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When did The Bold and the Beautiful start on the air? Since the show is only a half hour, do the actors receive comparable airtime as the other shows, given their short format? Thanks. — Judy
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The formidable fashion houses of Forrester and Spectra first came to light on March 23, 1987. It would seem logical, since it only airs half as long as other soaps, that B&B's cast wouldn't get as much airtime. But the opposite is actually true: The show's cast is much smaller than those of its hour-long counterparts, allowing the writers to revolve its stories around the core families mentioned above. (Only recently did B&B add another clashing clan to the mix: the Marones.) Like its sister show The Young and the Restless, B&B hasn't tossed its more mature characters aside in favor of younger ones. It has kept several of its original cast members firmly in the mix with front-burner stories. When B&B cast members vie for Emmys, their submission tapes are often the longest. Their four half-hour episodes — comparable to the two episodes entered by actors on hour-long shows — can showcase their more concentrated screen time.
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It's my understanding that Jacob Young (JR) was actually singing on All My Children the other day. Do you know if he has a CD out? — Jennifer
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Yep, ABC definitely knows how to cross-platform its talent. Young's performance at Miranda's fund-raiser was shot during the network's Super Soap Weekend at Disney this past November. And yes, it's his original music. You can hear Young's melodic voice in the comfort of your own home by scoring a copy of his self-titled album, available at Amazon.
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome (AS). Now including a new introduction explaining the impact of DSM-5 on the diagnosis and approach to AS, it brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome for children through to adults. Drawing on case studies and personal accounts from Attwood's extensive clinical experience, and from his correspondence with individuals with AS, this book is both authoritative and extremely accessible. Chapters examine: * causes and indications of the syndrome * the diagnosis and its effect on the individual * theory of mind * the perception of emotions in self and others * social interaction, including friendships * long-term relationships * teasing, bullying and mental health issues * the effect of AS on language and cognitive abilities, sensory sensitivity, movement and co-ordination skills * career development. There is also an invaluable frequently asked questions chapter and a section listing useful resources for anyone wishing to find further information on a particular aspect of AS, as well as literature and educational tools. Essential reading for families and individuals affected by AS as well as teachers, professionals and employers coming in contact with people with AS, this book should be on the bookshelf of anyone who needs to know or is interested in this complex condition. 'I usually say to the child, "Congratulations, you have Asperger's syndrome", and explain that this means he or she is not mad, bad or defective, but has a different way of thinking.' - from The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
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Tony Attwood is a practising clinical psychologist with more than 25 years' experience. He has worked with over 2000 individuals of all ages with Asperger's syndrome. He presents workshops and runs training courses for parents, professionals and individuals with AS all over the world and is a prolific author of articles and books on the subject.
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1. What is Asperger's Syndrome?; 2. The Diagnosis.; 3. Social Understanding and Friendship.; 4. Teasing and Bullying.; 5. Theory of Mind.; 6. The Understanding and Expression of Emotions.; 7. Special Interests.; 8. Language.; 9. Cognitive Abilities.; 10. Movement and Coordination.; 11. Sensory Sensitivity.; 12. Life After School: college and career.; 13. Long-term Relationships.; 14. Psychotherapy.; 15. Frequently Asked Questions.; References.; Subject index.; Author index.


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Begin your bicycling adventure at the UNESCO World Heritage Site and Baroque capital of the Salento area in Lecce. From here we'll travel south and discover the famous wine region of the "Salice Salentino." Enjoy quiet roads dotted with fig trees and blooming cacti as we pedal toward the sea and encounter the coastal town of Savelletri. In Alberobello, you'll be captivated by the unique clusters of fantastic conical dwellings called trulli, as you ride through a landscape surrounded by giant gnarled olive trees. Sample local favorites like homemade orecchiette and grilled calamari pulled fresh from the sea.
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We spin along the Murgia plain through a bucolic terrain of manicured farmlands and shady oak groves to Matera, the city of caves and one of the most extraordinary spots on Earth. UNESCO lists Matera as one of its 365 Official World Heritage sites because of its Sassi cave dwellings. In the afternoon we will explore Matera on a guided walking tour.
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Arieff has since left the magazine, but continues to write and edit for various publications, including TheAtlantic.com's sister site, The Atlantic Cities; the New York Times' Opinionator blog; and SPUR's the Urbanist. Here, Arieff discusses how sustainability issues -- climate change, peak oil, declining resources -- suffer when they're thought of as trends; why Julius Shulman deserves to be in a sustainability hall of fame for his photographs showing how architecture is about buildings and people; and why, after years at the top of Dwell's masthead, she's done writing about gorgeous Italian closets and kitchens.
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I write, lecture, and consult on architecture, design, and sustainability. But that doesn't really cover it -- I'm lucky in that I am always out meeting with people and organizations to hear about the interesting things they're doing, from creating public parks to designing sophisticated sustainable building software to bolstering urban food policy. When I get excited about a particular story or idea, I often end up on advisory committees, boards, and the like, so I can do what I can to help make things happen. I'm on the board of a new non-profit, for example, FERN (Food & Environment Reporting Network), an independent, non-profit news organization that produces investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and environmental health, and am also an advisor to the Food Policy and Urban Agriculture Program at SPUR (San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association).
What new idea or innovation is having the most significant impact on the sustainability world?
I always hate to pick one thing because I'm a big believer in systems thinking. A recognition of the interconnectedness of things is the farthest from new, but I'm always amazed, despite all the talk of collaboration, how little entities engage with one another. In terms of achieving anything close to actual sustainability, efforts and solutions need to be developing in all sectors, and in concert with one another. An impossible goal perhaps but any effort that honestly can be innovative by virtue of common sense, i.e., why not design a subdivision served by transit with education/retail/entertainment at its center, thus alleviating car-dependent living, which then helps reduce obesity, heart disease, pollution, etc. The reverse approach is far more common, so real innovation could come from turning that around. Rethinking The American Dream is essential. We've got to provide a new vision for what it might be -- that would have tremendous impact on everything from air quality to childhood obesity to building waste.
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Appalachian set theory : 2006-2012
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- London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 406.
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- An introduction to Pmax forcing
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- A tutorial on set mapping reflection
- An introduction to hyperlinear and sofic groups
- Aronszajn trees and the SCH
- Iterated forcing and the Continuum Hypothesis
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- The complexity of classification problems in ergodic theory
- On the strengths and weaknesses of weak squares
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- Set theory and von Neumann algebras
- The HOD dichotomy.
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- This volume takes its name from a popular series of intensive mathematics workshops hosted at institutions in Appalachia and surrounding areas. At these meetings, internationally prominent set theorists give one-day lectures that focus on important new directions, methods, tools, and results so that non-experts can begin to master these and incorporate them into their own research. Each chapter in this volume was written by the workshop leaders in collaboration with select student participants, and together they represent most of the meetings from the period 2006-2012. Topics covered include forcing and large cardinals, descriptive set theory, and applications of set theoretic ideas in group theory and analysis, making this volume essential readings for a wide range of researchers and graduate students.
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The original (did someone say "and still best"?) American Idol champ, currently rebounding on the charts thanks to her snappy fourth album (All I Ever Wanted) and its infectious first single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," will headline the venue July 23.
Tickets, $45, go on sale Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m.
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On January 12, 2010, the strongest earthquake since 1770 struck Haiti. The magnitude 7.0 quake struck just 10 miles from Port- au-Prince, home to 2 million inhabitants. Southern Baptists responded quickly, providing medical aid and incident command personnel and beginning the Buckets of Hope project to provide hope in the name of Jesus.
SBC of Virginia churches were quick to take up the challenge by providing monetary donations, collecting nearly 5,000 Buckets of Hope and sending disaster relief teams to minister in the midst of this disaster.
Now, a year later, many needs have been met: more than 150,000 Buckets of Hope from across the US have been distributed in Haiti; 32,000 patients have been treated; and hundreds of homes are being repaired or built. Most importantly is the Kingdom growth seen—Haitian pastors report over 165,000 professions of faith! Southern Baptist disaster relief workers have also witnessed over 2,000 professions of faith as a result of what God is doing through this crisis.
The work is not yet complete. Scores are homeless and many just hope for daily food. The work continues and will for many months or even years to come.
Next month, a Haiti rebuild team from at least four SBCV churches will go to continue the recovery work. Any SBCV church that has worked in Haiti in the past, is working there currently, or has a desire for future work in Haiti is encouraged to join the Acts 1:8 Network for Haiti. This will be a coalition of SBCV churches that have a common calling to minister in Haiti. The goal will be to send rebuild teams from this network every two months to work with pastors and churches in Haiti. Their mission will be to minister to those still affected by the earthquake.
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Nearly from top to bottom in Arizona our politicians are from the same political party. One-party rule decreases accountability, bipartisanship, cooperation and compromise. I don't care if our politicians are Democrats or Republicans, conservatives or liberal, men or women or from the tea, coffee or office party. However, I do want them to be intelligent, caring, capable of voting independent of their party mandates when needed and I want them to be ethical and be free of accepting special treatment from individuals or companies that are attempting to curry favor.
In other words, our current crop of GOP lawmakers need to be retired and replaced by a more balanced and representative group of legislators that will place the welfare of our state before their own interests or that of their party.
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I'm looking for some new clipless shoes, for xc racing. Looking for something stiff and light, like a road race shoe with some lugs on the bottom. I like the Mavic Fury, but the bright yellow doesn't do it for me. Any suggestions for a good shoe that doesn't cost a small fortune? I'm currently riding with Pearl Izumi, and they fit well, but flex a lot, and they have three velcro straps that I can't get to stay tight.
Something lightweight, stiff carbon sole, and more secure than velcro straps, is what I'm looking for.
I used to use Sidi dominators back in the day, but they were narrow, and I never liked the toe box. My feet grew out of them, and it seems like Sidi shoes are crazy expensive for anything with a carbon fiber sole. I can't justify $400+ for mtb shoes.
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BEIJING A Chinese daily said on Wednesday there was ''every indication'' Beijing leaders remained keen to join the World Trade Organization despite setbacks since the NATO bombing of China's Belgrade embassy in May.
''Although the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia has slowed the pace of negotiations on WTO entry, there has been no change in China's resolve to join and the overall tone remains the same,'' the Financial Daily said.In the latest and strongest sign China soon may get back to business with the United States after a four-month hiatus since the bombing of its embassy, the newspaper said there was ''hope for restarting'' WTO talks amid warming bilateral ties. ''There seem to be signs recently of a thaw in China-U.S. relations,'' it said.


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No arguments here. I was sort of being sarcastic when I said that because that's what Troy said. They claimed that Dick's screwing them would cause a price increase across the board, and they said that two months ago.
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Ellie Mae had its initial public offering in April 2011. The February 4 bell-ringing ceremony will help commemorate the Company's 15 th anniversary.
"Ringing the opening bell will be an exciting occasion for all Ellie Mae stockholders, employees and clients," said Sig Anderman, founder and chief executive officer of Ellie Mae. "We've been on an incredible journey since we wrote our initial business plan on the back of a menu in 1998. Today, approximately 67,000 mortgage professionals at thousands of banks, mortgage companies and credit unions utilize Ellie Mae technology to automate and streamline the origination and funding of mortgages."
About Ellie MaeEllie Mae, Inc. (NYSE: ELLI) is a leading provider of on-demand automation solutions for the mortgage industry. The Company offers an end-to-end solution, delivered using a Software-as-a-Service model that serves as the core operating system for mortgage originators and spans customer relationship management, loan origination and business management. The Company also hosts the Ellie Mae Network™ that allows Encompass ® users to electronically conduct business transactions with the lenders and settlement service providers they work with to process and fund loans. The Company's offerings include the Encompass, Encompass360 ® and DataTrac ® mortgage management software systems. Ellie Mae was founded in 1997 and is based in Pleasanton, California. To learn more about Ellie Mae, visit www.EllieMae.com or call 877.355.4362. © 2013 Ellie Mae, Inc. Ellie Mae ® , Encompass ® , Encompass360 ® , DataTrac ® , Ellie Mae Network ™, Ellie Mae Total Quality Loan™ Program and the Ellie Mae logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Ellie Mae, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Other company and product names may be trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
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No, not a new house, a new mindset. I am not an exerciser. Never have been. I try, now and then. I even succeed exercising for a week or two, then I get busy or bored or just plain lazy. I think I just need to move more, and build from there. We have been parking farther away. We walked to the post office instead of driving (almost exactly a mile round trip!) We parked at one gallery and walked a short loop (a half mile?) to two others. I feel better when I move more, yet I still have a mental block about exercising. So for now, I just will move more. If some of my movement happens to resemble exercising, so much the better!
My schedule is erratic at best. I work 9.5 hour (or more) days, 5 days a week (sometimes 6 days a week), starting as early as 5 a.m. and ending as late as 10 p.m. I try to get a decent amount of sleep, as I know I am a solid 8-hour-a-night person (prefer 9 hours in the dark, cold, Alaskan nights, can do with 7 or even 6 during the midnight-sun summers). It's hard to fall asleep at 8 p.m., though, even when you know you have to be back up at 4 a.m. to get ready for work. Especially when you want to spend time with your family.
I don't know if I am trying to come down with the family cold, or just tired after work, but the last 2 days I have taken "naps" that turned into multi-hour sleep fests. But, dang, sometimes an overdose of sleep just feels good!
I work in retail, so November is a busy, Busy, BUSY month for us. I figured taking some time off before the holiday season hits full swing sounded good (especially as I will lose my paid time off if I don't use it before the end of the fiscal year). I am responsible for auditing our store each month. So now, instead of 4 weeks/20 days to complete my store audit, I have about 12 (-5 for the week off, -1 for district manager visit, -1 for Thanksgiving, and -1 for Black Friday). I think I can still pull it off, IF I am organized and diligent about getting everything done. It might take an extra hour or so on certain days, but I still think having an entire week off to just be away from work will be a good thing. I haven't had more than 4 days off in a row for 2 years! I'm not going anywhere for my time off, just enjoying being home, sleeping late, exercising and spending time with my sons and husband.


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Well, one day into my renewed passion to get down to 210 I went from 216 yesterday to 218 today. I did overeat near the end of the day because I went on a date with my daughter (bowling) and we enjoyed a chicken quesadilla together. Oh well, I'm still happy and I'm still determined to move in the right direction. I've been fluctuating like this for a year now so it's nothing new. Hopefully I can get focused and see 210 on that scale in the next eight weeks.
I have been plateaued at 213-218 for one year now. I've tried so many different ways to continue losing but nothing has seemed to work. I'm not overly concerned about this because I feel relatively healthy and happy, I'm eating well each day, I'm exercising regularly, and I'm able to do everything I need to do.
So settling in at this weight isn't the end of the world but the bottom line is that I want to go faster on my bike and in order to do that I must lose weight. So I've renewed my commitment to reaching 210 by July 25, 2010, the day before my annual 300 mile, five day ride.
Here's my plan for success:
Start Weight: 216
Goal Weight: 210 by July 26, 2010
Weekly Loss Needed: Less than 1 lb but let�s say 1 lb!
1. Create motivating reminders for my fridge, desk, and laptop to keep my goal in sight.
2. Stay within calorie range each day.
3. Continue cycling regimen each week.
4. Find ways to be more active during the work day.
5. Weigh in each morning to check progress.
6. Official weigh in each Tuesday morning.
7. Stay accountable to SP friends: blog each day, post on team sites each day, post on "Lose 5 Pounds in June" and "Lose 5 Pounds in July" challenges each day.
8. Celebrate success by purchasing a new cycling jersey.
Hopefully with this renewed passion and plan, I will finally succeed at busting through this plateau!
The wife and I took a wonderful 22-mile bike ride today. The weather was perfect, 75 degrees or so with a slight ssw wind and partly cloudy skies. We stopped half way through to enjoy a nice cup of coffee together and then headed back home. What a dream! Thanks, Lord, for my honey, for this day, and for the ride.
Church was great this morning and then I came home and did a few things I had to get started today. But since then I've just been lounging around, waiting to hang out with some friends this evening for Memorial Day.
Hope you're having a good one!
As part of my training for the 200 mile ride on June 19, I went for a 100 mile ride yesterday. Several hours after the ride I thoroughly debriefed in my cycling journal and I thought I'd share portions of what I wrote as it relates to all the blogs I've posted on how I'm training for the double century. This is quite long, so sorry for that, but for anyone who's interested I hope it helps you to see how I integrate all that I've shared into my training rides.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Seems like some famous novel starts that way and this certainly captures the essence of today. If I would have been able to stick to the plan and do only 75 today the second half of that statement would not be true but alas circumstances are what they are and I thought it best to push for 100 this week rather than jumping from 75 to 125 next week.
The ride started out perfectly. The morning routine went well, the first third (home to Rockford) was beyond expectation as I came in at 16.4, and the second third was nearly flawless as I hit 16.8 at one point and came in at 16.3 despite 10 miles of headwind and some pretty nasty rollers. But as I pulled into Maple Lake I could see that I was running out of gas. I stopped and replenished my drinks and then ate at Subway, hoping that a long break would help me recover but I never did regain my form. I even had the wind at my back for the first five miles of this final leg but I lost 0.1 mph nonetheless. There were lots of rollers in that section, though, and so I had to do quite a bit of climbing.
After those 5 miles, I turned into a 15+ mph wind and just tried to survive the next 11.5 miles to Monticello. It took a long time! I decided to add a rest stop at Caribou Coffee and came in at 15.6 but honestly this surprised me as I had given up on maintaining my average speed some 16 miles earlier. I knew that I just didn�t have it in my to push anymore and I was satisfied to have finished 75 miles at 16.2. I lost another 0.4 on the final leg home but again it didn�t mean much to me and actually caused me to celebrate when I realized that last year, at the end of June, I had come in at 14.0 on my Saint Paul OB ride.
All in all it was a very good ride but I must say that I was as exhausted as I�ve been on the bike since my first century ten years ago. Below I will assess the four elements of my strategy and explain why I think this is so.
On-the-bike training: Those five weeks off the bike while I was in India really hurt my conditioning. Now, I must say that I�ve never attempted something this aggressive this early in the season so in a way I have nothing to compare my conditioning to but knowing where I was before I left I have obviously lost a lot.
On the other hand, I should rejoice because just 1.5 weeks ago I was turning in 14.5 or so which was the best I could do at that time. To improve so much in such little time is no small thing and I should celebrate that fact. But I must also realize that I�m attempting something that�s way beyond what I�ve ever achieved and I�m not sure I have enough time to get ready for it--21 days is not much. But I will not quit! I will simply train as intelligently as I can and let the chips fall where they may.
Nutrition: I tried to carb load as best as I could the day before the ride but I ate a massive spaghetti dinner at about 4:00 p.m. and it gave me heartburn all night. Perhaps next week I should try to eat a bigger lunch and then a lighter dinner because I do need an excess of carbs that day but I don't need heartburn!
My breakfast went well. I just had two pieces of toast, water, and vitamins, and then I brought a banana with me which I ate at the 30 minute mark. Next week I should eat that banana on the way to the start but for this week things worked out very well.
As for my eating on the bike, it went very well except that I ate too big a lunch. My aim was to try to rejuvenate for the final third of the ride but I shouldn�t eat so much next time around.
Finally, for recovery I simply had a double portion of Body Fortress Whey Protein with 2 cups of milk and given the circumstances that was perfect. Here�s a summary of all that ate from beginning to end today:
2 pieces of toast (150), banana (50), 6 mini clif bars (600), 3 bottles of Gatorade (300), 1 salt nut roll (240), 2 Starbucks Mocha energy drinks (420), 1/2 Subway pepperoni pizza (400), 1 medium sweet tea (250), 2 servings of Body Fortress (260), 2 cups of milk (180), 4 �energy pills� (0). This makes a total of 2850 calories for the ride today and then an additional 600 cals for dinner, no big deal since I burned over 6,000 cals on the bike!
Rest: This was by a long shot the worst aspect of my preparation this time around both in terms of sleeping and recovery from a previous ride. With regard to sleep, I have been struggling with caffeine again and am not in a good cycle with that right now. Further, I began to get sick two nights ago, struggling with a soar throat two nights ago and then with more general sickness in the chest last night. To try to combat this I took a large dose of Dayquil but I think there is some kind of stimulant in it because I could hardly sleep all night. I did have some caffeine yesterday but not much so I do think this was the culprit. Further, because of my large meal earlier in the day I had heart burn all night no matter how many Tums I took and I tossed and turned the whole night through.
I was more tired during this ride than I have ever been on any substantial ride in the last 10 years. That�s quite a thing to say but it�s true. I was flat out sleepy and somewhat exhausted. It�s crucial that I solve this problem and get very good rest this week no matter what that takes.
As for physical recovery from past rides, I was scheduled to take an intense 25 mile ride on Tuesday but I had two popped spokes and couldn�t get them fixed in time to take the ride that day. So I took a 27 or so mile ride early the next morning on which I averaged 17.4 which is great but which did tax my body. I was rather sore in the legs this morning when I started so I obviously need to put more than two days between intense efforts. This next week I have to work on Monday morning so I think I�ll do my intense ride that day followed by a 10 mile recovery ride on Tuesday, taking both Wednesday and Thursday completely off. Hopefully this will set me up to succeed at the 125 mile level next Friday.
Mental toughness: This part of the ride gave me the most joy because I had a lot to push through today and I did. I wasn�t nearly well conditioned enough to do a century, I was sick, I was sleepy and exhausted, and I faced a strong wind for 35 or so miles during the hardest part of the ride. Further, if I would have gone straight home from Monticello I would have come in at 97 or so but as tired as I was I pushed into the wind for a couple of more miles to ensure that I completed a century. The obstacles were substantial today and I pushed through them all, and though I didn�t meet my goal of 16.0 I did come in at 15.2 and on a day like today I think that�s pretty awesome. I feel great about my mental game!
Finally, I do want to note what I did after the ride as I think it�s important to establish a consistent post-ride routine. (1) I drank 2 cups of milk with two servings of whey protein. I had eaten sufficiently during the ride and so I didn�t feel the need to have a post-ride meal. (2) I took the rolling pin and �rolled� my leg muscles for 3-5 minutes to help with lactic acid. We�ll see tomorrow and the next day if this worked or not but at the moment it sure did feel good! (3) I cleaned out my pockets and saddle bag and took care of everything right away. (4) I took a shower right away while my muscles were still warm and tried to relax them and deal with lactic acid build up. (5) I tried to nap but honestly I had so much caffeine today that I couldn�t sleep. Still, it was good to lay down and let my body relax for a while. I was down for about an hour or so.
This routine felt very helpful at the time, I look forward to improving it in the weeks to come. Thanks so much, Lord, for your grace upon me this day. I love you for looking over me!


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I just got off the phone with me wife, she has finally agreed (rather enthusiastically) to go to the combat course/steel plate range with me this afternoon.
She has been asking me to get her some advanced training this summer, much like the stuff I teach incoming agents on the task force, but she never wanted to go to the shoot houses out of looking foolish "in front of the guys". SO, I scheduled today for the range to be empty and off we go.
I'll come back one of three ways;
1. Shot
2. Divorced
3. A big studly hero (the same condition I arrived in)
I have her G19 all ready to go, but I'm going to try and convert her to a 228 today.


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Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Parts of the U.S. Midwest and East may have low temperatures in the 30s to 40s Fahrenheit (minus 1 to 4.4 Celsius) during the next two weeks, said Matt Rogers, president of the Commodity Weather Group LLC.
Rogers said the Midwest may have one or two cold nights from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21, while the cooling will reach the East during the Oct. 22 to Oct. 26 period. Parts of the South may also get lower temperatures next week.
"Cooler weather dropping into the Midwest, East, and South could be the strongest so far this season, but it is still very short-lived, just a few days," Rogers, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said in a note today to clients. "The biggest impact is on low temperatures -- overnight heating demand."
Traders use long-range temperature predictions to gauge energy use and market fluctuations. Hot or cold weather can increase demand for heating and cooling, and power plants use about 30 percent of the nation's gas supplies, according to Energy Department data.
Hot weather is expected from southern California to the Rocky Mountains throughout the 6- to 10-day and 11- to 15-day forecasts, Rogers said.
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