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First, I want to congratulate the Miami Dolphins for doing the dynamic thing, the difficult thing, the courageous thing in acquiring Brandon Marshall today. Only time will tell if it is the right thing but we'll get to that in a bit.
Marshall is scheduled to arrive in Fort Lauderdale this afternoon. The Dolphins finally announced the trade was made at approximately 11:22 a.m. They are saying the trade is for undisclosed draft picks. Those picks are a second-rounder this year and a second next year.
[Update: The Denver Broncos also confirmed the trade and confirmed the parameters. It is indeed for two second round picks, one in 2010 and one in 2011.]
"I'd like to welcome my new teammate to Miami," receiver Brian Hartline said on his twitter earlier.
This is on, its face, a big-time get for the Dolphins. Frankly, there is no second-round pick this year that would have brought the instant productivity that Marshall is going to bring. Did the Dolphins pay a steep price? Sure.
But Ferraris are expensive, folks.
You will learn just how expensive when Marshall agrees to the details of an already set five-year contract worth $50 million. Details of that deal are not yet available but I'm told they've been agreed to.
The basis for the contract talks that happened the last two days between Marshall's agent and the Dolphins was simple: Marshall wants to be the highest paid WR in the NFL. This contract probably accomplishes that.
[Update: Adam Shefter of ESPN.com reports the deal is a four-year extension added to the one-year restricted free agent tender Marshall signed Tuesday and includes $24 million in guaranteed money. The deal is indeed for five years and $50 million.]
Marshall is not a speed receiver and has averaged only 12.1 yards per catch over his career. But he is dependable, he forces defenses to account for him, and he is a huge target for young quarterback Chad Henne. He is a red zone nightmare to match up with. He opens things up for other receivers on the field.
In short, Marshall on the field does everything the Dolphins offense has lacked in a wide receiver for many, many years.
Does Marshall make the Dolphins the favorite to win the AFC East? No.
Remember the team still has significant and worriesome holes to fill at outside linebacker, nose tackle, free safety and left guard. Also remember the Broncos never made the playoffs despite having Marshall on their team the past four years.
So don't buy your tickets to Dallas, site of the next Super Bowl, just yet.
But this does give the Dolphins a chance to be competitive in a division where the Jets will have Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards, and the Patriots offense comes with Randy Moss. Do the Dolphins now go into games versus the Jets believing at least one of their WRs can get open against Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie?
This trade gives Fins Nation hope.
This trade will have a bigtime ripple effect on the Miami receiver corps -- you know, the one coach Tony Sparano said he was pleased with.
The Dolphins keep five wide receivers. And they now have 10 wide receivers on the roster. Somebody is going to go. Ted Ginn Jr. is on the trade block. He may have played his final game for the Dolphins. Second-year wideout Patrick Turner was billed as a Marshall clone at 6-5 and 220 pounds. But he has not produced and unless he has a very good training camp, he may never play a game for the Dolphins
Marshall is estatic with this trade, according to one former teammate. He wanted three things this offseason: He wanted to marry his fiancee, he wanted to sign a contract that paid him what he believed he's worth, and he wanted, if possible, to play closer to his home state of Florida.
Marshall was willing to live anywhere and play for anyone to accomplish the first two goals. He hit the jackpot in that the Dolphins wanted him and now he's coming back to Florida, a rich, married man.
This moves comes with responsibility. He must continue to produce at a high level. He's going to be paid like the best wide receiver in the NFL, the Dolphins expect him to play like it.
He also has to stay out of trouble. Marshall has a long record of arrests and run-ins with the law. There are multiple handfuls of domestic violence and other violence incidents and reports in which he was involved.
He has already been suspended by the NFL once for breaking the league's conduct policy. The next offense would bring him a four-game suspension or more.
In that regard, Marshall is a risk. He cannot be a great player if he's not on the field. He cannot be on the field if he's suspended or in some sort of trouble. So the risk exists.
But the rewards? The Dolphins are banking those will be fabulous.
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European firm cutbacks leave room for U.S., Asian companies.
By Marie Mawad
and Manuel Baigorri
Bloomberg News
BARCELONA, Spain — Visitors to the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, used to the annual event's grand product-unveiling spectacles, free refreshments and lavish parties, should lower their expectations this time around.
Europe's carriers and network-gear makers, which typically dominate the showcase, are cutting back as debt loads and the continent's contracting economy weigh on earnings. Expense cuts ranging from fewer headcount to eliminating free snacks signal the likes of Vodafone Group and Nokia Siemens Networks are focusing on business meetings rather than putting on a show.
That's leaving more room for Asian and U.S. competitors to boost visibility in a move that reflects the industry's shift in competitive landscape. As European technology companies are firing workers and selling assets, counterparts from China's Huawei Technologies Co. to Qualcomm Inc. in the United States are reporting rising revenue and profit, fueled by increasing smartphone and tablet demand.
"What we see at the event matches the trends we have in the industry," said Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer of mobile carriers' association and congress organizer GSMA. "Europe is the flatter piece of the equation."
Huawei, Qualcomm and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. are taking up the most space this year, together with European exception Ericsson. Their growing presence has bumped Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens off the podium after years of leading the show, O'Hara said.
Organizers expect 70,000 attendees, up from 60,000 last year, underscoring the size of the opportunity to meet potential clients and investors.
How much companies spend to make an impact will mostly depend on the space they rent, how many executives they fly in, local advertising and, for some, on food, drink, and props. Last year, the event generated more than 300 million euros ($395 million) for the city.
"MWC is a hub, everyone is there," said Olivier Piou, chief executive officer of smartchip-maker Gemalto NV, which will be promoting mobile-payment technology. "Companies go to show their latest innovations, show where their future lies."
This year, Newbury, England-based Vodafone is cutting the number of executives and guests it sends to the show by 20 percent, and showcase only technology for corporate customers, getting rid of promotions and products for consumers, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
The company will have a smaller booth and do away with free snacks. Its reception area, which previously served chips, drinks and coffee, will be reduced to a minimum, the person said, asking not to be named because the plans aren't public.
TeliaSonera, Sweden's largest phone company, is sending 15 percent to 20 percent fewer executives to the event this year, though it isn't cutting its budget as a whole, said Masha Lloyd, a spokeswoman for its Spanish unit. Like last year, the Stockholm-based carrier won't have a stand, instead renting meeting rooms for executives.
Nokia Siemens, the Espoo, Finland-based network-equipment maker, has rented a smaller stand in a different spot than in previous years, said a person familiar with the situation.

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I was cruising Ebay looking at the things I can't afford to get (but my birthday is in March..) and found this for the microwave!!!
It is some gadget that makes onigiris from unboiled rice!!!
Anyone see this before???
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Personal prejudice and all that, but I really don't get microwave rice cookers. If you really have VERY tight kitchen space maybe it makes sense...but then I think I'd go more for one that makes at least 2 cups at a time.
I got a microwave rice cooker a couple of years ago, that promised to make a bowl of rice. It came in the form of a very nice ceramic bowl and lid thingy. If you followed the instructions, it took just as much time as a rice cooker. To cook one little bowl of rice. I used it exactly...once. (I'm selling it at my upcoming moving sale, if it hasn't gotten broken at the back of the cabinet.)
A small, basic rice cooker only costs like $30 US or so and is so easy to use. And can be used for grains other than rice too. So yeah... I don't get microwave rice cookers. ^_^;
The Big Onigiri.
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I suppose microwave rice cookers would be good for someone in a college dorm room where they don't allow stoves or burners. That is if you were only going to have one appliance and you choose a microwave. Personally I'd get a small rice cooker and an electric kettle instead, you can make lot more stuff in a rice cooker than rice and other grains too. Some models have a slow cooker setting also. I've made soup and stew and cakes in mine.
The onigiri maker is cute though. :)
I don't get microwave rice cookers because what's the need? It's like microwave popcorn cookers - why can't you just use a pyrex or ceramic casserole dish that you already have? I cook rice in the microwave all the time, using a variety of dishes depending on how much rice I want. Takes exactly the same amount of time as cooking it on the stove, but it comes out perfect each time and there's no chance of forgetting it and accidentally making charcoal.
does anybody mind sharing how do you cook rice in the microwave?
I only got my microwave recently and I mostly use it to defrost or re-heat things, but I wouldn't mind using it for cooking, it's just that I don't know where to start :/
I use one of these with great sucess: http://www.pastanmore.com/products.aspx
I add the amount of rice and water as indicated in the instructions on the rice bag and start heating at 100% for 10 minutes, check the rice then usually go for another 5 to 7 minutes.
And I use one of these: http://www.shopworldkitchen.com/viewImage.asp?img=71160010246 or a smaller ceramic dish that I don't have a photo of.
For ordinary Basmati or Jasmine rice, you put in one cup of rice with two cups of boiling water and some salt. Leave the cover off and microwave on full for 15 - 17 minutes, stopping once to give it a stir after about 8 minutes. But you can miss the stir out if you forget, it won't really hurt it so long as the rice was fairly flat in the bowl to start with.
Once it's done, you put the cover on and leave it for 2 or 3 minutes then give it a fluff up with a fork.
For Japanese rice, you need to wash it and soak it (or drain it and leave it for half an hour or so), it needs to be left wet for 1/2 an hour anyway, or the middle won't cook.
Then put it in the bowl with 1 cup of water per cup of rice, and cook it for 10 minutes or so, the rest as per long grain rice. You may need to experiment a little.
The water rises quite high when it boils, so you need quite a big bowl for not very much rice. In my pyrex dish I cook a max of 2 cups of rice at a time.
I have to say, that rice and corn on the cob are the only things I use my microwave to actually cook. Apart from that it is a very handy warmer-up and defroster.
thank you both, I will give it a try :)
Really good explanations! Now I know why my medium grain and long grain rice come out good, but my short grain is soggy. Too much water! I was washing and draining it correctly but putting in 1-1/4 cups of water to one cup short-grain rice. Thanks!
I like to cook corn-on-the-cob in the microwave too. The other good thing I use it for is too shorten the time for baking potatoes.
Wash the potato, poke a couple holes in it, then nuke it for about 3-5 minutes per potato, depending on the size.
I then finish them in the oven at about 400*F. You can cook them the whole way in the microwave but they are then more steamed than baked. I like the crisp skin baking in the oven give them, but I don't like how long it takes. This way cuts the time in about half.
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On Fletcher's international community: When first visiting The Fletcher School, I was most impressed by the collaborative nature of the program. After enrolling, this point hit home for me. In one afternoon I had coffee with a classmate to discuss her experience with small business development in Haiti and then met with an accomplished professor to deliberate over agricultural modernization in Latin America.The impressive backgrounds, accomplishments, and aspirations of my classmates never ceased to amaze me. Chances are, if you are interested in a particular international issue, there is an expert within the Fletcher network willing to help you learn more about it.
How my experience at Fletcher has changed the way I look at the world: One of my classes, Globalization of Central Asia and the Caucasus, opened my eyes to an area of the world in which I previously had no experience. Working with classmates from countries in this region who provided insight into the current political economy proved to be invaluable in understanding the role of the Eurasian steppe at the forefront of global change. The flexible curriculum at Fletcher gives students freedom to take classes such as this that broaden their spectrum of global awareness.
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At the Flash Memory Summit we delivered a presentation based on our latest chalk-talk video "Performance Sprawl", which focuses on what is becoming a growing concern in the data center. Performance sprawl occurs when multiple SSD solutions are chosen to fix different performance problems in the enterprise.
Thanks especially to server-based SSDs, performance has become a business unit line item not a storage decision. Of course, the storage team eventually is left managing whatever the business units buy and a performance management nightmare develops. We are seeing an increasing number of data centers that have job titles like "Storage Performance Specialist." This won't scale so something needs to change.
The change will come from "Cross Domain Data Movement." This technology will move data between multiple storage tiers and locations of storage. Data could be moved from hard drive storage to flash on the storage system and then eventually to SSD in the server. Even within the server there may be a desire to have some data on a SATA/SAS-based SSD drive and some data on PCIe SSD.
[ What's next for solid state storage? Read Storage Players Try To Improve Solid State. ]
The challenge is that fully implemented Cross Domain Data Movement will require some time to develop, potentially as much as two years. Of course, the data center will continue to experience data storage performance issues over the next two years, so what's the strategy until then? Triage. Try to pick one solution that will address most of your performance needs for the longest period of time.
If you will have just a few servers that need a performance improvement then SSD inside the server may be ideal. There is also the option of leveraging PCIe in every server and making the storage network a capacity backend for data protection and archive. The economics of this approach may now make sense as PCIe-based SSD continues to come down in price and increase in capacity.
If you have multiple servers or hosts that need performance or if the data needs to be accessed by multiple hosts then an in-network SSD appliance makes sense. Selection will come down to the ones that support the protocol you use (NAS, Fibre, iSCSI). If you are fortunate enough to be ready for a storage refresh, then an All-Flash or Hybrid Flash Storage system may be the ideal platform to build your data center on for the next few years. It may also provide the longest term investment protection allowing you to wait as long as possible for cross domain data movement.
New innovative products may be a better fit for today's enterprise storage than monolithic systems. Also in the new, all-digital Storage Innovation issue of InformationWeek: Compliance in the cloud era. (Free with registration.)


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posted by Kevin Miller on Thu 15th Oct 2009 22:16 UTC
Today marks an entire week of using Haiku as my primary operating system. This is my first PC to get the most out of any BeOS related operating system to date. My old 200MHz Toshiba ran R5 PE just fine but without any networking. My eMachine ran Zeta just fine, but once again, there were networking issues (and Zeta was pronounced dead around this time). In the age of the Internet, this pretty much forced me away from BeOS and its decendants until now.


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In some reviews here I read it's good to turn a camera's Image Stabilization off when using a tripod. Why?
Sony NEX 3 with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Canon 300HS, Fuji F70, Panasonic ZS19.
The IS is supposed to introduce movement if everything is fixed solid. I thought I was getting that once and then realised that I had my camera in portrate mode and it was rotating on the screw/base plate on long exposures!
One website I read said to keep it on if you are using a long lens on a tripod.
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One website I read said to keep it on if you are using a long lens on a tripod.
Only if you are using a long lens on a cheap tripod or a tripod not strong enough for the weight.
IS (or VR or OIS) combats human induced shake and when you have your camera mounted on a proper tripod there is no shake therefore there is nothing to combat therefore the IS can induce blur in images by trying to correct something that is not present.
You also turn IS off at fast shutter speeds. Anything faster than about 1/500 sec will have no shake induced blur regardless of the lens length. Having IS on in these circumstances just slows down focus aquisition.
In my experience even a slight breeze at 400mm causes some shake. Unfortunately my 400mm has no IS so I can't comment on it's effectiveness.
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Great expectations? Matheny has read on approach
JUPITER, Fla. -- The St. Louis Cardinals were the best team in the National League last year. There is absolutely no reason to expect any slippage in 2014.
The Cardinals won 97 games. Then they won two postseason series, capturing the NL pennant. And in the offseason, they became, by any reasonable measurement, even better.
JUPITER, Fla. -- The St. Louis Cardinals were the best team in the National League last year. There is absolutely no reason to expect any slippage in 2014.
The Cardinals won 97 games. Then they won two postseason series, capturing the NL pennant. And in the offseason, they became, by any reasonable measurement, even better.
They needed an offensive upgrade a shortstop. That was Jhonny Peralta. They needed a defensive upgrade in center. That was Peter Bourjos, whose defensive prowess cannot be overstated. They needed a veteran for infield depth. That was Mark Ellis a solid player, a solid citizen.
General manager John Mozeliak achieved all this improvement without parting with any of the team's magnificent young pitching. The remarkable supply of young, hard-throwing pitchers, who also came to the Majors as mature competitors, sets the Redbirds apart from most of the baseball world. So the St. Louis club didn't lose in the offseason, either.
The next step is getting ready for a pennant defense and taking this entire operation as far as it can possibly go. To that end, Cards manager Mike Matheny has stressed to his club that outside expectations, while they may be lofty, and are essentially compliments, just get in the way of the job at hand.
That job consists of the Cardinals pushing as hard as humanly possible toward the goal of producing the best baseball that they can, individually and collectively. What anybody else thinks, expects, asks or demands, is incidental to the process.
"We just have a different mindset," Matheny said Monday. "It's something that we're very conscious about. If we set that out as a staff, the leaders, as far as the players go, they hold each other accountable as far as how they go about their business. It's just a high level every single day of bringing everything you've got, and don't expect or accept anything less from yourself, or from the guy next to you.
"That's a lot of live up to. And really, what else can you do? And the answer is nothing. We do that, but always realizing that getting to that level is not the ultimate, it's pushing for better with what we could possibly be down the road. It creates a very realistic attention to what we need to do and what we can control. It's none of this stuff on the outside about other peoples' expectations or what other teams are doing. It's doing what we can control. We can control ourselves and how good we can be today."
By winning more games than anybody in the league in 2013, and then advancing to the World Series, the Cardinals put themselves in a position where measurable improvement this season becomes a difficult concept. How far above those achievements can one team rise?
But, Matheny says, that sort of outlook also doesn't get the Cards where they want to go.
"I think that's once again a distraction to us," the manager said. "I don't think we can put limitations on ourselves. And I don't think we can necessarily define success that way. Because, once again, I don't think we can control what other people do.
"If we know that we're putting absolutely everything we've got out there and we put a hard-fought game together with everybody leaving it all on the line, and things don't work out, we've got the responsibility to be honest evaluators of ourselves, too, and say, 'We brought it today, but they got us.'
"We can be better, and that's kind of the idea. It minimizes the focus. The focus is what we can control every single day and figuring out ways to get beyond that. I think the guys realize that if we do that day in and day out, we'll be where we want to be in the end."
The message is clear, both to the Cardinals and to the baseball public. You can have high expectations for the Cards, because their performance and their personnel indicate that their performance will meet those expectations.
But in a very real way, nobody's outside expectations for this team will be as high as the expectations the Cardinals have for themselves.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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Queen B has gone from pop royalty to screen royalty, becoming the forest queen in an animated movie that she hopes her 15-month-old daughter Blue Ivy will be proud of one day.
The film was her first work since giving birth and she says her hormones were raging.
"I literally had tears when I played the voice," Beyonce told The Associated Press in an interview between concerts in London. "There was a scene where Queen Tara picks out her pod and I just imagined seeing my child."
From the creators of the "Ice Age" and "Rio" series, "Epic" follows a teenager who is transported into a secret forest world then embroiled in a battle between good and evil and has to protect a special flower pod to save the forest. The film is being released in the U.S. on May 22.
This role in "Epic" is not the superstar's only brush with royalty of late. When performing in London last week on her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour, the singer inadvertently singled out Princess Eugenie in the crowd to sing with her. The 23-year-old is sixth in line for the British throne. Beyonce giggled as she revealed that she had no idea who Eugenie was.
"I didn't know, and I still don't know. Someone told me and I don't know what's going on, but I hope they had a great time and I hope I didn't insult anyone, making them sing into the mic," Beyonce said. "But you know royalty likes to have fun and have a good entertaining night."
Her sellout world tour has also caused some controversy for its racy costumes and explicit lyrics in the song "Bow Down (I Been On)," but for Beyonce it's simply all part of the show.
"I'm an artist and I love being able to express myself and I'm not one-dimensional," she said. "I have different feelings every day and now that I've done movies I feel like I can try and recreate these characters on the stage."


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George and the Giant Thumb - A bored George and Allie decide to make a ginormous sculpture of Bill's sprained thumb. The duo quickly run out of clay and turn to less conventional art supplies. Peanut butter proves too sticky and shaving cream too drippy, so George and Allie use mud to finish their masterpiece. D
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An idiot's guide to discussing aikido
Written by Rock Ape
An idiot's guide to discussing Aikido on this forum
Cold hard truth
It is a plain, cold fact that Aikido as a supposed martial discipline has lost much of it's "martial" prowess. Today, in the vast majority of Dojo, it's study is entirely compliant, without the means of adequate pressure testing and often (unfortunately) practiced by hero worshiping Ueshiba Japanophiles.
If you're one of those people, someone who *thinks* their aikido study is capable of effective self defense 'as is', someone who places an emphasis on the virtues associated with the pleats of a Hakama, then this place isn't for you. If however, you study aikido and you're open to discussing both it's merits and pitfalls then there's a place for you here and you're welcome to post.
If you're new to this site, make sure you post an introduction here before creating a thread in this forum or, for that matter anywhere. It's good advice for you to take time reading our various forums and understand the policies associated with posting in the various fora.
The fact you're reading this is a step in the right direction.
Now, if you've got questions about Aikido or something else to contribute on the subject and, you want this to remain a serious discussion, understand that this site strongly advocates 'alive' training and pressure testing, as such people will rightly question your training methods- do not get offended, listen to what's presented to you, it's tried, tested and works.
Several regular contributors to this site are students of Aikido, Daito-Ryu, other Aiki arts as well as Koryu Bujutsu. Some of us to moderately senior dan grade. Each of us understand where Aikido (or other traditional systems) have their strengths and weaknesses. This makes us uniquely placed to discuss both the inherent positive aspects of the art, but also highlight where the system fails.
Listen to what we have to say
This site also has a massive number of people who train MMA and other competitive systems, these people know how to fight and will offer you constructive advice, even if you don't like what they have to say, LISTEN to it because they know what they're talking about.
Between those of us who are experienced students of Aiki arts and, those who greatly understand the concepts of aliveness and pressure testing against fully resisting opponents, we're able to provide you with a well rounded and educated opinion. Don't shoot the messenger because you might not like what we say.
Lastly, enjoy Bullshido, arguably the largest English speaking martial arts website in the internet. We're generally straight-talkers who don't suffer bullshit. Maintain your sense of humour and you'll be fine, otherwise fuck off to Martial Arts Planet.
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How to Create Depth and Shadow on a Bob
"Whenever you're looking to hair paint it's about product control," says John Simpson, Goldwell Artistic Master, "but, number two, whenever you really want to design a Bob, how can I give shadow and details to the beautiful and precise line?"
It's about putting movement throughout the interior, to showcase the design of the cut work, he says. In this tip, Simpson demos his favorite way to give shadow and detail to a Bob cut.


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Bucs put four players in the Top 15 to share lead
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 19, 2009) - The ETSU women's golf team placed four players in the Top 15 during Monday's first and second rounds in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate, powering the Buccaneers to a tie for first place heading into Tuesday's third and final round at the Greenville Country Club.
The Bucs - who are at the top with Georgia State - carded team scores of 296 and 290 in the first two rounds to finish at 586. Meanwhile, host East Carolina is just three strokes back in third place at 589.
"In practice we've really been trying to enjoy the game and just play," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton. "Even with the freezing conditions today, the girls played all 36 holes and didn't get discouraged. If we had a bogey or two, they'd come back with a birdie. And Sinead (O'Sullivan) was a great example. She was sick out there and even got sick on the course, but still battled to shoot a 1-over score for us in the second round.
"That was an example of our team's resolve today. I was really proud of them and hopefully we can keep it up to win our first tournament of the year tomorrow."
While every player for the Bucs made an impact, the team was led by the play of sophomore Nina Muehl (Vienna, Austria), who posted scores of 74-71=145 to finish at 3-over-par and stands fifth on the leaderboard. Muehl is just six strokes back of Elon's Tara McFadden, who leads the event at 3-under 139 and holds a two stroke edge over East Carolina's Abby Bools.
Other ETSU results of note included a tie for ninth by senior Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia), a tie for 12th by senior Kennie Leigh Eisenhower (Newport), and a tie for 15th by sophomore Mayte Vizcarrondo (Cadiz, Spain). While she finished tied for 31st, O'Sullivan did provide a solid second round, bouncing back from an 81 in the first round to post a 72 in the second round.
ETSUBucs.com will have a complete wrap up of Tuesday's final round action at the conclusion of play. Visit the site throughout the year for updates on ETSU women's golf.


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Townsville, QLD
With more than 320 days of sunshine each year; World Heritage listed national parks; and historic gold rush towns, the Townsville region is home to some spectacular natural landscapes and attractions.
The Bindal and Wulgurukaba aboriginal people are traditional owners and custodians of the Townsville region. Captain James Cook sailed past the Townsville region on his first voyage to Australia in 1770 and named nearby Cape Cleveland, Cleveland Bay, and Magnetic Island.
The red granite monolith called Castle Hill dominates the city centre. Take a walk to the top for views of the city and surrounding islands. The Ross River, which flows through the city, is often used by locals for waterskiing, fishing and kayaking. Enjoy a leisurely walk along The Strand, Townville's waterfront promenade, which has magnificent views over the Coral Sea. The Riverway complex offers recreational facilities for all ages.


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There were a lot of ospinions being expressed on television after the presidential debate. The president's spokesperson was offering up a unique ospinion.
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quote:Originally posted by HabsBiggestFanquote:Originally posted by pensfan17Brett Hull, 125 pointsYes it's Brett Hull but that isin't the # of pts. he had... Since you got the number of points wrong you only get 1 point.The awnser was 117.I will put a new quesion.StandingsAlex 3 Pucknuts 2 Pensfan17: 2Hkalirah 1Guests 1Next Question: Name the 2 players who got a 23 game suspention in 2000 and what they did.(4pts.)"To be lucky you need to have skill, to have skill you need to be lucky"
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Topic 10 - We're Different!
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I think to some level...yeah. I mean, I look at my thin friend who always has yummies in the house and it is clear weight does not permeate her waking existance the way it does mine. In fact the only thought to it she does give is that her way of eating is making her dh fat.
But then there is this statement:
It is one thing to resist Krispy Kreme doughnuts while you are losing weight, or to tell yourself that celery celery is a snack. But how, he asks, can you live this way for the rest of your life?
Which leaves out the other alternatives.
That resisting Krispy Kremes may indeed become less difficult with time. That for many of us we ate krispy kremes out of sugar addiction, habit or self loathing and now that we are no longer addicted, have broken the habit and dont routinely hate ourselves, they dont hold that much power.
And/or that we have learned it is possible to eat ONE Krispy Kreme now and then and balance it with other things and be ok. That it doesnt have to be full out deprivation.
And most likely....The choice isnt always krispy kreme or celery, maybe in the long run the choice is fresh berries with just a dollop of creme - and thats not so bad now is it?
That the key to success is EXACTLY what is missing from this book....getting rid of the all or nothing mentality.
Because bottom line. Weight/food/exercise has ALWAYS ruled my every waking moment. I did not spend any less time thinking about it when I was fat than I do now. The difference is now my thoughts are accompanied by action and my thoughts are a whole lot more productive and positive.
Maybe...maybe she is right, maybe I would be better off just learning to love myself fat. But I tell you if the choices are learn to love being fat or work on thin the rest of my life, the latter seems the EASIER choice. Change my body or change my brain?
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Meg, great questions as usual!!
First, I do believe we are different in many respects, though here I have less science to back me up.
I do think there are lots and lots of "never fat" women out there who watch what they eat and are sure to get lots of exercise, just as I do now. There are also lots and lots of "never fat" women who stay thin without really thinking about it or focusing on it. I have yet to hear of a "format fat" woman who can get away with that. That is the difference. I think it IS possible to keep the weight off, but only through monitoring food, exercise, etc. That's a big way in which these differences under our skin manifest themselves.
What does that mean for maintenance? I do think that my body is going to be faster to gain weight than many never fat people. I think I will have to work harder than they will.
For me personally, one implication is that I am not necessarily planning to get to a normal BMI. I do hope to further reduce my body fat % and maybe lose some more weight in the process. I am trying to set more fitness goals and find exercises I enjoy. But I am not setting any lower weight goals (at least for now). I figure I have enough on my plate and enough difficulties staying right here. And Ive made some amazing accomplishments. Ive lost 40% of my starting weight, and am already healthier and fitter than I ever have been in my life. Im thrilled with all the things I can do and the things I am willing to try. I feel I have gotten my life back.
I figure I could set lower weight goals, but that idea just stresses me out, and makes me rebel. I am just not willing to put in that additional effort on top of everything else Im doing. And Im okay with all of this. And maybe someday I will set lower goals. Just not now.
Please note, Im only talking about me and not anyone elses decisions or choices.
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Wonderful discussions Meg, I really appreciate your effort!
Personally, I do not feel it is a punishment or deprivation never to have a Krispy Kreme donut again (I haven't had one since the day I started). If not eating donuts and counting calories every day is the price I pay for my size 6 pants, I consider it a VERY fair price. What Ennay said is definitely true for me, so I don't eat donuts, I eat a lot of really yummy stuff. It's not like "no donuts or ANYTHING pleasurable for the rest of my life" there is still a lot of pleasure in food.
I will be food journaling, menu planning, weighing myself weekly, saying "no" to my never foods (fast food, soda, creamy sauce, fried foods, packaged baked goods) and estimating calories for the rest of my life. If I don't, I will regain the weight I lost. All the other weight loss attempts, I eventually "quit" dieting and I always gained all the weight back and more. This was the first time I said "there is no end." This is the first time I've kept the weight off - 2 years, 5 months
Is it self control? Good habits? Ridding my body of junk cleared out my crazy sugar cravings? Celebrating my own good health? I still have no idea why this time "clicked" and every other time didn't.
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First of all ... please don't apologise Meg. You've put a tremendous amount of thought and work into this book discussion and a bunch of us appreciate that beyond words.
I think what makes the 5 different from the 95 is the
. The same way many of us tried and tried and tried to lose weight but were only successful after
something clicked
I can empathize with the fellow who said How do you get the reasons why you want to lose weight to be important enough to maintain that self control forever? But I think he might be short-sighted and discounting the effect of practice practice practice. Just as having a doughnut for coffee break becomes a habit so does taking a walk after supper.
Different? Yes. However, I'm going to play the 'bloom where you're planted' card. It don't matter one hill o'beans if I can eat less calories than my skinny friend. If I am to remain thin, I must do what works for me. Fair? Nope but then who said life was fair? It ain't.
Life's work? I have no intention of becoming a personal trainer. I'm a clod, that would be funny!
I could become very wordy and angry with another discussion on the difference between dedication and obsession.
I know a gal who does needle-point in plastic. She must make dozens of horrible, chintzy looking things each year. Hour upon hour, day after day ... worrying lest she not finish enough for Christmas or Easter ... stewing because she made a mistake and has to rip out and do over.
She too must eat and move.
We all have to eat and move!
So what if my hobby is that eating and moving? I'll end up slim, fit and healthy. Why is that obsession and hers is dedication to her craft?
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Well this maintenance stuff is all brand new to me. But I have come to realize quite early on in my journey, thanks to 3FC, that maintenance will be no different to me then losing. Perhaps if I'm lucky I'll get to eat a couple of hundred extra calories a day. Maybe.
So that means the same exericse routine, the same planning, the same foods, the same calorie counting, portion control, the same resisting tempation, the same getting on the scale every single day and yes - the same obsessing over my weight. I find that obsession to be an added bonus though. Or what is we like to say - that dedication. I am prepared to do this forever and ever. Wish me luck.
I DO think I can resist that donut for the rest of my life. I am so happy with the way things are going, that's the way I feel - 99.9% of the time, that is. And hopefully, hopefully - that'll be good enough.
I hear people say all the time, "But how can you live like that? How can you deprive yourself for so long? " The real question should be "How did I USED to live like I was living?" What I USED to do was depriving myself - of a happy and healthy life.
, I do have a question though. You mentioned that a simple blood test would reveal you are a reduced obese person. Would you mind explaining just exactly those tests would show. I'm curious.
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What Dr. Leibel explained to me is that a blood test would reveal a leptin deficiency resulting from my weight loss. He said that anyone who has lost more than 10% of their body weight has - as far as they can tell - permanently reduced leptin levels. This causes the metabolic slowdown of 15 - 25% that was discussed in the book, the feeling of always being cold, and other physical symptoms. Perhaps a blood test would show other biochemical changes too, if they've figured out how to measure some of the other hormones that are changed by weight loss.
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And Robin and Glory, I totally agree with your points about donuts. Where is it written that
eating donuts is somehow "deprivation"? And eating healthy, delicious food is some kind of punishment? I don't get it when people say - oh, you have to have treats (meaning junk) once in a while, else you'll feel deprived. Uh, no. I love the food I eat, I love how it makes me feel, and I love how it makes me look.
No deprivation here, baby!
My last donut was in October, 2004. And I do mean my LAST donut, forever.
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I still eat donuts. Occasionally. I had four! in the past three months or so. I also have ice cream and cakes and all sorts. But I am going to use some old WW lingo here---- All in moderation. Not deprivation of the yummy things in life and not out and out gluttony either.
As for neurotic, ect--- my therapist certainly thinks I have a problem. But, I have tonnes of "food issues" not related to weight loss or dieting. So, in that I
I have to keep a certain level of vigilance. I hope for it to eventually become complete second nature and that I won't count calories everyday. But, even after 3 years of losing I still have to keep on top of things.
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Im with Robin and Glory on this one, too. That constant all or nothing thinking is nerves-grating at best--isnt there, oh, I dunno, quite a wide range or alternatives between a Krispy Kreme donut and fricking celeri? Why must it always have to be celeri anyway? And if our happiness n life must depend on whether we have that donut or not, well, sorry, but then our lives must be pretty dull and empty to start with. Evidently, with that kind of mindset, one cannot go very far.
I agree that we are different, if only in the way we here seem to be tackling the problem. And I know from first-hand experience, just like you all know it too, that Ill never be able to eat like a never-fat person. My body is and was too different from the start, otherwise I would never have been overweight as a child. Theres a nother difference, too: people who maintain their weight loss, from what I can see here, are also different in their minds. Theyve acknowledged the fact, understood what to do to keep the weight at bay, and accepted that doing it is the only way to indeed keep it at bay. As I wrote in another post, what struck me in the book were the attitudes of the people taking part in the study. They are understandable, of course, since those were men and women who had already tried and failed several times. But not once has they struck me as having actually hope in themselves. It was always hope in the program, hope that theyd be on Atkins and not on LEARN, hope in the study... not in their own ability to just do it, if I may say so. And this contrasts a lot with the atitude of a Meg or of a Glory or of a Wyllenn here.
So, yeah, we are different.
But in a way, its alright.
I have to pay attention everyday of my life--so what? Maybe I can just stop wallowing on the pain of not having that donut, and focus instead on the fact that, hey, my body is actually forcing me to eat healthy foods and in not a huge quantity, at least I wont be loading myself with junk. (Being thin doesnt mean youre in pretty good health if you eat at fast-food joints every day, eh?) I also have to focus on my studies every day, and will have to strive for other studies every day until my last day of work, since I want to teach and am thus bound ethically (in my book, I know, I'm a prefectionist
) to always keep sharp and acute to give the best I can to my students--whether they want it or not.
Is that obsession? I dont know, but if its acceptable and praiseworthy to do that for a job, why couldnt I pay attention to food and weight as well? I tend to consider this as I consider many other things in life: we dont HAVE to do it, nobodys forcing us, but if we dont do it, then well have to face the consequences. And looking old and frumpy in clothes the cut of which doesnt suit a fat body anyway, feeling easily out of breath and unable to even run to catch my bus, or having to take meds later on because Ive shot down my health with eating too much crap, the way I did before, isnt something Im looking forward to... So I guess Ill just have that one cookie once a fortnight, itll do well enough for me. Weve lived for ages on fruits and berries, I dont see why these shoud suddenly become awful foods that will make us unhappy and deprived!
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As I wrote in another post, what struck me in the book were the attitudes of the people taking part in the study. They are understandable, of course, since those were men and women who had already tried and failed several times. But not once has they struck me as having actually hope in themselves. It was always hope in the program, hope that theyd be on Atkins and not on LEARN, hope in the study... not in their own ability to just do it, if I may say so.
I think that's a great point. From what I've read in the psychological literature, the way to change a behavior involves self-efficacy, the belief you can "do" it. There are other issues involved too, but that's a big one.
And for me, it's actually NOT a belief I had when I started. I tried without believing I could go all the way. I just knew I had to try again. Somewhere along the line (and after discovering 3fc) I realized, just possibly, that I could do it!
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I was the same way, Heather. When I started again for the last time, I truly didn't believe that I could do it. I had failed so many times that, in my heart, I was convinced I'd fail again. But the years of failure were just killing my spirit, so I knew I had to try again. We're really only failed when we stop trying and I never, ever stop trying.
Once I figured out what to do and the weight started coming off, nothing in the world could have stopped me. I wanted it so badly that you could have offered me a million dollars to eat a cookie and I would have turned you down without a second's hesitation.
I guess that was the point at which I believed that I could do it. And I wasn't going to let anyone or anything take my dream away from me. But like you, it took a while to get there.
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I'm going to chime in although I haven't read the book. I just picked up on this quote above:
How do you get the reasons why you want to lose weight to be important enough to maintain that self control forever?
For me, weight alone could never be that important. I don't give a stuff about being 148, or any other weight. For me the focus has to be on the things that I can do, and the things I want to do that complement my weight loss.
As many of you know, I'm a runner. I eat well, and I train hard because I want to run further and faster. Obviously that doesn't harm my weight maintenance. But I don't do it to maintain. In fact, I sometimes wonder whether I ever did it to lose in the first place, I was always more focussed on things that I wanted to do rather than how I wanted to look when I did them. If I could run a really fast marathon but the pay off was gaining 20lb, I'd be getting some bigger clothes out of storage.
For me, although I do have to pay attention to what I eat and the exercise I do, it doesn't seem to be such a mental slog as some people go through. I think the key for me has been finding a lifestyle that ties in with the things I need to do, rather than constantly feeling like I'm fighting a battle against my metabolism.
I've also started seeing myself as a naturally thin person who went off the rails for a while and got fat, rather than the other way round. Whether that's a lie which would be shown up by medical tests, I don't know, but it makes it easier for me to accept my current lifestyle without thinking that it's anything abnormal. I just think that this is how I should have been living all along.
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SusanB, my MIL makes that stuff on plastic canvas.
There is dedication, obsession, and passion. I think some of you maintainers have a passion for your new life. And I think that is what is needed to be sucessful. How to maintain that passion forever is problematic. What I see happening is that the sucessful among us stay involved with others who struggle. Witness Meg and her personal training career and moderating here at 3fc. It is really nice for us that she helps us, but she is also helping herself. She gets daily reminders of what will happen if she lets her guard down.
Other folks may say that some of us are obsessed, but my personal opinion is that they are jealous. To paraphrase the book, we aren't any crazier, as a group, than the rest of the world, so why should our weight loss/maintenance be "obsessive" while doing plastic canvas needlework is dedication?
Thanks, Meg, for structuring a great discussion.
Thanks, also, to Heather for all of the really interesting "blathers". Keep on blathering!
Thanks to Glory for the interesting weight loss story and continuing passion.
Thanks to SusanB for the no-nonsense approach and the way you take responsibility for what you do.
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I do think I'm different according to how I eat to maintain my wt. loss. I know there are people that eat more than I do and stay slim. I'm willing to accept this, as I too learned that "life isn't Fair".
My health is my number 1 priority as it should be. I don't care if people think I'm obsessive about my weight and exercise. They haven't lived in my sick body. They don't know what it's like to take literally hands full of pills each day. So, yes, it is totally worth it to me to keep my wt. in a healthy range even if it means forgoing Donuts. Personally, I'd rather have a big slice of watermelon than a donut anyway. I can't even remember when is the last time I had a donut. I'm certain it's been more than 2 yrs. and I can live without them.
I can honestly say that I enjoy going for long walks in the countryside. Of course the treadmill does get boring at times, but I do it anyway. Not because I necessarily want to, but because I need to. Sometimes if I don't feel like "just walking", I'll use my Hula Hoop or Jump Rope or Elliptical to change things up a bit. The important thing to me is that I get some physical movement instead of just laying around doing nothing.
I, for one, will never give into her theory that its better to just accept being fat and live with it. I was dying with it before, not living with it.
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Consumers, companies show confidence in economic expansion
WASHINGTON -- Consumers and companies are starting to act as if the economic expansion is here to stay even as the latest GDP report shows the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as initially estimated in the first quarter.
Purchases of new homes jumped in May to a five-year high, while business investment plans improved for a third straight month, figures from the Commerce Department showed Tuesday in Washington. The last time households were this confident was in January 2008, according to another report.
The data point to the self-sustaining expansion the Federal Reserve is seeking to nurture as rising property values boost household wealth and spending, while businesses invest in new equipment to meet growing demand. Stocks climbed, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index rebounding from a nine-week low, as the figures supported forecasts the economy will overcome a mid- year slump and accelerate in the second half of 2013.
"It's all good news," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pa. "The economy is going to gain traction."
Builders sold 476,000 new properties at an annualized rate last month, a 2.1 percent gain from April, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey and the most since July 2008, the Commerce Department figures showed. The median selling price climbed to $263,900, up 10.3 percent from May 2012.
Lennar Corp. is among builders seeing increased sales, orders and higher average purchase prices. The third-largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue today reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
Miami-based Lennar delivered 4,464 houses, compared with 3,222 homes a year earlier, while the average sales price increased to $283,000 from $250,000. Orders rose 27 percent.
Values of existing properties are also picking up. Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose 12.1 percent in April from the same month in 2012, the biggest year-over-year gain since March 2006, a report from S&P/Case-Shiller showed. The 1.7 percent increase in April from the prior month followed a 1.9 percent March advance, marking the biggest back-to-back gains since records began in 2000.
The demand for housing is driving residential construction and aiding the economic expansion. Consumers who long held off on purchases are entering the market even as borrowing costs rise, encouraged by the increases in property values and gains in employment.
"The housing recovery is alive and well and has a long way to go, and higher rates aren't going to choke it off," said Joe LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in New York, who projected a gain to 475,000, matching the highest in the Bloomberg survey. "It's given the economy, or will give the economy, a lot of oomph."
Americans are gaining confidence as their biggest asset, a house, becomes more valuable. The New York-based Conference Board's consumer sentiment index increased to 81.4 in June from 74.3 a month earlier, data from the private research group showed.
Tuesday's figures are in line with the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, which has been hovering around a five-year high reached in late April. American households last week were the least pessimistic about the current state of the economy in more than five years, the Bloomberg index showed.
Spirits are lifting as employment picks up. The Conference Board's survey showed more consumers thought opportunities will open up in the next six months and an increasing share said jobs were plentiful right now.
Houses aren't the only thing consumers are more willing to buy as prospects improve. Cars and light trucks sold at a 15.2 million annualized rate in May, putting 2013 on course to be the best year for automakers since 2007, according to industry figures.
The gains in spending, which account for 70 percent of the economy, are helping to bolster the expansion after government budget cuts took effect in March.
"Unambiguously, the economy is showing signs of improvement despite sizable fiscal drag," said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, N.Y. Among the positives "has been the improving labor market, but in addition, wealth in general has been rising, at least up until the last week."
The Conference Board said the cutoff day for responses to be included in the report was June 13. Since then equities have declined, with the S&P 500 dropping 2.5 percent on June 20, the biggest one-day selloff since November 2011.
Growing demand for cars and trucks and gains in homebuilding are helping counter weakness in export markets, benefiting manufacturers such as BorgWarner Inc. and United Technologies Corp. Businesses may also decide to replace aging equipment, which will help bolster expansion in the second half of 2013.
Orders for durable goods, those meant to last at least three years, climbed a larger-than-projected 3.6 percent for a second month reflecting broad-based gains, according to figures from the Commerce Department.
Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a proxy for future business investment in computers, electronics and other equipment, climbed 1.1 percent in May after rising 1.2 percent and 1.1 percent in each of the prior two months.
Shipments of those products, a measure used in calculating gross domestic product, rose 1.7 percent, the biggest gain since November.
"This is the missing piece for an upswing in economic activity," said Millan Mulraine, director of U.S. rates research at TD Securities USA LLC in New York. "Business capital investment activity is off to a strong showing. If businesses start investing, they'll add to their workforce."
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week that the central bank may begin to pare its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases this year if the economy performs as policy makers forecast. The process could be completed by mid-2014, by which time the jobless rate will probably have dropped to around 7 percent, he said.
-- With assistance from Rich Miller, Alexandria Baca, Michelle Jamrisko and Alex Tanzi in Washington.


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And that's good. "Prices are around 400-500 euros per kilo, compared to close to 800 euros" last year, per a sidebar article in Food Arts magazine. "Good news for gourmets, even if both experts add that the downside of the boom is the mediocre quality of this years crop and the fact that competition from Spanish and Italian truffles in French markets is also pushing prices down."
The article goes on to discuss the truffle harvest in historical terms. "Since the excessively hot, dry summer of 2003, quantities have dipped further, reaching all time low [harvests] of 12 to 13 tons per year." That's down from 40 to 50 tons at the beginning of the 21st century and 1000 tons recorded at the end of the 19th century!


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Upcoming:Pigalle 0.71-dev (Sat, 08 Mai 2004): first public releaseDone:...
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