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Re: Commander Cody Fanfiction
Thank you ner'vod
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Thank you ner'vod
I would do anything for my ner vod. If we were in a fire fight I would jump in front of the blast for you especially or any of our other ner vod.Vode Darasuum.
"Ke nu'jurkadir sha Mando'ade.-Don't mess with Mandalorians."-Kandosii Fett
Wow..... No one has ever said anything like that to me before... Thank you.
BTW I just have another external hardrive dropped of with me and it has a few unfinished stories on it. I'm wondering if i should post them.
As I have said you should post what you have you are the greatest person I have ever met you are the greatest ner vod ever and you are officially family to me.And I will stick up and fight for you.We will truly bear the worlds weight together we are Mandalorians and the great Mando'ade say family more than bloodlines.I am not logging off yet but before we do part I just wanted to say good night ner vod.Vode Darasuum,truly.
Like i said. Nobody has ever said anything like that to me before.
Good night Ner'vod.
Ner Vod as I said good night and by the way if you ever need to leave your yaim my yaim is your yaim.Vode Darasuum.
P.S. Yaim means home.
P.S.S. I love you ner vod for you truly are family.
Um, okay.....
Ner Vod you are a friend and family so I will treat you and look out for you like family does.
Kandosii Fett! You're BACK! It's been lonely here without you.
I'm glad to be back ner vod. I had an appointment with a Hut'uun today that unfortuneately he couldn't miss:=D
Such is life.
I kept myself entertained by searching for Avatars, again.
I can see.Well ner vod ive been waiting to get on all day long.
I've been waiting for you to get on all day long.
Sundays. Ain't it lovely? Nothing on TV to watch so you just hang around surfing the internet.
We're just kinda chatting, because i'm taking so Fierfek long to write the next one.
Yeah just chatting.Can't wait till the 5th either.Sunday all I do is surf the internet.my mom hates it
So does mine. They say i need to get off every once and a while. Then i'm like " Five more minutes "
yeah really and besides what really makes them mad is when I use my dads computer because mine is slow.
We only have on computer other than my Dad's PDA. I use it as a modem to surf with.
Vode an is right.Vode Darasuum ner vode
That reminds me, When are you gonna email me KF?
BTW Sweet Pic!
Ill mail you tonight i just ran out of time last night ner vod.oh and thanks for the help on finding the pic i like yours too.Vode Darasuum.
Well, i'll be waiting.
I'm off for a little bit to go finish up my next chapter. I'll be back probably around six or six thirty.
ok.Hey i just sent you that e-mail ner vod. ill talk to you later.Vode Darasuum
Vode An.
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Sol 73 Update on Curiosity from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: CheMin Online20 October 2012
The team applauded the first results from CheMin, which show that the instrument is working well, measuring abundances of minerals in the sandy first sample delivered to it. The CheMin scientists thanked the Surface Sampling Subsystem team for doing such a good job delivering the first sample, and there was another round of applause.
The plan for Sol 73 is dominated by more arm activities, processing another scooped sample through CHIMRA to further clean out any terrestrial contamination before a sample is delivered to SAM, which is very sensitive to organic material. We don't want to put any organic material from Earth into SAM! There wasn't much room in the plan for additional science observations, but we were able to squeeze in a MAHLI image of the observation tray to see whether the soil placed on it during Sol 70 slid or blew off the tray.

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Raise the Rüf
Last week, standing at the bottom of a particularly bad halfpipe competition, watching riders fall one after the other on soft walls into a flat-bottom made of slush, I had a sort of existential crisis. The idea of having to write a story about the contest that described who was a better snowboarder that day suddenly just seemed ... ridiculous. And that thought, once unleashed, turned into a monster.
In snowboarding, the only competition that should ever matter is the one where friends push each other to see who can have the most fun. And yet we've set up a contest machine that is turning our next generation of snowboarders into aerial skiers, because it names winners and losers based on minute details, like where in a trick someone has placed his or her hand. This focus on precision over style will eventually lead to the death of snowboarding.
As I boarded a plane to the next contest in this winter's seemingly endless series of them, it occurred to me that it might be time to just go get a job selling coconuts on a beach in Mexico, rather than to continue to be a part of the system that is killing the sport that I love. But when I landed at the next competition, it was in a helicopter, at the base of the Baldface backcountry lodge's "Scary Cherry" run -- better known as the home of Travis Rice and Red Bull's Ultra Natural. And then I remembered a lesson Rice taught me last year:
Competition itself isn't bad. In fact, it can elevate the level of snowboarding itself if the people who are behind the events put some conscious thought into why they are creating the contests in the first place.
Here's who won: last year's second- and third-place winners Gigi Rüf and Nicolas Müller moved into first- and second-place positions this year. Late wild-card entry (Snowboarder Magazine pick) Bryan Fox, of Drink Water fame, rounded out the podium in third. Terje Håkonsen would have taken the whole thing if he'd landed his trick off this really cool transfer over a hip no one else hit, but he didn't, so he came in fourth.
Mark McMorris, who got in as a wild card for winning the X Games Aspen slopestyle contest, placed in the top 8 -- which means he's automatically invited back to next year's event. Travis Rice did not make the top 8, which means someone's going to have to give him a wild card next year to get into the contest because he's not on the automatic invite list.
Last year, when Rice debuted what was known then as the Supernatural, details lined into place so perfectly -- from the blue-sky weather to the unreal snow conditions to the happy vibe off hill at the lodge -- that the whole event took on an almost magical quality.
Though Rice and the Baldface crew had spent two years building the features that make up the course, no one, including Rice himself, had ever ridden it before, so the excitement of the group over being able to hit it for the first time was palpable. It was less like a contest and more like a group adventure.
The thing about "first times" is, though, they only happen once. Comparing that experience to all that come after it is a pointless exercise. It hasn't been the best winter up in BC, so the snow conditions up at the venue aren't what they were last year, nor was the weather near as optimal this week. After much agonizing over when, if ever, they were going to get a patch of sun during the week-long cloud-afflicted window of time set up to allow for the best chances of getting some good weather, the call was made to run the contest on Sunday.
First runs went down fine, but clouds rolled in for the second run, killing the light and hardening the snow. Scary Cherry is a steep 45-degree face that throws riders faster and farther down slope than they ever anticipate. Add low visibility to the mix and it is a recipe for some spectacular crashes. Due to this, Rice, who reigns as king in the land of perfectionists, was visibly bummed out by the conditions in which his friends had to ride at the end -- to the point of wondering aloud at the end of it all if it could even be considered a success.
But this event will always be a success, because of the fact that it happens at all. Rice has created a run that is as close to something like surfing that snowboarding is ever going to get. In surfing no two waves will ever be alike, so there is always an element of chaos that a surfer has to react to spontaneously and creatively, in a manner that is always unique to each person.
There are hundreds of ways to ride down the Ultra Natural run, and because the weather and snow conditions will change from year to year, no two contests will ever be alike. Even snowboarders who now have the benefit of having ridden the course the previous year have that advantage stripped away by the fact that Mother Nature has completely changed the layout and dynamic of it all.
The Ultra Natural is an event that gives the best snowboarders in the world a canvas and asks them to paint us a picture. It doesn't compare one blue line to a blue line in someone else's picture, or deduct points because one has a more precise edge. It looks at the beauty of the picture as a whole.
Every rider has a different style, a different way of looking at a mountain and deciding how best to ride down. Snowboarders like Rüf and Müller are so light of frame that they just play, effortlessly popping off little features here and there in funny little ways that elicit gasps and giggles of admiration from those watching. Riders like Lucas Debari like to pick the biggest features on the course they can find and just send it. Both are completely different ways of getting down a mountain, and are equally as fascinating to watch.
Setting up a venue for the world to see this side of snowboarding is such an incredible gift that Rice has given us that there may never be an event here that won't be considered a success.
"It's still remarkable how all the logistics come together to come such an event off, to manage this with Nother Nature, which is unpredictable," said an always-humble and happy Rüf, after the awards ceremony. "I had an advantage of having participated already last year, but I'm just honored to be able to come back for a third time, and hopefully be able to make my visions clear and adapt my riding to whatever conditions we find next year."
Because style is such a subjective thing that is almost impossible to judge, legendary style masters Peter Line and Jamie Lynn were brought in to join Andy Hetzel and Temple Cummins and Tom Burt in the judging tower. Because of this, almost every rider threw a method -- not because they talked about it before hand, but just because, individually, it seemed like the right thing to do.
"Who uses the flow, does tricks, does something big and has style and puts it all together in a way that's fun to watch. That's how you judge a contest like this," Burt explained when asked how the judges approached the task of looking at a field of the world's best snowboarders, all with different styles, and deciding who rode the best. "Mountain experience plays in too because it was a variable course. All those guys are incredible riders, but you have one chattered turn and it screws your line up, and your line is done."
Of Rüf's win, "It was unanimous," said Burt. "He buttered the top, a massive mute over the pillow ... butter 3'd the cliff in the middle, there was a backside 180 Japan, nose press off the cabin at the bottom to 180 out. The amount of tricks he did, the amplitude, and the fun overrides other people's more conservative runs. The style that Gigi and Nico ride -- they make a run fun from top to bottom. And that's what this is all about."
Amen. Already can't wait until next year.
The Red Bull Ultra Natural airs March 30 at 1:30 p.m. on NBC.
2013 Red Bull Ultra Natural
Naturally On Top
Gigi Rf, from left, took top honors, followed by Nicolas Mller in second and Bryan Fox third in Travis Rice's Red Bull Ultra Natural backcountry snowboarding contest.
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The shades are a 20×6 matrix (with some pixels missing of course) driven by SPI from an integrated Arduino-compatible in the right temple. There is a Lithium-Polymer battery on the left temple. You can charge the glasses through USB, and download new code to it over the same connection. A button on the right temple allows switching between modes or auto cycling animated patterns.
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2011: Garza was tied second on the team with 20 points (eight goals, four assists)…Led the team with 80 shots, which ranks fifth all-time in the UCSB single season records…Had three game-winning goals during the season, including an overtime strike against UC Davis (Oct. 8)…The forward was awarded with All-Far West Region Second Team and All-Big West First Team honors…His 157 career shots rank ninth in the program's all time top-10…He signed a Generation adidas contract and was picked in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft's First Round by the San Jose Earthquakes.
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2010: Played in 21 games, starting 19 for the Gauchos…Led the team with nine goals and 24 points…He was the first underclassman to lead UCSB in goals since 1999 and in points since 1995…Led the Big West in shots (77), shots per game (3.67) and points (24)…Ranked second in the conference in points per game (1.14) and goals (9) and was third in goals per game (0.43) and assists (6)…Was sixth in the BWC in assists per game (0.29)…Ranks seventh in the UCSB record books for shots in a season (77)…Nationally, he ranked 64th in points per game (1.14), 44th in total points (24), 68th in goals per game (0.43) and 71st in total assists…Became the 24th Gaucho to record a hat trick and the posted the 28th hat trick in Big West history against Cal State Northridge (Oct. 23)…Five of his nine goals and two of his assists came during conference play…First goal of the season was in a 1-1 draw at New Mexico (Sept. 4)…Posted a goal and an assist in a 2-2 tie with Davidson (Sept. 10)…Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the Lobo Classic after posting an assist against Harvard (Sept. 17) and a goal and an assist against Buffalo (Sept. 19) at the tourney…Had three consecutive games with a goal: Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 6), Cal Poly (Oct. 12) and Duke (Oct. 15)…Was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News National Teams of the Week on Oct. 25 after his hat trick performance against Cal State Northridge…Assisted goals against Cal Poly on Oct. 27 and Oct. 10.
Named the 2008 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year and was a Second Team All-MPSF pick...Also earned College Soccer News Freshman Third Team and TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Rookie Second Team accolades...Tallied four goals and four assists and led the Pioneers with 31 shots on goal as a freshman...Missed the 2009 season due to an injury.
Has played with the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team with which he was a finalist at the 2009 U-20 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying in Trinidad and Tobago...Played against El Savador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Jamaica...Also traveled to Egypt and Argentina with the team in 2009...His first cap was against the U-20 Haiti National Team in 2008 and his second was against the U-20 Canadian National Team; he scored in the 1-0 win...Was invited to the U-20 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt but could not attend due to an injury...Played with the North Texas 89 State Olympic Development Team from 2004-07 and the Region III 89 ODP team from 2005-07...In 2005 he played in the ODP Interregional Event in Austin, Texas and played on the Disney Showcase Super Group Region III Team with which he played against the USA U-17 team, Japanese National Team, French National Team and the Region II Team...Scored the lone goal in a 2-1 loss to the U-17 French team...In 2007, he attended the ODP Interregional Event in Chula Vista, Calif....Also played in the 2007 Mexico Soccer Festival in Guadalajara and faced CD Guadalajara, Tecos and Atlas...Chosen as one of the top-150 players in the U.S. and invited to the 2007 Adidas ESP Camp in Pomona, Calif....In 2008, he traveled to Rio de Janiero, Brazil with the Region III 90/89 team and played against Botafogo FC, Fluminese, Flamengo and Portuguesa...The team posted a 3-0-1 record and tied Flamengo, the best youth team in Brazil.
Played for the Dallas Comets SC 90 and the Dallas Solar SC 90 which were the 2007 Score at the Shore U-18 Champion, the 2007 Classic League U-19 runners-up, the 2007 Region III West Premier League U-19 runners-up and a 2008 Dallas Cup U-19 quarterfinalist...With the Comets, he went on a tour of Germany in 2003 and played against Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen...In 2005, he traveled to Argentina to take-on River Plate, Quilmes and San Lorenzo...He scored both goals in a 2-2 tie with River Plate...Won the 2006 Disney Champions Copa Bracket and was a Gold Division finalist at the 2006 Surf Cup in San Diego, Calif....Was a semifinalist the same year at the North American Memorial Day Cup...In 2004, he was a Region III Champion at the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup Tournament...In 2003, he was a Gold Division finalist at the Plano Labor Day Invitational XXIII, one year after becoming a semifinalist at the same tournament...Was a semifinalist at the 2002 Dallas Cup XXII.
Was a four-year starter at Edward S. Marcus High School...Earned NSCAA High School All-American honors as a senior...Named the 2008 Texas State Tournament MVP after leading the Marauders to back-to-back state championships...Was the 2007-08 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year after being named a runner-up one year prior...Also a two-time RISE Magazine All-Area Team selection that was named the No. 22 recruit in the nation by the publication coming out of high school...Additionally named a District 6-5A First Team selection and the 2008 Dallas Morning News Player of the Year in his final high school season...As a junior, he was named the District 6-5A Offensive Player of the Year after leading Marcus HS to a 30-0-0 record, scoring the winning dribble up in the State Championship game and tallying a school-record 26 goals...Was a 2007 Dallas Morning News First Team All-Area selection...As a sophomore he was named First Team All-District 8-5A and was a TASCO All-State candidate...As a freshman, he was named the District 8-5A Newcomer of the Year and earned Dallas Morning News Player of the Week honors...Was a two-time TASCO First Team All-Region forward...Scored 58 goals and dished out 34 assists during his prep career...Was a member of Mu Alfa Theta (the math club).
Samuel Cruz Garza was born on October 17, 1989 in Carollton, Texas...Parents are Israel and Sue Garza...Has an older sister, Libby Rodriguez, who is married to Frankie Rodriguez...Has a niece, Gabriella Rodriguez...Is majoring in sociology...Aspires to play soccer professionally...When he is not playing soccer, he enjoys drawing, watching TV and movies, listening to music or hanging out with friends...He can't do without his phone, family, God or his friends...Can best be described as "goofy"...Enjoys searching for gold on the beach in his spare time...Would love to play with FC Barcelona, his favorite team...David Villa is his favorite athlete...Enjoys watching "Lost."


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Creativity Is a Spiritual Process
29 June 2012
As a child growing up on Long Island, New York, Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles learned many lessons from his parents. He particularly recalls one experience when his father taught him about establishing the proper atmosphere for creativity.
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President Monson: You Can Know It Is True
29 June 2012
"Whether you are 12 or 112—or anywhere in between," President Thomas S. Monson counsels, "you can know for yourself that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. Read the Book of Mormon. Ponder its teachings. Ask Heavenly Father if it is true."
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Emerging with Faith in Africa—Bernice's Story
29 June 2012
Learn about the experiences of a woman named Bernice Akrah, of Accra, Ghana, and her husband, Prince Oti Akrah, who overcame challenges to become faithful, productive Latter-day Saints.
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22 June 2012
Why do we sing as part of our worship? Why does music have such powerful ability to affect our moods? What types of music bring us closer to our Father in Heaven? The First Presidency answers many questions about music in a place you may have overlooked.
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Emerging with Faith in Africa
22 June 2012
"It is easy to love the people of Africa," Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said repeatedly. The faith and obedience of African Latter-day Saints, born of their love for the gospel, sets an example for all members of the Church, he said
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The Spirit Is the Real Teacher
15 June 2012
Teaching the gospel is a sacred duty, prophets and apostles say, and though it is not always an easy task, when guided by the Spirit both the teacher and the student can achieve spiritual growth and understanding. Read what Elder Richard G. Scott and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland say about teaching according to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.
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"A family needs a father to anchor it," Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said. The role of fathers, as taught in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," is to "preside over their families in love and righteousness" as equal partners with mothers.
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Conservation & Environment, Tropical Dry Forest Conservation in Costa Rica by Fiona Shuttleworth
Going into university next year, I decided I wanted to go away on my own and experience something completely new! I knew that I wanted to do something with animals and conservation, so when I saw a Conservation project in Costa Rica I knew it was for me.
As I was only 16 at the time, I was so scared going so far away from the UK and completely on my own, but I found it so liberating and refreshing! I got to make loads of new friends and experience a totally different culture and climate! Projects Abroad helped me feel prepared before I'd arrived and were so organised being in regular contact via emails and the telephone.
They really made an effort to ensure that I had a good time whilst I was on the trip too, organising weekend excursions for us to participate in. This has definitely been the most rewarding experience of my life so far and makes me want to explore other places in Central and South America.
First Impressions
It didn't strike me how much biodiversity Costa Rica has until I got to Barra Honda National Park. It was really indescribable - troops of howler monkeys would come right by the cabins, and iguanas would bask in the sun a few feet from you. The bird project would be a hike up the mountain every morning, but it was totally worth it, as you can see really beautiful birds!
There is also a place, called 'Mirador', which translates to 'Lookout'. It is the most amazing view on this planet! You are able to see all along into the bay of Nicoya, into the mountains beyond. Barra Honda National Park is renowned for its caves. It has 42 caves, which is a huge amount particularly because it is a relatively small national park. Going down the caves was really one of my favourite days of the whole trip, as you got to travel down 42 ft and were able to explore two chambers of the cave.
The Conservation Project
We stayed in a very large room with 6 bunk beds. It was so cosy and you could really get to know everyone else doing the project with you. Each day we were given two jobs to do, and each would require a lot of work to say the least! I would be dripping in sweat even if I wasn't going up the mountain! But it was all worth it.
I particularly loved helping at the local community projects. We would educate the local children about recycling, teaching them what to recycle, and then go for a litter pick. After that we would all play on the football pitch and have so much fun! I loved the way that Projects Abroad got you involved in the community and everything you did felt like you really made a difference and you could really see the results of all your hard work.
However, it was not always such hard work. There was a perfect balance between work and play, with the Friday football game being a personal favourite. There were so many projects to do, and Projects Abroad made sure that we all took part in a variety of them.
The Projects Abroad staff was super friendly and very helpful. If you had any sort of problem they would sort it for you really quickly. As everyone was in the same boat, being in a new country completely alone, it was easy to make friends and keep lasting friendships. This was something I really enjoyed about the project - meeting a totally new bunch of people all like-minded.
The food was delicious, so much so that I was missing the rice and beans when I got home. Just down the road there is the cutest cafe ever, Cafe Kura. The couple that run it are so nice and friendly, and they make the best ever smoothies and cakes. If you go make sure you get the watermelon smoothie, and the Almond and Chocolate Chip Paste - they are to die for.
Just down the hill there was a local hotel and if you paid $4 you were able to use the pool and go for a swim. This was the perfect way too cool down in the break between 12am and 3pm.
Weekend Trips
On the weekend Projects Abroad organised for us to go zip-lining through the canopies, horseback riding, rafting and to swim in the hot springs. It was a 2 hour trip, and after a doing the activities all day there was nothing better than to go for a swim in the natural springs. We were able to cover ourselves in the mud, and were also able to go in the river, which was so cold compared to the springs!
We went to a local village too where a fiesta was going on and we could watch the traditional dancing of Costa Rica – we certainly got the feel of the culture in Costa Rica. Projects Abroad were also able to set up us to watch the traditional pottery of Costa Rica being made. It was amazing how they managed to make pots just with their hands and special tools, without a single piece of machinery! It was nice to see that they retained their culture, instead of being westernised.
Final Thoughts of Costa Rica
I only went to Costa Rica for 2 weeks, but it really wasn't enough. I would definitely advise people to go longer so that they are able to explore more of Costa Rica on the weekend and help out at the bat project that runs once a week. I would have loved to have been able to do more of the projects and catch a glimpse of the rainy season in Costa Rica that I have heard so much about!
I would highly recommend anyone to go on a project like this one, or any of the other ones that Project Abroad do - it was the best decision of my life so far, and something I will never forget!
Fiona Shuttleworth
Ce témoignage est basé sur l'expérience unique d'un volontaire à un certain moment donné. Nos projets s'adaptent constamment aux besoins locaux, ils évoluent au fur et à mesure que des volontaires s'impliquent et s'adaptent aux saisons, ainsi votre expérience sur place pourra être différente de celle décrite ici. Pour en savoir plus sur cette mission, vous pouvez consulter la page de ce projet ou bien contacter l'un de nos conseillers de volontaires.


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Big society and Thatcher revised
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Big society is characterised only by what it is not; that being "top-down, top-heavy, controlling" government.
There are plans to give people more say in how local money is spent, but guarantee that you will be listened to will probably be as likely as it is now.
You can get a group of people to lobby this or that and you have every bit of chance to be heard; big society might just be a name to this, but the option to gather a group of people to either demand spending on a school, to stop the closure of a post office, or oppose the building of nuclear generator outside your house exists today.
Is it possible that what was meant to be a rejection of Thatcher's famous comment that there is no society is a return by other means; since big society is empty and vacuous and is predicated in the negative (that is, by what it is not and not what it is) perhaps there is no such thing as big society.
David Cameron insists that big society will be something like the following:
a broad agenda of decentralising power, expanding the voluntary sector and encouraging people to take more responsibility for their lives and neighbourhood.
I'll say it's broad: state cut back, working for free and "responsibility" – a word used as if created anew. But it has been uttered before of course.
Margaret Thatcher, in that speech, which big society is supposedly a rejection of, said:
There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and each of us prepared to turn round and help by our own efforts those who are unfortunate.
Exactly the same; a game of guesses and fingers crossed that better off people will help the lesser off under the guise of self-responsibility; in other words Victorian philanthropy.


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Female BMR question, is it allowed or does it have to be product specific?
I dont have any products, ripped or otherwise. I just love the site, the research reviews and shamefully use it as a professional reference (I work in a community setting helping regular folk/kids be healthy) and was wondering if some experienced people would be able to give me a helpful nudge in the right direction.
Im female, 31. I do triathlon/long distance sports. Im injured (itb syndrome & probably as a result of being chronically hungry and a bit tired due to being a single mum of beautiful 7 year old twins and trying to less I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post. at my sport.)
My gross weight is 147lbs & my lean mass is 110lbs. I train 3 times a week weights and also do base miles for triathlon, V low intensity. If I use 10 kc per lb lean mass as a weight loss strategy how long can I/should I do this? Should I put in some kind of refeed to carb up at the weekend?
I struggle with small meals (bulimic in the past and easily get food obsessed) and use IF as a strategy to be able to sit down and eat a decent evening meal with my kids.
I just don't know whether to eat at maintenance and deal with it, or do cyclical low carb deficit weekdays and carb refeed Sat/Sun to have a normal life (pop corn at the movies and even the odd bag of chips would be nice. Im sure my kids would love to share just one chocolate with me).
So, having trawled this site for months and failed miserably to improve my power to weight ratio, Im now taking the leap to ask. Im pretty shy. Be gentle.
you could eat at maintenance or slightly over maintenance on your workout days (3 days per week) and then have a caloric deficit on non workout days (4 days per week).
having some chocolate now and then should be no problem as long as you don't go overboard. same thing with other goodies.
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I'm a little unsure of what your actual question was. You're injured, so you'll probably want to get better. You've got two kids, so you'll probably want to take care of them. Everything else is guesswork.
What's the nature of your injury, how tall are you, and were you chronically hungry from dieting, or just chronically hungry in general?
Im 174 cm tall. I did walk away from my laptop going 'i don't think I was very specific there'.
Im trying very hard to recomp. My upper body is very lean but my lower body looks as though it belongs to someone else, not very lean.
I do endurance sports and its seems no matter how intelligently I approach training, I never budge below 19% body fat, which makes running and road cycling performance stagnant. I never get faster. Hills are a total fail. Its pretty gut wrenching when I have the endurance there but cant drag my lardy butt up with the power needed.
I am now on base miles which means I don't have to do any high intensity stuff and can afford to go into a deficit energy wise, and also do low carb. But im utterly confused about how to go about it. I am not sure whether to eat at maintenance and train, cycle a deficit in the week with low carbs and carb up Sat/Sun, and I train a lower/upper split 2-4 a week (basically so I can use my legs when I need to bike/swim and also time constraints).
I am injured but its not major, just an overuse injury as a result of ITB tightness. Its a hazard a runners, as I was (am still am) training for the Paris marathon, but doing aerobic base on the bike until my knee stops being crap.
I am just stuck. I just did a week of low carb and then carbed up on the weekend. I now look bloated with water and feel like death.
Im I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post.I need to read the rules post.ing up somehow.
Thanks for your time.
& think Im hungry due to underestimating how much food I need/being scared of eating/seemingly laying down fat with any starchy carb intake.
Im lying here now in bed with my stomach growling and find that low carb does this to me - no sleep, super active brain at night and mega growly stomach. Not great at 2am.
I think I'd just like someone to help me figure out a way of being able to train, make strength gains, not feel glycogen depleted, because I have read so much on this site that I have become overwhelmed Im just not sure which approach to take any longer.
I think Im asking for a magic formula. Perhaps as I near the teens of bodyfat I just have to feel hungry at night and just stop whining?
I need to stop writing now before I attack my own prose.
One thing I have learnt from this site is 'if you wanna train, you gotta eat!'
I went through a phase where I would be at a deficit and trying to workout 4-5 times a week.. the results was no loss of BF%, underachievement in the gym and felt like complete s*%^.
I can't imagine training hard and then having to come home to look after kids without some decent grub!
this not to mention the fact that you are injured..
Also the new article on the main site about 'does the diet determine training or training determine diet'
How did you get your bodyfat numbers? How reliable is the source? Most are not that relaible. for instance, you mention never going under 19% BF, but your 110/147lbs weights indicate 25% bf. so i'm not sure if everything adds up.
Your BMI is like 22, which is in the normal range.
You could investigate getting the stubborn fat solution book for an explanation of why women get more fat on the hips/legs. But the actual protocols laid out in there probably wouldn't make sense for someone training for triathalons or trying to have a life.
Basically, I don't think think you can recover, have a life, train, and try to get really lean at the same time. I'd drop either the training or the dieting.
Thanks very much for all of the replies.
I have read the stubborn fat solution (multiple times) and its great. I am yet to ever see any whooshes etc.
The training aspect cant go. I have a marathon Im supposed to be doing with my neighbour. She's a non runner and doing so well and we're doing it for charity. Its a massive goal of mine.
@easyrhino - I use a Tanita at the same time of day, morning fasted. I have also had Harpendon calipers used on me (as Im a sports therapist and work with coaches at Bath Uni who work with elite athletes) and also use bio impedance to demonstrate to my own clients. They all say the same thing give or take hydration levels and its usually between about 2-6 % within range. The problem is that my upper body is around 16% bf whereas my lower is about 29% so the distribution is very uneven.
@Dani - I saw that. When I read it I had a mini eureka moment (as I tend to with alot of Lyle's articles). Thanks.
@mrlakramondas - Im trying to do that but find that Im just so hungry. I am past trusting what my bmr is, so tend to under eat out of fear and then go oevr board on higher days out of hunger, depletion and a sense of "whats the point its not working anyway!'
I just want be be leaner and stronger and find some kind of formula I can implement that I can trust based on my height/lean mass/training. But then - so does everybody...
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I have so far made 3 different stator coils to test what kind of output I get with different turns of wire. But it has been so many years since I used a volt/ohm meter that I was having a hard time figuring out anything. I finally got it worked out, and I recently bought an anemometer to track wind speeds, then last week I bought an LCD Digital photo tachometer that can measure from 5-100000 RPM. And it can do it from 2" to 20" away. I will use it to determin my rotor speed during my generator testing.
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On the heels of an earnings report that was right in line with expectations, Disney's CEO Bob Iger says he has "great confidence in Disney's availability to sustain growth" from its biggest business, the media networks.
Though Disney doesn't give formal guidance, Iger said he "feels good about the year ahead," both in terms of the bottom line, and in terms of "the different developments we've been working on that are more long term focused."
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Earnings were right in line with expectations—adjusted earnings up 21 percent to 68 cents – but revenue was light, $10.78 billion, compared to $10.92 billion. This revenue disappointment seems to be due to a big one-time digital payment last year, but it still sent the stock down about 2 percent after hours.
(Read More: Disney Earnings Meet Expectations, Revenue Misses.)
The unusual centerpiece of the earnings call was Iger and CFO Jay Rasulo warning about various factors in the fiscal first quarter, several of which will damper results. The laundry list included $170 million in additional domestic sports costs, a timing shift that will push revenue from the fiscal first to the fiscal second quarter, and tough comparisons to a year ago. Rasulo says that all the 2013 growth initiatives "will contribute roughly $500 million of incremental revenue AND expense" in 2013 before they become accretive in 2014.
Iger's outlook on spending at the parks division was upbeat, saying he's "cautiously optimistic," and that despite concern about Europe, bookings at Disneyland Paris have been solid. "There's demand for (parks) product, it's showing up in our pricing and showing up in our advance booking," and advance bookings for the Holiday season, an important one for the parks division, are "looking good." Domestic parks attendance grew 3 percent on 7 percent higher spending.
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He was somewhat less enthusiastic about advertising after the campaign ad boost, saying "generally speaking, advertising is not bad, but it's a little tougher on the local side." He said he's seeing a surge in ads for electronics, and he expets to see improvement from automotive, and is hopeful retail ads will "strengthen closer to Christmas."
Iger noted that advertising as a component of total revenue is relatively small, less than 40% of the total revenue at ESPN, so Disney is "less susceptible to advertising trends."
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How exactly are Disney's ads faring? At ESPN advertising was flat this past quarter, as ratings failed to pick up as expected after the Olympics. At ABC quarter-to-date scatter pricing is pacing up by the mid-teens. But this past quarter ABC had lower advertising, which was driven by lower ratings. These lower ratings prompted questions about the impact of DVR usage, an issue all of Iger's fellow media moguls have fielded this earnings season.
He acknowledged that there's been an absence of "big buzz-worthy hits," but said it's "premature to write the epitaph." And as one might expect, he stressed the upside of digital platforms and time-shifted viewing, saying "the opportunities to monetize owned IP are only growing. You'll continue to see growth in revenue and growth to bottom line. It's an exciting time for intellectual property owners."
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A letter in the June 17 Tomahawk Leader:
Dear Editor,
This is a public awareness notice! I am a business man, I have been in the asphalt business for some time now and people are constantly asking what to use, and when to seal their driveways and parking lots. I give them my opinion that they should use an oil-based asphalt sealer because it's better for your blacktop's look and longevity. Oil-based sealer conditions your blacktop and restores moisture that is taken out from nature's wear and tear. There are some other products that dry out your blacktop creating cracks, causing your blacktop to become brittle, and taking away its longevity. This material is called water-based sealer with coal tar. This coal-tar sealer not only destroys your blacktop, but I also found on a web site that it is also hazardous. Our state government and DNR are aware of these dangers, in my opinion. They must, being since they have banned the use of coal-tar sealers in Dane County where our politicians work and live.
Now, as for the rest of the state we are still allowed to apply this hazardous material at our churches, schools, shopping centers, businesses, medical centers and homes. Don't just take my word for it, you can research it on the Internet for yourself. Studies have been done and proven. There are alternative sealers, some water based that are still inferior to oil-based asphalt sealer.
As for the oil-based sealer, that is more secure and healthier for your blacktop and you, is restricted to usage from Sept. 30 to May 1. Why? Because they believe it to be harmful to the ozone. However, it is only if, during application, temperatures rise above 85 degrees. So common sense says don't use it above that temperature, right? With the seasons unpredictable, and weather changing constantly doesn't it make more sense to restrict usage above a harmful temp instead of an unharmful time frame? What does time have to do with temperature? With these restrictions on this oil-based sealer people are forced to use these water-based, coal tar sealers. These sealers not only being transferable and harmful, cost just about as much as oil-based sealer and secure the jobs of all asphalt paving companies, because it will end up costing you more when you have to replace your blacktop. There may even become a higher cost when the government decides that you will have to dispose of your old coal tar sealed blacktop as being hazardous waste.
As for the comment about being transferable, coal tar sealers do not blend in to your blacktop and will carry on to shoes, hands, into water drainage, etc. Do you really want your children, grandchildren or any children putting chalk on something like that? Or your pets or wildlife drinking from puddles carrying dangerous materials? Do we not have freedom of choice? Please contact your local congressman and ask him why are we being exposed and where is our choice?
Thank you!
Sincerely, a concerned citizen
Tim Schmidt
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Cincinnati Zoo gorilla delivers her 1st baby
Asha, a gorilla at The Cincinnati Zoo just gave birth. Get the first look at her newborn. VPC
CINCINNATI (AP) — A gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo has given birth to her first baby.
Officials say the gorilla born to 11-year-old Asha on Monday morning is healthy and weighs about 5 pounds.
The zoo's executive director says the western lowland gorilla has been holding her newborn so close to nurse and clean it that officials haven't been able to determine its sex.
The zoo now has nine western lowland gorillas, including the father, Jomo. This is the 49th baby gorilla born at the zoo and Jomo's second baby.
The species is critically endangered in the wild due primarily to logging, mineral mining and agricultural expansion destroying habitat. Zoo officials say gorillas also are illegally poached for meat, and there are fewer than 175,000 western lowland gorillas in the wild.
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Choo hits 2 HRs, carries Reds over Marlins
Miami, FL – Shin-Soo Choo went 4-for-5 with a pair of solo homers and three runs scored, and Mike Leake spun 6 2/3 stellar frames to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-0 shutout over the Miami Marlins in the second tilt of a three-game set.
Leake (3-2) fanned six and scattered nine hits with one walk, while Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips each added two hits and an RBI for the Reds, who have won a season-high five straight games.
Alex Sanabia (2-6) was tagged for all four runs on nine hits and three walks over six innings to absorb his fifth straight loss.
Derek Dietrich, Rob Brantly and Greg Dobbs collected two hits apiece for the Marlins, who finished 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 men on base in dropping their fourth straight contest.
"We got guys on base, but you've got to keep grinding," Dietrich said. "We just didn't get the hit when we needed to."
Choo got the Reds going early, as he led off the game with a single before Cesar Izturis worked a walk.
After Votto flied out, Phillips belted a double off the wall in left-center field that was just over the glove of Juan Pierre, allowing Choo to score easily from second.
Cincinnati tacked on two more in the fourth, as Choo launched a one-out blast over the wall in left-center to make it 2-0. Izturis followed with a double to left and came around to score on Votto's single to left.
Choo launched his second homer of the night in the sixth, a two-out shot into the home team's bullpen.
"This ballpark is big," Choo said. "Some balls fly, some don't. I'm not thinking about hitting homers. I'm just swinging hard."
Game Notes
It was the ninth multi-homer game of Choo's career ... The victory was Reds manager Dusty Baker's 443rd in Cincinnati, tying him for fourth place on the club's all-time list with Reds Hall of Famer Fred Hutchinson ... Since earning his big league call-up on May 8, Dietrich has recorded at least one hit in each of his five starts.


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I'm pretty noobish, so it's probably best if things start out slow for me.
@Esiphas as discussed I'm planning to put Krystia with Shawn here once he's got an intro post up.
The game is starting to wind down. I'm pretty inclusive, so I'll still let people sign up if for some reasons someone wandered into the RP forum and wanted to. But you might want to shoot me a PM before you do so.
Name Kara Nightingale. (christened as Karen Annabeth Nightningale)
Picture/description http://media.otakuzone.com/store/user/187164/T131907152439770fef0371360428b5518b27a4fba734.jpg
Age 19
Background Kara never really enjoyed England. She grew up there of course, and It was nice enouh, but she always felt it lacked a certain... adventurous quality. Kara flunked her education, getting only a couple of rades- in Engineering courses. Her scores were amazing in those, but she never really cared for anything else. She managed to scrape a passing grade in Enlish too, and her teacher-also one of herreatest friends- said she knew thathad Kara done the work she wasmeant to do, instead of writing adventure storys, she would hav had an excellent grade. Kara did spend alot of time writing stories, itwas true-mainly because she hated the majority of her school. She is a lesbian, andspent alot of herfirst year of highschool being bullied. After that, she spent hertime in the staff room, theteachers toleratin her prescence as she was quiet, and had her nose in a book, or was writing.
Kara had hername put into a competition by her english teacher, A contest for fantasy stories. Kara had run away from her uncles- her parents bein long gone- and had approached her enlish teacher for accomodation, and eventually they became close as mother and daughter. Kara was an excelent Mechanic, as well as a fantastic story writer. The money from the contest was used to pay for a trip for Kara, a visit abroad, to Lanai Island...
Personality Tomboyish, daring and rather forward, Kara isn't afraid of anyone anymore. She learned how to fight from her Teachers Son, a boy who liked her- alot, but she turned him down. She has the equivilent of a Blue belt in karate, and is fantastic at kickboxing- thoughagain, she never ot interested in P.E at school, as everyone was non contact. Kara has a habit of speakin hermind, which can be quite charming-and also offend people. She carrys her Writin pads and pens everywhere she oes, in case she wants to write a new story or ets inspiration to continue one.
Advantages (2) see below for examples Kara is excellent with machines of all kinds. She also has excellent martial arts skills.
Flaws (optional) Kara speaks her mind alot, and its incredibly easy to tell when she's bluffin.
Thouht I'd put her up, seeing as my last Character died (not literally XD), and I want to see the end with this character. Or at least playmore storyline. This RP is fun!
Last edited by Esiphas; 08-08-2012 at 09:12 AM.
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Well, the character is fine. Actually the machine advantage is probably a little weak in this setting. I'd either let her have access to some ort of machine (sort of like how Glauido's character had a boat) or I'd give her a little extra dedicated karma just to work in somewhere that would be particularily useful at some point in the game.
I'll ponder where to fit her in.
But don't forget about your other characters!
I wont. Esiphas is a bit... Worse for wear, And Hollys out cold. I need something to fill the Gap, and I do wanna see this Rp through.
As for machines... Could she have A sort of Mechanics Kit (Including A Torch)?
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Adding a mechanics kit to flesh out that advantage would be fine. Err. Although your british right? What exactly do you mean by "torch", do you mean a flashlight or something that shoots flame a few inches?
Ah, sorry. Yes, I mean a Flashlight, though I wont say no to a Blowtorch type torch if your offering :P
And I'll wait. I dont mind going Solo.
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Im fine jumping right in.
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Hurm. I guess we didn't discuss it much, and looking through our PMs I suppose you only requested various tools that could be used as improvised weapons, a flashlight, the pen and paper, and a box cutter
However somehow I'd gotten into my head that she had a little satchel/large purse/bag with some odds and ends.
While I'm restrictive on weapons, I like people taking non-combat skills to have the tools to actually use their skills. So if you want to have that and some glues, resins, and somesuch that would be fine.
Sounds good I guess. Still nit sure what I could use on a tree though.
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At the moment you'd just need to help attach things. Screws, super glues, bits of wire, hoseclamps, or zip ties would all seem useful things that mechanics also use.
This is mostly @-GAZKUL- since he asked. But I suppose I should put it here in case someone wanders along in this board. I'd still accept a new character for a little short story in the game if you'd like to give that a try.
Hi there!
Name: Timothy Carlton, though he'll violently answer to any sound you call him by.
Age: 35 years and 5 months (technically 35 years, 6 months, and 4 days, including time of living death)
Background: A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) working in Seattle, took a holiday to Lanai island with his wife and little girl. His wife is wandering along the beach and his little girl is scratching at the doors of the ship's kitchens. Timothy is currently trudging along the ship's halls with three others like him.
Personality: He likes hobbling around aimlessly, following whatever sound he heard last. Answers in guttural sounds like, 'UGH' or 'GUAH', or his personal favorite, 'GUGH'. He is also terribly hungry all the time, so he'll take a bite out of any living thing he gets a hold of.
Slightly enhanced senses
Walks too slowly. Mostly hobbles, so he can't always reach living things in time before they run away.
Desmond Emanuel
185 lbs.
pale ice.
Having military training; Desmond found himself to be one of the lucky few prepared for the events that transpired on the island. Excelling at hand to hand combat, Desmond's capable of fighting off most people his size or larger - and the same is equally true for any undead he has encountered thus far - though, usually, he prefers to end them from a distance with his FN Five-seveN pistol. Besides the pistol he carries in a holster, he has a baseball bat with extremely long and sharp nails hammered through that extend menacingly from its other side. He wears regular clothes; but doesn't leave much without a tactical vest, spare ammo, and essential survival tools like a ten-inch bowie knife and a rudimentary first aid kid he stores in a backpack along with water.
Desmond and some friends survived the emergence of the monsters; though unlike them; he plans to escape instead of waiting it out on the island for the dim chance of a rescue. He's spent most of his time on the resort looking for some means of escape, and it's unclear whether he's come any closer as he has remained tight-lipped about his searches.
Last edited by Project D; 04-28-2013 at 11:51 PM.
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Alright that can work (One advantage would be the weapon one and then I'll split the other advantage between the combat types he'd have)
Let me sleep on how to incorporate him.
Name: Eugene Fray
His hair was white, you wondered for a bit if it was natural or not. He swore it was, but you could never be to sure people could lie about themselves. His eyes were bright emerald green and his skin pale, he was gaunt, thin, and wore a baggy t-shirt and a baggy hoody. His black pants were skin tight and he wore ankle boots.
Exactly like image
Age: 19
Eugene is a quiet poetic kid, he loves books despite his appearance. He has the appearance of an angsty teenager, but is really the quiet introverted kid. He is rather intelligent, and can easily fix something up on the spot. He enjoys music the best and loves to seek out new sounds. He loves to explore and learn knew things. He is never seen without a pair of his earphones around his ears, and often time he can be slightly oblivious to the world.
It was meant to be a family vacation. His father and mother divorced years ago and had dated many different people. Until they decided to get back together. They decided to go here for a family vacation, so they could determine if they could get back together. Eugene didn't really care either way, as he lived his life from Shibuya to Tokyo every weekend, every weekday. He shifted between them. He grew an air of indifference to the world and to them.
A high school music student looking to hit it big. He simply walks through this world with an air of indifference. To let whatever terrible things happen pass him by. Flow like water is his motto.
Oblivious- Often times Eugene is listening to music, so often that the physical world around him is drained out. This keeps him calm and relaxed in stressful situations, maybe because he isn't aware of them.
Sense Motivation- Due to his life with his parents, he had to grow up learning the truth and a lie. He doesn't know who is lying and doesn't know who is telling the truth he just has a gut instinct sometimes when talking to people
Over Analyze- Just because he has the ability to sense people's motivations or see something of their motivations, generally he doesn't know what they are. He can tend to not just with people, but also events, over analyze and worry himself with thought.
Oblivious- A double edge sword, he may be able to keep calm in the world because he is oblivious as to what is going on with his music, but it also means thet he can guide himself into danger as well.
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I like the character.
The oblivious stuff is interesting, but it's not so much an advantage. You could take something else. I'd like to get you rolling fast, so maybe we don't have to decide on your other advantage before play (by default you could have extra karma or mana, as those wouldn't change the character from what he is, as those are hidden things )
The idea for Oblivios b eing an advantage is that he wouldn't freak out so bad when freaky stuff happens?
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After landing in Australia for the a series of concerts, One Direction avoided the amassed fans awaiting them at the airport arrivals gate by sneaking out of a back door somewhere. Apparently for security reasons, but more likely because everyone gets embarrassed by those "welcome back" signs.
But it takes a lot more than one missed opportunity to deter true Directioners. Having found details of the band's hotel, fans camped outside. Overnight. In fields clearly signposted as "snake habitats." All for the chance that Zayn might come wave from his suite's balcony, or something. (Maybe even spit up a little, a la Bieber.)
Now in England, a snakebite is a mix of cider and beer, which is gross. But in Australia, a snakebite is often poisonous, and that's even worse. Liam Payne, the brown-haired One Direction band member who's not Harry Styles (or, technically, Louis Tomlinson) was left to plead with those camping. "Please get out the fields there's a huge sign saying snake habitat it's just not worth it someone's gunna get hurt," came first, followed by some all caps for good measure: "Are u not reading what I'm saying its a SNAKE HABITAT TURN AROUND". Obviously this question is rhetorical, as the band know all too well their fans read — and obsess over — every facet of their social media profiles. No word yet on whether those camped out include the teen whose parents sold her concert tickets on eBay. And to be fair though, I would have done the same for the Spice Girls.
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The Lakers competed for a half against the NBA's top team, but the Indiana Pacers easily pulled away to win, 104-92.
David West led the Pacers with 19 points. Both Lance Stephenson and Roy Hibbert notched double-doubles. Stephenson scored 15 points with 14 rebounds. Hibbert had 11 and 10, respectively.
All-Star Paul George finished with 14 points, six assists and five rebounds, but shot just 4 for 21 from the field. The Pacers hit just 42.9% from the field, but dominated the offensive glass 17-7.
Pau Gasol and Jodie Meeks led the Lakers with 21 points each. Gasol also collected 13 rebounds.
Kendall Marshall and Jordan Hill also contributed double-doubles. Marshall finished with 11 points and 13 assists. Off the bench, Hill scored 10 with 12 rebounds.
Nick Young struggled against the Pacers' defense, scoring 12 points on 5-of-16 shooting. Manny Harris, making his Staples Center debut as a Laker, didn't score on six missed attempts.
The Lakers shot just 39.4% from the field and 20.8% from three-point range (5-24).
Indiana turned the ball over four times while forcing nine from the Lakers. Overall, the Pacers had 63 rebounds to the Lakers' 50.
The Lakers (17-29) are off until Friday night, when they host the Charlotte Bobcats (19-27).
The Pacers (35-9) return home to host the Phoenix Suns (26-18) on Thursday.
Pacers 79, Lakers 69 (end of third quarter)
All-Star Paul George hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Pacers' their biggest lead of the game -- a 10-point lead over the Lakers.
George scored 11 points with six assists and five rebounds for Indiana. Lance Stephenson notched a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
The Lakers were led by Pau Gasol with 17 points. Jordan Hill notched a double-double off the bench with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Indiana shot 44.7% from the field, with a 12-3 advantage on the offensive glass. The Lakers hit 41.4% from the field with eight turnovers.
The Pacers turned the ball over just three times through 36 minutes.
Lakers 49, Pacers 49 (halftime)
Jordan Hill hit a reverse layup to tie the game at 49 heading into halftime against the Pacers.
Pau Gasol led all scorers with 10 points, followed by Hill off the bench with eight.
The Lakers shot 48.9% from the field against one of the top defensive teams in the league. The Pacers shot just 40.4%, but had a 9-1 advantage on the offensive glass.
David West scored nine points to lead Indiana. Guard Lance Stephenson scored five but had a game-high eight rebounds.
Kendall Marshall scored seven points with eight assists in 19 1/2 minutes.
Pacers 22, Lakers 19 (end of first quarter)
After falling behind by seven points, the Lakers held the Pacers to just five points over the final 4 1/2 minutes to finish the first quarter down three.
Kendall Marshall and David West each scored seven points to lead their respective teams. The Lakers shot only 39.1% from the field, but held they the Pacers to 38.5%.
Indiana managed three more shot attempts with four offensive rebounds to just one for the Lakers.
Pau Gasol contributed four points. Roy Hibbert had six for Indiana.
The Lakers (16-29) host the Indiana Pacers (34-9) on Tuesday night at Staples Center.
It's the worst defensive team in the league vs. the best -- the Pacers have continued from last season's strong playoff run to lead the NBA with a 79.1% winning percentage.
The Lakers have lost four straight, continuing to play without Kobe Bryant (knee), Steve Nash (back), Steve Blake (elbow), Jordan Farmar (hamstring) and Xavier Henry (knee).
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