If you’re in a career transition with limited financial reserves or up to your neck in alligators from overspending, run toward, not away from, the problem. The longer you carry this problem, the heavier it will become. Choose to implement all of the action items below to immediately reduce your expenses. Better yet, make a game out of it to see how low you can cut your expenses…you may find that less is more.

1.Phones

Ditch your cell phone and find a long distance provider with a low per minute rate and no monthly fee.

2. Subscriptions

Cancel newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. Everything you need is free in the library, accessible via the Internet or on television.

3.Utilities

Turn down the thermostat, use energy-saving lamps in fixtures, turn off lights when you leave a room, ask local utility companies about budget billing, and check out the many other tips to save energy and money listed at the US Department of Energy website.

4. Taxes

If you’re employed, ask if your employer offers a Section 125 Plan or Flexible Spending Program. If so, enroll in the plan as soon as possible to pay for your health premium, health expenses, and dependent care expenses (if applicable) with pre-tax dollars.

5. Doctor

Buy generic prescriptions when possible and get the best price by calling and shopping at local pharmacies, increase your health coverage deductible, and read and understand your health plan to be a smart health care consumer and save dollars.

6. Things in your house

Clean, organize and simplify your home environment. Host a garage sale and fill it with things you don’t use, don’t have space to display, or can’t easily access. You might also consider selling items on eBay. Another option is to donate your items to charity, as your gift may be deductible. Your stuff is someone else’s treasure.

7. Meals

If you’re working, eat your lunch, shop at discount groceries and buy in bulk, cut out junk food, avoid buying pre-packaged meals, and avoid dining out. Have you stopped to think that your daily latte can cost you $600 per year?

8.fitness

Cancel your gym membership. Try to walk, run, hike or ride a bike. It’s easier and more convenient to walk out your front door and start exercising, plus fresh air is invigorating.

9. Recreation and fun

Stay home with a good book or rent a video or DVD instead of going to the movies. Make your own popcorn, curl up in your favorite chair, and have a fun night in. As painful as it is, you might as well drop your cable TV.

10. Lifestyle

Money problems are rarely about money, but stem from your lifestyle choices. For example, I recently spoke with a small business owner who told me that he was having financial problems and was looking for ideas to save his business. He then mentioned that he would be taking his family on vacation next month. He must have felt that it was necessary to justify his vacation plans because he proceeded to tell me that he was going to take the vacation despite his dire financial situation, as it was important to create a positive memory and a good time for the family. sons of him I wonder how much he will enjoy the holidays when his business is about to collapse.

If you’re in financial trouble or see it looming on the horizon, don’t try to justify spending more money, reduce all expenses today and when you’re debt free start saving and building at least a year’s worth of financial resources. Booking. Can be done! Good luck.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a BB gun or a pellet gun, the BB gun is an essential component of marksmanship training for hunters of all ages. Not only that, in Mississippi there are valuable opportunities for hunters to take their airguns into the woods. With the rising cost and limited availability of ammunition lately, those nice big cans of shot are looking more and more attractive with each passing day.

aim training

Airguns are underpowered, but they’re great for learning the basics of marksmanship (gripping, sight alignment, trigger control) cheaply and in the comfort of your own home. Good quality modern air rifles are by nature much more accurate than most 22LR rimfire rifles. Rimfire projectiles are inherently disadvantaged due to poor quality control when firing bulk ammunition and the use of a heeled bullet. By comparison, even inexpensive BBs and molten pellets are more streamlined and, paired with a modern airgun, will deliver consistent performance.

Airguns are so popular for training youngsters in the basics of shooting that most hunter education courses taught in the state use one for the required live fire section of the course. They are cheap to shoot, accurate, and have a limited range.

pest control

Especially during the winter, there are always problems with mice, rats, and other little critters that are classed as pests. A good BB gun, even in .177 caliber, can handle this without too much trouble. Be sure to obey local laws, as some cities in the state have city ordinances about firing an airgun within city limits, but otherwise feel free. Obey basic firearm safety rules with BB guns, as they can still inflict bodily harm, shoot out windows, and generally annoy neighbors. For these types of vermin and nuisance birds, a good quality, medium weight, pellet cutter (flat tip) will minimize the chance of excessive penetration.

According to state law, “all species of blackbirds, cowbirds, starlings, ravens, grackles, and English sparrows may be killed without a permit when such birds are committing or about to commit predation on ornamental or shade trees or agricultural crops.” “.

It’s best to remember that Mississippi is home to a number of rare and endangered species of bats, turtles and snakes; it’s best to avoid them if you’re not sure of the exact species you’re looking at.

little game

Under MDFWP regulations, it is legal to hunt small game (rabbits, squirrels, quail, raccoons, opossums, and bobcats) with airguns during the normal season by a licensed hunter.

While almost any airgun or pellet gun can capture vermin-sized animals (mice, rats) and harmful birds like sparrows, you’ll need a high-powered airgun that shoots pellets only to go after anything larger.

These hunting-level pistols start at around $59 and go up quickly from there. To ensure you have a strong enough airgun, make sure the FPS (feet per second) rating is 700+ for a .22 caliber pistol or 950+ for a .177 caliber pistol. The Benjamin Bomb Line Sheridan and Daisy’s cock action Powerline series can be purchased new for around $100. Slightly better rifles like the Gamo Big Cat and Crosman Vantage are only $30 more, but offer much more performance. Moving up the scale are Ruger Air Magnums, German-made RWS pistols, Hatsans, Sumatras, and Benjamin Marauders that cost up to $400.

To hunt these lop-eared tree rats, look for a good quality, medium weight dome shot such as the Crosman Premiere Light, RWS Superdome or JSB Exact. These can be had extremely cheaply, the 7.9 Grain Crosman Premier is around $25 for 1250 grains for example. Gamo has a new 0.36 gram .177 pellet that can penetrate 1.5mm rolled galvanized steel sheet and keep going. Called “Lethal”, it is a two-barrel design pellet with an ultra-high ballistic coefficient, more terminal penetration, a stable flight path, and a polymer skirt. These top-of-the-line buckshots cost around $20 for 100. With high-end buckshot and a high-powered airgun, lethal shots up to 50 yards are possible.

When chasing bobcats, raccoons, and opossums, .22 or .25 caliber pellets from high powered airguns should be a minimum.

With all the small game taken with an airgun, getting good, accurate shots into the small 1-2 inch kill zones of your target is an absolute must to make sure they land. Headshots are the rule to live by. Unless you can hit a nickel-sized target repeatedly with your airgun at 25 yards, practice as long as you can before heading into the woods.

nuisance animals

The state of Mississippi, through Public Notice LE6-3779, lists beavers, coyotes, foxes, otters, skunks, and wild boar as nuisance animals. As such, nuisance game hunting is permitted during the day on private land with no caliber restrictions, including air guns. While .177/22 caliber pistols can take polecats just fine, chasing down some of the bigger game on this list can be problematic unless you have a big-bore airgun.

Speaking of which, deer and turkey hunting with large-caliber airguns, while practiced in a few states, is currently out of the question in Mississippi, for now. In 2007, an Alabama man took two deer, including a 9-point trophy with a .50-caliber air rifle and 200-grain buckshot. With precedents like that, it’s probably only a matter of time before Whitetails are also BB gunned in this state.

Just make sure you don’t shoot your eye.

Now I know what you’re saying… I’d really like to camp, sounds like fun but I have no idea how to camp, what to bring or what to expect. There are a few things you really have to figure out before you can figure out what you need to do to prepare for your camping trip. Answering the following basic questions will guide you in finding your balance.

1. What type of camping have you decided to do? Did you want to go RV camping? Camping/caravan camping? camping tents? Backpack camping/hiking? Canoe/kayak camp?

Determining the type of camping you want to do can help you determine what kind of equipment and experience is needed. For example, you would need a very different type of gear for RV camping versus hiking camping.

Campsite descriptions:

RV camping (or RV camping) is more like living at home because you bring a furnished vehicle that you basically live in with you. You can make your RV as comfortable as you want. Chances are you can bring everything you need from home in your RV. All you really need to think about is what food and personal items you’d like to store it in. This type of camping is generally for people who don’t like to “have a rough time” but would also like to be social, as many times the RVs are parked fairly close to each other or in similar sections. Although there are some normal maintenance items with RVs, you basically park them and live in them.

Camper or Trailer camping is just one step tougher than RV camping. Many times RVs or trailers don’t have showers or toilets, unlike most RVs. Depending on the camper or trailer, a refrigerator may not be included either. In general, RV or RV camping is more for people who don’t like to sleep on the ground or worry about severe weather, but still want to get out.

Camping in tents is generally more for people who would like to “have a rough time”. Camping in tents requires you to think about all your basic needs in advance (food, hygiene, bathroom requirements, shelter, keeping watch at night, warmth). Actually, there are also different levels of tents. Some people like to bring a tent and shop for all their necessities, while others like to camp in more remote areas, away from people. Packing for a camping trip in a tent can be time consuming because you have to think about everything you might need.

Backpacking or hiking camping is a bit more for experienced campers. Think about it…everything you think you’re going to need you have to be able to strap it on your back and carry it for quite a distance. You have to be able to pack well and pack light!

Canoe/kayak camping is a lot like hiking camping when it comes to packaging, but there’s another element to add. You have to make sure everything is waterproof. Canoe/kayak camping would be for the more experienced campers and of course for those who know how to canoe and/or kayak.

Recommendations for camping situations:

RV Camping: Shop around and do your research before deciding on an RV to buy. Talk to people who already have them and ask them what they like and don’t like about their particular model. Go to RV dealerships and tour some of them. Maybe go as far as renting an RV on a little trip to see what you like or don’t like about RV camping.

RV/Trailer Camping: Because conveniences like a refrigerator may not be available, more preparation and foresight is required. You will most likely have to purchase a cooler or two to keep your food and drinks chilled. Also, you may need to think about generators if you want to run electrical items. Although you may have beds in the RV, you may need to lay out bedding.

Tent – ​​Think about the type of tent you would like to make. Does my tent have to be lightweight? Raincoat? wind resistant? What size tent do I need (family size or just for me)? What terrain will I be camping on? A good tent can make a difference on your trip.

Backpacking/Hiking Camping: Look for light supplies as you have to carry them all. Equipment research on rugged, lightweight hiking backpacks is a good idea. Always check ahead of time if the area you want to hike and camp allows people to do so. Watch for “no trespassing” signs and pay attention. Check your weather! You need to know what gear to pack for the weather. It is also recommended that you camp with a friend. In case something happens, there should be someone who can go get help.

Canoe/kayak camping: It may be advisable to take a few canoe or kayak lessons (and swimming lessons) before attempting a camping trip in this manner. You might want to rent a canoe or kayak to make sure you like the activity before you dive in.

two.  Where have you decided to go camping? Are you going to camp in the desert? Beach? Forest/forest?

This is a very important question that you must answer to discover your main needs. You would prepare very differently for camping in the wilderness than you would for camping in the woods.

In the desert, camping temperatures can range in extremes, from the heat of the day to the cold of the night. The biggest threats (most of the year) in the desert are the sun and dehydration. It is very important to protect yourself with sunscreen and drink plenty of water. Due to the dry air, you do not realize how much you are sweating because it evaporates very quickly from your skin.

Camping on the beach is very nice, but you must prepare for it. Due to the nature of sand, it is difficult to load things with normal tent pegs. There are tent pegs that are much longer for this specific purpose. You also need to be prepared for the possibility of sand getting into everything. Depending on how deep into the arena you’d like to go, you need to think about the vehicle you’re using to get there. Again, with the nature of sand, it can be difficult to dig back in. You may want to bring a random shovel or piece of wood.

Woods/forests are usually great for shelter from storms and sun. They’re also great for hammocks, but you have to be careful around biting insects and certain biting plants. Bug spray would be a great recommendation for camping in the woods.

3.  When or what time of year are you going to camp?

Figuring out what kind of weather you’ll be dealing with while camping is key. Personally, I think this is the most important information required to plan a proper camping trip. Of course, if you have an RV, this information probably won’t help you because it’s not exposed to the elements.

Obviously, camping in colder climates requires warmer clothing, but you may want to consider a warmer camping sleeping bag, regardless of the method of shelter you’re using.

Camping in a wetter climate means your terrain can be more difficult to manage. If you are camping in a tent, it is recommended to place a tarp under your tent, find a little higher ground to pitch your tent, and always use your rain flies.

In hotter weather, always make sure to stay hydrated. If you bring your water with you, bring plenty. If you are going camping on a hike, you may want to consider a water treatment or camping water filter.

Congratulations on taking your first step toward camp by answering these preliminary questions. You are now on your way to planning a camping trip tailored more to your specific needs and wants.

Below is a list of general items to bring camping. Take from him what works best for you and your situation. Note: Personal items may be included at your discretion.

Things to take camping:

FIRST AID/ SURVIVAL KIT

• Prescription drugs
• snake bite kit
• calamine lotion
• insect repellent
• Distilled water
• isopropyl alcohol
• cotton balls or cotton swabs
• bandages
• Moleskin (for sore feet)
• Tweezers
• needles
• feminine products
• Pair of scissors
• thermometer
• Individually wrapped gauze pads
• Scotch tape
• Antiseptic
• Clean old towel or part of the folded sheet
• Steristrips (to join the cuts)
• Aspirin
• motion sickness medicine
• Pepto-Bismol
• aromatic ammonia
• Glucose packets (for diabetics)
• Water purification tablets or filtration kit
• Shaving blades
• Matches and waterproof container
• Whistle
• solid knife
• Hydrogen peroxide

THE ESSENTIAL

• Tent (tarpaulin, stakes, rain fly)
• Sleeping bag (mattress to sleep under or air mattress)
• Pillow
• small ax
• Flash lights (and good extra batteries)
• Camping lanterns (with fuel or good extra batteries)
• disposable butane lighter
• Compass
• maps
• Hammock
• Cooler (and ice)
• Water (and/or water filter or water purification tablets)
• Clothing (appropriate for the weather)
• hat
• Sunglasses
• good walking shoes
• personal hygiene items
• pocket knife
• Water bottle (or hydration pack)
• Firewood (bring or buy at the campsite)
• Backpack (and/or day backpack)
• Camping
• Games (cards, frisbee, small handheld games)
• Camera (and good batteries)
• S’mores Garnishes (Large Marshmallows, Grain Crackers, and Hershey’s® Chocolate)

COOKING?

• Food obviously (canned and packaged usually works fine)
• Stovetop (and fuel or charcoal) or grill or dutch oven
• Pot and pan (and cooking utensils if you plan to cook)
• Cups and plates and eating utensils
• Resealable plastic bags
• plastic containers
• paper towel or napkins
• Note: If there are bear boxes where you camp…use them!

THINGS OFTEN FORGOTTEN

• can opener
• wine bottle opener
• Utensils
• Towels
• Soap (dish soap and bar soap)

IN CASE…

• flares
• folding shovel
• tea bags
• bouillon cubes
• Poncho
• candles
• Rope or cord (12′ to 24′)
• signal mirror
• MRE (military term for “meals ready to eat”)
• Suture kit (for extreme cases)
• Fishing kit (and 15′ of 10lb line and sinkers and 35mm film container and hooks)
• Water filter or water purification tablets
• Life jackets (camping near the water)
• Baking soda (for toothpaste, bug bites, antacid, odors, etc.)

I’m a huge fan of camping, at least until I do. Usually my biggest complaint when camping is trying to build a fire to ease the morning chill. Everyone is huddled around a dead campfire, teeth chattering, waiting for something to happen so they can warm up after a cool night in the tent and start making breakfast.

It never fails, the campfire takes longer than the night before, but if you have the camper’s secret weapon, wax lighters, you can light those campfires in no time. Wax lighters are not only weatherproof and practical, but they’re also a great way to get rid of excess candle wax around the house.

When it comes to making wax fire starters, it’s pretty easy to do. You need to be careful as you will be working with hot wax and this is not an activity I would recommend you do with children. It is a craft that does not need too many materials and they are quite cheap to make.

What do you need:

o Old wax (can be old candles or even crayons. You can also buy wax at a craft store)

o Sawdust or wood chips

o Dryer lint

or muffin tin

o Wax muffin cups

or double boiler

Addresses:

1. Remove all wicks and wrappers from candles and crayons. Put them aside.

2. Place all of the old wax in the double boiler and melt over medium-low heat. If you don’t have a double boiler, use a coffee can or a boil and place it inside a pot filled with a few inches of water. Make sure to keep the water level high enough to burn the pot and also be careful not to spill the container.

3. Before you start melting the wax, fill the muffin tin with the muffin tins.

4. Add some dryer lint to the muffin cups.

5. With sawdust or wood chips, there are two ways to use them. The first way is to add them to melted wax, making a mixture of wax and wood. The second is to add them to the muffin tins. It’s simply a matter of preference and I don’t think one works better than the other.

6. After the wax has completely melted, carefully pour it into each of the muffin tins. Be sure to leave about a half inch between the top of the can and the wax.

7. Set aside and allow to cool completely.

8. Store them in plastic bags for the camping trip. The best way is to wrap them individually in a paper towel so there is no chance of them melting and sticking together.

Once you are camping and enjoying the great outdoors, wax lighters are very easy to use. All you need to do is set up a teepee or log cabin with firewood, place the fire starter in the center and light it up. It should light up and burn for about 5 minutes, long enough to ignite the wood and start the fire.

One of the best features of wax fire starters is the fact that they can be used in virtually any type of weather. They are waterproof and reduce the amount of supplies you need in your camping inventory.

Before using a fire starter, it is important to emphasize that fire starters should never be used as a candle. They burn very fast and very hot and will cause serious injury if you use them for anything other than lighting outdoor fire pits.

BulletStorm was recently released on PC and PS3. It is a first person shooter game with great graphics. BulletStorm lags on PCs. This is what most PC users complain about. In most cases, the problem is not with the game itself, but rather that the computers the game is running on are not properly maintained and are not ready to play without crashes or lags.

This article will help you get rid of this problem.

BulletStorm lags on PC can be fixed by following the techniques below:

System Compatibility

Close unnecessary programs

Delete junk files from the registry

System Compatibility

BulletStorm is a high definition game and a powerful PC is required to play. Before starting the installation process you should read the basic system requirements to run it. Here are the system requirements to play the game:

Recommended Requirements

1. Operating system: Windows Vista (SP2) or Windows 7

2. Processor: Quad core 2.0GHz

3.Memory: 2GB

4. Video card: DirectX 9.0c compatible, 512MB VRAM

Minimum requirements

1. Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7

2. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3200+

3.Memory: 1.5GB

4. Hard disk: 9GB free

5. Video memory: 256MB

6. Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7600/ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro

7. Sound card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

8. Network: Broadband Internet connection

9. Keyboard

10. Mouse

11. DVD Rom Drive

Close unnecessary programs

Many people tend to run too many applications at the same time. If you want to play BulletStorm smoothly, please close all unwanted programs before playing. You can close the programs by following the steps below:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete

2. Task Manager window will appear on your screen

3. Click Applications

4. Right click on the programs one by one and click End Task

5. Run the game

There is another way to optimize your computer for gaming, which is to use good system utility software that will disable unwanted computer services that will definitely prevent game lags.

Delete junk files from the registry

Many gamers recommend using a registry cleaner to fix BulletStorm lags. Game lag can occur due to corrupted game keys in the Windows registry. Using the registry cleaner is the easiest way to fix registry issues as well as game crashing and lagging.

When the Spanish arrived in the kingdoms of the pre-colonial Philippines, they brought their horses, their religion and way of life. The Spanish entered the country in the group of islands between the two largest islands in the north and south: the Visayas islands. It was here that European influence first inflicted culture shock before it spread to the rest of the country in the 16th century. Perhaps that is why certain myths of monsters persist more in this region to this day. It is here that tales of horse-headed monsters and flying vampires abound. The nature of these monsters reveals the repressed fears of a people stripped of their past. Carl Jung once said that “…tAll mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious. “A town projects the collective background of its history through the myths it perpetuates. Two mythical creatures shed light on the impact of colonization on the Filipino psyche.

Tea Tikbalangthe horse-headed giant

Tea tikbalangs they are creatures that are normally seen at the entrance of forests. They were said to be about 10 feet tall, with the head of a horse and the body of a very hairy man. Old legends warn that tikbalangs raped women who later give birth tikbalangs. Other than that, they are said to mislead travelers, giving them illusory visions of tall golden buildings. When a victim is under the spell of a Tikbalang, his only defense is to wear the shirt inside out. Some believe that the Tikbalang It was a creation of the Spanish to discourage night wanderings. The names are not of Spanish origin, unlike the enchanted reminiscent of European fairy tales. To this day, locals in that region report seeing these creatures at night. the nature of Tikbalang It seems to have a symbolic meaning. Horses were foreign to the Filipinos before the Spanish arrived. In the mind of a Filipino, a horse represents a Spaniard. Hairy and tall is also what differentiates the European man from the Filipino man. It seems that the Filipino collective unconsciously produced a creature that symbolically laments the violation of their nation. Since the arrival of the Spanish, their land became a place to breed this foreign seed for their people. Tea tikbalangs he misled travelers on their way home with illusory promises of wealth and advancement, only keeping the victim away from home. The only way to find your way back is to use the “backwards” self. the myth of tikbalangs emerged seems to call the Filipino psyche to awareness of the dangers of being raped by the influence of tall riders.

Tea manananggal vampires

Perhaps more persistent than the Tikbalang is he manananggal. This creature was a normal person before her mother passed a mysterious white rock, which she is supposed to swallow the next in line. Still looking like a normal person during the day; at night, the manananggal he wanders through the woods looking for a secluded place to leave the lower part of his body. The upper part detaches from the waste upwards. Gigantic bat wings grow from the upper torso. He would then wander the skies looking for the homes of pregnant women. Tea manananggal it feeds on the fetuses at night while the mother sleeps soundly in bed using her tongue as a thread that can go through a small hole in the ceiling. The tongue finds its way into the womb of a pregnant woman and sucks the blood from the fetus. It is believed that to kill a manananggal, you have to find its lower body and put salt on it, preventing the upper half from rejoining. When it dawns before the manananggal clings to its lower half, the morning light will burn it to death. This most malevolent creature seems to signify the Filipinos’ unacknowledged fears that it has been separated from its roots. The word manananggal literally means, “the one who removes“The demonic quality is willingly swallowed from parents who pass it on by mouth, symbolizing that it is through word of mouth that cultural vampirism is perpetuated. While the unconscious, represented by the lower half of the body, remains rooted in the earth; the upper half, the conscious half, terrifies the mind and feeds on the future generation of Filipinos who will not be born. By purifying the source, the darkness can no longer connect the roots of the earth. It is by isolating the part of the culture that it feeds. in future Filipinos, they can expose the monster for what it is: an infection of the mind that separates them from its heritage.

While the legacy of Spain is now an integral part of Filipino life with over 70% of its inhabitants actively practicing Catholicism, the mutilation of Filipino heritage resonates to this day in the area of ​​the country that felt it most, the Visayan. Islands. Most Filipinos fully embrace Catholicism and continue to make it part of their culture centuries after the Spanish left the country. But aside from the Filipino collective unconscious, he is searching for his forgotten identity. There, lurking under the fervent praying of the rosary during the day and the nightmarish stories of tikbalangs and manananggals at night, it is a town that unconsciously mourns the history it has lost.

Ventrilo and Teamspeak are inherently two very similar apps. In its purest form, both use Voice over IP technology in a client-server design to allow gamers to communicate online. In other words, many users can install the software on their home computer (the “client”), which is organized through a central hub (the “server”) ideally located in a well-connected data center in the region. local to minimize latency.

Teamspeak and Ventrilo are most often used with a computer headset, however both will work fine with just a microphone and speakers. Some popular games that use these technologies include World of Warcraft, Everquest, Counterstrike, America’s Army, and just about any other online game where players can use teamwork to accomplish game goals. Client-side applications for any of the speech utilities have been successfully implemented for Windows, Apple OS X, and a wide variety of Unix-based operating systems.

Ventrilo Servers

Ventrilo’s first release was released on August 3, 2002, and replaced the outdated predecessor Roger Wilco released in October 1999. Although it has not completely outgrown the market, Ventrilo has expanded its market share considerably in the multi-tenant VoIP industry over the last few years. last years. Ventrilo communicates primarily over TCP and, depending on the level of active codecs, tends to use more bandwidth. Users of the Ventrilo client interface tend to prefer its simple and light screen.

Teamspeak Servers

Teamspeak was initially released on August 29, 2003 by Ralf Ludwig and Niels Werensteijn in Germany. The current version of Teamspeak is Teamspeak 2. Teamspeak communicates its packages primarily via UDP and is a processor-intensive application due to its reliance on server-side SQL database queries. Teamspeak 2’s client interface is very feature-rich, if a bit bulkier than Ventrilo.

future development

The Alpha version of Teamspeak 3 currently contains a number of new features, such as tabbed server participation, revised IRC-like instant messaging and AIM, and is expected to be released before the end of 2007. Little has been said about the upcoming version of Ventrilo, however, a new Ventrilo release is also expected soon, which should continue to be very competitive with Teamspeak, as well as any other entry into the voice industry for the foreseeable future.

As online voice communication evolves, one thing is for sure: with the fiercely competitive development of any of the applications, users should not let their hopes down for the future of online gaming.

Do you hate the gym?

I can’t lie. There are some days when I absolutely hate having to go to the gym. It’s 80 degrees and sunny outside with the slightest breeze. I want to be out there, not in a basement. How can I take my cardio activities outdoors? People become obsessed with running and forget about all the everyday activities we love to do that also work as intense calorie burners. After reading an article published by the Mayo Clinic on calorie expenditure, I decided I needed to share the best ways to enjoy the sun. AND burn calories in an hour

Basketball

I’m 5’1″, pale white, and I’ve never played a real basketball game in my life. Remember Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in “White Men Can’t Jump”? The story of my life. Many of my friends at school love to go to the park and play pickup games.

calories burned

160 pounds: 584

200 pounds: 728

240 pounds: 872

Rafting

My family used to camp a lot, my brother and I were younger. Our canoe is still below our deck, but I definitely remember having a lot of fun going out on the lake and canoeing to the best fishing spots. Many of the children I met in Pennsylvania regularly go camping with their friends. I’m not sure I’d trust them on a canoe with a 30 bracket, but you have to do what you have to do.

calories burned

160 pounds: 256

200 pounds: 319

240 pounds: 382

Golf

Cigars, beer and golf go hand in hand. It’s counterproductive to drink while you’re out in the heat and playing golf, but to each his own. My friends and I are starting to play again. It’s a relaxed way to spend a day outdoors with a little competition. The calories listed below are for carrying your sticks, but that’s also only 1 hour of activity. Think about how long it takes you to play a round. Yeah, that’s a nice little exercise.

calories burned

160 pounds: 314

200 pounds: 391

240 pounds: 469

Trekking

I’m not in the woods or anything, but a lot of people love to hike in good weather. Personally, I hate being eaten alive. However, hiking can be amazing exercise because you are climbing different surfaces with different inclines.

calories burned

160 pounds: 438

200 pounds: 546

240 pounds: 654

running at 8mph

I have a mud run in a week. It’s called Muck Ruckus MS and it’s for an amazing cause. I don’t run at a 7:30 pace today on level surfaces, so I’m sure I won’t run at that pace in the mud, but running is always a good option for summer cardio.

calories burned

160 pounds: 861

200 pounds: 1074

240 pounds: 1286

Softball or Baseball

Living across the street from baseball and softball fields all my life means I’ve seen my fair share of adult leagues playing late into the night. These guys and gals have a lot of fun, and when there’s a bit of competition, they get a decent workout while catching up with their friends.

calories burned

160 pounds: 365

200 pounds: 455

240 pounds: 545

Swimming

My pool isn’t big enough for laps, but swimming is an AMAZING workout. I had never really swum for exercise until my sophomore year of college. I thought I was going to sink to the bottom halfway through my fourth 50m lap. Sure, I was running them… but it was still pretty pathetic. Water has so many therapeutic benefits and is a great alternative to high-impact cardio activities like running.

calories burned

160 pounds: 423

200 pounds: 528

240 pounds: 632

How will you get in shape?

There is no correct answer to the question “How do I lose fat and/or get in shape?” You must do activities that interest you if you want to increase your adherence to your program. If you’re afraid of water, chances are you won’t stick to a swimming routine for very long. Do what you love, work hard and you will see results.

Mayo Clinic article available here:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/SM00109