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"My world is anatomic," said Steven Shapiro, Vermont's chief medical examiner, whose office investigated the deaths of two men this year. "I can't point to the body and say: 'There's the panic attack, there's the arrhythmia.' Once you're in my office, there's no panic and the rhythm is asystole," he said, using the medical term for cardiac standstill.It's easy to see why the human body may have evolved this response.
Nevertheless, circumstantial evidence strongly points to panic, with the biggest piece of evidence the most obvious. Something is happening in the swim that isn't happening on the bike or run.
"I was taken by surprise the very first time I did a triathlon," said James A. Millward, a 50-year-old history professor at Georgetown University. "I swam about 50 yards, I couldn't get into a breathing rhythm, I felt more and more anxious, and I thought, 'Wow, I'm having a panic attack.' "
Millward has done the Nation's Triathlon four times and has had the sensation each time after jumping into the Potomac River with scores of other racers. The overwhelming urge is to get his head out of the water.
November 16, 2011
Why so many deaths in triathlons... nearly all in the swimming phase?
75 comments:
- DADvocate said...
My canoe and kayak club provided the safety boats for a triathlon. Especially at the beginning, the swimming was a chaotic mass of people. People getting kicked in the face, pushed under, swam over the top of, etc.
Unless you're truly competitive in the event, I recommend you do some breast stroke. Your head's out of the water much or all of the time, and it's easy. - 11/16/11, 10:13 AM
- Scott M said...
From the vantage point of my out-of-shape, overweight, 40-something self, people that can complete a triathlon are proof that superhumans do exist and I ain't one of them.
- PatCA said...
I don't like extreme sports. I don't think people with families should be out cheating death just for the thrill of cheating death. It seems a ludicrous waste.
I came to that conclusion after reading Into Thin Air and then Bookreev's rebuttal to the whole Everest craze. - 11/16/11, 10:16 AM
- Expat(ish) said...
PatCA - Triathlon isn't extreme. It's just intense. I just finished the B2B half iron and it was the most intense 5:59 of my life.
Anyhow, every tri I've been to has had great water safety. Having said that, you are in a big group of people swimming rather fast. Which is why I swim a bit off to the side. And if you went under, you'd be invisible.
How many people died during the NYC marathon this year?
PS - If I had to have guessed, I'd have gone with bike wrecks. I came off my bike between 20-30mph on a turn and was pretty lucky. - 11/16/11, 10:20 AM
- Curious George said...
I had a panic attack watching the Bears beat Detroit Sunday. I couldn't get over the thought that I might run out of beer and snacks. So I ran out at halftime and supplied up.
Phew. That was close. - 11/16/11, 10:22 AM
- Shanna said...
Crazy! It seems like floating is the easiest thing in the world, although it sounds like the triathalons maybe have too many people in too little water and that could contribute.
I recommend you do some breast stroke
Seconded! - 11/16/11, 10:22 AM
- ndspinelli said...
A female triathalete I know says the swimming event is the most dangerous. Most contestants are primarily bikers or runners and they struggle and/or freak out in the swimming phase. Plus..it's the first phase so your adrenal gland is pumping, making you more prone to panic if you're not confident.
- edutcher said...
If you've trained for the swimming event, you shouldn't have any real fear of the water, but what nd said is interesting.
Swimming is one of the few exercises that works all the major muscle groups (according to You Know Who) and, if most contestants are primarily bikers or runners, they may have relatively poorer upper body strength and not be as comfortable in the water as they should be or as strong.
As an old soccer player who kicks a lot better than he strokes, this can be a real issue. - 11/16/11, 10:41 AM
- Bob_R said...
Voluntary waterboarding.
- Surfed said...
Try wiping out in big surf and swimming in through 20 foot waves. It's like running the hundred yard dash and then immediately holding your breath for 20 seconds while you're being rag dolled in the whitewater. Try this several times in a row as you dive to the bottom to escape potential drowning in the roiling whitewater. Nothing is more scary or fear inducing than having to abandon your surfboard and swimming to the bottom as a series of giant waves the size of a three story buildings moving at 20mph detonate in front of you. It's even worse if the hydraulics catch you, sucking you up through the back of the wave and then throwing your over "the falls" with the curling part of the wave then slamming you onto the reef/rocks, below. There's no mortal fear in a triathalon. Just panic.
- DADvocate said...
ndspinelli - Your friend is probably right. My 47 year old sister started doing triathlons earlier this year. Myself and all my siblings swam competively as kids and are strong swimmers. She won the swim leg of her firt triathlon by more than a minute. Overall, she finished about 10th, which means the runners/cyclists made up a lot of ground.
- Calypso Facto said...
Over time, the risk of death in triathlons appears to be about the same as for marathons: between 2 and 3 per 100,000 participants (as contrasted to 12 per 100,000 for auto accidents in the general population).
I will admit that it is extremely difficult to stay calm and focused during the swim portion of a triathlon, however. You train for hours and hours of solitary lap swimming in the pool only to take off in an adrenaline fueled, thrashing mass of competitive humanity at the race. Since I'm never there to compete for any medals, I try to stay away from the pack and concentrate on keeping my form despite the pressing natural fight-or-flight urge. - 11/16/11, 10:56 AM
- Scott M said...
Excellent descriptin, Surfed, on why I never surfed, even when stationed on the coast. I preferred to stay up on the beach and play two-man. Less undertow, but more arguments.
- Original Mike said...
"Something is happening in the swim that isn't happening on the bike or run."
Ah, yeah. - 11/16/11, 10:59 AM
- Surfed said...
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- ndspinelli said...
Dadvocate and edutcher, Thanks. lately I've been called a "fucking idiot", "liar", "ignorant and stupid" and I've really been down about that[tongue in cheek].
This triathlete I mentioned is primarily a runner. She has common sense and wisdom and is in her 50's. She's the type person you listen to when she speaks. - 11/16/11, 11:05 AM
- Surfed said...
@ScottM - Thanx! I left out the sharks, hypothermia and kooks getting in your way. It's a minefield out there. People die and disappear all the time.
- ndspinelli said...
Surfed, I talk w/ a lot of surfers when I'm in San Diego. I get the sense the mortal fear is a big part of the attraction w/ many.
- Steve Koch said...
I did the swimming part of a triathlon relay once but it wasn't remotely panic inducing. I was breast stroking so maybe that helped.
- Big Mike said...
Something is happening in the swim that isn't happening on the bike or run.
Let's see. You trained in a pool and are having trouble dealing with choppy water because you recover your arms too low? Nobody kicks you in the face when you're running or on a bike? You don't get water rushing into your nose and mouth when you try to breathe while you're too close to the kicking of somebody else?
I read the article. One guy died after wearing his wet suit for the first time in the triathlon that killed him. Put him down as died of doing something insane. - 11/16/11, 11:11 AM
- Scott M said...
We had a sandbar for a couple of years about 150 yards off the beach. We would swim out to it after getting knocked off the net to cool of and rinse all that damned sugar-white sand off. The sandbar didn't break the surface, but you could stand on it in waist-deep water depending on the swells. The trench in between was pretty deep though.
Swimming back to the beach once, I looked down into the trench while underwater and saw a very long, finned, torpedo shape moving along the bottom.
Panic. - 11/16/11, 11:12 AM
- Surfed said...
@ndspinelli - Surfing's not a sport, it's a sickness. William Finnegan, the Pulitzer Prize winning author on staff at the New Yorker wrote a 30,000 word article for said magazine in the early 90's detailing just what you mentioned.
- Dante said...
Maybe it is related to the shock of going from being overheated to being cold. When the body is hot, it will open up vessels to the skin, so getting in cold water will have a huge impact on rapid cooling.
Also, ever jumped in a cold shower by accident? That alone causes it to be hard to catch breath. - 11/16/11, 11:18 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
The panic typically comes from having someone just plow into you and swim right over you. I've been pushed under water, kicked in the face, all of which throws off your rhythm and breathing. Sucking in lung fulls of water has adverse effects.
I know few triatheletes that enjoy the swim portion. - 11/16/11, 11:22 AM
- Ignorance is Bliss said...
Scott M said...
I preferred to stay up on the beach and play two-man.
Bet you're glad they repealed Don't Ask-Don't Tell so you can talk about such things now! - 11/16/11, 11:24 AM
- DannyNoonan said...
This is just an expansion of the Oprah marathon phenomenon. Triathlons, like marathons, have become something that out of shape people decide they're going to do as a motivation to get in shape. Really, it's not the best idea, and is a recipe for disaster. People training "just to finish" are trouble. In marathons it leads to heart attacks and tons of joint injuries. In triathlons it leads to TONS of crappy swimmers training in a pool for 12 weeks and then jumping into crowded open water for the first time. This is just dumb. Leave the marathons to the marathoners. Leave the triathlons to the triathletes. If your goal is "just to finish" pick a different goal. From a fitness standpoint, it's much better for you to train to break 18:00 or break 25:00 in a 5K than it is to "just finish" a marathon. It's much better for you to train to break 1:00 in a 100 yard freestyle than it is to just finish the 1.5K or 2.4mile swim in open water in a triathlon.
- Scott M said...
Bet you're glad they repealed Don't Ask-Don't Tell so you can talk about such things now!
I knew that was coming (no pun). We played four-man a lot too. - 11/16/11, 11:27 AM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"... Overall, she finished about 10th, which means the runners/cyclists made up a lot of ground..."
That's typical. There are always some that try and go for broke in the swim and then creamed in the bike. Transition from swim to bike is the longest and the swim is the most exhausting. - 11/16/11, 11:28 AM
- Kit said...
I've considered doing tri's but the memory of a panic attack in an open water swim at girl scout camp many years ago, keeps me land bound.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"... This is just an expansion of the Oprah marathon phenomenon. Triathlons, like marathons, have become something that out of shape people decide they're going to do as a motivation to get in shape...."
This. I see this all the time and many never get past the swim or are done within the first five miles of the bike. I was pretty fit when I did my first sprint and that was tough. Training in a pool for weeks isn't the same as a lake with swells. Many will train a day on the bike then next day run. Ill do a 20 mile ride then immediately run a 5k because you have to condition your legs to go from that transition.
I'll admit my limitations and won't do a half Ironman because the swim would do me in. - 11/16/11, 11:38 AM
- Chip S. said...
the human body may have evolved this response
Not a big fan of using "evolve" as a transitive verb... - 11/16/11, 11:39 AM
- DannyNoonan said...
"That's typical. There are always some that try and go for broke in the swim and then creamed in the bike. Transition from swim to bike is the longest and the swim is the most exhausting."
Well, it's because the swim is the least important leg. Swimming is NOT the most exhausting leg by a long shot. It's the shortest and easiest, and therefore the most meaningless. The average triathlete spends 6 times as much time on the bike than they do in the water. And 4 times as much time running as swimming. The race HEAVILY favors cyclists and runners. - 11/16/11, 11:41 AM
- $9,000,000,000 Write Off said...
It's easy to see why the human body may have evolved this response.
No its not. Its easy to make up a "just so" story about it, but its not easy to actually know. - 11/16/11, 11:47 AM
- MarkW said...
I'd be interested in doing triathlons if it weren't for the churning scrum of bodies in the swim portion (and I like swimming). I know they do the swim first because they think tired people are more likely to drown, but I suspect it might be better to slot it in the middle so that the swimmers would be spaced out and not flailing on top of each other.
- DADvocate said...
There are always some that try and go for broke in the swim and then creamed in the bike.
For my sister, it's simply the leg she's strongest at having swam competively for 10 or 12 years as a kid. - 11/16/11, 11:57 AM
- ndspinelli said...
The Spinelli triathlon is driving to the track, picking horses, and drinking beer. I excel in the last leg although like all athletes, my skills have diminished over time. I've improved slightly in the first 2 legs.
- Gerad Hibbs said...
Makes sense to me. I imagine in a triathlon your constant thought is something along the lines of, "This hurts! I can't do this, this sucks, I need to stop!" due to the intense never ending rigor of the exercise. But, you overcome and do keep going.
When you are running and biking you can indeed just stop. No harm, no foul. But, when you are swimming you can't "just stop" or you will die. So, your brain is telling you:
1. I have to stop!
2. If I stop I will die!
3. ?
4. Panic!
wv: ancer (as in, "I just gave you the ancer.") - 11/16/11, 12:19 PM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
".... The average triathlete spends 6 times as much time on the bike than they do in the water. And 4 times as much time running as swimming..."
Which of course has little to do with physical exertion between the three events.
Swimming two miles is a helluva lot more exhausting than riding 20-30 miles. - 11/16/11, 12:19 PM
- Surfed said...
@ndspinelli - I take my daughetr to the Dog Track. I'm the Finacial Officer and she's the Official Picker. The girl can hit a tri-fecta. Been that way since she was young. Scratch off Lotto card? She'll win. Long shot in the 3rd? She'll pick it. Like Napoleon said (paraphrase) "It's better to be lucky than good. If you're good someone will always come along who's better. But if you're lucky, you're lucky."
- AllenS said...
Scott M said...
Swimming back to the beach once, I looked down into the trench while underwater and saw a very long, finned, torpedo shape moving along the bottom.
Always remember this: when you enter the ocean, you immediately move to the bottom of the food chain. - 11/16/11, 12:34 PM
- tim in vermont said...
One time as a child I jumped into a neighbor's pool and nearly drowned for no reason except that I was in complete, unanticipated, and overwhelming panic. It was as if I had forgotten how to swim.
The lady who owned the pool jumped in and saved me, bless her, in her dress and white pumps. (People used to dress like that.) - 11/16/11, 12:40 PM
- SpinningStar said...
In addition to things mentioned before, doing laps in a pool is nothing like swimming in a lake or ocean or even running and biking. First, in a pool, you can swim to the side and stop. Or there is a lifeguard who will pull you out. Running and biking, you can stop and be on solid ground.
In the lake, it's murky and you probably are swimming where you cannot stand up.
I'm a sailer and our club helped with the swim section of a race. It was hard seeing the people and the "swimmers" they put on our boat spent more time talking with each other. The sailers were the ones doing the "man overboard" drills of tracking distressed people and telling the kayakers to go to a specific person.
It was nerve-wracking to be involved. - 11/16/11, 12:42 PM
- Kit said...
"Swimming two miles is a helluva lot more exhausting than riding 20-30 miles."
Except the swim to bike, in a full tri is 2.4:112 miles. I'm not a naturally strong swimmer, so that leg would, by far, would be the toughest.
It wasn't Oprah that helped inspire me to run that first marathon, it was Greta Waitz, many years before. That and watching the finish of the Madison Ironman several years ago. Those guys were finishing a freaking marathon
AFTER more than 10 hours of swimming and biking. What was my excuse for only wanting to do a third of what they just finished? Sheesh. - 11/16/11, 1:02 PM
- E.M. Davis said...
Triathlons should obviously be banned. Too dangerous.
- MadisonMan said...
it might be better to slot it in the middle so that the swimmers would be spaced out and not flailing on top of each other.
Then you have to pay people, or find volunteers, to watch the water for a MUCH longer time. I'd say start waves spaced every 5 minutes. Use chip timing - 11/16/11, 1:09 PM
- traditionalguy said...
Maybe murky waters swirling with splashing is an evocation of a primal panic signal built into our DNA.
The basic fear that the movie Jaws created in the 70s has worn off some from familiarity , but it once created a strong visceral reaction from people that saw it. - 11/16/11, 1:10 PM
- Hoosier Daddy said...
"... "... Except the swim to bike, in a full tri is 2.4:112 miles. I'm not a naturally strong swimmer, so that leg would, by far, would be the toughest..."
I'll stipulate that I have done my share of centuries in the saddle and still would take that over a 2 mile swim anyday.
Comparing a swimmers build to a cyclist or runner is a good indicator of the difficulty of swimming - 11/16/11, 1:21 PM
- Calypso Facto said...
I'd say start waves spaced every 5 minutes.
Most do. Starting with 50 or 500 makes no difference when you're in the middle of it.
The real problem with putting the swim in the middle, of course, is that you'd have 10 times the deaths as people's legs cramped up. - 11/16/11, 1:48 PM
- Shanna said...
But, when you are swimming you can't "just stop" or you will die.
You can tread water or float, which is pretty easy. Is it possible some of these people are actually afraid of water and pushing themselves to swin so they can check 'triathalon' off their mental list?
Leave the marathons to the marathoners. Leave the triathlons to the triathletes.
How does one become a 'marathoner' or a 'triathlete' if they are not allowed to do it? I find this whole line of thought unnecessarily exclusionary. Does it really if hurt you if their is some guy at the back of the pack trying to do a marathon? - 11/16/11, 1:53 PM
- Scott M said...
There's got to be some sort of CO2 cartridge safety device that can be worn on a belt or thigh strap, to be fired off in dire need. The resulting inflatable wouldn't have to be very big at all. Just big enough to give them something to hold on to while the safety peeps get to them. Surely they can contrive a firing mechanism that is unlikely in the extreme to be set off accidentally.
- ndspinelli said...
My brother is a chef in Boston. He learned quickly that Marathon weekend you better have 3 times the pasta on your shelf because you get slammed w/ pasta eaters.
We had a guys Boston Marathon long weekend in 1996 for the 100th. We stood just over the crest of heartbreak hill. The pain on the faces of runners is incredible. Uta Pippig won the womens. I was confused when she ran by and I saw what I thought was mud on her legs. It was a beautiful crisp day and I said what the hell is w/ that? I later read she had her period and diarrhea. One tough broad! Of course, she is German. - 11/16/11, 2:09 PM
- carrie said...
Part of it might be due to the Instinctive Drowning Reflex-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinctive_drowning_response This reflex kicks in when people are really drowning and it makes it hard to recognize people who are drowning. Triathalons use a lot of volunteers who probably don't know what to look for. People who are truly on the verge of drowning can't call for help and can't even waive their arms to draw attention to themselves.
- ricpic said...
Aren't these guys supposed to be in great shape? A panic attack isn't fatal to a strong heart. But Pogo'll probably be along soon to tell me I don't know squat...which is true. I'm still skeptical.
- Calypso Facto said...
There's got to be some sort of CO2 cartridge safety device...
I wouldn't go building your business model around the 1-9 people who die in triathlons each year. Maybe the common-by-comparison "struck by lightning" market? - 11/16/11, 2:18 PM
- Seven Machos said...
I have "competed" in two half triathlons. The swim is 1.2 miles. It's incredibly taxing mentally at the beginning.
I strongly advise that anyone doing any kind of triathlon wear a wetsuit. It's hot, but it also makes you much more buoyant. I also agree with the person who advises the breast stroke if you are feeling anything bad at all.
Also, Carrie, there is training for the lifeguards. - 11/16/11, 2:19 PM
- Scott M said...
I wouldn't go building your business model around the 1-9 people who die in triathlons each year
You're being short-sighted. You come up with a product that probably works half the time. You slap a name brand on it, jack the price up 500 percent and sell it in the correct sport-centric catalogs and websites. At the same time, you find a willing foil in Washington to put forward a bill demanding that all participants of that "awful blood sport" to be required to wear this safety device. As you're the only holder of the patent...bliss... - 11/16/11, 2:22 PM
- Scott M said...
I strongly advise that anyone doing any kind of triathlon wear a wetsuit.
Technically, when doing a triathlon, doesn't any suit you're wearing become wet?
I don't know why but that made me think of this...
"I'm the Rosa Parks of lazy people. When you think about it, though, Rosa Parks is the Rosa Parks of lazy people." - 11/16/11, 2:25 PM
- paminwi said...
Big Mike: "One guy died after wearing his wet suit for the first time in the triathlon that killed him."
My son (6'5"/200 pounds) wore a wet suit for his first triathlon and it didn't fit him properly (he rented it) and he said it scared him because the water came in through the sleeves and it weighted him down. He never participated in a triathlon where the water was so cold he had to wear a wetsuit again. - 11/16/11, 2:56 PM
- Seven Machos said...
My son (6'5"/200 pounds) wore a wet suit for his first triathlon and it didn't fit him properly (he rented it)
I guess I should add that you should obviously practice swimming in your wetsuit in safe open water before the triathlon to make sure it fits and to get used to how it changes everything (for example, you arms have less latitude and it is hot as fuck). I really shouldn't need to add that. - 11/16/11, 3:00 PM
- DADvocate said...
A panic attack isn't fatal to a strong heart.
You panic and drown. That's fatal to any heart. - 11/16/11, 3:01 PM
- Harsh Pencil said...
I've done three triathlons (two sprints, one olympic) and I've never experienced the panic, but they have all been in Minnesota lakes (no waves or current). But even my bike instructor, a triathlete who medals, has panicked in the water.
Currently training for a half iron man next summer. Not sure what to do reduce chance of panic other than lots of open water swims and start on the outside of the pack. - 11/16/11, 4:06 PM
- Eli Blake said...
I DISAGREE that having panic attacks while trying to keep your head above water in a crowded field causes death.
If that were true we'd have seen at least a couple of deaths during Republican debates this year. - 11/16/11, 4:47 PM
- Don't Tread 2012 said...
No one should exert themselves that much unless its for a beer run. - 11/16/11, 4:53 PM
- Chuck Worrel said...
As a lifelong competitive swimmer and coach I can say without qualification that outside the category of trained competitive swimmers, people in general are lousy and dangerous in the water. It is a foreign medium and unless one has spent countless training hours, beginning at a young age (very important), they will always be at risk, particularly in open water. If a person begins training at age 8, swims for a couple of years and restarts at age 14, the early training provides an insurmountable advantage that the late starter can never overcome. Start at 20 or 25 and you will never be truly comfortable and safe in the water. Start early and you will be able to be comfortable and safe. This is why I always recommend that parents get their children into a competitive swimming program (where they do actual training as opposed to lessons) for at least a couple of years when they are young. They may not end up olympic swimmers but the early training (mileage) will make them safe forever.
- Seven Machos said...
Harsh -- just remember always that the worst swim you could possibly do will result in maybe 12 minutes difference in your time.
- Julie C said...
My son competed in his first open water swim just a few months ago. He's a teenager and has been swimming competitively since he was a little kid. What fascinated me was the people who on paper should be really great open water swimmers - super fit, really fast swimmers, great shape etc. - who for some reason suffered from hypothermia and barely made it out of the water. Seems like a little extra body fat is actually helpful when the water is 58 degrees. (And participants don't wear wetsuits unless they specifically swim in the wetsuit division) so you can't rely on that. From what I can see, open water swimming really needs to be trained for in something other than a pool at least part of the time.
- rp said...
I am bothering to leave this comment only because it might save someone's life. Arrhythmias frequently reflect magnesium deficiency. The magnesium loss through sweating [eg, during the running and cycling parts of the triathalon] is enormous. If I were in a triathalon I would try to go into it with a serum magnesium level around 2.3 or 2.4. Hmm. I wonder if any of the military participants in the recent triathalons have suffered arrhythmias, since the standard military field diet is quite high in magnesium.
- ndspinelli said...
Julie C, You're preaching to the choir on extra body fat..that's my strong point.
- DADvocate said...
Here's the answer to all our surfing, triathlon, wetsuit problems: the Billabong V1 wetsuit which has a bladder that inflates using a CO2 cartridge when a cord is pulled.
- Shanna said...
This is why I always recommend that parents get their children into a competitive swimming program (where they do actual training as opposed to lessons) for at least a couple of years when they are young. They may not end up olympic swimmers but the early training (mileage) will make them safe forever.
I completely agree with this. I took lesson's when I was little but it was the couple years of swim team when I was about 9 or so that really taught me to swim. I was never very good but I feel extremely comfortable in the water. - 11/16/11, 7:42 PM
- Gary said...
Panic during the swim in triathlons can be brutal. I'm a strong swimmer, but the one time it hit me I was overwhelmed. It scared me so bad I didn't go back in the water for over a year.
- Gary said...
If you are in any kind of decent shape, there is nothing about a bike ride or a run that can cause panic. But the swim is different.
- Simon Kenton said...
Shanna said:
"You can tread water or float, which is pretty easy."
Nope. I can just barely float when I am 15 pounds overweight. At full inhalation a sliver of my back is above water. At competitive weight, I can't do it; I have to be in continual motion to keep nose and mouth above waer. During the exhalation phase of swimming I describe an arc downward, and before inhaling, have to fight back up to the surface. My guess is that a lot of the problem for those dying during the swim phase is that they have bicyclist or weight-lifter bodies: excess muscle and bone mass. - 11/16/11, 11:23 PM
- DannyNoonan said...
"Swimming two miles is a helluva lot more exhausting than riding 20-30 miles."
First of all, no it isn't. Second of all, that's NOT the ration in triathlon. That would be a much better ratio. Ironman is 2.4mile/112mile/26.2mile. Olympic distnace is 1.5k/40k/10k. - 11/17/11, 11:20 AM
- DannyNoonan said...
"How does one become a 'marathoner' or a 'triathlete' if they are not allowed to do it? I find this whole line of thought unnecessarily exclusionary. Does it really if hurt you if their is some guy at the back of the pack trying to do a marathon?"
It doesn't hurt me, it hurts them. One becomes a marathoner by training properly with a time goal in mind. Not following the Runner's World "Just Finish" plan. I'm just saying that most people that take up the sport with the goal of getting in shape, rather than with the goal of running fast marathons, would be better served by running 5Ks and trying to get faster. They'd be much better off in a number of other activities, but for some reason, marathons and triathlons have become this be-all, end-all of fitnes in most people's minds. And they're not. - 11/17/11, 11:27 AM


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"We proposed specific bi-partisan solutions to the national crisis of debt and deficits. We were not afraid to tell the truth about what needs to be done to restore sound national fiscal policies.
"And we did not duck the tough calls:
"We told Nebraskans that climate change is real, that it is caused by our own habits, and that changing those habits would head off irreversible human and economic damage.
"We supported the Affordable Health Care Act because we believe it will help reduce the burden of poverty in Nebraska and increase the health of our States families.
"We defended the rights of all Nebraskans gay or straight to have equal civil opportunities to work, to live and to marry.
"We trusted women to make their own health care decisions without the interference of government law enforcement agencies.
"We made the case that economic development and economic justice are compatible sides of the same coin.
"The cumulative impact of these arguments did not produce a victory tonight. But they were worth making all the same.
"In the words of Dorothy Lord quoting Martin Luther King: We will not remember the words of our enemies. We will remember the silence of our friends.
"Above all else we were not silent in this campaign. Our voices were heard. They did not fall on deaf ears. I know - and I hope you do as well that this campaign was worth the effort all of you have made.
"The people of Nebraska have spoken. They have made their choice. Do not love them less for having chosen in a different way than you had hoped. Love them more. It is the right thing to do.
"So walk out of here tonight with your heads held high. You did a good thing in this campaign. You were brave. You persevered when the odds were overwhelmingly against you.
"You conquered cynicism. You believed in our better natures and came together to make our world safer and more just.
"You have made new friends and I sincerely hope some very good and inspiring memories.
"I am indebted to you. Thank you all. Very, very much."
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As it stands, the Yankees are hopeful that anti-inflammatories — and possibly some extra rest — will get Andy Pettitte through the mild stiffness around his pitching elbow. Unless the situation deteriorates or the problem refuses to go away, the disabled list does not seem likely.
"Right now the DL is not something that's being considered," general manager Brian Cashman said this afternoon.
Pettitte left last night's game after 77 pitches and went for an MRI that showed only mild inflammation.
"The MRI came back negative other than some inflammation," Cashman said. "And they're going to address that conservatively with some anti-inflammatories. Hopefully that nips that in the bud."
Cashman said no decision has been made about Pettitte's next start, and a decision won't be made until Cashman meets with Joe Girardi and Dave Eiland tomorrow. Cashman has his preference, but said he wants to hear from his manager, coaches and medical staff.
"We'll gather all the troops tomorrow and we'll make a decision on his next start," Cashman said. "I'm inclined personally to have him skip his next start."


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The SEC is apparently gearing a fraud case against credit rating agencies like Standard & Poor's and Moody's for their role in the financial crisis.
SEC officials are looking into whether the ratings agencies committed fraud by failing to do enough research to rate adequately the pools of subprime mortgages and other loans, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Does anyone really think this will mean anything for investors? Not if they've seen what the SEC and other regulators have accomplished (or haven't accomplished) before and after the 2008 financial crisis.
Here's how this will play out: The SEC will file civil charges against the credit agencies for inflating their ratings on firms and products that they knew were doomed. The firms will deny, deny deny and say the SEC has it wrong and that their jobs are simply to come up with a rating based on the information provided to them by the companies. The SEC will disclose all the evidence it's gathered to show just how unlawfully the agencies behaved.
Maybe the SEC will mention the time back in August 2008 the then CEO of AIG paid a visit to JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and told him that the credit ratings agencies promised him they'd wait a month before downgrading his insurance firm. That happened less than 3 weeks before the firm's liquidity crisis blew up in its face and needed an $85 billion bailout from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In the end, the ratings agencies will settle for an insignificant amount of money (compared to the havoc their faulty ratings caused) and will neither admit or deny wrong doing. And who knows? Maybe a few years from now when the next financial crisis hits the agencies will be facing similar charges for their role in it once again.
No SEC inquiry or settlement in the world will change a firm's bad behavior. The real way to address the problem with credit rating agencies is to change the way they are paid.


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We've heard many users tell us about how Corona SDK changed their life.
However, in Chris Martone's case, Corona not only changed his life, but also enabled him to change other people's lives through his Apps for Change project to help children in Africa bring their stories to life on the mobile platform.
Be sure to donate to Chris' cause at IndieGoGo. (a Kickstarter-type site) and read about his experience below…
As a 22-year-old Pharmacy student, my life was on a path set far from my childhood dreams of game design. The growing pressure of a career I had no passion for eventually became too much, and I withdrew for graduate school and spent the next two years wandering aimlessly.
My first experience with apps came in the form of a failed partnership between myself and my then-roommate at the time. I had no coding experience, so I was in charge of media assets while he would write the program in Xcode. He fell short on the coding and, through my frustrations, I knew I had to learn to make apps myself. So I started using GameSalad, but quickly realized I needed something more powerful and dynamic.
I researched all of the popular SDK's but was drawn to Corona's cross-platform build capabilities. Little did I know this decision would shape the rest of my life…
I started with a tutorial on YouTube entitled "Corona SDK: Make a game in 8 minutes". After following that tutorial, I knew I had made the right choice. Corona SDK makes it incredibly easy and intuitive to code. The API and sample apps provided a great structure for me to learn from.
Within a month, I had released my first Corona app, GlowTunes. To my surprise, it was featured on the App Store as 'New & Noteworthy' for music apps. From there, things really took off! Within the first month of release, I made more revenue than double what I had paid for my Pro subscription to Corona. (pretty worthy investment, I think!)
Since that first release in May 2011, I have released six different games and apps using Corona, and gotten over 150,000 downloads between them. My most recent release, GlowTunes Christmas, also was featured as 'New & Noteworthy,' and was featured during the holidays on the iTunes Homepage under the 'Fun and Festive' banner. It was even mentioned on the App Store's Facebook page!
My latest project is called Apps for Change. I have partnered with charities based in Africa to help children create, illustrate, and narrate their own storybooks. When they are finished, I will take their storybooks and turn them into apps using Corona. All the profits will go back to the children's village via their respective charity to elevate the quality of life.
While pursuing this project, I contacted New Charity Era, developers of an iPhone game called Raise the Village. Their game lets you build and grow your own African village via Farmville-style gameplay modeled after a real village in Uganda. Also, the money spent in-game goes towards buying real items for the real village of Kapir Atiira.
The New Charity Era team was so impressed with everything I had accomplished using Corona that they hired me as their lead developer to rebuild their game for Facebook. We are currently fundraising for the new and improved Raise the Village release through IndieGoGo.
In less than nine months, I have gone from zero coding experience to being the lead developer for an up-and-coming gaming company. I completely attribute my success to Corona SDK and their supportive community of staff and developers, (and a little bit of my own elbow grease ;-)). Thanks to the Corona community, I have met countless amazing people, impacted lives all over the world, and finally found my true purpose.
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The use of Agile Development to manage software releases is rapidly growing and there is no shortage in the ways that organizations go about combining development methods. For example, some organizations use Agile methods in a waterfall environment using a cafeteria approach to choosing the Agile capabilities that best fit their needs. This careful selection is likely a factor of incremental organizational adoption since moving from traditional development methods to an Agile development approach requires rethinking how work gets done and making this adjustment can be a major challenge to adopting Agile.
What's the appeal of Agile then? Agile methodologies tend to help companies responsible for developing software avoid some of the pitfalls that tend to doom these efforts to failure. The emphasis on time to market, collaboration and customer evaluation of functionality enables teams to adjust efforts quickly to stay on track.
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Most agencies are now using the SAFE-T Statewide 800 Trunked System. I am running a digital scanner now on the 800 System and am working on attempting to get better antenna placement as the control signal fades in this area.
Wabash County, EMA, N Manchester PD are on 800. Wabash County Fire Agencies are still on VHF as is Wabash Police.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Hillary Rodham Clinton is kicking off a series of West Coast appearances this week with a keynote speech at a San Francisco conference for marketing professionals.
The former secretary of state and potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate is scheduled to address several thousand people on Tuesday afternoon at a customer conference hosted by Marketo, a Silicon Valley maker of marketing software.
Following her speech, Clinton will participate in a question-and-answer session with Marketo chief executive Phil Fernandez.
She is set to be in Portland on Tuesday night to speak to the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
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If they are both linked to steam you can right click OA and select Combined Ops.
If they are both linked to steam you can right click OA and select Combined Ops.
You can also copy over your ARMA 2 files over to OA, that's what pooch did.
So, I'm kind of mixed up with ace controls. How do I store things in rucksacks, how do I heal people or myself, and how do I put in earplugs?
Why do you need earplugs?
Use louder sounds to make the loud sounds not break your ears.
By this logic: Break your eardrums so bad music and babies crying is no longer annoying.
bump this fucking thread you fucks
Rucksacks in vanilla are kind of weird. If when you click the pack it says something like "open pack" near the bottom right of you gear screen then it's vanilla. To put things into the pack you have to first drop what you want to put in it, open your pack, and then put the shit you dropped on the ground into the pack, like how you'd pick anything up normally.
If it's an ace pack you just click the item you want to put in it and hit "pack" and it'll show up below the gear menu. Works like liquid apparently, because space in the pack and size of items is defined in cubic mms, unlike vanilla backpacks that work just by slots.
To heal yourself you have to order your medic to heal you if it's vanilla, or if the mission has some other healing script it'll just be in your scroll menu (you can heal yourself). Use F1-F11 to select your medic, then...TBH I can't remember exactly but it has to do with selecting your medic, searching around in the shitty squad commands menu until you figure out something that looks like "heal" or something.
For earplugs it's in the start menu. Press the right windows button, next to the start button, don't worry about the game minimizing, and it'll bring up the ACE self interaction menu. The ACE interaction menu (different) is the start button I believe, but you don't really have to use that until you play with us (they're for satchels, healing others and yourself with the ACE system, etc). When you're in there it should be under something like "face/mask." You have to have earbuds in your inventory though, which is a problem when you're playing vanilla and they don't spawn you with earbuds.
I tried the right windows key, but it didn't do anything until i aimed at a teammate, and then it brought up options to examine him or go through his gear.
Oh, then try start button. The start and windows buttons are how you interact with anything that's not in the scroll menu.
If by start you mean enter, then none of them work. I guess I'm destined to be constantly deafened by lmgs and rockets.
Uhm, no I don't lol. I mean the start button. Looks like this:
My keyboard's ancient, I don't have a key that looks like that. Brb, gotta go push all the buttons near right windows key.
I asked in the videos thread, but can I just buy the expansion to play facepunch arma, or do I need to buy both.
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Woah fuck. You just made me realize that the start icon glows when you hover your mouse over it. Cooooool.
Oh, you can rebind it in the Ace options. Press esc. Ace options. Self interaction menu. Rebind it to some key you don't use.
You're actually lucky lol. That button in ANY other game minimizes it and opens the start menu.
Took me like an hour and a half to figure out there was TWO interaction menus.. Before that I didn't even know how to use the explosives or heal someone else within the ACE wounding system.
I just got ARMA II: Combined Operations, I'm looking forward to playing with you guys, I already know about the mods I need, but is there anything else I should know?
who's up for some tf2 today
Do you have a mic?
I am up for some TF2 tonight.
what about
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I'm up for a game, but i'm not game for talking.
My mic cord somehow magically broke thanks to a tiny pin hole prick near the jack. I don't even touch the jacks so i have no idea how the fuck the hole got there. My only other mic is my webcam and it's very sensitive and picks up the faintest sound.
Doesnt bother me lol. Hey I was playing arma at 4am when it was like 9pm for you. It is called dedication.
Hey fuckheads
let's do arma this weekend
yes you fuck hole.
ok roster for this weekend
tell your bros
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1. niko
2. germanaagoat
3. tark
4. mbbird
5. fish muffin
6. foos
sign up now faggots
Fuck it, why not. I got nothing going on(i think). although i need to further lower my resolution to actually see whats going on, and react to it.
Im up for it
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2. germanaagoat
3. tark
4. mbbird
5. fish muffin
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Btw, we're doing this on saturday ok
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Celery (Apium graveolens) or popularly known as Kinchay in the Philippines, is a crunchy biennial plant belong in the family Apiaceae and is native to Eurasia. The plant is also related to dill, carrots, fennel, and parsley. Although originally cultivated for its perceived medicinal qualities, celery has since made the jump into the daily diets of consumers around the world.
As a vegetable, the celery is an ideal plant, as it has many culinary and herbal uses and very little waste is associated with its use, as the entire plant is edible. The dried seeds and leaves of the celery are an excellent seasoning for many kinds of dishes. Celery can be eaten in many ways; it can be included in mixtures of roasted root vegetables, and tends to have a more rich flavor than the stalks of celery. Celery stalks are long, green, and retain their crunchy texture after brief cooking. They can be eaten raw or cooked, and are often included on crudite platters and in stir fries and soups. Raw whole celery is also used in blended green drinks. The inner ribs of the celery are said to have a beneficial effect on the heart and the circulatory system .
The low caloric content of celery makes it a popular choice for dieters, and it is also rich in vitamins K and C. Celery tastes best at the peak of the season, in the summer. When selecting celery in the store, look for white to green evenly colored specimens which are tightly clustered around the core. If the celery is being sold precut, make sure that it is not flexible or soft. If the stalks appear wilted at all, pick out another bunch of celery. The stalks should make a snapping sound when they are pulled apart. Celery can be kept refrigerated for approximately one week.
In the Philippines, celery is primarily grown in Benguet and the Mt. Province. An estimated 687 hectares is currently used for growing celery in the aforementioned locations. This crop has two varieties: the stalk variety and the Chinese variety. The stalk variety is often found in the highlands and is characterized by its thick petioles. Chinese celery variety is characterized by its strong taste and is often used in soups. Chinese celery variety is often found in lowlands or near the ocean.
Growing Celery
Both varieties of celery may be grown all year. However, celery may only be planted using the transplanting method. Celery likes soil that is capable of retaining moisture and so soils that have had organic compost or manure are well suited. During the hot season, celery should be planted on a seed bed one meter wide and fifteen cm high. During cold season, the seedbed should be thirty cm high. Hay may be placed over the soil to protect the seeds. This keeps the soil from getting too dry which can cause problems in the plant growth. Use of hay also prevents the seeds from being drawn off during watering. It takes two to three months before seeds grow into seedlings. At this time, seedlings may be transplanted to the plot. In transplanting, celery seedlings should be placed in two rows with rows 20cm apart and 40cm for each column.
Celery roots do not grow longer than 60 cm. Roots mostly grow 45 to 60 cm near the top of the ground. It is therefore important to use fertilizers to ensure that the crops get their needed nutrients especially when it is nearing its harvesting age.
Chicken manure may be mixed with complete fertilizer and administered 15-15-15 for every hectare. This may be followed with 150 to 200 kilos of ammonium sulfate two to three times every ten to fifteen days. Celery requires regular watering. Hay may also be used to cover soil in between the rows to keep the water from drying up as soil that is much too dry can cause lesser yield. Regular removal of weeds should also be done.
Celery is a vulnerable vegetable and needs utmost care in handling and growing. It is important to ensure that leaves do not get lesions during weeding, watering or applying insecticides. Insecticides should not be sprayed against wind direction to ensure safety.
Problems and Pests
Pests affecting celery are mostly insects like aphids, cutworms, and mites. These insects may be controlled by use of insecticides like Malathion and Sevin. It is highly important to follow the instructions on the label when using insecticides to ensure the safety of the vegetable.
New strains have helped combat much of the challenges of growing celery without toxins. Beware of slugs and snails, so put out traps.
Celery leaf spot, which shows as brown spots on the outer small leaves first before it spreads, can be avoided by checking your seedlings first before you plant and not watering the leaves. Otherwise an occasional organic fungal spray should do the trick.
Heart rot disease has mostly been bred out now, but do keep the moisture content even. Aphids and the little celery fly can sometimes visit, burrowing through the leaves, causing blisters to form. Pinch out the affected leaves and use an organic insecticide such as garlic to stop re-infestation.
Harvest and Storage
Celery has no strict or particular age for harvesting. However it is important to remember signs that indicate if the crop is ready for harvesting. Celery is ready for harvesting when it turns light green and when the leaves are lush.
Careful monitoring should be done in order to harvest celery at the right time. Lesser yield results when harvest is done too early. When done too late, celery yield may be of lesser quality.
Celery may be harvested by hand or by use of a sharp knife. Stalks should be cut near the roots to ensure that the petioles are still intact. Undesirable crops should be disposed.
Chinese celery should be harvested by removing the entire plant from the ground. Chinese celery should be harvested when it is twenty cm in height.
Return on Investment
Apart from being a constant ingredient in soups, celery is also known as a salad vegetable. The price of this vegetable varies primarily depending on its availability in the market. However, farmers gain notwithstanding its price.
There are two ways to market celery. The first is through direct wholesale in which the crop is directly being bought from the farmer. Though this process, price of the vegetable is not directly affected by the demand in the market. The second is through retail selling in the markets or trading posts. This process allows the growers to adjust and recognize the prices according to the demand of the crop.
Production cost for growing celery is approximately Php15,000 per hectare, which can yield 160% return on investment. This is derived from a study of the Department of Agriculture, Administrative Region in the Cordilleras. With the yield of 1,300 kilos per hectare and the price of Php30 per kilo, the investment of Php 15,000 yields Php 24,000 net income.
Buying Tips
Celery is available year-round. Choose firm bunches that are tightly formed. The leaves should be green and crisp. Pre-packaged celery hearts contain the choice, tender, innermost ribs.
Storage Tips
Store unwashed celery in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. Asian celery should be stored airtight in the refrigerator for up to one week. Leave the ribs attached to the stalk until ready to use.
Usage Tips
- Right before using, wash celery thoroughly and trim the leaves and base.
- Reserve celery leaves to use in soups, salads, stuffing and garnish.
- Prepare celery in advance by placing cut pieces in bowl of ice water up to one hour before serving.
- Add chopped celery to soups during the last 10 minutes of cooking to retain some crunch.
- Celery can be braised, steamed or boiled until just crisp-tender.
Nutrition Notes
A popular choice for dieters, the act of chewing celery actually burns more calories than it contains. Celery is also a good source of fiber and vitamins A, C and E.
Source: Carmela Abaygar, Marid Digest, Wisegeek.com; Photos: www.pccnaturalmarkets.com


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Ethan Hawke | Ellison |
Vincent D'Onofrio | Prof. Jonas |
James Ransone | Deputy |
Fred Dalton Thompson | Sheriff |
Clare Foley | Ashley |
Juliet Rylance | Tracy |
Michael Hall D'Addario | Trevor |
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True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.


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If for nothing else - but film has more - Ken Russell's screen translation of The Boy Friend is a beautiful vehicle for Twiggy, a clever young performer. It is delightful entertainment, novel and engaging.
If for nothing else – but film has more – Ken Russell's screen translation of The Boy Friend is a beautiful vehicle for Twiggy, a clever young performer. It is delightful entertainment, novel and engaging.
Russell, who also directed and scripted the Sandy Wilson musical, has adopted a play within a play concept for the telling. Film might be a glorification of the Busby Berkeley manner of production. Russell has expanded the play into a kaleidoscope of the dance director's techniques during his heyday. Narrative revolves around the personal lives of a group of repertory players who stage an English provincial production of The Boy Friend, and a film director strives to catch the performance. Twiggy plays the unsophisticated young assistant stage manager – also errand and jack-of-all-trades girl – suddenly thrust into top role when the star injures her ankle. (Glenda Jackson unbilled, cameos as the injured 'star'.) Twiggy acquits herself charmingly and professionally. There's an unspoiled charm about her, and she weaves a spell of her own both with her singing and dancing. 1971: Nomination: Best Adapted ScoreThe Boy Friend
M-G-M. Director Ken Russell; Producer Ken Russell; Screenplay Ken Russell; Camera David Watkin; Editor Michael Bradsell; Music Peter Maxwell Davies (arr.); Art Director Tony Walton
(Color) Widescreen. Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1971. Running time: 108 MIN.
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All good leaders hate letting people go, but it's perilous to stand pat today.
They may stand pat on it, but their standing will drop badly.
Meanwhile ex-President Sherman and his followers had decided to stand pat—but not on the floor of the convention.
When will you ever let me stand pat and get things settled for good and all?
Its final answer to the demands for redress was to stand pat.
An' all that's left us is to stand pat, an' wait for the finish!
The 'ins' stand pat, but the 'outs' have always got a revolution up their sleeves.
Should he stand pat on his straight or discard the heart and draw to his straight flush?
You leave that to me and don't you give him any more money; stand pat the next time he approaches you.
Especially as all they have to do is to stand pat on the record.
c.1400, "a blow, stroke," perhaps originally imitative of the sound of patting. Meaning "light tap with hand" is from c.1804. Sense of "that which is formed by patting" (as in pat of butter) is 1754, probably from the verb. Pat on the back in the figurative sense attested by 1804.
"aptly, suitably, at the right time," 1570s, perhaps from pat (adj.) in sense of "that which hits the mark," a special use from pat (n.) in sense of "a hitting" of the mark. The modern adjective is 1630s, from the adverb.
1560s, "to hit, throw;" meaning "to tap or strike lightly" is from 1714; from pat (n.). Related: Patted; patting. The nursery rhyme phrase pat-a-cake is known from 1823. Alternative patty-cake (usually American English) is attested from 1794 (in "Mother Goose's Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle," Worcester, Mass.).
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In 1935, a film titled Hunterwali created history in Hindi cinema. It was the industry's first movie featuring a female action star, and the little-known lead actress – Australia-born Mary Evans – shot to fame as stuntwoman 'Fearless Nadia'.
On November 22, Nadia – who died in Mumbai in 1996 – will be revived on screen in a unique theatrical performance called Fearless Nadia, organised as part of the ongoing Indo-Australian cultural festival, Oz Fest.
The show will feature a silent screening of Nadia's 1940 film Diamond Queen, accompanied by a live Australian orchestra directed by musician Ben Walsh. Fearless Nadia will be staged at Liberty Cinema at Marine Lines. "Nadia is an icon for both India and Australia. She called India her home and immersed herself in Indian culture," said Walsh, who first came across Nadia when he met Roy Wadia, grandson of filmmaker Jamshed Wadia who discovered and directed Nadia.
The two collaborated and came up with the concept of the Fearless Nadia show, for which Walsh put together a band of 13 different musicians to create the Orkestra of the Underground. The band includes Indian classical musicians such as Aneesh Pradhan (tabla), Sudhir Nayak (harmonium) and Sangeet Mishra (sarangi). "Although the score is inspired by the original music of Diamond Queen, it is like new-world music, with a lot of improvisation," said Walsh.
The Fearless Nadia performance will be preceded by the screening of excerpts from Fearless: The Hunterwali Story, a 1993 documentary on Nadia made by Riyad Wadia, Roy's late brother.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures were little changed Monday as analysts at Citigroup took a slight bearish turn on the precious metal, cutting their forecasts for this year and next.
Futures for February gold US:GCG3 rose $2.70, or 0.2%, to $1,689.7 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The metal closed out last week 1.6% higher.
Trading was subdued with U.S. financial markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. public holiday.
Frustrated Chinese investors turn to stocks abroad
Beijing has been raising the limits on the overseas portfolios of Chinese investors, who have grabbed the opportunity to sink more money into foreign markets. The WSJ's Wei Gu talks about why so many prefer other countries' stocks to their own.
At Citigroup on Monday, analysts cut their gold forecasts for 2013 by 4.2% to $1,675 a troy ounce and 0.2% to $1,653 a troy ounce for 2014. Their silver price forecasts remained unchanged.
"Gold's recent struggle to sustain itself beyond the $1,800 technical resistance level despite seemingly conducive conditions such as record low interest rates and fiscal uncertainty has cast doubt onto the bullish case for gold among the investor community," said the analysts in a note.
Some downers pointed out by Citigroup: Central bank net purchases for gold have fallen from their 2009 peak, jewelry demand continues to fall and private-sector demand may be set to follow. Public and private net investment into gold was positive in 2012.
"Investors appear to be losing faith in the bull story for gold, if net managed money positions on Comex provide a reasonable guide," said the analysts, who noted that net long managed money positions on Comex have dropped by 50% since the start of October 2012. Positive flows for exchange traded fund investing — an important gauge of investor sentiment — has also stalled since that month, with 17 metric tons of redemptions seen so far in 2013.
Citi was more positive on palladium and platinum. Long-term prices for palladium were increased by 13.3% to $680 an ounce, while the 2013 forecast was moved up by 4.2% to $775 an ounce. Platinum's long-term price was revised up 2% to $1,531 an ounce and 2013 forecasts were lifted by 1.5% to $1,700 an ounce.
But Citi said it prefers palladium over platinum and expects platinum demand will outstrip supply by 94,000 ounces in 2013, with the focus on supply for platinum largely masking a poor demand environment.Read: Citi cuts '13 gold view, upgrades platinum outlook
Over at FxPro, chief economist Simon Smith wrote in a note Monday that the global environment remains favorable for gold bulls. He said gold got a psychological boost from recent news that the German Bundesbank is repatriating some of its gold.
Then there is the lower move for the Japanese yen, which comes on the back of expectations the Bank of Japan will get more active and other central banks will race for currency debasement. This hasn't really been a driver for gold prices as the relationships between gold and foreign exchange have broken down considerably. Read: It's official. The Bundesbank is bringing (some of) its gold home
While Smith said gold bulls may be discouraged by this factoid, there are still some pretty key levels to watch and gold has been establishing a solid uptrend through much of January.
"Right now, gold is poised to push above the 50-day moving average, which currently sits at $1,692.5, having traded below since late November. This also sits close to the year high at $1,695," said Smith.
The dollar slipped against major currencies on Monday, with the yen rebounding a day ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's policy meeting. A stronger dollar tends to pressure commodities denominated in the U.S. currency, which includes gold. The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.00% fell to 80.039 from 80.050 in late North American trade on Friday. Dollar slips ahead of BOJ meeting outcome


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Jesse James and Kat Von D announced today that they are no longer together, but they still will be when the season premiere of L.A. Ink airs this Thursday. According to the promo video, this season will prominently feature Kat's relationship with Jesse.
Kat took to her Twitter to confirm herself that her engagement with Jesse has been called off.
"I am no longer w Jesse, and out of respect for him, his family and myself, thats all the info I'd like to share," she wrote. "Thanks for respecting that."
Unfortunately, it looks like Kat may have to relive her relationship with Jesse for awhile longer through her TLC show L.A. Ink.
Less than a year after his divorce from Sandra Bullock after his alleged affair, Jesse proposed to Kat and subsequently she began filming her reality show.
Luckily for fans and perhaps unfortunately for them, Kat and Jesse will have to relive their relationship now on TV.
In the promo, Kat says, "Jesse asked for my hand in marriage. A long distance relationship and we're just making it work."
"I know there are a lot of rumors about me moving to Austin and about me being pregnant," Kat acknowledges to her L.A. Ink employees about how Jesse lived in Austin at the time. "I feel like I'm the luckiest girl. I don't care what anybody thinks. The possibility of opening up a workspace in Austin is awesome."
In another clip from the promo, Jesse is preparing for a race and tells Kat, "If I win tomorrow we're getting married on Sunday."
"Really?" Kat asks.
"Yes," Jesse says with a smile.
"Okay!" Kat agrees.
The promo makes it look like he won, but it appears they didn't go through with the deal.
Are you sad to see Jesse and Kat's relationship come to an end? Will you be watching it from the beginning in the new season of L.A. Ink?
Watch the promo video over at TLC.com!


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ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey today announced the finalists for
the 2011 Women's Student-Athlete of the Year Award. Katharine
Chute, Harvard, Clarkson's Katelyn Ptolemy and Jackee
Snikeris of Yale have each been selected as finalists for the honor
by the League's coaches.
Chute, a senior forward concentrating in Organismic &
Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, is a three-time ECAC Hockey
all-academic selection (2008, 2009 and 2010) who currently holds a
3.853 cumulative grade-point average. Chute has received either an
A or A- in every class but one while at Harvard and that was a B+.
The Spring Lake Park, MN native has demonstrated a balance and
sensitivity with her teammates, that has yielded the highest
respect. Chute is known to live her life on a high-level striving
for personal excellence. She has also been involved with the local
community tutoring elementary students. Chute has excelled on the
ice as well playing in 128 career games, amassing 64 total points
on 26 goals and 38 assists. Upon graduation Chute is interested in
pursuing research in graduate school.
Another finalist for the prestigious Student-Athlete Award is
Katelyn Ptolemy from Clarkson. The junior blue liner rapidly
emerged as a leader in and out of the classroom for the Golden
Knights. Ptolemy currently boasts a 3.62 grade-point average
majoring in Biology and minoring in Psychology. She is known as an
exceptional student with superb ability to remember facts and apply
them to new situations and analyze them thoroughly. The National
Scholar Athlete has also taken part in several community affairs
while in Potsdam, including; Salvation Army Holiday Drive,
Community Clean-ups, Relay for Life, Big Brother and Big Sisters
programs, and Learn to Skate events. Often referred to as selfless
and confident, Potlemy serves as an Assistant Captain for the Green
and Gold.
Senior goaltender Jackee Snikeris is the third finalists for the
league's Student-Athlete Award. Snikeris is a pre-med History
of Science, History of Medicine major who has a 3.59 cumulative GPA
and will receive her fourth ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection
this season. In addition to working at a nearby hospital and having
some of her work there published in the Journal of Surgical
Radiology, she has also volunteered at a local hospice for the past
two years and taught skating to local middle schoolers. She has
been a part of team-wide initiatives to raise awareness of the need
for bone marrow donors and umbilical cord blood donors to help save
the lives of patients in need, inspired by her teammate Mandi
Schwartz' battle with cancer. She has taken part in
Yale's Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society and
helped teach sports skills to local children. She has also been a
part of a program that pairs local brain tumor patients with Yale
sports teams. On the ice, Snikeris re-wrote the Yale record book
many times over. She holds the school's career records for
save percentage (.931), goals-against average (2.12) and shutouts
(16). She also holds the single-season Yale records for save
percentage (.941, 2010-11) and goals-against average (1.67,
2008-09) and is tied for the shutout record (five, 2008-09).
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Procedural rules that govern lawsuits in federal court permit defendants to make an "offer of judgment," which is a mechanism allowing a defendant to offer to settle a lawsuit. If a plaintiff is offered such a settlement and rejects it, and thereafter wins either the same or less than the amount contained in the offer of judgment, the plaintiff generally cannot recover for any costs incurred after rejection of the offer of judgment, such as attorneys' fees. This mechanism can provide settlement leverage and, interestingly, it may now provide a helpful defense strategy for managing class and collective actions.
In Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, the United States Supreme Court recently dismissed a collective action suit brought under the FLSA seeking allegedly unpaid wages on a class basis. In the case, the employee had sued her employer on her own behalf and on behalf of those "similarly situated" under the FLSA for back pay for time she and other employees worked during lunch, but for which they were not compensated because meal time was automatically deducted. Early in the case, the employer made an offer of judgment. However, that employee failed to respond to the employer's offer, a fact that ultimately caused the court first hearing the matter to dismiss the entire case based on the assertion that the offer of judgment fully satisfied the employee's individual claim and no other individuals had yet joined the employee's suit.
After an intermediate appellate court reversed that dismissal based on the argument that an employer's ability to use an offer of judgment to moot a class or collective action, the Supreme Court reinstated the dismissal of the original court. Relying on the assumption that the employee's individual claim was moot because she had not challenged the issue earlier on appeal, meaning it was admitted that the offer of judgment fully satisfied her individual claim, the Supreme Court concluded that both the individual and collective claims were properly dismissed. As to the collective claims, the Court stated that the "mere presence of collective-action allegations in the complaint cannot save the suit from mootness once the individual claim is satisfied."
The Genesis decision suggests a potentially powerful strategy to consider at the outset of an FLSA collective action claim. However, an offer of judgment may not be an easy out — in Genesis, for example, the Supreme Court's decision relied heavily on the fact that there was no dispute the offer of judgment fully satisfied the individual employee's claim. In other words, simply making an offer of judgment and having it rejected will not provide an automatic basis for dismissal of collective actions. We expect further development of these issues, but for now, Genesis suggests a potential defense strategy worth consideration early on in FLSA collective action cases.
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