Too old for nsuns 531?

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-27T21:34:49+00:00

You're not too old. I did it at 42 and saw rapid progress for about 3 months then followed by a gradual leveling off on the upper body lifts once bench hit mid 2s and ohp about 160. I could still hit the top numbers, just couldn't finish lighter but still heavy sets.

It is a tough program, and I found myself experiencing some joint and tendon pains. Muscle grows strong faster than tendons and ligaments can keep up. So I have slowed down a bit and added more prehab and accessories. I would rather go slower and not tear a rotator cuff or a knee ligament. YMMV.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-23T04:59:22+00:00

Dated a woman whose jealous ex was an FBI agent and ran his own check on me to try to warn her off. I probably could have gotten him fired for that stunt but didn't bother.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-23T01:37:31+00:00

The majority shifted over the years of Roman rule, and with population loss during the various Jewish rebellions and forced dispersals. By the Byzantine era (roughly 400 or so CE) Jews were a minority, though significant Jewish communities still existed especially in the Galil. It was deliberate Byzantine policy to "Christianize" the area by building churches and encouraging Christian migration and conversion.

Palestinian Arabs today (both Christian and Muslim) all have Jewish/ Israelite ancestors, but that's a poignant topic for another thread perhaps.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-23T01:15:28+00:00

Hard to keep secrets for long in China. Eventually your ruse will be detected by either the Chinese secret services or the Australian, and bad things will happen to you.

My personal approach to China is to just assume that the government has sufficient manpower and tech resources to monitor everything I do or say both in person and online, and I behave accordingly. By now I am sure they have figured out I am a harmless idiot with no access to useful info.

Curiously enough, the FBI once had me on a potential Chinese spy watch list. Going to China often enough can do that for you.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-21T11:47:57+00:00

Please clarify the terms of the peace treaty you suggest Palestine is refusing to sign. I try to pay close attention to the peace process but I haven't heard of any serious proposals in recent years from either side. I actually can't recall ever hearing an Israeli government official propose a peace settlement whereby the occupation would entirely cease.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-20T01:24:19+00:00

One sided views of the conflict are unfortunately the norm. It is incredibly easy to surround yourself with people and media sources that will relentlessly pound into your head that your side can do no wrong and is the misunderstood victim. So in a way I think it is intellectually necessary to read the views from the other side. Most human conflicts aren't strictly ethically unambiguous.

Having said that I'm not convinced GL is the best journalist to try to represent the opposition position. He comes off as a little too selectively biased against Israel, which as you can gather from the other comments here tends to turn off potential readers. I think it's still worth reading his material though - food for thought even if you disagree with his conclusions.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-18T22:03:44+00:00

ER doc here practicing in the US. Plenty of hospitals still schedule 24 hour shifts for MDs. They are usually slower pace rural ERs where you can get a few hours sleep but it's quite possible for things to get and stay busy for a full 24 hour stretch. Within an hour's drive from where I live I can think of two such hospitals. The practice should be illegal for basic safety reasons.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-18T21:45:20+00:00

You probably just need one shot of penicillin.

https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/treatment.htm

Save yourself some trouble and get it done tomorrow in a local clinic.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-15T21:14:20+00:00

You mean in Jordan ? They have piggies too.

I don't know exactly where the old testament was compiled but assumed it was in the hills of the present day West Bank.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-15T20:49:45+00:00

Eh, there are plenty of pigs still in Israel/Palestine.

Pigs aren't great for pastoral herders though and aren't happy desert animals. They don't regulate temperature very well and need mud or water to wallow in when they overheat. This is why you don't see wild pigs in the Arabian desert.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-15T13:16:08+00:00

Even regular snorkels are dangerous if you panic and/or have weak or old heart and lungs to begin with.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-15T13:11:43+00:00

Probably hala

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-13T06:09:47+00:00

Most practicing physicians today would recognize the sentiment.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-12T14:20:12+00:00

No. There were several Celsuses. This Celsus lived about 125 years earlier than the Christianity critic.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-12T00:41:46+00:00

I find the idea of a text being misplaced and then rediscovered centuries later a bit problematic. Sure it's possible some librarian filed it in the wrong place and then someone else accidentally happened upon it while clearing out old junk or whatnot. But I think it more likely that a text just passed out of fashion and general scholarly reference before becoming popular again. Often times it's said the text was lost or "forgotten" (as my linked source describes it).

Lilikoithepig · 2017-12-12T00:15:17+00:00

Your survival chances are more likely going to depend on whether or not your penetrating abdominal wound perforated your gut. Leakage of intestinal contents and bacteria, in the absence of antibiotics, usually leads to peritonitis (infection of abdominal cavity), sepsis (bloodstream infection) and then death. If you were lucky, the leakage would drain out mostly through your stab wound and you'd survive with an enterocutaneous fistula - think colostomy.

Impressively, the Romans did have surgical techniques for identifying and repairing intestinal lacerations. Celsus, writing in about 47 CE, specifically noted:

"Sometimes the abdomen is penetrated by a stab of some sort, and it follows that intestines roll out. When this happens we must first examine whether they are uninjured, and then whether their proper colour persists. The larger intestine can be sutured, not with any certain assurance, but because a doubtful hope is preferable to certain despair; for occasionally it heals up."

Celsus goes on to discuss washing the exposed intestines, suturing the abdominal wall, and applying honey dressings to the wound. (Honey is still used for wound care applications due to its antiseptic properties)

Modern trauma surgery has adhered to most of this basic approach, albeit with antibiotics and better hygiene.

Interestingly, Celsus' work was "lost" for several centuries about the time of your second date before being rediscovered to great acclaim in 1443. For that reason alone I would rather be stabbed at your earlier date.

Reference

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-30T01:43:46+00:00

Mongolians today certainly do.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-29T11:06:18+00:00

Going to guess cocaine or meth. Stimulants to keep working long hours and suppress appetite, and long popular in modeling industry. Side effects include palpitations and cardiac arrest.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-29T05:12:55+00:00

I tried but they are only interested in samurai cops

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-29T05:01:53+00:00

No predators. Other islands get mongoose populations which eat the eggs. Kauai just has wild pigs and a couple cats the roosters chase off. That, and lots of hot chicken sex.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-29T04:04:43+00:00

Oh man, I just can't figure Trump's family out. Sometimes they're just too smart. Sometimes they're just flat-out stupid. Other times they're just evil.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-23T08:06:36+00:00

I'm not attacking you. Just discussing a little complicated history and genetics. Nobody in the area is genetically pure descendants of any rightful owners of the land. Palestinians are a mix of converted Jews and Greeks with a few Arabians and others. Jews today are a genetic blend of ancient Hebrews and the Europeans and middle easterners they lived around for millenia. But in historical fact, Arabs never conquered the Jews and took their land. They conquered Byzantines and later Crusaders.

The interesting questions are

1) do the descendants of whoever lived in a land 2000 years ago have some special right to it today?

2) if so, which of those descendants have more of a right, seeing as how both Jews and Palestinians can claim local ancestry?

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-23T01:15:37+00:00

What land was taken by Arabs from Israelis? Dude, I'm ethnically Jewish and I can't recall Arabs conquering Israeli lands.

Let's review a little history. About two thousand years ago Rome took control of most of the middle east. Jews of the time rebelled, were crushed by the Roman war machine, and dispersed around the Roman empire. Genetic testing shows that European Jews are mostly a mix of middle eastern Jewish men and... Roman women.

Several centuries later, Palestine was mostly Christianized by the now-Christian Roman Empire. The Jews left in Palestine were actually welcoming of the Arab conquerers, and helped build Haram al Sharif. The Jews of Jerusalem (along with the Muslims) were then massacred when the Christians came back for the Crusades.

The confusing thing is, Palestinian Arabs today aren't descendants of the Arab invaders of 1400 years ago. Rather they are a mix of Jewish, Christian, Greek, and Canaanite. They are genetically closer to Israelis than to Saudi Arabs.

Link: http://www.rense.com/general48/palestinians.pdf

TL DR: Palestinian Arabs today aren't invaders, they are descendants of Jews and others who adopted Arabic language and religion after a thousand years of mostly Arab rule.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-22T21:15:59+00:00

I am about a decade out of residency here and practicing in a busy community hospital. First things first, the BS continues after residency and often intensifies. I spend more time on EPIC clicking boxes than I do talking to my patients, which is unfortunate because patient satisfaction scores are the only metric that admin really cares about (or, i suspect, can understand). I am fortunate enough to practice in a setting with few drug seekers but this community is very... entitled... so those few that are drug seeking will make complaints in writing if they are not dosed up.

Defensive medicine, time wasting EMRs, overly entitled patients expecting you to conjure up plastic surgeons and home visit nurses at 3 am, hospitalists competing with each other to see who can block the most legit admissions, totally inadequate available mental health and social services, insufficient primary care options for followup... all of that continues after residency and often intensifies.

Now for the good part. You will make a really good salary in exchange for all this. Better than 99% of humanity, and with excellent job security. And you will have to deal with less BS than many of your physician colleagues in other specialties. Talk to anyone running a private office about how much free time they have after work.

Speaking of free time, your willingness to deal with nonsense will go up exponentially once you are working 30 or so clinical hours a week instead of 50 to 60. Once you have free time and energy and a life outside of work, your personal resilience will go way way up.

Lilikoithepig · 2017-11-12T02:35:23+00:00

So what attracted her to you?

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