The Glade 4.0

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Bring back that thing where they pinched your fat with calipers I say

Hydrostatic Weighing

This is just a fancy way of saying underwater weighing. Like DEXA, this test is one of the more accurate ones. How it works:

* You sit on a scale inside a tank of water and blow out as much air as you can
* You are dunked underwater, where you blow out even more air
* Since fat is lighter than water, the more fat you have, the more you'll float. The scale measures underwater weight to figure out body density.
* The margin of error is around 2-3%, but the accuracy depends on the amount of air you expel. You have to blow it ALL out or it won't be as accurate.
* This is a difficult way to measure body fat since it can be uncomfortable and even scary to be dunked underwater with no air in the old lungs.

Hydrostatic Weighing

This is just a fancy way of saying underwater weighing. Like DEXA, this test is one of the more accurate ones. How it works:

* You sit on a scale inside a tank of water and blow out as much air as you can
* You are dunked underwater, where you blow out even more air
* Since fat is lighter than water, the more fat you have, the more you'll float. The scale measures underwater weight to figure out body density.
* The margin of error is around 2-3%, but the accuracy depends on the amount of air you expel. You have to blow it ALL out or it won't be as accurate.
* This is a difficult way to measure body fat since it can be uncomfortable and even scary to be dunked underwater with no air in the old lungs.

BEDEMIR: Tell me, what do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2: Burn!
CROWD: Burn, burn them up!
BEDEMIR: And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1: More witches!
VILLAGER #2: Wood!
BEDEMIR: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3: B--... 'cause they're made of wood...?
BEDEMIR: Good!
CROWD: Oh yeah, yeah...
BEDEMIR: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEMIR: Aah, but can you not also build bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #2: Oh, yeah.
BEDEMIR: Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1: No, no.
VILLAGER #2: It floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond!
BEDEMIR: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: Bread!
VILLAGER #2: Apples!
VILLAGER #3: Very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Great gravy!
VILLAGER #1: Cherries!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Churches -- churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead -- lead!
ARTHUR: A duck.
CROWD: Oooh.
BEDEMIR: Exactly! So, logically...,
VILLAGER #1: If... she.. weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

Arathain:

I'm 6'4". I weigh 247 lbs. BMI says I'm Obese and need to lose 60 lbs. or more.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

What species of duck? as a general average I'd have to say 8-10 pounds

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

Arathain:

I have less than 7% Body Fat.

So, go figure ... and 60 lbs. is the amount to not be overweight. BMI is almost totally useless.

Again, the 60lbs is COMPLETELY, TOTALLY, and 100% irrelevant to the point I am making. BMI is not a great indicator of what is an is not "overweight". What I said is that if you are defined as obese by the BMI, you're a fatty, and you need to lose some weight.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Stephen Nash, Dirk Nowiski, Kevin Garnett, Scottie Pippin ...

Actually, I'll just explain it this way. Any man over 6 feet tall with any sort of intentionally built muscle mass is likely obese according to BMI.

Any man over 7 feet tall with a properly formed skeleton is obese before you weight anything other than his skeleton and skin. It's a horribly flawed metric.

The AP is reporting that the bill has passed the WI Assembly.

Yeah, most of the Democrats didn't get a chance to vote. They opened and closed voting almost immediately.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Do you think politicians engaged in overt and deliberate criminal behavior should be allowed to vote?

Those they represent did not commit crimes.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

dont most senate rules grant immunity to senators on the floor of the legislature? The spirt of that law being that they cannot be prosocuted for their advocacy for their constituents .

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Do you think politicians engaged in overt and deliberate criminal behavior should be allowed to vote?

Doesn't really matter. Every Democratic Lawmaker in Wisconsin that has skipped town is in Contempt of Congress. They have violated their oath of office; they have broken the law; and they have refused to answer legitimate summons to appear by their chamber of the State Congress. Should they be allowed to vote despite having broken numerous laws? More to the point, should their constituents allow them to break the law without demanding their removal from office, prosecution, and replacement?

Be honest - If the issue was something you felt strongly about, and a group of lawmakers skipped town to avoid a vote that would almost surely result in the issue going against you, would you call for their prosecution?

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Be honest - If the issue was something you felt strongly about, and a group of lawmakers skipped town to avoid a vote that would almost surely result in the issue going against you, would you call for their prosecution?