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Gotta love it when signs on the front of houses around here read things like "We don't dial 911" and, "Never mind the dog, beware of owner." LOL (and people ask why I have my CCL - really, you know where I live and you have to ask?
Neither, but both.
It's a place where unpaid Viasat and Verizon shills hang out, argue, complain, and in general cause trouble for, and annoy, those that cross our paths. Luckily for you, I'm only here part time.
Who needs the drama here when you had it outside your front porch!
Bev. I just assumed you and your neighbors are all outlaws to begin with! So that is probably regular drama for you. Lol
Earth based dishes for receiving your packets are located around Sanderson, Tx, which may mean your packets are sent to Dallas or Denver for Internet access.
Try using testmy.net , and set it for Dallas once, then set it for Colorado Springs. Use manual, and set to 12Mbytes or so.
Look for this below test size, and click on Servers
Testing Colorado Springs, CO [Servers | Multithread Speed Test]
Chances are, beam 334 is being used.
Your speed is bad too tonight!
On higher dollar routers, user speeds can be controlled/configured....
Something is amiss....unless the plan clamps down to dialup speeds when data bucket is empty.
I'm on an augmented beam in Midwest, and school kiddies have gone to bed
When you see that variance in speed, it isn't on the user's side of things.
Now, what is your favorite B movies? I can make a number of "bad" recommendations but nothing is better than Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Do your homework....read their fine print....I'm not sure wireless carriers would approve of substained usage.
My local wireless carrier has this plan
6 – (6Mbps download, 1Mbps upload, reduced speeds at 150GB)* $80.00
For maximum B movie entertainment just watch MST3K on Netflix.
So perhaps that is being enforced now where as before maybe they were more lax on it.
You guys posting speed tests remind me of speeds when I left Wildblue. I was paying for 0.5 meg, and I was lucky to get 0.1 there at the last especially after they started Exede 5. Also, they were letting on new customers with the pro plan at 1.5 meg, higher cap, and same price, but not for existing of course. And shortly after around that time is when they closed the beam for the first few years.
Stay safe!
Here's a shot from my driveway last year, while wheat was green...nearest neighbors, one mile...quiet and peaceful. Traffic, what's that:-).
We have a little excitement, once in a blue moon:-) Yeah, here's what happens when driving on one of our rain-slicked county's roads. Truck had super-singles tires and slid right off at a slow speed. About four miles from where I live. Truck driver was told to wait until ground froze. Below is a shot of my vehicle after driving on this county road.
Limit the search results to those in Nebraska who drive red Volvo station wagons.
Time to issue the profile brief:
Our fiendish unsub is most likely a white male in his mid 70s, with a penchant for Star Wars action figures, chocolate milk-type beverages, resides in Nebraska and drives a red Volvo station wagon... he may be a Doctor or posing as one.
Wheels up in 30...
Profile Brief - As Captain Ramius would say, "Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan..."
Star Wars - For a Sunday matinee of its first showing in Denver, I observed homo sapiens dressed well, and waiting in a long singular line before the doors opened, as I drove by.
Volvo - My avatar used, Brick, connotes Volvo's 200 series, which were built from 1974 to 1993. I have both a 1975 and a late model 1993.
Chocolate milk-type beverages - "Researchers found that theobromine, an alkaloid in cocoa, is better at suppressing your urge to cough because it's sticky, which Morice said forms a coating on your throat's nerve endings."
Doctor - My father's profession....
Mid 70s - Off the chart...but as Henry Van Dyke would say, Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."
Nebraska - Picture taken this AM shows the "Blue Hills" in background, which are not located in Nebraska.
edit: My "going to town"/road vehicle is a dark grey, almost blackish, kind of shiny/reflective, couple month old, 4wd, Escape (glorified go-cart). Yours looks like it's ready for anything.
@Gwen, pics, people are probably already missing the block/ignore feature with what I've already posted.
About 1,415 mi west of Boston, where flights leaving northeast , and headed to SFO/LA fly over.
As US was settled, names of places/etc were recycled, many coming via names used in Europe.
Great Blue Hill (called Massachusett by Native Americans) is a hill of 635 feet (194 m) located within the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton and Canton, Massachusetts 10 miles (15 km) southwest of downtown Boston. It is the highest point in Norfolk County....The modern name for the hill was given by early European explorers who, while sailing along the coastline, noticed the bluish hue of the exposed granite faces when viewed from a distance (due to Riebeckite).
So, I suspect around here, "Blue Hill" connotes an elevated land mass, and a settler came from Boston originally, and gave this landmass a name, as a point of reference.
Land feature (or location) terminology around here is still based upon descriptive words...in modern days, people use similar terms (at convenience store, turn right, etc)
Here's one from when settlers were traveling west
Independence Rock (Wyoming) - The rock derives its name from the fact that it lies directly along the route of the Emigrant Trail. Pioneering wagon parties bound for Oregon or California usually left the Missouri River in the early spring and hoped to reach the rock by July 4 (Independence Day in the United States), in order to reach their destinations before the first mountain snowfalls.
I guess there are the B movies. I got my new popcorn maker today!
Oh. Wait...
Are you planning to move to get good internet? I am not convinced wireless is the answer.
Client Host:: ViaSat https://testmy.net/hoststats/viasat
Compare:: 67% slower than client avg, 99% slower than host avg, 100% slower than city avg, 100% slower than country avg, 100% slower than world index
1MB Download in 2 Minutes - 1GB Download in ~32 Hours - 1X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 256 kB took 30.13 seconds to complete
I am satisfied with that.
As for you Gwen, there is always B movies, popcorn, and video games!
Anik-F2: Beam 25 was your beam, and being on it also, it was great until Wildblue investors stuffed it. Gateway was in Laredo, Tx, and POP was in Dallas. If you would have switched to Exede-5, there were two beams possible, and I doubt there would have been an issue with either beam. I've been on eastern beam, and overall, its been good. But, I stream/download in off peak hours...old habit.
Yes, all those trees are an obstacle course for RC aircraft. Good thing props are shielded.
If a Volvo is acquired, here's a decent Volvo Forum. In the Non-Car Talk section, there are this/that type of videos posted...some good, etc.
I saw a few Exede 5 installs before the plans were finalized, before the meter was turned on. Free for all of course. On all of them, timeouts/pages not loading, downloads failing, etc. Was better of course after the meter was enforced and the kinks worked out, toward fall. But I knew how my service was performing, how stuffed it acted, and got the notice that signups were shutting down (from the coop). But this Verizon tower was there, Millenicom with a 20gb cap for $70 didn't look too bad, tested, so I left. 3G for a while (over 2 meg from what I recall), then 4g (little faster than now, but close). Had that for a while until the regional carrier, slower at about 2.5 down, but ...200gb... cap. Virtually everyone I know on Viasat left for "other" in the past couple years, including Hughes.
Here's tonight, little slower. But I know Amazon music is on an echo running, plus the desktop is on, possibly on eBay or something. I see in another post here someone is in a faster area than me. I'm not complaining, as long as it keeps at least a third of this, I'm happy.
I've been on Exede-5 since earliest days...when Viasat allowed aircraft, then speeds took a hit, but beam was closed sometime for new installs. Then, it got much better... Overtime, Viasat has ironed out issues.
VZW hotspot is tempting, but I mostly read....imho, too much streaming these days. VZW has a better deal than my local wireless carrier, but I do have two options if I needed the GBs. Potential problem with local VZW tower is its on a lonely rural blacktop road, with a small community nearby. With a postpaid account, good test speeds are possible, but I suspect total bandwidth available is not enough to support continuous streaming. I'm tempted, but...
Thanks for your VZW comments....their site is not forthcoming with hotspot details.
Btw, is VZW taxing this hotspot plan?
Anyway, I had the phone alone a couple months before the jetpack, I added the jetpack in the middle of november (phone was caught up for the month), already purchased the jetpack elsewhere just activating it. There was $45 charged for the plan (I used the credit card to pay that time). But adding the jetpack at the time, I was charged sales tax of about $2.48 and $0.45 911 fee (?). But, that's the only listing for tax in the billing history. Not really anywhere doesn't it identify what it was for (like an invoice).
I know with the phone only on prepaid accounts, taxes are minimal. But it might vary. A postpaid jetpack here shows about $0.08 in fees, no tax. Now, postpaid phone, lots of taxes and fees https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/taxes-and-surcharge-estimator/
You mentioned RC planes there, I had uncles that had Piper cub type planes, they used to land down there (before I was born). Of course, they landed lots of places, ran out of gas, landed in random people's yards, coyote hunted out of the things (not really allowed...). LOTS of stories with those guys.
People posting pictures, guess I'll post more, if people/mods don't like off topic (they've locked stuff before), I guess we'll find out.
Another meadow.
That neighbor I mentioned before, this way, maybe 3-4 miles from this spot. Creek in about a mile, another 1/2 or so more then it turns to a regular gravel road. The meadow above is left of this, and I've got pasture to the right.
This, few years ago, sun dog. Kinda think they're neat.
Hope your area is ok.
You seem to have lots of crime there.... There have been some cows missing in the area here I guess too, last couple months.
Sharing with a Roku and smart TV.
At least you could PM people.
Feel free to ignore me - I'm only here for the ear scratches.
If this place turns into farmersonly.com - I'm outta here!I darn near spit my coffee on my keyboard when I read that! LOL.
And just remember, you don't have to be lonely, at......
Think VoLTE could be done over MiFi 8800L...newer LTE cellphones are capable of WiFi based conversations, if a given carrier allows..
Verizon's Prepaid 8800L: This device you have selected is no longer available
Verizon's Postpaid 8800L: OK to order...see prices below
I suspect the only way to get the Prepaid one is via Verizon Store....and you have to know which plan.
Footnote - January 2019 Update: 8800L Network Drops & Reboots - Continuing Issues
Since the release of the 8800L, we have been fielding a number of reports of network dropouts and spontaneous reboots of this device. As best we can tell, not all units are impacted, as many have had no issues at all.
We have been in direct touch with Inseego on this issue since mid-November and have sent them several member's logs. They are currently in diagnostics to track this down. We'll update this space with any resolution.
Here is how you get the prepaid unlimited with the 8800L (I think).
1) Buy an 8800 off Ebay or Amazon. You are going to pay around $200 (+/- 20).
2) Go to the Verizon prepaid site, select use your device, and I believe that will work when you enter your serial number or whatever it is called for the 8800.
I have a mifi device a couple generations old. It is out of contract. Mulling over canceling that contract and going to try it with prepaid unlimited. If I can get 15Mbps with it, that is 15 times faster than what Viasat can deliver me.
When engaged on their site to buy a 8800L, you can't find that unlimited plan. You are shown plans based upon size/cost/month...and no UnLimited exists. Further, when looking up this MiFi via Prepaid, it don't exist.
Best info I found: "The internal plan code for the Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack plan is 28366. Reps should be able to look-up the plan with this code.
So, imho...go to a Verizon store, and use the above....otherwise, u-know-what
VoLTE works on the phone itself over its connection, not connecting to something else's wifi. It has the voice calls go over the phone's LTE connection (I set up my current phone that way). Maybe you mean "wifi calling", that does connect to wifi and make calls (works without a cell signal, but you need an internet connection). I've never used/set that way up.
I've seen the issues with some jetpacks. And yes, you can only get certain models as "prepaid". So, if you get one that isn't prepaid specifically, I ~think you'd need to use a byod prepaid sim kit (but, best to check). So, you could buy anything that's in stock and just do it that way, and it ~should work, maybe.... Like I said, I ended up with this one, but I got it from Amazon. https://www.verizonwireless.com/internet-devices/ellipsis-jetpack-mhs900l-prepaid/?sku=sku2400118 It's in stock as of now, so you could "pretend" to buy it, add to cart, and select the unlimited plan, at least look at the plan somewhere other than the main prepaid page. I planned on immediately putting it in something else (always on, ethernet out), so I didn't get a "great" jetpack just for a backup. The Verizon Smarthub doesn't have an external antenna hookup, but it was $50 or less on ebay, mine was $44 new, and the sim card fits, it's the newer cheap device and I had the cell booster so I didn't need the antenna hookup. The Novatel t1114 does have antenna connectors, but I think it takes a bit of work to get to the sim (just some different screws), and I think you need a sim adapter (cheap from Amazon etc.). Neither of those are "great" either, but they should work. Except, they don't support all of Verizon's frequencies/bands. In some areas, you might get better speeds with the other bands. Another budget option would be a router that takes either a usb lte stick (if Verizon has a decent current one) or uses wifi as wan to a jetpack. I saw Netgear had a router that took lte sticks, I had a Cradlepoint. Higher end, more reliable stuff would probably be MoFI or Pepwave, but $$$. I was pretty sure 5G would take forever to get here, but I didn't see spending a lot on what I got, as long as the cheapo route worked.
The higher end jetpacks might get a better connection that the cheap options like mine, but I find using a jetpack for home use a little annoying. I did a little when I first got Millenicom years ago. If I wanted a jetpack, I'd probably get a used one, and try to see a model that didn't have as many issues. 8800l, even with a few issues, would probably be the first choice though.
A review suggests MHS900L is strictly low end, with weak reception. Inseego sells their 8800L on Amazon at $50.00 above VZW's price.
VZW should be fully aware of ID (IMEI) in terms of unit being used...point here, it could be fruitless to buy from Amazon, and then find out VZW will not light it up on unlimited. VZW's programmers run each customer thru their online maze...When I tried to purchase the 8800L, only postpaid plans existed.
8800L unit can download at extremely high speeds, where available.. A Smartphone with MIMO (Samsung S8) can come close to one gigabit download...if, if, and if.
An indoor MIMO Antenna with 2 TS-9 Connectors can be bought for 8800L. Realistically, from 15Mbps to 120Mbps, if tower is capable.
5G is a rural pipe dream...where population density is greatest is where it will roll out. Rolling out 4GLTE was a no brainer...with increases in user loading.
Cell boosters "kill" MIMO...only Mode 1 - "This is a fallback mode using a single transmit and receive antenna, essentially disabling MIMO." To my awareness, there are no MIMO powered signal boosters.
Thanks for tidbits, but I think its best to check with VZW store, and confirm this: "The internal plan code for the Prepaid Unlimited Jetpack plan is 28366. Reps should be able to look-up the plan with this code.
Lots of ifs. The cheapo jetpack, my phones, "visiting" phones, higher end, iphones, etc., all get relatively the same speed in my house with the booster and in my yard in an ok signal place. Not much difference here. I plan to do testing, if and when I get some time to get up on the roof and point the antenna at the other tower. Not winter probably, 60mph wind gusts starting soon, -10 in a couple nights, other things to do besides being on the roof....
I haven't seen a booster as you mentioned either, but didn't specifically look. My goal years ago was to have cell service in the house in general, at the time I got the cheapest kit of that type, but swapped the roof antenna. Nice when they all work with no wires. I'll do some more testing with the towers, see what they are capable of closer, if that's changed. And check with a higher end device. If I see significantly different numbers, I might try something different with antennas. But, really, unless something changes, I'm satisfied where it is, I don't really use faster anyway.
If you get something worked out, good luck. I know it won't work well everywhere. And with that code, even if you have a clueless rep, they ~should be able to hook something up.
Wear a seatbelt when driving a tractor with flotation tires...with only 6psi to 10psi tire pressure, a true buck·a·roo ride is possible. How about ending up on the floor, and driving one handed with 3/4 throttle
@Gwen, I'm usually an hour or two every day in/on one, all winter. Then I do my hay by myself, few weeks during the summer, days as long as practical.
Best comedy show EVER.
Breaking Bad might be my favorite all time series, but the Sopranos is right there too.
The Verizon unlimited mifi has its advantage over Viasat in terms it can be used in a recreational vehicle. That can come in handy (another show reference of course).
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." — John Lennon
"Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It's bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it every time. Get my life back." — Michael Crichton
I watch very little TV....maybe less than ten hours per year...news mainly:-)
@Gwen, my neighbor has a heavier 4wd tractor. Used a cable I had. Almost got his stuck at first, but was able to reposition it so he was able to get his over on the road and get traction. I didn't take a picture after my digging, but I had a fair amount out, plus large wood planks for the wheels to roll on to get it up out of the holes. I don't get stuck too often, close, but not fully.
@vetsat, I might get 20 minutes every other day or so at one sitting. Otherwise, sometimes 5 minutes at a time, few times a day. Kind of hard to get to different things, and actually enjoy watching, often need to be doing something else at the same time (or this..., but I get sidetracked doing this too). Sometimes I do go a few days without. I did make it through some of Breaking Bad, will finish up with that, because it is good. ....
@Jab, "News" you say....
We have all of them, save for the quail, or at least not that I've seen. Then again, I don't really know if I'd know what a quail looked like if I was staring at it, so we may have them. I've only seen the coyotes once, years ago on the far edge of a field, but I hear them all the time, the creepy sounding things. They sound like women shrieking. It's really eerie sometimes. We also get an occasional red fox.
We seem to have an inordinately high number of deer and turkeys here. It's a popular area in which to hunt, and a lot of the farmers rent out their land in the form of hunting clubs. We've even had Rob Ray, who used to play for the Buffalo Sabres, hunting out here. I didn't meet him, though.
Unfortunately, it's also an area with a high number of deer/auto collisions. :(
I used to have a beaver that built a dam and lived in my pond for a couple of years, but that was a number of years back. I do have a blue heron that frequents the pond. I always end up seeing it just after I've scared it by accident, though. Usually just by walking out my door.
I'll tell you, not having ground based high speed internet available isn't fun, and it limits my financial possibilities, but I still love living here.
I have a slow moving part of a stream I can put them in. If they want another pond, that's on them.
The democratic system is challenged by the failure in television because our evening news programmes have gone for an attempt to entertain as much as to inform in the desperate fight for ratings. Walter Cronkite
Yes, news...its there....
Jab watching 10 hours of television a year.
At least that is one statement he made I have 100% confidence in :)
I met Ralph Nader back in my college days when I was young, naive, impressionable, probably a Democrat and an idealist engaged in one of his campus PIRGs. I asked him what type of car I should get - I believe his response was a Volvo (or maybe a Saab) - I opted for a Dodge Charger and probably should have gone with a Corvair. However, I do credit the Charger for my change in philosophy - well hello Ladies, Vroom, Vroom! See ya' Ralph...
I await more links in response... it'll keep me off the TV for a while.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
In the Volvo fold, there is a range of interests for them, from your T-Brickers, to those who know a good value
Of course, for safety, you can't beat these Volvo "pickup" trucks.
I do like them, and fetched one some four years ago. Engine was blown, so I rebuilt a B23F engine, and installed it.
Mine was identical to this except for rear stripes:
Care to western dance, Ladies? I'll show you my retractable headlights.
And then my brother totaled it... but he survived in tact, at least until I got a hold of him.
Yeah, I know toxic masculinity but if it had been an issue in those days I'd have still gone with the Corvair over the Volvo or Saab.
Shortly after, one of the aunts asked him to drive down to get her a pack of smokes and it occurred on that fateful trip down.
I remember calling home about midweek and asking my mother how he was doing with my baby. My mother just said fine not wanting to worry me.
Eventually on return I walked through the door and he was shaking badly in fear for his life. I asked what was wrong, he told me and I simply asked are you doing OK?
Next up '68 Mustang Convertible with the insurance settlement - after all I was then a married man (but still didn't give much consideration to Ralph's recommendation) but still had a bad boy reputation to defend.
240s/740s/940s were rear wheeled propelled vehicles. In linear performance, they can do quite well...see: The Ford-Powered Volvo Wagon Paul Newman Built: A 380 true horsepower Volvo station wagon. But, if you want raw power, one can take a Volvo 2.8 liter turbocharged inline six, and pump out 788hp...fat chance on that Dodge.
A clean vintage Volvo can sell upto $40k. Use Craigslist, and look around. Here's an example: 1989 RHD Volvo 240 GL - $8500
With today's Volvo, your iron becomes obsolete...it was never future proof for the family. Not only is their 400hp in an XC90 Excellence, but "Volvo Has Made the Most Luxurious Baby Car Seat Ever." Your iron, could never do this.
And yes, Volvo owners have real chicks
In turn, that should get us back in the farmersonly.com neighborhood while answering the question of who is Penelope Garcia for those who only watch 10 hours of TV annually?
I fear this will go on as long as 80s movies or anime.
I can only wonder what all those community subscribers who signed up and forgot to turn off email notifications are thinking. good chance it's the reason Viasat email is on do many blacklists and sufficient justification for everyone to move to GMail as we venture down another tangential path ;)
Variety is the spice of life...imho, mosiac conversations flow better
@Old Lab..... Penelope Garcia
Didn't Bobbie Gentry explain that in an audio recording called Ode To Billie Joe?
Btw, a good read: Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt
Then on hofo I saw where someone posted that someone on ebay was selling the 8800L for $99. I found the vendor and they had 100% feedback for all it is worth. I bought the 8800L from that vendor, it was brand new with no sim card. I set up autopay using my debit card. So I only pay $65.
After I activated the new sim in the MIFI 6620L, I then tried the sim card in multiple devices, a uml290, a Netgear lb1120, it worked fine in all of them - I had to use sim card converters. The uml290 and MIFI6620L had previously been on my postpaid account. Once the 8800L came, I changed the device in my prepaid account to the 8800L to be legal and all was good to go - I really did not want to get flagged using the Netgear LB1120 and lose my plan. I did see online where someone put their sim in a T1114 and got cancelled. I have a T1114 but mine is still under contract for 2 more months.
You do have to be careful if you have a postpaid account because the VZ prepaid website will try to send you back to your postpaid account. It was very frustrating. I had to use a different email and contact phone number (I used my husbands).
I signed up online. I did not go to a VZ store. Hope that helps.
$99 is a HECK of a good deal for the 8800L.
I am at somewhat if a crossroads. I need my 12GB plan for my mobile device. My mifi 6620 is paid off and I could cancel that line, but that only saves me $10/month. I could move to one of the regular "unlimited" plans (verizon has three) for just my phone, but that also increases my costs.
The only way I see to do it financially is to dump Viasat, and I am not 100% sure the prepaid unlimited is going to work for me. Then again, I can't imagine it being any worse than what I have now. Decisions, decisions.
I guess if I get one of those emails I will tell Viasat what they can do with their plan changes :).
Do you know where you saw someone getting cancelled using that? I haven't looked over the forums/YouTube for a few days, and I might have missed it anyway. But, l have had it in my Smarthub since November without issue. And I read several reports of success with that device and others like Pepwave/Mofi.
I also tried a T-Mobile MVNO that offered a free month of service up front. I found that through Amazon. But I could not get TMobile 4GLTE at my house - so that was a bust.
I did buy an extra used usb aircard UML290 online for less than $20 as a backup and that IMEI was valid for a VZ prepaid account also - I tried it online. I have both an old cradlepoint MBR900 and a TPLink MR3020 travel router that are compatible with the UML290 so I knew I could use one of those for a wifi network. But I had all those for a long time before switching completely. (I have tried many solutions over the past few years). So I basically swapped out the sim card between the 6620 and uml290 depending what I was doing - just had to use a sim adapter in the uml290. I always felt the 6620 ate more data than the UML290 so I would use the UML290 and a router when I went on vacation or traveled with my family.
Topics, I drove a "patient" to the dentist, waiting in the office now. So discussion about dental visits anyone?
Or weather? 50+ mph wind gusts now, about 20 degrees. Tomorrow night they're saying -15 and 30 mph gusts.
I did test the IMEI of my t1114 online and it said the hardware was not compatible. I was surprised the UML290's worked, they are pretty old. But they did. I had bought the TPLink MR3020 a couple years ago prior to a vacation to the beach because I thought my cradlepoint MBR900 was dying. But it is still working.
Let me ask you. From day one, did the performance you saw on prepaid unlimited match what you got on your old 6620? I am not talking about after x amount of data, I am talking right out of the box. I want to see what I am getting out of my tower.
I work in IT - kind of a techy nerd type.
Thanks. I hope this plan lasts. I could go back to the regional cell carrier if needed. Their upgraded service requires line of sight, which would take a lot of work, but decent plans. I'll check hofo when I get around to it. I saw the cracking down on the really old unlimited plans and some device issues with that. This one's a bit different, being deprioritized full time, basically sort of just getting unused capacity.
I had a uml290 in a cradlepoint when I had Millenicom. Worked decent.
Handier using something always on, but jetpack isn't that bad.
My Samsung S8 has MIMO ability, and so does that 8800L. It just means 1, 2 or 4 receive channels can be operating at once, but tower must be setup for 2 and 4 channels. With this unit, 8800L, 2 antenna sockets exist, so two external Yagi antennas could be used
Quick Overview - Cell boosters "kill" MIMO...only Mode 1
RE: So discussion about dental visits anyone?
Yes, brush your teeth, and take Vitamin C
Gum disease and the connection to heart disease
The Cause of Alzheimer's Could Be Coming From Inside Your Mouth, Study
Periodontitis Is Associated with a Low Concentration of Vitamin C in
Plasma Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003 Sep; 10(5): 897–902.
History Lesson - That brick wall represents events within their community. One event was the orphan train coming to their town from about 1854 to 1929.
"an estimated 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children were placed throughout the United States and Canada during the Orphan Train Movement .....When the orphan train movement began, it was estimated that 30,000 abandoned children were living on the streets of New York City."
Most all of these children ended up on farms.
Now, back to our regular programming========
Re: he cant wait
I don't think its going to be a piece of cake....I'm not going to commit until I can lockin that unlimited prepaid plan.
I bought an used MiFi 6620L tonight, and when it arrives, I'll see if VZW's site allows for it to be on that Unlimited plan. I know the 8800L can not be bought on VZW's site for this unlimited prepaid plan, only postpaid, which does not have this plan.
Reviewer indicated he could do "23Mbps down and 31Mbps up," so I'll have to wait and see. I have a signal booster, and I receive an excellent signal. If I can get those speeds, that's more than enough for my needs.
Verizon - 1.7Mbps
Viasat - 3 1Mbps
I just dont get very good speeds out of my Verizon tower.
@jab That should work. You just need a prepaid byod sim card kit. They have them in stores, like Walmart, Target, or Amazon, for about $10. Negative reviews state some don't work, but they need activated like gift cards at the register, some don't do that properly. So, probably easier to deal with a store you can walk into, or a Verizon store directly, maybe they'd work out a deal or something.... I also read some of the issues people have while activating, might not hurt to try the store. And to confirm that tax deal from before, I checked elsewhere, renew your plan with a credit card, it will add on the minimal fees. But, fund it with Verizon prepaid refill cards, it should not, matching my billing history. $40 prepaid refills on eBay had the highest discount, last I looked anyway, sometimes there's a sale too. Not a bad idea to start with a cheaper device, as long as it's functional.... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/verizon-...
@vetsat, sorry https://www.speedtest.net/android/464...
Getting a device's tech specs will suggest how fast under ideal conditions
LTE UE Category & Class Definitions
8800L is listed as
LTE Performance Category: Category 18
(Max Theoretical Speed: 1200Mbps Down / 150Mbps Up)
MiFi 6620L is listed as LTE Category 4, which is 150Mbps DL, & 50UL
For those interested, MiFi 6620L may be the better choice...one site indicates an external antenna can be installed. On WiFi side, it does 5.0 GHz MIMO, so if your WiFi devices can do MIMO, better speeds will be seen.
FWIW...with increasing users on a tower, down goes signal strength, and decreases in data rates the farther away from tower.
Getting a device's tech specs will suggest how fast under ideal conditions
LTE UE Category & Class Definitions
8800L is listed as
LTE Performance Category: Category 18
(Max Theoretical Speed: 1200Mbps Down / 150Mbps Up)
MiFi 6620L is listed as LTE Category 4, which is 150Mbps DL, & 50UL
For those interested, MiFi 6620L may be the better choice...one site indicates an external antenna can be installed. On WiFi side, it does 5.0 GHz MIMO, so if your WiFi devices can do MIMO, better speeds will be seen.
FWIW...with increasing users on a tower, down goes signal strength, and decreases in data rates the farther away from tower.
I think I've heard that someplace before, but could be wrong....
Old Labs has departed stage left.
About time for Gwen and Jab to jump in in a few hours.
Still waiting for the tractor story.....
Once cooler heads start to prevail around here, he may be back. For now he says he's content to casually observe with his popcorn and SlimFast.
A lot of ex-posters still monitor this site. I mean where else can you find such riveting tractor talk!
No there was a post yesterday suggesting Viasat employees/staff should be killed but who knows... this guy was from SC.
She followed me back outside and perched on the lawnmower to eat. Her parents showed up and saw what she was eating - she is a very picky eater, hates fish of any kind. She swore the caviar was miniature blueberries with salt on them. Took us a good half an hour, and nearly an ounce of caviar fed to that child to convince her it really was fish eggs. LOL She still loves it, even after finally deciding it really is fish eggs. She asked for more "Cabinor" an hour later and, when her dad didn't understand her, she finally said "Fish eggs daddy, I want fish eggs, you know cabinor."
Now to convince her that chevre is made form goat's milk
Not that there's anything wrong with yours.
Bev eating caviar on her palatial estate! Even feeding it to the kiddies.
As for the neighbors, let them eat cake!
You can feed the grand kids that stuff when you have a pound of it xD
As for a palace, nope, not even a mansion. 2 bedroom, one bath 650 sq ft house is all and, 240 sq ft of that is kitchen. But no mortgage, no loans, low property taxes and, a lot of effort into being frugal on everyday stuff means we get to enjoy a bit of luxury in our old age. xD
Frugality. An unfortunate necessity.
Sort of like the Viasat-2 platinum plan.
And I thought my house was small!
I have the IMEI of this MiFi 6620L I'm buying, and I ran it thru VZW's site, via BYOD first, then on to prepaid plans. I was able to connect with that $70.00 prepaid unlimited plan...$65.00 with autopay.
Where you been? Too cold to plant trees!
What are you planting in late January? Let's get this farm tak going.
I had used 2.5Gbs in my usage period.
In all fairness, this week speeds have rebounded. Not great. But I am north of 1Mbps.
Ebay seller showed a pic with IMEI #, so I used it at VZW's site to confirm it would work. Seller is shipping this unit, MiFi 6620L, now. Maybe by end of next week I'll have it setup...I will have to get a SIM from VZW.
How far away is VZW tower....do you have a LTE VZW cellphone now...how many bars....can you walk around VZW tower...is there a fiber optic sign around somewhere...or does it have a microwave dish on it. Hopefully, you don't see one of these boxes around it, or down the road away from the tire
I don't think you will be able to get that 8800L unit...I think its for postpaid customers. The unit I'm getting, MiFi 6620L, use to be postpaid only several years ago. From my limited reviewing of these units, its a darn good unit....@Kay's comments above should be considered...she went from MiFi 6620L to an used 8800L unit...but, I suggest your local tower be examined...does it have fiber/microwave, or POTs, like below picture shows. If POTs or microwave hookup, your speeds will be clamped down. Cheers
Keep in mind, I'm on original Exede-5 (Wildblue's first satellite, not Viasat's)...local time is shown. I just mainly surf during primetime, but I could do videos. No complaints, except having a 10GB bucket...but I have LNFZ.
Confirm it has VZW equipment, with your cellphone's bars. AT&T does lease out space to other cellular carriers, and other cell carriers lease out space or their equipment to other cell carriers. A local cell carrier has two national wirelles carriers using their equipment. VZW and AT&T have different frequencies...apples and oranges. Check your cellphone to see if it is roaming.
This is an antenna search site, it may or may not find your local tower.
I had dialup until '06 too FMJ, then, Wildblue .5, it was great until about '08, then it was "ok". Dialup was less than 30, disconnected all the time, also, 30 hours per month. Neighbor got Direcpc in about '97, I was around that a fair amount.
I was first around dialup in about '94 I think, maybe earlier. All of the providers were long distance so didn't have it at home until '97. I was in high school in '94, couple years left (age there). I figured out fixing computers myself, so the school had me do theirs. I was often missing lunch, and on the phone with Gateway trying to get them to ship parts. And had to troubleshoot over an hour with the tech first, despite already knowing what I needed. The school sent me to their in service things at the service unit, the system just supported non-graphical stuff when we had our "introduction" to it, they also used Apple stuff there. When Windows '95 came out, I figured out how to get Internet Explorer/Netscape to connect and work with the school's new dialup phone number (their esu tech. couldn't figure it out at the time). As I left school, they just had a line put in for long distance learning and internet. Internet did not work at all when the video classes were in use.
Quick complaining...:-)
In Fargo, North Dakota, where the temperature dropped to minus 24F
(minus 31C), Dan Hallock, an advertising executive, marveled that
people were still working outside as he bought coffee.
"The garbage men of Fargo have my utmost respect," he said.
FWIW: How do mobile phone category speeds work?
Antenna program is not the best, but sometimes it works.
Monitor your cellphone's bars...I would turn off roaming. Verizon's coverage map suggests your area has LTE, but with those trees, line of sight (LOS) may be an issue.
Slowly walk around house, check bars...maybe use a ladder around house...where an external antenna might be installed.
Most cellphones have a menu where cell strength can be seen...
@gwen, obnoxious rich guy sounds kinda like he's trying to get a date....
Does he drive a Charger or a Volvo? If a Volvo, pass...
FWIW - Polar Vortex Outbreaks Expected to be the Norm - "The impacts from this split, we have a ways to go. It's not the end of the movie yet," Cohen said. "I think at a minimum, we're looking at mid-February, possibly through mid-March."
Yes....its getting cold....but in Australia, the Madden Julian Oscillation in the tropics has brought 46C [114.8F] in parts of New South Wales earlier this month.
U.S. Postal Service stops delivering mail because it's too cold in the
The deep freeze has a firm grip on the Upper Midwest with an
AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature of 77 degrees below zero Fahrenheit
reported at Thief River Falls, Minnesota, on Tuesday evening.
- 10 as we speak. Getting colder. Lots of pipes are going to freeze tonight.
Some nice photos showing cold weather effects: The Midwest is colder than Antarctica thanks to the polar vortex — here's what it looks like
@Gwen still has photos to show, and maybe, her hotspot experience to be told. Surely, observers here have an interest.
@Gwen....Imgur.com is a good site to upload photos....no charge, and they can be posted on forums, if allowed. Chats/messages are allowed.
@Old Labs....Has Ralph Nader changed his name to Russ Rader, and now works for Virginia-based nonprofit the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, as says now, "Raising the speed limit never comes without a cost,". Nader to Rader....Ralph to Russ. PS: Watch out for the walrus....
With a VZW based smartphone, its possible to evaluate before making a purchase. Ideally, the smartphone would be on a postpaid VZW account. But, even a prepaid smartphone should work OK. I'd use testmy.net to evaluate.
An used MiFi 6620L, say from eBay, might be a good start...if it don't work out, then sell it. I paid $35.00 S&H included. A seller with a low number of sells indicated it was rarely used. I generally avoid those with high sales, unless item is new. I plan to have VZW send a new SIM.
FWIW - I took a pic today.....cattle graze around this house....
Initially, prairie settlers built sod "homes" around here. Before trains arrived with pre-cut homes from New York, the only local resource was limestone. Maybe a 300 square foot limestone home shown, with a basic kitchen, no restroom/bath, and front room on main floor. There was no stairway to attic, but a ladder, where everybody retired at night in a "one bedroom" upper loft. And yes, several plus more people sleeping there at night.
On another note, settlers in sandhills of Nebraska built straw bale buildings. As article notes, "One of the first was an 1886 school house, which suffered an ignominious fate. Unfenced and unstuccoed, by 1902 it was reported that the building had been eaten by cows."
All these Jetpacks have internal antennas...some better than others, but the MiFi 6620L came out towards end of 2015, and a reviewer noted, "The Verizon Jetpack MiFi 6620L by Novatel is an enduring workhorse that can power your mobile office." It has an antenna port...some do not have one....don't get the cart before the horse.
Yes Wyoming...been there in summer months..nice...use to live in Loveland, CO..
But then we are talking about a tale over 100 years old.
Rawlins is just an oil town....there is much more to Wyoming....Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Sheridan going west, Jackson Hole. I've been by these places numerous times...
There are digital scanners for converting 35mm negatives/prints, and even flatbed scanners can be used.
Straw Bale homes are quite sturdy
Update on Straw Bale Building in Pakistan
Straw Bale House Survives Violent Shaking At Earthquake Lab
Santa Cruz - One Capitola couple lives the good life—in a home built primarily from bales of straw!
I live on a family homestead when they 'migrated' from Maine, and there is still an ice "cellar," and a storm/potato cellar here...just barely....roofs are about gone. Their house was a pre-cut from New York, but years ago, the hand dug cistern adjacent to house caved in, which caused house foundation to fail, which caused structural damage to house...history now. Most folks don't know what an ice cellar is about:-)
Try to keep up... at least learn to identify the correct thread of the conversation. Now you've started and entirely new one - eleven and counting.
I think when Gwen said she got up at 2:00pm.
Thanks everybody. I'm outta here!
Recently I had a problem with it constantly rebooting (the 7000's hav been doing this too). Word was it was a firmware upgrade. Since then I got a new upgrade. Will have to see if the problem is resolved.
Time to feel old, folks. :)
Trying to listen to a football game on my mobile device driving around Grandfather Mountain one Sunday afternoon. Once I got to Craggy Gardens the towers from Asheville kicked in and I was good!
When exactly did this topic jump yhe shark?By my calculations, ye olde sharke was jumped precisely on January 25, 2019 at 3:55:20 AM UTC with at what could best be described as a non-sequitur to your simple question - I miss the old forum, conversations were easier to follow when you didn't need to reread the entire conversation to keep up otherwise I would have stayed in the farmersonly swim lane.
Rocket City USA is a neat place. Great museum.
Of course Gwen probably went to space camp last year :).
Time to feel old, folks. :)
What's this feel old stuff, I am. I felt old before 2000.
I sense another history lesson coming...
I bought an used MiFi 6620L tonight
she went from MiFi 6620L to an used 8800L unit
The mention of having Maine roots was the final nail, he's Hawkeye Pierce...
Hawkeye Pierce Requests "An Harmonica"
and it should go without saying, not that there's anything wrong with that. The unsubs always slip up someplace.
I must move beyond this conversation to a new one... my work here is done.


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First of all, I'm so sorry this post is coming out late. Life got in the way of me actually getting any work done yesterday. But, we have a winner!!
Kassi McKey is the winner of the Diamond Candles Giveaway!
Kassi, watch for an email from me with the details.
Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway! It was super fun, wasn't it? I loved getting ideas of new scents to try out from you guys.

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Ubu Roi Establishes a Reign of Comic Terror at Todd Theatre
When it premiered in Paris in 1896, Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi caused a sensation, provoked a riot, and was instantly banned. On Oct. 11, the University of Rochester's International Theatre Program opens its 2012-2013 season at Todd Theatre with one of the theatre world's most controversial plays and most unforgettable characters.
"Ubu is a gluttonous and cowardly man; a symbol for all that is evil in the everyday man," said Nigel Maister, artistic director of Rochester's International Theatre. "And he is so frightening in part because he is so human."
The play's central character, Papa Ubu, is urged by his outrageous wife to kill the king of Poland. Once he becomes king, he establishes a reign of terror. But his greed and ambition spiral out of control and the world later turns on him. Written by Jarry in 1896 at the age of 15 and originally staged with puppets, the play was inspired by the playwright's high school teacher. Though mired in controversy in its time, Ubu Roi went on to become a major influence on Dadaists and Surrealists, and it was an inspiration for the Theatre of the Absurd movement in the 1960s.
The play is directed by visiting guest artist Peter Karapetkov. A native of Bulgaria, Karapetkov studied both acting and directing at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. In addition to directing, he has appeared in numerous theatre, film, and television productions, winning national and international awards. He was the youngest artistic director in Bulgaria and has lead the City Theatre Dimitrovgrad to tour extensively throughout Eastern Europe. Karapetkov is the director of PURE International in Charleston, S.C., and the producing artistic director of the Leon Katz Rhodopi International Theatre Laboratory, which he co-founded in 2005.
The production's scenic and costume design also are by visiting Bulgarian artists. Production designer Krasi Valkanov's work has been recognized at the Prague Biennale, and in Warsaw, Tokyo, and Moscow. His productions have been seen at numerous international festivals, including in Paris, Vienna, and Bogota. Valkanov has been honored with eight national awards for set, three national awards for costume design, and two international awards for set design. Costume designer Boryana (Bobi) Semerdzhieva received her master's degree in fashion and set design from the National Academy of Arts and has had a career that spans production design for movies and theatre, and includes performances in several roles in cinema and TV. In 2010, she was nominated for the best costume design by the Bulgarian Movie Academy. In 2011 she received nominations for best costume and set design, and an award from the Independent Movie Festival in Los Angeles for best costume and set design. She also has received numerous awards from the Bulgarian Movie Academy, including best costume design (2009, 2006), and best costume and set design (2008).
Lighting design is by Allen Hahn, whose extensive credits include work for New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass, and the Spoleto USA Festival. He has designed world premiere operas at Juilliard and at the Royal Danish Opera, and worked with the acclaimed experimental theatre company, The Builders Association. Sound design and original music are by Jonathan Snipes, whose work in electro-acoustic music and musique concrète has been heard internationally in film, theatre and other media. Snipes has contributed music to films and television, including Snakes on a Plane, The Office, and Battlestar Galactica.
Ubu Roi opens on Thursday, Oct. 11, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 20, in Todd Theatre on the University of Rochester's River Campus. Tickets are $7 for UR students; $10 for UR alumni, faculty and staff, and for seniors (55 and over); and $13 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased up to an hour before each performance at the box office. They also are available online at rochester.edu/theatre or by calling 585.275.4088.
Category: Society & Culture


text: Freezer Breakfast SandwichesBy Kelly Miller • August13,2011 • Updated April 10, 2018 • 9 Comments403 This is one of our favorite go to breakfasts for when school starts. They are incredibly versatile and each family member can customize their sandwiches according to their tastes. I will usually bake up a double batch on a Saturday and they last us about 3 weeks. Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches 1 can Pillsbury Grands rolls 4 eggs 1/2 cup milk shredded cheddar cheese optional fillings: bacon, sausage patties, salsa, etc. Bake Grands rolls according to package directions. While the rolls are baking, whisk the eggs and milk and scramble. Split rolls in half and add some scrambled eggs, top with some shredded cheese and other half of roll (add optional toppings if desired). Once sandwiches are completely cool, wrap individually in foil and place in ziploc bags. When ready to serve, remove frozen sandwich from foil and microwave for 1 minute or until hot. These are so simple to put together, but are really tasty and so much cheaper than drive thru! Linking up to: Six Sisters Stuff, Saturday Spotlight, Friday Potluck, and Simply Sweet Home. 403


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"The Vernal Equinox was upon us..."
9:50 AM EDT Monday 3/21/2011Spring arrived last evening, March 20, at 2321Z (7:21 PM EDT), but, once again, Mother Nature ain't looking at the calendar!
A low pressure system is approaching the Northeast with mostly rain but a strong High in place will provide cold air over northern New York and New England which will bring snow, with some possible ice mixing in. Areas of 3 to 6 inch snowfalls are forecast in the higher, more northern elevations, including Maine, with lower amounts further South into New York State.
Yet another low is moving through California and Nevada with more, sometimes heavy, coastal rain and mountain snow. Much of the energy of this storm should hold together as it arrives in the Central and Northern Plains tonight and tomorrow. There will be increasing showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening from the eastern of the to the Midwest into the lower Plains.
High elevation snowfalls are forecast across the Southwest, and moderate to heavy snowfall will drift north and east through Nevada and into the Northern Rockies.
Fire hazards are very high today, especially in parts of the West and Southwest.
(Advisor Lear)
"Happy Last Day of Winter"
10:00 AM EDT Sunday 3/20/2011
Spring arrives this evening, March 20, at 2321Z (7:21 PM EDT), but you might not know it, based on the National map.
California will see moderate to heavy rain and snow in much of the state due to a strong system coming in from the Pacific. Wintry conditions could exist as far east as Nevada, while much of the Southwest is under Red Flag Warnings.
Warm temperatures will be felt well into the Plains and Ohio Valley from a warm southerly flow ahead of this trough. A mixture of rain, ice, and snow will fall through the upper Midwest and Great Lakes from another low tracking through the Northern Plains.
A cold front will be likely produce showers and thunderstorms ahead of it during the day today in the middle of the country, while in the Southeast, high pressure will stay in control through Tuesday.
Snow will move into Oregon, southern Washington and Idaho, with generally 4+ inches expected in some areas, another system poses a slight risk of 4+ inches along the shores of Lake Superior. (Advisor Lear)
"Happy Last Full Day of Winter"
11:00 AM EDT Saturday 3/19/2011
With Spring (finally) arriving tomorrow, March 20, at 7:21PM EDT, we here at Foot's Forecast would like to thank each and every one of our readers for following us during this past season. Here in Ratioland, we received 28.5" of snow this Winter…but that doesn't count the ice!
We hope that you continue to access our sites as we grow. We plan on bringing you more and even better forecasts and information as the seasons pass. (The Forecast Team)
A large upper low off of the Pacific Northwest coast will travel southeastward through the weekend. Storms will continue in The West, especially in California as a surface low will deepen bringing a round of very heavy rain and strong winds, with mountain snow.
Scattered rain and snow showers will be found in The Rockies, while showers and thunderstorms are expected from Texas, into Oklahoma, spreading into the Midwest later this evening.
Red Flag warnings are in effect in Colorado, New Mexico, and parts of Southern Florida, and floods remain a hazard in The Mississippi Valley and the The Northern Plains.
(Advisor Lear)
Above-average temps will exist today from the Northeast to the Southern Plains ahead of a cold front that may produce showers and thunderstorms this evening in the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley.
Floods may plague the Northern Plains and Mississippi River states, while dense fog blankets the Gulf Coast this morning.
(Advisor Lear)
The Wearin' of The Green...
While it's certainly not in honor of St. Patrick, but half of the country is wearin' green today on the National Weather Hazards Map. This color, of course, indicates a Flood Statement for that area.
Snowfall amounts of a foot to two feet are expected across the northern California, with Oregon getting lighter amounts.
Heavy snowfall from Utah through northern/central Colorado and southern Wyoming. Even western Nebraska will receive a 4 to 12 inch heavy snow.
Mild conditions in the Mississippi River Valley will allow temps in the 70s far into the north. Warm temperatures will reach the East Coast allowing for mild conditions for Friday. A strong cold front surges across the region, dropping temps for the weekend. (Advisor Lear)
Continue monitoring your NWS forecast offices for the latest advisories.


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Q: I have a bathroom counter filled with moisturizers, toners, eye creams, anti-wrinkle serums and sunscreen, and still my skin is really dry. I have a friend who suggests that I shower less during the winter, but I'm not quite ready to go that green. How can I get through the winter without feeling like an alligator?
A: Plenty of skincare products cluttered my desk when I worked as shopping editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Years later, I still have a hard time resisting ads that tout the latest and greatest tools to fight dry skin. But through trial and error, I finally have streamlined my skincare routine.
With advice from Dr. Corey L. Hartman, a board-certified dermatologist with Skin Wellness Center of Alabama, I offer these time-tested tips to help winterize your skin:
Read the label
When patients come to the Skin Wellness Center, Hartman typically starts by asking what products they use. Silky, sweet-smelling lotions and creams often are the culprits behind skin irritation, thanks to a litany of dyes, perfumes and preservatives.
"They put those chemicals in products these days to stabilize them, or prevent them from becoming infested with bacteria or make them feel good to the touch," Hartman says. "Those things can have an impact that is negative."
If you have sensitive skin, avoid lotion that contains added fragrance. Paraben, a preservative typically listed as methylparaben, propylparaben, or butylparaben, also has come under scrutiny in recent years because the chemical acts similarly to estrogen, potentially disrupting hormone levels in the body.
To decode the list of chemicals in your skincare products, or find suitable replacements, check out the Skin Deep cosmetic safety database by Environmental Working Group (EWG). The Washington, D.C.,-based nonprofit organization monitors the presence of potentially hazardous chemicals in everyday household products. Their popular database lists and ranks ingredients based on potential health risks. Be sure to check your bath products as well.
"Liquid soaps have preservatives to keep them in that liquid form," Hartman says. "Also, people tend to use too much liquid soap and body wash compared to bar soap."
If your shower gel comes loaded with preservatives or drying agents, it's time for an upgrade. I've always been a fan of bar soap; it lasts longer and costs less than liquid shower soap. Play it safe and opt for products that contain little or no fragrance or parabens. Hartman suggests lines like Burt's Bees, Cetaphil or Vanicream, which are available at most drugstores.
Wear a heavy coat
"When seasons change and air gets drier, you have to alter your regimen to handle that change in the environment," Hartman says. "Switch from lotion to a body cream during the winter. It's heavier and will stick around a little bit longer."
Hartman adds that ointments or oil-based solutions have more staying power on dry skin, providing more relief than water-based moisturizers. My barrier of choice is thick, creamy, unrefined organic coconut oil. Since dry skin is more prone to wrinkles, I slather on the coconut oil and let it sink in while I get dressed. A tub of this all-natural body butter lasts for months and reminds me of my great-aunt's homespun approach to skincare.
Streamline your routine
It may be time to reduce the list of tools in your skincare arsenal. Cosmetics companies do a great job convincing us that proper skincare requires several products, but some items may limit the benefits of others. "If you do a three-step program you are doing something wrong," Hartman says. "Toner dries skin, moisturizer corrects dry skin — you don't need both."
Hartman offers this streamlined approach to healthy skin: gentle cleansing, weekly exfoliation and sun protection. I use my favorite bar of soap and a rough washcloth to tackle the first two steps. (MNN has a foolproof exfoliant recipe for those who prefer to whip up their own mixture.) As for the sunscreen, mine spends more time in a bathroom drawer than on my skin. Hartman warns that sun protection, even during winter months, is a vital step to protect our skin. Save time and save a step by selecting a thick moisturizer that contains sunscreen. Then, Hartman suggests focusing on just one issue, such as tackling fine lines or uneven skin tone. Moisturizing at bedtime also ranks high on the to-do list.
Water works
The New York Times generated plenty of buzz recently with an article about people who conserve water and preserve their skin's natural oils by showering fewer than three or four times a week. While this may be easier to pull off during winter months, Hartman says that daily showers are not the cause of dry skin. Again, take a careful look at the products you use.
"Skin holds on to its water by maintaining a good barrier. Cared for correctly it will keep water in the skin," he says. "When air is drier, it's easier to lose hydration."
In addition to adding a proper barrier of moisturizer, be sure to care for skin while it's wet. Avoid super-hot showers and pat damp skin with the towel rather than rubbing the water away. Hartman adds that consuming water doesn't necessarily add to skin's moisture.
"That's a safely guarded secret among dermatologists: Water intake doesn't contribute to skin hydration. It's more a matter of direct contact to the skin."
In other words, invest in a low-flow showerhead and some fluffy towels. But first, it's time to recycle all those old cosmetics bottles!
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Shooting a team sport for Lance Weir
Lance Weir is one hell of a shot.
Its too bad he doesn't get to practice.
He started shooting less than two years ago. During the Marine Corps trials this winter, he fired a near-Paralympic Games qualifying score, though he hadn't actually touched a rifle in months. Then, on Thursday's finals of the SH2 standing rifle competition at the 2012 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, he fired a group of ten shots that would have fit inside the cap of a pen, and took the gold medal.
Ironically, Lance cannot stand for a standing rifle event, and even more remarkably, he cannot squeeze a trigger. In August 1993, Marine Corps Reservist Weir was near his home in Walnut Springs, Ark., cooling off with his friends in the Spring River. In a moment of whimsy, Lance dove from a canoe to grab a floating Razorbacks baseball cap. That seemingly harmless decision turned dire when his head hit a submerged rock. With his C5 vertebrae shattered, and now paralyzed, Weir floated downstream.
Like so many of his fellow competitors this week at the U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Olympic Training CEnter, Lance was given a grim prognosis. And also like so many of the warriors here at these Games, he proved his doctors wrong. In fact, he's still ignoring his doctors.
Just a few weeks ago, Lance had emergency surgery on his hip, which had an internal bleed around some permanent hardware. Surgery is taxing for anyone who goes under the knife, but even more so for a quadraplegic.
Doctors didn't want him to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., with his team. Lance's risk of infection is heightened, and the drugs he has to take are wiping him out. But he loves to compete. And what do doctors know anyway?
Competitive shooting requires a zen-like calm. Lance is masterful. But behind what appears to be a serene and cursory task is a laborious and grueling exercise. First, Lance cannot hold a rifle in his hands. The gun sits on a table, but he still has to manipulate it. In order to aim, he has to harness the strength to lift arms that he cannot feel. And in hands that have not had sensation since 1993, he must somehow hold on.
Firing? The shoulder. With the feather-like touch and precision, the right shoulder nudges an unresponsive arm, and by extension, the right hand, which presses a modified trigger and fires a round.
For Lance, shooting is a team sport. Since discovering his new favorite pastime, his nurse, Niki Gardea, has chambered every round and adjusted every sight for him. Within a few minutes of talking to her, it is clear that she is not just a nurse and not just a rifle holder, she is family. But her role in the arena is vital. He doesn't have the strength to hold the gun after he fires, so she holds it between rounds. She knows the affect that IV drugs are having on his strength. After all, she put the needle in him. She confided today that Lance is exhausted.
Niki loads as the zen-master summons the arms to shooting position and starts his progression: "Steady breath in. Control the heart rate. Believe what you see... Fire."
Watching Lance from the stands are the other members of Team Weir, mother Gail, and brother Allen.
Gail was by her youngest's side in the hospital in Memphis for those trying first six months. In her endearing Arkansas lilt, she admitted, "I didn't even know what the word quadraplegic meant when the doctor first told us, and then when he explained it, I fainted right there on the floor of Elvis Presley Memorial."
She has been with him through it all.
She smiled. "Lance was wild. I think God was trying to slow him down."
Allen might be Lance's biggest fan. As a big brother, he is bursting with pride. When we start talking about Lance, there are two topics which cause him to stop so he can choke back the tears. (No use.) The first is when he mentions Lance's recent decision to leave Walnut Ridge for the first time since his injury and move by himself to California. "I just miss him." The second, "I just told him, that I don't care what place you come in, I am so proud of you for being here and competing."
And did he ever compete. The Marine Corps Reservist Lance Weir bagged a bronze in prone rifle to go with his gold. Not to jump the gun, but since Gail and Allen watch all of his competitions, they might need to start looking into travel plans to Rio for the 2016 Paralympic Games.
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It's been described as a nightmare for goalkeepers. England's coach called it the worst soccer ball he has ever seen. And still others say they're doing what players do when a new ball is introduced -- getting used to it.
However you feel about the official ball of the 2010 World Cup, called the Jabulani, we can all agree on one thing -- it's a good reason to fire up the Caltech wind tunnel.
On Wednesday, people who know what it takes to send a rocket to outer space conducted tests on the ball. The tests were designed to show the complexity of air flow over the soccer ball. Smoke was introduced to the wind tunnel, allowing scientists to watch it stream over the ball.
"What you're looking for is where the flow leaves the surface of the ball," Bevelry McKeon, assistant professor of aeronautics, said as a colleague secured a soccer ball in the tunnel. "If you look at the front, you'll see the smoke follows the curvature very well. In the rear half, the smoke separates and leaves the ball and forms a very complex wake."
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Watch the video above to see for yourself.
"The size of that wake, which is linked to where that flow separates, dictates the drag that acts on the ball. If that wake is not symmetrical, that will impart a side force to the ball," said McKeon.
The big difference with this World Cup's ball involves the manufacturing process, especially how its eight panels are joined.
"When you look at the older ball, you can see that the panels are the equivalent of stitched together," McKeon said. "In the new ball, it's much more round and there's a more controlled manufacturing process. One of the claims of Adidas is it's a much rounder, truer ball."
Adidas boss Herbert Hainer defended his firm's ball earlier this week. At a news conference Monday, Hainer said the ball is "rounder than any ball we have ever made, more aerodynamic and goes faster."
That might be true, but England coach Fabio Capello described it as the worst he had ever seen. And that's exactly the way many England fans described his goalkeeper's performance the group stage 1-1 tie with United States.
In the end, McKeon said the admittedly non-comprehensive tests suggest that when it's kicked, the ball can switch from smooth to turbulent airflow and back. She said that it might appear to the goalkeeper (any goalkeeper, not just Robert Green) that the ball might be changing trajectory.
McKeon, who is English, did not go so far as to blame the ball for the goalkeeping blunder. In fact, she said the ball's unpredictable behavior can add to the excitement.
"It's much more exciting because you're just not used to the way this ball behaves," McKeon added. "Something you think is nowhere near the goal may go in. Plays that look dead may not be dead. We don't intuitively understand what the trajectory of these news balls will be, yet."
Professors of aeronautics aren't the only ones who have done their research. South Korea's Lee Chung-Soo and Park Chu-Young both scored on free-kicks in their match against Nigeria.
"Compared to other balls, if you kick it too hard, then 80 to 90 per cent of the time it seems to go up in the air, too high," said South Korea coach Huh Jung-Moo. "So we trained so that it would be kicked lightly, without hitting it too hard. I think we adapted well to the ball."


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Booze in the blender: Jimmy Buffett rocks Charlottesville
I think my wife and I don't get out enough. We won two free tickets to the November 17 Jimmy Buffett concert in Charlottesville from a local newspaper's contest. It was wonderful. We walked in from the law school smugly watching what appeared to be all of Virginia streaming into the John Paul Jones Arena.
The ginormous parking lots around the Arena were plastered with a special brand of tailgaters: guys in hula skirts and coconut bras, girls with shark pasties. Many sporting parrot, crab, and shark hats and some in shark and pirate costumes, all downing flagons of Caribbean-pastel margaritas mixed to the tunes of Jimmy and whining 12-volt blenders.
Some cars were decorated. A popular fixation were big shark fins duct-taped to the roof.
We approached JPJ and found an astoundingly cooperative crowd filing into neat lines into the entrances, as security were searching everyone. Among vast piles of flasks and bottles dumped into the trash bins, the one weapon we saw uncovered by the near cavity-level operation? A toy pirate sword.
My wife primly noted that fans had better drink up in the parking lot because they wouldn't get anything to drink inside. Turns out the tour was sponsored by Land Shark beer, and while signs sternly warned against bringing booze into bathrooms, there were booths inside selling beer, wine, and margaritas by the tanker load.
We found our seats to be as far up, away, and to the side as seats could be–- but fortunately with a full window of visibility of the stage between the big screens, albeit slightly from the rear.
Jimmy served his usual eclectic Buffett. There were the sweetly innocent "Son of a Son of a Sailor," "Changes in Latitude," and "Come Monday." Then the wickedly subversive "Why Don't We Get Drunk (and Screw)" and "We are the People our Parents Warned Us About."
Jimmy seemed genuinely happy to be there, even though this was the last week of the Summerzcool tour. And he showed he could still 'smith words with the new "We've Got Something to Drink About," which he said he wrote after watching the news.
Then everyone got up and danced to "Margaritaville" and pantomimed "Fins" by putting prayerful, wiggling hands together. I say everyone danced, but there was the strangely staid couple beside us who remained essentially motionless for the duration of the show. (Lutherans who had been given free tickets and felt obligated to attend?)
The band, The Coral Reefers, still includes one original member, and a new young sensation from Hawaii playing incredible Ukulele. Check out this link showing Jake Shimabukuro playing George Harrison's "While my guitar gently weeps."
The crowd seemed diverse, young children to seniors, with my wife and me trying to figure out where we fit into the spectrum. Jimmy noted he last performed in Charlottesville 20 years ago, and perhaps some in the crowd could trace their conception to that night.
It was definitely a hard-drinking, boisterous, and enthusiastic crowd. There was even the familiar smell of marijuana to remind oneself of one's past. We were home by 11, fairly civilized. We might try a concert again in a few years, if I can win free tickets again. Arrgh!
Wick Hunt is a retired Martha Jefferson Hospital ER doctor.
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First time I saw Buffett was when he was an opening act for the Eagles, the Coral Reefer Band had yet to be founded. Been following him ever since. He is just plain FUN! Not thrilled about the cost of his tickets, that is out of control, but having him here in Cville was great and oh so convenient! Personally, I miss the days of Fingers Taylor, that was when the Coral Reefers were the best. This show was good, the sound could have been tweaked a bit, but overall an A+. I had a great time.
I went to the Southern afterwards to see Ilo, and he is someone to watch, just fantastic and would love to see him perform again. I wish him great success!
jimmy's not so bad. i stopped listening to him sometime in the late-70's but enjoyed most of his last two cds. was surprised and pleased to hear jimmy doing songs by crowded house and gillian welch. a couple of stinkers too. he just doesn't seem to know the difference. but with jimmy, one mustn't throw out the baby with the (fire)water.
Too bad the previous commentors don't understand what Jimmy Buffett is and stands for. As for his songs, I love that he does mostly ballads and just fun stuff. His style that fans love is that he is laid back and care free. He obviously enjoys life, people, and places. And as for his loyal Parrot Heads Clubs, he asks that we all do community projects as well as partying. The C-ville chapter had 2 great parties at Cheesebergers, pre-concert, and raised over $2,000 in rafftles, to benefit the Alzcheimer's Foundation. Jimmy's mother had the disease and it is one of his favorite charities. We "Party with a Purpose" and have great times!
(PS Jimmy is only 62 and is also an author of 3 books.)
I believe you mean, "Arrrrrrrr," matey. No G. "Argh" is a grunt of frustration. :)
I really only thought that it was just "Frat boys and alcoholic girls from the south"* that liked Jimmy.....
*Eric Cartman
Oh man, I had no idea Jake Shimabukuro had joined his band. That kid is nuts.
Jimmy Buffet's awful.
Jake Shimabukuro is sickly, wickedly, and madly talented. I wouldn't refer to him as a "new" sensation, though - perhaps for the reviewer, but Jake's been making noise for quite some time. First saw him (with Buffett, actually) in 2003 or so. He's been huger than huge in Hawaii for much longer.
Damn, Is Jimmy Buffet still alive? If the description of the parking lot scene is accurate, those shows must have been total dork-fests. I always thought his fans were the guys that applied to be deadheads, but couldn't get in. Seems like I was right.


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Tokugawa Liang wrote:What is exactly a nihilist? And what would you tell one if you were to meet with one?
Korin wrote:Is it true that Politics originated from Ancient Greece, and when did it come to Ancient Rome and so forth?
Kotaro wrote:I was wondering if anyone knew of any:
- History books on the Three Kingdoms period.
- Novels, perhaps a little akin to RotK, but based around the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan.
Since I'm an unemployed student, free Kindle version would naturally be my first choice, but if none are available, then I'll just have to wait until I have some money and get some then.
Child of Vengeance by David Kirk. It's the first novel in a series based in Samurai Japan. It's about Musashi although the author freely admits he has taken great liberties with his life. Outside of Shogun/Taipan it's the best novel I've read that's been based upon Asian history. I would recommend it!
I am uncertain the degree to which it was abridged, given that I never read the Tuttle version, but it almost certainly was. If you enjoyed it, go for it. I read Outlaws of the Marsh, the version provided by the same people who did Moss's Three Kingdoms translation.Jia Shengde wrote:Recently I finished reading The Water Margin, I read the 798 page Tuttle version, and I just found another version with 2149 pages. Have I accidentally read an abridged version? And would you recommend me to still read the full version?
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Energy drink V has added a new piece to it's recently launched 'V Motion Project' with this music video, created from body movements, over in New Zealand.
They created this piece by hacking the Kinect motion tracking software and integrated it with audio production software, The V Motion Project created a tool that could transform the body's movements into music. It's great to see the Kinect technology being used in innovative and creative ways like this and it helps that the music track is pretty cool. To see more on the V Motion Project take a look at the website V Motion Project or the Facebook page. This campaign was the creation of Colenso BBDO New Zealand. What do you think?
Check out the official music video above and the TVC below.


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An American television presenter has prompted outrage after boasting online that she killed a lion in South Africa.
Melissa Bachman, a keen hunter who produces programs on the American outdoors, posted a photograph on Facebook and Twitter of her holding a rifle and smiling beside the corpse of a male lion.
''Incredible day in South Africa,'' the self-styled ''hardcore huntress'' said of her pursuits at the Maroi Conservancy. ''Stalked inside 60 yards on this beautiful male lion - what a hunt!''
A furious online reaction led Bachman to deactivate her Facebook and Twitter pages within hours.
It also prompted an online petition asking the South African government to bar her from returning.
''She is an absolute contradiction to the culture of conservation this country prides itself on,'' said Elan Burman, of Cape Town, the author of the petition that quickly gathered 3000 signatures.
''You, lady, are what is wrong with the world,'' said Richard Robinson of Maryland, who was among the signatories.
''Take with no consequences. Shoot, kill, consume, destroy.
''You didn't kill a lion, you stood behind a machine and pulled a little trigger, you pathetic, sad excuse of a human.''
While the African lion is rated ''vulnerable'' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, it is not officially an endangered species and hunting them is legal in a number of countries, including South Africa.
''The main threats to lions are indiscriminate killing,'' the organisation said.
The photograph was in keeping with Bachman's past activities.
Her official website displays pictures of her posing beside dead alligators, turkeys, moose, geese and bears, among other quarry.
She was axed as a contestant on the National Geographic program Ultimate Survival Alaska last year after 13,000 people signed a petition protesting against the inclusion of a ''heartless trophy hunter''.
Bachman could not be contacted for comment.
The most recent study on lion numbers, led by a scientist from Duke University in the United States, shows that as few as 32,000 are left in the wild, which makes hunting a controversial issue, particularly in Africa.
Supporters say it brings in money to communities and can help to reduce illegal poaching.
But critics say it is a cruel practice that brings in little revenue to local people.
Last year, Botswana banned all commercial hunting of wild animals, and Zambia outlawed all hunting of lions and leopards from January.
''Tourists come to Zambia to see the lion, and if we lose the lion we will be killing our tourism industry,'' said the country's Tourism and Arts Minister, Sylvia Masebo.
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BERLIN - Germany plans to join the ranks of countries that deploy armed drones on the battlefield - a move critics say would lower the threshold for foreign military interventions.
Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Friday that Germany would work with France to develop a new generation of unmanned aerial vehicles.
"We have a gap in our capabilities that we would like to close," he said.
Germany already has unarmed drones, including the Israeli-built Heron 1 model, which it uses for reconnaissance purposes in places such as Afghanistan. Officials said Germany might consider purchasing an armed version of the Heron 1 for use after 2014, to bridge the gap until 2020 when the system being developed with France becomes available.
Opposition lawmakers warned that Germany could end up sending armed drones into conflicts abroad even when there are political reservations about deploying troops.
Over the past 20 years, Germany has steadily abandoned its post-war reticence about foreign military missions. But the constitution requires parliamentary approval before sending troops abroad and each proposed mission prompts heated debate in the country deemed responsible for two world wars in the last century.
U.N. human rights experts also have criticized the use of armed drones because they are controlled by operators who are often thousands of miles away from the targets they attack.
Last week, the U.N. independent expert on counterterrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson, announced he would launch a special investigation into drone warfare.
Emmerson, a British lawyer, said the use of armed drones isn't properly regulated by international law. He also said that countries have an obligation to "establish effective independent and impartial investigations into any drone attack in which it is plausibly alleged that civilian casualties were sustained."
Pakistan has been particularly critical of the use of armed drones by the U.S., which along with Britain and Israel is among the countries with the most sophisticated drone programs.


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From: Johnson Space Center
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2012
Synopsis - Nov 08, 2012
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Solicitation Number: NNJ13437303R
Posted Date: Nov 08, 2012
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Original Response Date: Nov 30, 2012
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Classification Code: A -- Research and Development
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NASA/JSC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an advanced space suit capable of high fidelity testing. The space suit will participate in human full vacuum chamber testing, simulated micro-gravity EVAs, and other mobility tests. The environments, interfaces, and performance requirements drive an integrated design that is a complete subsystem versus a mobility system-focused prototype.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.
The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about December 3, 2012 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about January 25, 2012.
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First, my condolences to OSU fans. Tough way to end an undefeated season. I know that the last time you had a team that went undefeated this long, it ended in Seattle too. So I can imagine the bitterness. I'm a fan of Riley and glad to see that I was wrong about OSU this season because Riley needed a season like this to keep his job. Storm Woods is more than a player with a cool name, he's a good RB too. You have a solid defense, particularly the interior. Your backup QB seems pretty decent too. Best of luck to you guys the rest of the way. Your team had 4 interceptions and 3 turnover on downs and barely lost. Having watched UW play both OSU and Stanford, OSU looked like the more complete team to me.
The Shelton hit
What is the least popular rule in football? Probably the newer version of unnecessary roughness. The kind where a player gets penalized for making a powerful but clean hit that the recipient did not see coming due to his own lack of awareness. We saw that with Golden Tate earlier this year (which wasn't flagged), and now we've seen it in this game as well. Ten years ago, we'd be lauding Shelton/Tate for making great hits, and now we are penalizing them, either with a crucial penalty or a fine. I played football before those rule changes. I've taken some brutal "blindside" hits because I forgot to keep my head on a swivel. I've dished some out too. To me it's just part of the game, and my coaches were adamant in instructing to always keep your head on a swivel, especially on turnovers.
A popular talking point is how the NCAA and the NFL might be hurting the game to protect their players. That rule is the perfect example. It is very difficult to think about what is legal and what is not in the heat of the moment, especially when the rules have gotten so specific/situational.
So I hated seeing that penalty. The crowd REALLY hated it, and booed every play in succession for several minutes before calming down. It was the "correct" call, but that rule is 100% $h!t, in my opinion. The officials had a terrible game (blowing big calls both ways), but that call was actually correct. It's the rule that's dumb, not the officials. Still, I am ever thankful that it didn't impact the outcome of the game, but when it happened it seemed likely that it would. Even AFTER a huge win against an undefeated team ranked in the top 10, I was still fuming a bit about that penalty. It wiped out the coolest Husky highlight since the immaculate interception in 2009.
UW's DBs stand out
UW's secondary gave up two long passing TDs, each of which was a little embarrassing, actually. Otherwise, I thought they looked pretty dominant: 4 interceptions and about 5-6 PDs that I saw. All four interceptions were highly impressive, athletic plays; albeit the second one probably should have not counted when a clear helmet to helmet hit went uncalled, allegedly because of a NCAA version of the rule being different. UW's defense was terrible last year, but Trufant and Parker have always been talented and now Shaq Thompson is contributing as well. A huge part of UWs turnaround on defense is the physical and instinctive play of their corners under Wilcox. It just boggles the mind even more that Nick Holt had most of those same players playing in the softest zone coverage you'll ever see. Not to beat a dead horse, but man, Nick Holt keeps finding ways to surprise me with how horrible he was in his time here.
Sankey vs. Price
Back at the beginning of the season, I mentioned here that Bishop Sankey is an Oregon Duck type running back, and that he might benefit from playing in read option offense. A few weeks later (vs. Stanford), UW switched to a read option offense and Sankey immediately enjoyed a breakout game. He had 144 yards against Stanford and over 100 against Oregon, both very good defenses. UW abandoned the run against USC but Sankey was decent in limited reps. He had almost 100 against Arizona and was on pace for well over 100 at halftime vs. Oregon State. Clearly, the switch has benefitted him.
The only problem is that while Sankey has benefitted from the scheme change, QB Keith Price has tanked. Since switching to read option, Price has only put up one statistically above average game in five tries (USC).
In the first half of the OSU game the trend continued. Sankey averaged 5.6 yards per carry. Price had about half that many yards per attempt. Sankey looked great, Price looked like garbage. The discrepancy had perhaps never been more pronounced, and I'll be honest, I was starting to give up on Keith Price. Read Option is tailored to squirrelly QBs who can extend plays. Guys like Marcus Mariota or Darron Thomas or Matt Scott or RG3. Price may be mobile but he isn't that kind of QB- he's much more of a pocket passer. Every single time that Price rolls out, it seems destined that he will end up throwing the ball out of bounds.
Then something interesting happened.
UW, despite leading 10-0 at the half, changed their scheme and reverted to a pro style offense in the second half. The result- a mildly invigorated and confident looking Keith Price and an out of place Bishop Sankey. Sankey, who had 5.6 yards per carry at halftime, tanked his stats badly and finished with a final YPC of 3.7 for the game. With these two players it is crystal clear. Keith Price needs the pro style system to succeed, and Bishop Sankey needs the read option style to succeed. Can Sarkisian find a way to mix and match without getting predictable?
This is a problem. Sankey is UW's most talented running back, but guys like Kendyl Taylor have shown some decent ability in a pro style system (admittedly in very limited looks). If it were my choice to make, I'd just revert to a pro-style system and hope to revive Keith Price, even if it means Sankey's production vanishes. Maybe one of the backups could be a poor man's Chris Polk? The running game does not need to dominate, it just needs to compliment. If Price can be comfortable and if the defense continues to play pretty well, UW could potentially finish 8-4. UW's four remaining opponents have a 4-19 record in Pac-12 games.
Hopefully Sark sticks with his half time switch and runs out of the pro style the rest of the season. Going read option made sense a few weeks ago when the O-line was a nightmare, but now it's actually stabilized to an acceptably mediocre level and running an effective pro-style offense is possible again. I like Price, but he's proven to be a system QB. Unforunately, UW's RB is also a system RB, for a different system. If given that choice, I am scheming for the QB, especially when that QB set school records last year. Hopefully Sark feels the same way.


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Bucs boasting well-rested bullpen for NLDS
ST. LOUIS -- Embroiled in a vigorous battle in the standings over the latter stages of the season, the Pirates have been playing high-stakes games for some time now. Outs, particularly at the end of games, have been at a premium. So with that being the case, it's fairly remarkable that manager Clint Hurdle could make this statement about his relievers on Wednesday afternoon:
"For Oct. 2," Hurdle said, "it's as well-rested a bullpen as you can have."
The Bucs had a workout Wednesday at Busch Stadium, after knocking off the Reds in Tuesday's National League Wild Card Game in Pittsburgh. Prior to that, the Pirates hadn't played since Sunday. Pittsburgh also had an off-day last Thursday, before its season-ending series against Cincinnati.
"The bullpen is fresh," Hurdle said. "We're in a good place out there, a very good place. Our guys are ready to go, so we're looking forward to just the freshness of it, so we don't have that carrying any kind of issues. Couple days, nobody's tight, nobody's sore."
Despite holding onto a four-run lead in the ninth on Tuesday, Hurdle elected to go to closer Jason Grilli to seal the Wild Card win. He threw a 1-2-3 inning in what was his first outing since Friday.
Setup man Mark Melancon has pitched just once (Saturday) since Sept. 23, and appeared in just 11 games in September. Tony Watson threw one inning Tuesday, and Justin Wilson last appeared on Saturday.
"Our guys have definitely logged our fair share of work, but it's no different from anybody else this time of year," Grilli said. "It's September, October -- we're riding the highs of what this is. It doesn't matter. We're all feeling good. And the adrenaline, as tired as we are, as anybody is, if you're getting to the postseason, the adrenaline wipes and erases away the feeling of being tired."