US Military had AT-AT before George Lucas.

I found an article with pictures and information about the US military's quadroped machine... from the 60s.  Very cool.  The website is here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/228920/a_glimpse_at_the_past_the_militarys_first_quadroped.html 

This is the image from the article.  It was supposed to get up to 35 miles per hour.  This below is another image of the military's vehicle.  It's from: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/05/gecamwalker.jpg



And below, the real (by which I mean fictional) AT-AT, from http://brazosvalleybuzz.com/2011/04/14/%E2%80%98star-wars%E2%80%99-fans-rally-to-build-life-sized-at-at/ 

And here's another baby AT-AT.  This one is modern, and it's supposed to take some of the weight off of soldiers' backs.  The image is from: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/extreme-machines-worlds-most-sophisticated-vehicles-932878.html?action=Gallery 

I wonder if George Lucas saw the military AT-AT and used it for inspiration for his movies.  The big weakness is the same with all the other modern stuff.  Capability to blow up/destroy things has moved faster than armor technology.  Something like the AT-AT would be useful like a tank, only in a few situations where tanks can't maneouver.  It seems like it would be a niche tool. 

Oh well.  It still looks cool. 

Love your belly fat day

So, I was just gettin' jiggly with my fatness... I've put on 12-15 pounds since high school... 14 pounds in 14 years. It's nice. and then I see this article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110502161356.htm

And the mayo clinic has a nice little article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/belly-fat/WO00128

I guess the big deal about belly fat is not really the belly fat. Having belly fat means you also have fat around the internal organs. And that's bad. And lipo won't do a thing about that.

Cool vocabulary words of the day: Visceral fat is the fat around the organs. The stuff that causes strokes, breast cancer, etc. Central obesity is the belly fat, the beer gut, the muffin top, the apple shape, or the pot belly.

My understanding is that the best exercise to lose weight and burn fat is the "lifting weights" exercise as opposed to the "walking/jogging/cardiovascular" exercise, which is good for your heart, but that's about it. Some one correct me if I'm wrong.