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At 10/8/09 08:17 PM, Digital-Terror wrote:

At 10/8/09 08:15 PM, JoS wrote:

At 10/8/09 04:47 PM, jakenator85 wrote: Where are you moving to?

Nowhere. Literally I am moving to nowhere.

So you're not moving, but you hired movers.

That's silly.

I am moving to a town with a population of 40. The closest city is 1 hour away.

At 10/8/09 04:47 PM, jakenator85 wrote: Where are you moving to?

Nowhere. Literally I am moving to nowhere.

I am moving over 2000 km away. Not exactly able to make multiple trips with my pick-up.

Moving sucks. The movers are packing everything tomorrow but I for some reason still have to organize for them.

Lazy.

HIV, Hep, you can't tell by looking. And if you are promoting legalizing prostitution to make it safer for the workers, then you should be demanding the Johns get tested. Otherwise you are simply using it as a cover for your really agenda, you want to get laid and can't get a date.

Why do the prostitutes have to be checked for disease? That only protects the Johns. Why not check the Johns for disease to better protect the sex workers?

At 7/26/09 01:47 PM, Tramps wrote: I can pitch a tent up for you in the garden if you really want.

LOL, I am not sure if you were trying to make a innuendo or not here.

At 7/26/09 01:28 PM, Shinzura wrote: You can stay with me. I'm assuming that you robbed the guy after you killed him, so I'll just take whatever was in his wallet. But if anyone asks, you're my brother's friend's cousin and that money was what you owed me for an old collectible card from when Pokemon cards were popular

I dont want to stay with you, I want to stay with your mother if she is young and hot or your girlfriend if she is of age.

He wasn't arrested for breaking into the house, he was arrested for causing a disturbance because he left the house after and started yelling at the officers.

And anyone who thinks the police shouldn't have gone there in the first place, if someone looks like they are trying to break into a house, regardless of whether it is their house or not I would expect the police to look into the matter. Better safe then sorry.

Attention NG members, I need a place to hid from the cops and lay low. Can I stay with your mom or girlfriend?

Hello friends.

They become invisible and haunt the NG users who created them. They also make out with Demi Moore.

Also, Blackwater no longer exists. It is now called Xe and has a new president.

At 4/17/09 08:56 AM, Shintogoru wrote:

At 4/17/09 05:18 AM, ReiperX wrote:

At 4/16/09 05:03 PM, JoS wrote: What do people think of issuing a letter of marque to combat piracy?

Can you further clarify what exactly issuing a letter of marque is por favor?

It is when America hires private individuals to fight against pirates. I think that America does have this right, since the Second Amendment grants people the right to establish private militias.

Thats not quite accurate. The government does not hire them. Instead they give them authorization to attack pirate ships without fear of being labeled as pirates or prosecution. Traditionally they were allowed to keep the treasures on the pirates ship, but since pirates these days don't have chests full of gold another system of reward would be needed. Perhaps a bounty for each pirate ship captured or attack intercepted? Just kind of throwing ideas of the top of my head, haven't realyl thought too much about it.

Its not a Second Amendment issue. The Deceleration of Paris outlawed letters of marque, although the US is not a signatory of it, and well piracy is not what it use to be (letters were outlawed because of the difficulty distinguishing pirates from privateers).

As far as Blackwater getting the job, there is no job. A letter of marque is not hiring someone to do something, it is immunity from prosecution or attack for attacking pirates. If Blackwater or the Sea Scouts want to go out and take on the pirates on their own initiative then I am fine with it.

At 4/16/09 08:00 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote: You dont have all five months. Let's say Subject A is 30 lbs overweight. That is an F every day untill he can get in shape. That means 15 weeks is needed to be at the top of being in shape. 15*5= 75 F's. An A every day for the remainding time could not pull that out of the dirt.

Your logic is very strange. I said change the way its marked so it based more on testing. Your participation, attendance etc makes up a portion of it, but have at the end a fitness test, kind of like a final exam.

Never did I say anything about having to lose weight. Losing weight can help, but I have seen overweight people who can run faster or lift more weight than I can. You can be slightly overweight but still be healthy.

At 4/16/09 05:45 PM, Ravariel wrote:

At 4/16/09 05:10 PM, JoS wrote: It depends on where you set the bar. Additionally, gym starts at what like grade 1? If we start earlier focusing on fitness there will be less need for remidal work later on.

That is the problem... where DO you set the bar? And how do you determine if the bar's been crossed? Does a kid have to make 5/10 free throws to pass "baskteball"? Does he have to run a mile in 8 minutes? Or should we instead look at progress? And then how do we measure that?

Take basic evaluations of physical fitness and compare students to the scientifically established percentile scores. Make a pass say 40th percentile score or something like that.

Use standard evaluations like say 100 meter sprint or 1 mile run or beep-test, push up scores, sit up tests, flexibility (ie toe reach), vertical jumps, standing long-jump etc etc etc. Do not make them skill based, make these standards things that are actual tests of physical fitness.

At 4/16/09 05:57 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote: I am not suggesting that they should stay like that at all. But if a badly out of shape student who cares about their grades dearly, what will they do? The same exact thing Anorixics do: Stop eating and start exersiseing.

Or maybe they will put down the X-box controller and go to the fucking park once and a while. Maybe they won't get a ride to the corner store, maybe they will walk. Maybe they will take up some sport, join their local YMCA etc etc etc. I am fairly certain that the benefits of this idea would drastically outweigh any risks. I highly doubt their will be a rise in eating disorder rates.

Eating disorders are not as simple as you would like to think. They are not based upon I want to get fitter, they are based on body image. People with anorexia want to be skinny, they are not concerned with performance on standardized fitness testing. People with anorexia hide it, the brainy kid who just wants an A is motivated by performance, they won't be secretly puking or chugging laxatives, since their goal is to run faster, they will practice running faster.

The kid wanting an A is goal setting. Do weddings cause an increase in anorexia from brides wanting to fit into their dresses? No, it results in a rise in gym memberships for 6 weeks.

And I don't mean in moderation, that would be good for them. I mean One bottle of water a day and 8+ hours of exersiseing untill they drop from exaustion.

I am well aware of what anorexia is. And you are wrong, they do not exercises 8+ hours a day, some do not exercises at all. The characteristics of Anorexia are excessive obsession with exercise, unrealistic body expectations and purging. Besides, how many 8 year olds have 8 hours to spend working out without anyone noticing either? even a hardcore anorexia case in a high schooler would not result in 8 hours a day. Its not physically possible.

The bar needs to be set at 110% on every individual.

No, because that creates two problems. One, how do you define 110% from each individual? You create minimum standards they have to meet, then you can have a portion of the mark allotted for effort, but if you simply make it 110% of your best there is no clear pass or fail mark given. Everyone can pass as long as they try their best, even if they weigh 500lbs and cant do one push-up.

The All-Star would have to do way more than the obese kids. One size does not fit all. In a system like that, the all-stars would be bored and the out of shape would be stuggleing.

Kind of like every other subject in school? Thats why you make part of the marks based on effort, but alot more to the ability to preform on testing.

Also, 8 yr olds in adult life jackets? How... I didn't think that was metabolicly possible for children that young! What the hell are they eating?

Eating shit and not doing any physical activity. The sad part is there is at least one in nearly every class. I would say of the over 1000 children I will teach this year probably 10% will be big enough for adult life jackets with at least another 25% being above average size.

At 4/16/09 05:45 PM, Ravariel wrote:

At 4/16/09 05:10 PM, JoS wrote: It depends on where you set the bar. Additionally, gym starts at what like grade 1? If we start earlier focusing on fitness there will be less need for remidal work later on.

That is the problem... where DO you set the bar? And how do you determine if the bar's been crossed? Does a kid have to make 5/10 free throws to pass "baskteball"? Does he have to run a mile in 8 minutes? Or should we instead look at progress? And then how do we measure that?

Take basic evaluations of physical fitness and compare students to the scientifically established percentile scores. Make a pass say 40th percentile score or something like that.

Use standard evaluations like say 100 meter sprint or 1 mile run or beep-test, push up scores, sit up tests, flexibility (ie toe reach), vertical jumps, standing long-jump etc etc etc. Do not make them skill based, make these standards things that are actual tests of physical fitness.

At 4/16/09 05:57 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote: I am not suggesting that they should stay like that at all. But if a badly out of shape student who cares about their grades dearly, what will they do? The same exact thing Anorixics do: Stop eating and start exersiseing.

Or maybe they will put down the X-box controller and go to the fucking park once and a while. Maybe they won't get a ride to the corner store, maybe they will walk. Maybe they will take up some sport, join their local YMCA etc etc etc. I am fairly certain that the benefits of this idea would drastically outweigh any risks. I highly doubt their will be a rise in eating disorder rates.

Eating disorders are not as simple as you would like to think. They are not based upon I want to get fitter, they are based on body image. People with anorexia want to be skinny, they are not concerned with performance on standardized fitness testing. People with anorexia hide it, the brainy kid who just wants an A is motivated by performance, they won't be secretly puking or chugging laxatives, since their goal is to run faster, they will practice running faster.

The kid wanting an A is goal setting. Do weddings cause an increase in anorexia from brides wanting to fit into their dresses? No, it results in a rise in gym memberships for 6 weeks.

And I don't mean in moderation, that would be good for them. I mean One bottle of water a day and 8+ hours of exersiseing untill they drop from exaustion.

I am well aware of what anorexia is. And you are wrong, they do not exercises 8+ hours a day, some do not exercises at all. The characteristics of Anorexia are excessive obsession with exercise, unrealistic body expectations and purging. Besides, how many 8 year olds have 8 hours to spend working out without anyone noticing either? even a hardcore anorexia case in a high schooler would not result in 8 hours a day. Its not physically possible.

The bar needs to be set at 110% on every individual.

No, because that creates two problems. One, how do you define 110% from each individual? You create minimum standards they have to meet, then you can have a portion of the mark allotted for effort, but if you simply make it 110% of your best there is no clear pass or fail mark given. Everyone can pass as long as they try their best, even if they weigh 500lbs and cant do one push-up.

The All-Star would have to do way more than the obese kids. One size does not fit all. In a system like that, the all-stars would be bored and the out of shape would be stuggleing.

Kind of like every other subject in school? Thats why you make part of the marks based on effort, but alot more to the ability to preform on testing.

Also, 8 yr olds in adult life jackets? How... I didn't think that was metabolicly possible for children that young! What the hell are they eating?

Eating shit and not doing any physical activity. The sad part is there is at least one in nearly every class. I would say of the over 1000 children I will teach this year probably 10% will be big enough for adult life jackets with at least another 25% being above average size.

At 4/16/09 04:52 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote: Because an unfit person will have no chance of heathaly getting to that standard of fitness before failing. Math on the other hand, is mentaly studied. And people who desprately need a good grade will develop a unsafe physical regiment, risking DEATH.

It depends on where you set the bar. Additionally, gym starts at what like grade 1? If we start earlier focusing on fitness there will be less need for remidal work later on.

And are you seriously arguing that we should let kids be fat and unhealthy because it is safer for them? Do you have any qualification or education regarding health and fitness? If you can't pass minimal fitness standards your health is already in serious jeopardy. These kids are at high risk for everything from diabetes to cancer.

I teach swimming lessons to every grade 3 student in the Catholic school board in my city, and many of them have to wear adult sized life jackets. Grade 3 is like 8 years old and they wear the same size lifejacket as me. You think this is okay? You think it better to let them stay like this?

What do people think of issuing a letter of marque to combat piracy?

Here is a question, why do people advocate not marking based on actual achievement, but rather basically attitude? Are there any other subjects that your mark is based on attitude and not performance. If you completely screw up the math problem, but you had a positive attitude and tried should you still pass? If you blow up the chemistry lab but stayed positive should you pass?

So then why should you pass gym if you can't run 100 meters in less than 30 seconds? I am not saying make the standards toward Olympians, but decent level of physical fitness/ In any other subject if you don't meet the standard you fail, and to avoid failing you work extra hard, do extra outside of class, maybe get a tutor. Why not the same for gym class?

No because blow up dolls do not have a uterus or ovaries.

BBR is your mom, and my mom. In fact he is all of our moms.

I think its a bad idea. Do we let kids who are in Math Club opt out of math class? Do we let the kid in the poetry club opt out of English? So then why should we let the kid on the football team opt out of gym?

Gym class in general needs an overhaul. It needs to be less sports focused and more focused on fitness. I share your pain over gym class, getting picked last, not getting the ball etc. While there certainly is room for sports, it should not make up the majority of the program. There needs to be a greater emphasis on fitness and participation. How many kids just sit on the bench the whole time but get marks for just showing up?

At 4/14/09 09:01 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

At 4/14/09 07:30 PM, adrshepard wrote:

What's next on the menu, eliminating global famine?

I wonder what's his solution for bank robbery would be?

Give them keys to the safe so no one would get hurt.

Illegal fishing is a bigger issue to them then the dumping of toxic waste. Toxic waste is more of a side point. Other countries took advantage of the lawlessness of Somalia to illegally over fish in their waters, putting many Somali fishermen out of work. These fishermen became the first pirates.

Now it has taken itself to a new level, from resistance to opportunism.

At 4/13/09 03:58 PM, Twilight95 wrote: Moar update?
JoS - BBS Just stepped down.

Really I am just going undercover to make you think no mods are around, then boom I get you.

At 4/13/09 03:12 PM, Rucklo wrote: yeah, isn't that mandatory when stepping down? i made sure i had a 30-dayer when i stepped down last summer... :-O

Courtesy of yours truely.

You think its weird, I have had that gold longer than you have been on NG.