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Neo-Nazi demands child welfare workers return his baby girl named Eva Braun:
If you've been following this site for a while I'm sure you remember the story of one Heath Campbell. In 2008 he had his kids taken away by New Jersey DYFS. He came on their radar after it was reported that a local supermarket wouldn't put Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler on a birthday cake. You see, Adolf Hitler was the name of one of Campbell's kids, He named his other kids in that family after Nazi leaders and ideals as well. DYFS took the kids away claiming abuse in the home and not the Nazi names they'd been given although I'll always argue that giving kids names like that is a form of abuse, but I digress.
It seems that Campbell has had another kid taken away again and yet again it was named after a Nazi icon. This time it was a girl named Eva Braun. For those of you who have lapsed on your World War II history, Eva Braun was Hitler's girlfriend and very shortly his wife before the pair committed suicide. And again it wasn't because of the Nazi name. The child was taken because Campbell's new baby mama had her previous child taken as well.
But get this, Campbell has had nine kids by five women and has custody of none of them to which he flippantly replies "Well, I'll stop making them when they stop taking them."
Dude, you're on disability and couldn't even afford to go see your daughter before she was taken. You have no business having kids and not because you're a Nazi but more because you're an irresponsible trailer trash dumbass.
And I guess it's still lost on him that if he had lived in Hitler's Germany he would have been exterminated for being 'disabled'.


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New Books on Topics of Anesthesia & Diversity Reflect PVM Influence
July 30, 2013
Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty and staff contributed to two new influential works addressing the topics of diversity in veterinary medicine and protocols for anesthesia and pain management. Both books, published earlier this year, showcase the positive impact PVM scholars are making in these fields.
"Navigating Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine" is the title of a book published by Purdue University Press that addresses the lack of diversity in veterinary medicine. Edited by a team of veterinary scholars including two Purdue Veterinary Medicine experts, the book begins with the history of diversity in the veterinary profession in the context of historical changes and actions in U.S. society. It also discusses the need for a more diverse scientific workforce to supply the veterinary profession, presents strategies for attracting more students to the profession, and includes best practices from other health professions.
The book was co-edited by Sandra F. San Miguel (Amass), Purdue Veterinary Medicine associate dean for engagement and Kauline Cipriani, the College's director of diversity initiatives, with Lisa M. Greenhill, associate executive director for institutional research and diversity for the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, and Patricia M. Lowrie, senior advisor to the dean of the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine and director emeritus of the MSU Women's Resource Center. The team worked with representatives from all aspects of the veterinary profession to compile the book.
The book was released at the 2013 Iverson Bell Symposium that was held in March in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) in Alexandria, Va. Subsequently, the book was introduced to the Purdue University community at a reception and panel discussion April 10 at the Purdue Black Cultural Center. The panel discussion featured comments by Pamella Shaw, associate dean of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Indiana University School of Dentistry; Holly Mason, senior associate dean of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy; and Purdue Veterinary Medicine Dean Willie Reed.
The book includes a foreword authored by Dean Reed. Other contributors include Dr. Ron DeHaven (PU DVM '75), AVMA CEO, and Dr. Billy E. Hooper, former PVM associate dean for academic affairs and past executive director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. For more information about the book, click here.
Senior veterinary students going through their clinical anesthesia rotations found they have the benefit of a recently published full color anesthesiology handbook compiled by Purdue Veterinary Medicine's own team of pain management experts. Entitled, "Small Animal Anesthesia and Pain Management", the 288 page book published earlier this year by Manson Publishing Ltd., contains nearly 300 illustrations. Led by Professor of Anesthesiology Jeff Ko, the team of six contributors included Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgery and Neurology Amy Fauber, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Tomohito Inoue, Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Ann Weil, and Dr. Rebecca Krimins, who was a small animal anesthesia resident when the book was compiled and now is the medical director for Veterinary Imaging of the Chesapeake in Annapolis, Md. Additional contributions came from Dr. Michael Lucroy (PU DVM '93), a former PVM faculty member who now works for Elanco Animal Health.
Dr. Ko says he started on the book three years ago after being approached by the publisher about the idea of compiling a volume on anesthesia for its "Color Handbook" series, which uses many pictures, drawings and diagrams to teach concepts and protocols, in contrast to the format of a typical textbook. As the lead author, Dr. Ko talked with the contributors about their chapters in addition to writing his own sections. Topics covered include everything from equipment to preanesthetic medication, intravenous injection techniques, inhalant anesthetic agents, anesthesia monitoring and management, fluid therapy, airway management and ventilation, acute pain management and euthanasia.
Dr. Ko says the handbook proved to be a daunting assignment, because it is designed as a quick reference guide for practitioners and students, using lots of visual aids to "demystify" anesthesia. "It's really challenging to cover a concept with a picture or illustration, without adding more words than are really necessary," said Dr. Ko. "We had to find ways to show step by step such things as how oxygen molecules flow through an anesthetic machine and into the patient, and how to do a local block with a local anesthetic agent." But he says it was well worth the effort. "This book shows the Purdue way of administering anesthesia and providing pain management. It puts Purdue on the map internationally. People will see the Purdue anesthetic protocols and our general philosophy, as well as the quality and complexity of the cases we manage," Dr. Ko explains. For more information on the book, click here.
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Mark Fruhling needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
I am in search of the right designer to help me launch the first website dedicated to helping friends have fun by talking smack and insulting each other. The logo should be simple, but creative and embody the spirit of having fun with your friends. This website should be responsible for tons of laughs between friends and the logo should remind people how much fun it is to use the website. I will be posting a contest to design the website also, but I thought that the logo should be decided on first. So the top 5 designs will have first chance at the website design, which is only a few pages. I will also be posting a contest for creative and fun icons for the members to send to each other.
The website is in beta and is already getting decent traffic. There are very few pages and surfing around the site should be pretty simple. The website has the persistence of a posting board...the last 500 messages will always be there, and it also has the immediateness of a chat client...new messages appear within seconds. The public pages are for people to vent, ala "Rants and Raves" on craigslist, but the private pages are for groups of friends to interact and have fun messaging each other. The design should support a feeling of a community promoting fun messages between friends, kind of like the facebook funwall without having to sign up for facebook. There is also an idea of "attitude" with the messaging that is different from anything out there.
I need a great logo and creative ideas for a possible mascot or symbol for the idea of shit talking with your friends and having a great time. Use your imagination and style, I want this to be a fun site and that starts with the designer having fun. I have a tentative tagline or "Create, Invite, Embarrass", but everything is still open for your input.
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Nick Stahl Missing Again After Ditching Rehab
Less than one week after checking out of rehab against his doctor's orders, actor Nick Stahl has gone missing again, prompting friends and family members to reach out to the media for assistance in possibly finding him.
"He's been missing for four days," Stahl's wife, Rose Murphy, told E! News. "But I don't want to comment any further."
The site says Stahl, 32, stayed at a friend's house after leaving rehab, and was spotted in downtown Los Angeles before disappearing last Thursday night. A friend told E!:
Now he's disappeared. We can't find him anywhere. He has not made contact with anyone. We are all just desperately looking for him. … Everyone just wants him to come home. It's a terrible situation. We are searching, but we've had no solid leads.
Stahl pulled a disappearing act back in May, only to resurface after a week. He checked himself into rehab, claiming to seek the help that he needed.
If you have any information on Stahl's whereabouts detectives at the Los Angeles Missing Persons Unit can be contacted at 213-996-1800 24-hours a day. If you wish to remain anonymous, please call 1-877-LAPD 24 7 (1-877-527-3247) toll free, 24-hours a day at R.A.C.R. Division.


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How private is Skype? We don't know, and that's a serious problem.
This is the message put forth in an "Open Letter to Skype," which was published today and carries the signatures of more than 100 Internet activists, companies, and organizations. The signatories hope the letter will urge Microsoft, Skype's parent company, to issue bi-annual Skype "transparency reports" similar to those published by Google, Twitter, and Sonic.net.
"Many of its users rely on Skype for secure communications – whether they are activists operating in countries governed by authoritarian regimes, journalists communicating with sensitive sources, or users who wish to talk privately in confidence with business associates, family, or friends," the letter reads. "It is unfortunate that these users, and those who advise them on best security practices, work in the face of persistently unclear and confusing statements about the confidentiality of Skype conversations, and in particular the access that governments and other third parties have to Skype user data and communications."
Cybersecurity researcher Nadim Kobeissi, known for developing the encrypted Web chat client Cyrptocat and the original author of the letter, says Microsoft has refused to come clean about Skype user privacy for too long. In 2008, prior to the Microsoft buyout, Skype said that its peer-to-peer infrastructure made it impossible for the company to spy on users' communications. And, because it was based in Europe, Skype asserted it had no obligation to comply with U.S. wiretap laws. Since Microsoft's purchase of Skype in 2011, however, the company has remained mum on whether its new-found U.S. base of operations changes its legal obligations, and its policy toward eavesdropping on users.
"Many organizations and Internet activists have been trying to get straight information from Skype for years," said Kobeissi in an email with Digital Trends. "We're simply putting it together now because we collectively decided it was time to get a real, transparent answer from Skype, that benefits all of its users, including those who may be operating from danger zones."
The letter, which was originally drafted by Kobeissi and revised with help from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other activists, lays out a list of five broad criteria that the activists want Microsoft to provide in a Skype Transparency Report. The list includes details about which third-parties have access to Skype user data, including Microsoft's compliance with governments' request for user data; details about what user data Skype collects; documentation pertaining to Microsoft's "operational relationship" with China's mobile Internet company TOM Online; and an explanation of the company's procedure "when Skype receives and responds to requests for user data from law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the United States and elsewhere," specifically Skype's compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) and its "response to subpoenas and National Security Letters (NSLs)."
In the U.S., Skype's compliance with CALEA is of particular concern. Originally passed in 1994 and updated in 2004, CALEA requires telephone companies and broadband Internet service providers (PDF) to build in "backdoors" to allow law enforcement to secretly monitor suspects' communications.
Last year, the FBI reportedly began pushing for an update to CALEA that would move social networks like Facebook, and VoIP services like Skype, under the CALEA umbrella. Because ISPs are already required to allow government wiretaps, however, it's possible – even likely – that Skype communications are already being intercepted.
For Skype users living abroad, the issue is further complicated by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the U.S. government to monitor communications between foreign nationals, or between Americans and citizens of other countries.
While many of these nebulous privacy issues may cause some Skype users to tune out, supporters of the letter say the matters at hand are quite simple – and vital for all users to get behind.
"Most people wouldn't be too comfortable with someone looking over their shoulder while they video chatted with friends or family, yet that's what's happening – digitally – with Skype," said Sarah Downey, a privacy attorney for Abine, in an email with Digital Trends. (Both Downey and Abine have signed the Skype letter.) "Your Skype profile information, chats, and videos are being shared for advertising and handed over to law enforcement without even a warrant.
"If you're trusting an app like Skype to communicate, you deserve to know how Skype is using your personal information – or what risks it's exposing you to," she adds.
"I believe Skype users in the U.S. should be aware of the contradictory statements and lack of transparency that surrounds Skype's service," said Kobeissi. "All of Skype's users would be better off if Skype could be more transparent about what it can and can't promise."
Whether Microsoft will agree to the letter's demands remain to be seen – but there's reason for the letter's signatories to be hopeful. Microsoft has become a leader in the movement to implement "Do Not Track" technology by making the setting on by default in its Internet Explorer 10 Web browsers – a move that caused outrage across the online advertising industry. And on Wednesday, the Redmond, Washington-based computing giant released the results of a survey it commissioned, which found that users are increasingly concerned about their online privacy, and want ways to protect it.
"As online activities have become a valuable part of daily life, privacy is incredibly important. At Microsoft, we strive to help our customers manage their personal information online by providing easy-to-understand privacy policies, settings and guidance," said Brendon Lynch, Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer, in a statement. "We take seriously our responsibility to customers by investing in a comprehensive and dynamic privacy program that implements our policies and delivers privacy innovations to our customers."
Despite this, Microsoft has so far refused to respond to the Skype letter. "We have reached out to Microsoft through the Electronic Frontier Foundation, but so far I have personally not heard from them," said Kobeissi.
Regardless of whether Microsoft responds now that the letter is public, Kobeissi says it is still important for Americans to be aware of how their communications are being monitored by the U.S. government.
"I think the answer can be summed up by: 'Always look for real, transparent promises of privacy,'" he said. "So many institutions and companies in the U.S. manage to slip under the radar while offering no promise of real privacy rights, and this needs to change."
Read the full Skype letter here.
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Craig is a pigeon theist.
Arguing with theists is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it's victorious.
He didn't win dick. He is loud (because loud makes right), arrogant and has nothing to back it up with. I watched that idiot's debates while cringing and lowering the volume every time he took a turn so my ears wouldn't bleed from his anal tone of voice. How can any atheist claim "craig won" after he already admit he believes in devils, angels and the "forces of evil" ? The forces of evil ? What is this star wars? Grow the fuck up. Not only does he not win anything, his debates should warrant him a seat on the short bus.
Also craig has no place debating scientists, seeing as he has no real degree in anything. It's like scientists trying to debate a baby. How the hell do you explain the universe to a drooling toddler?
Perhaps because when someone reels off a ton of seeming evidence for their position (the Gish Gallop), complaining about the tactic seems like a weak response. "Yeah but you haven't addressed any of my evidence. Why not?"
Unfortunately debates in this sort of format are not won by who is actually right but rather by who can manage to make the other look unprepared to answer their arguments.
Lukeprog has done some writing about the topic - though it makes WLC out to be some unstoppable juggernaut. As was noted already, folks like Sam Harris et. al. are not debaters. That's not their calling, nor is it for quite a few of us. There's arguing, then there's debating to make yourself a living. You can know cosmology, philosophy, biology, etc. up, down, left & right, but if you can't spot how and when the opponent isn't right and communicate that in a crisp, clear way, it doesn't matter.
Is it hopeless to challenge WLC? Nah. The flaws in his arguments are quite numerous, and can be found quite easily around the 'net. Presenting those objections in a convincing way is another animal altogether...which I touched on briefly in my earlier comment. That's the part that is so badly neglected, and not just vs. WLC.
I did this in a Philosophy of Religion class once. Our attendent theists were attempting to monopolize the class, and I mentioned during class, 'when I signed up for this class it was titled, Philosophy of Religion, not Christian Evangelical training 101'.
WLC has debating down - he is not a scientist. Skilled philosophers/debaters can make the brightest non-theist scientists look silly - but it's not because he speaks the truth or has valid arguments, it's because he looks and sounds better.
Scientists need not debate this Christian "philosopher," imo. He is a mere distraction in the progress of human knowledge.
He unleashes a torrent (and it can lean a little philosophical). Now if you look at a transcript of these torrents and reduce what you take from it to a number of questions, you can start to take him apart. But in his presentations' initial unleashing, you're presented with sheer mass, a colossal tower of wrong to make right, and you don't even know where to start. He's the very worst kind of modern Christian, but a fantastic for an atheists that likes to really get in there and dismantle mountains.
Or because he has the kind of face that you just want to smash until it leaks pink oozy fluids. Because there's that.
WLC is very good at debating. We have discussed this before and in order to counter his arguments you do need to be very prepared. He has been called a "Master Debater" here before and I cannot disagree with that sentiment. However his arguments are not as significant or as important as he would like to think. The Kalam Cosmological Argument which he refined and made his own is a worthwhile exercise in philosophical debate if you are so inclined. However it is basically a remodelling of the "First Cause" argument. The fact that the KCA is from Islamic tradition never leads him to deduce that Allah is this First Cause rather than his Christian god is never explained.
He is good at debating the KCA as he has dedicated the last 40 years to it. If something exists it must have been caused to exist. The Universe exists so it began to exist therefore his god did it. This is a supernatural explanation to a naturalistic question. One of his aides is a TA member and we have had a few good debates with him. However like all Theists they still assume that their Arguments for god are actually Evidence for his existence.
He also reworks the Ontological Argument. God is the greatest thing we can conceive of. Therefore gods' non-existence is not possible. Therefore the Atheist must reject something he knows must exist. So anyone denying the existence of god is contradicting themselves. This however as Schopenhauer says is only a "subtle play with concepts" and not an a priori proof of anything. Non-existence does not have any attributes and so is only a "fiction of the mind" to quote Kant.
His arguments need a fair degree of conceptual analysis and they tend to become metaphysical debates. This is his area. He is good at it and it may be difficult for the opposite side to stay with him because their grounding is in logic and reasoned analysis of the subject. It is easy to stray into such a place in a philosophical debate. He is highly qualified in this area. The study of philosophy is the introduction to philosophy, to quote Hegel. Many coming from a scientific background will not be able to switch to the WLC way of thinking which they need do in order to debate him. What they should do is to say "Ok the Universe did have a First Cause. We think it is the Big Bang because we have evidence to suggest that this is scientifically true." "Please refute our argument without playing your faith card." Leave infinite regression arguments out on both side and see who makes more sense. I think he would leave the stage and the scientist would end up talking to his vacant chair. I can conceive of that scenario in my mind as being "Perfect".
RE: "the Ontological Argument. God is the greatest thing we can conceive of. Therefore gods' non-existence is not possible."
Where does that leave people like me? I can't conceive of a god, which therefore ascertains that he/she/it cannot be the greatest thing of which I can conceive.The greatest thing of which I can conceive, is the unconditional love of a child, and ain't no talkin'-snake makin' god gonna top that!
you cannot conceive God, because you do not want do, or because its intellectually more compelling to you, to believe, we are the result of pure chance, or physical necessity ?
Or maybe it's because he's sane.
Thanks, k, but who's really gonna believe that?


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Sleep grows elusive in Karen Russell's new, nightmarish novella
Like many of the bizarre scenarios Karen Russell imagines in her fiction — an afterlife in which former U.S. presidents are transformed into horses, say, or a chilling government plot to turn young women into human silkworms — the premise in her allegorical new novella is unsettling. But this time the nightmare hits closer to home. In Sleep Donation, set in a dystopian near future, a lethal plague of insomnia is spreading through the overstimulated, anxious population, leaving thousands of Americans unable to dream or sleep. They're desperate for an REM cycle to stave off death, but there are few cures for their peculiar wakefulness.
"They file for dream bankruptcy, appeal for Slumber Corps aid, wait to be approved for a sleep donor," narrator Trish Edgewater tells us. "It's a special kind of homelessness ... to be evicted from your dreams."
A Miami native shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Swamplandia in 2012 and winner of a prestigious MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 2013, Russell specializes in creating fantastical worlds that hum with recognizable rhythms. She excels at marrying the commonplace with the extraordinary. Sleep Donation may sound like pure science fiction, but with straight-forward and often amusing prose, Russell makes the point of her parable clear: What happens to us as a society, as individuals, when we're so saturated with information and noise and buzz that we lose touch with the most basic part of our nature?
Trish Edgewater must ponder that and other questions. The MVP of the Slumber Corps — a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing donated sleep to insomniacs — Trish is a champion recruiter, able to secure donations by telling (and retelling) the heartrending story of her sister's death from lack of sleep. ("The official cause of death was organ failure. I know it doesn't sound like much, on paper.")
Like anyone ravaged by grief, Trish feels she's keeping her sister alive, in a way. "[W]hat am I doing, if not reseeding my dead sister into as many fertile minds and bodies as possible?" But she's beginning to have doubts about her job and her enigmatic employers. Her prize recruit, Baby A, is a universal donor whose pure, perfect slumber has saved hundreds of lives, with many other patients still awaiting her healing transfusions. Baby A's mother wants her infant daughter to continue her heroic role until a synthesized version of her sleep can be manufactured. Baby A's father, however, resents the demands of the Slumber Corps. Trish understands his combativeness. She promises the Corps will never overdraw the baby, but "I make this promise at a moment when people are plunging their straws into any available centimeter of shale and water, every crude and uranium and mineral well on earth, with an indiscriminate and borderless appetite."
Available only as a digital download starting Tuesday, Sleep Donation is kissing cousin to the stories from Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Russell's last collection. It's got more plot going for it, but using this particular format helps Russell narrow her focus while she examines topical fears and the general unease of a population that senses it's on the brink of cataclysmic change. Consider the wave of panic unleashed when an anonymous sleep donor (tagged "Donor Y") infects the insomniacs with an undetected nightmare. Lawsuits are filed. The infected, terrified by the nightmare they can't remember, begin to commit suicide. Donors grow too terrified to donate. The sleepless refuse transfusions lest they get infected, too. The Slumber Corps responds with a massive public relations blitz that feels awfully familiar.
Fortunately Russell, also the author of the story collection St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, uses humor to balance her dark imagination. Sleep Donation isn't a lecture; she seems to be having some fun here. "This is our training," Trish says by way of describing the ease with which she agrees to a sexual encounter with a co-worker. "Most of our time is spent asking strangers for donations. There are, of course, no consent forms to sign for this kind of transaction." An alphabetical list of contagious nightmares includes "Aorta, burst" and "Abomination, horned" and "Avalanche, live burial." A group of patients infected by Donor Y become "misery celebrities." You can envision the reality show sure to follow.
In the end, Trish uncovers troubling revelations about the Slumber Corps and must answer an unsettling question: "Does it matter if we mean what we say, if the mere fact of the utterance saves lives?" Her conclusion is not surprising, but it's well-earned in Russsell's intriguing, imperiled world.
Connie Ogle is the Miami Herald's book editor.


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Senate Majority Leader McConnell greeted by protesters at speaking event
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made an appearance in Lawrenceburg, Ky. on Tuesday, and so did several hundred protesters.
Protesters began gathering around 10 a.m. at the American Legion.
Nearly a thousand people crowded behind a chain link fence to try to catch McConnell's attention as he made his first stop on a tour of Kentucky during the congressional recess.
The protesters on Tuesday chanted, "No ban, no wall, Mitch McConnell take our call," a reference to the senator's clogged voicemail system during the first month of Donald Trump's presidency.
The Anderson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday is the first of several events where McConnell is scheduled to speak. Demonstrators promised to follow him to each stop.
McConnell says he is "proud" of the nearly 1,000 protesters who gathered outside his first stop.
He says he respects the protesters' right to voice their opposition to Trump's presidency and the conservative agenda Republicans plan to push through Congress, including dismantling the Affordable Care Act. McConnell says protesting is "what we do in this country."
McConnell has other stops planned in Kentucky throughout the week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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With the holiday season now at hand, it's an opportunity for adult children and their parents to finally have The Talk. You know the one: The awkward but necessary conversation about parental finances and whether there is room in the budget for everything from inheritances to elder-care.
The problem, of course, is that while adult children are anxious about their parents' finances, no one is eager to talk about it. "Detailed conversations are not happening," says Kathleen Murphy, president of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments, which released a study today that documents the extent to which the two generations are failing to communicate on this topic.
According to Fidelity's first-ever "Intra-Family Generational Finance Study," 89% of families agree that health and elder care discussions are important. But only 10% of adult children believe the conversations they have held with their parents have been "very detailed." Similarly, only 19% of children say the same about estate planning conversations, and only 11% of adult children feel they have discussed retirement readiness with their parents in detail.
It's easy to understand why the information gap exists. After all, "these are awkward and potentially emotional conversations," says Murphy. "They can get into touchy subjects like how long people are going to live, whether there is any evidence of cognitive impairment, and how much you can expect to receive in an inheritance." Moreover, she adds, "parents don't want to confront the fact that they may not be able to take care of themselves."
There are other awkward factors in play, according to the survey: for example, 30% of parents say they don't want their children to "overly rely on a potential inheritance"; and 40% of adult children say they don't feel as if their parents' finances are any of their business.
Still, if parents and children don't communicate, it can lead to more than just anxiety. Adult children may not save enough if they have unrealistically high hopes for an inheritance. And some adult children who don't know enough about their parents' financial health may unnecessarily sacrifice financial goals to set money aside for their parents' care. (In Fidelity's survey: only 3% of parents said they expect to have to rely on their children for financial support, but almost 25% of children believe they will have to support their parents at some point.)
Not surprisingly, those who take the time to have these conversations tend to feel better. Fidelity said that 90% of the parents who have had such discussions with their adult children reported having "peace of mind." Only 61% of parents who have not had this talk felt the same way.
One way to facilitate a conversation is for both generations to sit down with the parents' financial adviser. In fact, 68% of the parents and 60% of adult children surveyed said they would feel more comfortable talking about the bottom line in the presence of an adviser. "Advisers can structure those conversations to keep focused on the data and keep the emotions out," says Murphy.
At the very least, Fidelity recommends that parents tell their children where to find key documents, including account numbers and passwords, and create key estate planning documents, including living wills and health care proxies.
This is an updated version of an article that originally appeared on Encore on November 14, 2012.


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At (almost) all hours, I can hear the sound of cars honking their horns, occasional sirens, traffic…the sounds that remind you that you live in the middle of a busy city. This is the symphony that I have slept to for the past five years…the same symphony that little C has learned to sleep to as well. No birds chirping, no fresh breeze, no vegetable garden to tend or wide green spaces where little C can roam.
Am I complaining? Not at all! I love living in the city. I love the hustle and bustle. I love being near everything that I want to be near. I love having a 24-hour pharmacy nearby. I love looking over my teeny-tiny balcony seeing the windows of the flats nearby, wondering at all the stories unfolding in each. I love seeing all the people, rushing here or there, always with purpose. I love knowing, even during those times when I am lazy and just dig myself deeper into the duvet, that it all goes on around me – that quick, unending, untiring heartbeat…the life under the concrete, fed by sweat and aspirations.
I love the energy of cities.
Nevertheless, even the most ardent devotees of the concrete jungle need to escape, even for just a weekend. A change of scenery, even if you are just a short hop away can do wonders for recharging the body, mind, and soul. And if that escape involves good friends, great food, and a lovely setting, well, even better!
So I'll be off for the weekend, we are packing the little one and all her accouterments into our tiny red car and heading for cooler breezes.
Meanwhile, I leave you with this, a wonderful revival of our left-over red-cooked pork belly. I can't take credit for the idea though. I came from my friend M who, when I posted this up, mentioned that it would make a great banh mi. Now, don't get me started on all I ate in Hanoi, or how I hopped on the back of our hotel's staff's scooter to get to his banh mi place. I thought it was a genius idea to say the very least. And it was…and how!
A banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich of their local baguette (which has a softer crust than a French baguette) and is traditionally made with pickled vegetables (carrots and daikon), cucumber, chili, cilantro, pate, mayonnaise, and some sort of meat. You can also add a fried egg. Yes, yum.
I got the micro cilantro from some lovely purveyors at my neighborhood market (the wild arugula too for that matter). If I can't grow my own herbs and vegetables at least I know there are some great people putting passion into bringing them to us.
Perhaps someday, I will want that plot of land enough to pack up and look for our little bit of "peace and quiet and open air", but until then my heart belongs here. And a weekend escape is all I need. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!


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Desire and motivation aren't enough to see change through. Therefore, it is best to first understand what you seek to change and then determine your desire to fully commit to implementing it. I understand that change does not happen overnight, it requires serious dedication. Yet and still, in my experience, I know it is easy to fall off track and lose sight of the goal. At times I am consciously aware of what I need to do yet I lack motivation to continue to implement the change I started to pursue. My actions become inconsistent and/or I psyche myself out. Eventfully, though, I realize I do not have to begin my transformation in a drastic manner, I can revamp my approach and start with baby steps—Kaizen.
This particularly correlates with how I feel about the mannerisms I am trying to change. For the most part, I consider myself to be a well-rounded individual who understands we all encompass unique differences. However, in knowing myself, I accept that I am not and will never be perfect. Thus, I am continually working towards becoming a better person. I admit that I need to be a better listener, have better control of my emotions, and even become a better delegator. Conversely, my "one big thing" is control issues.
I was already aware of my areas of weakness, nevertheless, Kegan and Lahey helped put the significance of my weaknesses into a perspective I had never considered. I was content simply knowing that there were a few things I needed to work on. I did not want to think about every aspect of my faults—it makes me feel uneasy. It truly is a slap in the face once you realize you are unconsciously blocking your own path to success. With that being said, I appreciate the self discoveries that spawned from reading "Immunity to Change." Not only am I aware of my faults and consequences they may cause, now I am also aware that I have the ability to create a game plan by using an immunity map to overcome every obstacle blocking my path to success.


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Newbie Theory!
…or just an FAQ made by Yours Truly that discusses things that newbies face and honestly…stuff I wish someone had told me when I started years ago. Could have saved me time and money. And, because I went through all my newbie advice posts and found out it's about 8 pages of material at this point and only getting longer, I'll be covering this stuff in sections FAQ style, snark included.
Newbies and Complex Theory- Cuz sometimes there's a such thing as "too much thinking"
Q: Why do you say "Complex Theory" doesn't matter to Newbies?
A: Mainly I say this because when you first start anything, the basics are all you are taught. This makes all information you use functional to you at that time. If when you first started driving someone explained to you the intricacies of a pneumatic system controlling your brakes but an electronic not cable 'by wire' system controlling your accelerator would it have changed how you drove the car or how it worked for you when you first start a car and drive it for yourself? Or would this matter as you make more informed car decisions down the road as far as a mechanic or vehicle choice? Or…never matter at all? I mean the car will get you to point B whether you understand how it works or not, as long as you understand how to operate it. Functional PE that you can do is all I'm getting at here; doesn't need to be extensive theory and rocket science.
The reason I advise against "Complex Theory" usage is it distracts from the primary objective of getting your feet wet and helping you get a hands-on understanding of what PE is and what it can mean to you. I mean there are dozens of good articles on this topic and thousands of replies but it's all based on abstracts until you actually get down and do it. Information overload can slow your progress easily. This is a thing I myself experienced.
Q: Why do you push START HERE ——-> NEWBIE ROUTINE <——- Important Newbie Info all the time?
A: Because most of the thinking that you will be doing for the rest of your PE career is done for you here. This routine is proven to provide a basic level of support for most people in their goals and brings gains to someone who hasn't done PE before if done properly. There will be select exceptions to this and if you have problems feel free to ask here, that is why we are here, but this basic rubric gives you a place to start and us a place to begin to diagnose any issues that you may have because we know exactly what you are doing since we understand how this routine is laid out.
Any teacher will tell you that teaching the same material makes it easier for students to learn among themselves. And easier for any other teacher to help you learn, because of an innate understanding of the lesson plan. We can help you because we know what this routine usually will do and give. Others can help you because they've gained from it so when you post with issues it won't just be veterans answering, it'll be people just like you who know what you're going through also. It is a large part of what our community is based upon. That is the real value of "The Newbie Routine."
Also, real talk, if I had this resource when I first started my entire PE career would have been different. And this is the one real regret I have about the PE I, thoughtfulgold, have done over the years. It was done alone, solo research, and it cost me tons of time and money I could have saved with some advice and guidance. It can be done alone. If I could turn back the hands of time, I would not have.
Q: Why do you not recommend thoughtfulgold's Penis Enlargement as "Scheduled Trauma" theory when you recommend "The Newbie Routine"?
A: It really doesn't apply in the very beginning. Any sort of activity starts with the basics. Me recommending variety is not required. First, there is some variety in the Newbie Routine but a more poignant point is this: You don't have any practical experience with PE yet. I can't in good conscience recommend intermediate and advanced exercises yet, much less blending them into a routine. I can't tell you to go buy expensive devices when you haven't even really decided if you will stick with Penis Enlargement. I wouldn't do those things. That would be deceitful, wasteful and I have no money to make off of you or motives in seeing you do more than you need to in the beginning.
Many guys don't stick with PE and having you stuck with boxes of dusty devices and an injury from attempting advanced exercises at the behest of my advice would make me sad. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. Variety comes when you have a comfort level with PE enough to choose and experiment with exercises and devices on your own with an informed mind. You don't have that comfort level and informed mind yet. You will, if you decide Penis Enlargement is a path you want to walk and you stick with it.
Newbies and Rest- There is rest for the wicked, actually. I use a memory foam mattress myself.
Q: Why are rest days important? Can't we gain more by using our time more efficiently?
A: Rest is important because injury can result with too much training. Whether that's lifting too much weight with your arms and shoulders, or tugging too hard or too many times on your penis when you perform your routine. You take days off to avoid aches, pains and dysfunction. Dysfunction like loss of morning wood primarily but anything that is outside of the norm in a bad way. An achy penis is not what you want so you do want to rest and regularly.
Q: What is the best rest day schedule?
A: The one that you can utilize for recovery enough to continue regularly performing your routine. Also, what you can fit into your life, being an adult that may be busy. The basic schemes for rest days are "x days on and x days off" There is 1 on 1 off, 2 on 1 off, up to 5 on and 2 off. And you can easily make up your own rest schedule or omit it entirely. But I do highly recommend you keep including it at least 2 times in a 7 day week, whichever way you see fit.
Personally, if you're asking thoughtfulgold, I never do more than 3 on and I'll take 2 off if I do. Generally 2 on 1 off. I've experimented with a lot of setups. I don't like more consecutive days and I don't have the time to commit consecutively that way. This is my personal experience.
Q: But I heard about "some other new routine that's super intense and says I don't need rest if I just am careful and keep pushing!"
A: Those routines are not for newbies. Anyone who says they are isn't going to be there and help you if you rip your penis off trying them. And if you are willing to accept that risk, understand that most of us here do not have the knowledge of those routines, especially if it's SUPER NEW AND SPECIAL (read: unknown theory and by someone who has no experience or standing in the community that no one has heard of) and thusly we won't have the ability to offer much by way of experienced help using said routine.
Personally, I steer clear of these routines. They seem to come by once or twice yearly and have a miracle gainer or two and it seems to me that it is the Penis Enlargement Exercise and Device equivalent of Snake Oil. That is thoughtfulgold's .02
Newbies and Devices- Take it from someone who has spent thousands on devices…
Q: Hey, I just started PE and I bought this device. Can I use it in my routine?
A: Yes. But I probably will not recommend it. Devices early on are not going to be as effective as your hands and learning about PE with a no cost approach. Marketing will snare more than one man with a sharp mind. It worked on me enough times that if I could trade my devices back I could have a brand new Kia Rio with the cold hard cash I'd have on hand. Do not buy devices in the Newbie Phase. I am sure they will still be for sale after you have experience under your belt. Additionally, your tastes and the device of the month may change by the time you're ready to make an informed decision.
I can safely say this, having taken the device route myself in my Newbie days. If I hadn't actually stayed diligent (and I nearly quit more than once after buying nearly $1000 worth the devices in the first 6 months) I would have had a heck of a heavy loss and it could have been avoided with learning manuals and being patient that way. That is just one example of Newbie Device purchasing that went more bad than good.
Q: But this device is optimized for exactly what my goals are! And I already bought it so…I don't want to be wasteful, what do you think?
A: Answer is still "You can, but I'm going to recommend against it." And I'll tell you why, but you have to promise not to get mad. Okay, holding you to it. Read on below.
I highly doubt you know how that device works, not having worn it yet. I mean you know what the advertising said…but not much else, I bet. I also highly doubt that you understand the full range of injuries it can cause you, especially if you haven't been hurt by something like this before. And I doubt, even more than the first two statements, that you want to find those things out the hard way. It is your money and you are an adult. I cannot, under any circumstances, tell you what you can and cannot do. But take the following from me and many of the others here who have experienced the same.
I have bought more than one device and hurt myself in the first few sessions and had to take a week off. Achy pubic bone, blister, dried and cracked skin on the glans…none of those things were on the boxes of the devices I bought. I also can bet they aren't on the box or receipt of the device you have either. Just a liability waiver about how this is not intended for medical treatment of any disease (if that warning is even present). Also, that injury list is not exhaustive and this is exactly why we have Injuries and Treatments as a place that others can learn from the mistakes of the past. You can be a donor or a reader but hopefully you aren't there because of a pressing injury at the time.
Q: Do you recommend ANY devices during the Newbie Phase?
A: Yes. A space heater. One that will heat the area you are in to a comfortably high temperature of around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. It is incredibly difficult, if not impossible to have a good routine in a cold room with cold hands. Heating the room is the best solution to this and I would highly recommend it. Plus, they aren't typically expensive and are useful outside of PE and can be sold or given to a friend if you decide PE isn't for you.
I learned about how heat was important one winter. The house wouldn't get above 68 degrees, which isn't cold but isn't comfortable to be nude and handling your penis for an hour or more at a time. I ended up waiting until the season broke to continue PE. A real drag.
Newbies and Expectations- Cuz I been there, I know what this is like
Q: How often should we measure to check our progress?
A: Not a terrible amount. The ruler is one of the hardest parts of PE to overcome. To some it is the enemy. To some it is inspiration. However, to check your size daily is a bad habit because it is impossible to track gains every single day. If you space your measurement times you have a greater chance to see gains. If you are asking thoughtfulgold, I subscribe to every 4 to 6 weeks that I'll actually measure my normal full erect size.
Q: When will I see gains?
A:I do not know. My crystal ball has been broken for some years now and if I had precognition mastered I'd probably be playing the lottery, not predicting a flowchart of your gains. *chuckles*
That said, I can't know. Your body and mine are different. How you do your PE is indubitably different from how I did mine. This will make predicting gains impossible. However, if you've gone some months in "The Newbie Routine" with no gains, we can help you if you can tell us other things you've been experiencing, such as Erection Quality loss or Morning Wood frequency drops. Too many factors exist for anyone to make that prediction. We can just help you get there.
Some people gain much slower than others. These causes are not fully understood or even truly isolated as something we know a reason for. Some people will gain in 5 months what it will take 2 or 3 years for someone else to get. the key is diligence and safety. If you are truly paying attention to your Physiologic Indicators (PIs) to help growth! then you will keep them positive and stay on the path to gains. They will eventually come if you can listen to your penis and keep safe and consistent in your routine. You just have to keep the faith.
Q: Isn't there a faster way? Surely after all this time you've found something effective for quick gains?
A: NO. Rushing the process is how you get hurt. There is no magical method. No "Holy Grail" device or technique. Just NO.
Newbies and Penis Enlargement Dangers- Cuz I ain't your momma, but I care.
Q: What is "overtraining"?
A: Long story short, you doin' too much. If you tell me your routine and halfway through reading it I stop to check a text message, your routine is probably too long. If you need additional pages to write your routine down, it may be too long. If you have a period during your routine where your nanites have to rebuild your penis, you probably are overtraining.
A more detailed look at overtraining is in essence when you scale your routine up faster than your penis is willing to accommodate you. An example, and substitute your exercise or device regiment of choice here, is if you do 100 jelqs a session. If you double that to 200 and notice weaker erections the following day, you are probably pushing it. If you triple it and see no morning wood or erections at all that day, you've overdone it. Overtraining is a lot of subjective, or how you as the end user will see it, point of view. I can only translate what you describe to me using my experience and my personal viewpoints. Overtraining is typically minor. Some guys don't mind mild EQ drops after a hard workout day. I personally do. It is when you ignore a series of minor signs that things can become a more serious issue.
That said, if you experience total dysfunction like a long term loss of erections, painful erections or tingling, nerve damage, bleeding, skin discoloration, broken skin, dryness or sensitivity and pain that is serious and extended and other obvious signs of injury you not only have overtrained, you may need a doctor if symptoms persist. There are people who have trained through this.
This is not recommended. Stop all PE. Seek immediate guidance and medical attention..
Q: Can I sleep wearing my device?
A: NO. Not only is this answer NO but even in advanced stages I would recommend against this. Any device that exerts ANY level of force is simply not safe to wear while unconscious. You may experience injury and not wake to remedy the issue. This question is commonly posed to the wearing of a traction style extender like Size Genetics/X4 Labs/JES Extender/Male Edge/etc. and All Day Stretchers like the Xsleeve/Phallosan/etc. The answer is no. Wear those during your waking hours, even while doing things, but not when inattention can bring injury.
Additionally, your sleep cycle is when your body does its maintenance. Recovery from all the PE that you do is important during your sleep cycle. Give your body that time to repair itself. You can do PE tomorrow.
Q: My Penis Enlargement Rolemodel (insert some guru's name here with crazy gains), he does this routine so I want to try it! How can I get to where he is doing this routine?
A: Honestly, that seems like a match made in Heaven for disaster. A lot of the routines you'll see some veterans do are not safe for Newbies. Either they focus too much on intensity or duration or both. Most of this is simply going to have no positive effect for you at this point in your PE career. Also, remember that this routine they customized for themselves. To face PE challenges that they've run into. Where you are, you likely do not have to resort to those sort of methods yet.
I remember a guy who was hanging 25lbs for 25 minute sets like 6 times a day 4 days a week. When I tried hanging period, after about 14lbs I was not only done, I couldn't hang for more than 3 sets of 10 minutes. The hanger was giving me problems and honestly, the turtling effect combined with my small flaccid size at that time, I couldn't really properly attach the hanger. So it slipped off, I got hurt and I quit hanging for good.
I remind people that the best theory, that I myself practice and will practice until I retire from PE, is simple.
I use the least amount of force required for me to see additional gains. This reduces my injury risk and leaves more options open for me in the future when this method needs adjustment.
Q: My erections are getting weaker, what can I do?
My size seems to be going down, what are my options?
Why am I not having morning wood?
It seems like gains have stopped even though I'm not getting negative feedback from my penis, what's wrong?
A: I would take a break from PE. All of these things have similar causes, usually a lack of rest. Or an injury that you may not be aware of. Or over-conditioning. Take a week or two, maybe a month off. PE will be here when you get back. Your health is more important and there is no reason to train to regain what you can get back with rest and recovery. Just because it doesn't feel like it hurts doesn't mean it isn't doing you harm. If your body is telling you that something is bothering it, especially with that negative feedback, you need to listen to it. You only have one penis and it will tell you all about what you're doing to it if it isn't going well.
A very common danger for Newbies is the feeling that they can't take a break from PE. That they have to get results now. I have been there and it has led to more foolish purchases and foolish routines than I can even recall. Do not fall into that trap of obsession or addiction with PE. It becomes hard to control and easy to get hurt. You can always wait till tomorrow. You have the knowledge and the power.
Tips and Tricks for the Sharp Newbie- …tips are good. No snark needed for that.
1. Do not be afraid to ask for help.- Even if it is to send your role model a Personal Message. If he doesn't answer, oh well. Just make the effort. You may make a friend and gain good knowledge at the same time.
2. In your research, try to keep an open mind.- You will learn something different than what you first found in your research, it will probably be of use to you. But you have to keep your mind ready to accept new things.
3. Keep a paper journal of your PE routines.- Write down exactly what you did in each of your sets. Doesn't matter if the numbers or times are odd. Just keep track of what it is you've done so you can know what it is you are capable of when you want to scale a routine up or down. You won't always be able to get online. You may need to reference what you've done, how long ago, when and why. I recommend a 5-Star Notebook because they have plastic front covers and extra thick back covers so they take a beating and last a long time.
4. Try to only implement one PE theory or routine type at a time.- Some of us have vastly differing ideas on how to use equipment or manual exercises. Some of which will not mesh together. An example is my slow, steady, rest-oriented style versus some of the more aggressive high intensity, low duration types of routines.
5. Masturbate less.- It helps your gains come faster and stay longer. It will reduce the amount of PE you have to do to reach your goals.
6. Keep the faith. - There is no reward for being discouraged and quitting. No consolation in walking away. If you really want something, be it a Penis Enlargement goal or something else, you have to go after it no matter how hard it is or how long it takes. If it is what you want, you have to stick with it and you can't do that without keeping the faith and pushing onward. This, I found from experience.
And…that wraps up what I would tell a Newbie. I mean, take what you will from that and add comments below. If I had access to even 1/4 of this information i don't know where I'd be now. Hopefully it saves you time and effort, too.
Good luck!
Today we celebrate 15 years as the best non commercial PE site on the web.
That's 15 years worth of collective knowledge, experience, discussion, friendship, support, improved sex lives and inches gained !
What makes a site like this ?
You, the members, without you there is no forum so get involved.
Reading is great but posting is what makes the whole thing work and being involved can be rewarding in all sorts of ways.
If you want to know something search then ask.
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Join in conversations and make friends.
Put your ideas out there even if you think they seem a bit crazy.
If you see room for improvement tell us.
A forum is only as alive and relevant as the people posting in it.
There are also behind the scenes changes going on with a new admin team taking over as the old team retire so please cut us some slack as we find our feet.
Long term we hope to continue to move forward and keep improving the site and in the short term maintain business as usual.
A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed over the years and to everyone who continues to do so.
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I have decided to run through the data gathered here at Thunder's Place to see just what can be expected from our hard earned science experiments here. Many members ask for estimates of what they can expect to gain. My goal was to crunch the data and see just what these numbers may be. Additionally, I went through the numbers to find the average starting statistics here at Thunder's Place, just to see how they stacked up against the studies done around the world.
First let's begin with the assumptions I made in order to cut down the false statistics found here on the website.
Statistics were calculated for two groups. A group of only gainers, and a group that contained everyone within the reasonable range of statistics. In addition to these two groups, statistics for inches and centimeters are provided.
Resulting Statistics can be found below:
The first thing that stands out to me when examining the data, is the clear tendency towards rounding to the nearest quarter/half/whole inch that comes with self-reported statistics. The tendency to round can mess with the accuracy of statistics, but it is assumed here that the rounding is reasonable and not excessive. The same quarter/half/whole inch grid can be seen on the centimeter graph as well. The scatter plots also indicate that the vast majority of users fall between 5 and 7 inches starting length (approx. 13.5 to 18.5 centimeters) and between 4.5 and 5.5 inches of girth (approx. 11.5 to 14 cm). The is confirmed by the averages listed above. Additionally, below the distribution of starting statistics can be seen in an easier to read format. The X axes of each graph are in the units listed in the graph title, while the Y axes are number of users falling into each category.
Average Length Gain of Gainers: 0.7350 in - 1.8670 cm
Standard Deviation: 0.5234 in - 1.3296 cm
Average Girth Gain of Gainers: 0.4057 in - 1.0305 cm
Standard Deviation: 0.3333 in - 0.8465 cm
The above two graphs show the distribution of length and girth gains for all members who fell within the reasonable statistics range. As is quite apparent, the majority of gains occurred between 0 and 1 inch of BP Length (approx. 0 and 2.5 cm) and between 0 and 0.5 inches of Mid Shaft Girth (approx. 0 and 1 cm). We can again see the tendency to round gains towards the nearest quarter/half/whole inch amongst users, as again the gains statistics line up nicely along the grid lines. We can see the distribution of the gains statistics appears in the shape of a comet, with the majority of data point appearing close to the origin at 0 gains in either dimension, and the data points becoming more sparse as they move away from the origin, especially in the positive direction of both axes.
Something to notice about those who lost size in a penis dimension: these users are in the minority of the statistics by a wide margin. Additionally, no member reported losing both length and girth, and those that lost in one dimension commonly gained in the other dimension. Below the distribution of gains can be seen. These distributions show the distribution of those who gained, and does not include the small portion of users who reported negative gains.
Gain Distribution
Now what do all of these numbers mean? The standard deviation of each average presented above show how likely an individual is to deviate from the statistical average. The way the standard deviation works is as such: 68% of users were within 1 standard deviation of the indicated measurement, 95% of them were within 2 standard deviations, and 99.7% of them were within 3 standard deviations of the average.
We can also see that when including decreases in size between first and last measurements, the standard deviation for gains is greater than the average gain. This means that Thunder's Place gain statistics are highly erratic, ie. they vary greatly. However, when considering only those who experienced gains, the standard deviations, as expected, fall below the value of the average gain. Despite this, they still remain a significant percentage of the average gain, indicating a flatter bell curve distribution of gains. This means that while a good portion of users can expect gains near that average number, the gains of each user will obviously vary widely from individual to individual.
What about the effect your starting size has on your ability to gain? Below are four graphs that show the distribution between a starting dimension of each member, and the gains experienced by that member in the corresponding dimension. This was done in both inches and centimeters, as usual.
The above four graphs reveal some interesting trends of growth here at Thunder's Place. Commonly it is thought that a smaller starting size allows for greater gains, and this can be seen easily on the length graphs. These graphs exhibit a clearly triangular shape, indicating that greater gains were experienced by those who started on the lower end of sizes. As one moves rightward across the x-axis of starting size, it can be seen that the BPEL length gains drop off. However, a different trend is seen in the girth department. The decreasing triangle clearly seen in the length graphs is much less visible in the girth graphs. In fact, these girth graphs exhibit a much flatter shape overall. For the most part it appears that no matter the starting size, a 0.5 inch gain in girth (approx. 1.3 centimeters) is reasonable for members. There is a small trend towards smaller starting girths experiencing greater girth gains, but it is much less apparent than in the length gain graphs.
A positive result of the study reveals that a very high proportion of the users here at Thunder's Place report positive gains. I think we may be onto something here at Thunder's :shrug:
Summaries of the averages of starting stats, gain stats, and percentage of users who gained can all be found below in easier to read tables as attachments.
Hopefully you all find this helpful!
-Statistics Compiled on the 25th of February, 2016-
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I have always been interested in where I came from. As a child, my mother said that we were 100% Irish on our father's side. But on our mother's side, we were Bohemian (Czechoslovakian) and Greek. Every St. Patrick's Day, my mother would give me a green carnation.
I really began to research my history in 1999 when I re-connected with my paternal uncle and aunt. Uncle Pat told me that my grandmother's maiden name (birth surname) was Kreis or Kries. And my great grandmother's maiden name was Carney or Kearney. And that's all I had to go on.
In the last 12 years, I have made a few strides in documenting the history of my family. And I have had several surprises! Through research, I have shed some light on a few family stories that turned out to be myths:
- All of our family has been born in and lived in Chicago, IL for many, many generations.
- Chicago is the first place our ancestors settled in after they landed here.
- We are Yankees through and through.
- Our heritage is Irish, Bohemian and Greek. And that's all.
- Our surname is Spears.
I have uncovered a lot of information on my ancestors in the last few years, but like many genealogists, I have run into brick walls that I still need to break through. However, I am confident that with the support of other researchers, with perseverance, and with diligent search of records, I will round out my family tree.


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The presidency of one of the biggest unions in the country is up for grabs. James Hoffa currently heads the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and he's facing the first challenge by a woman in the Teamsters' 108-year-old history. Sandy Pope is a former truck driver. If she becomes head of the union and its 1.4 million members, her challenge would be to turn around years of declining membership.
NPR's Beenish Ahmed reports.
BEENISH AHMED, BYLINE: Sandy Pope is standing outside of a grocery warehouse in Maryland's Montgomery County. She's greeting Teamsters as they exit the massive compound.
SANDY POPE: Hi, how are you? I'm Sandy Pope. I'm running against Hoffa in the national election.
AHMED: Pope knows her work well because she's done it. She's also worked as a Teamster dock worker, steel hauler and truck driver. Pope has a black-belt in Tae Kwon Do. A woman of average height with shoulder-length blond hair, she certainly doesn't fit the typical trucker image. But with the CB moniker Troublemaker, Pope drove a semi across the country for years. The fact that she's worked in so many traditional Teamster jobs appeals to a lot of members. And it's this experience that Pope has drawn from as she's risen up union ranks.
POPE: It's very important to me to feel that I'm helping people gain dignity in their lives, independence, respect. And unions give you power in your own workplace that as individuals, most of us can't get.
AHMED: Pope isn't a typical Teamster. Her father managed an investment firm. She attended Hampshire College in hopes of becoming a lawyer, but dropped out to work a minimum wage job - much to her family's dismay.
RICHARD HURD: She has her own excess baggage to carry.
AHMED: That's Richard Hurd. He's a professor and associate dean at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
HURD: If Jim Hoffa's baggage is that he got his job because his father was the president, hers is that she's an activist who came into the labor movement to be an activist.
AHMED: James Hoffa is the current president of the Teamsters. His father and namesake was an iconic figure who led the union during its heyday. But a lot has changed since then.
HURD: The reality for the Teamsters was that their hold on the industry began to wither away. It's not unique to the Teamsters .
AHMED: Professor Hurd cites automation, globalization and deregulation as the main culprits behind the declining clout of the Teamsters. The new president will be up against all of them, not to mention a slumping economy and a difficult climate for labor.
Just over half of all Americans approve of unions, according to a recent Gallup poll. The prolonged fall of union approval rates has mirrored a decline in union membership. Only one in 10 Americans are currently in a union - a 70-year low. And Hurd isn't hopeful that things will improve for the Teamsters or any other union any time soon.
HURD: What they can hope for is that they maintain their current strength and gradually expand within the markets that they have, but it's not going to be easy.
AHMED: Sandy Pope is up for the challenge. As she said during a recent campaign debate...
POPE: And once that we start to turn our attention to enforcing our contracts at UPS, in freights, at waste management, in the grocery industry, then those members will be our best organizers out there and we'll be able to build.
AHMED: Pope and another candidate, Fred Gegare, debated their views, but Hoffa sent a representative. He said during an interview later that his record speaks for itself.
JAMES HOFFA: My opposition lives in a parallel universe where they don't know what's going on. We've organized over 130,000 members in the past - just the past three years.
AHMED: But due to layoffs and attrition, the union has lost nearly twice as many members during this time. Election results will be announced in mid-November. Whoever emerges as the next president will have no choice but to make organizing a major priority. And that's one thing both Hoffa and Pope agree on. On October 6th, 1.3 million ballots will be mailed out to Teamsters across the country. If the next leader of the union doesn't act fast, that number will fall before his or her five-year term is up. For NPR News, I'm Beenish Ahmed in Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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ExplorationOctober 19, 2004
I've had a long-term love affair with maps. But it goes beyond that.
If I could sum up what makes me truly happy in a single phrase, it would be this: the pursuit of knowledge. Unless I'm challenging my mind or expanding my horizons, I feel like I'm wasting time.
I find myself continually attracted to products and services that offer a sense of exploration. I have been in love with maps since a very early age, and an atlas is an essential for my desk. (I also spend a lot of time poking my head in various nooks and crannies around whichever city I happen to find myself in, but that's a different story for another day.)
So when I find new ways of exploring data I feel strangely compelled, and spend lot of time just clicking around and seeing what there is to see. Here are a couple of my recent favorites.
You've probably heard of Wikipedia by now. If not, the idea is an Encyclopaedia Galactica that anyone can edit. The combined knowledge of the human race in one place, cross-referenced and hyperlinked; it's a frighteningly comprehensive resource that recently passed one million articles.
The cross-linking is what makes Wikipedia work. When a link or a search lands me on a page there, I often get sucked into clicking around, and in a throwback to the early days of the web, I find I'm actually surfing the content. It's been a long time since I've done that willingly. Also a time-sucker is clicking the 'Random Page' link in the left-side navigation a few times to find a starting point, then surfing from there.
Although you'd think Wikipedia is ripe for abuse due to the collaborative nature, there are measures in place that allow for detection and correction of abuse. You can view the entire history of an article, compare versions, and if necessary roll back to earlier variations. While it may not be the only source to consult on any given subject, it sure isn't bad as a source.
Oh, the beauty of open source. Celestia is a cross-platform simulation of the known universe, and trust me when I say that if you download it (and figure out the controls), you will waste hours with it.
Perhaps I'm just pre-disposed to the subject matter, but even still… the ability to do a solar-system fly-by and observe for yourself the vast scale of this tiny little corner of space we inhabit is mind-blowing. Knowing the numbers simply isn't enough, until you're able to proportionately see exactly how large those numbers are.
Skyscraper Page
And on the human scale, the Skyscraper Page is an architectural smorgasbord of a site. With to-scale diagrams of most of the world's tallest buildings, the breakdown of information available is impressive.
Start by selecting a city from the global list, then from the city page selecting an information view. A list (in order of height) is on the main city page, but those are just numbers. Hit the Buildings Diagram in the left sidebar to give those numbers a sense of perspective. Then go back and hit the Image Gallery to make those diagrams real with photographs.
A long-time favourite, IMDb is similar to Wikipedia, though far more focused and not a collaborative effort. Explore the world of Hollywood, cross-referenced and as detailed as you could possibly want.
Start with a movie detail page, then work your way through the film's trivia, mistakes, box office take, and then do it all over again for each actor that was in the movie.
Basically IMDb for music, Allmusic.com has everything you could possibly want to know about an artist, their releases, who they played with and more. Lyrics have yet to find their way on the site, but I'd imagine that to be a monumental undertaking.
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Dave, Everything2 — http://www.everything2.com — has also been a time-wasting vortex for me in the past…along the lines of Wikipedia with the cross-linkage, but with more of a fiction/creative writing bent. I used to waste so much time there that I just unsubscribed from their feeds. Seems there's too much information to consume sometimes that surfing is more of a luxury than ever.
Great article!
I especially love the SkyscraperPage site. I've found many pictures of the city I was born and raised but haven't been back to in 6 years (Europe).
Hi Dave :),
I'm one of your quiet readers, but after reading this post I had to comment and say thank you…
I absolutely love the stars, universe, everything in the galaxies…so the resource you posted on celestia is amazing and I think you're right about that whole "wasting hours" comment. Also, love the resource on allmusic too.
You've made my day (or what is left of it)…
Goodness, Dave. Thanks so much for the Celestia link. Granted, my afternoon productivity's officially screwed, but…ooh, shiny.
Along the lines of Celestia, but looking from the outside in, is NASA's WorldWind (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind/). Even without LandSat7 data (the current server cannot handle the load) the United States is well covered by USGS satellite and aerial photography data. Once the LandSat7 data comes back online, the whole world will be available in 15 m resolution. You'll be able to combine that with SRTM (Shuttle Radar Tomography Mission) data for a 3-D look at the Earth's surface.
Yep, it's free (as in beer). Unfortunately for some, it's Windows-only.
There is also a watered-down version of Wikipedia called the Fact Index (fact-index.com). It has all the same content as Wikipedia, but all articles have no styling.
Wikipedia is awesome, checkout some of the entries on political candidates… quite interesting. I'll have to download Celestia and play with that, I hope I will be able to get work done tonight :).
And I don't mean to be cynical, but how long do you all think that skyscraper site will be around before it will be taken down do "the terrorists!". I can just see the neo-cons going nuts when they see it.
Celestia just made my day…errrr night!
I've got to agree on wikipedia. I usually go there to check something, and find myself just… surfing. Not a good source to go to if you have to get something done. :P
Celestia was awesome! Thanks for the link. Another our I should have spent studying for my physics test, but as Ethan so eloquently put it; ooh, shiny.
Thanks to all for posting a couple that I hadn't heard of. I love maps, too - specifically check out http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html and http://flagspot.net as extensive map and flag sites. I'm compiled my own Reference links (definitely needs to be updated when I get a chance): http://zepfanman.com/wwwSite.php
Dave, you'd probably like http://www.worldatlas.com
Following the theme of your "all-in-one source" links, try http://www.edmunds.com for everything you'd want or need concerning vehicles. http://www.howstuffworks.com rocks as well.
I'm absolutely obsessed with Allmusic.com! I DJ a radio show, and it helps me out sooooooo much every week. I hate just having to google (though I find it interesting that the word "google" has become a verb).
And, speaking of my radio show, I was actually able to tell my listeners just what riot grrl was, how it got started, and the frontrunners of the movement, by surfing Wikipedia (and you're right, I stayed for hours)!
I'd heard of most of these, but not Celestia. I will definitely be checking it out.
Thanks for all the linkage.
Hey there Dave,
some great time-wasting sites. One I had sent to me just yesterday was - http://www.mp3.com/musicvine/index.php - and it destroyed my whole moening.
great to see you at WE04 btw.
A bientot,
— If I could sum up what makes me truly happy in a single phrase, it would be this: the pursuit of knowledge.
I couldn't agree more, I love finding out new stuff, I am constantly amazed, intrigued, humbled and awed by news stories and tidbits I pick up when travelling the net and other media. I'm a facts man too, I love seeing my friends and having a new fact or statistic to amaze them with (they're probably bored crapless by it, but they let me drone on).
Yeah, I'm with Dave - I'm surprised the FBI/CIA/NSA/RIAA hasn't swooped down on the skyscraper page in a blaze of patriotic homeland defence.
IMDB is great. After sitting through a film and thinking I know that guy from somehwere, instead of being really annoyed until it pops into your head, you just reference the movie, and cross reference the actors! It's really suprising who's actually been in what, and where you recognise people from, especially if it's just from some small part in a one-off TV show. (which also reminds you of your favourite childhood TV shows, so you can reminisce.) Checking out the directors and writers also flags up a few people to watch out for, that appear time and again on movies I'd enjoyed.
Probably the main reason that Allmusic doesn't have lyrics is that, like recordings and sheet music, lyrics are copyrighted (except for public domain works, of course), and so you can't publish them without permission. Look closely at a CD's or record's liner notes that includes lyrics, and you'll see the phrase "Lyrics reprinted by permission of [Rights Holder]" — even for the artist's own work that's on that album!
That's also the reason why lyrics for cover versions often mysteriously don't appear in liner notes where lyrics for the artist's original songs do — because permission either wasn't obtained or wasn't sought to reprint the other writer's lyrics.
As I understand it, one weird quirk of current copyright laws is that you can do a cover version of anyone's song without having to ask first, as long as you pay the appropriate royalty agency, but you can't reproduce another recording of the song, or sample it, or reprint the lyrics or sheet music, without actively obtaining permission.
Strange, hm? Anyway, there's an explanation for you. Usual caveats: I'm not an IP lawyer or anything, just a musician.
Now that you've said it, I also have gone to wikipedia for hours and just surfed the web. I can't say I've done that in a very, very long time. It's great to be able to do that though. :)
I'll be using this AllMusic service now. :)
Probably not suitable for "time-wasting surfing" :-) but if you're into TV series, you should check out epguides.com an tvtome.com
They are /the/ IMDB of TV series!
Me again: The SkyscraperPage remembers me on something… Starship Dimensions!
While googeling after that page I found also a smaller one: http://www.shipschematics.net
Have fun!
Another good site for information about bands is http://ubl.artistdirect.com
That site includes family trees for the bands showing what bands each member has also played in.
I use all the sites listed in your entry as well, well except from Celestia, but maybe I should take it for a spin. Concerning lyrics, try out http://www.letssingit.com. They may not have any lyric sheet you could wish for, but it's a good start.
I've wasted many hours myself on IMDb, mainly in the Trivia section. Your comment on exploration is what caught my attention tho - at my day job I'm a GIS Analyst at a mapping company. If you're looking to 'virutally explore', check out our online satellite imagery webserver containing satellite imagery of pretty much anywhere on the entire planet. http://www.resmap.com. (Unfortunately, only IE and Netscape compatible at this point due to server-side software limitations - arrrgh!)
Originally, IMDB was open and free. This was back in the days when DOS ruled. Then the internet became popular, and it wasn't.
Thanks for the Celestia link! That's sweet.
Great… and I got a paper to write, a presentation to do, and a few other paper's to write… not to mention some studying.
Thanks for killing college ;-)


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Over-all, the use of examples tended to increase conformity (decreasing creativity or reducing novel responses), but this creativity-deadening effect was more evident if examples were given late in individuals' work on a project.
Early examples had a stimulating effect on creativity, increasing subjects' openness to possibilities, increasing the numbers of novel prototypes or drafts.
"One possible explanation for these effects is that early exposure to examples aids the designer in understanding the scope of acceptable solutions to a problem, and helps form an initial representation of the creative concept (Heit, 1992). Prototyping results in subsequent abstraction and refinement of the initial representation (Lim et al., 2008). Without initial exposure to examples, the refined representation may dif fer widely from the one embodied in examples, which would make it harder to map concepts from the example to one's own representation. When exposure is only for a short duration (90s in our experiment), it is possible that only concepts with high enough activation, such as critical features in our experiment, are transferred (motivated by Boroditsky, 2007). Another counter-intuitive experimental result is that repeated exposure to the same examples led to higher creative quality. This may also be explained by a seeding-and-transfer account. Initial exposure to examples prevents the refined representation formed by prototyping from diverging greatly from the one embodied in the examples. This refined yet similar representation would then allow the designer to learn different concepts on re-exposure to the same example. In essence, the crucial ingredient that allows repeated exposure to improve creativity might be the prototyping that occurs between exposures."
Prototyping and exposure to outside ideas is a recurrent theme among successful entrepreneurs. "Act now and learn new things."
The lessons of these two articles are really hitting home the past few weeks. Our teens have been doing the new beta Stanford Human-Computer Interaction course through Coursera has been keeping them busy. The first week they thought was a snap when they were asked to brainstorm a possible new business application. Then it turned to shock when they realized they should design a prototype and load it onto a website. They're learning more about Flash Catalyst than I ever would ever have thought possible. How much less they would have learned if their classroom work was confined to 'thinking' and not 'doing'. Learning by leaps.
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The Works > Processes menu contains commands that let you control the execution of processes in the Lisp image. These same commands are available using the toolbar buttons at the top of the Process Browser window or by using the context menu (Use the left mouse button to select a process; the context menu is usually accessed by the right mouse button.) Process commands act on the process that has been selected in the process list. You can select a process by clicking on the line in the process list that contains the process name and status information.
Choose Works > Processes > Break to break the current process. This breaks Lisp and gives you the opportunity to follow any of the normal debugger restarts.
Choose Works > Processes > Kill to kill the selected process.
Choose Works > Processes > Stop to stop the selected process. The process can be started again by choosing Works > Processes > Unstop .
Choose Works > Processes > Unstop to restart a process which has been stopped using Works > Processes > Stop .
Choose Works > Process > Inspect to call up a Common LispWorks Inspector tool to inspect the selected process. See The Inspector for more information on inspecting objects and processes.
Works > Process > Listen
to make the selected process be the value of
in a Listener tool. See The Listener for more information on using the Listener tool.
Choose Processes > Remote Debug to debug the current process in a Debugger tool.See The Debugger Tool for more information on using the Debugger tool.
Note: do not break, kill, stop or remote debug system processes. This may make your environment unusable.