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There are so many things I love about Eve Online, but almost all of it can be traced back to the game's mystique. I guess that's what I love most about Eve Online; I haven't played it.
I anxiously anticipate Dust 514, the Playstation 3 shooter coming from the Eve developers, in the same way. I haven't even tried that game yet, but man, the mythology of the world is so impressive.
Take, for instance, the fact that the infantry weapons of the game are so powerful that you need to wear dropsuit armor not just to survive a hit, but to survive shooting them.
The goal was to create weapons that had recognizable roles but used more advanced technologies than the equivalent weapons of today," writes Phil Wang, community manager for the upcoming massively multiplayer first-person shoter. "The power of these guns would tear apart a modern day battlefield. In DUST 514 the only way your mercenary can survive the power of these weapons is due to the advanced shielding and armor of the dropsuits they wear. Without them, simply firing these weapons would severely injure or even kill you!"
That's right, these are weapons that can kill with recoil.
As with Eve Online, everything about Dust 514 is steeped in back story, intricate back story. Hop on over to the Playstation Blog if you want to learn all about the Gallente G75-VLB Assault Rifle, a weapon conceived at Duvolle Laboratories that solved "many of the problems inherent in mass-manufactured plasma weapons."
The write-up also includes details on the game's heavy weapons and side arms.
Infantry Weapons in DUST 514 [Playstation Blog]


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Snooki Polizzi has been drunkenly stumbling her way across TV screens for years as a member of the cast of "Jersey Shore," a reality show dedicated to chronicling the exploits of a gang of self-proclaimed "guidos and guidettes."
She's gained fame for flashing her lady bits while dancing like a rabid banshee, binge drinking, hot-tubbing, doing all manner of ungodly things to her hair and getting into the occasional bar fight. Her exploits have even found her in the custody of police both here in the states, as well as Italy.
And now she's going to be a mom.
This week, Snooki confessed to the world that she is both expecting and engaged to the father, fellow Jersey-an Jionni LaValle, leaving the rest of us wondering: Will she still be as entertaining as a mom? Will she be more entertaining as a mom? And what is that baby in for?
"I have different priorities now," Snooki, 24, told US Weekly. "I don't care what anybody else thinks. As long as I know I'm ready and he's ready."
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So where will Snooki rank in the pantheon of reality TV pregnancy?
"It's pretty high up there, just because of the party lifestyle that Snooki had in the past," says Sunny Chanel, who tracks all things celebrity baby related at Babble.com. " We've seen Snooki getting arrested on the beach of the Jersey Shore. She's going from hair bumps to baby bumps. And it's gonna be a big transition. So it's kind of a shock, the idea of her going through pregnancy and being a mother is far different from a Kourtney Kardashian or someone else like that.
Snooki is currently filming a "Jersey Shore" spin-off called "Snooki and JWOWW vs. The World," but that wraps sometime in April, meaning the expectant mother is going to need new digs. As it is, MTV has already started tweaking the focus of the current show in deference to the pregnancy. They now plan to show a whole new side to Snooki, a source told The New York Post.
No word from MTV about whether they will continue to track Snooki after she becomes a parent, but Chanel predicts they will.
"Another spin-off show, her and Jionni's life together, because they're now engaged. I don't think she can go back to the 'Jersey Shore.' That set of people. This is gonna be a big move from that pack. Like Bethenny Frankel of 'The Real Housewives,' getting her spin-off, having her show about motherhood and marriage, rather than being about being a single girl in New York City. The same kind of life transformation will probably occur for (Snooki). There'll be a different kind of story that she's selling."
Frankel's show, "Bethenney Getting Married," was Bravo's most-watch series debut ever when it first aired in June of 2011. But the ratings are in a slow decline during season 3, as her marriage to Jason Hoppy has grown more strained and she's had a baby, too.
"Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," starring Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott, on the other hand, keeps chugging along. The show just finished airing season 6, a run that has seen the birth of the couple's two kids.
Despite the spotty success of reality TV pregnancy, Chanel has no doubt that a show about motherhood is in Snooki's future. Between her own fame and the popularity of "Jersey Shore," which last week was the second-highest rated show on cable TV, it's a no-brainer.
"Oh yeah, it's her job. Being a reality TV star, that's what she does," insists Chanel. "And she's had a great career at it… It's big stuff. I think she's found her little space and I think everybody's curious to see how she'll handle pregnancy and how she'll be as a mom. People will watch because she's not like anybody else. The originality of her will be alluring to watch."
Equally alluring will be watching Snooki adjust to dialing back her long love affair with drinking, fighting, and hot-tubbing, none of which make for an ideal environment for an unborn child. Regardless of how the quality of prenatal care the baby enjoys, LaValle is confident he knows what the kid will look like.
"Our baby is going to be
#ShortnTan," LaValle tweeted Wednesday.

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DVB-S2 PCIe Cards
On this page you will find information regarding DVB-S2 PCIe cards.
- The information contained here is likely non-exhaustive and, despite best efforts to do otherwise, may contain errors. (Please help to keep these lists up-to-date so that they are useful for everyone!)
- If your device is not listed, try:
- searching the existing mailing list archives:
- searching for information with Google or other internet search engine
- by posting a question about the device directly to the LMML (but please do conduct a search first, as it may already have been discussed!)
- Note: when it comes to support, it is generally a good idea to try the current V4L-DVB sources because some device drivers can be very new and thus may have not made their way into the mainstream kernel.
- In any regard, in respect to the above listed suggestions, you may find it to be the case that your device is actually already supported or that experimental support is available.
- Because the component constitution on many devices are often similar or identical, there may be devices that are unlisted but may actually work with the existing driver framework for previously supported devices. In such a case, your non-listed but working device will likely be reported in your system messages as being one of those previously supported devices. If you encounter such an occurrence, please do report your success on the LMML so that proper detection/identification of your device can be added within the drivers.
- Lastly, it bears worth repeating the request: Please help to keep these lists up-to-date so that they are useful for everyone!
Supported DVB-S2 PCIe Cards
- DVBWorld DVB-S2 PCIE2006
- DVBWorld DVB-S2 PCIE2005
- NetUP Dual DVB S2 CI (16/32 APSK support)
- TBS6925 (16/32 APSK support)
- TBS6984 PCIe DVB S2 Quad Tuner TV Card
- TeVii S470
- TeVii S471
- TeVii S480
- XpressVu PCIe Dual Tuner Card
- Linux4Media cineS2 DVB-S2 Twin Tuner
- Mystique SaTiX-S2 Dual
Currently Unsupported DVB-S2 PCIe cards:
However, please note that inquiries to the mailing list:
- Should NOT be treated as an order drop-off queue. You're soliciting help from volunteer developers who work on V4L-DVB matters in their spare time, and such work can be non-trivial (i.e. requiring even thousands of hours work). So being demanding is one sure route to being ignored. (Honestly, this point really shouldn't even need to be written, but you'd be surprised at the number of irrational individuals who write into the mailing list demanding this or that).
- May pass without garnering a response—a distinct byproduct of the fact that there are a limited number of developers, whom might be able to help, that are associated with the project. Often times, even if they wished to help, their energies are entirely tied up with other projects. In such cases, the best path might be to try to spearhead the driver development for your device yourself, or hire someone who can.
- Micronas reference design|| STB0899 + STB6100 + Micronas PCIe Bridge (Dual DVB-S2, PCIe, no CI) .... PCIe Bridge driver needs some more work
- Prof Revolution DVB-S2 8000 PCI-E
Supported by 3rd Party Drivers
Sometimes a manufacturer forks v4l-dvb all on their own and writes a driver for their device so they can claim Linux support.
In-Kernel 3rd party Drivers
- It's possible your device will work.. for the moment.
- If the manufacturer provides open source drivers with an acceptable license, volunteers could technically implement this code in the Linux kernel for true support. However.. :
- The quality of the code (if open, there are also cases where you just get a binary blob) too often just isn't good enough and there's still too much work to be done to make the device work. There was probably a reason the manufacturer didn't just send their patches to the linux-media mailinglist.
- Depending on what exactly the manufacturer did, you may have to reinstall the drivers every time your kernel is updated.
- When the manufacturer stops updating the drivers, the drivers will quickly refuse to install as newer kernels are released.
In case a manufacturer provides open source drivers the patches can be sent to the linux-media mailinglist Linux-Media Mailing List (LMML). Keep in mind however that if the license isn't compatible with the Linux kernel or the quality of the code isn't good enough, these will not become a part of the Linux kernel.
NOTE: As linux media drivers are character based, drivers can be also written using libfuse's character device in userspace example. If written that way, an out-of-kernel driver can be written, which fully integrates to udev without the disadvantage of closed source or incompatibility to other drivers. Such driver would rely on kernel fuse and character device in user space support as well as libfuse.
Closed source userspace drivers (mostly Sundtek)
- Same driver may be usable for different Linux versions, depending on what vendor did.
- No need to reinstall drivers when your kernel is updated.
- Drivers can be profiled easily and more accurately than in kernelspace.
- If the driver crashes, it won't crash the system or kernel, only the driver and applications using the driver will be affected. Userspace drivers can also be used when debugging drivers for USB host controllers, as the userspace driver can't crash the system, making debugging easier.
- If the manufacturer would stop to support the drivers, the userspace driver may still continue to work with newer Linux systems
- You can't look into the sources. While this may be not a problem for end-users, it prevents hacking devices and trying to fix bugs (usually not a problem for endusers)
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- DVBSKy DVBSKY S950 Advanced Montage M88DS3103 demodulator
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Obsessed with Lulu's Pencil Skirts!
Let's talk skirts! I know we all have different tastes when it comes to showin' some leg, but for me, the perfect skirt is:
- redonkulously cute
- the Scheiße at making my butt look delicious
- one that covers up all my wobbly bits (without any muffin spillage)
- and hella affordable
I decided about 5 minutes ago that I'm gonna be an almost exclusively skirt-wearing betch from here on out (even if it's snowing out). Skirts are by FAR my fave fashion piece and they make me feel girlie and young—my crusty, old ass needs to feel young, especially now that I'm a mom. 😉 Seriously though, I've taken a vow to never ever wear mom pants, even when I'm working' on having child #17 (will prolly stop at 2, but a gal can dream). Anywho, bottom line: pencil skirts are mega flattering, classy, and fun!
My new fave pencil skirt is a lacy beauty from the vegan-friendly online store Lulus.com. It hugs my curves, gives me smooth lines, makes me look slim and feel snug and sexy. Checkity check check it:
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Seriously, I'm thinking about buying ALL of the pencil skirts on this website (chalk it up to Xmas shopping fo' mahself!). 😉
Also, in case you didn't know, Lulu's has an amazing selection of faux leather skirts, jackets, purses, and shoes! I go gaga for their cruelty-free goodies! ♥
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I love a good pencil skirt! So flattering – that gold one is adorable and it's got to be mine! Do they have a little stretch in them?


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What's the Difference Between a Nebulizer and an Inhaler?
Inhalers and nebulizers are two different ways to get asthma medicines directly into the lungs. Most teens with asthma will use an inhaler.
Inhalers are handheld devices that deliver medicine. They're small enough to carry in a pocket, purse, or backpack. There are a couple of different kinds:
Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs)
This is the kind of inhaler doctors prescribe most for teens. MDIs work a bit like mini-aerosol cans. When the person squeezes the inhaler, it releases a measured puff of medicine.
Some MDIs have counters that show how many doses are left in the inhaler. If you use an MDI that doesn't have a counter, you need to keep track of the number of puffs taken. That's important because inhalers spray even when there's no medicine left. Writing down the number of puffs helps you know when it's time to get a new inhaler.
With an MDI, you need to squeeze the inhaler and breathe the medicine into the lungs right away. If you don't breathe in at exactly the right moment, the medicine may end up in your mouth instead of in your lungs. Using a helps prevent this from happening.
A spacer is a kind of holding chamber for medicine. It attaches to the inhaler on one end and to a mouthpiece or mask on the other end. When you push down on your inhaler, the medicine stays in the spacer until you're ready to breathe it in.
With a spacer, it usually takes a couple of minutes (or less) to get medicine into your lungs.
Dry Powder Inhalers
Like the name says, dry powder inhalers deliver medicine as a powder. The powder is also breathed in, but it doesn't spray out. You need to do more of the work by inhaling the powdered medicine quickly and strongly.
Nebulizers are machines that turn liquid asthma medicine into a fine mist. The person with asthma breathes the mist into the lungs.
Babies and younger kids often use nebulizers because they don't have to do anything — they just sit in one place and get their medicine.
Nebulizers take at least 5 or 10 minutes to deliver the medicine. They can be a bit bulky and noisy, and might not be that easy to carry around.
Find What's Right for You
Medicines that get breathed in are a key part of asthma treatment for most people. They work to prevent flare-ups from happening and they help keep flare-ups from getting really bad. But inhalers can be tricky to use. Your doctor might ask you to take a puff from your inhaler during an office visit to check your technique and be sure the medicine is getting to where it's needed.
If you have questions about your inhaler, ask someone on your asthma care team. They're there to answer your questions. They want to be sure that the inhaler you're using is the right one for you. If the medicine isn't getting to your lungs where it's needed, it's not doing any good!


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How do people remain beacons of hope to others even while facing their own adversity?
It is a question as old as the story of Job. The tragic Old Testament character struggled in his pain, questioned God and wrestled with why and how this could happen to him. Still, Job continued in his faith.
Breaking points like those Job faced test us and clarify who we are, but perhaps none more so than losing a child.
Several years ago, we became good friends with missionaries in Guyana. Guyana - if not for Haiti's abject poverty - would be the poorest and least developed country in the western hemisphere.
But Mike and Sandy were not just in Guyana; they were on the Essequibo coast, a day's journey from Guyanese medical care and a full 36 hours removed from American medical care.
When their daughter, Anjuli, was only a few weeks old, she developed a high fever. They made the long passage to Georgetown seeking medical care, but doctors there were unable to help.
Desperate, they secured one ticket to Miami for mom and daughter. Despite their efforts, Anjuli died in Sandy's arms somewhere over the Caribbean. I cannot fathom a more horrific thought than a mother, desperate and alone on a long international flight, holding her dying baby close to her chest.
Anjuli's death devastated her parents, understandably so. Other troubles followed and Mike died a few years later at the age of 40. Though his death was officially unrelated, such matters are connected, somehow.
A few years earlier, close friends in Amarillo found their unborn son lacked key organs necessary for life. Miles lived only a few hours and his parents are, undoubtedly, forever scarred. Still, their perspective and testimony through the pregnancy and afterward - even to this day - is witness of how faith and love can uphold a family through such a tragedy.
Meanwhile, another friend's grown son has been battling cancerous brain tumors for almost 9 years, with two major surgeries and treatments that would have destroyed lesser souls. Jeffrey's third surgery will be Dec. 11. Even while battling these tumors, he has completed medical school, married, and been blessed with children. His family - his brothers, his wife, and his parents - have been a beacon of light to all.Two years ago, my college roommate's son came home from football practice, went to his room and never came out.
His father spoke at the funeral, and I've never heard a more powerful lesson of faith. I was honored at the funeral to read a poem his mother had written for Michael after his death, and the beauty of Leah's words of love for her son still touches me today. Their ministry to Michael's football team -even two years later - is heartwarming.
And again this year: one of my dearest former student's baby lived a few days. Their messages chronicling their pregnancy and Grace's few days on Earth are among the most inspiring and touching writings I have read. Their love for that little girl, their faith in their creator, their reliance on a community of fellow sufferers and their love and commitment to each other, was a reminder of why I choose faith.
Some have said our faith in God is a crutch for our own weaknesses. To that I say, "that is correct." I am weak, and I need faith to help me through the trials of this Earth. Thank you for noticing.
And thank you to those who have suffered more than I can imagine, and been a testimony of how God comforts, heals and blesses the suffering.
Dr. James Hallmark is the vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University in College Station.


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|This article is about a/an list of weapons, vehicles, and other devices in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.
This page lists all the weapons, devices, and vehicles used by the Space Rangers. Below is the inventory, which also reflects on the In Space series page as well as the team page of the Space Rangers.
Astro Morpher
- See also: Digitizer
The Astro Morpher is the key that morphs its user into a Power Ranger. There are 5 Astro Morphers, one for each core member of the Space Rangers. At the press of a button, the Astro Morpher opens up to reveal a 12-button keypad. Pressing certain 3-digit combinations followed by the enter button will activate four red lights and do one of the following things:
- 3-3-5: the input code that enables the user to morph into a Power Ranger.
- 2-5-9: the input code to summon the Ranger's Galaxy Glider.
- 7-6-1: input code ordering Megaship to deploy the Mega Tank.
- 1-0-8: input code to link up with D.E.C.A.
- 5-4-1: the input code to summon the Astro Megazord.
The only code ever seen used in the show is 3-3-5; the other codes, while seen listed on the morpher, are never entered. There is also a "sound icon" button which alerts the Rangers. There also exists a code to teleport the wearer back to the Megaship.
The toy version has an additional code, 9-1-2, which allows the user to play a "Simon Says"-like game. The morpher calls out a number, and the player enters the number; this gets faster and faster, and the player is allowed four mistakes, indicated by the red lights.
- See also: Keitaizer
The Digimorpher was used by Zhane to transform into the Silver Ranger. He enters the digits "2-5-8-0", which spell out "Mega", to morph. The toy version, like the Astro Morphers, contains other codes (3-digit, specifically), which have the following effects: which follows as such
- 2-5-9: Allows the Silver Ranger to summon the Silver Cycle.
- 1-4-8: Activates the Silver Ranger's scanner (computer icon).
- 5-0-6: Alerts the Silver Ranger (sound icon).
- 7-3-0: Plays the Megaranger theme song (toy version only).
Power Weapons
Spiral Saber
- See also: Drill Saber
The Spiral Saber is the personal weapon of the Red Space Ranger. It is a drill-shaped weapon used as a sword for melee combat. In its handle is the M emblem of the Space Rangers. When Andros summons it, it materializes in a beam of red energy. When combined with the Astro Blaster, it is referred to as the Spiral Saber Booster Mode. In this mode, the Spiral Saber becomes a long-range weapon that shoots laser beams at its targets.
In From Out of Nowhere, Andros used the Spiral Saber to fight his way off the Cimmerian Planet where the United Alliance of Evil was gathering. When he escaped from the villains, Andros used the Spiral Saber to deflect the blasts of the Velocifighters. When a beam hit his hand, he was forced to drop the weapon, but he later retrieved it.
In many episodes, Andros used his weapon to fight the Quantrons along with the other Space Rangers. In Save Our Ship, Andros wielded the Spiral Saber against Ecliptor. In A Ranger Among Thieves, Andros wielded the Spiral Saber against Ecliptor again; however, the stronger Ecliptor grabbed the weapon and broke its blade off. In The Craterite Invasion, the Spiral Saber was repaired and Andros used it to fight the Craterites. Andros later used the Spiral Saber Booster Mode to fight the Craterites. However, the weapon failed to destroy them. In Grandma Matchmaker, Andros used the Spiral Saber Booster Mode, along with the Quadroblaster, to destroy Mamamite. In The Impenetrable Web, after using his Battlizer power punch and chop attacks on red Ecliptor, Andros was able to use his Spiral Saber to take down Ecliptor and revert him to his regular form. In Countdown to Destruction, Andros first uses the Spiral Saber to deflect his brainwashed sister's Wrath Staff blast and ricochet it back at her. He fought Ecliptor and knocked the villain's sword out of his hand in the process. Finally, Andros used the Spiral Saber to destroy Zordon's energy tube, sending out a wave of good energy that destroyed or converted the entire United Alliance of Evil.
Lunar Lance
- See also: Mega Rod
The Lunar Lance is the personal weapon of the Black Space Ranger. It can connect to the Astro Blaster for extra power.
Astro Axe
- See also: Mega Tomahawk
This is the personal weapon of the Blue Space Ranger. It is similar in design and use with the MMPR Power Axe, except it lacks the ability to transform into a blaster without the help of the Astro Blaster.
Star Slinger
- See also: Mega Sling
This is the personal weapon of the Yellow Space Ranger. It is a slingshot that fires energy pellets at a rapid rate.
Satellite Stunner
- See also: Mega Capture
This is the personal weapon of the Pink Space Ranger. Shaped like a miniature satellite, it fired pink rings of energy as projectile weapons at foes.
Quadro Blaster
- See also: Multi Attack Rifle
This combination of Lunar Lance, Astro Axe, Star Slinger, and Satellite Stunner was fired by the Black Space Ranger. It was sometimes used alongside the Spiral Saber Booster Mode.
Miscellaneous Weapons and Sidearms
Astro Blaster
- See also: Mega Sniper
The Astro Blaster is the standard sidearm of the primary Space Rangers. Each Ranger carries an Astro Blaster on his or her belt and can use them as handguns when necessary. Astro Blasters are capable of splitting into two smaller guns, diminishing their power but allowing the Ranger to fight with two guns instead of one. They fire blue beams regardless of the color of the Ranger firing them. A single direct hit from an Astro Blaster is enough to take down a Quantron.
Battlized Armor
The Red Battlized Armor is used by Andros (Red Space Ranger) to turn him into the Red Battlized Ranger. In "Mission To Secret City ", Andros was being held hostage with other citizens. When he tried to fight back against Vacsacker, he failed miserably. As he laid there, about to be defeated, Carlos' friend, Silvy, pressed the "3" on Andros' morpher which activated the Battlizer mode. Andros, now armed with the Battlizer, rescued the hostages. He would later use the battilizer to save Ashley from Darkonda and the Quantrons in the season finale. However, moments later, Ecliptor would shoot him down with eye lasers. Andros would later use the battlizer to fly to Astronema's fortress.
Battlizer Gauntlet
- See also: Battle Riser
Andros' special morpher-like gauntlet possesses 3 functions.
- Energy Punches/Chops: Covers Andros' fist in bright red energy, increasing the impact of his punches.
- Laser Blast: A small laser that is capable of cutting through nets or stunning opponents. This button could also power up the blast of the Spiral Saber Booster Mode.
- Battlizer Armor: This function, first activated by Carlos' friend Silvy Larson, grants the Red Ranger an armored battle-suit equipped with a rocket launcher and flight capabilities.
It can also be used to control the Delta Megazord via voice command, and for the Astro Delta Megazord formation, Andros unclips the Battlizer from its' wrist strap and locks it into a special control panel in the Astro Megazord cockpit. In this instance, the first button would initiate the Flying Power Punch attack. Although Andros was its primary user, the Battlizer was also used by Zhane on at least one occasion.
Super Silverizer
- See also: Silver Blazer
Silver Ranger's arm mounted weapon has a blaster and sword mode.
Galaxy Glider
- See also: Cyber Sliders
The Galaxy Gliders are the jetboard vehicles of the Space Rangers. The riders of the Galaxy Gliders can use these fast little vehicle to fly through space at fast speeds while still having his or her arms free to do other things. These boards come in handy when the Rangers want to investigate something without bringing the Astro Megaship too close. Galaxy Gliders can also be used to intercept hostile spacecraft at a safe distance away from the Megaship. The pilot of the Galaxy Glider can accelerate by leaning forward and decelerate by leaning backwards.
- See also: Digitank
A 6 wheel mobile unit, designed for inner planetary travel, the Megatank was built by Andros and designed for navigating rough terrain.
The Megatank helped the Rangers on many different occasions, some involving very dangerous moments. In the Space Rangers fight with the Psycho Rangers the Megatank was used twice, once as a decoy utilizing the coded signal the Psycho's used to hunt the Rangers down. With the decoy the Rangers had a small window of opportunity to morph and try to help the Silver Ranger who was trapped. The second time, the Rangers ran the tank on silent underground to the location of the Mega Voyager, where its Zords lay scattered in an open field. The tank transported the Rangers underground while the Mega Winger and the Delta Megazord held off the Black and Red Psycho Rangers.
The Megatank later disappeared in the series, after it guided the Rangers underground to a deserted location void of people. After this, the tank vanished and was no longer seen in the series.
Silver Cycle
- See also: Auto Slider
Zhane's speedy motorcycle can transform into a Galaxy Glider, for when the chase heads for the skies.
Galactic Rover
Zhane's high powered dune buggy vehicle. It was powerful enough to destroy Darkonda.
Communication Devices
Individual Weapons and Team Blaster
Other Weapons
- Although it was initially advertised, the toy version of the Spiral Saber went unreleased in American markets due to being deemed unsafe for children.
- The weapons included in the "5" Lightstar Ranger" series figures demonstrate the ability to combine the Spiral Saber with the Quadro Blaster, although this was never shown anywhere else.
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- Arsenal (Megaranger) - Super Sentai counterpart in Denji Sentai Megaranger. See comparison page.
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Should You Reduce Risk Exposure As You Get Older?
A study suggests the "conventional wisdom" may be flawed.
If you move away from equities with age, are you making a mistake? For some time, financial professionals have encouraged investors to lessen their exposure to the stock market as they get older. After all, a 60-year-old has less time to recover from a market downturn than someone decades away from collecting Social Security checks.
Is that conventional thinking flawed? It might be. It isn't simply a matter of looking at the future; you may also want to look at the past.
What's the price of playing not to lose? It could be significant – at least in terms of opportunity cost. At this moment, how many people really want to shift money into fixed-rate investments?
Obviously, bonds, CDs and money market accounts will always hold some appeal as they tout protection of principal. Aside from that sense of safety, how does a 1% or 2% return sound? The dawn of the second quarter of 2014 saw rates on 5-year CDs "bounce back" to the neighborhood of 2.25-2.5%, a far cry from the 5-6% yields of previous decades.
While the Federal Reserve is necessarily winding down its stimulus effort, Janet Yellen and other Fed officials have continued to maintain that interest rates will remain at historic lows well into 2015 and perhaps into 2016. In fact, Yellen recently commented that deflation constitutes a bigger economic hazard to the U.S. than inflation. So the question remains: "When will rates finally rise?" The answer still remains hazy.
As the Fed and the European Central Bank have been flooding the global economy with cheap money, the tame inflation of the past few years may give way to something greater. Fixed-rate investments are great tools for diversifying a portfolio, but retirees and pre-retirees with significant assets in investments yielding 1-2% will start wincing if inflation gets back to 4-5%.
The risk appetite of institutional investors seems to be increasing, and individual investors might want to pay attention to the signals. In a survey released in the first weeks of 2014 by the investment management firm BlackRock, roughly 50% of respondents indicated a desire to put money into real estate, while approximately 33% signaled a reduction in cash holdings.
Is the "glide path" strategy overrated? You may or may not have heard of this term; it refers to a gradual adjustment in asset allocation across an investor's time horizon. With time, the asset allocation mix within the portfolio includes more fixed-income assets and fewer equities, becoming more conservative. (This is the whole idea behind target date funds.)
A 2012 article in Investment News questioned the glide path approach. Research Affiliates chairman (and former global equity strategist) Rob Arnott looked at a whopping 140 years of bond and stock market returns (1871-2011) and ran model scenarios using three different asset allocation approaches across 41 years of hypothetical retirement saving and investing. The findings?
*"Prudent Polly" saves $1,000 annually and practices "classic glide path investing," gradually devoting more and more of her portfolio assets to bonds after age 40. This way, she winds up with an average portfolio of $124,460 at age 63 (with a $37,670 standard deviation across assorted 40-year windows).
*"Balanced Burt" also saves $1,000 annually, but he invests it in an unchanging 50/50 mix of equities and bonds across 41 years. He ends up with an average portfolio of $137,870 at age 63. In terms of deviation, his worst-case scenario, 10th percentile outcome and median outcome are all better than Polly's.
*"Contrary Connie" saves $1,000 annually while practicing the inverse of the classic glide path strategy – her portfolio tilts more and more toward stocks after age 40. She ends up with an average portfolio of $152,060 at age 63 and her worst-case, median and best-case scenarios all give her more retirement funds than Polly's.
As many people haven't saved enough for retirement to begin with, they more or less have to stay in stocks or other forms of equity investment. Instead of shifting their focus from wealth accumulation to wealth preservation, they need to focus on both. Accepting more risk may be necessary as they seek suitable returns.
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LGBT workers from Ohio and Texas were arrested by police today (June 13) outside Republican House Speaker John Boehner's office for calling on the politician to support workplace protections.
The arrests took place outside Boehner's congressional office, according to gay rights organization GetEqual. Protesters were asking Boehner to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would prohibit companies nationwide wide to discriminate employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The bill has been introduced in Congress every year for almost 20 years. Last February, a group of 37 senators urged President Barack Obama to issue an executive order that would make it illegal for any employer to discriminate LGBT people.
"Today's action by these brave LGBT workers shows yet again the absurdity of President Obama's continued assertion that we wait around for the passage of ENDA to come during this Republican-controlled House," Heather Cronk, co-director of GetEQUAL, said in a statement.
"If the President truly cares about protecting America's LGBT workers from discrimination, as he has stated many times during his tenure in office, then he'll announce at tonight's White House LGBT Pride Reception his intent to immediately sign the federal contractor Executive Order."
Obama promised in 2008 that he would sign such executive order, but he has yet to do so.


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Welcome to the land of what once was. Here in Tibet, the Potala Palace was long the home of the Dalai Lama, a thriving monastery, and the hub of government administration. Although monks still maintain the shrines, under China's domination of Tibet, the palace has become a museum, a repository of things past.
Yet the Potala Palace remains a wonder of architecture, requiring the skills of 1,500 artists and skilled workers and 7,000 laborers. The exotic structure stands 13 stories high and contains more than 1,000 rooms. Located in Lhasa at 12,000 feet above sea level, the palace is surrounded by transcendent mountains, lakes, and snow that must have helped generate the Tibetans' highly spiritual culture.
On top of Marpo Ri, or Red Mountain, stands Potala Palace, the great landmark of
Lhasa. Before the Dalai Lama left in 1959, the palace served not only as the
leader's home and seat of government, but also as a monastery and fortress.
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Tibet's beliefs developed around the seventh century, when Buddhism arrived and blended with local animistic doctrines. Today religious pilgrims from all over Tibet come to the Potala Palace, thronging its chapels, admiring its gold and bejeweled treasures, making offerings of yak butter, and prostrating themselves.
The palace is divided into two sections. The White Palace, built in the mid-17th century, provided living quarters for the fifth through the fourteenth Dalai Lamas. The latter's apartment remains just as it was in 1959, when he and some 80,000 followers left Tibet and took flight across the Himalayas to India to escape the invading Chinese.
From the White Palace, pilgrims climb to the central Red Palace, completed in the late 17th century and packed with chapels, ornate statues, and the gem-embellished tombs of past Dalai Lamas. The fifth Dalai Lama's tomb, made from two tons of gold, stands three stories tall.
Tibet's most venerated image, a solid gold statue of Sakyamuni, is housed not far away in Jokhang Temple, the country's holiest shrine. At the 1,350-year-old temple, monks chant, incense burners waft juniper smoke up toward heaven, and it seems that the world of long ago and far away is still very much with us.
Here are links to dozens of other world-famous landmarks:
To learn more about these landmarks and vacation destinations, see:
- Famous Landmarks
- National Monuments
- National Historic Sites
- History of Tibet
- History of China
- History of Asia
Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr., has worked with the National Geographic Society for more than 20 years, starting as a staff editor, writer, and columnist at Traveler magazine, then writing travel guides. His latest work is National Geographic Traveler: San Francisco. Dunn's Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Rocky Mountain States has sold more than 100,000 copies. His travel pieces appear in newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe. Jerry Dunn's stories have won three Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers -- the highest honor in the field. He also wrote and hosted a pilot episode for a travel show produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station.


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By Amanda Bealieu
Sanford News Guest Columnist
For the past eight months, I have been working with Sanford-Springvale Animal Control Officer Lauren Masellas as part of Sanford High School's Extended Learning Opportunities program. During the past months, Officer Masellas has been compiling statistics about the animal complaints and concerns in our area. Our hope is to focus our efforts on the calls that are the most persistent each year, in order to better serve the needs of our community.
Officer Masellas' overall number of calls remains fairly consistent at just under 2,000 each year. This year, she and I have concluded that most calls pertained to pets getting loose and animals being hit by cars. These two forms of calls have something in common. We most likely have had more animals hit by cars this year than usual due to more animals getting loose. In order to prevent this from happening, owners can find suitable living arrangements that work for their pets better — for example, they can fence in their yards or use runners. Most pets that we find running loose are brought to the Kennebunk animal shelter to be held until someone claims them; however, state law only requires the shelter to hold stray or found cats for only two days and dogs for six. Many owners wait days, or even weeks, before filing a lost-pet report. Please keep in mind that if you waste time waiting for your pet to return on its own, you may find it is no longer your pet! If your animal gets loose or goes missing, don't wait to call us to see if we have seen them or picked them up! The more time that passes, the bigger the issue.
While on this topic, we would also like to state that a total of 538 animals — two birds, two ferrets, five guinea pigs, one hamster, one mouse, nine rabbits, eight rats, 381 cats, and 129 dogs — were all delivered from the Sanford-Springvale area to the Animal Welfare Society's (AWS) shelter in West Kennebunk in 2012. That is an extremely large amount of animals for just one year! If there is any way possible you can help this number go down, it would be greatly appreciated by not only Officer Masellas, myself, and the AWS, but the animals too.
We are also happy to report that the statistics have shown that the number of stray cats decreased in 2012. We believe the reason is due to the low-income discount spay and neuter clinic at the AWS in Kennebunk. AWS spayed and neutered a total of 39 cats in 2012. A PetSmart grant also contributed to spaying and neutering a total of 287 cats, as well as offering vaccinations for only $5. If you haven't taken advantage of this opportunity, it's not too late! Call (207) 985-3244, ext. 120, for details. Spaying and neutering cats has been successful because it has reduced the reproduction process. This has helped immensely with cutting back on the number of cats that are produced. This means less stray cats!
This year, Officer Masellas will try to focus her attention on more responsible ownerships. There is a better solution than just writing more summonses or increasing and enforcing the town's impound fee, even though we have not found that solution quite yet! If you have any questions or suggestions at all related to animals, please contact Officer Lauren Masellas at 324-3644.
Amanda Beaulieu is a student at Sanford High School who is participating in an Extended Learning Opportunity, a program that pairs local students with mentors in the community in order to expand their education outside of the classroom and give them real-world experience.


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Stamford woman gets light sentence in death of two men
STAMFORD -- To the sounds of sobs in the courtroom, a Stamford woman who ran over and killed two men while intoxicated on Interstate 95 in Darien in October 2010 was sentenced to six months in jail for drunken driving.
As Judge Gary White was pronouncing sentence on Candice Blanks, 43, of Bedford Street, Vera Chagas, the mother of one of the men killed, pushed her hands into her face while crying and shrieked "You killed my son and you got only six months."
According to court documents, Blanks had been drinking with friends in South Norwalk until early in the morning on Oct. 16, 2010. As she was driving home to Stamford, Felipe Chagas, 19, a college student from Bethel, and Lucas Silva, 21, a Stamford resident and Greenwich High School graduate, got a flat and were changing the tire on I-95 southbound between exits 11 and 10 in Darien.
At 2:26 a.m., Blanks hit the two with her black Lincoln Navigator, dragging Silva about 170 feet down the highway and slamming Chagas under the car he was working on.
Blanks pulled over on the highway about half a mile away. Police said her eyes were bloodshot, and she smelled of alcohol, was swaying on her feet, failed balance tests, experienced mood swings and urinated on herself. Blanks refused to take a Breathalyzer test and the State Police officers processing her in Bridgeport said she asked to call home to tell her dog she would not be home that night.
Blanks was immediately charged with two counts of evading responsibility and vehicular manslaughter and a single count of drunken driving. But the state never filed the vehicular manslaughter charges, citing a lack of evidence to support them. Investigators could not pinpoint exactly where Blanks struck Chagas and Silva -- leaving open the question about whether they were on the shoulder or standing in the roadway when they were struck. Blanks' Navigator never struck any part of Chagas and Silva's car, investigators said.
The state's case against Blanks was further complicated because state police, thinking that the case had already been settled, destroyed the car and most of the state's evidence in 2013.
The prosecutor on the case, supervisory Assistant State's Attorney Steven Weiss, said during Blanks' sentencing that in his 35 years in the prosecutors' office, this was probably the most tragic set of circumstances he had ever seen in a case like this.
"Tragic in terms of the consequences and tragic in the way the case was handled by the state police," he said.
On balance, he said a six-month sentence was the best way to dispose of the case. In April, in exchange for pleading guilty to drunken driving, the state dropped the two felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident.
In a three-page letter read to Judge White by Victims Services Advocate Katryn Doud during Wednesday's hearing, Lucas Silva's family said they were very unhappy with the way the troopers and state dealt with the case from the beginning.
"Three years and 10 months and 11 days later we are going to face Candice Blanks sentencing in court without understanding nor having any explanation for any of the coincidental incidents that happened throughout the case. We have to now be contented and come up with an answer to (all of Chagas' and Silvas' friends and relatives) who consistently ask about what happened to the drunk driver who killed, fled the scene, and never cared to ask what happened to the victims," Doud read from the letter.
Before judicial marshal's walked over to Blanks, dressed in a light pants suit, to put handcuffs on her, she said that she was sorry. In a voice cracked with emotion and sobs, she turned to the Chagas and Silva families, who filled three or four pews on the right side of the courtroom, and said she was "heartbroken for their loss."
"I just want to say I'm very, very sorry," she said before White warned her to speak to him not the two families.
White seemed to be unmoved by Blanks' apology. After Blanks' attorney, Darnell Crosland, said that the only reason Blanks was in court was because she had been drinking that night, White disagreed.
"I think your client deserves every day of this sentence that I am about to impose," White said.


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The varsity girls' soccer coach for Worthington Christian High School was in jail last night after felony sexual-assault charges were filed against him in Milwaukee, related to when he taught and coached there in the late 1990s.
The varsity girls' soccer coach for Worthington Christian High School was in jail last night after felony sexual-assault charges were filed against him in Milwaukee, related to when he taught and coached there in the late 1990s.
Worthington police led Jason Crary from the high-school office in handcuffs yesterday afternoon, three days after boys' soccer coach Dwayne Smith resigned, also because of past allegations of sexual misconduct.
Both men taught at the private school and together directed the 2007 Warrior Camp, a four-morning summer soccer camp for elementary-age children.
Crary, 36, of 61 E. Broadway Ave. in Westerville, is charged in Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, with four felony counts of sexual assault by a school staff member.
Each charge carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Worthington Police Sgt. James Mosic said. Milwaukee police filed the charges on Friday. Crary was in the Franklin County jail last night.
Mosic said an arrest warrant says the offenses occurred between September 1997 and March 1998.
Other details on the case weren't available last night.
Crary coached boys' and girls' soccer at Heritage Christian High School in Milwaukee in the late 1990s, according to a biography on a soccer-camp pamphlet. He and Smith are listed as directors of the youth camp.
Worthington police arrived at the school, 6670 Worthington-Galena Rd., and waited for a school assembly to end before administrators called Crary to the office, where he was arrested at 1:20 p.m.
Crary, who has been an 11th-grade English teacher at the high school since 1999, cooperated with authorities.
Crary is a 1989 Worthington Christian graduate who founded the girls' soccer program at the school. He is married and has a young daughter and son, the school's Web site says.
His personal testimony on the school's Web site says, "When I was a freshman in high school, God surrounded me with many Christians, including my mother, and used them to bring me to salvation."
A call last night to Dave Plaster, pastor of Grace Brethren Church, wasn't returned. Church members and parents of students received an e-mail last night detailing the arrest.
The e-mail promised that the school would "commission an outside independent review of its practices and procedures to ensure quality and safety."
Smith, a science teacher, resigned Friday after he was among those profiled in T he Dispatch series, " The ABCs of Betrayal," which explored teacher misconduct.
In 1996, Smith admitted that he had fondled a middle-school girl, church leaders said. He resigned, attended Christian counseling and was forgiven by the school and church. He later was rehired by the school.


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VICTORIA - B.C. residents with unwanted guns kicking around their homes will be able to get rid of them in June.
The B.C. government has declared a gun amnesty for that month, with police departments collecting weapons from the public.
People who want to surrender guns, replica weapons or ammunition can call their local police, who will come and pick up the firearms — people are being warned not to take the guns to the police.
The government says similar programs going back to 1997 have collecting thousands of weapons, including a machine gun and a rocket launcher.
Attorney General Shirley Bond says taking guns off B.C. streets reduces crime and makes the province safer.
The amnesty won't apply to weapons used to commit a crime.


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Water rates could rise in the Gateway City as it looks to remain economically competitive in the new year. Kings Mountain is working on a $33 million-plus project that includes additional water lines and expanding the city�s water treatment plant.
KINGS MOUNTAIN � Water rates could rise in the Gateway City as it looks to remain economically competitive in the new year.
Kings Mountain is working on a $33 million-plus project that includes additional water lines and expanding the city�s water treatment plant.
�When an industry looks this way, they�re looking for a good water source,� Kings Mountain Mayor Rick Murphrey. �We have an excellent water source from Moss Lake.�
A 36-inch-thick water line will connect the city to Moss Lake. The AT&T data center plans to use a second water line, roughly 12,300 feet. Residents on Countryside Road will benefit from it also, according to Murphrey.
�Our goal is to be shovel ready by May of this year,� he said. �The project should be completed May 2014.�
The city also applied for a permit at the water treatment plant. Kings Mountain can now treat 4 million gallons more of water, an increase to 12 million gallons.
�We decided to add more with the new businesses here and potential customers,� Murphrey said.
The city is working on a water survey to determine if rates would go up.
If so, city council wouldn�t vote on the decision until July, the start of the next budget year.
'A very progressive 2013'
Kings Mountain celebrated several business and industry announcements throughout 2012. AT&T and Disney promised data centers and employment. Stout Brewing Company LLC will find its home on North Sims Street offering at least 45 positions. Stout marks the first brewing company located in Cleveland County.
Murphrey said Stout should be operational by February.
Additionally, the city saw expansions in area businesses during 2012, including at Rockwood Lithium, Steag Energy and Specialty Textiles Inc.
�We�ve been able to provide excellent service at a competitive rate. It makes our community complete,� he said.
Kings Mountain plans to also launch a pilot program called Smart Meters, allowing residents to see their individual water, gas and electric usage via the Internet.
�We�re looking forward to a very progressive 2013. Jobs are our top priority,� he said.
Reach reporter Alicia Banks at 704-669-3338, email at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow on Twitter.
What's planned in Kings Mountain?
- Water project will cost about $33 million. Work includes new water lines starting at Moss Lake and expanding to the city and the AT&T data center.
- Repairs scheduled for the spillways at Moss Lake
- Finish water projects by May 2014
- Complete installation on the city�s Fiber Optics self-healing rings, providing faster Internet and phone service
- Building and job expansions expected from AT&T data center, Southern Company, Disney data center and Stout Brewing Company LLC


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Meet Jhumpa Lahiri, Samantha Shannon at Jaipur lit fest
Published: 27th November 2013 10:53 AM | Last Updated: 27th November 2013 10:53 AM | A+A A-
Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, British writer Samantha Shannon, actor Irrfan Khan and boxer Mary Kom, besides noted historians, literary critics and activists will attend the Jaipur Literature Festival 2014 here early next year.
The seventh edition of the five-day festival, home to all bookworms and literary lovers, will be held Jan 17-21 at Diggi Palace here.
"In this festival, writers and thinkers from South Asia and around the world will once again debate and attempt to make sense of our changing world through the prism of literature," author Namita Gokhale, the festival co-director, said Tuesday.
In attendance will also be activist Ganesh N. Devy, American social and political activist Gloria Steinem, British historian Antony Beevor, and novelist Geoff Dyer. Hollywood actor Rupert Everett, and travel writers Robyn Davidson and Cheryl Strayed will also be part of several sessions.
Deliberating over many topics and themes will be authors like Vaidehi, Amish Tripathi, Geetanjali Shree, Lily Wangchhuk, and Jerry Pinto.
British historian and writer William Dalrymple and Gokhale are festival directors of the event that has previously hosted acclaimed writers like Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, Kiran Desai, Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer and Mohammed Hanif.
Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom, whose autobiography will be published next year, will talk about it.
A series of sessions on 'Crime and Punishment' will dissect the genre of the detective novel and also look at Bollywood villains, vendetta, and the shadow lines between the good and the bad guys.
Another focal point will be 'Women Uninterrupted', with Lahiri and Shannon as key authors.
National Award winning actor Irrfan Khan will be speaking with screenwriter Sabrina Dhawan of "Monsoon Wedding" fame on screenwriting.
"The diversity of writers, through age, nationality, genre and interest is a testament to the open platform, the festival has become," said Sanjoy Roy, managing director of Teamwork Arts, which produces the festival.


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Before I tell you about the amazing workshop we had a couple of weeks back, here is one more little photo of Whiskey.
Look at those gold eyes! Every time I see a photo of a Bengal with green eyes I have to think how lucky Whiskey was in getting the gold ones. I can't imagine that little face without those spectacular eyes :)
Ok . . . back to quilting.
On October 27th, 2012, As The Crow Flies Quilting Workshops presented "Santa's Workshop" to 60 enthusiastic participants from all over Manitoba.
Participants were able to choose between two feature projects to work on throughout the day – or there were smaller, quick projects that were also available. The one project was the Teeny Tiny Trees wall hanging that you see draped over the table and the other project was the Easy Peasy Christmas Orange Peel quilt that is draped down at the bottom of the photo.
Up on the stage you can see Sheila, Val and Sheryl demonstrating one of the many ideas that we presented that day. The four of us have been busy gals for the three months leading up to the workshop – planning menus, projects, decorating, seating, power connections . . . you name it, we thought of it!!
Here is a shot of the "inspiration" table. Everything that was displayed had a pattern to go with it. A huge email with a gazillion attachments showed up in each registrants email box a few days after the workshop.
There were towels, potholders, table runners, cards, gift tags, pillow cases, pillows, stockings, tree skirts . . . and the list goes on. There was a lot of activity around this table and lots of photos taken so that they could refer back to it later.
We had the tables set up down each side of the hall, with the cutting tables down the centre. Worked like a charm!! If someone needed help, those centre tables came in handy for on the spot demos as well.
It was great seeing everyone helping each other and passing on techniques and ideas.
Of course there was food!!!
The dessert tables are always the most talked about part of our workshops.
Cupcakes and cookies . . .
More cookies . . . and squares and slices galore!
Plus a few cheesecakes thrown in for good measure!
We also served lasagna, French bread and an amazing salad with pecans and oranges mixed in with romaine lettuce and an awesome dressing. YUM!!
It was a fantastic day and people are already wanting to book for the next one . . . trouble is we're not saying just yet what the theme or the project will be. Some gals say they don't care . . . they just want to be there!
I know that we managed to motive and inspire a few people to get ready for Christmas at this workshop. How are your Christmas projects coming along? I know I've started a few more since the workshop and better get back to them . . .


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When I worked with SLIG, several instructors asked for 90 rather than 60 minute sessions. While the suggestion was not approved by the UGA Board, I've thought about the impact a longer class session might have on the learning process. Last week a friend posted a link on FB about how our brain works and rethinking how we conference. I lost the link but another friend Tamura Jones found the online article for Ol' Myrt here:
Rethinking how we 'conference'
How to design a conference with the brain in mind
Dr. Rock feels that the current paradigm of conference attendees sitting through a 60 minute lecture, followed by a quick break is counter-productive to the learning process. I've attended conferences, where by the end of the day my brain was mush, so I could relate to Dr. Rock's comments.
He writes "For conference organizers (of which I am one), there is a conflict between wanting to fill seats (which requires having a large number of presenters and topics covered), and wanting to create the best possible experience for participants (which requires something else entirely)."
Typical 60 minutes sessions with the 10 minute questions and answers period doesn't permit our brains to digest the info presented.
Change to a 90-minute session, including 20 concentrated minutes of the presentation followed activities and discussion (perhaps in smaller groups, some presenter-moderated) may allow our brains to internalize the concepts. Dr. Rock thinks "There's more involvement, more 'generating' of the ideas by the participants, which is one of the key requirements for embedding learning." Dr. Rock points out social networking benefits when scheduling such additional time so conference attendees can to talk, rather than rush to the next classroom.
Roger Moffat writes "This link shows what we at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society did last year with Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak as our speaker - 75 minute sessions (the second one was 105 minutes) with at least 45 minutes between. By and large this was very well received by the attendees.
RootsTech 2011 had "unconferencing" sessions, but since they were unpublished, they were too informal -- and too much of a big jump for the usual family history conference goer. The basic sessions held at RootsTech were of the typical 60-minute "old style". Perhaps making the break to the "new style" needs to be brought to our attention during each day's opening session, so no one gets left behind.
I've got more to say tomorrow, but would like to give my DearREADERS time to read Dr. Rock's article, and think how his ideas may benefit your society upcoming conference.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.


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As if there aren't enough versions of the "Real Housewives of Orange County" out there already, VH1 plans to put a new spin on mindless reality soaps with the upcoming series, "Basketball Wives."
The series, which will premiere March 15, will star ex-Laker Shaquille O'Neal and his sometimes wife, Shaunie. We say sometimes since the couple has filed for divorce twice already.
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Let the drama commence.
But it won't just be eight half-hour episodes of Big Daddy and his wife buying bling and riding in limos. According to Reuters, other NBA players and their wives of girlfriends will also be on the show, including Eric Williams, Antoine Walker, Jermaine O'Neal and Udonis Haslem.
"This series will show viewers not only the glamorous side of being a celebrity wife but also the challenges and hard work that go with it," said Jeff Olde, executive vice president of programming at VH1.
Would being a reality show executive producer count as glamour or a challenge? Either way, Shaunie snagged an executive producer credit for the show, along with Shed Media.
"Behind every NBA star is a strong, exceptional woman, one who must deal with the unique challenges of being married to the game as well as the player," said Shaunie, mother of six.
Hopefully Shaunie can get audiences to be just as committed to her show. If you want our advidce, Shaunie, get Kobe on that show too. We all know that the Shaq-Kobe feud can be rekindled for ratings.


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Nokia announced Mail on Ovi late last year, it was picked up well, and seen as a milestone to delivering email to most of the planet.
"At Nokia we believe email should be available for everybody. We also launched Mail on Ovi, a free email service primarily aimed at the billions of first time email users, 75% of world's population." Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo – President and CEO, Nokia stated recently.
Mail on Ovi is free and preloaded on all Nokia Series 40 devices launching in 2009, and a wide range of devices currently out there. Its easy to use, because you don't have to install anything, you don't need a computer at all, it 'works out the box'.
Now here is the interesting part, if you want to install the gmail app on a S40 Nokia, you can't, you cannot download it; it will tell you that the file size is too big. I stand to be corrected, but I tried 2 different s40 devices, same result. And that is after figuring out how to find the app on the internet. But you can set up gmail in the mail setting pretty easily though, but that would imply you already have a gmail account.
What does that mean? Is it because there are hardware limitations to keep costs low, or is the s40 software is not sophisticated enough to deal with 3rd party applications? Could it be a clever business move to eliminate competition? Or could it just be that Nokia saw an opportunity to make email as simple as possible without too many hurdles. And who do you think is more recognized to 75% of the world's population?
Now all that needs to happen is for service providers to lower data costs, a ubiquitous internet that can be viewed on all devices and we could be seeing the next internet really take off.


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Call for Participation ------------------------ Bat Sheva de Rothschild Seminar on Computational Aspects of the Human Genome Project Nahsholim, Israel June 2-7 1996 co-sponsored by Compugen Ltd. The S. Neeman Research Institute at the Technion Bar-Ilan Institute for Computer Science Research Tel Aviv University This workshop, supported by the Bat Sheva de Rothschild Fund for the Advancement of Science in Israel, is intended to bring together foreign and Israeli scientists and Israeli research students who work on computational problems that arise in the Human Genome project. The meeting will be held in the Nahsholim seaside resort. A partial list of the speakers at the workshop is included below. The final program will be posted later. The scientific program will start on Sunday June 2 at noon and end on Friday June 7 noon. We plan to have one day-long trip and several other social activities at locations around Nahsholim. Advanced registration is required due to limited space at the facility. A nominal registration fee of 100 IS (to cover lunches and coffee breaks) will be charged. The registration fee is waived for students. Updated information can be found in http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~dnaor/bat7.html The Organizing Committee ------------------------- Ron Shamir (Chair, Tel Aviv University) Benny Chor (The Technion) Martin C. Golumbic (Bar-Ilan University) Nati Linial (Hebrew University) Dalit Naor (Tel Aviv University) Micha Sharir (Tel Aviv University) Yaacov Ziv (The Technion) Participants ------------ Alberto Apostolico (Padua) Bonnie Berger (MIT) Steve Bryant (NIH) David Cox (Stanford University) Amir Dembo (Technion) Andreas Dress (Bielefeld) Dannie Durand (DIMACS) Miri Eizenstein (Weizmann Institute) Aviezri Fraenkel (Weizmann Institute) Dan Graur (Tel-Aviv University) Dan Halperin (Tel-Aviv University) Sam Karlin (Stanford) Wen-Lian Hsu (Academia Sinica) Bob Jernigan (NIH) Doron Lancet (Weizmann Institute) Gadi Landau (Haifa University) Hans Lehrach (MPI Berlin) * Michal Linial (Hebrew University) Hanah Margalit (Hebrew University) Richard Mott (Sanger Centre) John Moult (Maryland) Gene Myers (University of Arizona) Ruth Nussinov (Tel-Aviv University) Pavel Pevzner (University of Southern California) Matthias Rarey (S.Augustin) R. Ravi (Carnegie Mellon University) Alex Schaffer (NIH) Steve Skiena (Stony Brook) Temple Smith (Boston University) Joel L. Sussman (Weizmann/Brookhaven) Naftaly Tishbi (Hebrew University) Ed Trifonov (Weizmann Institute) Ron Unger (Bar-Ilan) Haim Wolfson (Tel-Aviv University) * - unconfirmed About Nahsholim and Accommodation Information ----------------------------------------------- Nahsholim is a seaside resort located near a Kibbutz on the Mediterranean coast near HaBonim beach, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of Tel Aviv. It has its own beautiful, sandy and calm beach just 100 feet away and is an excellent vacation spot during the summer. June weather should be ideal for swimming and bathing. The accommodations are in units of one and two rooms. The units are pleasant although quite basic (air-condition, simple showers and bathroom, small tv, sometimes small kitchenette). There are many interesting closeby attractions. A block of rooms have been reserved for the workshop. The rates, including breakfast and dinner are: Single occupancy - 137 IS/night Double occupancy - 104 IS/night. Three persons/room - 96 IS/night. Four persons/room - 88 IS/night. These rates, subsidized by the conference, are available for participants only and for a limited number of rooms. Preference will be given to those who register early and to those who intend to stay for the whole (or most of tthan the above. The charge for a child is 72IS. Close by events --------------- Three computer science events will be held on the following week in Israel, as part of the Israeli Federated Computing Conference (IFCC): The Bar Ilan Computer Science Forum will take place on June 9th, 1996, in Bar-Ilan University. The Fourth Israeli Symposium on Theory of Computing and Systems (ISTCS'96) will be held on June 10-11, 1996 in Jerusalem. (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~vardi/istcs/istcs96.call/istcs96.html) The 7th Israeli Conference on computer-based systems & software engineering (CBSSE) will be held June 12-13, 1996 in Herzeliya. (http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/misc/cbsse/general.html) In addition, the International IEEE Information Theory workshop will be held on June 7 -12 at Dan Carmel, Haifa. ------------------------ CUT HERE ----------------------------------- Registration (By May 5) ----------------------- Name______________________________________________ Affiliation_______________________________________ Address___________________________________________ Phone number______________Fax number______________ Email address_____________________________________ Homepage _________________________________________ Student(y/n)_____ A room is needed for all week___ 6/2___ 6/3___ 6/4____ 6/5____ 6/6_____ Type of accommodation(Single/double/3/4/)_________ for shared accommodation: Provide names of those with whom you wish to share your room_____________________________ Male/Female __________ Accompanying family members _____________________ For the nights of __________________________ Accommodation fee ______________ Registration fee ______________ Total amount enclosed__________ To register, please send the above information sheet along with a check (payable to Tel-Aviv University) by May 5 1996 to: Ms. Michal Eshkar (Bat-Sheva Seminar) School of Mathematics Tel-Aviv University Tel Aviv 69978 Tel: (03) 640-8037 Fax: (03) 640-9357 (Attn. 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The FIG has released a list of the qualifiers for the World Cup Final who have confirmed their participation plus the next gymnasts down the list who will be invited. The lists are prettty much as predicted.
Participants are Cheng Fei, Elena Zamolodchikova, Jana Komrskova, Ariella Kaeslin and Dorina Boczogo.
The next three down the list are Hong Su Jong, Aagje Vanwalleghem and Olga Sherbatykh I'm thinking we can count out Hong (Hong Un Jong has already said she would not participate, and while I realize they are not the same person, it seems like a good predictor). Sherbatykh is also out. Vanwalleghem is likely to compete, which moves Hong Mi Kang (ranked 18th) into the last qualifying position. She recently took first on vault at the 2008 Asian Games.
Uneven bars:
According to the FIG, Dariya Zgoba has confirmed her participation, which makes Zgoba, He Kexin, Jana Sikulova, Yang Yilin and Anastasia Koval the qualifiers.
The next invitees are Jiang Yuyuan, Vanessa Ferrari and Iryna Krasnianska. Jiang will almost definitely participate, Ferrari is definitely out, and I've heard that Krasnianska is probably out too. The first replacement would be He Ning (17th) and the second is … Koko Tsurumi (18th)!
Fei qualified first onto beam (as well as vault and floor) and is followed by Sandra Izbasa, Li Shanshan, Yulia Lozhecko and Daniele Hypolito. Hypolito has already confirmed her participation, though Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs is actually ranked above her.
Although Hopfner-Hibbs curiously declined her invitation on bars, she has expressed a desire to compete on beam if qualified, but rumor has it that she has already decided against participating because of final exams, etc. The next two invitees are Lauren Mitchell and Deng Linlin. I am curious about the Li confirmation, because she had been sent back to train with her provincial team. I presume, though, that the FIG did not get this wrong (though stranger things have happened). Even if Hopfner-Hibbs competes, we probably still have one place left because Deng is rumoerd to be injured. Next on the list is Lenika de Simone (18th), whose participation (if I'm not mistaken) would put Naomi Ruiz out of contention on floor, because Spain is only allowed to nominate a competitor if they have no other qualifiers. Should de Simone decline, next up would be Zgoba (19th), qualified and confirmed on bars, and Alina Kozich (21st), who is qualified and confirmed on floor too.
Fei is first, followed by Izbasa — just like beam (which is exciting!). They are followed by Jiang, Kozich, Suzanne Harmes and Hypolito.
Zamolodchikova is first on the next list of invitees, and will undoubtedly participate. Patricia Moreno is next and retired, so that's not happening. That leaves one spot to fill on floor, which could theoretically go to Daria Joura (16th), but the most likely competitor is Tsurumi, who is now likely qualified for two events!
It's shaping up to be a good final, presuming everyone makes it to Madrid with no further injuries. I'm predicting Cheng on vault and beam and Izbasa on floor, but I don't put much stock in my own predictions. I'm still calling He on bars. I'm doubting will see any major upsets.
It would be nice to see Zamolodchikova on the podium, but I think it's a long-shot. Kaeslin has a decent shot at a medal on vault. The bars final could easily go Chinese 1-2-3 with He Kexin, Yang and Jiang. I have no idea about what kind of shape Li is in, but she could definitely compete on beam, as could Mitchell, though I have them competing for bronze with Cheng and Izbasa in the top two spots. On floor, Kozich could squeeze in for a medal, but I would expect Jiang to take third.


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Prior to the Civil War, field artillery retained the type-classification and employment doctrine from the early 19th-century, leaning heavily on the European Napoleonic experience. While emerging technologies would shift both the classifications and the doctrine during the Civil War, even in 1866, the Army stubbornly clung to the old ways. Perhaps the best example of this adherence to classification and doctrine was the 24-pdr Field Howitzer. The weapon class traced back to colonial and Revolutionary War period heavy field ordnance, but had evolved considerably with time.
In that age, ordnance designers built howitzers to loft explosive shells, at higher angles than the guns, onto targets at longer ranges than mortars. During the Revolutionary War, the 8-inch caliber was popular, but I have found howitzers ranging from 4.62-inch and 5.5-inch calibers from that era. These were somewhat stumpy bronze pieces. Contemporary sources credit these weapons with effective ranges of around 750 to 800 yards, and maximum range out to 1300 yards. (Apologies for the old 35mm photo)
During the early years of the United States, the Army made a switch to iron field pieces. Initial developments continued the short, stumpy appearance. However, with iron generally heavier than bronze, the smaller 24-pdr or 5.82-inch caliber was standardized for field pieces (the 8-inch caliber continued for siege and garrison weapons, though). Unfortunately, the documentation regarding these early American 24-pdr Field Howitzers is almost non-existent. About the only "facts" we know is from examination of a handful of examples surviving today. Castillo de San Marcos, in St. Augustine Florida has three such weapons in its collection. (Again apologies for the old 35mm photo, it has been some time since my last visit to the fort)
The second piece from the camera conforms to the "pattern of 1819" forms. But the howitzer closet to the camera, and the third from the end are of unknown patterns. The pattern of 1819 weapon is about 33 inches long overall, with a 29 inch bore – or roughly five calibers. No shot tables exist, but likely these pieces inherited the short ranges of their predecessors. In order to extend range, the most efficient option was to simply lengthen the bore.
Records indicate the Army experimented with several iron 24-pdr field howitzers from 1834 to 1841. Columbia Foundry in the District of Columbia, Cyrus Alger of Boston, and West Point Foundry in New York delivered at least seventeen examples. The Army tested several weapons imported from Europe. Regardless, iron was found, as it was for the smaller 6-pdr field guns, unsuitable at that time. Alger and N.P. Ames Foundries produced 56 bronze 24-pdr Field Howitzers from 1836 to 1838 to fill the Army's requirements instead. Unfortunately none of these are cataloged survivors. The only particular known for these weapons is the weights of a select few – averaging 1320 pounds. Quite likely, these conformed to established bronze patterns in use at the time, with breach and chase rings.
In fact, other than the handful of iron pieces mentioned above, the only field howitzers of the 24-pdr caliber surviving today are bronze types produced from 1841 to 1863, conforming to standards established in 1841 for exterior shape. Of 69 tallied as delivered by Cyrus Alger and N.P. Ames, nearly two-thirds survive today. Contemporary regulations listed a Model 1844, but with the production starting in 1841, the earlier date for the pattern is consistent. I will, then, consider these Model 1841 24-pdr Field Howitzers. From the standpoint of doctrine, the 24-pdr howitzers paired with the 12-pdr Field Guns, if employed to mixed batteries. Artillerists planned to employ these howitzers supporting the main infantry line and the flying batteries, lobbing shells to break up enemy infantry and artillery covered by terrain or fortifications.
Of these surviving Model 1841s, numbers 1 and 2 from the Alger production batch stand side by side at Shiloh National Military park, representing Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (McAllister's Battery). The monument stands at the battery's position in the morning fighting on April 6, 1862. As part of McClernand's 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, the battery went into action with four 24-pdr howitzers near Review Field. McAllister's Battery was driven back during the afternoon eventually finding a place in line near Pittsburg Landing, losing two pieces in the process. In the second day's fighting, those two remaining 24-pdrs were used to support Marsh's Brigade of McClernand's Division.
The summary of that battery's activities at Shiloh brings up the logical question with regard to handiness of the 24-pdrs in action. Compare the 24-pdr with the figures for the 12-pdr Field Howitzer, 12-pdr Light Field gun Model 1857 (Napoleon), and the 32-pdr Field Howitzer below:
Just looking at the raw numbers, the 24-pdr Howitzer, while 100 pounds heavier than the Napoleon, could throw a projectile twice the size to the same range. Arguably, for the fighting in wood thickets at Shiloh, the 12-pdr Field Howitzers were handier and possessed sufficient range for the action. But certainly in open fields, one would prefer either the Napoleon or 24-pdr for range. But the 32-pdr, even given increases in range and throw weight, was much too heavy.
On paper, the only disadvantage of the 24-pdr compared to the Napoleon was the 100 extra pounds of the gun tube. But that is certainly not all the story. The Napoleon used a slightly lighter carriage, further splitting the weight difference. That seemingly small difference in weight required an eight-horse team for the 24-pdr, over the six-horse team of the Napoleon. Lastly, consider the ready ammunition. A standard 12-pdr Napoleon chest included 12 shot, 12 case, 4 shells, and 4 canister for a total of 32 rounds. But the 24-pdr chest contained 12 shells, 8 case, and 3 canister – a total of nine less than the smaller gun. Further amplifying the weight issue, a chest of 12-pdr ammunition weighed 484 pounds compared to 565 pounds for the 24-pdr. Thus any commander was faced with a logistic problem – in order to keep the 24-pdr on line with the 12-pdr over a fixed period of time, he had to allocate more horseflesh to hauling more ammunition chests, in addition to animals with the guns. Yes, in the real tactical world, seldom is an item's weight a specification overlooked without consequence.
That explanation for the 24-pdr Field Howitzer's limited use aside, a fair number of the pieces stand on the battlefields and town squares today as reminders of the Civil War. And, at least the Federal version, is easy to identify from a distance. The handles over the trunnions are the first indicator.
The piece above represents Battery F, 2nd Illinois Lt. Artillery (Powell's Battery), on the defensive line near Pittsburg Landing, close to the Shiloh visitor center.
The handles were somewhat the continued design practice from those old 18th century guns. Functionally the adornment offered a purchase for ropes while the tube was mounted. But as the metallurgical arts progressed, designers realized such features offered stress points and impediments to clean casting. Early production 24-pdr Howitzers used handles with the half octagon profile shape seen above. Alger models used a rectangular "pad" where the handle joined the gun tube. Ames used an octagon shaped pad. However, later production, in 1862-63, featured completely round handles.
Another visual indicator for the 24-pdr Field Howitzer is the recessed area over the chamber.
Going back to McAllister's Battery, this time looking at registry number 2, the line of the recessed area is apparent just in front of the vent. Since this is a howitzer, and by definition uses a sub-caliber chamber (in this case 4.62 inch diameter), there is less stress on the breech. As such, the designers were able to save a little weight by removing metal from the casting form over the breech. The difference in diameter is only about a half inch, but enough to change the weapon's profile.
Chamber? Yes indeed:
Note the lip of the chamber about where the leave sit in registry number 5, again from Shiloh.
Chase and muzzle rings completed the form of the 24-pdr Field Howitzer Model 1841. So outside of the handles and recessed breech, these weapons look much like an enlarged 12-pdr Field Howitzer of the same model year.
Alluded to above, there was a break of sorts in the production of 24-pdrs. Collectively Alger and Ames delivered around twenty prior to 1848, filling requirements for the peacetime "mixed batteries" with two howitzers and four guns each. Production resumed again in 1858 with 10 from Alger. Then in 1862-63 the Federals received about forty more from Alger and Ames.
This of course begs the question, why at a time when the Models of 1841 were being phased out, were the 24-pdrs arriving from the factory? My guess is the piece performed at least adequately in the field, and of course the type was useful in fixed fortifications also. Certainly the 24-pdr bronze, at 1320 pounds, was more useful tactically than the 24-pdr Iron Siege and Garrison Howitzer at 1500 pounds.
The 24-pdr Field Howitzer, while not perhaps as popular as the Napoleon which I've compared it to, did see a fair amount service during the war. In addition to Shiloh, western batteries used the type at Vicksburg and other battles up to 1864. The type remained in the siege trains for Federal armies east and west, and was employed at Petersburg and during the Atlanta Campaign. A 24-pdr "brass" howitzer featured prominently in the fighting at Monocacy in July 1864. The crew incorrectly loaded the piece in the heat of combat, rendering it useless, however. Even as late as 1877, Army manuals required accounting of the weapon and supporting tools. The Confederates produced a small quantity of their own (which I will focus upon in another post), and also used captured examples.
The plaque in front of Alger foundry's No. 11 states the Confederates used this particular piece to defend Morris Island, outside Charleston, South Carolina. The howitzer was taken as a trophy for the Navy's participation in the siege and reduction of the works, and today stands in Leutze Park, in Washington Navy Yard. So these weapons were found useful by both sides during the war. And as time permits, I'll go into the Confederate use of these weapons, the imported foreign types in the caliber, and the use of the iron siege howitzer mentioned above.
But for now in summary, consider that while 100 pounds does not sound like a lot, it was enough to limit, tactically speaking, the 24-pdr Field Howitzer as a weapon system.
Aside from on site notes and links provided above, sources consulted for this post were:
Gooding, S. James. An Introduction to British Artillery in North America. Alexandria Bay, NY: Museum Restoration Service, 1988.
Hazlett, James C., Edwin Olmstead, and M. Hume Parks. Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, Revised Edition. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
Muller, John. A Treatise of Artillery. Reprint of the 1780 edition. Alexandria Bay, NY: Museum Restoration Service, 1977. (Used to reference the standard artillery bore sizes and artillery employment in the colonial-Revolutionary eras.)
Olmstead, Edwin, Wayne E. Stark, and Spencer C. Tucker. The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast and Naval Cannon. Alexandria Bay, NY: Museum Restoration Service, 1997.
Ripley, Warren. Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War, 4th Edition. Charleston, S.C.: The Battery Press, 1984.


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Wow, what an active day! I am spent. You'll see why, but maybe this much activity is normal for most of you.
At 1 a.m., Karma the cat woke us up with his meows and from that point on, I tossed and turned. When I did fall asleep, I was dreaming that I slept through my alarm or that I went to the YMCA for Body Pump and the gym was closed again. At 5 a.m., my alarm went off and I realized I hadn't experienced what I had been dreaming about. It was really time to get up and get dressed for the gym!
I quickly got dressed and grabbed some cereal plus half of a banana for some fuel.
I met my friend Laurie at the 5:30 a.m. Body Pump class. I was tired, but once class started, I woke up. It felt good to get a workout in by 6:30!
I fueled up some more with cereal and the other half of the banana plus a bit of coffee and coconut water. The TJ's cereal was just ok–not mine or Craig's favorite.
It was my first time trying coconut water and I liked it. I figured I needed something like that after Body Pump to get some electrolytes into my system.
I am glad I got my clothes ready for the day & my yoga gear packed last night, because then I had to meditate for 25 minutes after I showered, dried my hair and put on makeup.
I didn't get to work until 8:30 and right away, I hit up the free coffee upstairs and found an unexpected piece of cake made by a volunteer at work. She was so cute–she said "since you're one of the first ones here, I'll give you this too." She put the flag in my cake for flag day!
Lunch was a turkey and provolone sandwich, a peach chobani, and lots of red pepper and carrot slices.
After lunch, it was time for my second exercise session of the day–yoga! However, we had a substitute teacher and she combined tai chi, yoga and pilates. Oh man this killed me. The pilates work got me sweating! I am sure the stretching helped my post body pump aches and pains.
I also foam rolled at work just to be safe.
And after work, I cut the grass for about 45 minutes. Luckily, this was my last activity of the day and now I am plopped on the couch and relaxing!
Dinner was a strawberry smoothie with soy protein powder, Chobani strawberry yogurt, frozen strawberries, and skim milk.
That wasn't enough for my very hungry tummy, so I cooked up something quick and made the gardein thai trio I got the other day.
I liked it and would buy it again. I only ate half, so I'll have the other half to look forward to for lunch tomorrow.
We're watching Master Chef and I kind of have a crush on Max. 🙂 I hope he stays on the show for some eye candy!
After such an active day, I am definitely declaring tomorrow a rest day! Looking forward to reading and lounging on the couch.