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FWIW: There is a rational counter to Pascal's wager.

I’m blown away by how science shows us an unfathomable universe, like quantum entanglement where particles “talk” instantly no matter how far apart, or electricity, which people used to believe was divine lightning. Quantum entanglement is when particles (electron, photon, etc.) are connected, so measuring one instantly correlates to the other’s state, no matter the distance. They can be 'entangled' such that two coins always landing opposite, even galaxies apart. A bit is either 0 or 1... but a qubit can be 0, 1, or both at once until you measure it. This modern day magic makes me wonder about the universe's origins. Does the complexity point to God?

A leader here is one that others follow in politics, business, military... They guide others to a goal, make tough decisions under pressure, competence... We can pick on the presidents... with Stephen... what substance is there to discuss?

Many successful wrestlers have had a bad cut before... Who are wrestlers we've known to have poor matches off the scale or during their last match before an evening weigh in?

In my view, a wrestler who’s just a few tenths over on a vetted scale should either move up to the next weight class or cut weight safely to avoid risk at their targeted weight class. The answer should be "have discipline next time" before the event rather than "find another scale."

What's the scoop on the Mocco boys?

Some level of leadership is required... government, business... I believe every president fits that mold. Stephen A. Smith is like Jason Whitlock, Deion Sanders, Herschel Walker...

Here is the proof that AI is faulty. The ai personality assessment said you were an asshole but not a troll. Clearly you are a troll.

It is a tool to learn but not an authority of truth. It is only as good as the information it accesses, which is often misleading. That would be like saying wikipedia is an authority of truth… nope.

Thank you. I think the poll is bs. It is not a right wing company though… What is your stance in the question? Is there justification to killing and property damage?

No one said ‘abolish the law.’ With the focus on Christian forgiveness, I’m reinforcing that the Bible supports the state’s role to bear the sword and wrong doers should fear their punishment.

I would like to know if the poll is real. One person has said no. RV says he understands, but has not said if he agrees…

Your comprehension is improving but inadequate. He knew he “lost” AND believes it was rigged. He knew he lost when he admitted and conceded in 2021. This isn’t new information. The election was confirmed rigged in the ways laid out before. You can argue semantics… legal fortification or whatever… one sided stacked deck… Wide spread fraud has not been proven… yet. Georgia is a problem. The double counted 3k votes is real… the refusal to allow the inspection is real… When so much has come out about what was denied was true… we are to believe georgia’s hands are clean. Willful ignorance. If I keep repeating the message, will you eventually comprehend or shall you continue spinning?

Forgiveness means letting go of resentment and letting go of that want for revenge. It does not forgoe consequences. Mathew does not abolish the law.

Is there anyone involved with wrestling, who doesn't know multiple wrestlers that struggle with weight management? Why isn’t the certified weight and 1.5% rule working as well as it should? Is it loopholes, manipulation, or enforcement challenges?

Regardless, you are welcome.

Malware is more of a security issue than a performance one, but since you are such a pleasure to banter with... The answer is to block the ads OR configure Norton to exempt the site. And then do not click the ads. Never click on ads... And report the problem to Bob. Ideally the screenshot of the entire screen... Norton plus the ads. A wall of dirty text while learning this morning... The Intermat uses Invision Community software, plus hosted servers, assumed as cheaply as possible, I'll estimate the lower end of $1-5K in annual expenses (not counting employee expense) Forum members and guests contribute funds indirectly through their page views, resulting in ad impressions. Advertisers pay per 1,000 ad impressions (views), where an impression is counted when an ad loads on a webpage, whether clicked or not. The ad service provider splits revenue with the publisher, Intermat. The payouts can vary, but say $12 per 1000 ad impressions. The Intermat must balance ad density to maximize revenue without hurting user experience. They don't want to lose users but a few complaints are tolerable. They need to hit minimal ad requirements to receive a payout. The intermat privacy policy says they use "All or partial advertising on this Website or App is managed by Playwire LLC." Playwire is an upgrade from Google Adsense. Playwire requires a minimum of 50K page views monthly and 3 ad units displayed in highly viewable locations. Meeting this minimum requirement should cover the expenses needed for the forum. Running an adblocker prevents the page ad impressions and prevents the Intermat from collecting revenue. This is why it respectable to allow the ads or contribute funds in some fashion through an Intermat subscription, Rokfin subscription, etc. Norton flagged intermatwrestle.com/forums for “malware advertising threats,” likely due to malvertising; malicious ads from Playwire’s programmatic network (30+ partner/providers) that could deliver malware, redirects, or fake downloads without user clicks. Playwire does have periodic complaints of ad density, intrusive ads, and malvertising. Sometimes nefarious actors are able to buy ads and these can slip through Playwire's vetting process. This is infrequent but it can occur. I noticed myself that my adblocks had stopped working. I changed the configuration around 'intrusive' ads and they were blocked again. The problems was that the ads were marked as non intrusive, while they behaved as intrusive. This is a problem with playwire more than the Intermat. If the Intermat had more page views, I think playwire would provide higher quality ad units and ads. The Intermat can change the ad unit layouts, report problems to playwire, swap playwire for a different company... Intermat probably isn't happy with the user complaints... but there isn't a lot of great options to help with revenue

No, I’m bothered when people refuse to consider new information. Like dismissing information that goes against what they were first told or what they first assumed. Like dismissing the possibility of voting issues in Georgia in 2020… already proven in some numbers… This week my wife told me an event was x, y, z because she read it on a web site. I had already spoken to the event organizer and had all the details. I shared this, and it had zero effect on her belief. It came up again. Same conversation. I asked how she confidently knows better than what the event organizer verbally told me… Please you can also read the texts. She woke up and said okay, but the site needs updated; it makes her uncomfortable… The number of times she has admitted to being wrong or apologized… same as my middle child… a defensive mech… am trying so hard to demonstrate it’s okay to admit being wrong; to expect it… to grow from it…

I'd love to go back five-six years at work to say "I told you so" to some otherwise very smart people... but what good would that do. When I called out Biden was slow, confused, verbal issues, physical issues... "He has a stutter... he's smart. It's normal. Quit watching Fox News." Nah, I'm watching him at his events... If you are a skeptic and careful observer... you understood the laptop story was real, just like the Biden diary was real, and the mis-information campaigns. Smart colleagues told me it was Russian disinformation and O'Keefe was lying. Would they even remember what they said then? Keep quiet at work. Smile and nod. What else can one do?

This article does a good job of calling out the responsibility of coach. https://www.trine.edu/academics/centers/center-for-sports-studies/blog/2021/the_affect_that_weight_loss_and_weight_classes_have_on_a_wrestler.aspx ---------- With the introduction of weight classes within wrestling it has presented many benefits for the entire sport. With having weight classes, anyone can wrestle and have a fair advantage. Since, the athlete will be facing others that are within a similar range of weights. This advantage has prompted many athletes to start becoming more aware of their weight. But unlike many other sports that use a weight class system such as boxing, fighting, and many martial arts, wrestling will typically compete much more frequently and in a shorter amount of time compared to the other sports. According to Allen (2020), not only is the number of participants greater in wrestling, but the number and frequency of matches is far greater during each season for wrestlers. Wrestlers often adopt dangerous weight loss practices at a young age. These dangerous weight loss practices present many negative impacts on the sport of wrestling and in extreme cases lead to the death of some wrestlers. These deaths associated within wrestling were due to lack of hydration, and malnutrition associated with weight loss. These practices have led the NCAA to implement many changes to the weight classes and weight loss programs. These changes were made in April of 1998 to help wrestlers at the collegiate level, better manage and lose weight in a healthy way (Hanley, 1998). The NCAA’s decision to make changes to these policies were initially intended to help prevent the unhealthy habits of cutting weight that many wrestlers were using. Studies have shown that with the constant weight cutting that a wrestler goes through in a season, it has been linked to a variety of physiological variables that could influence wrestling performance (Finn et al., 2004). Finn et al. (2004) elaborate on the physiological and psychological variables, which include: a reduction in anaerobic work performance within matches; depleted muscle glycogen levels; reduction in lean body mass; an increase in depression and fatigue; and the mood state of the wrestler has been more negative following a rapid weight cut. The effect of weight cutting on a wrestler has only presented even more challenges for athletes competing in the sport. Since wrestling is a vigorous and physically demanding sport activity requiring a tremendous physical preparation as well as the ability to tolerate significant psychological and emotional load (Ransone & Finn, 2020). With the lack of nutrition or hydration an athlete competing in wrestling are experiencing the same stressors as other athletes in other sports, along with the constant fear, and stress associated with weight cutting and making weight for competitions. For a wrestler, losing weight typically will consist of a three- to four-day weight loss period, followed by an immediate binge of food and liquids immediately following the weight-in of a competition (Finn et al., 2004). This style of weight cutting is very similar to the eating disorder bulimia, which includes recurrent episodes of binge eating, followed by the strict dieting, fasting, or vigorous exercise to prevent weight gain (Weinberg & Gould, 2019). Though bulimia is a medical condition that must be diagnosed by a trained medical professional, typical practices of weight loss in wrestling mirror symptoms of bulimia. The popular style of weight loss within wrestling is a major concern for athletes competing in wrestling, and later can develop into a severe case of bulimia or even evolve into a case of anorexia. Therefore, for a wrestler not only are they attempting to compete in an athletic sport, they are also competing in a constant struggle of managing and controlling their weight and mental stability. With all the concerns with weight cutting within wrestling, an athlete will have much more to deal with than many other sports, but these concerns can be resolved through proper training and teaching within the sport of wrestling. These concerns are typically associated with the habits that a wrestler develops during their introduction to the sport of wrestling (Allen, 2020). Therefore, to help eliminate not only the risk of developing an eating disorder due to wrestling, but also the constant mental and physical struggles that an athlete may experience. Proper training and support must be shown at the beginning of the introduction of wrestling, through coaches, parents, and teammates. With the introduction of any sport there is an emphasis on safety. Therefore, a young wrestler and their parents should be introduced to the fundamentals of the sport, alongside the importance of nutrition and hydration associated with making a weight class. This education to the athlete and parents can help them realize the dangers associated with wrestling beyond the physical damage that it can do to the body, but also help illustrate the psychological damage that can be done as well. By educating all members of the sport, the wrestling community can start developing safer and healthier ways of cutting weight. Alongside the initial education of all factors that contribute to physical and psychological damage associated with a wrestler. Wrestlers and their parents should attend meetings that reeducate them on the topic of weight loss and nutrition to reinforce the importance of safety within the sport. With having the athletes and their parents being educated of the potential risk with wrestling, along with the education of eating disorders, nutrition, and hydrations, the next most important to be held accountable for the safety of the wrestler is the coach. When coaching a wrestling team, there are a list of responsibilities that must be achieved to ensure the safety of the athletes and help foster an environment that all athletes are given the best opportunity to succeed. These needs can sometimes overshadow the individual athletes of the sport. Due to wanting to have a complete roster of wrestlers, where you can have an athlete in each weight class. A coach may ask an athlete to drop weight in the pursuit of achieving a full roster. With this strategy the coach is completing their roster, at the expense of one of their athletes. This issue doesn’t help alleviate the current stresses and struggles and athlete may face during their time in wrestling. Therefore, to help the coach support their athletes, each season the coach needs to meet with each wrestler to help develop a plan that establishes what the athlete’s wrestling goals are. This meeting should include discussing with the athlete what their weight class goals are, along with discussing their goals for the season. By doing a meeting with each athlete the coach is protecting their privacy in their ambitions and goals within the sport, along with helping them develop a safe plan to help alleviate the issues that are associated within wrestling. Along with meeting with each athlete, the coach is also responsible for ensuring the safety of the athletes within the practice room. Therefore, as a coach, developing an intense practice that can help athletes manage their weight is important, but also ensuring no athlete goes overboard in their pursuit of weight loss. These pursuits of weight loss may include wearing multiple layers of clothing to help dehydrate themselves, turning the temperature up in the practice room and also refusing to hydrate themselves. As a coach, they must be aware of the environment and the safety of the athlete. Therefore, if an athlete is struggling making weight and resorting to extreme measures of weight loss, the coach should step in and reevaluate the goals of the athlete from the preseason meeting. Since the goal of the coach is to better the athlete and help them perform at the highest level they can compete at. Wrestling is not only one of the oldest sports in the world, but its also one of the most misunderstood sports people can compete in. Throughout the evolution of wrestling, wrestling has become more accessible for any athlete to compete in and find success in, but to accomplish this many physical and psychological concerns were created as well. These concerns led to many changes within how the NCAA handles weight loss within wrestling. However, throughout all the struggles, concerns and boundaries that are presented within wrestling. Wrestling helps foster many important life lessons within their athletes. Through proper education, coaching and support, an athlete can overcome all the challenges that are in the sport of wrestling. Allowing them to be better prepared for the struggles that they will face in the real world. As esteemed wrestling coach Dan Gable once said, “once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.” References Allen, T. W., D.O., M.P.H. (2020). Prevention of Heat Exhaustion: Focus on Wrestling. International Journal of Wrestling Science, 10(2), 54-56. Finn, K. J., Dolgener, F. A., & Williams, R. B. (2004). Effects of carbohydrate refeeding on physiological responses and psychological and physical performance following acute weight reduction in collegiate wrestlers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 18(2), 328-333. doi:10.1519/00124278-200405000-00023 Fry, A. C., Rubin, M. R., Triplett-McBride, T., Gordon, S. E., Perry Koziris, L., Lynch, J. M., . . . Fleck, S. J. (2001). Physiological and performance responses to tournament wrestling. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(8), 1367-1378. doi:10.1097/00005768-200108000-00019 Hanley, R. (1998, April 14). NCAA rules panel announces changes for wrestler weights. Chicago Tribune, pp. 1-2. Ransone, J. W., & Finn, K. J. (2020). Endocrine biomarker responses during an intercollegiate wrestling season. International Journal of Wrestling Science, 10(2), 32-42. Rutkowska, K., & Gierczuk, D. (2012). Emotional intelligence and the sense of efficiency of coaching and instructing in wrestling. PJST, 19(1), 46-51. doi:10.2478/v10197-012-0006-1 Weinberg, R. S., & Gould, D. (2019). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Sam Burge is a senior Computer Information Science major at Trine University and wrote this blog post as an assignment for SM 393 Sport Psychology.

Recent articles on weight cutting in wrestling. Keeping the examples recent and few... enough to indicate its still an issue. 2018 gets some facts wrong on body fat percentages but nails the experience when cutting is done wrong. "I'd passed out in the pool room." "My coach was screaming at me for weighing in at 113.5 pounds. I had no idea weighing in was that big of a deal, and from that day on my depression and exhaustion began." "I just ate five pounds in food and did the most strenuous activity there is. What would you expect to happen? I threw it all up in the bathroom stall of the high school." - A wrestler https://bleacherreport.com/articles/243379-wrestling-wrecked-my-body 2023: “I have seen people end up in the hospital ... from dehydration, from hypoglycemia, electrolyte imbalance," - University of South Carolina's club, Teresa Moore, a clinical associate professor of exercise science at USC and experienced bodybuilder and powerlifter. https://www.dailygamecock.com/article/2023/02/how-wrestlers-cut-weight-fast-and-the-side-effects-that-follow-sports-hall “Wrestlers rapidly lose weight via dehydration, using saunas, workouts and abstaining from fluids until after they are weighed an hour or two before the match... After weigh-in, they attempt to rehydrate, but complete rehydration takes 24 to 48 hours.” “For every percent of weight lost, wrestlers had an 11% increased risk of injury during competition,” - Erin Hammer, MD, assistant professor of orthopedics, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, sports medicine physician, UW Health, and lead author of the study. https://www.med.wisc.edu/news/college-wrestling-injury-study/ "For a wrestler, losing weight typically will consist of a three- to four-day weight loss period, followed by an immediate binge of food and liquids immediately following the weight-in of a competition (Finn et al., 2004). This style of weight cutting is very similar to the eating disorder bulimia" https://www.trine.edu/academics/centers/center-for-sports-studies/blog/2021/the_affect_that_weight_loss_and_weight_classes_have_on_a_wrestler.aspx

Junior year my cut wasn't bad... We did remote weigh ins then. The night before a local tournament, I noticed our wrestling room scale had been swapped for our nurse's scale. From the way the counterweights worked, anyone could weight exactly 10lbs, 60lbs, 110lbs, 160lbs, 210lbs, etc in 50lb increments. I was truly on weight that night, discovered the scale issue, and weighed in the next morning exactly 10 pounds over. The scales had been swapped back. Coach wouldn't let me wrestle the following weekend either as punishment. "So close..."

Your point is solid... but... Weigh in with all equipment included, no loopholes, keep it simple. It 'builds character' for athletes cutting for tape or braces. Life is hard; stick to a tough rule, no weight allowances or soft fixes. It's easy at 157 if you're 155, gear's no issue. But cutting from 155 to 148 for 149 with gear? That extra pound shows grit. Weight class gaps already allow size advantages...

What’s loud and what’s pressing will win congress, which is not always what’s principled or optimal.

@Cornell Kevin deserves the Hodge for dominating these impossible to find stats.