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An asteroid spawns the Geminids
Thursday's new moon provides dark cover for this year's Geminid meteor shower, which peaks that night and into the wee hours Friday. The Geminids are perhaps the best of the annual meteor showers, but because of December's chill, many people haven't truly appreciated them.
The Geminids put on a great show, often delivering 60 meteors an hour under dark skies. But in 1996, another year when the shower coincided with new moon, skywatchers with clear skies could see more than 100 meteors an hour! Even with mild urban glare, you can expect up to see 20 in a given hour. They're bright and colorful, often leaving lingering trails in their wake.
The Geminids start early, well before midnight. Most meteor showers don't gear up until closer to dawn. These begin as the constellation Gemini rises in the east around sunset and continue until sunrise, by which time the Twins stand above the west horizon. And while the meteors appear to originate from the golden star Castor, you're likely to spot them anywhere on the celestial dome.
Finally, the Geminids are unique. Whereas other meteors are born of comets, these are the product of an asteroid. Accounts of the Geminids only begin in 1862. For more than 100 years astronomers searched the heavens for the parent comet. Then, in 1983 a NASA satellite discovered the asteroid 3200 Phaethon and determined it to be the parent of the Geminids.
Both asteroids and comets are from the infancy of our solar system 4.5 billion year ago. Asteroids, however, formed closer to the sun and are made up primarily of rock and metal. Comets formed farther out and are composed of ice, dust and rock. With no melting ice to create a tail, astronomers are still puzzled what created 3200 Phaeton's debris trail. One hypothesis is that the asteroid was struck by another interstellar object and has been losing material ever since.


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CRESTVIEW � It was anotherCardiac Kidsadventure as Crestview High School�s baseball team hosted Milton on Tuesday.
Like many times throughout the season, the Bulldogs snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with late-inning heroics.
CRESTVIEW � It was anotherCardiac Kidsadventure as Crestview High School�s baseball team hosted Milton on Tuesday.
Like many times throughout the season, the Bulldogs snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with late-inning heroics.
It took nine innings, but in the end, the Bulldogs pulled out a 4-3 win on a bases-loaded single by Tyler Henderson that scored courtesy runner Drew Graham.
�We found a way (to win),� Crestview coach Tim Gillis said. �It wasn�t pretty, but we will take it. We kind of battled and hung in there and had some good pitching performances out of the bullpen.
�We kind of manufactured something there in the ninth. I would liken it to resiliency. You don�t always like to wait late, but you want to have an opportunity to win it late, and that�s what we�ve been doing.�
The Panthers scraped together a 2-0 lead after three innings off Crestview starting pitcher Roman Donofro as early evening temperatures plunged into the low 40s.
But Donofro kept battling, and when he left the mound after the sixth inning, he had eight strike-outs to complement three walks while allowing three earned runs and giving up eight hits.
Donofro kept the Panthers close while the Crestview bats cranked up on the cold night.
The Bulldogs scored their first run in the fourth inning when Dakota Dean was hit by a Troy Smith pitch, leading off the inning.
Dean moved to second on a Henderson single and to third as Corey Armstrong grounded into a double play. Smith still had to face cleanup hitter Seth Thomason and Thomason drilled a pitch to right to score Dean.
The Bulldogs didn�t score again until the sixth inning. With two out in the inning, Justin Rebholz reached on an infield hit, and Armstrong scored on a Panther error on a continuation of the play. Armstrong had previously reached base on a fielder�s choice.
Crestview tied things up in the seventh inning when Tate Sweatt doubled with one out and scored as Donofro reached on an error.
Trent Zellars worked a scoreless seventh inning on the mound for the Bulldogs; Hunter Willis took over in the eighth, going the final two frames for the win.
Brad Hardison replaced Smith on the mound for the Panthers in the eighth and retired the Bulldogs before struggling in the ninth.
Austin Armstrong led off the inning with a single and was replaced on the bases by Graham. Walks to Sweatt and Justin Abdo loaded the bases. With two out, Henderson stepped to the plate and delivered the game-winning hit.
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An ovarian cyst is a sac filled with fluid that forms on or inside of an ovary. This article is about cysts that form during your monthly menstrual cycle, called functional cysts. Functional cysts are not the same as cysts caused by cancer or other diseases. For more information about other causes of cysts on or near the ovaries, see also: Dermoid cyst Ectopic pregnancy Endometriosis Ovarian cancer Polycystic ovary syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Each month during your menstrual cycle, a follicle grows on your ovary. A follicle is where an egg is developing. Most months, an egg is released from this follicle. This is called ovulation. If the follicle fails to break open and release an egg, the fluid stays in the follicle and forms a cyst. This is called a follicular cyst. Another type of cyst occurs after an egg has been released from a follicle. This is called a corpus luteum cyst. Such cysts often contain a small amount of blood. Ovarian cysts are more common from puberty to menopause. This period of time is known as the childbearing years. Ovarian cysts are less common after menopause. Taking fertility drugs can cause a condition in which multiple large cysts are formed on the ovaries. This is called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. The cysts usually go away after a woman's period, or after a pregnancy. Functional ovarian cysts are not the same as ovarian tumors (including ovarian cancer) or cysts due to hormone-related conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome.
Ovarian cysts often cause no symptoms. When symptoms occur, they are typically pain or a late period. An ovarian cyst is more likely to cause pain if it: Becomes large Bleeds Breaks open Interferes with the blood supply to the ovary Is bumped during sexual intercourse Is twisted or causes twisting (torsion) of the Fallopian tube
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John Odom could almost touch the balmy air of retirement. Only six more weeks, and he and his wife, Karen, would be free to travel with friends, golf, remodel their condo in the California desert, and spend more time with their eight grandchildren.
High school sweethearts, the Odoms have been married nearly 46 years. They live in Redondo Beach and John is the chairman of Murray Co., well-known mechanical contractors.
In mid-April, they traveled east for a family reunion of sorts: daughter Nicole was running her first Boston Marathon, and her parents, her brother, and her husband and their three young sons were going to cheer her on. Nicole Reis, 37, is married to New England Revolution goalie Matt Reis. They met at University of California, Los Angeles, where she was an All-American softball player, he an All-American soccer star.
Karen and John Odom had seats in the VIP stands that Reis had obtained from Revolution owner Robert Kraft. "But we decided to stay with the kids," said John, who is 65.
It was a fateful decision. Minutes after arriving near the finish line, Odom would be one of the most critically wounded in the Marathon bombing.
The couple recently spoke about the ordeal from their small apartment at the Marriott Residence Inn on Tudor Wharf in Charlestown, near Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. They will remain there for the next several weeks, until John is released from outpatient physical therapy at Spaulding, which started Monday, three months after the devastating double blasts.
Odom, a rangy 6-foot-1, sits in a sunny corner of the living room, overlooking the boats and birds that populate Constitution Marina. He's surrounded by digital frames that continually flash photos of family and friends, a lava lamp, a fruit basket, and boxes of candy — all gifts from friends, and even strangers. An aluminum crutch is propped nearby.
Odom is most animated when discussing his children and grandchildren, more somber when recalling the life-changing events of this spring and what he calls his "new normal," living with a handicap.
On April 15, he and Karen were standing near the finish line when the first bomb exploded, sending shrapnel deep into his legs, nearly killing him.
He had two severed arteries, one in each leg. His sciatic nerve was completely severed. He lost so much blood that twice his heart stopped beating: once in the ambulance, once in the trauma center at Boston Medical Center. In all, he would require 23 units of blood. The average person has about 10 units of blood in his body. Doctors said it was the most they had ever given to a patient who survived.
Odom was on life support for 10 days, unconscious and in critical condition for 2½ weeks. The only reason his left leg wasn't amputated was that the gaping wound left by the shrapnel was so high up, almost near the hip, that amputation was impossible.
He endured 11 surgeries. Doctors said they didn't know whether he would walk again.
"Every day, I'd ask the doctors, 'Just tell me he's going to make it,' " Karen recalled. "They would say, 'We're sorry, we can't tell you that yet.' " She's a youthful-looking 62, and has scarcely left her husband's side since the bombs went off.
After spending 5½ weeks at Boston Medical Center and another 5½ weeks at Spaulding, John was released from inpatient therapy on June 27.
Only one other bombing patient — Marc Fucarile, who lost a leg in the blast — remains at Spaulding, though some former patients have returned to learn how to use prosthetic limbs.
For the Odoms, Marathon Monday started off busy, with family members headed to mile 13 in Wellesley to cheer on Nicole. But they forgot their signs: "Go, Nicole!" and "You Can Do It!" and quickly turned back to the Reis home in Franklin.
While there, Matt Reis, who had failed to put on a belt that morning, grabbed one — a move that would help save his father-in-law's life. At mile 13, Nicole stopped and hugged her boys: 3-year-old twins Christian and Weston and 6-year-old Jacob. Pictures were snapped, and the twins were left with a family friend. Nicole, on track with her goal of 10-minute miles, was psyched.
The Odom party, seven now, drove into Boston, parked, and arrived near the finish line shortly before the first bomb exploded. "It was perfect weather for the runners," says John. "It was a wonderful feeling being there, seeing all the runners coming in, everyone cheering."
Matt Reis had put Jacob on his shoulders and stepped a bit away, with Nicole's brother Donny, the better to see her come in. "Thank God," John says now.
The family was standing at ground zero for the first bomb. The last thing John remembers is hearing the blast, feeling the heat, and thinking it was a bomb. "Oh no," he said. Then: "Karen, my leg, my leg."
Karen, who was uninjured, had landed on top of him, amid a field of broken glass. She could see exposed muscle bulging out of the ripped left leg of his trousers, copious amounts of blood — and her husband quickly turning ashen.
She has no medical training, "but I've been a mother for 45 years," she says, with a wry smile. She tied a pair of pants she'd brought for Nicole around John's upper thigh. But the bleeding wouldn't stop.
Reis cinched his belt, tight, around John's leg, and took off his jacket, which Karen used to apply pressure to the wound. "A huge piece of shrapnel had gone through his left leg, and was sticking out of his right leg," she says. "He was turning gray. We knew it was trouble." It was nearly 4 inches long and an inch wide.
"We were all screaming at him to stay awake, to keep his eyes open," Karen says.
A firefighter gave him oxygen and applied another tourniquet. Donny Odom, at 45 the oldest of the couple's three children, helped carry his father on a backboard to the medical tent, and then an ambulance. That night, their other son, Michael, 42, took the red-eye from Los Angeles to be with his family in Boston.
When John Odom went to Spaulding in late May, he was still bedridden. "He needed the help of two people to get out of bed," said physical therapist Jessica Guilbert, who worked with him two to three hours a day.
Odom, she says, progressed much faster than anyone expected. "He is an incredibly motivated person. If I said on a Monday or Tuesday, 'I want you to be able to walk around the gym on Friday,' he'd want to do it by the next day."
Guilbert also credits Karen Odom: "[She's] absolutely incredible and so supportive of him." Any assignment Guilbert would give the couple, she knew it would get done. "Like working on getting his leg more flexible and stronger. Because they're both so dedicated, we were able to progress him a lot more quickly."
Today, Odom's left leg is chronically swollen and throbs — not with pain, but because of nerve damage. Though he must use crutches, he says he intends to keep up his golf game.
Despite what they've been through here, the Odoms say they love Boston. "It's a beautiful city, a great city with a lot of history," John Odom said. "The people are wonderful."
His wife agrees. "We think the reason he's still alive is because he's in Boston." The couple say they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. "The good of people has far outweighed the evil act of two," she said.
They've gotten thousands of cards, and people have left flowers at the inn's front desk. When Karen was recently in a beauty parlor, a stranger told her: "Your manicure is on me. We feel so bad about what happened to you." But another woman piped up: "I already took care of it." Both she and Karen wiped away tears.
The Odoms hope to return to California sometime in September. John is postponing retirement until the first of the year. He needs the health insurance. Doctors still haven't ruled out amputation of his leg left, once the wound has healed.
When retirement does come, the couple will go ahead with their plans to travel, golf, and see more of their grandchildren. "We'll come and stay for two or three months with Nicole and her family," says John. "I just don't want to miss watching the kids grow up."
Finally, on July 1, he did get to see his daughter cross the Marathon finish line in Copley Square. Nicole Reis was a participant in the One Run for Boston, a coast-to-coast relay race to raise money for those affected by the bombing.
Shortly before 1 a.m., as the relay baton passed to her, she pushed her father's wheelchair across the finish line.
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For 54 years while Jaguars, BMWs, and Cadillacs have come and gone, the Mercedes-Benz SL has been the king of the trophy-car convertibles—the sort of car that not only says its owner has arrived but that he's been around for a while.
Ferrari's latest offering, the California, uses the template of the latest-generation SL: a folding-hardtop convertible and a transmission that does without a clutch pedal. Ferrari is positioning the California as a less expensive companion to the 599GTB and 612 Scaglietti grand tourers, leaving the mid-engined F430 to represent the harder-edged realm of Ferrari's sports-car ambitions. So the overlap in price—the California's base price of $197,350 is only $22,810 less than the convertible F430 Spider's—isn't supposed to be a problem, but some sales cannibalization is to be expected.
Also inevitable are comparisons with other cars in the segment, even if potential owners more likely cross-shop their purchases with helicopters or gold-plated hovercraft. This brings us to the Mercedes-Benz SL63, recently updated for 2009 with revised styling, a new (for the SL) 6.2-liter V-8, and a shift-time-hastening multiplate clutch (in place of a torque converter) between the engine and the seven-speed automatic transmission. The SL65 AMG, which starts at $198,175, might be closer in price to the Ferrari, but the maniacal power of its twin-turbo V-12 and the extra heft over the front wheels in the SL65 make the SL63 a more manageable and enjoyable car to drive. Plus, the SL63's output of 518 horsepower is closer to the California's 453 ponies.
On paper, it's a pretty even matchup. And after two days of driving in Bavaria, neither car stood out as clearly superior. So, picking a winner was as difficult as giving back the keys at our test's end.


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Mars' reddish dust covers the Opportunity rover's solar panels in this downward-looking view, assembled from images taken by the NASA probe's panoramic camera from Dec. 21 to 24, 2011. The mosaic was put together in such a way as to omit the mast on which the camera is mounted.
One of the trickiest things that NASA's Opportunity rover does on Mars is take a look at itself — but for the six-wheeled rover, it's been a vital part of its eight-year-plus mission on the Red Planet.
This picture illustrates why the occasional once-over is so important: Because Opportunity relies on solar power, mission controllers back on Earth need to know how much dust is accumulating on the rover's solar panels. It's been a while since the dust has been swept off by Martian winds, and so there's quite a bit of dust covering the power-generating cells right now.
The dust hasn't been so much of a concern during the previous southern winters that Opportunity has spent in Meridiani Planum on the Red Planet. But as winter approaches this time, NASA has decided to position the rover on a north-facing slope so that it can soak up as much of the sun's weak rays as possible. That's a strategy that the rover team employed in the past with Opportunity's twin, the Spirit rover, which now lies moribund in Gusev Crater on the other side of the planet.
Opportunity is conducting research in place as it sits on the north-facing slope of a ridge known as Greeley Haven, on the rim of the 14-mile-wide Endeavour Crater. The rover's going to be there for a while: Mars' southern winter solstice takes place on March 30, and the planet's seasons last roughly twice as long as Earth's. So we'll be seeing a lot of the rover's surroundings at Greeley Haven — including the current focus of its scientific studies, a rock called Amboy.
For comparison's sake, here's a picture of Opportunity's relatively clean solar panels from September 2007:
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell
This mosaic shows Opportunity's solar panels in September 2007 as seen by the rover's panoramic camera. The downward-looking view has been assembled to omit the mast on which the camera is mounted.
And here's a real treat from space artist Don Davis: A painstakingly assembled mosaic of imagery from Opportunity, looking east-southeast over Endeavour Crater to the far side just before sunset. You can see Opportunity's dust-covered solar panels and color-calibration sundial in the foreground. In the distance, you can see the long shadows cast on the crater floor — including the slight bump of a shadow that could well have been cast by Opportunity itself. It's a picture to marvel over, and astronomer/educator Stuart Atkinson does his fair share of marveling on the "Road to Endeavour" website. Emily Lakdawalla provides further details about Davis' rendition on the Planetary Society Blog.
Copyright Don Davis / NASA / JPL / Cornell
Don Davis created this mosaic from imagery sent back from Mars by NASA's Opportunity rover as the sun was setting on Jan. 27. The rover is looking out from a ridge toward the far rim of Endeavour Crater. The shadow of the ridge, and Opportunity itself, can be made out on the crater floor, toward the right edge of the image.
A little section of this picture served as this week's "Where in the Cosmos" picture puzzle on the Cosmic Log Facebook page earlier today. It didn't take long for Josh Jones to figure out what the picture showed, and to reward his mastery of a Martian mystery, I'm sending him a pair of 3-D glasses. Join the Cosmic Log Facebook community and stay tuned for the next "Where in the Cosmos" puzzle.
Speaking of Mars, my space-watching colleagues and I touched upon Red Planet research and other cosmic topics during the Weekly Space Hangout on Thursday. To wind up the week, here's the webcast, courtesy of Universe Today's Fraser Cain:
In this edition of the Weekly Space Hangout, we talk about the non-discovery of faster-than-light neutrinos, the possibility of quakes on Mars, and explanation for the ridge on Iapetus, the 25th anniversary of SN1987A, and a steamy water world.
More about Mars:
- Rocks hint at strong quakes on Mars
- Mars orbiter spies on past probes
- NASA aims to shift money from Mars to space tech
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter or adding Cosmic Log's Google+ page to your circle. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for other worlds.


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- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
Want to Get Fit Quickly?
By Frank Horwill
If we go more than five days without any exercise our endurance will begin to decline. Endurance is the ability to maintain an activity at the optimal intensity for the required duration of that activity. So, if we have been off sports training for a month or more our endurance will be back to zero. But there are some alleviating factors. The longer one has participated regularly in a sport, the better. Research has shown that a person who has competed and trained regularly (a minimum of every other day) for 10 years will regain fitness faster than someone who has only been at it for 5 years. Why is this so? It is all to do with a minuscule cell in our muscle called mitochondria. Invisible to the naked eye and normal microscope, it can only be detected by an electron microscope. Its job is to act as a sort of furnace to burn energy for the muscle. The longer one has been training, the more mitochondria one will possess and they don't disappear when you're off sick or injured, they simply become limp.
Most injuries to sports people occur to one limb, which rules out any weight bearing activity; therefore an immediate switch to another non weight bearing activity should be made. One mile of steady, continuous swimming is worth four miles of steady running. Four miles of cycling is worth one mile of running, and three miles of rowing is equal to a mile of running. There is a minor drawback with these activities: it is a little more difficult for, say, a runner to register a maximum pulse rate. However, regular participation in these activities will limit the decline in endurance. But, if one has been ill for several weeks with something akin to glandular fever, no physical work at all will be possible. There may be only a few weeks left after recovery to make a major championship event or be included in an Olympic or Commonwealth Games team. Getting fit quickly without the possibility of further injury is a priority. Fortunately, three renowned physiologists have their own answers – Gerschler, Astrand and Nurmekivi – and they have certain similarity about their methods.
Dr. Woldemar Gerschler coached Rudolph Harbig to a world 800m record in 1939, and the record stood for 16 years. He also advised the late Gordon Pirie, who broke records for the 3000m and 5000m in the 1950s. Gerschler outraged the running fraternity by announcing: 'Steady running is wasteful of effort and inefficient.' He went on to claim that with his interval training method he could achieve fitness in a subject in six weeks which would take twelve weeks of steady running to produce. He based his claim on work with 3000 subjects at Frieburg University. Another astounding statement he made was that it was not the actual running of short distances repeatedly that improved the stroke volume of the heart, it was the recovery period after such runs that did the building of endurance.
In order to carry out Gerschler's regime it is necessary to know what your best times are for running the distances of 100, 200 and 600 metres, because all the running is done at a percentage of those times. This is the procedure.
Day 1
Run 100 metres 3 seconds slower than your best at the distance eg best 100 metres time = 14 seconds + 3 seconds = 17 seconds. Recover by lying on the ground with the feet elevated on a bench until the pulse rate returns to 120 beats a minute within 90 seconds. Allowing the pulse to register 20 beats for 10 seconds will suffice. The 100 metre runs continue every time the pulse reaches 120bpm until the pulse fails to reach 120bpm within 90 seconds. This might be after 10 x 100 metres or 30 x 100 metres. The session must cease when the pulse fails to recover to the required time limit.
Day 2
Run 200 metres 6 seconds slower than your best at the distance eg best 200 metres time = 30 seconds + 6 seconds = 36 seconds. Repeat the pulse recovery routine outlined in Day 1. The pulse may fail to recover after 8 x 200 or it may take 28 x 200.
Day 3
Run 600 metres 18 seconds slower than your best at the distance eg best 600 metres time = 105 seconds (70secs/400) + 18 seconds = 123 seconds. Repeat the pulse recovery routine as described.
The process continues for the week as follows: Day 4 as for Day 1, Day 5 as for Day 2, Day 6 as for Day 3, Day 7 – rest.
After 14 days of this interval training, it will be noticed that the time it takes for the pulse to recover to 120 beats per minute (20 beats for 10 seconds) will become less.
I have known subjects who have done 32 x 200 metre runs in this way, and whose pulse rate returned to 120bpm within 45 seconds. During the actual runs the pulse rate will be elevated to a range between 160 to 180 beats per minute. It is while the pulse is returning to 120bpm that the heart gains strength, increasing the stroke volume by one-fifth within 21 days. It will be noted that with steady running, the pulse will hover at around 130-140bpm. Whereas with this procedure, the average pulse rate will be 180 – 120 = 300 halved = 150bpm average.
Astrand's get fit quick method does not involve pulse-taking, but it does require accurate timing. Per-Olof Astrand stated that short interval training of 10 second runs with 20 second rests raises aerobic capacity within the muscles much more effectively than do longer intervals, such as 1 minute runs with 2 minute rests. This would be expected only if the short runs were executed more aerobically than the longer intervals. Is this possible? Surprisingly, this is so.
Because of the presence in muscle of myoglobin, an oxygen-binding protein which provides a small but important store of oxygen, only a proportion of the oxygen required during the runs can be delivered by the circulation, leaving a deficit which must be restored by anaerobic metabolism, and the latter does not train the aerobic system. Myoglobin in this instance is providing extra oxygen to meet this deficit so that the aerobic system can be used to its optimum capacity and thereby effectively trained. However this is not the only trick Astrand revealed. Running at a percentage of your maximum during a duration-stipulated run was a stroke of masterly observation. First of all it is necessary to run for 3 minutes and to cover as much distance as possible during that time. For accuracy, a track is preferable, but a path through a park will suffice.
Let us imagine that we have a sports person fighting to regain fitness who runs exactly 800 metres in 3 minutes. That distance must be remembered for a month, no matter how long or short it may be because it is going to be constantly used at different percentages of time. For the first training session, the distance is going to be run at 80 per cent. That's 80 percent of 3 minutes (180 seconds) which is 800 metres run in 216-seconds (3mins 36sec). This run is repeated as many times as possible in one session with just 30 seconds recovery after each run, until the distance cannot be run in the prescribed time. These runs are at about 75 per cent of the VO2 max. For the second training session, the distance of 800 metres is run at 90 percent of 180 seconds, which is 3 mins 18 secs, with 60 seconds recovery, repeated many times. These repetitions are at about 95 percent of the VO2 max. For the third training session, the 800m distance is run at 85 percent of the time which will be 207 seconds (3mins 27secs), with 45 seconds rest after each run. This is about 90 percent of the VO2 max.
We are now in a position to draw up a get fit quick schedule based on Astrand's methods.
Day 1
Run for 3 minutes as far as possible eg 800 metres. Rest 6 minutes and run the same distance at 80 per cent of the time eg 3mins 36 secs with 30 secs rest. Repeat many times.
Day 2
Run 10 second intervals with 20 second rests for 30 minutes. Attempt to cover more than 50 metres per run.
Day 3
Run for 90 percent of the time for the distance achieved on Day 1. In this example 800 metres in 3 mins 18 secs with 60 secs rest. Repeat many times as long as target time is achieved.
Day 4
Repeat Day 2
Day 5
Run the 3 minute distance in 85 per cent of the time. Example – 800m in 207 seconds with 45 seconds rest. Repeat as many times as possible.
Day 6
Repeat Day 2
Day 7
After one month of repeating the Astrand weekly cycle, it will be necessary to do a 3 minute maximum effort run again to determine whether there is a major improvement and also to amend the training distance. For example a distance of 1000 metres may be run in 3 minutes and this distance will be a constant throughout the month.
It is not necessary on Day 1 to do the initial maximum 3 minute run again, this is done only once to determine the training distance.
Nurmekivi, a noted Russian work physiologist, has a simple formula for quick fitness. Train at 100 percent of the V02 max for just 10 minutes per day. That is at a sports person's best 3k speed. It will be necessary to ascertain this by doing a track time trial or a measured 3km road course. Once the time is known for the 7½ laps of a track, segments of the distance are taken and run at the same pace many times – for example, if a sports person runs the distance in 11 minutes 15 seconds, that's 90 seconds per 400 metres. Here is a plan of different 3k pace sessions for a week with progressions.
Day 1
Build up to running 16 x 400m in 90 secs with 45 secs rest. Progression – reduce average lap times to as fast as possible.
Day 2
Build up to running 32 x 200m in 45 secs with 20 secs rest. Progression – keep reducing speed of 200s
Day 3
Build up to running 8 x 800m in 3 minutes with 90 secs rest. Progression – increase speed of reps when original time becomes easy.
Day 4
Build up to running 6 x 1000m in 3 mins 45 secs with 2mins rest. Progression – aim to improve time of reps.
Day 5
Build up to running 4 x 1500m in 5 mins, 37.5 secs with 3 minutes rest. Progression – reduce average time for repetitions.
Day 6
32 x 100m in 20 seconds with 10 seconds rest. Progression – increase average speed of repetitions.
If Nurmekivi's edict is followed to the letter, it will only be necessary to do a thorough warm-up up and then 10 minutes of each of the above sessions. This would virtually halve the volume for each day. It is suggested that 10 minutes should be the starting point and a goal for 20 minutes is preferable.
Combining the three
Now, there is nothing against all the physiologists work quoted being used in part to form a complex programme. Here is a sample.
Day 1
Astrand session – 3 minute distance run x 6 at 80 percent of 3 mins.
Day 2
Gerschler session – 100m runs 3 secs slower than best with pulse recovery of 120bpm
Day 3
Nurmekivi session – 10 minutes of running 400s at 3k pace with 45 secs rest.
Day 4
Astrand session – 10 second runs with 20 second rests for 30 minutes.
Day 5
Gerschler session – 200m runs 6 secs slower than best with pulse recovery of 120bpm.
Day 6
Nurmekivi session – 10 minutes of running 800s at 3k pace with 90 secs rest.
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Cloonen Visits Bunge as Part of Manufacturing Month
KANKAKEE, IL – On Tuesday, state Representative Kate Cloonen visited Bunge Oils of Bradley as a part of her continuing series of business visits to promote Illinois' Manufacturing Month. The visit was organized by The Kankakee County Economic Alliance.
"Our district has a number of worldwide companies such as Bunge Oils, and it is important that I meet with these companies to discuss ways to make Illinois more business friendly, enabling our companies to flourish and create jobs," Cloonen said. "I would like to thank Bunge for their time and the Economic Alliance for their active work in our community. I look forward to this partnership with the Economic Alliance and Illinois manufacturers as we work together to promote job growth in the 79th District."


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A busy weekend kicked off last Thursday night with four events on the calendar.
Tricia Northcutt, Zach Billingsley, Cheri Peebles, Vickie Dollar, and Katie Thompson were among those dining at Borago's in Grayton to benefit Children's Volunteer Health Network.
Coop and Peggy Jones enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres at Cafe Thirty-A that same night during a talk given by heart experts from Sacred Heart.
The trio known as the 3 Amigos (Dom Damiano, Bill Davis, and Buzz Woodham) cooked together for the last time at Kitchenique that same night.
And, last Thursday night, Vin'tij hosted a Chateau Montelena wine tasting.
On Friday night, once again, it was all about the dining choices.
St. Rita held another fish fry last Friday night and broke all records, selling 612 plates. Rick and Bonnie McQuiston, Joe and Jan Stanko, Dave Winn, Darwin Davis and Ginny Olson were among those who enjoyed, and Jamie Conley, John Stasko, and Chick and Cathy Huettel helped serve.
723 Whiskey Bravo Bistro & Bar, and La Playa both held soft openings last weekend. Geoff McBride played at LaPlaya's. Kirsten Carpenter and Barbara Rowan were there. Linda Miller went to 723 Whiskey Bravo's.
Saturday morning was the bi-annual Seaside yard sale. Sally Rice, Billy Garrett, Frank Berte, Leslie Woodham, Patti Terjak, Hannah Bowyer, and Kathy Bridges took it in.
The Village of Baytowne Wharf was a busy place to be Sunday afternoon as the Village hosted its annual Mardi Gras pooch parade and the Wine Women & Shoes event at the same time.
Robin Wiesneth, Pam and Sherlock Watkins, Gary Bowman, Linda Quinlan, Lucy Hoffer, Susan Paladini, and Meg Warrington were among the big crowd attending the festive Mardi Gras pooch parade.
Opting for Wine Women & Shoes (and ladies' fashions) were Sarah Svoboda, Marinella and Robert Monk, Sandy and Greig Buckley, Denise Dobelek, Emily Carvallo, Kate Kelly, Tim Krueger, Nancy Cottle, Nan Ream, Myra Williams, Lauren Gall, Judy Wiseman, Lorre James, Betty White, Joe and Lea Capers, Hillary and Cory Fosdyck, Demetria and Richard McNeese, Wanda Duke, Gena and Ronnie Bolton, Linda Miller, Jennifer and Blevins Howard, Elaine Tucker, John Russell, Nina Horn, Ron Green, Malpa Fuller, Demetrius Fuller, and Michael Dobson.
I enjoyed a great meal at The Vue on 30A last Tuesday night, which is their prime-rib night, along with Keith and RoseAnn Knight, and John Stasko. While some of my dining companions chose the prime rib and loved it, I selected the escargot in phyllo and fried oysters Rockefeller. Yummy! Betty Krika, Rick Schoonover, Judy Heninger, and Linda Johnstone were also there.
Laurie Hood celebrated her birthday in New York City.
Phil McDonald visited Snowmass, Colo.
Steve Weiner attended a V.I.P. event in Lake Tahoe.
DeLene Sholes traveled to California.
Congratulations to George Barnes and Gayle Schoettle on their engagement, which, I am told came about over the holidays. No date has been set as yet.
Brian and Kristen Peterson have a new family member named Kelsey.
Sympathy is expressed to Anita Page in the death of her mother.
Wish a "happy birthday" Monday to Margie Jordan, and Alys Beach's Anna Comer.
Tuesday to Bob Walz, Frank Macon, Rosemary Beach's Donna Pelous, and Cafe Thirty-A's Harriet Crommelin.
Wednesday to Christy Kearney, and The Red Bar's Philippe Petit.
Thursday to David Higgs.
And Friday to Susan Tolbert, Garrett Horn, Jim Radford, Diane Parsonnet, and artist Joy Fine.
Deborah Wheeler is the arts and entertainment reporter for The Walton Sun. She may be reached at 654-8443 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Party Line appears weekly in The Sun.


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Bill O'Reilly may want to turn the administration's strengths into weaknesses by embracing issues that the GOP have traditionally opposed.
In a move that raised eyebrows on Wednesday, O'Reilly gave his blessing to Marco Rubio's immigration plan throwing his support behind the Florida senator on his Fox News show.
'That seems to be pretty fair,' O'Reilly reportedly said of Rubio's plan. 'I like your program. I think it's fair.'
According to Politico, O'Reilly then suggested Rubio take his plan to the president in the hope of a public discussion.
'If the president of the United States is not going to cooperate with the opposing party, we need to report that,' O'Reilly said. 'That's going to be very, very, very important going forward, because we all want fairness and I think your program is a good one.'
The first phase of Rubio's plan would deport all undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes. It also calls for undocumented immigrants who have committed no crimes to come forward and be fingerprinted for national security, where they will be asked to pay back taxes and are certain to be determined fines.
The second phase comes after the undocumented individual has remained in the US for a significant period of time without committing any crimes - and the border and workplace is secure. Now the legal immigrant would be granted the opportunity to apply for the existing legal immigration system.
It's a staggered path to legal immigration that some critics say is far too provisional on a series of easily altered rules. Rubio says there is no reason to doubt his sincerity, however.
'I wish we didn't have eight or 12 million people here that are undocumented, but we do and we have to deal with it,' Rubio told O'Reilly on his show. 'But we have to deal with it in a way that's compassionate and responsible.'
Rubio is a particular Tea Party favorite and is spoken of as a likely 2016 White House contender. Republican party leaders see him as a rising star and hope he could broaden the party's appeal among Latinos, the nation's fastest growing population.
Meanwhile according to the Washington Post, the Obama administration sees signs that bipartisan cooperation could be possible on immigration reform, in light of Rubio's involvement.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Rubio's proposals to offer more visas to highly skilled tech workers and his plan to potentially provide legal status to many many of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants 'bode well for a productive, bipartisan debate.'
'We hope that it signals a change in the Republican approach to this issue,' Carney said, 'because if we are going to get this done, it's going to take more than just a handful of Republicans working across the aisle.'
Rubio has split from fellow conservatives who refuse to offer any legal status or citizenship to undocumented workers because it would reward people who break the law, they say.
On Tuesday, Carney said the White House is 'encouraged' that Rubio's thinking now 'so closely reflects the president's blueprint for reform.'
Hispanic voters strongly supported Obama and other Democrats at the polls last year, which astounded O'Reilly, who suggested at the time the white picket fence world of Wally and the Beave had come to an end.
Now Republicans are moving to win back some of their losses.
'We're seeing a sort of tango with Rubio and Obama beginning on immigration reform, and they are each not sure yet who is leading and who is following,' Angela Kelley, an analyst at the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, told the Washington Post. 'I suspect until they figure that out, there will be some stepping on toes.'


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Celebrating MLK: College students host 'Little Rock Nine' member who helped desegregate America's schools
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Loyola press release - December 16, 2013
Just 56 years ago, Minnijean Brown Trickey joined eight other African-American teenagers to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., as a part of the now-famous "Little Rock Nine." This January, she will join hundreds of New Orleans college students in celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. during a free, public event series.
Brown Trickey will speak at Loyola University New Orleans Saturday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Danna Student Center's St. Charles Room as a part of 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week for Peace—a four-day celebration running from Friday, Jan. 17 to Monday, Jan. 20.
"Loyola is spearheading the celebration this year, but it is really a combined effort of Loyola, Dillard, Tulane and Xavier universities," said Robert Reed, assistant vice president for student affairs at Loyola and chair of the MLK committee this year. "The event series is a way for college students and the New Orleans community to keep King's dream alive more than 50 years after he made that famous speech."
Events in the series include:
- A step team competition showcasing the talents of teams from all four universities set for Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at Tulane's McAlister Auditorium;
- the MLK convocation and symposium Saturday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. in Loyola's Danna Student Center, including a keynote speech from Brown Trickey as well as breakout sessions; and
- an interfaith service to commemorate King's legacy set for 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at Dillard's Lawless Chapel, including performances from a combined university choir and scripture readings.
To close the celebration, more than 700 college students will take to the streets in New Orleans for a day of service set for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. The students will participate in various community service projects, serving as volunteers around the Crescent City. Loyola's Office of Mission and Ministry is also partnering with the Archdiocese of New Orleans for the day of service.
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress Wednesday for more authority to police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as lawmakers questioned why the agency didn't do more with its existing powers.
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg called for new laws to clarify her agency's authority to crack down on companies like the New England Compounding Center, which distributed contaminated pain injections that have sickened more than 460 Americans and caused 32 deaths.
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent most of the first hearing on the outbreak questioning state and federal regulators about why they didn't act sooner against the company.
A timeline assembled by the committee's Republican staff showed that the FDA and the Massachusetts board of pharmacy investigated the pharmacy more than a dozen times in the past decade. In particular, lawmakers pointed to a 2002 FDA inspection that found contamination issues with the same steroid implicated in the latest recall.
"I was stunned and angered to learn that an inspection of the NECC by the FDA and the Massachusetts board of pharmacy over 10 years ago identified contamination in the very same drug at issue in the current outbreak," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who chairs the committee.
Hamburg told lawmakers that the problems uncovered in inspections were "very serious," but that the agency was obligated to defer to Massachusetts authorities, who have more direct oversight over pharmacies.
Hamburg emphasized repeatedly the difficulty of taking action against compounding pharmacies, which have operated in a gray area between state and federal law.


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Loyal readers of the blog will know that I don't think much of James Wright as an NHL player. In the summer, I wrote that he alone was an example of how Claude Noel had impeded his team's chances at the playoffs. More recently, I looked at a single shift of Wright's to examine his constant mental errors.
Last season, every bit of evidence we could muster told us James Wright was not an NHL player, underscored by the fact that he was dead last on the team in corsi (shot attempts) stats. As of today, James Wright is second among regulars on the team in shot attempt numbers while the score is close, and 11th (AKA not last) in five on five play.
Despite zero points and just 13 shots on goal through 15 games, James Wright might be playing his best hockey of his career. Is it enough?
Even Strength
We often use some simple counting numbers to measure even strength effectiveness. The short hand is corsi, but it's just a simple +/- for shot attempts. It tells us a story about who has the puck and where they have it.
James Wright has had a distinct pattern to his corsi numbers this year, and the move to centre has been a positive one for him.
Let's look at the raw numbers. He begins his stint at centre on the road with a stunning game against the Predators on October 24th.
His first six games are what we've come to expect from James Wright. His corsi for numbers are low, his corsi against number drops below 9 only against the Stars, when the game was over inside 20 minutes and the Jets faced a prevent shell for two periods. Starting against the Canadiens, Wright has a six game stretch where things reverse in a big way.
His final three games in the set show a return to poor form, and unsurprisingly, he played with Chris Thorburn those games (as well as game 2 against the Kings).
Let's look at the more important chart:
This is corsi %, which is just a shot attempt +/- turned into a simple ratio. The green line is his raw corsi%, and the purple line is his corsi % relative to how the rest of the team did in that game. When the green line is at 50%, James Wright broke even in that game against the other team. When the purple line is at 0, it means the Jets did no better or worse with him on the ice – he met the average.
We see roughly the same pattern, though with some absolution for the Colorado game – six poor games, seven good games, two poor games.
Random Fluxuations?
Certainly, the sample size is small and we could be writing anything about James Wright's season as a whole come April. But seven games in a row above the team average corsi is kind of like describing another player.
Comparing it to last year, we can be suitably impressed:
Not only did Wright not manage a seven game streak of above average corsi numbers last season, his longest streak was three games, and he did it just twice.
Relative Merits
Claude Noel still hasn't settled on a top 12 he's comfortable with, despite constant experimentation. It's hard to keep track of who Wright is playing with when things are going well. He's done poorly with Thorburn, not surprisingly, but also when next to Jokinen and Frolik (with whom he played Games 1 and 3, and parts of other games as well). We know from limited minutes this year and extended minutes last season that he struggles as he moves up the lineup, and that he needs support. He can't carry a line – far from it.
We also can't call him an out-scorer, or even a contributor to offence. He now has 10 points in 102 NHL games.
But playing limited minutes from the fourth line, against other fourth lines, James Wright is putting together his best stretch of hockey in his career. In minutes in which the game is close (within a goal), Wright has the second best corsi % on the team behind Tangardi. In all 5 on 5 play, his number is up from a team worst 44.7% to an 11th best 48.7%.
Is It Good Enough?
The truth, of course, is that the team is losing, and James Wright is hardly the answer. He won't score on a team that needs depth scoring, he doesn't win faceoffs on a team that chases possession, and he doesn't win his shifts. These numbers show the rest of the team's failures as much as his personal success, and they look better relative to Olli Jokinen and Chris Thorburn than role players on better teams.
Perhaps this deserves further consideration, but he's also among the team's worst penalty killers inside their aggressive system, failing to create opportunities and playing more passively than most forwards. He leads forwards in short handed minutes, but he ranks dead last among regular penalty killers in 4 on 5 corsi numbers. That might not matter for some teams, but the Jets lead the league in 4 on 5 corsi rate with 25%. Their system is designed to get up ice and put shots on. James Wright doesn't do that.
All of that said, this team is top heavy when it comes to contracts. Just five forwards make over $4M a year. Added to three large contracts on the back-end and a highly paid goaltender, the team doesn't have a lot to spend on its fourth line. James Wright is making a case to be a depth player on this club.
You Still Don't Sound Happy
It's taken 53 games of James Wright to find out that he might be able to be a scoreless fourth line player, in controlled minutes so long as he plays with the likes of Halischuk and Tangradi. And we still don't know if he can kill penalties the way the team has drawn it up.
I've said all along that I cheer for the ex-Vancouver Giant. But even if James Wright beats the odds, no one but his parents can say 'I told you so' to the many James Wright haters out there.
The problem is with the process of evaluation and development, not with the player himself. I will be happy if he turns out – for him, and for us as fans – but it still means the coach let a player fail for 50 games and missed the playoffs narrowly in trying to bring along the type of player that can be had easily around the league in trade or free agency. James Wright should have developed at lower levels, and the team should have played the lineup that gave them the best chance to win while Wright learned his trade.
Even if Wright continues to improve, he remains a problematic indicator within the organization.


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There was a guy in Farmington or maybe Canton that rebuilt GM alternators in the late 90's I'll have to see if I still have his name. But they can be rebuilt and I think there is a thread or two here on brushes and such. The Diodes are also replaceable.
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(Nampa, Idaho— July 25, 2013) Sorrento Lactalis, Inc. will pay $91,352 in a settlement for violations of Clean Air Act regulations intended to prevent chemical accidents. The violations occurred at Sorrento's cheese manufacturing facility in Nampa, Idaho.
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We were walking through a department store yesterday and noticed a bed that looked similar to this one. Of course, beds styled as top-heavy as that one aren't typical (or realistic) for the home. But we have to admit, we love a cozy-looking bed and strive to create a similar (but pared down version) of the department store bed at home...
Pillows (and lots of them) are the easiest way to create the top-heavy look. Colorful pillows can take the place of a headboard and the extra lot are great for propping yourself up in bed when reading. To add inches on your mattress, start with a thick mattress pad like this one from Kensington (every little bit helps). We love the layered look and prefer a down comforter on top of a regular, cotton comforter. Our go-to bedding colors are usually white and we add pops of color with blankets.
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|2012-03-23, 22:55
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Just like the previous season, my watching choices will be quite minimal.
The only show that I'm really anticipated for is Tasogare Otome × Amnesia, and I haven't got this high level of anticipation since Gosick.
Anticipated sequels and additional adaptations are Fate/Zero S2, Koreha Zombie Desuka of the Dead and Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.
The last one would be Natsuiro Kiseki.
|2012-03-24, 11:55
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Since Winter season is almost over...
Extremely anticipated and hopefully it won't disappoint me like Haganai:
Saki -Achiga - - Saki in general is best watched as a marathon after it finish, but oh well...
Will watch:
Fate/Zero - Duh...
Accel World - LN is highly acclaimed, so I'll see what it's all about...(SAO, of course, will fall here by default in Summer season)
Very likely to watch:
Zombie S2 - Don't see why not...
Natsuiro - Seems like a good watch.
Hyouka - It's Kyo-Ani. Will it be a K-On or a Nichijou? Will see...
Nyaruko-san - Maybe...I've heard of it but don't know what it's about at all.
Medaka Box - Nisio Isin makes me think about it...
At the end, I don't even want to calculate the probability that I'll only be following Saki 100% by the end of season...
|2012-03-24, 15:46
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I'm such a bias fangirl for AKB48 so AKB0048 ANIME!!! <3
Not just cuz it's AKB48 but the co creator did Macross, producer worked on Evangelion, scrip composition work on Ano Hana, Toradora, and BRS so the cast is too interesting not to consider it.
I gave up on Medaka box cuz of the manga got boring.
I'm actually looking forward to Accel World. It seem interesting. I don't mind the main guy design too lol
Also Tasogare since I read the anime. It's pretty interesting.
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|2012-03-24, 15:55
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there's alot of big names in that anime.
It seem interesting in a "OMFG this thing is crazily randomly cheesy" kinda way.
They also have really good voice actress doing it along side AKB members like Yui Horie, and Miyuki Sawashiro. I love her in DRRR as Celty so it's hard for me to resist...even with the lulz storyline and the artstyle lol
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Although my reaction to Accel World having Yoshino(from Guilty Crown) doing the writing is that sounds like a big red flag to me.
I'm enjoying Ozuma very much though. Glad I added it to my watchlist.
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|2012-03-25, 02:05
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Age: 42
It would be very interesting to see if 0048 could live up to the hype, especially with half the cast consisting of real-life teen idols and half filled with formidable veteran seiyuu.
As for the other titles, with the exception of Ozma, I'll have to give myself more time to select worthy titles -- I don't want to find myself dozing off half-way through a show.
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Spring looks really interesting.
Will Definitely Watch : Fate/Zero S2 - Sakamichi no Apollon
Will Try : Jormungand - Lupin The Third - ZETMAN - Hyouka - Eureka Seven AO - Uchuu Kyoudai - Nazo X Kanojo - Tsuritama
Will Try if hear good thing about them : Sankarea - Amnesia - Medaka Box - Accel World - AKB0048 - Shining Hearts
|2012-03-25, 19:18
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|2012-03-27, 08:47
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Location: USA
Will watch:
Kore wa zombie desu ka
Tasogare Otome×Amnesia
Sakamichi no Apollon
Acchi Kocchi
Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
Natsu-iro Kiseki
Acchi Kocchi
Might watch:
Medaka Box
Eureka Seven Ao
Accel World
Kuroko no Basuke
Mysterious X Girlfriend is weird. O_o
Hiiro no Kakera has the same feel as Brave10 and Hakuouki (dropped both) therefore I won't watch this. The characters are good for yaoi scenes though *drools*
|2012-03-28, 02:50
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According to Biglobe's survey, Saki is on top of the most-anticipated shows for this season:
Often, adaptations have an advantage over original works, but it's possible that an original work could be a sleeper hit.
|2012-03-29, 12:30
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|2012-03-29, 12:36
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Despite the fact that I'm not a fan of it, I will be looking at Fate/Zero. Sakamichi No Apollon will be great, just to see how Watanabe adapts it. That KyoAni show (I think its name is Hyouka) also looks interesting. The E7 sequel, I might pick up if it intrigues me somewhere down the line, as I'm not a fan of E7.
|2012-03-29, 17:35
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Currently watching Ozuma
Kuroke no Basuke
Nazo no Kanojo X
Phi-Brain 2
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Saki Achiga-hen
Kore was Zombie Desu Ka
Accel World
Eureka Seven Ao
Queen's Blade
Will Try:
Medaka Box
Uchuu Kyoudai
Saint Seiya Omega
Sakamichi no Apollon
Natsuiro Kiseki
|2012-03-30, 15:11
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Looking forward to:
Jormungand: not enough dark seinen get an anime adaptation,so I'm really glad to see this.It's getting two cours so it'll be able to adapt the material nicely/
White Fox is a nice bonus as well as the Mami awada OP.The PV has me pumped up!!
Sakamichi no Apollon : Watanabe and Kanno gettin back together for a NoitaminA show,not only that but it adapts an award winning manga!Only dent is that it'll be one cour and has to adapt 12 volumes,we'll see how the staff handles that.
Uchuu Kyoudai: Another award winning manga,a premise that intrigues me (I like many others have dreamed about space) and most of all, 4 cours,a rarity these days,I hope the show takes addvantage of it.
Natsuiro Kiseki : The sow had me at "sphere" (I'm such a fanboy lol), I like all the seiyuus from that group so this was a guaranteed watch for me as soon as it was announced.But hey there's even an intriguing director/writer combo of Mizushima/Urahata so that just made me anticipate this even more.
Mysterious Girlfriend X:Went under my radar for a long while and then the PV came out and I fell in love the the retro-ish look,not only that but Miyu Irino is voicing the male lead.
Lupin III - The Woman Called Fujiko Mine:The only thing I've seen of Lupin III is the miyasaki version and had a blast.
I'm expecting something quite different here but with such big names as Yamamoto/Koike/Okada/Sato I can't help but be excited about what this show has in store for us,especialy after that PV
Fate/Zero 2: Nothing much to say here,it's fate/zero can't wait to see the epic conclusion.
Phi Brain 2: I know you're going "what?seriously?" but this one just appeals to the kid in me,it's just trying to be a fun shonen and that's what it is.I'm glad PUZZLE TIME sundays are here to stay and I can enjoy some more NONOHA SWEETS and watch kaito expend his harem.
Will try out:
Zetmam: This flew under my radar for a while but the PV is just epic
Medaka Box: Don't think gainax is what it used to be and I keep hearing about the manga how "it gets better" but will we be able to get there in 13 episodes?
Shirokuma Cafe: No idea what the plot is but the cast is just too good to overlook.
Accel World: Epic Sunrise action,here's hoping Yuuki Kaiji proves me wrong and I like the MC
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia: I've yet to like something out of silver link but again they come out with a premise I like and they always make things look pretty.
Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A:The return of crazy loli yuri mahjung!And with an amazing cast as well!About time I could get an anime with HanaKana and Yuki Aoi together
Tsuritama:NoitaminA , so automatic try even if no info so far has me really anticipating it
Hyouka: Not really too sure what to expect of this,but it'll look pretty that's for sure
AKB0048: Kawamori/Okada together again at satelight?I hope to get an actionpacked blockbuster involving idols.My body is ready
Kuroko no Basuke: Always wanted to check out the manga and I like the staff so I'll check it out
You never know:
Hiiro no Kakera: Havn't seen many reverse harems,so why not?
Sengoku Collection: don't expect an intriguing plot or anything,just cute characters doing cute things,the staff behind this is surprisingly interesting.The cast is quite good too.
Sankarea: Romance drama,could use one so I'll try it out
Acchi Kocchi Could use some Tsundere fun
Ginga e Kickoff!! just random Tyo animation fanboyism,their shows always seem to turn out surprisingly good
Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ : As I said before I could use some romance drama so I'll check it out
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There are so many good series coming up this next season. I'll definitely be catching a few, though I'm not sure which ones yet. Probably definitely all of the slice of life/school life ones. I love those types of anime to a massive extent.
But looking at the list, I may catch Mysterious Girlfriend X, Jormungand, Upotte!!, Acchi Kocchi, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Hyouka, Natsuiro Kiseki ... gah, there is just so many good ones!
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Merzouga is the most known location close to Erg Chebbi, a dune field located in South West Morocoo. Erg is the perfect kind of desert, a lots of sand making never-ending waves. In Erg Chebbi, dunes are specially tall, the highest one is 884 m.
Because there are no roads, just tracks (pistes), the only safe way for finding places there is through coordinates, so instead of standard address the hostels and touristic attractions in Erg Chebbi include coordinates for drivers using GPS devices.
When I was in Morocco in 2001 our local guide didn't need GPS. He drove 140 km/h our small rented car through tracks full of big stones and poteholes. We had a lot of baraka (luck, in Arabic) to arrive safely to our hostel.
Morocco is a very affordable and safe destination. In a couple of hours of flight from Europe you run completely away from the Western World, enjoy the delicious tagine and Berber hospitality.
As you can see in the mini-panoramio below, the landscape in Erg Chebbi is amazing.


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IBM Solar Project
2014.01.13. - Yorktown Heights, NY - A bank of monitors used at the IBM research facility in Yorktown Heights is part of the research into making more accurate solar power forecasts. Major government-funded research programs around the country are developing increasingly accurate models to forecast solar power output. Unlike traditional sources of power, solar installations are hard to predict and largely invisible to engineers responsible for maintaining balanced levels of power on the region's electric grid. As the solar sources make up an larger slice of power generation in New England, the importance of knowing solar output levels is increasingly vital. In Yorktown Heights, N.Y., researchers at IBM are leveraging technology that years ago sent a the robot Watson onto Jeopardy! to develop advanced forecasts for solar output. The solar project is being called "Watt Sun." Started in March, the program aimed to improve the accuracy of solar forecasts by 33 percent. In less than a year, the team has achieved 50 percent improvement. You will meet with Dr. Hendrik F. Hamann, the project lead on the Watt Sun program, in his office at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. His lab for the project has four large monitors that project weather data and expected solar output from sites around the country. Please shoot some video of Dr. Hamann and ask him why the program is being a success. Photograph by Mark Mirko | email@example.com
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A Maysville man is accused of shooting into an occupied home and hitting a woman with the gun.
A Maysville man is accused of shooting into an occupied home and hitting a woman with the gun.
William Guy Huffman III, 33, of White Oak River Road in Maysville, was arrested Thursday by Onslow County Sheriff�s Office and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a weapon on occupied property.
Huffman assaulted a woman with a firearm and shot into a home on Wolf Swamp Road in Jacksonville, according to warrants.
According to Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown, the incident involved a domestic dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend, but he said he did not know the exact nature of the assault.
�The important thing is that this is not an issue of something randomly happening in the community,� Brown said.
Huffman�s bond was set at $30,000.
Friday afternoon, Huffman still was in custody at Onslow County Detention Center.