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Happy Friday friends! I am sure you all are just as excited as I am for a long weekend. Gosh I need that extra day sooo badly at this point. PLUS I get to see my good friend Lizzy (guest post she did for me), enjoy the farmer's market, go off-roading with my high school girlfriends, go out on the lake (weather permitting), and spend time with my family! Sounds like a bomb weekend if you ask me 🙂
Many of you may be having get-togethers or picnics this weekend so I figured I would give you something you can whip up really quickly and bring to share! This chicken salad is one of my go-to lunches because it can be whipped up in no time and can also be made ahead of time and brought anywhere in a tupperware. Plus it has a TON of flavor (who doesn't love curry) and is another awesomely textured meal, just like my Kale and Shaved Sprout Salad from a few days ago! I sometimes use part mayo and part coconut milk in the recipe (which is also awesome) but if you don't have any homemade mayo on hand you will still be fine! Woo hoo! You can also easily make this vegetarian or into a "potato salad" by replacing the cubed chicken with cubed, cooked sweet potato! Oh the possibilities!
This is how much I make for just me, but if you want to bring it along somewhere just multiply all the ingredients by 4 or 5 and you should have enough for a potluck! And then after everyone raves about how good your chicken salad was you can tell them "oh… and it's PALEO, HA!" Which is what I would do, since I can be immature and weird. But, if you take a softer approach and just casually mention it's paleo and you eat this way all the time then they just may be asking you some questions. Which hopefully you have some good talking points for but if not, send them my way and I will help! Rachael the the Rescue!
Okay, clearly I am in a strange mood, so back the the salad. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do 😀 Scroll down or click here for the recipe!
Are you doing anything super exciting for Memorial Day? Having a paleo potluck? Off-roading with some food favorites? However you are spending your time, I hope you have lovely weather!
Sweet Potatoes and Smiles,
The Freckled Foodie
Loaded Curried Chicken Salad
- 1 large Chicken breast, cooked through and cooled (20-25 mins @350)
- 2-3 Green onions, green and white parts chopped
- 1/2 tsp or one clove Garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp Curry paste, I used green but yellow and red are both good too
- 2-3 tbsp full fat Coconut milk
- 1/4 c Sun-dried tomatoes, I use the ones from Trader Joe's that aren't packed in oil
- 1/4 c Golden raisins
- 1/4 c Slivered almonds
- S&P to taste
- Chop your chicken into cubes or shred it, and add to a medium mixing bowl
- Add onions, garlic, curry paste, and 2 tbsp coconut milk, stir to evenly coat
- Add sun-dried tomatoes, raisins, and almonds, stir to evenly coat
- If there isn't enough dressing add another tbsp of coconut milk
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Enjoy on its own, on a big plate of greens, in lettuce wraps, or on top of sliced cucumber
- Garnish with slivered almonds, a few raisins, and a few of the green parts of the onion if you are bringing it to a get-together!
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Last night we attended an event at Villa Rosa Kempinski! Procter and Gamble East Africa were launching their new line of skin and body care products called Camay. We were super excited about being at the venue as well as... Free Wine and good wine at that! Truly Shameless :-)
The set up was was pretty shmoozy but we had a lovely time.
We have started you off with pics of the eye candy, tee hee!
Anita of From Curves with Love, Her lipstick Fayaaaa! You do know we had to stalk her blog and find out which brand it was...wait for it! Its MAC "All Fired Up", we are defo on the queue for a tube when MAC Village Market opens up.....you heard right...MAC is opening up a store in Village Market.
These two beautiful ladies are sisters and the most fashionable sisters at that! Anita of StyleSketches and Wanjiru. Anita is a lady worth knowing...apart from being super stylish, she is absolutely lovely and makes some elegant garb....go on and run to her blog!
Yes that is Mary and I totally being groupies for one of Kenya's Supermodels..Bidanya Barasa
Yes, we did get goody bags...our favourite scent of the Camay collections is Pure Refresh..go out and buy some...it smells heavenly :-)
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As we all know, online testing can bring a lot of benefits to assessment: time-saving, flexible and economical. For trainers and teachers, they don't have to spare the time to mark the test because the test results can be graded automatically – big time-saving. For test-takers, they can take the online test at their own preferred time – great flexibility. For organizations, testing online saves a lot of cost to employ instructor designers and print millions of test papers – more economical.
So we can see test making programs are gaining increasing popularity because more and more teachers, trainers, researchers and evaluators are in the need of creating quizzes or measuring students or trainees' knowledge. Thanks to them, making online tests becomes much easier. Here this article will introduce serveral test maker applications or quick quiz creation ways for your online quiz making.
Create Online Quiz with HTML quiz code
For the experts of Web programming, it might not be a problem. Most Web languages such as ASP, .Net, PHP or JavaScript can be used to create online quiz. Pick one of the programming languages that you are familiar to create your code and integrate it to your page to make the HTML quiz. Run it on your Web server and ask your friends to take it online.
There are some complete tutorials showing you how to make a HTML quiz with PHP and JavaScript:
PHP - Tutorial On How to Make a Quiz or Interactive Site
JavaScript - Creating questions and answers forms for your web pages
JavaScript - Spacefem's Quiz Tutorials: JavaScript Type Quizzes
Create Online Quiz with Code Generating Sites
There are a couple of sites which enable users to create the HTML quiz code easily. What you need to do is filling your question content according to the specified form, and the HTML quiz code will be generated immediately. Then you can copy and save the code as a HTML page (.htm, .html). We will take http://www.attotron.com/pub/Quizmake.htm as an example to show you how.
Step 1: Enter the required text content in to the fields.
Step 2: Generate quiz code.
Click Add Question and the question will be added to your quiz. Click Make Quiz then you will get the following source code.
Now you can view the quiz to check how it works.
Create Online Quiz with Online Quiz Creation Services
You may get the resource code mentioned above to create your HTML quiz page, but you can see these quizzes generated from the resource code are quite simple. To make a quiz of multiple question types, you have to do a lot of programming job. In fact, there are many sites provide the free online quiz creation service which is really easy to make your quiz and host your assessments online. Proprofs quiz maker (http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/) is the outstanding one with 5 question types supported, and pictures and videos can be embedded to make the quiz more engaging. What's more, when you finish the quiz creation on Proprofs, you can share the given quiz link to others easily on Facebook, Twitter, or your blogs/sites. Beside Proprofs quiz maker, Quibblo and Classmarker also provide the similar features.
Create Online Quiz with Powerful Software
There are many free ways to create online quiz, but you may find that the question types you can produce are quite limited. Proprof comes with 5 quesiton types and some basic quiz creation features. It sounds not bad. But if you need some advanced and customizable features, you'd better upgrade your account.
In order to make more compelling and professional quiz, an outstanding quiz maker- Wondershare QuizCreator is a perfect solution. It enables users to create quiz of up to 9 question styles. Fill out the fields with questions & answers and insert the multi-media files (if need), then you can publish the flash quiz with HTML page, and upload the generated files online to share with everyone. Moreover, there are multiple ways to track the results such tracking results with email, Quiz Management or LMS. By the way, some other publishing options such as LMS package, executable file, Word/Excel are also available.
Adobe Flash can also be used to create Flash quizzes, if you are sophisticated with Adobe Flash Script. You can create a test in multiple question types with images, sounds, and Flash movies. Here is a tutorial about how to create a quiz in Adobe Flash CS4. View the quiz created by Adobe Flash and pick the right answer in the drop-down menu.
Create Online Quiz with Google Docs
Google Docs is a totally free online tool to conduct online multiple choice tests and surveys. With it, you can create a multiple choice test, invite others to take the test and then grade the test automatically with its formula function. Furthermore, it can generate insightful graph analysis for each question with which you can know the test takers' levels of understanding for specified knowledge. Here are more guides for you:
Guide to make online test with Google Docs
Guide to share the online test created by Google Docs
Guide to grade the Google Docs quiz automatically
So we can see there are many ways which help you create online tests. For making an interactive Flash test, Wondershare QuizCreator can be one of the most suitable ways. For creating a simple test with not many question types, free online quiz tool or Google Docs will be nice. You can also use PHP programming or JavaScript to create online test in some occasions. Just enjoy the fun of creating an online test.


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1.)The product of a positive integer and negative integer is a negative integer.
2.) The product of two positive integers or two negative integers is a positive integer.
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I think it's a great look, Carla! I love yours in that area. It seems to be working out perfectly.
Cute, clever, and it looks great! I like the idea of clipping all the Christmas card to it too. I like it!
LOVE this Carla!! That spot was made for your crib spring...I bet hubby thinks so too now!
Thanks for sharing all the other crib spring ideas. My daughter isplanning on hanging her's and she'll love all the inspiration!
I am so glad I stumbled onto your blog. Now I'm going to keep my eyes open for an abandoned crib on the side of the road! I really want one now.
Hi Carla..
I think it's great that you decided to take the plunge and put the old crib spring on the wall.
Thanks for including the inspiration pics too.
Smiles :)
Wow! I love what you did, and all the others too; wonderful, creative ideas.
All I had left from my old crib was teh legs, which I saved and have packed around for years. When I was in need of a new, stand-up work table a few years ago I couldn't find anything that would work. Then I thought of those old crib ends so we made a shelf to sit where the "spring" would be, and a board to bolt on the top. With a little monkeying around, and a can of black spray paint for metal, I now have a funky, junky, practical work table that I just love. Those old cribs sure come in handy.


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Three consecutive stage wins for Lotto Soudal, four out of seven for German riders Top of General Classification remains unchanged.
Discover the race results and standings
André Greipel took a second bunch sprint win in Foligno and completed a hat trick of wins for Lotto Soudal after his own stage victory at Benevento in stage five, and the uphill victory of Tim Wellens at Roccaraso (Aremogna) yesterday. What was on paper a sprinters' stage was in reality a highly demanding one. Early on, yesterday's stage winner Wellens took the lead in the King of the Mountains competition from Damiano Cunego. Then swashbuckling breakaway rider Stefan Küng made off alone and led the race for 30 of the final 35 km. Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick-Step) had a puncture 7 km from the finish and was unable to participate in the sprint.
André Greipel said at the press conference: "Three stage wins are more than we expected. We have already won three stages out of seven. It's impressive for us. We are just trying to enjoy the moment. I always try to do my best. I have a good background for my team-mates to set me up before the sprints. Hard work is the key to success. I'm glad I've managed to remain competitive since I started winning at Grand Tours in 2008."
Tom Dumoulin said at the press conference: "Tomorrow I don't think the weather conditions will make a huge difference. We might look dirtier if it rains. We only climb on the gravel road, we don't descend, so I'm not worried. I don't want to be a cyclist who is away from home all the time. I'll go on altitude training camp after the Giro as a preparation for the Olympics. Maybe I'll be riding the Giro for GC anyway. I'll take it day by day and we'll see. But home time is the reason why I didn't train in the mountains. I'm not scared of the last week in terms of the quality of my team. I wouldn't have been in the Maglia Rosa so long if I didn't have a good team around me. I'm sure that Georg Preidler and Tobias Ludvigsson will be up there to help me."
King of the Mountains Tim Wellens: "As three riders had gone before the climb, I thought there was nothing to do in the KOM competition today but [Damiano] Cunego's team chased and I followed. I did a little bit of work and took enough points to take the Maglia Azzurra but this is less of a goal for me than a second stage win. It's a bonus. I intend to break away again to repeat yesterday's beautiful victory. I hope that my legs will be better tomorrow. They weren't fantastic today…"


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Biotic Interface with Fluvial Transport Processes Associated with Dissolved Solutes in Transport
Biogeochemical processes associated with the microbial community (algae, bacteria, fungi) constitute the interface between solute transport and biotic production in riverine environments. Identifying and estimating the role of biotic processes such as nitrification and denitrification by bacteria, nutrient uptake and production by epilithic algal films and decomposition of particulate and dissolved organic matter, as well as abiotic processes such as absorption, are important for understanding the linkage between terrestrial, riparian, hyporheic and in-channel contributions to the nutrient chemistry of a drainage network. Relative biotic response to solutes in transport between pristine and anthropogenically modified riverine environments is poorly understood, but necessary for long-term management of surface waters. Project objectives are to identify and determine rates of biotic transformations of transported solutes at chemical-biotic interfaces in fluvial environments, including seepage areas, riparian zones, sediment/surface-water interfaces, intragravel- subsurface flow interfaces (hyporheic zone) and floodplains.
Carpenter, K.D., Snyder, D.T., Duff, J.H., Triska, F.J., Lee, K.K., Avanzino, R.J., and Sobieszczyk, Steven, 2009, Hydrologic and water-quality conditions during restoration of the Wood River Wetland, upper Klamath River basin, Oregon, 200305: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5004, 66 p.
For information on additional projects in the National Research Program, see Indexes to NRP projects and bibliographies.
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Dried green peas - 1 cup
Potato - 1, peeled and cubed (optional)
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Onion - 1, chopped fine
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Tomato - 1 large, chopped
Garam masala - 1/2 to 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves chopped to garnish
1. Soak the dried green peas overnight or for 8 hrs. Cook it along with the cubed potatoes. The peas should be cooked well, but not mushy. A pressure cooker can be used, but make sure you dont overcook the peas.
2. In a pan, heat oil and add the cumin seeds. Add onions and fry till it starts turning brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add chilly and corainder powders. Now add the chopped tomatoes. Saute till tomatoes turn mushy.Add the cooked peas and potatoes along with the water used for cooking.Add enough salt and combine well and add garam masala. Simmer for a few minutes.
3. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with roti/parotta/appam etc.
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How tall was Andre The Giant?
Andre The Giant's height was 7ft 0in (213 cm). He suffered from acromegaly or giantism. At just 12 years old, he was already 6'3" (191 cm) and weighed 240 lbs (110 kg).
How much did Andre The Giant weigh?
Andre The Giant weighed 520 lbs (240 kg).
What were Andre The Giant's measurements?
Andre The Giant's measurements were:
chest – 71" (180 cm)
biceps – 21" (53 cm)
thighs – 36" (91.5 cm)
calves – 22" (56 cm)
hand – 16" (40.5 cm)
forearms – 17" (43 cm)
wrist – 11" (30 cm)
neck – 24" (61)
What was Andre The Giant's shoe size?
Andre The Giant's shoe size was 22-24 US (57-59 EU).
What was Andre The Giant's zodiac sign?
Andre The Giant's zodiac sign was Taurus.
When was Andre The Giant born?
Andre The Giant's birthday was on May 19, 1946.
Where was Andre The Giant born?
Andre The Giant was born in Grenoble, France.
When did Andre The Giant die?
Andre The Giant died on January 27, 1993 at the age of 46 in Paris, France.
French wrestler and actor, Andre The Giant's real name was André René Roussimoff.
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Kullu was once known as "Kulanthpitha" ; 'The end of the habitable
world'. Beyond rose the forbidding heights of the Greater Himalayas, and
by the banks of the shining river
Beas, lay the fabled 'Silver Valley'.
Kullu got its first motorable access only after Independence. The long
centuries of seclusion has however allowed the area to retain a
considerable measure of its traditional charm. Here is the core of an
intricate web of numerous valleys - each of which is a visual delight
and seems more beautiful than the other. The 'Silver Valley' has
nature's treasures that lie carelessly scattered as flowers on the high
meadows. There is pleasure in every step you take in these enchanted
valleys and in every gurgle you hear in the clear mountain streams.
40 kms. away from Kulu to the north, Manali is situated near the end of
the valley on the National Highway leading to Leh. The landscape here is
breath taking. One sees well-defined snow capped peaks, the Beas river
with its clear water meanders through the town. On the other side are
deodar and pine trees, tiny fields and fruit orchards. It is an
excellent place for a holiday, a favorite resort for trekkers to Lahaul,
Spiti, Kinnaur, Leh and Zanskar regions in Kashmir valley. It is known
as the SWITZERLAND OF INDIA.
1230 m (Kullu)
Hindi, Punjabi, Pahari
and English is understood and spoken by the people
engaged in tourism trade
Pleasant temperature in
summer and cold below 0 C with heavy snow fall in
Cotton and tropical in
summer and heavy woollen in winter
Best Season:
Visiting Season:
March to June for relaxation and visiting the places
of sight seeing and enjoy short and long excursions
as well as climbing and river rafting
Rainy Season: July and August
Autumn: September to November for trekking,
climbing, sight seeing and river rafting
Winter: December to February- snow-skiing and
heli-skiing in Manali and above
6 Nights/7 Days: Kullu - Manali
Day 01: Delhi - Shimla
Arrive Delhi, Meet and
transfer to Shimla. On arrival check in hotel. Evening visit to Mall Road and Ridge
by walk. Overnight stay at Hotel.
Day 02: Shimla – Kufri - Shimla
After Breakfast,
proceed for local sightseeing covering Kufri, Chail,
Green valley view and back to Shimla. Overnight Stay
at Hotel.
Day 03: Shimla - Manali
After Breakfast, check
out hotel and Drive to Manali. Arrive Manali, Check
in into Hotel. Rest of the day if free for own
activities. Over Night Stay at
Day 04: Manali - Snowpoint
Breakfast, proceed for a Day trip to Rohtang Pass
enroute visit Rahala Water Falls and Rani Nullah
falls. Over Night Stay at Hotel.
Rohtang Pass (3979 m):
Rohtang pass is 51kms. from Manali on highway to
Keylong/Leh. It offers a panorama and spectacular
mountain view. The pass is open from June to October
each year although trekkers can cross it earlier. It
is a gateway to Lahaul Spiti, Pangi and Leh valley.
There are a beautiful sight of glaciers, peaks and
Chandra river flows down in the Lahaul valley.
Rahala Water Falls: 16kms. on the way to Rohtang
pass. If one goes to Marhi on foot from Kothi from
the old road, the sight of the falls is fascinating.
It is a good picnic spot as well.
Day 05: Manali Sightseeing
After Breakfast leave
for full day Local sightseeing covering Hadimba Devi
temple, Vashish Kund, Solang valley, Buddhist
monastery. Over Night Stay at the hotel.
Hadimba Temple: Manali
has many attractions but the chief centre of
interest, historically and archeologically, is
undoubtedly the DHOONGRI TEMPLE dedicated to goddess Hadimba, the Bhim of Mahabharat fame. It has
four-tiered Pagoda shaped roof and the doorway is
carved with legendary figures and symbols. This
temple located amidst wooden forest of deodar is
about 2.5kms. from the tourist office. It is a
pleasant experience to stroll in the temple complex
which was built in 1533 A.D. A large festival is
held here in May.
Vashist Hot water Springs (3kms): Vashist, a small
village located on the left bank of river Beas
towards Rohtang pass is worth a visit. It is
renowned for its hot springs and temples. Nearby is
the pyramidal stone temple dedicated to Vashist Muni.
There is another Temple of Lord Ram here. Natural
hot sulphur springs with two separate bathing tanks
for gents and ladies are always full of tourists.
Turkish style showers fitted baths have also been
built nearby. Hot water from the nearby spring is
provided for bathing.
Day 06: Manali -
After Breakfast, Check
out hotel Drive to Chandigarh Enroute visit Kullu
Vaishno devi Temple. On arrival Chandigarh, check in
hotel. Evening visit to Sukhna Lake. overnight stay at Hotel.
Day 07: Chandigarh - Delhi
After breakfast proceed
for local sightseeing covering Rose Garden, Rock
Garden, Lake and drive to Delhi to drop at Railway
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What is a Delphi Console Application?
While originally Delphi was developed for writing Windows applications with a "Graphical User Interface" (GUI), you can also use it for Console Applications. Worldwide, teachers use these pure text programs for teaching Pascal. Hey, back to the pre-historic DOS days!
When you start a console application, Windows creates a text-mode console window through which the user can interact with the application.
Note that a console program is not a DOS program, because it can call Windows functions.
Setting up a simple console application
The main source code for a console application is contained in a textfile with a .DPR extension, a Delphi Project file. If desired, you can add additional source code units, .PAS files, but for simple programs this is not necessary.
Console applications don't use the visual controls of Delphi's Visual Controls Library (VCL). So, since there are no "forms", there are no .DFM files.
If your Delphi version is newer than 4, it's very easy to set up a new console application with the Console Application Wizard:
1. Select File
/ New / Other... This opens the New Items dialog window.
2. Select the Console Application icon and click OK.
In the code editor, you now see a program template:
program Project1; {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} uses SysUtils; begin // Insert user code here end.
If your Delphi version is 4 or earlier, you have to do a bit more manual work to create an empty console project:
A simple example
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For those of you who follow Bee Sting's story, you will be pleased to know that Dr Dorianne Elliot's innovative fibreglass cast wing cap, has worked. Bee Sting is healing well and is now having her dressings changed at VulPro twice a week. Dr Elliot was able to fit it in such a way that no damage was caused to the fragile blood supply to the wing, Bee Sting will keep her wing, which was one of our biggest concerns.
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The brief was to use plain white fabrics, a black or white background and a toning sewing thread to produce a set of samples measuring about 4 x 4cms arranged in a grid like fashion whilst paying attention to the edges which would add to the finished effect.
The idea was to make as many differing contrasting squares as I desired as long as they felt different.
This meant that a range of textures would need to be worked out by choosing suitable techniques, fabrics and stitchery. I've used the samples worked in previous chapters to guide me whilst bearing in mind the research images gathered in chapter 1.
The techniques and fabrics I've chosen demonstrate how these characteristics can be achieved through manipulation whilst paying attention to the individual differences of each.
I wanted to make the most of the interesting shadows and reflections cast by the samples and to achieve this I decided to use a white background and paid attention to the edges of each square and the spaces between them to add to the finished effect.
I've arranged the squares to try and promote the best contrasts for touching and feeling namely hard or soft, high or low, smooth or ridged / spiky and experimented with a video taking a close up journey over the surfaces of each one to try and evoke a sense of how they might feel.
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Hey all,
I'm looking to top off my dreamcast collection with more weird stuff that I don't have.
At this point, I'm not interested in retail games, only weird stuff like demo discs and unlicensed stuff.
In particular, I'm in need of:
Demo Discs (have Generator vol. 1&2 and magazine discs 10&11)
Web browser discs (I'll need pics, Have v1.0)
Bleemcast Tekken 3
Gameshark/Action Replay discs
Import enablers (DC-X, Super game converter)
Individual game demo discs
Nonstandard Accessories (i.e. weird controllers, 3rd party stuff have quantum fighter pad)
VMUs (have standard, green, blue, and black Boxed is a big plus)
Sega brand controllers (have sports, standard, blue, black boxed is a big plus)
I'm also interested in any pins that you might have that relate to gaming, and if it's dreamcast related, even better!


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Once again, it's been a few weeks! And a few things have changed since my last post.
Back on the Shots
No, the aches and annoyances I'm suffering are still there. It's all part of my chronic condition others call pregnancy. What has changed is that I'm back on shots of progesterone, and back to weeping or war mongering—or both—without any provocation. Yes, my poor family.
To back up a bit, it all started with a bit of a scare at 22 weeks. I was feeling a lot of pressure below the baby belt after working a full day at an event, shopping, and doing 400 other activities like my Type A life usually compels me. So I visited my OB, who measured my cervix and declared that it was thinning due to contractions (same thing happened with Sophie before they put me on full bed rest–but much later in the pregnancy). Obviously, he was deeply concerned that I could lose the baby (worse case scenario) or need to have a surgical procedure on my cervix to prevent pre-term labor (2nd worse case scenario) or need to go on full bed rest (3rd worse case scenario). So off he sent me the next day to a peri-natal specialist in SF to see if anything could be done.
As it turns out, the specialist determined that my OB mis-measured my cervix! Everything is absolutely perfect and normal. Before we got the good news, though, Heidi was an absolute wreck, it threw my mom into a deep depression, and Charles was understandably worried. It was 24 hours of hell. Only my dad and I were reserving judgment until the specialist weighted in.
The end result is that because of my history having Soph four weeks early, the specialist put me on weekly shots of progesterone (250mg) to prevent pre-term labor and has told me to take it EASY. And I'm trying. Really, I am.
Thank goodness for Charles, who has become part-housekeeper, part-butler to me and part-nanny, and my mom who often skips her Saturday routine of attending services at synagogue to tend to me and the kids. I count myself very lucky to have them around. And thank goodness they still care about me despite the fact that I turn into the Hulk at the most unpredictable moments.
Personality Predictions
The baby kicks are more frequent and fervent than before. I'm starting to think that the boxing gene clearly runs deep in the Sanders genetics and this babe is wasting no time getting some practice sessions in.
This baby also love music, though not all kinds. It's quite still when I have my old 80s and 90s stations blaring in the car or on the stereo at home. But turn on any genre that was popular before 1950—jazz, 50s crooners, Edith Piaf, classical—and this babe starts to bop. If you believe in reincarnation, makes you wonder what era this soul hailed from.
Pregnancy Rants
I have an iPhone app called BabyBump which is my go-to resource for a) checking my countdown clock (92 days left!); b) seeing what size the baby is now in terms of a fruit or vegetable (last week she was a hothouse cucumber, and now she's a rutabaga!); and c) reading or posting on the community forums.
I decided to post a "rant" about my biggest pregnancy pet peeve to date. Little did I know how much company I kept. Here's what I wrote along with a selection of my favorite responses. If anyone is reading this who isn't pregnant, be forewarned. NEVER ask a pregnant woman the following question!
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Annoyed by, "How are you feeling?"
I know this may sound silly, but I am so tired of everyone asking me how I'm feeling—with a look of great sympathy on their face as if my dog just got ran over. I understand they're just trying to be nice and make conversation but can't they say/ask something else?! Because I know they certainly don't want to hear the truth...that I constantly feel like crap!! When I have told people how I really feel, their eyes just glaze over. So now I just always respond, "Great!" and smile. But I'm so tired of doing this little song and dance every single day!!! Thanks for letting me get this off my chest...
- OMG -I know!!!! I'm out of work now, but the SAME people would ask me that SAME question everyday. It really started to p*ss me off because you know they don't want the real answer (feel like crap), so why try to make conversation? Just leave me alone!!!!!
- I feel the same way. I told my DH it would be nice to walk into work without a billion questions and comments...be invisible! It gets old! I am 29 weeks and finally have a belly...I am looking like I smuggled a basketball but I still don't think anyone in their right mind would call me big. I've gained 15lbs, all in the belly, and am very athletic. Well, yesterday at work I was all stressed out and this lady came up and said "wow, you're getting big…how do you feel"? Me: I'm good, thanks (standard response nowadays!). Her (barely gave me time to answer) "oh, just big?" Seriously? I wanted to say no, bia...just annoyed because you're talking to me and being rude! I feel the same way...I really do feel fine and people don't like to hear that. People, I think, want preggos to feel like s*** because they did or their wives did, ugh. Sorry, rant over. I wish maternity leaves were 3 months before your due date and 3 months after, ha! By the way, are you feeling okay? Hahaha!
- Oh man I hate that! It's like the first thing people say to me now. "How're you feeling?" "About the same as I have been, if anything changes though I'll let you know!"…some people just don't realize it gets annoying and tiresome. I miss the old "it sure is a nice day outside" conversation starters lol.
- Haha I answer truthfully too. I tell them I'm ready to have this baby and I'm so over being pregnant. But the same people keep asking me and I give them the same response. It gets old. I'm still a person with more going on than just baby.
- How about another approach? As an experiment. Coworker: how are you feeling? Preggo: fine thank you! But most importantly, how are YOU feeling? (Probably will be stumped at your question.) CW: why do you ask? What do you mean? Etc P: oh I'm asking because you look a little stressed/upset/tired/bored. (follow with a worried look and head tilt to the side!) See what happens!
- Glad it's not just me!! I wanna say leave me the eff alone already!!!! I don't care about your birth experience! I don't care about your so called medical expertise or lack thereof. I don't care if u think my belly is shape like a girl! I had an amnio. My baby is male! Fudge!
- Haha my MIL always acts as if pregnancy is a painful terminal illness! Whenever I'm like "oh I'm great!! I just went for a 5mile walk" she freaks out then starts naming symptoms and asking if I have them. I mean yea, I do have really bad heartburn, but I'm in my third trimester so it's expected... I just deal with it & don't make a big deal out of it. So my answer is always "great I'm doing awesome!!" Haha
- Omg that is so true!!! I am so tired of people asking me how I'm feeling with this sad look on their faces! I'm married, 30 years old, happy as all hell that I'm pregnant so stop looking at me with this pathetic look on your face!!!!
- I always reply that I feel with my fingers how do you feel?!? Or I tell them that I feel round today. Usually shuts them up pretty fast lol
- Hahaha!!!! I get asked how I'm feeling so many times a week I can't even count!! I'm so annoyed with it! Sometimes I pretend I didn't hear them!
To sum up: If you have to ask the dreaded question, please don't tilt your head to the side and sound sympathetic. Ask it with full gusto and the implication that you're ready to really listen to the pregnant gal dish for 30 minutes about how miserable, bloated, fat, gassy, weepy and/or bowling-ball-esque she feels. Or don't bother!


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We have 2 BladeCenters H (8852), both have 2x Brocade 5470 in Bay03 and Bay04 of the BladeCenters. The 5470s of the Bay03 of each BladeCenter are linked together using ISL with an Extended Fabric Licence and the 5470s of the Bay04 are also linked together. Therefore, the 4 5470s actually makes 2 extended fabrics to link both BladeCenters together.
All our 5470s are running at firmware level 6.4.2b. The latest FOS on IBM Fix Central is 7.1.2b.
I already establish that if I want to upgrade and stay live (non-disruptive FC traffic), I must upgrade in 2 steps : 6.4.2b -> 7.0.2d6 -> 7.1.2b. This is according to the documentation I have found in the Release Notes of each release.
Brocade Fabric OS v7.0.2d Release Notes v1.0
Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.2b Release Notes v1.0
My question is, can I upgrade one switch at a time in the extended fabric without causing any issues/downtime ? Will my extended fabric stays up and running even if one 5470 is running a different firmware level than the other ?
My plan would be to ugprade every switches to 7.0.2d6 and then move on to 7.1.2b. I don't plan on having switches running 7.1.2b and others 6.4.2b at the same time.
Obviously, all switches will be upgraded at the same firmware level in the end, but I have no choice to upgrade one by one and must keep everything working, including the extended fabrics and traffic between the BladeCenters.
Thank you,
Hi Guillaume. FOS 7.1.2b release notes say that this version can coexist with 5470 running FOS 6.2.0 and up, with some notes regarding AoQ up to 6.2.2e, but you are already at 6.4+ anyway. This means that you can upgrade either step by step or one half two steps first and then second half two steps. Overall, your upgrade plan is OK for a nondisruptive upgrade. Good luck!


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Up until last week, the sun kept on shining, showering our lily-white bodies with its warming rays. Typically, our first response is to throw off as many clothes as possible, leaving only those that leave us decent. Once done, we sprawl ourselves out like carpets to maximise the absorption of these precious rays. All of the experts crawl out of the woodwork, telling us how we are all going to die of skin cancer, but by now, the middle of June, we are so deprived of vitamin D that we abandon ourselves to our fate like lemmings off a cliff.
Nobody warns us of the possibility of chronic and often fatal respiratory diseases that lurk for most of the year in our damp, water-bound climate, but as soon as there is something to enjoy, out they come, harbingers of doom, spoilers of fun, and nannies of the state. Most of us have listened, using large quantities of protective lotion to prevent damage to this sensitive of membrane. Those that don't quickly take on the appearance of freshly boiled lobsters, with a remarkably similar look on their faces, one of: I should have seen that coming but it was too late by the time I realised what was about to happen.
On a personal level, my body has kept on reacting to whatever it is that it doesn't currently like. Prior to my last post, in which I outlined what my doctor and I thought was a torn cartilage, I had suffered an odd shin splint type of injury. The day my knee let go, the shin splint disappeared. I was still wondering where it had gone when, without any prior warning, my knee decided it had suffered enough. For the next two weeks I tended it daily and listened to its every considerable whinge.
I treated my knee injury with absolute respect as I outlined last time and I also focussed my thoughts on the fact that I have a history of fast recovery from injury, born more of necessity than anything else. My body and particularly my neurological system has learned to problem solve: it's been given no choice over the years. When I get injured I think along the lines of: okay, this doesn't work so how can I maximise what's left and help speed up my recovery? That's is an entrenched pattern in both my neurological and muscle memory.
This habitual manner of working around injuries saw me pedalling along the Tarka Trail all strapped up, fully aware that I would have to quit if my knee began to complain at all at what I was asking it to do. I honestly didn't believe that this injury would retreat without intervention and was genuinely surprised when it did just that. The pain has gradually receded, leaving me with a large grin, a sense of relief and enough fear to make me tread carefully. I must be learning. Not only did the pain begin to back away but it all but disappeared within three weeks with just the odd, feint, twinge to remind me to take care.
I wondered for a couple of days if this was because the damaged cartilage was a free-floating piece and whether it would come back to haunt me? But my knee moved freely again and I could pedal without pain, so I focussed on that. I felt so relieved that I celebrated by heading out on the lanes very gently to see what response there might be from introducing some hills into the bargain.
To make an analogy: When the earth's crust moves, its gigantic plates rising, sliding, and falling constantly, it doesn't do it smoothly. It shudders and shakes, trying to break the friction between the various parts. When the friction breaks, and the plates move, we experience earthquakes, tremors and volcanic activity. I have a theory that our minds and bodies are similar to this. Some events are absorbed readily in our stride and other events cause emotional friction to build up. Eventually we can no longer manage and seismic physical/mental events occur. In some case, like my own, these forces build inside us over many years and decades then, with nowhere else to go, they explode out in a series of catastrophic physical and cognitive symptoms.
That said, I returned from my gentle twenty miles around the lanes feeling pleased. My strapped up my knee had given no pain at all. I took it easy, warmed down, ate, showered and felt generally pleased with myself for managing my injury so well. I had a dull ache in my right side when I went to bed but nothing I thought might be problematical. I woke with a start at around 2.00 a.m. My back was in complete spasm and the pain almost intolerable. I have suffered many back spasms since I broke my spine some years ago, but they have never started at night when I'm relaxed and in recovery.
This would seem to have been the earthquake after the warning tremors. First my shin, then my knee, and now my back, all on the same side. The shockwave had travelled up my right leg like a slow-burning chain reaction, getting caught in a few places and creating problems as it travelled before finally releasing in the space around my lumbar spine. On waking it took me ten minutes to get out of bed, without any thoughts of wearing socks. I tried to turn over but I felt sick with pain. Somehow I got up sideways and managed to dress. It must have looked hilarious as I tried to lasso my leg with my underwear umpteen times. Eventually, having worked up a sweat in the process, I staggered down the stairs, sockless but otherwise dressed and glad to be mobile.
There had been other warning signs. I had been suffering another episode of depression, a regular occurrence. I had felt completely numb and empty for several days prior to my ride and yesterday I had cried and cried as I released the pent-up emotions in a flood of tears. My body was shattered from that, but what's new? This is how I live day to day and week to week. Granted it has improved as I work through the trauma and dilemmas of life with my therapist, but I'm never far from that seemingly bottomless well.
I knew I needed to take it easy physically and mentally, but the draw of the road and the rhythmic mantra of gentle pedalling through soft, idyllic, scenery has always provided both a great pull and considerable emotional relief. This is especially true at those times when I feel trapped at home with no escape and despite the emotional trauma I felt just fine. When I head out on Kermit it feels like I travel from darkness into light every time I escape an episode of poor mental wellbeing. I believe cycling to be incredibly therapeutic when used gently but when your health and emotional stability vary by the hour it's a hard job to judge when to go out and when to stay in. Sometimes you are bound to get it wrong.
Anybody familiar with this blog will recognise a pattern here, one where my back spasms just a few weeks prior to leaving for a long bike ride, usually in late springtime. I think it's interesting that it tends to occur at the end of winter. It's as though I have to have these mini-earthquakes to shake off the tension that has built in my body during the winter days and long nights. My body struggles with the transition from a less active lifestyle to a more active one, despite a lifetime of practise and an awareness that I need to build more gently and expect a little less with age.
My first thoughts, as I began to manage the excruciating pain in my back, was to start to try to build more core strength. That is usually where the answers lay and it is there where I have been lax recently. Physical symptoms of emotional problems will continue to occur, but I can't influence those other than by trying to let my emotions flow without blocking them, something that sounds much easier than it is. So, for the next few weeks I'll be doing all manner of yoga and pilates type exercise in an attempt to restore some core balance and to help that flow. Being suppler and relaxed go hand in hand and getting back to some good habits should aid my recovery. With a little luck and a tail wind I'll manage to rescue something from the summer. I can't imagine going nowhere on Kermit this year so I better stay positive and get a move on.
Until next time…………………………………


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Stream of Consciousness in Late Fall.
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For when this page is made: John Billingsley was the vocal narrator for the excelent Planetarium show "Ring World" about Saturn and the Cassini mission. It was released in 2003. I couldn't find this info anywhere online, but its first hand info. --Talah Blue 07:21, 5 Feb 2005 (CET)
appearance in CSI? Edit
was he in the episode "the cross dressing carp"? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk).
- Yes. -- Sulfur 23:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


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Bilateral Breathing and Not Staying SilentI am but a humble swim teacher and as such I try and stay away from controversy between coaching professionals. But sometimes I just can't and that is the case when it comes to this article called "The Great Bilateral Breathing Controversy"
In my blog post Learn How To Swim 101 - Freestyle - Bilateral Breathing (breathing on both sides), I argue that bilateral breathing is not that big a deal because elite and professional swimmers don't do it when they are competing. Paul argues that this is not true. But he kind of cheats a bit.
Now I don't mean that he has lied or been deceptive in any way. What I am referring to is that he says that elite and professional swimmers do in fact do bilateral breathing but he makes this claim by changing it's definition.
Whilst acknowledging that: "The most common way to do this is to breathe every 3 strokes (or 5 or 7) which means you swap sides every time you breathe"; he goes on to say that:"However, breathing two or three times in a row to one side before swapping to the other is also bilateral breathing"; that is a redefinition.
Is it a redefinition that is commonly used amongst coaches? I have no idea but it is clearly something that only advanced swimmers should be worried about. If you are a beginner and you are struggling with learning to breath properly don't let yourself be caught up. You do what you have to do to get swimming.
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Do I teach it from the get go? Yes but if a student is struggling with it I will have no hesitation in changing to single side breathing.
Are the rest of the arguments put forward by Paul valid? Wells yes and no.
Not in order:
- Fish tailing (or zig zag) is a learned behavior and is easily unlearned in the pool but in open water is much harder because of the lack of reference points. The new definition of bilateral breathing may be great at fixing this in open water but is inapplicable to fishtailing in the pool.
- The reason that is given for running out of oxygen is perfectly true but only for the unmodified definition (where you swap sides every time you breathe). Swapping sides every time you breathe will, run you out of air when competing or hard training. When you only swap sides every lap, you are still only breathing on that one side. I have never met anybody who has said that changing your breathing side each lap will run you out of air. If there are coaches making such a case then Paul would be quite correct to argue against them because it's a bit of a silly argument as the amount of oxygen you use is the same no matter what side you breath on.
- The arguments Paul makes, even if they were 100% definitive still only apply once you reach a certain level of proficiency and you have an intent to use it in a competitive environment.


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Elizabeth Gilbert relays a truly inspiring message about the origins of creativity.
Let us not be weighed down by the heavy thoughts of the responsibilities that come with housing creativity, and the duty to share it, but less us do as the Romans do (literally) and be awed by the sheer luck we posses as simple mortals to be able to have creativity and the divinity to create beautiful things be "on loan" to us.
Check out her TED talk here.


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You guys, I kind of feel bad for Kristen Stewart. I honestly have no idea if I'm in the majority or the minority in thinking this because there's so much g.d. stuff written about her every which way I turn, but if I had to take a stab in the dark, I'd say I'm in the minority, 'cos people are pissed Robsten is no more.
Obviously what Kristen -- and, yes, what Rupert Sanders -- did was wrong. Messed up. Totally effed. But the girl is getting dragged through the mud in the tabloids, and getting taken to task online. And to top everything off, she's super depressed. So depressed in fact that she's no longer ... showering.
According to a source: "Kristen hasn't showered or changed or washed her hair in several days. She is laying around in her T-shirt and shorts and eating ice cream. She really wants to believe that she can win back Rob, but I think deep down she knows that isn't the case."
She sounds inconsolable. I mean, she should feel crappy about what she did -- Lord knows Rob does -- but dang. Sounds like shit's gotten dark over there.
I think we can all assume that Kristen learned her lesson and that she won't ever cheat on anybody ever -- ever -- again. It's too bad that it had to happen this way, in front of the entire universe. But that's what happens when you're one of the highest-paid celebrities in the world.
Do you feel bad for Kristen at all?
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Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Ensuring Singapore stays ahead of the technology innovation and adoption curve.
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) wanted to refresh its website to reflect the forward-thinking nature of the organisation. The new website portrays IDA as the technology leader for the Smart Nations initiative, providing information to help Singapore understand and embrace technology.
As IDA is a government body that possesses the information, users come to the site with a clear goal in their mind. They are either task-oriented or looking for specific information. So, the key is to design around the user needs, learn from real data and create an easy-to-understand task driven platform.
A lasting relationship
With a deep understanding of IDA's goal across the organisation, we not only have simplified and streamlined the current offering, but also increased the sophistication of the underlying technology in order to do so.
Keeping in line with the organisations mission statement.


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Those who "get" the web create it. Those who do not get the web are put in charge. Joe Clark presents a vision for defending our web against their worst ideas.


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SpringerOpen expands portfolio in Japan by launching three new society journals
Number of Japanese society open access journals on the rise
London | Heidelberg | Tokyo, 3 June 2015
Surgical Case Reports is now being published by SpringerOpen and it will soon be joined by JA Clinical Reports and IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications. The addition of these journals to the portfolio adds to the growing number of Japanese society open access journals published by SpringerOpen in fields such as clinical medicine, life sciences and computer science.
Surgical Case Reports is an official journal of the Japan Surgical Society. Hideo Baba from Kumamoto University, Japan, acts as Editor-in-Chief for the journal. Surgical Case Reports aims to contribute to the progress of surgery by providing clinicians and researchers with an educational forum in which to disseminate their personal experiences and novel treatments to a wide readership. This will be done through the publication of interesting and rare cases encountered by colleagues all over the world.
JA Clinical Reports will begin publication later in 2015 and will be led by Michiaki Yamakage, Sapporo, Japan. It will act as a sister journal to the successful Journal of Anesthesia also published by Springer. Both journals will be affiliated with the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. JA Clinical Reports will focus on publishing case reports which remain an important aspect of the medical literature, and are needed for education and the cultivation of knowledge in the field of anesthesia.
These two journals add to the growing number of Japanese society open access journals published by SpringerOpen, and will soon be joined by the computer science journal IPSJ Transactions on Computer Vision and Applications to be published in partnership with the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). The journal will be led by Yasushi Yagi from Osaka University. IPSJ hopes to strengthen the journal's international presence by publishing with SpringerOpen.
BioMed Central also adds to the number of Japanese society journals with the following being published this year: Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences (Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences), Zoological Letters (Zoological Society of Japan), Genes and Environment (Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society) and Renal Replacement Therapy (Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy).
Koji Yamashita, President and Managing Director, Springer, Japan, said: "As the market leader for society journal publishing in Japan, we are very proud to be increasing the number of open access journal publishing collaborations we have with prestigious societies. These open access partnerships ensure wider dissemination and exposure of research results to the global research community. We look forward to supporting the success of these journals."
Springer Science+Business Media is a leading global scientific, technical and medical publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via innovative information products and services. Springer is also a trusted local-language publisher in Europe – especially in Germany and the Netherlands – primarily for physicians and professionals working in healthcare and road safety education. Springer published roughly 2,400 English-language journals and more than 9,000 new books in 2014, and the group is home to the world's largest STM eBook collection, as well as the most comprehensive portfolio of open access journals. In 2014, Springer Science+Business Media generated sales of approximately EUR 959 million. The group employs some 8,500 individuals across the globe.
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Episode #22
YuYu Hakusho Part 0
I'm not ready!! Casey (@MinovskyArticle) and I aren't ready for the next part of Slam Dunk, so here we are in June without a podcast...until now. I have this cockamamie plan to review the entirety of YuYu Hakusho with Chris (@gokuffy), Casey, Dawn (@bunnycartoon), and Ruby (@PassionTentacle), which will be coming soon. But until then! Here's this episode zero of stuff tangentially related to the anime and stuff that actually happens after the anime. Good job me.
Anyway, we're here to talk about YuYu Hakusho The Movie and Eizou Hakusho, the things included in the Funimation OAV that was released back in 2011.
Show notes:
0:30 - Start the show! We talk about what we've been watching, including Ushio and Tora, The Lost Village, My Hero Academia, Kiznaiver, Sakamoto, Flying Witch, Joker Game, Bungo Stray Dogs, and Tanaka-kun.
31:45 - We talk about YuYu Hakusho! I give a YuYu Hakusho primer and we talk about the movie!
46:14 - We talk about the Eizou Hakusho stuff! The true MVPs of these discs.
1:06:49 - Chris tangents into the other YuYu Hakusho movie! And we tangent onto other stuff, inevitably.
Next time, it's a (hopefully) triumphant return of Slam Dunk!
Published on June 26 2016


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"They tell me I'm supposed to sell you weapons. Interested?"
The Great Khan armorer is a Great Khan living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.
She is located in the basement of a ruined house south-east of Red Rock Canyon.
Close to the Spring Mt. Ranch State Park, the building is a destroyed, wooden-framed house at the entrance to the canyon. Look for the brownish-yellow storm door covering stairs that go down to the basement.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
|Other items
|On death
|Great Khan simple armor
|Combat knife
Trail carbine, hunting revolver, hunting shotgun, or 12.7mm pistol
|Bottle caps
- This vendor occasionally sells weapon mods.
- The exchange rate is 1:1 (if you are "Accepted" by the Great Khans and have a Barter of at least 25).
- The armory has both a reloading bench and a workbench.
- She won't trade with the Courier if they are neutral or lower with the Great Khans.
- The Great Khan armorer is one of only two vendors (the second being Quartermaster Bardon) who still use a Fallout 3-style combination of "Rare" and "Common" inventory lists. By comparison, most other vendors use some combination of lists broken down into 5 "Tiers". This difference in inventory composition makes it more likely the Great Khan armorer will carry certain uncommon stock, such as recon armor, T-45d power armor, mantis gauntlets, ballistic fists, Shishkebabs, chainsaws, super sledges, rippers, and the Fat Man.
- She won't become hostile if the Courier is wearing NCR armor. The same also applies if Boone is in the player character's company.
- The Great Khan armorer has the largest quantity of ammo available for purchase.
The Great Khan armorer appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.


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Are you sleeping well?
One of the most important processes our body must go through daily is sleep, but it doesn't get the attention our waking-hours activities do. We tend to skew our health focus toward the aspects of our health we actively control — diet, exercise, supplementation, etc. — and assume we'll just go to bed when we're tired and wake up when we have to. Why not take the same approach with sleep?
In short, sleep is not only critical to our mental and physical well-being, but a major indicator of both, too. It's somewhat circular: How you sleep determines your health, and your health determines how you sleep.
Getting too little or too much sleep at night increases the risk of obesity. A study from Laval University in Quebec found that nightly sleep duration predicted future weigh gain. It examined nearly 300 adults, organized according to their typical sleep duration: short, 5-6 hours; average, 7-8 hours; and long, 9-10 hours.
Short sleep duration increased the risk of obesity by 27 percent, while long sleep duration increased by 21 percent compared to the average sleep duration. The results were not influenced by energy intake or daily exercise. During the six-year study, short and long duration sleepers were more likely to gain 11 pounds or more than the people who slept 7-8 hours per night. Good sleep patterns are critical for weight control. Get a good night's sleep every night. Avoid caffeine in the late afternoon and evening. Sleep in a dark, quiet room, avoid vigorous exercise before bedtime and get up at the same time every morning. Establishing consistent sleep patterns will make your feel better and helps control body fat.
On top of controlling your sleep patterns with your own self-discipline, you can add a couple supplement choices in to help (DO NOT be one of those people who chug NyQuil or have a few p.m. beers to send you to sleep. Seriously. Yes, people do this).
The nighttime metabolic agent SOMNILEAN is known for a powerhouse combination of four ingredients: Melatonin, L-Theanine, 5-HTP and GABA. While all great in their own rights, our purposes within the framework of this article is to concentrate on GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid). Why? Because it's the one most directly responsible to helping you catch those all-important Zs at night.
GABA is often referred to as the brain's natural calming agent. Technically an amino acid, GABA helps in controlling the firing of neurons from the brain that create anxiety, restlessness and the mile-a-minute thought patterns that come from stress and other factors. Of course, when they happen while you're trying to sleep, it becomes a problem.
By helping to alleviate over-firing neurons that cause these symptoms, GABA essentially serves as a sleep aid, with a huge added bonus: Studies have shown it to increase the amount of growth hormone production, which plays a large role in muscle tone and growth, indirectly leading to fat loss via improved metabolism. One 2008 collegiate study out of Virginia found that "GABA elevates resting and postexercise (growth hormone) concentrations." (Source)
THERMOVEX PM is another product to consider if you're trying to control your body fat through proper sleep habits.
There is a correlation between quality sleep and two hormones which regulate appetite: leptin and ghrelin. Studies have been increasingly showing that these two substances play crucial roles in weight loss and your body's sleep.
THERMOVEX PM is a great-tasting, stimulant-free nighttime metabolic support formula that is specifically designed to optimize your resting metabolic rate, which increases stored body fat utilization. In addition, it is designed to improve sleep patterns and preserve lean muscle. THERMOVEX PM also contains fiber to manage weight control, and comes in a powdered formula that's quicker to take effect than pill products.
The data available over time immemorial has concluded: Sleep is crucial. Most of the recovery, rebuilding and refreshing comes during this overlooked stage, which many Americans disregard as a necessary evil. In reality, that 8-hours-a-night mantra is hard to achieve, and most people are content to get 6. The problem with this is that the less overall sleep you get, the less deep sleep you get, and that is the stage we are most concerned with.
The benefits of deep sleep are numerous, not just for the mind, but for the body. And, if you're trying to add muscle, sleep is incredibly important. One article by Dr. John Cline, titled "Sleepless in America," notes deep sleep's role in muscle building:
Human growth hormone is released in a pulsed manner during deep sleep and interruption of this stage abruptly stops release of this hormone. … With this increase in deep sleep there is also a release of growth hormone. In adults growth hormone promotes cell repair that is necessary after the stress of weight training.
This is why we've added 1-XPM to our pro-sleep lineup. Its role: "SLEEPING TO GROW."
For those looking to increase muscle mass, decrease body fat and improve REM sleep patterns, this nighttime anabolic agent just may be the advantage you need to maximize your training, dieting and supplementation.
A blend primarily fueled by long-proven stand-bys zinc, magnesium aspartate and B-6, 1-XPM that has an impact on testosterone production in males, as well as countering ill effects in muscle building often associated with deficiencies in important minerals. One study, conducted on college athletes, showed significant increases in testosterone production and strength in the test group that was given zinc and magnesium aspartate. Here's a rundown on those ingredients:
- Zinc: It's one of the oldest, most well-known supplements around. Beneficial to just about every bodily function, it also aids protein synthesis and boosts the immune system. It's essential for liver function and organ health. More to the point for males is that it has been shown in studies to influence testosterone levels, and how testosterone itself behaves in the body. However, it's even more beneficial when combined with …
- Magnesium (aspartate): Given its wonder properties, it's a shame and somewhat unbelievable that the USDA estimates that almost three out of four people take in less than the recommended daily value of magnesium. It's critical for heart function, sodium/potassium cellular balance, muscle function and mood regulation.
The big research behind these two in conjunction with each other (as aspartates, and with the addition of B-6, which improves uptake of the others) stems from a study done on college football players. The bottom line numbers: The athletes achieved 43.7 percent higher testosterone levels over eight weeks and strength gains that were 2.5 times greater than the test group that did not take the blend.
So, if you want to SLEEP TO GROW, and get the sound, deep sleep you need to do it, 1-XPM is an option you definitely should consider.
A regular sleep cycle and plenty of REM sleep are responsible for many of the body's important processes, and hormone production is no exception. Particularly in men, the body depends on testosterone and growth hormone for the regulation of body fat and muscle growth.
The testosterone-boosting HGH-191, available at NUTRISHOP, helps facilitate a better sleep environment for testosterone production with a powerful blend of ingredients. HGH-191 doesn't try to duplicate growth hormone and definitely IS not growth hormone — but it does inspire the production of it by pituitary-prompting ingredients. We'll highlight the key compounds in HGH-191 to make it clear just how this supplement can help you:
Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA): It's an amino acid that tells your pituitary gland (that crucial part of the body that regulates hormone production and release) it's time to release some growth hormone. Your body releases, it produces Somatotropin (think of it as "good" GH) and Somatostatin ("bad") in order to balance them out. The "bad" one basically wants to immediately break down the good GH.
So what?: GABA limits how much Somatostatin ("bad") is released. What it means to you: Elevated GH without the inhibition, meaning more lean muscle, less fat. MOST GH PRODUCTS DO NOT DO THIS.
Colostrum: A supplement sometimes called "the promise of life" can't be anything but good. With over 5,000 studies backing it, some have shown it to stimulate cellular muscle expansion and regeneration, increase growth hormone levels that correlate to lean muscle gain, help with bone integrity and mass, improve anaerobic strength and help immune function. It might sound familiar; you probably know it better as "first milk." That makes sense, because it is the first natural food every human takes in. It is crucial to the immune system and growth.
So what?: If you can't do with more lean muscle, stronger bones and a better immune system, you might be beyond help. Think of colostrum as a way to bring your body back to the days when it NEEDED to grow.
L-Theanine: It's an amino acid that comes from tea plants and helps regulate the levels of serotonin and dopamine (calmness and happiness chemicals, basically speaking) in the brain. This is done with the help of GABA, which we mentioned earlier, because it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter — in other words, the GABA sets your dopamine and serotonin at optimal levels.
So what?: The short answer, research suggests, is that L-Theanine creates a sense of relaxation and a strong environment for GH to be released without being compromised by inhibitory factors.


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I have been following the care and progress of Dylan through his CaringBridge Journal that his mom updates daily. It just breaks my heart that a child so young had to endure such a horrible disease such as leukemia. Please pray for Dylan that his spinal tap will be clear tomorrow so that they can proceed with his treatment. You can follow Dylan's treatment here:
Dylan's mom has been using the following acronyms and I think they fit well:
Pray Until Something Happens
Fully Relying On God
Fully Relying On God


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Just popping in to share some of the cards I created with the May Hip Kit.
|My Minds Eye patterned paper, Crate Paper border sticker & button, Studio Calico Wood Veneer star (love these stars!)
|October Afternoon & Pink Paislee patterned papers,
BasicGrey Details star embellishment and
EK Success border punch.
|American Crafts Rocky Road & Powder cardstock,
Studio Calico blue graph Tweets Rub-Ons,
BasicGrey Hello Lucious Ribbon Doilies
and an SRM Sentiment Sticker from my stash.
And here are a couple card variations based on this Card Maps Sketch the Design Team used this month...
|Crate Paper & Pink Paislee patterned paper,
Maya Road wood button, Basic Grey Life of the Party Petal blossom
and American Crafts cardstock in Cricket & White.
Thanks for stopping by!
See you real soon!


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"Courage is to walk
through the valley of our thoughts
and in the desert that you fear
sit down with open ears"
— Senses Fail
Resolve can come from the strangest of places, and sometimes the lyrics from a song help me become a better rider. As a motorcyclist, every day on the street brings a new risk and the challenge to progress and overcome our fears. Those harrowing first few rides are wrought with enough tension to make a greenhorn rider want to put the kickstand down for good.
However, those who move past the gut-wrenching fright and grow comfortable develop an urge to buck the complacency. We yearn for a new challenge and to re-visit that sense of vulnerability, because that is the only way to truly grow.
I've been riding motorcycles for the past two and a half years, albeit with rough infrequency. My first two years were spent in the saddle of many a stubborn old machine that seldom ran properly, the first being a 1979 Honda Hawk TI. Constantly struggling to keep a 40-year-old machine up and running leaves little time to focus on riding technique and the multitude of experiences the road may bring.
After battling the constant tribulations and mechanical gremlins of vintage bikes, I put my foot down and picked up a BMW F 700 GS that glimmered with potential. When I threw a leg over the saddle, I instantly felt all the stories we could write together. The curves of roads uncharted and the satisfaction of truly honing my skills was now possible, instead of racking up credit card bills for new carburetor jets. However, anyone who has ridden the F 700 knows that its utilitarianism far exceeds the sensation of speed. After six months and 9,000 miles of pounding the pavement, I was ready for a new challenge.
In an urge to reinvigorate my senses, I sought out true power, the kind that threatens to pry your fingers from the bars when you snap the throttle. As fate would have it, my new position as a parts and apparel advisor at a BMW dealership presented that very opportunity. It was a painfully slow day at work when I got my wish and was handed the keys to a BMW S 1000 RR. This 200-horsepower beast was a demo floor model that needed the requisite 500 miles on the odometer before an eager young rider named Andrew could purchase it at the end of the week. Impulsively, I threw all caution to the wind and volunteered.
The first time throwing a leg over the bike was a very harrowing experience. Completely absent was the stately riding posture of the GS, and in its place was a tucked-in position that compressed my limbs and robbed me of all sense of control. As I took a test lap around the parking lot, I felt as though the bike was taking me for a ride, and that I was wholly incapable of directing this behemoth anywhere but in a straight line. To make matters worse, the ride home was a terrible trifecta of pouring rain, rush hour traffic, and cramped wrists from a foreign riding position. A knot twisted up in the bottom of my stomach as I pondered the true gravity of what I had done. The moment when you remember you're sitting on a $20,000 motorcycle you don't own and has enough power to kill you twice doesn't instill a particularly strong sense of assurance.
The next day welcomed me with sunshine and a mid-January high of 60 degrees that reinvigorated my confidence as I dropped the clutch. Before I even made it into second gear, I knew I had made the right choice, and decided to go all out by putting the bike through its paces on Skyline Drive.
Devoid of all crossing traffic, Skyline Drive snakes for 109 miles along countless Shenandoah Mountain peaks 3,000 feet in the sky. It yields endless curves and breathtaking vistas that are a veritable feast for the eyes. For once in my life, I was actually happy to pay a toll, because this is no ordinary road.
Before I even reached the start of the road I was already wringing the RR for power. Still in the break-in period, the S 1000 RR was limited to 9,000 rpm, but even in restricted form it is still more powerful than most motorcycles. Acceleration rolls on in a deceptively surreptitious manner that has you wondering when the power band will hit. Of course then you look down to see that you've already hit triple digits in a short enough time to leave you behind a different set of bars with a reckless endangerment charge.
My first minute on Skyline instantly dealt a left hook to my confidence, however. As I rolled through the tollbooth, I was instantly met by a continuous layer of gravel that was unpredictably interrupted by thin strips of uncovered asphalt just wide enough for a tire to snake through. On top of that, sporadic patches of water would appear halfway through the apex of a closing-radius turn. My brain instantly kicked into survival mode, with a trial by fire on how to handle a bike far beyond my skill set. What was supposed to be a gracefully spirited jaunt though the picturesque scenery became a delicate dance with disaster.
This was clearly not the best environment to handle an entirely disparate sense of weight distribution and steering geometry. Coming from an upright bike with a longer wheelbase, I was expecting the sportier RR to slice through corners with surgical precision. Instead, I labored through every turn with an uncomfortable apprehensiveness.
All aspirations of hanging off the bike like a GP racer were long gone. With each passing mile, I realized that I needed to quickly adapt, as the anxiety inside threatened to drain me of all resolve. After an hour and a half of threading a needle through a rocky haystack, I felt my instincts sharpening. With each turn my knees grew increasingly closer to the pavement and a more spirited throttle hand sent a feral howl echoing across the mountain range.
As I learned how to wield the heft of the inline four, I felt it slowly become an extension of my body. The reward for my risk paid off wonderfully, with an overlook every few miles that yielded seemingly endless mountain peaks and the satisfaction of getting myself there. However, this trip was not done with me yet. With nightfall creeping over the Skyline, a new set of troubles tested my fortitude.
I should have listened to my voice of reason, but my determination to see the sun set pitted me in a race against time and nature. I was met with my greatest fear as deer began darting out from every direction. My headlights hit their beady eyes as they came within inches of contributing to the bright red color scheme of the bike. In that last 45 minutes, all the joy of riding was replaced with frantic paranoia. I breathed a sigh of relief as I made it through the exit gates, cut the engine and was filled with a sense of pride and a time to reflect.
Only a fool expects the thrill of motorcycling to be free of risk. When you're flying down the road at 70 mph, clinging to a hunk of metal filled with thousands of tiny explosions supported by two strips of rubber and your ability to balance, there's a lot of potential for catastrophe.
However, riding is a form of escapism that frees our mind. In order to truly enjoy the ride, we must listen to the voice of our fears and silence it when we hit the apex.


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Variety had a luncheon last week where they honored over 30 women for their impact on the business and included two pieces on how Sweden and Norway are working on getting more women directors (they implemented a mandate) and a report on the great work that Geena Davis does through Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
While I am always impressed whenever we get see real women in the business acknowledged for their work, in most of the profiles the women talked about their philanthropic work and very few of them do any activist work with women.
Here are the women in the piece who do work to support women. Some women identified specific organizations and charities, other just an area of focus. Some in the piece did not give any indication of their philanthropic endeavors.
Katherine Pope (president of TV, Chernin Entertainment): Girls Inc
Jennifer Nicholson Salke (Entertainment president, NBC): Girls Inc
Suzanne Gluck (co-head of WME's worlwide literary dept)- Planned Parenthood
Dawn Hudson (CEO, AMPAS): RAINN
Mary J. Blige (singer): Ffawn, The Mark J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now- "aims to empower and encourage women by creating and supporting programs that foster education, career development, self-esteem and personal growth."
Lorrie Bartlett (co-head of talent, ICM): Women's Care Cottage
Sonya Rosenfeld (Agent, CAA): Step Up and breast cancer research
Jennifer Aniston (actress): St Jude Children's Hospital. Promoting woman's health and cancer awareness.
Kathy Bates (actress): Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
Emma Stone (actress): Gilda's Club and the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
Leslee Feldman (head of casting- Dreamworks): We Advance (women in Haiti)
Nicki Minaj (siner): Susan G. Komen
Bethenny Frankel (reality TV star): Step Up Women's Network
Sonia Friedman (Theatre producer) : breast cancer awareness
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It's been a while since I've updated. Still, I wanted to make sure that something went up for this christmas, so I've quickly got this Infinity miniatures done during the last six months.
It's my first esperience with an airbrush, but I'm fully satisfied. This tool is awesome: easy to handle, perfect for fast painting and for giving my miniatures a decent result, in order to put them quickly on the gaming table.
Hope you like the final result. I'll do my best to post some better quality pics during Christmas time.


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|The Count
For these artist trading cards, I used manila file folders, Ranger Distress Stains, CraftSmart stamps from the $1.50 bin at you know where, foam fence, bats and pumpkins generic Hallowe'en stickers, Distress Stickles glitter glue. I have a couple more coming along.
There is a shadow box dealy in the works, too, from Tim Holtz's Configurations!
Did you make anything Hallowe'eny?
|The Witch