of being the one who changed, but it's been me all along.
I've become a coward.
I'm not sure what any of this has to do with going to church, except maybe it's the place so many people go to find themselves. Emmanuel Temple didn't do it for me (although if it had been two hours of choir and twenty minutes of sermon instead of the opposite, I'd surely be a believer), but I'm going to keep going to church. I'm going to find some faith, but more importantly, I'm going to find that girl I was when we started this blog a year ago. That bitch has my heart and I want it back.
Can I get an amen?


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Chemistry of Chocolate Monica Metzler | added on May 16, 2011 | United States Chemistry of chocolate is a unique program for the adult public to open people's minds to thinking about chemistry in unexpected ways. A professor of chemistry, and R&D Specialist from a chocolate manufacturer will explain and demonstrate various chemical reactions in the chocolate-making process.
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Bill O'Reilly: First of all, Nancy Pelosi, you sitting there talking about global warming on TV. What was that all about?
Newt Gingrich: Well, I've said it's one of the dumbest things I've done in recent years.
It was an effort on my part to say that conservatives are concerned about the environment. We have better solutions.
I actively opposed cap and trade. I testified against it the same day Al Gore testified for it.
But the commercial was just a mistake.
Bill O'Reilly: Okay, now do you believe in manmade global warming? That because the planet is polluted and we spew a lot of stuff into the air, that has influenced the way climate has come about? Do you believe that?
Newt Gingrich: I don't think we know.
I think that the evidence is not complete, and I think that we're a long way from being able to translate a computer program into actual science.
Bill O'Reilly: Alright, so you're an agnostic on the subject. Would that be accurate?
Newt Gingrich: It would be fair to say that I am open minded. Certainly not prepared to spend trillions of dollars on a theory.
Bill O'Reilly: Nancy Pelosi is obviously the poster woman for the far left. And what was the benefit – put the issue aside of global warming, the environment, because I think that's an important issue and I know you've been interested in it and have been for many years. Put that aside.
Did you think that being associated with her in any forum would be damaging to you?
Newt Gingrich: No, you know I thought at the time – look, I was a private citizen. I wasn't contemplating public life. And I thought – I'd just written a book called A Contract with the Earth with Terry Maple on a conservative approach to the environment, and how to use incentives and business and common sense to have a better environment without the EPA.
Uh, and so I wanted to be in the middle of an argument about the environment to make a case that conservatives can actually have better ideas about the environment than liberals do.
In A Contract with the Earth, Newt Gingrich and his coauthor actually sang a very different tune, writing:
Information is ubiquitous, but our advanced information technology is the reason we know so much about global climate change and the decline of species, wetlands, and forests throughout the world.
They also lamented the politicization of science:
Unfortunately, we have experienced such political polarization on environmental issues that scientists are not completely trusted.
Far from explaining how "to have a better environment without the EPA", A Contract with the Earth praised the Environmental Protection Agency for "promoting the use of landfill gas as a renewable green source of energy" and as a way to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Gingrich and Maple also hailed the use of alternative forms of energy to power EPA facilities as "ahead of the curve" and setting "a good example for other agencies."


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What is Green Belt Land and Its Purpose
Green belt land refers to an area that is kept in reserve for an open space, most often around larger cities. The main purpose of the green belt policy is to protect the land around larger urban centres from urban sprawl, and maintain the designated area for forestry and agriculture as well as to provide habitat to wildlife.
Green belt offers a number of benefits for both urban and rural population. By preventing the urban sprawl, it helps protect agricultural activities and the unique character of rural communities. Urban population, on the other hand, is provided an access to an open space which offers opportunities for outdoor activities and an access to clean air.
Areas that are designated as green belt must not be built upon because green belt is defined as an open space, however, that does not mean that no buildings can be erected in green belt. Buildings for agricultural uses and sanitation facilities, for instance, are usually allowed. In some cases, it is also possible to change the use of land in green belt and even gain permission for structures that are officially not allowed in green belt. However, such cases are very rare and the local authorities grant permission only if no suitable site for the building can be found in the urban centre or outside the green belt and there is an accessible business electricity source.
Green belt policy may not work well in all areas and has been a subject of criticism in the recent years, however, its advantages by far outweigh its disadvantages. The UK government therefore encourages local authorities to protect the land around the towns by creating green belts. At the moment of writing, green belt land covers about 13 percent of total area in England, 16 percent in Northern Ireland and 2 percent in Scotland. Wales has only one formally designated green belt area which is located between Newport and Cardiff.
The UK benefited a lot from green belts in the last 50 years because only 12% of the total area is covered by forests making air quality and suitable wildlife habitat highly problematic. Things have been changing for the better over the last few decades by using eco friendly heating by charnwood stoves or solar panels, but the country is still lagging behind other European countries when it comes to percentage of forested land. Green belts do not solve the problem related to low forest cover in the UK but they significantly improve air quality and help combat a number of environmental problems.


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Continental Resources (CLR) reported the completion of twelve recent wells drilled into the Bakken formation on its acreage in North Dakota. The names of the wells, locations and initial test period gross production rates are as follows:
Williams County
Gronfur 1-28H - 1,589 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day
Bud 1-19H - 1,984 BOE per day
Hartford 1-19H - 1,396 BOE per day
Barney 1-29H - 1,047 BOE per day
McKenzie County
Seattle 1-35H - 1,883 BOE per day
Ivan 1-29H - 1,619 BOE per day
Norway 1-5H - 1,435 BOE per day
Buelingo 1-20H - 1,417 BOE per day
Missoula 1-21H - 1,403 BOE per day
He 1-20H - 1,117 BOE per day
Divide County
Kleist 1-35H - 1,181 BOE per day
Daniel 1-33H - 1,179 BOE per day
Continental Resources also reported the completion of three wells on its acreage in Montana.
Big Sky 3-35H – 1,163 BOE per day
Clayton 3-20H – 1,118 BOE per day
Amestoy 1-6H – 836 BOE per day


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Continuum: Computational Couture
Custom software lets you design your own deconstructed little black dress, have it fit to your measurements, and have it made.
Continuum: Computational Couture
Custom software lets you design your own deconstructed little black dress, have it fit to your measurements, and have it made.
Continuum is a user-generated fashion collection. I call it computational couture. It is the application of interactive technologies for bespoke design.
In short, an app lets you draw a dress, turns it into a 3D model, and exports a cutting pattern to make the real dress, sized to your measurements. A laser cutter or plotter cuts the pattern out of fabric, which is then sewn into the dress. All the designs are unified around the theme of the little black dress, and the triangulation used in the software. This allows basically everyone to create their own innovative dress design.
I have made a prototype of the software and dresses, and now would like to finish the project and make it real: so people can design dresses and actually purchase them or download the pattern. This means finishing the software and website, and setting up production to make the physical dresses and deliver them.
This Kickstarter is to jump start the production. We're doing things entirely different from how garment production usually works. Also the designs are complex, and we're looking to create an innovative product of high quality, fitting of the term "couture". We're also hoping to do a show in NYC of the Continuum dresses and accompanying photo series of the real women wearing their designs.
You can try the [in progress] software online at www.continuumfashion.com
More info at the project page on my website.
Btw, it's built entirely using javascript and canvas! So far all the code is written by me. My friend and fellow computational designer, Jenna Fizel, will be joining the team to make the sizing algorithm and create much triangulated awesomeness.
For our rewards, we have a variety of triangulated designs for men and women, (we'll update with photos), including of course the chance to order your own Continuum dress from your own design and measurements. (In full implementation the dress prices will be calculated dynamically based on the design.) You can be the first to own an item of truly futuristic design process!
Questions about this project? Check out the FAQ
Funding period
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Simple Summer Fave
While we are having a jam packed summer of lots of work and a little fun in my house, I like to do small things that remind me it is a time to relax and enjoy the wonderful summer fruits and veggies that are out in the markets right now. The one thing that instantly transports me to summer bliss? Watermelon!
We could eat a whole watermelon a day in my house. I love watermelon juice, fruit and anything made with it. We have fights over who gets the juice left after cutting up a fresh melon. I love it blended with cucumber, in a salad or frozen in a bar. Excuse me while I go polish off the last of our days melon. Hope you're enjoying your summer.


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Wuthering Heights Notes & Analysis
The free Wuthering Heights notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. These free notes consist of about 78 pages (23,293 words) and contain the following sections:
These free notes also contain Quotes and Themes & Topics on Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.
Wuthering Heights Plot Summary
It is 1801 and Thrushcross Grange has a new tenant, Mr. Lockwood. He visits his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, who lives at Wuthering Heights, the neighboring property. Mr. Heathcliff is out, and his young relatives, Mrs. Heathcliff and Hareton Earnshaw, are very disagreeable. It starts to snow, but no one is willing to help Mr. Lockwood get home, or to let him stay. He is attacked by a dog while leaving, and in his bloody state, Mr. Heathcliff begrudgingly allows him to stay.
Mr. Lockwood passes his time reading from the journals of a young girl named Catherine. He starts to dream. In the dream he quarrels with a preacher, and the parishioners attack him. A tapping awakens him, and he breaks a window in his attempt to quiet it. He grabs the hand of a ghost child, who calls herself Catherine Linton. Terrified, his scream awakens Heathcliff, who calls for the ghost to reappear. Heathcliff escorts Mr. Lockwood home through the snow-covered moors, but he still catches a bad cold.
Sick for several weeks with this cold, Mr. Lockwood asks Nelly Dean, his serving woman, to tell him about the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights. She was once their housekeeper, and she has lots of stories to tell. Mrs. Heathcliff, who was married to Heathcliff's son, is the daughter of Mrs. Dean's late master, Edgar Linton. Hareton Earnshaw, the nephew of Mrs. Linton, is Mrs. Heathcliff's cousin. Mr. Heathcliff was married to Mr. Linton's sister, who bore Linton, Catherine's husband. Heathcliff was an orphan Mr. Earnshaw found wandering the streets of Liverpool. Hindley, the eldest child, was very jealous of him. When Mr. Earnshaw died two years later, Hindley made Heathcliff work in the fields. Catherine and Heathcliff remained close friends. One day, while spying on Thrushcross Grange, they saw two children, Isabella and Edgar, nearly tearing a puppy to pieces in a selfish rage. One of the Linton's dogs attacked Catherine when they tried to run. She stayed for several weeks to heal, and when she returned from the Lintons, she was well mannered and nicely dressed, which annoyed Heathcliff.
In 1778, Hindley's wife gave birth to Hareton, then died soon after. Hindley, crazed with grief, could not care for him. Despite their differences, Edgar and Catherine grew closer. Catherine agreed to marry Edgar, telling Nelly that Heathcliff was too inferior to marry. Heathcliff heard this, and disappeared without a word.
Catherine became sick, but when her health improved, she and Edgar married and moved to the Grange. The marriage was good until Heathcliff returned. Edgar's sister Isabella fell in love with Heathcliff, but he despised her. Heathcliff kissed Isabella to hurt Catherine, and they had a big fight. During the fight, Edgar came in, demanding Heathcliff leave his house. Disgusted by both of them, Catherine shut herself in her room for three days, becoming ill and mad.
Isabella ran off and married Heathcliff, but she hated her new life at Wuthering Heights. One night, Catherine gave birth to Catherine Linton, and died. Soon after Catherine's death, Isabella escaped to the Grange. She moved to London and had a child, named Linton, and died twelve years later. Hindley died six months after his sister.
Upon Isabella's death, Edgar tried to keep Linton, but Heathcliff sent for him. A few years later, when wandering near the Heights, Cathy met her cousin. But Cathy's father forbids the relationship. She starts a secret correspondence with Linton, and they think they are in love.
Mr. Earnshaw finally agreed the two cousins may visit if they do not go onto the Heights land. Linton coerced Nelly and Cathy to enter the house. Once inside, Heathcliff imprisoned them until Cathy agreed to marry Linton. With her father dying and escape impossible, Cathy relented. After her father died, Heathcliff moved his daughter-in-law to the Heights. Linton died soon after the wedding, and Catherine befriended Hareton, teaching him to read.
The following year, 1802, Mr. Lockwood returns to the Heights. He learns from Nelly that Heathcliff died unexpectedly after a strange and restless madness. He was buried next to Catherine, but several people believe they see he and Catherine wandering the moors. Cathy and Hareton are in love and plan to marry, then move into the Grange.


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An Australian Mum Is SUING Doctors Over The Birth Of Her Son
A mother is suing the public health system and her doctor for hundreds of thousands of dollars because she is raising a child she did not want.
The 20-year-old from country
However, the test did not work and the woman gave birth to a healthy young boy named 'Cooper'.
The woman is claiming her doctors told her on three separate occasions that she may still be pregnant but failed to organise an ultrasound to confirm this.
A blood test was performed by the doctors, which indicated she had high levels of the hormone known as chorionic gonadotrophin, indicating a pregnancy was still possible.
Further blood tests showed the same results and it was then confirmed she was 20-weeks pregnant.
The Victorian woman is now claiming negligence and wants compensation after being 'exposed to the cost of supporting and raising Cooper.'
This includes covering food, clothing and schooling expenses, which would amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The specific amount she is seeking has not been disclosed.


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Photography by Ashley Barker
Watch the Sierra park get torn to pieces by Danny Davis, Matt Ladley, Jack Mitrani, Luke Mitrani, Halldor Helgason, and Forrest Bailey. These guys are awesome all around snowboarders, and they can destroy a park. Want to ride a park like this? Well that's the beauty of Park Sessions, you can. This isn't a private park that these guys are riding, this is the everyday Sierra-At-Tahoe Park. So pack up the car and go and get some!!


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Vince Neil Answers Fan Questions in Facebook (на англ.)
"Interacting" with a rock star via social media sometimes means trading tweets and Facebook comments with members of their public relations team, but Motley Crue's Vince Neil recently offered an exception in the form of an event he called "#askVinceanything."
Neil compiled the results in a post he shared via his Facebook account, and although some of the exchanges are predictably silly, a few of his answers are genuinely illuminating — like his revelation that before achieving world fame with the band, he dreamed of pursuing a career in oceanography.
Neil also addressed the matter of what he intends to do after the band finishes its upcoming farewell tour, as well as how much input he plans on having into the film adaptation of the Motley Crue memoir 'The Dirt.' Check out the complete list below, and store up those burning questions for the next round of #askVinceanything.
Boxers, briefs or commando: "Commando! Of course!"
What my dreams were before Motley Crue made it big: "I wanted to be an oceanographer."
My plans for the rest of my life after the MC tour: "I just plan on touring with my solo band and making new music."
My favorite song or artist: "Way too many to choose from. I love AC/DC, U2, the Stones, Beach Boys, Eagles. Been listening to a lot of Gipsy Kings too."
My favorite Crue album: "'Girls, Girls, Girls' of course!! (By the way, you said you saw Lita Ford open for me, wow that was some time ago, does that make us old now?)"
My favorite race car I drove: "Mercedes GTP race car. It was f—ing crazy. Favorite old school: 1969 Hemi Cuda"
If I ever thought about my own clothing label: "[Girlfriend Rain Andreani] doesn't think that hahaha. I just find comfortable s— to wear and wear it until Rain gets sick of seeing me in it, then she gives it away. haha"
My next biggest passion: "I would have continued racing cars. Races are like a 3-day rock concert to me."
How involved I'll be with 'The Dirt': "The band as a whole is going to try and be as involved as much as possible."
Vince Neil Answers Fan Questions in Facebook (на англ.)
В этом разделе обсуждаем музыку группы Motley Crue, ноыве альбомы, любимые альбомы песни, тексты и многое другое
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Ничто не вызывает с такой силой прошлого, как музыка; она достигает большего: когда она вызывает его, кажется, будто оно само проходит перед нами, окутанное, подобно теням тех, кто дорог нам, таинственным и печальным покровом.
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Video: Indie Video Games Push The Limits of Gaming
PBS, yes that PBS, has released this awesome video highlighting and celebrating some of the most creative minds in gaming -- the independent game developers.
'The Creativity of Indie Video Games - Off Book,' produced by PBS Arts: off Book, shines a light on the small scale game developers who clearly have a passion for everything from 8-bit bloops to expansive world-building and unique storytelling.
These talented gameheads work outside the mainstream to push gaming to the next level -- one where we're ready to follow, especially if it means more innovation and unpredictability in our video games.


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Hillhouse downs Fairfield Prep
Take the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked boys basketball teams in the state, both undefeated with Division I talent and throw them in front of a couple thousand loud spectators inside a venerable gymnasium.
Right there you've got the recipe for a potential classic mid-January encounter.
Thirty-two minutes later, the resulting product between top-ranked Hillhouse and No. 2 Fairfield Prep didn't exactly live up to the pregame ingredients.
Instead, the Academics used a game-changing 9-0 run to close the first half to propel them to a convincing 59-44 victory Tuesday night in front of a packed house at Alumni Hall, which included UConn coach Kevin Ollie.
"There's no doubt in my mind Hillhouse is the best team in the state. Having said that I don't think we're too far behind," Jesuits coach Leo Redgate said. "(Their) coach knows we didn't play very well tonight and our team knows we didn't play very well tonight."
The game started at a high level -- neither team turned it over in the first quarter -- leaving the large crowd oohing and aahhing after nearly every basket. A 3-pointer by Prep freshman Ryan Murphy tied the game at 15 with 5:08 left in the second quarter.
From there the Academics ratcheted up their halfcourt defense and held the Jesuits scoreless the rest of the half, aided by the fact Prep guard Keith Pettway was on the bench with three fouls. Hillhouse closed the second quarter on a 9-0 run, punctuated by a dunk from junior Shane Christie (game-high 22 points) and making a statement that although Jesuits might be good, they still have a long way to go to hang with the SCC -- and state's -- top dogs over four quarters.
"If we're not playing defense, we're not playing basketball," Hillhouse coach Renard Sutton said. "I'm deep enough and I have kids willing to accept defensive roles and the rebounding roles and basically that's what it's going to come down to, not scoring points."
Hillhouse didn't press, instead relying on its strong man-to-man defense to take Prep out of its usual offensive sets and rhythm.
"I thought it was interesting that they didn't press us," Redgate said. "That's actually very good coaching. Most people watching probably thought they would press us and we would have torn it apart. We're good at breaking pressure. We don't dribble through pressure, we pass through pressure and we usually have 2-on-1s at the other end."
The second half began in similar fashion, Prep turned it over on its first possession and Andre Anderson sunk a deep 3-pointer on the other end, extending the lead to 12 points. A lay-up by Christie midway through the third made it 34-18, giving the Academics their biggest lead.
Prep got a lift on a thunderous dunk by 7-footer Paschal Chukwu on the next possession and would get as close as seven in the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Tim Butala, but the Jesuits never made a sustained run to make the Academics sweat it out. In fact, Hillhouse slowed the game down in a modified four-corners offense early in the third, still getting baskets whenever they needed to from Christie, Raiquan Clark or undersized center Chaise Daniels.
"Third quarter we realized they were getting worn down and tired so we kept attacking," Christie said.
Despite 10 rebounds and nine blocks, Chukwu wasn't a huge factor, finishing with only four points. Murphy led Prep with 14 points, Butala added 10.
"We knew this was a better team than we've played all season and that we had to play better than we have all season and we just didn't do that," Butala said.
The teams will meet again on Feb. 1 in New Haven, but there was a sense that even with the lopsided result Tuesday night, this was only the beginning of what could be a series of encounters in both the SCC and Class LL playoffs.
"We have to play them one more time for a fact and I think at least another time, whether it's in the SCCs or the states because those guys are for real," Sutton said.
Added Butala: "We'll see them again, at least once. We can learn a lot from this game, and we'll just get better."
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Derrell Lee 0 0-0 0 Andre Anderson 3 0-0 7 Bobby Bynum 2 1-3 5 Dion Boyd 0 0-0 0 Marcus Brown 0 0-0 0 Trevor Thigpen 0 0-0 0 Chaise Daniels 4 0-0 8 Corey Staggers 0 0-0 0 Quian Sturges 1 0-0 2 Raiquan Clark 3 4-7 10 Jordan Johnson 0 0-0 0 Shane Christie 9 5-7 24 Juan Carlos Sepulveda 0 0-0 0 Christopher Leak 1 1-2 3 Totals: 23 11-19 59
Tim Butala 2 4-7 10 Paschal Chukwu 1 2-3 4 Tommy Nolan 3 2-4 8 David Zielinski 0 1-2 1 Keith Pettway 2 2-4 6 Ray Featherson 0 0-0 0 Rich Sekerak 0 0-0 0 Ryan Murphy 5 2-2 14 Quinn Lincoln 0 0-0 0 Chris Kelly 0 1-3 1 Ryan Foley 0 0-0 0 Anthony Palazzolo 0 0-0 0 Totals: 13 14-25 44
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2 years ago (wow!) I wrote about The Japanese Skincare Revolution, a book by a lady called Chizu Saeki, a skincare guru. In the book she recommends a regime of using moist facial masks and sheets to hydrate and plump this skin; according to her, this was one of the most important steps to looking young!
I have tried this a few times to good results provided I use a decent toner but then gain I just don't always have time to get a cotton sheet, tear it to near pieces, damped in, stick it on my face, have a cup of tea etc. When I saw these pre soaked cotton sheets from Kose Clear Turn, I had to buy them!
Apparently, these sheets contain 30 kinds of plant extract, it is a 3 in 1 product with toner, milk lotion and essence. It should be used on the forehead, cheeks and chin – there are 56 pieces in the box.
The sheets are rectangular and when I used them, I found them medium wet but they stuck on ok for a few minutes before starting to flop, as these things do. A quick spritz with a facial mist gets it sticking again. Ideally you only need 5-10 minutes with this on.
The packaging; very useful and seals in the moisture:
Clever Japanese people; these come in sealed packs, unlike facial wipes, and in 2 sets so you can use up one then open the second:


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The Windows Phone title Glow Arkanoid is currently available for free on the store, thanks to a partnership with MyAppFree. The game puts you in control of a paddle, much like Breakout, and you're tasked with destroying the glowing blocks. Multiple balls are included in the gameplay to really make thing interesting and gesture or motion sensor controls can be utilised.
From the developer who brought us HexaLines for Windows 8 and Windows Phone, players are able to enjoy Arkanoid in space. Each level is slightly different when played, with a tutorial to boot if you're just starting out. Once you've got some matches under your belt, be sure to get involved with the leaderboards to see where you stand against other players.
If you're interested in keeping on top of what's being made free on the store, be sure to check out MyAppFree (right QR code). You can download Glow Arkanoid from the Windows Phone Store for free (available for Windows Phone 7 and 8 - free for August 23rd).


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John Culp, M.D., FAAFP
I am originally from Alabama, but am now an adopted Tennessean. I graduated from University High in Johnson City and received my B.S. from ETSU. I returned to Alabama to earn my M.D. from the University of Alabama in 1980 and completed my residency in Family Practice at Anniston, Alabama, in 1983. I worked in private practice in Anniston until joining the Bristol Family Practice Program in October 1986.I am a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and hold a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics.
My wife Jane is a biology teacher who is presently busy at home taking care of our family, and is actively involved in church work and various community organizations. After hours, you will find me also involved in church work, community activities, and family life. I enjoy antique gas engines, hunting and shooting, and playing the guitar.


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Man Impaled Through Eye by Pruning Shears, Retains Sight [PICTURE, VIDEO]
86-year-old LeRoy Luetscher dropped his pruning shears while gardening, and tripped and fell when he went to pick them up. In a horrifying mishap, the handle of the shears entered into his right eye-socket and made its way all the way to the middle of his neck.
After being rushed to get medical attention, the injury shocked hospital doctors:
"'This was pretty dramatic and you just didn't understand what you were looking at,' said Dr. Lynn Polonski, an ocular plastic surgeon at University Medical Center in Tuscon, Arizona. 'What we found was it was in his neck. It was close to his carotid artery [which provides the main blood supply to the brain].'"
Luestscher's eyeball had been pushed so far back into his skull that no one could be sure it was still in one piece. Amazingly, surgeons were able to save Luestscher's vision by removing the shears and rebuilding his orbital floor with mesh wire. Besides some slight double vision, Leutscher's has made a complete recovery from his injury.
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Kia confirmed earlier this year that an all-electric version of the Kia Soul hatchback will go on sale next year. The 2015 Kia Soul EV will be the first Kia electric vehicle to be sold outside of its home market in South Korea. We've previously spotted prototypes of the 2015 Kia Soul EV testing, but now Kia has revealed much more information about the upcoming EV.
The 2015 Kia Soul EV will be powered by a 109-horsepower electric motor with 210 lb-ft of torque. This power output is competitive with EVs like the Nissan Leaf, but the Kia Soul EV is expected to have a range of 120 miles on a charge compared with the Leaf's EPA-estimated range of 75 miles. The Kia Soul EV has a 27-kilowatt hour lithium-ion battery pack which can be charged in a few different ways. A full recharge with a 240-volt outlet takes five hours, and a special 100-kilowatt "fast charge" option can replenish the batteries in just 25 minutes.
The Kia Soul EV will look much like the redesigned 2014 Kia Soul, as we've seen in spy photos. Exterior changes will amount to special projection headlights, LED accent lights, LED taillights, and special aerodynamic 16-inch wheels. On the inside, the Soul EV will feature a unique instrument cluster, an eight-inch display screen, and various recycled materials throughout the interior. Other modifications include increased sound-proofing and a Virtual Engine Sound System that makes a sound when the car is traveling in reverse or below 12 mph to alert pedestrians.
We've previously heard estimates that the 2015 Kia Soul EV will start around $35,000; expect Kia to release more information about the Kia Soul EV closer to its on-sale date sometime in 2014. The 2015 Kia Soul EV will be revealed at one of the major U.S. auto shows this season, possibly at the 2014 New York auto show as that would be exactly one year after the debut of the standard 2014 Kia Soul.
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On AGA vs. PokerStars
At the end of the day, it's a game. It's business. It has nothing to do with "right" or "wrong," and everything to do with the interests of the parties involved. And this is true regardless of which side you're on.
Back in January, with an eye on the potential online gaming market in New Jersey, Isle of Man-based Rational Group -- parent company of PokerStars, the dominant online poker room operator -- launched a bid to acquire the struggling Atlantic Club Casino Hotel on the Atlantic City Boardwalk from Colony Capital. The transaction -- thought to be in the $50 million range -- is reportedly contingent on Rational Group's receiving a grant of Interim Casino Authorization from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, or DGE, which is essentially preliminary approval to acquire the Atlantic Club before receiving final approval from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
On Feb. 26, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation legalizing full-scale online casino gaming in New Jersey, with the requirement that any company seeking to operate online in the state must own a brick-and-mortar casino in the state. And perhaps most notably, the version of the bill signed into law did not include a "bad actor" clause present in previous versions of the bill (as well as the new online poker legislation enacted in Nevada), which would otherwise have precluded PokerStars -- which continued to operate in the United States following the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 -- from applying for an online gaming license in New Jersey.
But on Monday, the American Gaming Association, or AGA -- the lobbying group representing virtually every casino operator in America, including Caesars Entertainment , MGM Resorts International , Las Vegas Sands, and Boyd Gaming -- filed a brief with both the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and DGE seeking to block PokerStars from obtaining a license to operate a brick-and-mortar casino in New Jersey and thus effectively block PokerStars from operating in the newly legalized New Jersey online gaming space.
Without getting into too much detail, the brief essentially argues that PokerStars "operated as a criminal enterprise" and that the integrity of the U.S. gaming industry would be "gravely compromised by any regulatory approvals of PokerStars."
The move marked the first time the AGA has ever intervened in a state casino licensing proceeding, and it has caused an uproar in the online poker community, which appears to strongly support PokerStars in the matter. Meanwhile, New Jersey state Sen. Jim Whelan has alleged that Caesars Entertainment is using the AGA as its "vehicle" to shut PokerStars out of the market.
But while there seems to be much debate over the nuances of the AGA's arguments, the details are mostly irrelevant.
It's really not any more complicated than this:
- Caesars is a member of the AGA -- as are MGM, LVS, Boyd Gaming, and virtually every casino operator and gaming equipment manufacturer in America except for Wynn Resorts -- while PokerStars is not.
- PokerStars picked the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel because the purchase price is only $50 million or so, New Jersey was on the verge of legalizing online gaming, and the state might be the only one in the Union desperate enough to let them in.
That the poker community seems to back PokerStars in the matter says a lot about both Caesars and PokerStars. On one hand, it says that while Caesars' brands -- most notably the Caesars, Harrah's, Horseshoe, and World Series of Poker brands -- are high on name recognition, Caesars itself has a very weak reputation as a gambler's brand; the simple fact is that if Caesars had such a strong reputation among gamblers, gamblers wouldn't be clamoring so hard for PokerStars.
PokerStars, on the other hand, seems to have a well-deserved reputation as a player's brand.
Making matters more interesting, an article appeared in Forbes on Monday citing "sources familiar with PokerStars" in saying that Caesars Entertainment had offered both the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker to PokerStars.
While I don't doubt that Caesars offered the Rio to PokerStars, I am highly skeptical that Caesars offered the WSOP, if only because Caesars' entire online poker operation is predicated on the strength of the WSOP brand. Meanwhile, the words "World Series of Poker" or "WSOP" do not actually appear in the quote used in the story, leaving author interpretation as a more likely source of the inclusion of the WSOP in the alleged offer:
"Caesars Entertainment approached PokerStars and offered to sell us certain assets, such as the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Caesars suggested that this acquisition would give us a better relationship with Caesars and would help PokerStars gain a license in Nevada," said Eric Hollreiser, a PokerStars spokesperson, in a statement. "PokerStars declined the offer because we had no plans to acquire another casino in the near term."
Regardless, there are other problems for PokerStars other than Caesars Entertainment and the AGA.
Brick-and-mortar: Genting vs. Poker Stars
Let's assume for a moment that the AGA is wrong, and that PokerStars is entitled to consideration for licensure. The first problem for PokerStars is that the license in question is a license to operate a brick-and-mortar casino, and not an online casino. And this is a problem not just because winning a brick-and-mortar license doesn't necessarily guarantee that PokerStars will win a license to operate online, but also because for the process to be anything but a joke, PokerStars must win a brick-and-mortar license on its own merit.
And if you are the New Jersey Casino Control Commission or Division of Gaming Enforcement, you need to think about what PokerStars is offering.
On Monday, Boyd Gaming announced the sale of its Echelon Place project and its 87-acres of Las Vegas Strip real estate to Malaysia-based Genting for $350 million. But not only did Genting pony up $350 million, the company also announced plans to spend between $2 billion and $7 billion on a large scale, Asian-themed casino resort that will stretch the usable Las Vegas Strip once again past the Wynn/Encore to the north, and could ultimately launch the next wave of development in Las Vegas.
PokerStars, on the other hand, has intimated no such grand visions for Atlantic City, saying only that "The acquisition of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel will secure up to 2,000 jobs and maintain the economic benefits the casino brings to New Jersey."
So PokerStars has neither a track record nor a demonstrable expertise in operating a full-scale brick-and-mortar hotel casino (the company does have some experience with brick-and-mortar poker rooms). It is also yet to demonstrate intent to do anything in Atlantic City other than keep the Atlantic Club afloat for the sole purpose of operating online. And unless PokerStars comes forth with a grand plan for the redevelopment of the Atlantic Club, I suspect the company's argument for a brick-and-mortar license will be quite weak.
The other 49 states
As a casual onlooker, the other question you need to ask is how many of the other 49 states would allow PokerStars in.
While the terms of the offer Caesars may have made to PokerStars are unknown, there is an obvious reason PokerStars would reject it: PokerStars has no chance of operating in Nevada in the short term, if ever -- the language of the state's new gaming laws is written explicitly to lock out PokerStars. Meanwhile, nobody (aside from maybe New Jersey politicians) seems to really have any incentive to let PokerStars in.
I think the probability is that any legislation with regard to online gaming in every state other than New Jersey will probably be designed to protect the incumbents.
The game is a game is a game
It's tempting to get caught up in the nuances of the arguments, but in this case I think it's a waste of energy. As I said in the opening: It's a game. It's not a question of morality, or right and wrong. It's not even a question of hypocrisy.
The fact is that people will make the arguments they need to make when it suits them.
As Ian J. Imrich pointed out in a tweet, the AGA didn't bat an eye when Wynn Resorts moved to partner with PokerStars or when Station Casinos moved to partner with Full Tilt before Black Friday in April 2011, but it now sees fit to intervene when PokerStars is clear on the other side. On the other hand, in 2010, the New Jersey DGE effectively forced MGM to sell its 50% stake in the Borgata in Atlantic City because the DGE found MGM's partner in Macau, Pansy Ho -- the daughter of Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho -- to be an "unsuitable partner," even though the DGE admitted that there was no evidence indicating that Pansy Ho has been engaged in or accused of any illegal activity (MGM has yet to sell its half). Yet now, the DGE seems willing to consider PokerStars as a casino operator in the state despite the company's past transgressions -- and it also appears amenable to allowing MGM to regain its license.
The one thing that seems clear is that if PokerStars is going to make a play to enter the U.S. online gaming market, it needs to win this battle in New Jersey, because it's doubtful that any other state is desperate enough to let PokerStars in. I do suppose that if PokerStars has enough influence to get the "bad actor" clause removed from the legislation, it's also possible that New Jersey is weak enough to let this happen.
But if New Jersey does, in fact, find that PokerStars is fit to own a casino in New Jersey, the state probably needs to demand far more than stable ownership and the status quo from PokerStars. Otherwise, it will be an open debate going forward as to whether New Jersey is a leader in the online gaming revolution, or merely the biggest pushover state in the Union.
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The article On AGA vs. PokerStars originally appeared on Fool.com.Fool contributor Jeff Hwang is a gaming industry consultant and the best-selling author of Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy and the three-volume Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha series. For the second half of 2011, Jeff was enlisted by HVS to help conduct a market feasibility study on the Las Vegas Sands Spain project, before returning to work as a consultant on the development of PokerTracker 4, the premier stat-tracking software for online poker players released last fall. Jeff owns shares of MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas Sands, and Wynn Resorts. You can follow Jeff on Twitter: @RivalSchoolX.The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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- Marcus Dickinson has lost 45 pounds and toned up to be more like his character
- Roc Wieler is a retired colonel from the Minmatar tribes with an affinity for discipline
- Dickinson blogs as Roc, in addition to creating 3-D artwork and music albums
The world of "EVE Online" is brutal. There are enemies and alliances, death and destruction. Gamers fight for territory, profit and fame in a never-ending quest to top their opponent.
It's a bit like the real world that way.
When Marcus Dickinson first created his "EVE" character, Roc Wieler, the two had little in common. Roc was a retired colonel from the Minmatar tribes -- a stoic, physically imposing disciplinarian. Dickinson was a 230-pound Canadian with an affinity for bacon.
Over time, the line between fiction and reality has blurred.
"I'm a role player inherently," Dickinson says. "I take it seriously."
For Dickinson, Roc Wieler is a brand. The 40-year-old advertising director has a blog called Roc's Ramblings that he writes for daily -- as Roc. He also creates music albums and 3-D artwork. He even sells Roc-related paraphernalia to his fans through the blog and social media sites.
Brand loyalty is one of the reasons Dickinson first decided to shape up. During his trip to the 2009 "EVE Online" FanFest, real life hit him smack in the face.
Walking into the convention, he didn't feel like Roc. He felt like a stereotypical geek, surrounded by other stereotypical geeks.
"We were all just a bunch of pathetic losers," Dickinson remembers. "We paid good money to fly all the way to Iceland and instead of enjoying Iceland, most of us spent all our time sitting around playing the video game we already played back home."
"Something snapped inside me, and I realized I wasn't being true to my brand. Why can't I be this character? Why can't I look like this? He acts and talks like me because he is me. I'm the one who gave him life."
For years, Dickinson's wife, Farah Iqbal, had been bugging him to go the gym. When he returned from Iceland, the pair joined on a trial basis. The first month was hard, Dickinson says -- his knees hurt, his feet hurt and he could barely run a mile. But he kept at it.
He executed his fitness plan as seriously as Roc would execute a mission. He told himself his weight loss was a matter of life or death.
"If I do not make these changes today, and every day going forward, I will die," he says. "I know it sounds tragic but that's what it took for me."
So he made the changes. He got up at 5:30 every morning. He did leg workouts that made him collapse. He pushed himself until he vomited. He did fitness programs like P90X and Insanity. He ran a half-marathon.
Dickinson also changed the way he ate. Iqbal remembers a trip to visit friends in Montreal when Dickinson created a grocery list for their hosts and made all his own meals.
"It was almost embarrassing," she says of the grocery list creation, "but you know what, I got over myself. Because he's on a path that I support."
Dickinson now eats 3,000 calories a day -- mostly lean protein and vegetables -- to sustain his body-building lifestyle. "Five years ago if I was eating 3,000 calories a day, it was because I had bags of Doritos in front of me," he says with a laugh.
He's rigid about his lifestyle. He doesn't eat dessert or allow for cheat days. It's a struggle, but one he embraces as a sort of real-life challenge.
"He always had this attitude of not giving up, but now it's extreme," Iqbal says. "He's become very well-focused -- or stubborn -- with (the) journey he's on."
His laser focus has paid off. Dickinson now weighs 185 pounds and is only 14% body fat. He can squat almost twice his weight and dead-lift 450 pounds.
"I'm closer to looking like Roc than I've ever been," he says.
Dickinson realizes he sounds slightly schizophrenic. But if you think about it, he says, all guys have fantasy lives. When they read comic books, they envision themselves as caped crusaders. When they watch James Bond, they envision themselves as suave womanizers with oodles of money.
"Superman, Vin Diesel -- we want to be them so badly," Dickinson says. "The difference is you'll never be Superman. You're setting yourself up to fail.
"The reason Roc worked was that he was a fantasy hero of my creation, so I was already part way there. I just had to get the physical."
Iqbal says she keeps her husband from crossing the line between fantasy and reality. She's not a big fan of Roc -- she prefers her men balanced, with a feminine side. When Dickinson slips into Roc's deep voice with a "Hello, darling..." greeting after work, "I'm like 'Oh, shut the hell up,'" she says.
"I have to remind him that it is a character."
Still, Iqbal encourages him to blog and play "EVE Online" as much as possible because she knows his fans are eager for more advice on how to get fit. Plus, there's that other side benefit...
"If I said to him, 'This is affecting our relationship,' I know he would (stop)," Iqbal says. "But I don't want to -- he looks yummy!"


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We came dangerously close to having a fantastic Sex EDGE-U-cation podcast for ya today. Unfortunately, my scheduled guest had technical difficulties and we had to put off the interview till next week. Such is life!
In lieu of a podcast, we have some swell Q&A.
Name: Brian
Age: 40
Location: Canada
After a guy ejaculates can he have another ejaculation? Like after I cum if I put on a cock ring will it stay hard enough to continue with intercourse and achieve another orgasm? I basically want to cum twice in a row.
Yep, that's doable. All depends on your particular refractory period and how turned on you are. Let's take a quick look at the male sexual response cycle again, just so we understand what we're talkin' about. Ok?
The sexual response cycle refers to the sequence of physiological changes that occur as we become sexually aroused and move through to afterglow. The sexual response cycle has four phases: excitement, plateau, orgasm and resolution. Both women and men experience these phases of course, although the timing usually is very different for each gender. In addition, the intensity of the response and the time spent in each phase will vary from person to person and from situation to situation. That's why I say cuming twice in a row is doable. But is it gonna happen for you? I guess we'll just have to wait and see, huh?
Ok, Phase 1: Excitement (or the boner stage)
- Muscle tension increases.
- Heart rate quickens and breathing accelerates.
- Our skin may become flushed particularly on our chest and back).
- Our nipples may become erect.
- Blood flow to the genitals increases, thus the boner.
- Our balls swell, our sack tightens, and we may drip precum. Mmmm, precum!
Phase 2: Plateau (or the strokin' or pumpin' stage)
- Everything in phase 1 intensifies.
- Our balls may pull up into body cavity.
- Our breathing, heart rate and blood pressure increase.
- Our toes curl, face contorts and hands clench.
Phase 3: Orgasm (or the "yabba dabba doo" stage)
- Involuntary muscle contractions begin.
- Blood pressure, heart rate and breathing excelerate.
- There's a rapid intake of oxygen.
- Muscles in the feet spasm.
- There is a sudden, forceful release of sexual tension.
- Rhythmic contractions of the muscles at the base of our cock result in the ejaculation of spunk.
- A "sex flush" may appear all over our body.
Phase 4: Resolution (or the "I need a nappy" stage)
- During this phase, the body slowly returns to its normal level of functioning, and the parts of your body that swelled and engorged return to their previous size and color.
- This phase is marked by a general sense of well-being, enhanced intimacy and, often, fatigue.
- Most women are capable of a rapid return to the orgasm phase with further sexual stimulation and may experience multiple orgasms.
Men, on the other hand need recovery time after orgasm, this period is called the refractory period. This doesn't have to be the end of sex. Like you suggest, a cockring may prevent your dick from going soft. But don't count on an immediate second ejaculation, even if your dick stays hard. Don't forget, the duration of the refractory period varies and is situational. It will also increase as we age.
Name: Ivan
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Location: Spain
I am considering the social usage of Viagra or Cialis to improve sexual performance. Which of the two would you recommend for recreational usage?
I don't recommend recreational use of prescription drugs, particularly these vascular dilators. And certainly not when used in conjunction with other non-prescription drugs. Maybe you ought consider a low-tech solution like a cockring instead.
I hasten to add that I'm not averse to using some drugs recreationally. But I think that we'd do well to stick to those that are more natural. The less processing involved and fewer added chemicals the better, in my humble opinion.
Did you know that health officials in the UK and here in the US are investigating reports of blindness among men using Viagra and Cialis? Why risk that if ya don't have to.
I'm really concerned with the alarming rise in recreational use of these drugs by younger men, men in their 20's and 30's. And like I said, this is even more troubling when they combine these drugs with ecstasy, cocaine, or crystal meth. If your young body is having difficulty producing an erection at this tender age, then you need medical attention ASAP.
Besides the risk of blindness, there are several other reasons why you ought not abuse Viagra or a similar drug just so you can have wood that lasts for hours. Your body will habituate itself to the substance and, in time, you won't be able to get it up at all without ever increasing doses of these drugs. This will surely fuck up your cardiovascular system big time. In fact, you may very well be inducing the very sexual dysfunction the drug is supposed to help.
Consider the person who overuses eye drops or lip balm or any other otherwise innocuous over the counter health and beauty products. Their bodies stop making the natural substances that these products are intended to assist. It's counterproductive and it's ill advised. And if this is a problem with relatively harmless over the counter products, you know you are playing with fire when you abuse powerful prescription meds.
Name: Yuri
Gender: male
Age: 20
Location: Russia
I want to make love kisses on my girlfriend's vagina. But I never did this. What can I do?
Love kisses on her vagina, huh? You Russians are so romantique!
I think you are talkin about some good old fashioned cunnilingus, right? Or as we say here in the US or A — eatin' out at the Y, munchin' carpet, muff divin', pussy lappin' and what have you.
If your girlfriend is as unfamiliar with gettin' love kisses on her vagina as you are at givin' them, you might want to give her a head's up on what you plan to do. Ya see some of our women folk are none too keen on the idea. They have it in their head that their pussy is icky and not for oral consumption. This is very unfortunate, but it is what it is. If you think you're gonna get a lot of resistance from your lady friend, you might start kissing her on the face and neck, then to the tops of her tits, her nipples, and her belly. This will give her an idea where you're headin'. If you're doin' this right, hopefully she'll be so busy enjoying herself she'll not protest your trip south.
Proceed slowly. Make sure you're you're both comfortable. If you're lying down, you best be on your stomach between her legs so that your string of kisses is as effortless as possible. Have a pillow ready to shove under her hips to raise her a bit if she's willing to proceed. If, by the time you get to her pussy, she doesn't try to stop you, you're home free. Basically she is giving you tacit permission to proceed. Of course you could check in with her and ask if you can continue. But sometimes, in delicate situations like this, you may be better off keeping the conversation to a minimum. She might be fine with it if she doesn't actually have to agree to it. Women are like that sometimes.
Try scooting her butt to the side of the bed while you kneel on the floor between her legs. This will give you all the access you'll need. And hey, don't go divin' right in there, for heaven's sakes. Take a moment to two to admire the beautiful spectacle before you. Lordy, lordy ain't that a sight for sore eyes.
Gently nuzzle, kiss, and lick her inner thighs and the area around her vulva. With a little luck your gal-pal will be so aroused she'll begin to guide your head into her snatch. Lick her outer lips. Run your tongue up and down them. Nibble them gently with your lips. Next, work your tongue in between the outer lips to caress her smaller, thinner inner lips. Circle her vaginal opening and perhaps dart your tongue inside her cunt.
I hope you know your way around a woman's genitals, because If you don't you'll be bumbling around down there to no great effect. And, while you may get an "A" for effort, you might very well wreck the moment by being too aggressive on her more sensitive parts. Her clit is her magic button. If you don't know a clit from a hole in your head, do some research before you head south.
Approach her clit very slowly and gently. Some women enjoy a tongue lashing directly on her clit. Others find direct contact too intense, even uncomfortable. Now is a good time to check in with her. Ask for direction on how she wants you to proceed. She may prefer you to circle her clit with your tongue, avoiding direct contact.
If your gal is unfamiliar with this kind of pleasure, she may not kow to direct you. If that's the case, you're gonna have to ask direct questions like: Do you want it lighter? Or would you like more pressure? More of this? Not so much of that? Soon you will be able to tell on your own by observing her pelvic movements and listening to her moan if you're doing a good job. Sometimes the best communication is non-verbal.
While you're down there, why not employ a couple fingers to spread things apart? Add a little massage. Use the tip of your tongue, then the flat of your tongue, then your lips as you move around her vulva. All three feel a little different and each provide subtly different sensations. Some chicks love pussy raspberries, you know…
Come up for air from time to time. Look into here eyes, caress and massage her boobs. Try slipping a finger or two into her mouth so she can suck them while you're licking her. Or move into a 69 position and enjoy a little blowjob with you're eating her out.
You may want to incorporate some ass play too. Insert a lubed finger into her butt hole. Just make sure that whatever goes in her ass doesn't then come in contact with her cunt. You definitely don't want to introduce bacteria that can cause a urinary infection.
Good luck ya'll


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