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Question: What's the difference between a strain and a sprain?
Answer: A strain is a muscle or tendon injury; a sprain is a ligament injury.
Back strain is when you pull your back muscles.
Simple strains are the most common cause of back pain, especially lower back pain. Muscle strain is often caused by overuse of a muscle or overloading a muscle. When a muscle is stressed beyond its limits, injury occurs.
A muscle strain (or pulled muscle) is an overstretched or torn muscle. With injury comes inflammation, which is part of the healing process. Inflammation causes pain and can also trigger muscle spasms. The severity of a muscle strain can range from mild to severe.
Strained back muscles can occur when the back is overloaded – such as when you lift a child or anything that's really heavy. If your muscles are weak, they are more easily overloaded and can become injured. While any muscle can be overloaded, building your muscles helps them to become stronger so you don't get injured when performing everyday tasks.
Poor lifting techniques as well as lifting objects that are too heavy can overload your back and cause strained back muscles. A fall or an accidental twisting of the back can also cause pulled back muscles.
You can strain your back muscles through overuse, too.
Back pain often occurs when a muscle contraction is held too long. Your body is made to move. When you hold one position too long, your back muscles become fatigued and strained. If you keep switching positions you are able to shift the workload to another group of muscles, preventing any one group of muscles from becoming fatigued.
If you do too many repetitive movements, such as too many reps using weights, you can cause muscle strain from overuse. Increasing back exercises or weights too quickly can also cause back pain due to overuse injuries.
Poor posture is another main cause of back strain. The muscles are forced to work harder in order to support the spine, which leads to fatigue, strain, and back pain.
The lower back is most commonly strained, that's because the lower back has to support the weight of the upper body, when standing or sitting.
The symptoms of back muscle strain.
Pulled back muscles include symptoms of back pain and muscle weakness and sometimes back muscle spasms. The back pain may come on suddenly, but usually begin gradually.
The muscles begin to stiffen or spasm to cause you to reduce motion and prevent further injury. Muscle injuries cause inflammation. Inflammation is a part of the healing process, but may trigger muscle spasms. Muscle spasms may bother you for the first couple of days after an injury – when inflammation is at its worst. Though not serious, back muscle spasms can be painful. Inflammation also causes pain. So, that's why your back aches when you strain your back muscles.
Healing time depends on the severity of the strain. Mild muscle strains usually heal within two weeks. Moderate muscle strains may take six to eight weeks to heal. Consult you physician if pain intensifies or lasts longer than normal.
When you begin rehabilitation, start slowly and increase movements daily. It's important to get the blood flowing through the muscles, but you don't want to do anything too fast and cause further injury to your back.
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I'm excited at the prospect of competing at Lord's: Archer Rahul Banerjee
While winning a medal remains a priority for archer Rahul Banerjee, the ardent cricket fan is equally excited at the prospect of stepping onto the hallowed turf at Lord's where the Olympic archery competition will be held
Olympic-bound Kolkata-based archer Rahul Banerjee's inevitable focus is to hit bullseye at the London Games, but given the archery event is being held at the historic Lord's Cricket Ground, cricket-lover Banerjee is doubly excited.
For Banerjee, stepping onto the hallowed turf at Lord's is a matter of immense pride. "As an avid cricket fan, it's impossible for me to forget the historic moment when India captain Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt and waved it from the Lord's balcony to celebrate the team's NatWest Trophy triumph in 2002. I'm excited at the prospect of competing in the Olympics at the same venue," Banerjee told MiD DAY from Kolkata yesterday.
However, it's not the first time that the 2010 Commonwealth Games individual recurve gold medalist will be competing at Lord's. "The 2007 Olympic trials were also held here, and unfortunately we did not qualify for Beijing 2008. But I hope we are able to return with a medal this time," added Banerjee.
In fact, the younger brother of former world champion Dola, is expecting not one but two medals from the Indian archery team at the London Games.
"While the men's team has won silver medal at the last two World Cups (2010 and 2011) and so will be in contention for a medal in London too, among the women, 18-year-old current world number one Deepika Kumari is also a bright medal prospect," said the Arjuna award-winner, who expects tough competition from South Korea, USA and the French at the Games.
Banerjee, who is currently ranked fourth in the recurve team event, and 23 in the individual recurve world rankings however felt the unpredictable weather conditions in London will be a key factor too.
"Given London's unpredictable weather, I'm not sure about the wind and other factors at Lord's, but I'm sure we can handle it. We need to consistently score 200-225 in the initial rounds of the team event to be in medal contention. At the Olympics, each match will be like a final and we aim to give it our best," said Banerjee, who is training with teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Tarundeep Rai for the men's recurve team event.
The 26-year-old was in the news recently when his equipment was lost in transit while traveling for the Olympic qualification tournament in Ogden, USA. He qualified for the Games with borrowed equipment. The experience however has left the Olympic Gold Quest supported-athlete wiser.
"The experience in Ogden were harrowing. I lost my case in transit and got it back just two days before the event. I qualified with a borrowed bow and arrow. For London though, we have decided to keep our spare equipment in another team member's case. In this way, if one item is misplaced, we can shoot with the other," he signed off.

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Wanted to be clear, I don't know anything. Wondering how Martin, Koger, and Molk did.
Anyone have Pro-day updates?
That is one tough bike.
Yes, but I won't tell you.
Yeah, but you need a premium account to see them. I'll accept cash.
Proday=officially killed! See my fb for full results but weight 291, vert 30, 225 bench 31 times, forty was 4.9, shuttle 4.40.
Way to go RVB - class act!
Bench press, 40, vertical, shuttle, weight, blah blah blah - did anyone get his hair length?
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Huyge weighed in at 311 (Up 16lbs)
Watson ran a 4.60 Forty, 26 reps in bench. Both would have been 4th among TE s at comine.
RVB has been running for only 2 weeks off his injury but ran a 4.9 Forty at 291lbs
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(From @kmeinke Kyle Meinke's twitter feed)
RVB weighed 291, vert 30" 225 bench 31 times, 4.9 forty, 4.40 in shuttle.
(from @VanBergen53, the source)
Martavious Odoms ran a 4.37 Forty according to Brandin Hawthorne's twitter (@Michwolverine7)
And, as seen above, Graham Glasgow and Taylor Lewan rode the tandem bike together. Roughly 600lbs on that bike.
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Tay can really fly. It was a bummer that he got injured, but he came back and made some big catches for us late in the season.
I will always remember him mountain goating the MWU guy on Denard's first TD.
Hyuge weighed 302 at the end of spring last season so he has gained 9 pounds, but that is solid nonetheless.
I guess he was listed at 295 this year, so it was 16# over his playing weight this year
If that 4.37 is legit Tae is going to get a look somewhere. I don't know if he'll cut it, but that speed compares favorably with everyone at the combine. Practice roster or CFL material at least.
That's the question, if it's legit. CMU and WMU also did their pro days this week, and two CMU players were reported to have run 4.3 40s and Jordan White shave nearly 1/10th of a second off his 40 time. These are of course the "unofficial" times leaked to the media, so they need to be taken with a grain of salt.
Deserved the grief, appreciate the info.
I just checked MGoBlue and there's nobody on the roster with that name. That's how I know your information is BS.
He is not a player, but actually one of the student senior managers. They had a competition if he could out-throw Odoms.
I heard he threw it over a mountain one time. He almost won state too, came up short :\
Why are there no Koger updates? Nothing that I've read says what he did. I know he had to have a huge pro day to get drafted....
He had a hammie issue and didn't run the forty. 21 reps on the bench press.
I was hoping to see Martin do the BP again. Would've liked to see him prove he can get to 50.
On perhaps the most important day of his life, he only got 36. I don't think he would have had a chance of getting to 50. That would be a very significant jump in just a couple weeks.


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HAPPY FATS (Leroy LeBlanc) & his Rayne-Bo Ramblers: (1935-1952) and Oran « Doc » Guidry, Louisiana extraordinaires
It has proved difficult to find something on Happy Fats Leroy LeBlanc, although he has been a very popular figure in Louisiana during an half-century. Below is a biography published on the net by All Music (Jason Ankeny). Little did Gilbert and Carrie LeBlanc know, when their baby boy was born on January 30, 1915, that their cheerfully named child would become one of Louisiana's most recognized Cajun musicians. The music of Happy Fats remains instrumental in both of the preservation and celebration of his native Cajun culture, despite the damage inflicted by a series of race-baiting protest records cut at the peak of the civil rights movement. Born Leroy LeBlanc in Rayne, Acadia Parish, LA, on January 30, 1915, Fats was a self-taught musician who began his professional career at 17 when he began playing accordion in Cajun hillbilly bands led by Amédé Breaux and Joe Falcon. In 1935, he formed his own group, the Rayne-Bo Ramblers, which starred the talents of Eric Arceneaux among others. And regularly headlined the local OST Club. Fats signed to RCA Victor in 1936. In 1937, he played alongside Doc Guidry, and Uncle Ambrose Thibodeaux. Other associates were Luderin Darbonne, Pee Wee Broussard, Doc Guidry, « Papa Cairo » Lamperez, Rex Champagne, and Crawford J. Vincent. He was invited and spoke on many radio stations including: KANE, KEUN, KUOH, KROF, and others. In 1940 he scored his first significant hit, « La Veuve de la Coulee » which featured then-unknown fiddler Harry Choates. The Rayne-Bo Ramblers also served as a springboard for Cajun accordion legend Nathan Abshire in 1935 (« La valse de Riceville« ). Other popular Fats recordings include the traditional « Allons dance Colinda, » « La Vieux de Accordion, » and « Mon Bon Vieux Mari. » Few of his efforts earned national attention, but within south Louisiana he was a superstar, and in the early '50s even hosted a weekday morning radio show on Lafayette station KVOL. In 1966, however, Fats was the subject of national controversy when he signed to producer Jay D. Miller's segregationist Reb Rebel label to record the underground smash « Dear Mr. President, » a spoken word condemnation of Lyndon Johnson's civil rights policies that sold over 200,000 copies despite its appalling racism. « We didn't have any problems with that, not at all, » Fats maintained in an interview. « There wasn't anything violent about it — it was just a joke. I had a car of black people run me down on the highway one time coming in Lafayette, and they said, 'Are you the fellow that made » Dear Mr. President »?' I said I was, and they said, 'We'd like to buy some records.' They bought about 15 records. There was a big van full of black people and they loved it . . . Either side at that time, they didn't want integration very much. They wanted to go each their own way. » The commercial success of « Dear Mr. President » launched a series of similarly poisonous Fats efforts including « Birthday Thank You (Tommy from Viet Nam), » « A Victim of the Big Mess (Called the Great Society), » « The Story of the Po' Folks and the New Dealers, » and « Vote Wallace » in '72. » After a long battle with diabetes, Fats died on February 23, 1988. (suite…)


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Kermit Davis is staying put at Middle Tennessee State.
On Wednesday the all-time winningest men's basketball coach in program history agreed to a five-year contract extension at MTSU that will run through the 2016-17 season.
Not coincidentally this came on the same day that Davis reportedly removed his name from consideration for the vacant men's basketball head coaching job at Southern Miss. Davis reportedly interviewed for the position on Monday in New Orleans. When reached by text message to confirm if that report was true and if he had been offered the Southern Miss job, Davis declined to comment.
The 52-year-old Mississippi native has spent the last 10 years at MTSU and is coming off the most successful season in school history with a program-record 27 wins and a trip to the NIT quarterfinals. Davis had two years left on his current contract.
"We are pleased to announce that he will be leading our men's basketball program for years to come," athletics director Chris Massaro said in a statement. "We are coming off an incredible 27-win season that saw a number of firsts in program history and the majority of those players return. Kermit has also done an excellent job academically and his community outreach is always strong. Continuity is the best and quickest way for us to accomplish our goals and Kermit provides us that opportunity."
Though Davis loses leading scorer and Sun Belt player of the year LaRon Dendy, nine of 11 lettermen return for the 2012-13 campaign after the most successful season in school history.
The Blue Raiders captured a Sun Belt Conference regular-season championship, the school's first two postseason wins since 1989 and two wins over SEC schools (Ole Miss and Tennessee).
Davis was named the Sun Belt coach of the year for the second time and passed Jimmy Earle for all-time wins at MTSU. His record at MTSU is 180-133 with two trips to the postseason — neither of which was in the NCAA Tournament — and two Sun Belt championships in the last three years. He is currently under contract at MTSU through the end of the 2013-14 season.
This is the second time his name has popped up this offseason in connection with a coaching vacancy. Last month, his name was linked to the Mississippi State opening, which was filled by Clemson assistant Rick Ray.
Davis' father, Kermit Sr., coached at Mississippi State and the younger Davis played and graduated from MSU before serving as a graduate assistant in 1983-84. Davis told GoMiddle.com in a recent interview that he talked with Mississippi State athletics director Scott Stricklin in New Orleans for an hour and a half.
"My family and I truly love Middle Tennessee State University and the city of Murfreesboro," Davis said. "I am extremely fortunate to have a president in Dr. [Sidney] McPhee and athletic director in Chris Massaro who have been so supportive of our program over the years. We have a great culture of players, coaches, and support staff that eagerly awaits the start of the 2012-13 campaign. A tremendous nucleus of players return from our 27-win, championship team, along with two quality recruits which makes the upcoming season very exciting.
"I am appreciative of the opportunity to lead Middle Tennessee basketball into what we think will be one of the most exciting times in program history."


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During the second Formula Acceleration 1 race at the Nürburgring, it was a full win for the Italian Team Ghinzani.
Mirko Bortolotti (ITA) started from P4 and won the race, Richard Gonda (SVK) finished second and Sergio Campana (ITA) third. Nigel Melker (NL) qualified on pole position, but had troubles with his clutch in the formation lap and couldn't start the race.


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Everest Family Trek
Country: Nepal Region: Everest
- Real Himalaya trekking holiday for families
- Enjoy the view of the highest mountain of the world
- Well-designed route allows you to have enough rest day
- Meet with monks and attend Buddhist ceremony at Tengboche Monastery
If you are looking for a short and relatively easy trek that still offers a ton of opportunities to observe the spectacular beauty of the Everest region, as well as introduces you to the vibrant culture of the Sherpa people, then this trek is for you. This expedition is perfect for beginners, people having the fear of altitude sickness, and those having just few days to travel time but want to experience the real unforgettable Himalayan feeling.
The trek begins after a 35-minute scenic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla; the unique Sherpa town where you can get a closer look at the indigenous Sherpa people and their culture. This stop provides a great introduction to the warm and welcoming Sherpa people as well as some glorious mountain views.
From Lukla, we will head north using hanging bridges, passing Sherpa villages and monasteries to reach Namche Bazar. It is said that the Khumjung village, that is situated here, keeps the scalp of the mythical Yeti in a local monastery. An hour's hike from Namche Bazaar will place you in Syangboche; where you get a chance to see magnificent, magical panoramic views s of the Himalayas; including Mt.Everest, Nuptse, Ama Dablam. The highest point of our journey will take us to the Buddhist monastery of Tengpoche. Tengpoche has the largest and most active monastery in the region and is home to about 70 monks.
The sight of the famous Himalayan Mountains is something that will stick with you for the rest of your life, but there's more to Nepal than splendiferous mountains. There are lively villages and ancient monasteries that will captivate you and invite exploration. In addition, the hospitality of the Sherpa people as well as their vibrant culture will place you under a bewitching spell that will enthral all of your senses.
Arrive Kathmandu
Upon your arrival a representative from FrozenGround will be waiting outside the airport to take you to the hotel. Depending on time of arrival, plans will be made for a briefing meeting once you have settled in.
Accommodation: Hotel
Full day Kathmandu sightseeing
After breakfast we start exploring the city including the 2,000 years old Buddhist shrine of Swyambhunath known as "Monkey Temple" because there's a ton of monkeys around there; the colourful Durbar Square; Patan city – which is the most iconic place in the Buddhist history.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Mountain flight to Lukla [2810 m] trek to Phakding [2640 m]
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk: 3-4 hours
Trek to Namche Bazaar [3440 m]
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk: 6-7 hours
Rest day at Namche Bazaar [3440 m] - Side trip to Everest view point
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek to Tyangboche [3860 m]
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk: 4-5 hours
Trek to Namche Bazaar [3440 m]
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk: 4-5 hours
Trek to Lukla [2810 m]
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walk: 6-7 hours
Fly back to Kathmandu
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Free day in Kathmandu
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Fly back home, taking with you the memory of a lifetime
Meals: Breakfast
Additional Nights and Extensions
We can tailor-make your holiday.
If you wish to add extra days in Kathmandu for recovery from your flight or after a long trek, please feel free to contact us.
If you do not rush home we can recommend adding extension trip to Chitwan National Park, Pokhara or Nagarkot at the end of your journey.
Tour Facts
Trip Cost Includes
- Arrival and departure airport transfers by private car
- Accommodation in Kathmandu with breakfast
- Full day sightseeing in Kathmandu with all entrance fees
- Full board during the trekking
- Accommodation in teahouse during the trekking
- Kathmandu – Lukla – Kathmandu flight ticket with airport tax
- Trekking porter with insurance (We provide 1 porter for 2 people)
- Trekking guide with insurance
- Trekking region map
- TIMS / National park / Conservation entry fees
Trip Cost Doesn't Include
- International flight ticket
- Travel insurance
- Nepal entry Visa fee ($40 for 30 days and $25 for 15 days. You should get visa upon your arrival)
- Items and expenses of personal nature (E.g.: alcoholic and soft drinks, dessert, juice, water and heater charge, hot shower during trekking and main meals in cities)
- Personal trekking equipment
- Tips for guide, porter and driver
Full board on trek, breakfast in Kathmandu
The food on trek is simple, varied but trust us, very tasty. It does get more basic the higher you go as fewer ingredients become available. We let our trekkers choose whatever they want from the menu. Continental breakfast in the cities
6 nights teahouse / 4 nights hotel
One of the most essential components of a great holiday is accommodation. At FrozenGround, we make it a top priority to use quality and character accommodation whenever it is possible. Accommodation can vary by destination and the types of holidays.
We are using the same family run teahouses for years which are very atmospheric and friendly. Since these are rather far away from the nearest road, it's not all that surprising that teahouses only offer basic, but clean necessities and amenities, especially since things can only be carried up by porters or even animals.
These kinds of lodges also contain dining areas that are heated and attractively decorated. The bedrooms of these lodges contain wooden beds with foam mattresses and are unheated, so you will need a sleeping bag. The lodges also contain shared bathroom and washing facilities, which are sometimes located near the main lodge in a separate building. It's also important to further note that some of these lodges use continental-style toilets, which will require self-flushing by using water buckets. For additional charges, you may also opt to use a lodge with battery charging facilities and heated showers. While staying at these lodges is a good way to meet fellow hikers and campers, keep in mind that they are still located in a remote enough area to cause facilities to be very basic.
No matter what areas we travel in, we always do our best to ensure accommodation that best reflects those specific areas. When hotels are involved, we always aim for requirements such as cleanliness, safety, location, and, of course, comfort. We have a wide range of hotels in Kathmandu from 2 stars to 5 stars. For hotel upgrade and holiday extension please contact us.
Single supplement
Our holidays are operated on a twin-share basis. That means that cost is based on either sharing the accommodation with other member of the group of same sex or people who book together. However single supplement and private trip are available. Please note that in some remote areas single supplement is not available. Please contact us for further details.
General Info
The following is fairly exhaustive list of what you should pack for the trip: trekking trousers, waterproof and windproof over trousers/rain pants, thermal base layer shirts, casual shirt and/or T-shirts, fleece jacket, waterproof and windproof jacket, warm jacket (down), sunhat, warm hat, sunglasses, warm gloves or mittens, head torch with spare batteries, sun protector, toiletries, antibacterial hand wash, small towel, shampoo.
You will need sleeping bag which is available to hire in Kathmandu as well as trekking and climbing equipment.
Trekking pole is not essential, but can be useful on the challenging ascent and descent. Good pair of boots are one of the most important on the gear list. You need to make sure that your boots are braked in before trek.
What you Carry
While you are trekking you only have to carry a backpack with water, snacks, extra socks, waterproof light jacket and your camera. It is possible to store you travel luggage at the hotel in Kathmandu and transfer all you need for trekking into a specially made FrozenGround travel bag. This must be maximum 15 kg which will be moved by our porter team.
First Aid
A medical kit will accompany each group. You should also bring your own personal first aid kit, which should include the following: broad spectrum antibiotic, antiseptic cream, throat lozenges, Diamox (altitude), diarrhoea treatment (Imodium) painkillers, plasters and blister treatment, Insect repellent (DEET), and re-hydration salts (Dioralyte).
Visa and Vaccination
You can get a tourist visa upon arrival at the airport in Kathmandu. You must fill in an application form and provide a passport photograph at the customs. Nepal entry Visa fee US$ 40 for 30 days and US$ 25 for 15 days.
There are no mandatory vaccination requirements. However, our recommended vaccinations are the following: Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Typhoid, Hepatitis A. Malaria is a risk factor in Nepal. There is yearlong risk in the Terrai region bordering India, including the Royal Chitwan National Park. No risk exists in Kathmandu or typical highland treks. Malaria prevention options should be discussed with a travel medicine specialist prior to departure.
Most of our trips to Himalaya go to high altitudes where there is a risk of being affected by Acute Mountain Sickness. Our itineraries are designed for good acclimatisation as we are following the "climb high, sleep low" rule. It is important that you familiarise yourself with the signs and symptoms of altitude sickness and that you report any illness to your guide immediately. However, you don't need to scare of travelling to high altitudes if you are following the simple rules and procedure of preventing altitude sickness.
If you would like to find out more about the effects of altitude and the best preventative measures, then please visit:
http://www .altitude.org/altitude_sickness.php
In Nepal, the monsoon rains begin to dissipate in early September so our trekking season lasts from the middle of September to May. The weather, from mid-October to December, is usually stable with clear views, mild to warm days, and cold nights. In October, and in low altitudes, daytime temperatures have been known to reach 30 degrees Celsius. Nights, on the other hand, may drop to less than 0 degrees Celsius at the higher altitudes.
When you go trekking in Nepal, from December to February, you can expect cool to mild days with clear skies, and very cold nights. At low altitudes, daytime temperatures are typically mild i.e. about 20 degrees Celsius. At nights this temperature can fall to -10 degrees Celsius, especially at the higher altitudes. Also, it is important to note that, sometimes winter storms can bring snow to depths as low as 2500 meters.
The dry winter season starts to transition into spring time conditions in March. During this time, you can expect clear mornings with afternoon showers every now and again. The daytime temperature increase in March happens quickly, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius. You can expect mild nights at the lower altitudes. The increased rainfall on the hills is outshined by the amazing displays of a wild variety of wildflowers during this time of year.
In May, conditions are typically hot at the low elevations and rainstorms during the afternoon are common. This period generally has clear weather at the higher altitudes and is the perfect time for mountaineering expeditions to begin their ascents.
The rainy season in Nepal lasts from the middle of June to the middle of September. Thus, it's not suitable to go trekking in the Nepal Himalaya during this time. But, there are a few remote valleys that are exempt from this rule.
If you go on a lower altitude trek in Nepal, it's important to note that the weather patterns aren't always predictable. In other words, there's no guarantee that conditions will be optimal for a trek. But, there are well established patterns that make it highly likely that you will experience great weather. In this way, you can fully experience the village culture, forests, and excellent mountain views on your journey. You are expected to experience mild weather conditions through the trek season.
If you go on a moderate altitude trek in Nepal, similarly, to lower altitude treks, the weather patterns here are not always predictable. Generally, you can expect to experience mostly mild weather but the high camps may face harsh weather and snowfalls, especially in the winter.
Our climbing expeditions are held during the pre and post monsoon periods. This is because the snow conditions, temperatures, and weather during these times are more stable. This stability promises optimal conditions for a safe and successful trek.
After the Monsoon
The rains of the monsoon begin to dissipate during the first weeks of September. From mid-October to mid-December the weather is generally stable with mild to warm days, clear views, and cold nights. You can expect daytime temperatures to reach anywhere from 30 degrees Celsius at the lower altitudes but this will decrease as you move into the higher areas.
When you reach heights over 3000 meters, the daytime temperatures can reach 20 degrees Celsius. The temperature is dependent on whether the days are windy, sunny, etc. During the night, the temperatures don't typically dip that much in the lower altitudes. But, as you approach November, the days get shorter and colder. In the higher altitudes, the temperatures can dip sharply at night, even as cold as 15 degrees when you camp on the snow or ice.
Before the Monsoon
In March, the dry winter begins to make way for wetter and warmer conditions. You can expect to wake up to clear mornings but there will also be the occasional cloud buildup that signals the coming of an afternoon rainstorm. Also, sometimes in the middle of the day and the afternoon, it can be hard to see the mountains clearly.
Daytime temperatures increase rapidly in March and you can expect to see temperatures as high as 30 degrees Celsius and mild nights. At the higher altitudes, the conditions are similar to those during the post-monsoon period, with the exception of there being more snow. You can also expect to see beautiful displays of wildflowers during this time of the year. During the months of April and May, temperatures are usually hot at the lower altitudes, but daily afternoon rainstorms are common.
Tour Leaders
All our tours are escorted by well trained, knowledgeable and English spoken guides who are certified by Tourism Council of Nepal.
Group size
This holiday is private guided only for your family and guaranteed to run with minimum of 2 persons.
Preparing Yourself Physically
Being properly physically prepared for trekking and its serious physical challenges is very important. First, assessing your own individual physical condition and training accordingly is a significant must. Basically, handling a rigorous trek will be much easier the more fit you are at the onset. For a training program that is well-rounded, be sure to include aerobic cross-fit training, hiking (at high altitudes if possible) and strength training.
Preparing Yourself Mentally
Making the hardest portions of your trek achievable could simply come down to mental stamina. Many trekkers tend to make the mistake of overlooking their mental preparation. Keeping a positive mind-set and never ignoring your body's signals are significant considerations on your trek.
Additional Nights and Extensions
We can tailor-make your holiday.
If you wish to add extra days in Kathmandu for recovery from your flight or after a long trek, please feel free to contact us.
If you do not rush home we can recommend adding extension trip to Chitwan National Park, Pokhara or Nagarkot at the end of your journey.


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Last March we were invited to an exclusive, Teletubby gala celebrating their 20th anniversary of the beloved Nick Jr. show.
Kids and fans of all ages were treated to tattoos, face painting, bubbles, and coveted photo opps with all the favorite characters: Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. Juliet had a blast at this colorful extravaganza!
We attended this party with fellow blogging buddies, Harper and Harlow from Gotham Love.
And we were very excited to take home a goody bag filled with Teletubby activities, a DVD and a plush doll which inspired us to host an impromptu Teletubby pajama party! Some of Juliet's school friends who live in the building came down for the festivities and started the night off with pizza and Teletubby coloring pages.
Each of them got to pick out their own Teletubby band to wear and celebrate the 20th anniversary.
And together, they put the yay in Friyay! After a round of couch jumping, they settled in for some popcorn and Teletubby TV.
Afterwards, we played some toddler -friendly games and then Juliet offered to read them some bedtime stories.
It was an adorable PJ party that ended all too soon. Thanks to Teletubbies for the fun time and for inspiring us to continue the celebrations at home! You can check out Teletubbies on Nick Jr. weekdays at 9:47am.
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A drop of… something, some kind of splooge, has just fallen from the dressing room ceiling backstage in Webster Hall.
Lucky and I started a fanfic like that once– with a splotch of uncertain origin on a rock star's shirt in a Webster Hall dressing room. But tonight this isn't fanfic. Not at all. Because it's real life. And the splotch — presumably water — is spreading right where it hit composer-singer-songwriter Drew Gasparini square in the shoulder.
The truth is, though, at this moment our lives feel a bit like the stuff of fanfic. Here in this sweaty, cramped, frankly-much-nicer-than-we-imagined dressing room, with this composer/rock star who, holy shit, is a dude we actually know pretty well these days. It's kind of hard to believe. And hey, maybe Drew's life feels a bit like fanfic, too, though we don't ask. Because we have other questions for him. Ones related to his career, and stuff.
It's just that Webster Hall is a place of legend. New York legend, and our own, too.
Before the show I joked with Drew's pal, and actor/writer, F Michael Haynie, that back in our college heyday (we both went to NYU in the early 00s) Webster Hall was a place you avoided if you didn't want to get murdered/molested by a creepy old man. Let's just say it used to be a lot more rough-and-tumble back then.
In fact, even after years of living within a three-block radius of the place, it wasn't until after I graduated college that I set foot inside. That first time was for a Hanson concert — with Lucky by my side, natch — more than eight years ago now, and I honestly thought the place was going to fall apart with us still inside it. Just collapse into a heap of rubble and screaming fangirls.
Obviously, Webster Hall survived. Maybe it's like the cockroaches, and come the end of the world, that's all of New York that will be left. What a story it would tell.
Speaking of stories. Given that we've known Drew primarily as a composer these past few years, we wanted to get the scoop on why he was at Webster Hall on a Monday night when Joe's Pub — a more traditional MT venue — is just down the block. So that's exactly what we asked about. Well, that and some of Drew's favorite Webster Hall stories, obviously. Every New Yorker's got 'em.
What is this show about and why is it different?
DG: This show is more of a re-coming out. This is the first solo show I've done in nine years. And the reason I want to step back out into that role as a solo artist is because… Okay, I'm going to go along with the themes of Hamilton here: I don't think I'll ever be 'satisfied.' I want to keep these plates all spinning at once.
Alright… Why did you choose Webster Hall?
DG: [It was] an accident! We were supposed to be at the Highline Ballroom, and Questlove actually kicked us out. Questlove bought the venue out. But I think we upgraded because in my eyes, I think Webster Hall is much more of a legendary New York City venue and that made it a better venue for a re-coming out of this type of music of mine.
What do you like about Webster Hall?
DG: I like how even though they've kind of re-done it and it's a bit nicer – there's a bunch of new venues within – it's got that same New York East Village shitty attitude. It's got like that grit that comes with it. It's rock star. Webster Hall is rock star.
Have you ever been in The Marlin Room?
DG: I saw the live version of the YouTube channel "Epic Rap Battles of History" here. I did.
Have you been in any other rooms?
DG: I've been in all of them! My sister Chloe, last week, just played in The Studio. And I've seen Ingrid Michaelson and a couple other bigger acts in the Grand Ballroom.
Do you have a favorite show you've seen here besides Ingrid Michaelson?
DG: Delta Rae. I grew up with them, and I used to play drums in their first band, they were called Golden Boy. We were in an acapella group together with [my sister] Kasie, too. They're all from San Francisco. They're the best! They gave me my first like, cross-country gig. They all went to Duke, so they flew me out and I played with them there. We've been friends for a long time, it's great.
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Time to confess: tell us about a time when you used a word whose meaning you didn't actually know (or were very wrong about, in retrospect).
When I was in my college years, the word I didn't know was penultimate. I thought it meant beyond ultimate, as if. I got called on it at dinner one night, and brashly asserted my position. I was disabused of my belief by, of all things, a physics major. The Lit people at the table ignored me because I was, at the time, a mathematician. They knew we were wayward in our use of words, and accepted it as part of the humor of college life. The physics major knew it because he had used it in a physics paper and was told to leave the Lit words out of science.
My current favorite words are evanescent and preternatural. They both state in one word things that the Thesauri do not get in their synonyms. And the dictionaries use many words to explain them. So people should look them up and use them. You will be doing a service for those who want to know big words but don't know where to start!


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Originally Posted by SONYNUT
Seriously if you don't want video...don't get it....for serious portrait work..the viewfinder will drive you nuts
Can you be more explanatory?
It's not very clear at all...grainy video...changes colors depending on wb setting..takes longer that the shutter movement before the picture comes back...you just have to try one...but then if you use live view rear , with af like a p$s..its fine
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youtube quality has gone to hell..
still not full tilt but better
How do you find the EVF for accurate focus? I'm thinking primarily for Macro.
I've been keeping an eye out for a s/h NEX but the EVF would probably suit me better.
I often have the Sun slightly behind me and that kills the rear LCD.
I presume the Video is A55.
It looks pretty good; I take it the jerkiness is down to the hosting site.
I had the nex...sent it back in 2 days...
Like i've said the evf is grainy ........ If i was using this as my main camera, it would drive me nuts...i've gotten more used to it, but i wouldn't do commercial work with it unless you can hook up a monitor..(thats what i do for product shots anyway)
jerkiness is the site yes...the vid on a tv is good
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Anti-Mormon campaign slams Romney
The Monday morning blast e-mail to radio talk show hosts was headed, "Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters? The Mormon Church vs. the United States of America." It went on for eight pages, with color photos, about "secret names and many other bizarre proceedings" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A series of sensational "Mormons believe" bullet points concluded: "If Mitt Romney does not follow what the prophet of the Mormon Church dictates, he will be an apostate."
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The e-mail was offering guest appearances by Tricia Erickson, who was described as heading a modeling agency when she represented Fawn Hall (of Iran-contra fame) and Donna Rice (who derailed Gary Hart's presidential campaign) but who now bills herself as a crisis-management expert.
She also claims to have been raised in the Mormon Church before deprogramming herself and tells bookers she can help their listeners "make an informed judgment about whether Mitt Romney should be the president."
Erickson is a fringe figure who is not likely to be embraced by Romney's GOP rivals or taken seriously by mainstream journalists. But that does not mean Erickson and her online pamphleteering are not serious concerns of the former Massachusetts governor in his 2008 presidential bid.
As Romney tries to capitalize on a polished performance in the first Republican presidential debate -- the second is Tuesday evening in South Carolina -- questions about his religion and its political implications remain a fundamental challenge for his campaign.
The campaign is emphasizing Romney's faith and downplaying his specific religion. Romney press secretary Kevin Madden said: "Governor Romney is running for commander in chief, not chief theologian."
But as Romney attracts increasing attention, agitators like Erickson exert influence, largely through e-mail, blogs, anonymous fliers and assorted other channels of below-the-radar political communication.
Polls continue to show skepticism about Romney's church, with a headline last Saturday in the Deseret Morning News of Salt Lake City declaring, "Anti-LDS Bias Running High."
It reported an unfavorable impression of Latter-day Saints in a two-year study of 1,269 social science and humanities faculty members by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research. In several polls, a third or more of registered voters have said they would not vote for a member of the church.
In Spartanburg, S.C., an hour from the debate site, the Herald-Journal reported last week in an article headlined "Critics Target Romney's Mormonism" that a wave of anti-Mormon literature had poured into South Carolina mailboxes ahead of the debate.
The paper said the "eight-page diatribe," which does not mention Romney but is a clear attack on him, is titled, "Mormons in Contemporary American Society: A Politically Dangerous Religion?" The Herald-Journal could not discover who had paid for or mailed the brochures, which had no return address and were postmarked Providence, R.I.
Romney hit back hard last week after provocateur and self-styled civil rights leader Al Sharpton questioned Romney's faith in God, which others also called a false depiction of church teaching.
Romney told MSNBC he considered it "an extraordinarily bigoted kind of statement" and added, "As I go around the country, the overwhelming majority of people I meet welcome a person of faith. They want a person of faith to lead the country." Later, campaigning in Ames, Iowa, Romney was even sharper, declaring Sharpton's comment "un-American."
The Romney campaign has been closely watching the other Republican candidates for any sign of anti-Mormon innuendo, and it plans to respond with similar overwhelming force if one of Romney's opponents is caught in a slur on his faith.


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Haha you might be right
Haha you might be right
Actually, knowing Helheim, he might get relly pissed, or overjoyed because of the dev's malicious motives.
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Destruction PvP movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXXkGgkpcis
He'll probably want royalties for his likeness being used in the game.
Hmm... I see only a blue book behind the warlock trainers. It has a cogwheel cursor but it cannot be used. Don't know if it was here before though.
I find the Soul Leech shield time a bit small. 15 seconds. If you think that only Fel Flame from instants count, you can loose it. For the same reason it ramps up a bit slow (I tested in Raider's training dummy with no buffs though) but when it finishes stacking you have double life. I laughed since I remembered the how to beat boss-warlock jokes back in TBC Almost a million life there :P
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ok there it is... The cogwheel cursor is not shown in the screenshot but it is there :P
Somehow I doubt this is relevant to our quest though.
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Ok more info. In this PTR build noone can use items. This is why the book does not interact. The same applies to mailboxes, portals etc. So I think we have to wait. But it seems the book is relevant after all.
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It's possible that they might change the book to actually do something in 5.2, though. Hence the cogwheel?
"All statements within these quotation marks are untrue."
Well it starts there (the alliance version but horde is same). And if you see the next steps, you go to Domination Point etc.
Edit: Cogwheel only appears for the Legacy of the Masters (Part 1) book of the 5 or 6 books I've tried. The rest have the usual magnifying glass mouseover. Very tentatively it might just be as simple as clicking that book to start. It's still PTR and almost nothing works properly, so who knows.
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Since all the other quests for the two new zones aren't implemented yet, it's unlikely that the sealed tome is available in the PTR currently. The first week of the PTR usually focuses on making sure everything works (which they definitely are not currently), then they start rolling in new content and further game changes.
Its funny that exactly same things was writing fire mages before combustion nerf.its funny tho when ppl whine about locks needing nerfs, when nothing what so ever can justify it and just to be clear, having too good scaling doesnt warrant a nerf, especially not when said scaling only comes into play 2 tiers down the road
Arcane nerf = scorch nerfby that account arcane should be getting a rather significant nerf,
Yes it should be enought.
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Can EU and US players add each other on PTR? I noticed LFR is mixed so would like to get some Warlock action there to see how the specs are doing.


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Hasan jury selection to begin Tuesday
Updated 12:45 am, Monday, July 8, 2013
Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan goes to trial this week nearly four years after a shooting at Fort Hood left 13 dead and 32 injured, making it the bloodiest of its kind in U.S. military history.
Officers from around the world have converged on the post as the judge in the case, Col. Tara Osborn, starts what promises to be an arduous jury selection process Tuesday with Hasan, an Army major, possibly questioning the prospective panelists.
As with so much else in an often-delayed case, it isn't clear whether Hasan, 42, will act as his own attorney after he fired three military lawyers.
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, a Vietnam War critic who once was a lawyer for Saddam Hussein, met Hasan over the weekend and will visit him Monday.
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"I don't think any final decision has been made," said Hasan's first attorney, retired Army Col. John Galligan, who met with Clark. "They're going to meet one more time at Fort Hood."
Last Tuesday, Osborn rejected Hasan's request for a three-day continuance so he could discuss hiring Clark, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II who represented Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.
"We go from a one-ring circus because Hasan has all along wanted to use this as a propaganda platform to a two-ring circus because it's all about Ramsey Clark," said St. Mary's School of Law Professor Jeff Addicott, a vocal critic of the Army's handling of the trial.
Hasan has tried to plead guilty to 13 capital murder counts, and claimed to shoot fellow GIs to stop them from killing Taliban. He refused to plead last week. Osborn entered a not-guilty plea for him and cited Hasan's firings of his defense counsel in rejecting a continuance.
Witnesses, many of them soldiers, say Hasan shot them in a crowded post deployment center on Nov. 5, 2009. Retired Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning said he was shot six times as he tried to crawl away from Hasan, who allegedly had two handguns fed by extended-round clips.
The case was put on hold a year after Hasan entered the courtroom in June 2012 wearing a beard. That violates Army grooming regulations, but Hasan said he's following his Islamic faith.
Col. Gregory Gross, then his judge, held Hasan in contempt, fined him and threatened to shave him by force. An Aug. 20 start date for the trial came and went as the beard battle worked its way though military appeals courts. In early December, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ordered Gross off the case, ruling he had exhibited "an appearance of bias."
Osborn hasn't challenged the beard in eight months on the court. Victims, meanwhile, are frustrated by the snail-like pace of the military's proceedings.
"I'm upset that this thing's been going on it seems like forever, and I'm disgusted with the legal system a little bit," said Manning, 37, of Lacey, Wash., south of Seattle. "I know it's not their fault. I mean, it seems like he's continuing to be allowed to victimize the victims."


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BALLSTON SPA — A former Saratoga Springs police officer and secretary of the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge pleaded guilty Wednesday to falsifying business records to steal more than $25,000 from the benevolent organization, prosecutors said.
Frank Mihalek, 49, faces six months in Saratoga County jail and five years probation when he is sentenced Feb. 3, and must pay back the Elks club the money he took for personal uses, county District Attorney James A. Murphy III said.
Mihalek pleaded guilty to first-degree falsifying business records, a felony, before acting Saratoga County Court Judge Courtenay Hall, Murphy said.
The elks club has hired a forensic accountant in an effort to find exactly how much of its money was taken. If it is discovered that Mihalek stole above the more than $25,000 amount he is charged with, he will be made to pay that money back, too, prosecutors said. A restitution hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20.
Mihalek had sole control over the club's financial books and used its credit cards for his own expenses, according to Murphy. "He prepared false vouchers and made false entries in the official records of the Elks Club, and used former Exalted Rulers' names and identities," Murphy said.
Mihalek kept the illegal activity concealed for "a lengthy period of time" until credit card companies started making repeated inquiries to various Elks members, Murphy said. State Police Investigator Robert Stampfli discovered the scheme and Mihalek was arrested in May, he said.
Mihalek was freed after posting bail. He must pay the club back $5,000 at sentencing, and the rest in monthly installments over five years.
"While Mihalek has for some time acknowledged to law enforcement that he falsified documents for his own personal gain, he continued to portray himself as innocent to the Elks Club members, even going so far as to ask members to initiate a letter writing campaign to the district attorney focusing on his good character and purported innocence in an effort to engender sympathy, and as a result a more lenient disposition," Murphy said in a statement.


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"One-Click Banishment" is a 2010 speculative fiction short story by Jeremiah Tolbert. It is about a super-natural hacker who gets caught by (and ends up helping) a magical organization.
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Have you ever played D&D and roamed through the Astral Plane? I have, and that is part of the reason that I find this story – which deftly weaves I.T. with magic – to be so compelling! So give it a try, and if you are someone who likes genre bending mash-ups then you'll probably enjoy this fun little tale!
Non-Spoiler Summary
Hidr is an old-school hacker who specializes in powerful defensive sprogs. (That's a spell program for all you n00bs!) When the Magical Association of Atlantis exploits his one weakness (nerdy redheads!) and incarcerates him Hidr suddenly finds himself more agreeable to co-operating with them. It seems they are trying to catch a hacker who runs a banishment web site, and they want Hidr to get past the defenses. He joins up, but it doesn't take long before he realizes that there is more going on here than meets the proverbial eye. Oh, and something about frying bigger fish too!
Some Interesting Tidbits
- Word count: 7,780 (13 pages)
- Did you know that Jeremiah Tolbert has a Bachelors degree in Biology? Yep. You can learn more about this speculative fiction author on his web site.
- Special thanks to Free SF Reader for pointing me towards this cool story!
Where To Find One-Click Banishment
- This story was first published in the short story anthology The Way of the Wizard
- You can read "One-Click Banishment" online for free at John Joseph Adam's web site.
Craving More SF Stories Like This One?
If you liked "One-Click Banishment" then you might also enjoy "Down on the Farm" by Charles Stross – about a special agent who goes to a mental institution to investigate a strange plea for help.


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Ever dream of having your whole library of SNES / Super Famicom games in a single cartridge? The SD2SNES allows you to load your game back-ups (commonly known as ROMs) on an SD card, put the SD card into the SD2SNES, put the SD2SNES into a SNES / SFC and have your list of games at your finger tips.
What comes with the Deluxe Edition?
The Deluxe Edition, by default, comes with the PCB (circuit board) pre-installed into a shell color of your choice. If you just want the Deluxe Upgrade Kit, then please remove the PCB from the product. Unlike the Basic Edition the Deluxe comes with a case, better label, gold back label, rubber USB cover, manuals, and stickers. This is for the customer who wants a more complete and polished product they can put on their shelf.
- SD/SDHC/SDXC support (tested up to 64GB; no exFAT support so SDXC cards must be reformatted using FAT32)
- High quality push-push memory card slot
- Fast ROM loading (~9MB/s)
- Fast menu navigation
- Directories are sorted automatically, no need for FAT sorting tools
- High resolution menu (512×224) for adequate display of long file names
- Real Time Clock
- Supports ROM size up to 128MBit (96Mbit actually implemented)
- Automatic near-time SRAM saving to SD Card (while the game runs). Some limitations apply:
- near-time saving is switched to periodic saving when a game is found to use the SRAM as work RAM.
- Automatic saving is disabled when MSU1 is used. SRAM is saved on reset.
- Enhancement chip support (see below for implementation status)
- BS-X memory map / Satellaview base unit registers (clock)
- DSP1 / 1b
- Cx4
- MSU1 (Each supported enhancement chip can be used in conjunction with MSU1.)
- SuperCIC key (SNES CIC clone):
- enables operation on unmodified consoles of all regions
- supports software 50/60Hz switching on SuperCIC enhanced consoles only (to be performed by sd2snes firmware, not yet implemented there)
- Auto region patching: eliminates "This Game Pak is not designed…" messages regardless of 50/60Hz setting
- A few things that may be added via Firmware updates in the future:
- GSU-1/2 (SuperFX)
- Action Replay/Game Genie code support
- and more...
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What is a flash cart?
A flash cart allows you to take game back-up files (commonly referred to as ROMs), put them on an SD card, put the SD card into the flash cart and then access the list of game files from your console.
Will flash carts work on clone systems like the Super Retro Trio or the RetroN5?
The answer is: maybe. Sometimes flash carts will operate on clone systems, but we can not guarantee it. Currently there is no flash cart known to work on the RetroN5.
What are the main differences between the Super EverDrive and the SD2SNES?
The main differences is the SD2SNES supports more enhancement chips than the Super EverDrive. The base Super EverDrive does not support any enhancement chips, where as the Super EverDrive PCB with DSP support does support DSP1/2/3/4 games. The SD2SNES not only supports DSP1/2/3/4 but also supports: BS-X, Cx4, ST-010, MSU1, and S-RTC.
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Mind over Matter: Is Your Gadget Better than Your Brain?
Nothing is wrong about the rapid growth of the electronic media, the internet and different types of modern gadgets. All of them are for the sake of human pleasure and comfort. But when those gadgets start to defeat us, conquer us by making us dependent, here we need to correct the position of those gadgets in our life. At the end of my medical study, I saw through the mirror and tried to remember everything that I learnt.
I asked myself, "Am I ready to go to the next phase, clinical practice in the hospital?" All I wanted to hear was the voice saying that I was ready, but I was speechless. Every time we had tutorial that consisted of discussions about the clinical case, I used to prepare the materials on my handwritten note. Meanwhile, some people did not bring anything, yet still acted confidently.
Then I asked them, "Why don't you bring any learning sources for the discussion?" They said easily while grabbing their gadgets that they could access and download all answers during the discussions using those. Everyone in the group seemed to talk about medicine actively as if it came from their thoughts, but actually they only read what they found instantly from the gadget they brought with them. I don't say it is a bad thing, having those sophisticated gadgets.
Once again, we need to put them in proper position in our learning process. We should remember that someday those gadgets could be broken, even lost. Now, try to put ourselves as a patient, not a doctor. Do we really want to be treated by gadgets and not a human doctor?
Are we able to accept the performance of a doctor who treats a patient by looking into his gadget for some moments, not with his own knowledge? We should not forget that the most important thing for us, doctors, is our prior knowledge. This thing can only be obtained from the medical knowledge that we try to find, understand, then appraise, after that, memorize in our brain. Just by putting the gadgets as tools to get information instantly, we will remember nothing in the future.
What we should do is to bring the sophisticated gadgets as imperfect learning tools, we learn from it only in the proper moments, especially in our learning time, our leisure time, while waiting for an appointment, or looking for evidence based medicine, yet we still analyze the contents of the information, instead of putting a whole trust in it. Lastly, remember that those gadgets are not our second brain; we can use them to prepare a discussion. But taking information instantly during the discussion, then speaking about it as if it came from our brain, I don't think it is a brilliant performance.
About the Author: Estianna Khoirunnisa is studying medicine in Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She loves research and some of her research has been accepted in oral or poster presentation in international conferences including Leiden Medical Student Conference and Korea-Japan Joint Stroke Conference. She can be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected]
Tags: dependence, electronic learning, electronicmedia, gadget, knowledge, medicalethics, medicalstudents, memory, methods, Patients, printmedia


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A new year brings new goals, new aspirations, and new opportunities to grow financially, physically, and mentally. Instead of breaking your resolutions as soon as you make them, start the year off strong with these helpful apps -- and make the most out of 2014.
"The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them."
Any.do tops the list for any productivity enthusiast, thanks to its ease of use, powerful autofill, and clean design. Any.do digs deep to integrate your task with your phone's capabilities. For example, if your task is to call your friend Steve, then Any.do will pull up Steve's number from your Contacts list and add a Call button directly to your list. With added Chrome and Gmail syncing, Any.do is a beautiful reminder that even reminders can be beautifully executed. Plan 2014 right with Any.do.
"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."
Cal focuses on the human side of a typical month and day. Created by the Any.do team, Cal for iPhone and Android takes advantage of your Google and Facebook accounts to present the events of your month in a fluid, accordion-style calendar with a modern twist. Cal not only lets you import your Facebook friends' birthdays and Google Calendar events, but also syncs well with Any.do for task-related items. Cal also offers quick access to send greetings via Facebook, Gmail, SMS, and, of course, phone call, so you can stay on top of all your friends' birthdays -- at least for 2014.
"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it."
Strava RunAndroid/iOS
As a fitness tracker, Strava has just about everything a serious runner would want in terms of data breakdown for their performance. It'll log your run times, map out routes, and mark changing elevations depending on the terrain of your workout path. Strava also provides a dashboard on the Web for even more detailed tracking of how you run. Though the app is clean and easy to use, Strava's main strength lies in its no-nonsense approach and its fresh incentives, such as running challenges with other Strava users, so that you can hopefully end the next year one pant size smaller.
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Mint.com Personal FinanceAndroid/iOS
Few financial tracking apps can match Mint when it comes to giving you the tools you need to track and save money. Mint.com Personal Finance helps you set reminders, manage expenses, and set the financial goals you need to leave 2014 with a fatter wallet. Discipline and willpower are not included: Those are still all you, but Mint makes the details easier to deal with.
"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."
If you're in the market to learn something new, then why not learn a new language? Duolingo shines above the rest because it's more than a learning companion. It offers the structure of a textbook or course in the form of a game that keeps you hooked while making the learning process genuinely fun and edifying. Duolingo in its current form comes with Spanish, Italian, French, German, and more.


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Slow Home Space Planning & Organization: The Kitchen
After years of cooking in apartment-sized kitchens (secretly pining for the day when I have my own kitchen island big enough to land a plane on), and now in my small-but-cheerful galley kitchen, I've learned a great deal about organizing in this gadget-laden space. Most of which, I'll freely admit, is due to my husband's insistence on de-cluttering. Here are our tips for keeping the kitchen in order.
A clean and efficient kitchen will be more inviting, and employing Slow Home principles to help organize the space will bring even more purpose to this part of your home. Not to mention, we've found that as we've followed these tips to keep our own kitchen well-planned and organized, we've saved money (along with water, energy, and food).
1. Keep the counters clean and clutter-free. Put away lesser-used items and keep only the essentials in sight, limiting counter items to things you use every day. Feel free to leave out items that make you especially happy, or ones that evoke any good emotion and bring personality to the space, like a family heirloom piece, a special hand towel, or an inspiring cookbook.
2. Prioritize your workspaces. Regardless of what kind of cooking you like to do, be sure that you always have an available workspace. Designate one area to always remain clear and clutter-free, so that any time you need to prep food, set down groceries, or poor a glass of wine, there's space to do so.
3. Organize cabinets to maximize efficiency. Cleaning off the counters might mean that the cabinets will have to hold more. Group like items, limiting the number of each item (plates, cups, mugs), to a reasonable number for your household. Have place settings for 16 for that one holiday dinner you host each year? Store them in another room, and utilize valuable kitchen cabinet space for the things you need quick access to more often. (When making space for our dishwasher, we decided to utilize shelf space in the garage for our bread maker, canning supplies, and more, leaving only the day-to-day necessities in our limited kitchen storage area.)
To really get the most out of your kitchen, put things away where they make the most sense. Plates, cups, bowls, and other tableware should all be in close proximity so that setting the table is made easy. Baking dishes, mixing bowls, frying pans; keep like things alike, and dinner prep time can be trimmed significantly. Don't forget the space under the kitchen sink, which can be valuable for cleaning supplies!
And of course, always put things away where they belong, and do so as soon as its job is done.
4. Keep the fridge and freezer full, but organized, to maximize energy efficiency. Keep it clean inside and out, too.
5. Determine ways to save water and energy in your own kitchen. For us, this meant installing a dishwasher instead of hand-washing (not only saving us water, but also helping to keep our counters clutter-free and the kitchen cleaner). In your own kitchen, see if you can save water or keep lights off while cooking. Manage menus so that oven times are more efficient and less dishes are needed to prepare meals.
6. Eat efficiently, too. Buy food you know you'll eat, in quantities that can be easily consumed. Limit your food waste and be sure to compost food scraps if at all possible. Get in the pantry and organize it, too.
7. Utilize creative storage. Give old things new life or purpose in the kitchen with these ideas, or get inspired with small space organizational tips.
Related posts:
• A Guide to Slow Home Principles: The Kitchen
• Slow Home Space Planning & Organization: The Dining Room
• Slow Home Space Planning & Organization: The Office
• Slow Home Space Planning & Organization: The Bedroom
(Image: Sara One Day, via Apartment Therapy)


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If you're one of those men who don't understand why women get so offended by catcalls because "they should be happy with the compliments," we suggest you watch your wife, girlfriend or some other woman you love walk down the street while she's barraged by sexist and inappropriate comments. Then we'll see how keen you are on those "compliments."
That's essentially the experiment Cosmopolitan put together when they filmed three women walking down the streets of New York City. As expected, they all got verbally assaulted several times by men. But instead of just showing the video to the world, they showed it to the boyfriends of the ladies who got catcalled. You can probably guess how they reacted.
Their responses were powerful and very visceral. They were horrified watching the women they love get comments like "nice t--ties," "bitch," and "I'll massage your feet."
On the plus side, these men finally became a part of the situation instead of just someone who hears stories about it. And now they know how much it sucks for women to simply walk down the street. So next time you fail to see the problem with catcalling, just imagine your sister, your girlfriend or your daughter hearing that kind of crude crap while just walking around. We doubt you'll be so blasé about it.


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- pan_jahoda
Age of Empires 3 - 3CD's
my upload rate is on 348kb/s and my download rate is on 0, plz seed!
stuck at 88.1% too bad !
It really sucks
that AGE of empires, doesnt work in windows 2000
that AGE of empires, doesnt work in windows 2000
this torrent is dead...
Pan_Jahoda: Please seed, everybody's stuck on 99,2 percents...
File Complete.. now how do I play the game Aim: Gewsus please help me!!!!
thank u flaxe !
Where's the cd key??? I really need it.
99.9 % :-/
And now when I have the cd's, what shall I do with them? Cause there ain't no installfile or something..
what i have to do to play the game?????
May someone give us the code? It is really irritating to sit here with the game downloaded but no code to type in so I can start playing!!! Plz give it to us/me!
Kan noen gi oss koden? Det er så irriterende å ikke ha den når spillet er nedlasta og fix ferdig!
Kan noen gi oss koden? Det er så irriterende å ikke ha den når spillet er nedlasta og fix ferdig!
DXR32-X44M7-CYTCX-P6H6P-97CPG Try this code.
Thank you very much! You have saved the day! The cde was accepted and things are going on well!
vilket program ska man använda för att öppna spelet varje gång jag har testat att ladda ner något sår har det stått: Header broken?!?! vad menas med de?
Eller jag fattar iaf inte hur man ska öppna en BIN-fil eller Cue-fil?
man ska packa upp först, sen e de bara att mounta alla skivor, sen när man instsalerat e de bara att unmounta alla skivor utom cd 1 . lätt
Ludde93 skulle vara snäkkt om du sa hur man mountar filer =) tack
funkar perfekt!
Works online `?
Seeda pleas:)
vadå? ska man mounta BIN filerna?
Stuck at 99,9 please seed !!
Some one please seed im stuck at 94.9%
currently downloading at 0.3Kb/s.....
Please seed.
currently downloading at 0.3Kb/s.....
Please seed.
Hey can someone seriously help me. I have downloaded this torrent but don't have a clue what to do next. How the heck do i start playing it ????????
thank you for seeding!
u need to unpack the files youve downloaded,use winrar to do it,then once they are unpacked(i prefer to unpack them onto the desktop for now)you need a programme called deamon tools,if ya dont have it download it from google or wateva,once its installed,right click on the sort cut and mount the first cd,the code is above,for the game,if you need help with dtools let me know.jus carry on for every cd...enjoy
Can someone seed this game my download rate is below 9.3 kb/s it suck ive have to secreatly have it downloading at night on my peps laptop. please seed.
Oh one thing what are leachers...........
Please seed........please :-{
some seeding would be great :)
seed for faen
Hi! i have downloaded the game but while installing, a message appear ;/ Error 1305 saying about camp_mix.mp3 file missing. Can anyone plz send me the file? Or help me some other way?
the file should be found on CD 2 ;)
I found working cd key =)
dxr32 - x44m7- cytcx - p6h6p - 97cpg
Enjoy =)
dxr32 - x44m7- cytcx - p6h6p - 97cpg
Enjoy =)
Thanks for this great shit :D Saved my day.
Iv'e been stucked in 75,9% for 4 days :(((((
Thanks pan_jahoda
Thanks to coke-boy for the working cd key
Thanks to coke-boy for the working cd key
plz seed 2 me!!!! my download has been stuck at o.o% 4ever. plz seed!
thanks for the key !!!!!!!!
seed or die!


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Is it possible for a defending champion to be flying into the state tournament a little under the radar? That appears to be the case for Montgomery Bell Academy.
The Big Red has played in the shadow of rival Ensworth, which moved to the top of the AP DII prep poll much on the strength of two regular season wins over MBA.
"We really haven't looked at it like that [flying under the radar]," eighth-year coach Kevin Anglin who has taken his team to state four times, said. "This is a completely new season, a new team, new group. We're still growing, going through the maturation process and just trying to improve a day at a time."
The Big Red (19-8) finished last season with a red-hot three-game sweep in sectionals and state and is looking to follow the same path toward victory this week.
They meet Ensworth (25-3) in the DII-AA semis Friday night at Lipscomb. After two regular season losses to Ensworth last year, the Big Red beat Ensworth in the same semifinal round 84-80. Then they beat CBHS in the final.
They hope history will repeat itself.
"We've played much more consistently in the last three weeks, and we showed a lot of mental toughness in the win in Memphis," Anglin said. "I'm very proud of how well we played in Memphis in sectionals, especially after they (MUS) beat us in December."
Senior Chase Owen and juniors Austin Blackwell and David Howard, all at about 12 points per game, share the scoring load. Howard, a 6-foot-8 post, leads in rebounds.
"We've been coming on strong lately, and we're peaking at the right time," Owen, a top 3-point shooter, said. "We played very poorly in our loss to Baylor and in our game where we barely beat JPII, but we've played well since then. The win in Memphis did a lot for our confidence.
"This is my last year, and I'm trying to exert some senior leadership."
Owen is one of seven Big Red seniors.
"This is the seniors' last time around," Owen said. "We want to go out with a bang."
• The DII-A tournament opens Thursday afternoon at Lipscomb with Franklin Road Academy playing in the first two games. At 1 p.m., the girls play Harding Academy, followed by the boys game against Jackson Christian at 2:30. Ezell-Harding's boys make their debut versus Memphis ECS at 6:45.
DII-A State tournament
(at Allen Arena)
Thursday's games
2:00—FRA vs. Harding Academy, girls; 3:30 – FRA vs. Jackson Christian, boys; 5:15—Fayette Academy vs. Webb, girls; 6:45—ECS vs. Ezell-Harding, boys.
Saturday's games
11 a.m.—Girls finals; 1 p.m.—Boys finals.
DII-AA State tournament
(at Allen Arena)
Friday's games
2 p.m.—GPS vs. St. Benedict, girls; 3:30—McCallie vs. Briarcrest, boys; 5:15—Ensworth vs. Briarcrest, girls; 6:45—Ensworth vs. MBA, boys.
Saturday's games
3 p.m. Girls finals; 5 p.m.—Boys finals.


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Josh Bacon won Gold at the NABJJF (North America Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation) San Diego International Open. Josh competed in the NoGi division for the tournament held on February 26 in San Diego, CA. The NABJJF belongs to the SJJIF (Sport Jiu Jitsu International Federation) and it aims to expand and unite the sport internationally with rules, regulation and style that conforms to Olympic standards and embodies the Olympic spirit.
Josh made an impressive show of heart victory to secure a medal at the Grappling X tournament held in Elk Grove in November of 2016. He had to take a little break from training between the two competitions, but his passion to train, learn, and compete pulled him back out to the competition arena in San Diego. He had an impressive showing, and was back on the mat the following week after his return from San Diego.
Here is the link to his finals match posted on facebook life:


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With our three convenient orthodontic locations across Akron, Stow, and Cuyahoga Falls, our mission is to create customized smiles close to home that our clients can be proud of for a lifetime. We apply decades of combined experience and world-renowned orthodontic techniques to each patient and treatment to create one of a kind art. Haas Orthodontic Arts takes pride in discovering and developing the uniqueness of each and every patient, by believing in the skill and dependability of our team, and by never taking shortcuts.
Orthodontic Arts Treatments and Applications
At Haas Orthodontic Arts, we offer a wide range of orthodontic treatments and appliances to help our patients make a lasting impression with a smile they can be proud of.
Financial Options and Fees
Ready to improve that smile but concerned about costs? We can help you determine the best financial plan for this important investment in your family's smiles.