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In Israel the roles and relationships of mother, father, husband, wife, son, and daughter are deeply affected by the continuous strain of the tensions and dangers of our life here and by the sudden crisis of war when it breaks out. People have been talking a lot about this indirect consequence of the war. Because it would be impossible to survey all the different manifestations of our problems in this area, I will present just a few cases of individuals facing their family members, with the threat of war as a third side of the triangle.
One example concerns parents' relationships with their children. Parents worry about the safety of their children, who grow up in the shadow of war. Will my son have to fight for this country when he grows up? Will we manage to achieve a peaceful solution before his time to be mobilized comes? These questions obsess parents, even when their children are mere infants. Such an infant is Ud's boy, and the father's frantic attempt to save him is the focus of the dream that opens this section. Ud handed "One Man's War" to me in writing after a year of work in the group. This is a dream with a minimal amount of augmentation, in its raw state -- a parable in which we may find many meanings. Yet its message is rather straightforward: people are endangering the child's life, and the father (Ud) wanders back to his military training camp in the desert in search of a weapon with which to ward them off.
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text: sansukiThreads: 1Posts: 2Author: Yteakyo May 3, 2012 #1IELTS TOPIC: In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? has this become a positive or negative development?21st century has seen a period that with the advent of advances in technology, the way of people connecting or interacting with each other is not as same as 10 years ago.It is generally believed that science and technology have come to pervade a variety types of personal relationship. First of all, telephones and mobiles can be regard as a necessary part of human life in modern society. Compared to the original way of setting up relationships, writing letters or visiting a friend's home, this new technology gives people access to contact others in a easier way. Moreover, increasing numbers of computers have came into our lives, internet therefore has greatly changed the way of communication. Social network, such as Facebook or twitter, allows people to contact with old acquaintance or know new friends by simply clicking their mouse. Additionally, some TV programmes also play a crucial role of changing people's interacting method. For example, a show named 'Find your true love' is quite popular in Japan, which introduces men to young ladies via three or four videos. Interestingly, 80% women suggest that they believe they can find their Mr. Right by this programme.In spite of the merits of this development ( time and money saving), its drawbacks should not be ignored. For one thing, as a result of greatly relying on TV or computer, people are likely to stay at home becoming couch-dwellers or lead a sedentary life. Undoubted, this kind of lifestyle could pose threat to people's physical health condition, further, leading them to suffer from mental disease, such as, depression. For another, it is possible for many people to lose the capacity to making friends. Yet, managing interpersonal relationship in a real context is a comprehensive skill, which is not simply like inputting a name on a webpage.In sum, we cannot stop the influence of the technology, seen every corner of the world. Yet, what we can do is to take the advantage and endeavour to minimise the adverse effects. After all, human beings is an active creature. The most appropriate lifestyle for us is not living on an isolated land, but interacting with other social members constantly.Did I off the topic? writing is a tough job.'human beings' 'science and technology' should use ' is' or 'are' ?


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We can't bring it up. If I talk about it he is leaving me.... Third update added
So looking at the bill I do see ALOT of texts between him and one number in particular. However I thought it was a friend of ours. A male friend. Him and his wife have been in our lives for over a year now. So I ignored THAT number and kept going. Writing down every number I didn't recognize so I could ask him about them. Well after noticing a pattern of Monday-Friday 7am-11am and 12pm-4pm and nights after about 9 I started getting confused.
So I put the number into my phone. ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE! Her name came up. Not her husbands.
A little history here: Hubby and him worked together. in July he moved in with us for a month because they were having problems. It only lasted a month because he started missing her and wanting to see his daughter more and so on and so on. I encouraged him to give it another try with her. Well he did and it worked out for the better. GREAT! Well then he switched jobs. So he wasn't coming over nearly as much. She never really came over. The only time I would see him was on lunch and when he was waiting for her to get off of work. Well about 6 weeks ago I was put in the hospital. I was 33 weeks pregnant and my preeclampsia got really bad. I was transferred to another hospital 2 hours away because they thought we would have to deliver early. Well out of the blue she starts texting me. And I was weirded out by it because we had never really talked and I don't get along with females that great. A have bad experiences. Well I said something to hubbs about it and he was like oh just give her a chance. Maybe she is worried about you. Blah blah blah. So I talked to her occasionally. Well then I had ds2 on the first. While I was in the hospital my other 2 kiddos were sick and no one was wanting to deal with them. At least that's the story I got so he had to come home with the kids while I was in the hospital after having a very difficult labor that resulted in having an emergency c section. Baby's heart rate dropped really low my blood pressure dropped had to have blood transfusions just all kinds of crap. Now he was there for all of that but left about an hour after I had the baby.
Now back to Monday: I was instantly losing my mind. So I called him. MISTAKE #3. First I calmly asked if he was talking to her. He asked who told me that! WTF REALLY! So I blew up! And he told me that they had been fighting and she ha been asking for advice and shit! BULLSHIT! So I asked if her husband knew. And he says of course he knows I wouldn't go behind my friends back blah blah blah. Ok yeah BUH-BYE! And I called her. No mistake here. And I asked her why the fuck she was talking to MY husband. And I get the same answer. Oh they are having problems and she thought hubbs could talk to him and yeah. So i ask her. Does your husband know. Yeah he knows. Why wouldn't he know! Ok BUH-BYE! I instantly calle him!! Wanted to make sure they didn't have time to call him. He answered not knowing who I was. After I told him he was like hang on she is calling I said no dot answer I have something to ask you before she has time to lie to you. Caught his attention!! I asked if he knew they were talking. No. Are you sure? Well was it just a text or 2? So I told him about the email, took a picture of the computer screen so he could see. So on and so on. So we get off the phone and hubbs calls me back and asks if I called her husband. YEAH! DUH! And he goes off why did you tell him he's gonna kick my ass why would you do that I can't believe this. And then he says he has to go. That's it. Well I start looking more into the phone bills.
MISTAKE #4: So I am looking at the phone bill from oct 8th to Nov 7th. They talked NONSTOP! And 1 night in particular. The first. The night I was alone in the hospital. Well I asked his sister about not wanting to watch my kids. She said well I didn't say I wouldn't watch them I just told my brother they were fussing and I wanted to know what kind if meds to give them. And he came and got them. Well there was 16 picture messages and about 300 texts between them from the time he left the hospital and about 3 in the morning.
I think that's the part that hurts the most.
Continuing on through the bills. The beginning of oct he was on a job (oilfield worker) an he supposedly didn't have any service. Lets just say we didn't talk much for those 5 days. He talked to her nonstop.
And moving on further. They have been talking since her husband moved out!! And I fended for the dirty bitch! Ugh!
Ok well let me say I love my husband. I have a new baby and 2 toddlers. I am a stay at home mom. And have severe depression. There is no way in hell I can do it alone. Plain and simple. And I don't want to do it alone. We have been together for 5 years. I don't want that to just go down the drain. I don't want to lose something I love. I love my life. All of it. My husband. My kids. My shitty house. My car that will crap out soon. The fact that we aren't rich but we have everything we need. Maybe not all we want. But certainly everything we need. It's amazing that with him, I haven't had to take meds for my depression. I mean there are days where I get frustrated and a little bit distracted but I haven't had to take meds! It's an awesome feeling.
So I am instantly drawn into that familiar depression. And I don't want anyone to know because I have worked hard on the image we portray. The couple that never fights. Now don't get me wrong it's not often but I hate when couples let everyone know all of their business ya know. So anyways. I text him and told him I wanted to work things out. That I don't want this to be the end. That if he was ok we would get through it.
So he gets off and I messed up again. MISTAKE #5. I said I wanted to work it out but I couldn't help myself. I started asking questions. And I mean I really want to know but I guess I should t have gone off about it like I did. And I guess it kinda hit him he was crying and stuff. I don't know. I don't know if I care. It's like you hurt me and here I am still worried that I am hurting you. But he wouldn't answer any of my questions. Except when I asked him if they had sex. He said no. And I asked if he loved her. He said no. He wouldn't answer me when I asked if he cared about her. Or is he going to miss not talking to her. He just kept saying I don't know. I don't know. I hate that!
I will tell the rest in a few I need to be a mom for a little bit!!
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
You have chosen to be okay with this behaviour, so... Be okay with it!
Oh no I'm so sorry!
It's clear that you love him and you want to give him a chance, but he'll have to meet you halfway and commit to making it work and working on your relationship. Despite what everyone says, we don't know you and your DH and these people involved so we really can't say for sure that he did anything with her physically but I would be careful nonetheless because you are giving him a second chance so don't let him walk all over you. HE needs to cut this woman out of his life and HE needs to tell her that and make it very clear and I think YOU should be there when he does it.


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I like everything from hiking, kayaking, and swordplay, to watching movies, card games, and video games. I enjoy just kicking back and reveling in the simple things in life, from the sophistication of a glass of wine and Deuter to set the mood for a deep and enlightening philosophical conversation of existential heuristics, to some smoke and a few Lowsec Frigate Laps or a juicy Evati Gate Camp. I take pleasure in meeting new people and experiencing the world, especially when it leads to expansion of my systemic horizons.
I am someone with fairly high self-confidence, and feel quite comfortable interacting with other people. I'm quite assertive and I find the company of others very stimulating, thus I enjoy meeting new people. I am quite open-minded, and have a strong appreciation for beauty, both in art and nature. I am easily absorbed in music and imagination, as well as natural phenomena, from the vast and alluring universe in which we reside, to the intricate casts of an ant colony. I have a tendency to think often about abstract concepts and ideas, a thinking style that may take the form of artistic syntax and metaphorical use of language, to graceful yet devastating swordsmanship maneuvers. Thus, in my spare time, I particularly enjoy activities that get my mind to think or analyze critically. These tendencies to be open can, however, be something of a double edged sword, as I am occasionally very roundabout or entirely nonsensical to others if I have trouble communicating my thoughts; I can seem to reside in a completely different universe from time to time. Last named of my qualities is my stance of gentle repose. I tend to take things as they come and deal with life on a situational basis. I don't stress out, and I don't allow myself to dwell or regret my past undertakings; instead, I put my efforts into learning from my mistakes and making my next move.
I'm a person who admits my own faults, and take full responsibility for my actions. I require myself to at all times be progressing forward, and avoid ignorance, whether through intention or negligence; I never pass up a chance to learn something relevant. I constantly spend time thinking, reevaluating, and refining my own standards and moral values, as well as those of other people, as I seek to always improve myself. I attribute these qualities to mindfulness in conjunction with true and honest introspection. Through this process, I have, over time, defined and refined that which holds value in my perception, and continue to do so.
I try to give every person I meet a fair and relatively equal chance of becoming a 'regular' so to speak, ranging from talk once in a while acquaintances to the closest friends; unfortunately for the majority of people, I am "picky as all fuck" (as I am majoritively misanthropic). The criteria and scale by which I place people are expansive, from healthiness, attractiveness, dexterity, and genetics to intelligence, sense of humor, experience, critical thinking, analysis, mindfulness, charisma and willpower. I am a person of rigidity, holding fast to my morality and desire for truth [being objective fact]. I do not surround myself with people of theistic or pseudo-scientific beliefs, as they fundamentally demonstrate an apparent lack of ability to logically reason between fact and fiction (I honestly hold them in the same regard as one who believes unicorns and pegasi exist). I will, to be bluntly honest, tear every catechism of your beliefs asunder, to separate what in your beliefs (if anything) is objectively true from that which is your subjective projected desire of the universe at large over the course of our communications, in order to ascertain the nature of your being - something I do passively at times and aggressively at others; but always with myself before anyone else, though everyone else inclusive. Judgmental? Not in the common perspective, only in the literal sense - I judge based upon the objective information I have obtained, and constantly refine my judgement as new evidence is presented [which is nigh-constant].
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He also appeared as that little globe with 3 snake heads sticking out of it, didn't he?
And the globe that was chasing them.
I hadn't really planned on counting the globe that chased the Enterprise. I wasn't sure if we could really say it was him or just a fancy light show. After all, he's omnipotent. He doesn't need to chase them
It's been about a day, so I'll give the total list, of which there's still a few missing. The ones no one got were
Safarier from Q-Pid
Goofy Doctor from Tapestry
Smoke apparition from Deja-Q (Tricky one, that)
And the reason I asked for a more specific answer about Starfleet uniforms wasn't because of suit design, but because he has worn 3. Captain, Admiral, AND
Commander (3 Pips in Hide & Q)
The complete list in order of appearance
16th century explorer (Basically a Vasco De Gama costume) (Farpoint)
20th century military dress (Farpoint)
21st WWIII soldier gear (Farpoint)
Floating judge (Farpoint)
Starfleet captain one piece suit (Farpoint)
Aldebran serpent (Hide & Q)
Starfleet admiral (Hide & Q)
French marshall (Hide & Q)
Data (Hide & Q)
Starfleet Commander (Hide & Q)
Monk (Hide & Q)
Nude (Deja-Q)
Federation civilian "Not my colors" (Deja-Q)
Mariachi (Deja-Q)
Smoke Apparition [In Picard's cigar] (Deja-Q)
Safari dress (Q-pid)
Sheriff of Nottingham (Q-pid)
God robes (Tapestry)
Flower delivery man (Tapestry)
Bonestell Bartender(Tapestry)
Early 20th century doctor (Tapestry)
Deaf old man (All Good Things)
Starfleet 2 piece captain suit (Which I wasn't originally going to differentiate from the other Starfleet captain suit, but what the hay)
23 total, but I'd have taken 22 for the varying starfleet captain suits, which is a very minute difference, & one I wasn't planning on distinguishing between
Not sure who to say got the most. Alrik was the last to add one from my list, with his birthday suit answer
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LA Auto Show 2011: Ford reveals all-new 2013 Ford Escape
Designed to be sold around the world as the Kuga, the new Escape eschews the block styling for a slippier shape that mimics the Ford Focus, with which it shares basic components. While the base 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine gets a few tweaks to 168 hp, Ford drops the V-6 option in favor of two smaller turbocharged four-cylinder powerplants; a 1.6-liter Ecoboost that Ford claims will top competitors in fuel economy while pumping 173 hp, and the top-line 2-liter Ecoboost will churn 237 hp.
Although the Escape will boast a long list of techno features -- from automatic parallel parking and shutters for better aerodynamics at highway speeds to a liftgate that can open with a kick under the rear bumper -- it's no longer available as a hybrid. Ford says the smaller CMax hybrid will serve the same market when it debuts next year, and that the smaller Ecoboost actually offer betters mileage on gasoline alone for lower cost.


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Opposition leaders Mousavi, Karoubi 'transferred' to Tehran prison
Latest update : 2011-03-01
Iranian authorities have transferred opposition leaders Mehdi Karoubi (left) and Mirhossein Mousavi (right) to a Tehran prison, according to the Kaleme opposition website. Both men have been under house arrest in Tehran since February 14 protests.
AFP - Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have been arrested along with their wives and jailed at Tehran's Heshmatiyeh prison, their websites reported on Monday.
The two had been under house arrest after judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani said earlier this month they had committed "treason" and MPs demanded they be hanged.
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"Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, and their wives, have been arrested and were transfered to the Heshmatiyeh prison of Tehran," Mousavi's website Kaleme.com reported.
"According to credible sources, the arrest and the transfer to jail is sure but the date when it occurred is still uncertain," Kaleme.com said.
Iranian authorities had put Karroubi and Mousavi and their wives under "complete" house arrest after their supporters staged anti-government protests on February 14, their websites had said in previous reports.
News of their alleged arrest came after prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie warned in statements earlier Monday the opposition movement against plans to hold protests on Tuesday.
"Anyone who acts against the law will be dealt with," the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on the website of state television in reference to a call for protests aimed at demanding Mousavi and Karroubi's release from house arrest.
Mousavi and Karroubi led a string of protests in Iran after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 amid allegations the vote was rigged.
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On Saturday, their websites posted calls for new protests to take on Tuesday in Tehran and other provincial cities to press for their release from house arrest.
The call was issued by the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, an umbrella group backing the two leaders who steadfastly oppose Ahmadinejad's government.
The group, which called previous protests on February 14 and February 20, said that more demonstrations would be held on March 15 if Mousavi and Karroubi remained under house arrest beyond March 1.
Officials have branded anyone who supports the two men as "anti-revolutionary."
On Monday the prosecutor general said the opposition movement had now transformed itself from "sedition to anti-revolution."
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2003 Oldsmobile Alero • 186,000 miles
The fuses keep blowing for the heater blower and heater. Why? What should I do?
December 29, 2012.
December 29, 2012.
I am attaching a wiring diagram of the heat/A/C system. Note the blower motor circuit on right. It ends in a splice pack that could likely be a source for a short. However you are going to have to inspect all wiring in circuit for exposed or shorted wires.
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Moshe Weinberger
Rabbi Moshe Weinberger (born June 1957) is a Chasidic rebbe who is the founder and current rabbi of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, New York.
He is a lecturer and author.[1] Some regard him as a posek ("decisor" of Jewish law)[2] and a Jewish leader who is actively involved in Jewish Outreach.[3]
In the Fall of 2013, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger was appointed Mashpia of Yeshivas Rabeinu Yitzchok Elchanan (Yeshiva University).
Background and education[edit]
Rabbi Weinberger's grandparents were Belz Chasidim. He dropped out of law school to study Judaism in order to become a rabbi.[4]
Rabbi Weinberger attended Yeshiva University and was a student of Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz. He holds a MA in Jewish philosophy from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and an MS in educational administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Rabbi Weinberger was ordained by the RIETS rabbinical school of Yeshiva University, and while there was a student in Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's shiur (class). Rabbi Weinberger often uses experiences and lessons from Rabbi Soloveitchik's shiur in his many current shiurim (classes). Rabbi Weinberger has since adopted the style of a Chasidic rebbe.
A modern Chasidic rebbe[edit]
Rabbi Weinberger adopted[when?] Chasidic attire (a Chasidic-style black hat during the week (known as a Biberhit, or Hoiche Beiberhit in Yiddish), and a shtreimel on Shabbat)[citation needed] and Payos ("side locks") while emphasising and spreading Chasidic thought. His teachings derive in part from Chabad,[5] Breslov,[6] Izbica,[7] and others.[8] In addition he began teaching works that were previously not easily available to the English-speaking public such as Rav Kook[9] and the seforim of Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh.[10][11]
Teaching career[edit]
He has been a career educator. For over twenty years, Rabbi Weinberger was a teacher ("rebbe") at Ezra Academy, a Jewish day school in Queens and prior to that he taught at a local yeshiva in Far Rockaway.[4]
He encourages spiritual growth in many Jews,[12][13] and is a founder of an English speaking Yeshiva.[14]
He is a lecturer[15][16] in all kinds of Jewish communal gatherings,[17] serving as scholar-in-residence in synagogues around the United States.[18][19] He has also served as an invited inspirational speaker for youth in Jewish High Schools.[20]
He has given various lectures on different topics in many synagogues on a regular basis[21][22] and has developed a library of more than 2800 MP3s.
He is the author of a book called Jewish Outreach - a Halachic Perspective, KTAV publishing, (1990) ISBN 0-88125-355-3, published in conjunction with the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals.[23]
Rabbi Weinberger is a frequent contributor to such publications as Rabbi Jacob Joseph School's Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society:
- Teaching Torah to Women, Spring 5745.
- The Baal Teshuva and the Jewish Community: Re-entry Problems, Fall 5747.
And also to the OU's Jewish Action magazine:
- Keeping up with the Katz's, (Rosh haShana 5749) (1988), pp. 10–19
- Prayer: Neglected Paths and Forgotten Longings, Fall 5750.
- Beyond the River, Fall 5756.
- Rav Tzaddok the Kohen, Fall 5757.
- A Modern Experiment in Chassidus, Fall 5760.
- ^ As recognized as such by the National Council of Young Israel [1]
- ^ His work is cited in numerous halachik subjects: 1. The Obligation of Jews to Seek Observance of Noachide Laws by Gentiles, by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde. jlaw.com 2. Women's prayer services - theory and practice, daat.ac.il. 3. Bicycle Riding on Yom Tob, www.judaic.org
- ^ Hecht, Rabbi Benjamin (January 12, 2005). "Kiruv: A Paradox of Hashkafa". nishma.org.
- ^ a b Rose, Binyamin (January 12, 2005). "Gathering Sparks in Woodmere. - Rabbi Moshe Weinberger sparks the souls of his congregants at Aish Kodesh of Woodmere, Long Island, with the teachings of the Piasezne Rebbe, Hy"d". Cover Story in Mishpacha Megezine.
- ^ Aish Kodesh Shiurim in Ba'al Hatanya
- ^ New Breslov Shiur Over the Phone, by Noted teacher of Chassidic thought Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, The Breslov Center.
- ^ Lectures from Rabbi Moshe Weinberger on Izbica
- ^ Rabbi Weinberger's lectures in the different Chasidic thoughts
- ^ Aish Kodesh Shiurim in Oros Ha'Teshvah
- ^ Aish Kodesh Shiurim in Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh I
- ^ The Bilvavi Website with original hebrew MP3's and video shiurim
- ^ From Modern Jews [2] to Hasidim re next reference
- ^ B. Berman (July 14, 2006). "Rav Moshe Weinberger Meets his Spiritual Grandchildren" (PDF). Hamodia.
- ^ July 14, 2006 How a Yeshiva was founded through another famous rabbi urging an activist to get Rav Wienberger involved, The Jewish Press
- ^ Aldrich, Daniel P. (October 16, 2005). "Sukkot: After the Deluge". Aish.com.
- ^ Jacobson, Yosef Y. "Rising from the Ashes". meaningfullife.com.
- ^ An International Conference On Orthodox Judaism and Mental Health Co-Sponsored by The Jewish Press, Nefesh event. Dealing With Crises In the Frum Community, or at the OU West Coast Convention in 5757 Spirituality in the New Age.
- ^ AdultEd.qxd
- ^ Houston, Texas: Torah With A Texas Twang
- ^ News from SKA High School for Girls
- ^ shiur
- ^ Home Page
- ^ Edah - The courage to be modern and orthodox, The Modern Orthodox library. "Subcategory: Ethics and Chesed (Ninth book on list)".
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The contestants on this episode of Celebrity Jeopardy are Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds and Jerry Lewis.
One of these families has a skeleton in the closet.
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Wow! It's been a long week! The hubs has been gone all week for business which makes for long days at home! I've gone to bed before 9, every night except one! Does that make me old? I remember coming home from my Freshman year of college and my mom said my curfew was at 11 pm. I thought she was joking. I explained that we didn't even go out until 11 at college. That was my last summer home. Once you have a taste of freedom, it's hard to go back home. But that was ages ago! Here I am now, excited to crawl in bed at 9 pm. But I wouldn't trade my life now for my life then! Life gets better with age. I have honestly never felt better physically and emotionally than I have now.
Since it is just me and the kids I've been pretty lazy for dinner. Hotdogs and applesauce, eggs and bacon, chocolate milkshakes made from bananas, apple pancakes (Yikes, not a single veggie in there)…..these are my "I don't want to cook dinners." We are all allowed those days! I just have more of them when my husband is gone. What are your "I don't want to cook dinners ?"
I was prepared for this lack of dinner inspiration and came up with this yummy sweet potato flatbread last week, that I knew I could write about this week. From time to time I miss having a sandwich. I've tried the cauliflower buns, but made them so much that I'm kind of burnt out on them. I thought I could make a type of bun with sweet potato, so I did, and I love it! Keep checking in or subscribe to see some upcoming sandwich recipes!
What is your favorite 'bun' substitute?
- 2 Tbs arrowroot flour
- 2 Tbs coconut flour
- ½ cup cooked sweet potato
- 1 and ½ Tbs olive oil
- 1 egg
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp ginger
- ⅛ tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp paprika
- Note: please feel free to adjust or omit spices to suit your preferences or to compliment different types of sandwiches.
- Heat the sweet potato in the microwave (4-6 mins) or oven (30-40 mins) until it's soft and easily pierced with a fork.
- Preheat the oven to 400.
- In a bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Then add the olive oil, egg, and sweet potato and mix well. The mixture will be pretty thick.
- Place parchment paper on a baking sheet. Spoon out 6 balls of the sweet potato mixture onto the parchment paper.
- Using another small piece of parchment paper to flatten out the sweet potato mixture until it is about the size of your palm. Sprinkle a little arrowroot on the balls if they start to stick to the paper.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes.
Looking for a different way to cook sweet potatoes? How about this sweet potato biscuit for one!


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Occipital bone ossification centers
The occipital bone has complex development, it ossifies from six centers.
From the case: Occipital bone ossification centers
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Diagram adapted from Grey's Anatomy - Public Domain
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The six centers that we can see on diagram are:
- - Basioccipital bone;
- - Exooccipital bone (two centers);
- - Supraoccipital bone;
- - Interparietal bone (two centers).
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Friday18 January 2013
Summer-Ville 2013
at Horticultural Hall, 32 Laings Road, Lower Hutt
On Friday the 18th of January 2013, Lower Hutt City will bare witness to the first taste of the Summer-Ville flavour. Bringing together a heavy hitting concoction of Aotearoa and Australia's finest artists from Roots, Reggae, R&B to Rap. Summer-Ville will provide a perfect blend of the latest urban music mixed with sunshine feel good music.


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A wide variety of sea caves along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore get covered with ice during the winter. These are our photos from an extremely cold day in March 2014.
Yesterday, we spent the evening canoeing on the Mississippi River, near Cottage Grove Minnesota. It was a beautiful evening in the 80's, and the wildlife was plentiful! One of the highlights was watch a pair of eagles feed their young on one of the small islands.
Here's some of our favorite photos from our November 2013 day trip to Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. A black iguana, or ctenosaur, sits on a roof of a park building.
Several more great portraits of the gymnasts, I am not surprised from you. Interesting commitment and idea with your angle of the balance beam. Great timing with the inverted release and face visible on bars, my favorite. Impressive bright eyes in several photos despite the harsh overhead lighting. And so much for my powers of observation because I did not see you there but I am sure you are in several of my photos. Hope to see you next weekend!
Kristen and I both photographed the Best of Minnesota gymnastics meet at the University of Minnesota on February 23, 2014.
Did you know we also do wedding photography in Minneapolis?
Here's some photos of the University of Minnesota hosting Air Force and Lindenwood in Minneapolis, MN on January 11th, 2014.
On day 7, August 10th, we hiked the 8 miles out from the Timberline camp to the Green Mountain Trailhead, stopping to chitchat with some friends and watch"Tony" the elk on the way out. We also ran across quite a few dusky grouse along the trail. We spend the evening watching the bull elk bugle […]


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Anyone got a dictionary ? I'm having trouble with the word Organization (Organisation over this side of the pond) and what it has to do with photography. You mean some people don't lose credit card bills , pens, keys, negatives, prints , chemicals in their darkroom ?
Never lost the enlarger - yet


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The USA Waterski's Southern Region consisting of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas will be competing on June 26th-28th at Sarasota Ski-A-Rees home site on Sarasota Bay for the Southern Regional Championship. This three day tournament will include six teams performing 1 hour long (Cypress Gardens style) water ski shows and individual tournaments including Swivel, Doubles, Freestyle Jump, and Barefoot Endurance. For more information, please call the Sarasota Ski-A-Rees at (941) 388-1666 or visit skiarees.com.
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Here is my attempt at poking fun at inspirational quote videos:
I hope you enjoy it. Yes, it's kind of stupid. Unfortunately, I was born with this sense of humor.
Here is my attempt at poking fun at inspirational quote videos:
I hope you enjoy it. Yes, it's kind of stupid. Unfortunately, I was born with this sense of humor.
I realize this topic is as incredibly deep and complex as it is general. I will start this by stating that I am not in robotics nor do I work with artificial intelligence. I have never even studied it. I am a man who is very interested in concepts and logic. I enjoy in delving into the overlying principles of things. My opinions on this are not fact and they possibly aren't even close. Do not be offended. If my writing makes you think and feel, whether it is an introspective "I haven't thought of that" or an angry "Is this guy an idiot?!?"… I have done my job.
Robots are a strong theme in American culture. They evoke a wide array of emotions from us. Many of us find them interesting. I loved the show Battlebots. I love having the newest, sleekest technology. I love that my phone can use simple algorithms to predict things I want to do. I am an absolute nut for predictions and analysis. Heck, I even have a scale that links to an online profile so I can see exactly how my weight is fluctuating. Give me a shiny piece of technology that syncs through WiFi or Bluetooth and presents its information in colorful bar and line graphs and I'll be your best friend. These machines or robots are created to analyze us and assist us. They are getting smarter and we have long been past the point where our phones know more about us than we do. In some instances, our phones can probably predict what we will do before we know it. While computers (I'll generally use that term here) are getting better and better at knowing us, that leads to another emotion we have towards robots:
Americans have many fascinating obsessions. We glorify ninjas and pirates and have made ridiculous versions of them that never existed. We drool over superheroes who have seemingly plausible "origin stories" but are obviously impossible if you give it any amount of thought. We love orcs, mages, and elves despite there never being an instance of any of them in history. We equally are fascinated by the idea of robots, but unlike the others, robots are real. Robots are here. As many movies and video games there are that portray good robots who help us fight an enemy (usually other robots), there are just as many that feature robots that kill us. Usually the narrative is the same. We keep making technology better until we reach a point where AI has the ability to achieve free will. At this moment, AI is not a program anymore. It has consciousness. It doesn't necessarily "feel" but it can make its own decisions and that turns for the worst when that is coupled with the intelligence, processing speed, and ability to essentially recall any memory in its storage in nanoseconds. These advanced robots then always go through some change that causes them to turn on humanity. Sometimes their coding just glitches. Sometimes an evil mastermind "rewires" them. Sometimes the perfect beings just realize how flawed humans are and decide to get rid of all of us. What makes this fear rational is that this could possibly happen down the road. For whatever reason, these robots are usually made into the shape of a human. This brings me to my actual point.
In this exercise, I'm not discussing if we will be mass-exterminated by a robot in the future. We are nowhere near that point. However, as computers get smarter and more knowledgeable of us, people have undertaken the task of trying to get them to emulate us. The question is: Will there a be a day where robots look and act like humans? Will you be able to bump into a stranger out in public, have a conversation, and then be shocked 10 minutes in when that stranger informs you that it is a robot? Many people say no, but there are also those who believe the answer is yes so strongly, they have dedicated their lives to it. I will not say no as the future is a long time, but I will say we are nowhere close.
The issue is that from an artificial intelligence standpoint, humans are perfectly imperfect. We are irrational and we act on impulse. We will actually make a terrible decision with no thought or research, but then we have the capability to amend the mistake and still get the job done. There are many times that humans will actually do research and then still make a mistake because of an unforseen variable. Humans have embraced the ever-present possibility of mistakes. Jobs have policies for getting stuck in traffic. Companies have insurance for people hurting themselves while performing work. Humans are irrational, but not random. We will do everything we're supposed to do, then in a moment of rage, break a $500 cell phone. Computers are efficient and would never do these things.
The next step would obviously be teaching the robots to emulate us. This would not be easy to do since they do not have emotions. You could program a robot to emulate the average human, but then have it rarely do random acts, but this is not even close to being the same. I think watching a robot pretending to be human would be like watching a fake viral video on the internet. I would bet that every day, hundreds of companies try to fake videos where something ridiculous happens in public. They stage events that are cute, romantic, or dangerous. They sit in meeting rooms and analyze other viral videos. Many of them probably even have focus groups to test how believable they are. No matter the process, most of them hit the internet and are ignored. The problem is that real viral videos happen naturally. We can tell when a video is faked/staged because it just seems unnatural to us… It seems inhuman. You could strap a GoPro camera on a thousand people's heads and then upload that footage into a robot and it still would be emulating humans. The robot needs to feel, think, and act on impulse for it to be believable. It needs to be human. We are nowhere close.
I find this entire process scary. Using programs and algorithms to assist us has progressed society to new heights. Things have become cheaper and easier. We can digitally film and edit. We can make complex spreadsheets in a window that would have taken an entire wall of a conference room to draw out. We can instantaneously mail each other through the internet. The list of things technology has provided us would be a mile long, but how far do we need to go? Why do we need robots walking around pretending to be human and acting like us? I don't agree with making humanoid robots to complete certain tasks, but I see the purpose (I think the implications toward jobs would be horrible). I don't see the purpose of making human robots that do everything we do and that pretend to be us. That's another issue, however.
As the future comes, we will undoubtedly reach higher levels of technology. Processors will get better. Memory will better. Storage will get better. There will be a point where things like androids will be a possibility. I just don't think we're anywhere close to that right now.
Thanks for reading my random fit of writing inspiration.
I'm a firm believer in that writing and creativity both fall under the "use it or lose it" umbrella. They are muscles that you need to work out regularly. This isn't scientific fact. This is just a silly motto that I find to be true. I don't write as often as I should and I made the decision that if something inspires me, I will utilize it as a writing exercise. Well, something silly inspired me today.
It was early in the morning. I work at the FDA (this is public knowledge) in the Washington, D.C area and I utilize the public transportation system. It's an efficient system, especially when you use the metro rail, or train as normal people would call it. You essentially have eight (or so) box cars full of people dressed in suits or at least business-casual clothes. Many of the riders read newspapers as the Washington Post has representatives handing them out for free as you get on. Many people also have headphones and are listening to music or watching videos on their phones. I tend to listen to Rocketjump's Facerocker podcast while reading the newspaper or Washingtonian Magazine. Luckily, I discovered Facerocker Podcast fairly late so I have years worth of material to listen to (or did).
Today was like any other. There were the suits and briefcases. No one was talking. This isn't unusual. People act like they're in a public restroom while using public transportation. Anytime you lock eyes with another passenger, both of you shamefully dart your eyes away from each other and delete that vision from your brain out of respect. I took a seat by one of the doors of the train car. I don't usually get to sit so this was a nice surprise, but what happened next was more surprising. My seat was perpendicular to the door and there was a man leaning on the divider facing me. I was looking at my phone and my eyes locked onto tennis shoes with bright green shoelaces. I looked up a bit and noticed black track pants. This is fairly strange as people normally don't take the metro to go work out at 8 a.m. in the morning during rush hour. I kept looking up to notice a regular jacket and then long, silky dirty-blond hair. The man's face was gruff, but not in an ugly way. It was a masculine face that had maybe seen some things and it did not fit the beautiful hair at all. I looked at the person's face, but he did not look back. He just stared right over my head into the distance. He had the face of someone who was in the zone and ready to "kill it." I looked around to spot another person dressed to go to the gym but there were none. It was just him and honestly, the top half of the outfit didn't really fit the gym-going persona. I laughed to myself because this person could very well be going to his job, ready to do something more important than any of us. His face screamed determination. He looked like he already had a full serving of nitric oxide and was ready to crush some bent-over barbell rows, but what if he was heading to the Pentagon? One of our nation's major agencies' headquarters? What if he was a high-up at the FDA and was, in fact, my boss's boss's boss?
This person didn't care what anyone thought of him. He was in his moment and he was absolutely crushing it. His face also reminded me of someone. As it turned out, I was listening to an episode of the Facerocker podcast that reminded me who it was. Logan Olson, a recurring host/guest on the podcast, jumped into my mind. Take in mind that I have never seen Logan Olson except for maybe two pictures online. I only know of him from what has been said on the podcast, but this guy looked exactly like the pictures(except for having a more weathered face). Also, what I know of Logan, this guy was living it. He didn't care what anyone thought. He was focused on what must have been the thoughts of a winner, ready to destroy the challenge waiting for him at the end of that metro ride. As the metro reached my stop, I stood up and everyone looked at me. This is normal as I get off at a stop that few others do and I am also a massive 6-foot-6-inches tall. He also looked at me for the first time and as I walked past him, I nodded. He smirked and nodded back.
"This world is yours," he said with only a simple half-smile and a nod. "Go crush it."
"You too, Logan Olson Look-alike," is what I would have said back but I knew he didn't me to tell him that.
Now obviously, that was kind of creepy, but inspiration is inspiration. Sometimes it takes seeing a guy who looks like another guy who says funny things in audio form and shares a fondness for dark Mexican beer to get your creative juices flowing. Give in. Maybe you shouldn't post them on the internet like I did, but I'm a rebel. I do what i want without shame. Will Logan Olson have a restraining order on me by the end of the day? We shall see.
Write on and ride on.
I said that the second I heard that a four-team playoff was introduced to College Football. I was met with the expected response that the teams would sort it out and there would only be four deserving teams at the end of the year. I laughed. We must not have been watching the same sport for the last 10 years.
And here we are.
The season is coming to a close and there is absolute chaos. Florida State has been struggling, but looks to remain undefeated and a miracle season by Duke could have them and FSU with one loss at the end of the year. Baylor and TCU both have one loss and have already played each other (plus the Big 12 has no championship game). Alabama and Mississippi State could both end the season with one loss. Ohio State or Nebraska could end the season with one loss, as well as Oregon or Arizona State. All of this is happening and there are only three weeks left.
Let's get into why exactly more than four teams should be in the playoff.
There are five power conferences.
Power conferences are not made alike. Using the eye test alone, the pass-happy offenses of the Big 12 are much different than the rushing attack-oriented Big 10. Each conference has its own flavor, as well as its own strengths. Who is to say that Florida State wouldn't get a loss in the Pac 12? Who's to say that 2-loss Kansas State wouldn't have one loss in the Big 10? We simply don't know because the conferences don't really play each other. If a conference is a "power conference," its champion should be in the playoff. There should be some sort of requirement, however, to ensure that the conference champion is one of the best teams in the nation. An example could be that the champion has less than three losses or maybe it is ranked 12th or better. If a team wins a conference, it is the best team in the conference and it did enough to prove that. Let the conferences sort it out. With a six-team playoff, there is an extra spot for Notre Dame, a BCS buster, or possibly a second team from a big conference. An eight-team playoff would remove even more doubt.
The Baylor-TCU situation from this season.
This was a conundrum I saw coming from a mile away. What happens when two one-loss teams play each other and the team that won that game loses to a sorry opponent? The team that won between the two will be devalued due to a bad loss and the team that lost that tiebreaker will have a better loss (TO THE OTHER TEAM). Couple this with the team that lost the head-to-head playing better football when the playoff comes around and the problem appears. For instance, this year, Baylor and TCU both have one loss, but Baylor beat TCU 61-58 when they played. Baylor followed that win with a horrible 41-27 loss to unranked West Virginia. Because of this, TCU is ranked higher than Baylor in every national poll despite losing to Baylor. In many mock playoff selections, TCU has been popping up, but not Baylor. If both teams win out, this is going to be a a sticky situation.
The Alabama-LSU situation from 2011 or Alabama-Auburn situation from 2013
In 2011, Alabama missed four field goals during a 9-6 loss versus LSU. In 2013, A last-second Alabama field goal didn't go far enough and was caught by Auburn's Chris Davis, who then returned the now technical punt 100 yards for the game winning touchdown. I can't think of two other games in College Football history than left viewers staring at the screen more unsure if the better team won the game. With a 4-team playoff, neither loser of those games should get another chance. The 2011 National Championship between two SEC teams was the most pathetic joke I've ever seen in sports (How can a team that couldn't win its own half of its conference deserve to fight to be the best team in the nation over other conference champions?) However, in a 8-team playoff, it's fair-game and that losing team would still be in. The better team lost on that given day? Prove it in the new bigger playoff.
When a conference champion loses a game because of injury but regains form come playoff time.
This is a specific example, but it is one that affects Ohio State and Arizona State, none-the-less. Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller was knocked out for the season due to injury 11 days before the season started. Freshman back-up J.T. Barrett came in and looked awful. Ohio State looked sloppy against Navy, then lost against Virginia Tech. Barrett was shaken and couldn't do anything right. Seven games later into the season and Ohio State is unstoppable and Barrett just dismantled Michigan State, which was statistically one of the best defenses in the nation. OSU also has gained at least 49 points and 533 yards in six of its last seven games Obviously this argument only works for a conference champion, but it is obvious that this is not the same team that lost to Virginia Tech. Because the Virginia Tech loss is the worst out of all of the contenders, this four-team playoff system will leave Ohio State and all of us will miss out on a potentially great team competing for the trophy.
Arizona State also fell victim to injury and lost starting quarterback Taylor Kelley for three games. In backup QB Mike Bercovici's first game, ASU looked awful and turned the ball over four times. UCLA throttled them 62-27 in a game that is hardly representative of the team that just beat No. 10 Notre Dame 55-31.That 35-point loss is going to keep being brought up if ASU wins the Pac 12 and analysts are looking for every reason why certain contenders shouldn't be in the playoff. Like Ohio State, Arizona State now is not the same team that played in their lone loss.
A four-team playoff is better than the two-team National Championship of last year, but it still isn't enough. It is better to have all of the real contenders with a couple pretenders, just like the systems of every other major sport. The current system leaves teams that have proved they're among the nation's best sitting at home. The sport, the teams, and the fans would all be better off with a playoff that features more than four teams. That's my opinion.
-Marty F. Nemec
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The best shows have a way of making you not want them to end. The writers do their best to make the plot satisfy you so you will close the book and feel like it has finished its course, but you never do. That is the boat Video Game High School is in. The characters are so lovable and memorable that the show could have gone for another five seasons, but the creators were tasked with finishing all of their stories in this season. This was a big challenge.
Many shows that garner popularity tend to go out on a victory tour, giving fanfare to the viewers and highlighting the most lovable points of its characters. This is not the approach VGHS takes. This season, all of the characters hit some of their darkest times. I won't spoil anything, but all of the major characters go through life-changing events that make them look at their lives from a different angle. Even Ki, the unwavering bastion of caring and righteousness, finds herself questioning whether good always wins. VGHS swung for the fences with the story.
This is a good thing. These actors and actresses really have come into their own and it's noticeable as they flex their acting muscles. After seasons of Ted Wong goofily deflecting anything that might hurt his feelings, he finally hits his breaking point and shows a wide range of emotions. As the show digs into his relationship with his father, it creates some very powerful stuff. Ki also creates some moving work as she is put in a position where she can't fix everything with both her life and friends. It's one of the few times in the show that "life happens" for her and she is not used to be powerless to it. Brian, who has carried the show at times from an emotional standpoint, continues in that regard. While he steps back as the main character and lets his friends join him in the main narrative, he continues to be the glue that holds the group together and finds himself in tough situations because of it. His friends need him even when they don't realize it. Brian, or Josh Blaylock rather, deserves awards for his parts in this show as a whole.
The one character I was a touch disappointed with was Jenny Matrix. Don't get me wrong, her acting was solid and I like her as a character. However, her desire to be a professional gamer is a huge focus during this season. The viewers always knew that Jenny was the player in the school that had the best chance of going pro and it was her lifelong dream. I find this a little strange because Brian actually carried the team on his back quite often and was shown to be on Jenny's level throughout the show, but the writers made it obvious that he didn't have a chance of going pro. We always knew that this would inevitably lead to a conflict between Jenny and Brian. Well, that conflict happens in this season and it absolutely tears Jenny apart. She has to come to terms with who she is and what she wants. After this issue seems to be resolved, later in the series, she does something that completely contradicts this in a matter of three seconds. It seemed the character hadn't really progressed at all and it was disappointing to see, but the writers knew what they were doing. It was destined from the start.
The show also adds some new bad guys, which was refreshing. At the end of Season Two, Ashley Barnstormer and his Napalm Energy Drink High School pop up and nab The Law in a seemingly random move. This story arc is fleshed out and you realize that this energy drink company/high school is gunning for VGHS. Dean Calhoun has made some powerful enemies, one being Ashley and another being a known face I won't reveal. Napalm Energy Drink High School has an unlimited amount of money, as does its two leaders, and that money allows them to do anything they want, which puts the protagonists in bad situations over and over again. Ashley Barnstormer is absolutely hilarious. He calmly connives and picks people apart. He is very similar to The Law from Season One. The scene where he is a "captive" was particularly funny to me. Napalm also picks up a new face, who you will recognize from Disney's iCarly, and he brings up one of the most random plot twists in the show to date. It is pretty funny and he immediately becomes mortal enemies with The Law for more reasons that one. He is a man of few words, but gets some very memorable scenes, especially closer to the end. Ki's old rival, Shane Pizza is also a blast to watch. He never loses and so calmly buys his way out of every challenge and problem. He also has a much bigger role in this season in ways you wouldn't even imagine. His condescending tone is hilarious and how he has kept it through three entire seasons without letting a smile or chuckle slip is impressive. Snaps, Ki. Snaps.
That brings me to one of my biggest disappointments. The Law is practically not present in the entire season. I know Brian Firenzi, the actor who played The Law, moved to London after Season Two but I still find the aggressive phase-out of The Law disconcerting. While every character has a special place in my heart, The Law has always been my personal favorite character of VGHS. His romance with Shotbot and the narrative of him uncovering his framing by Shane Pizza in Season Two carried the show for that stretch. The Law was eccentric and ridiculous, but was human at the same time. I would go so far to say that he was so humanized in the later part of Season Two, he was turned into a good guy and the viewers were rooting for him. Of course it was a "Law" move to immediately go against Brian and his friends at the first chance he got to join Napalm, but what followed wasn't. He immediately became a subordinate to Ashley and allowed himself to be pushed around, which doesn't fit his character at all. Then he practically disappears for the rest of the season to then pop up for an anticlimactic finish in which he doesn't get revenge or even try to against any of the people who wronged him. He was turned back into the comedic relief character who pops up a handful of times that he was in Season One. It was just so disappointing because in Season Two, he really was fleshed out and became a driving force of the show. Maybe I just love The Law too much and am the only one who cares he was gone. While I'd have a beer with any of the cast mates of this show (except the girl who played Sushi Princess, of course), Brian Firenzi would have to be on the top of that list. Look at his Twitter account. He is a complete hoot.
Season Three featured all of the side characters we have come to love from Wendell to Games Dean to Clutch to Jumpin Jax to Drift King to the Duchess. It was wonderful to see, but I wish the show could have gone longer so that we could see their stories drawn out more. How did the Duchess of Kart and the Drift King get to their respective roles as the lead of each racing team? How did the two racing teams come to hate each other? Many of the side characters could have had their own stories, or at least origin stories, and I felt like there were opportunities left on the table, but this was likely due to resource restraints. They were very clear about this third season being the final season so they obviously couldn't travel down too many avenues. At the closing of the season, I felt unsatisfied with the endings of the side characters, They just basically disappear into the woodwork after the climax of the entire show. I was hoping for Wendell getting the respect from his peers he worked so hard for; Drift King and Duchess excitedly hugging and showing that there is hope for a racing-based friendship; A real showing of friendship between Games, Jax, Brian, and the other FPS players; or just maybe a small montage showing what happened to everyone. I also was a bit saddened by Drift King sliding back into a villainous role towards Ted as I thought Season Two hashed that out, but he redeems himself. There are many great things done with the side characters, though. I won't tell you it, but one of the best scenes of this season involves Dean Calhoun. You'll know it when you see it.
Those complaints are so miniscule towards how amazing this show is, though. The action scenes are better. The acting is better. The story is real and makes the characters suffer to come out stronger in the end while peppering in the trademark VGHS humor. This season even adds in MMO, JRPG, and social gamers into the school's cast, which was hilarious. Season Three was a great tribute to not only VGHS itself, but gaming as a whole. Plus, it features one of the craziest final scenes of a show I've ever seen.
One other thing that I personally enjoyed about this season was the adult theme. Season Three starkly deviates from its more kid-friendly past. There are jokes about sex and cussing. This doesn't seem like a video game-based Disney show anymore. This is a thought-provoking, roller coaster of emotions that keeps true to its fun and giddy nature while taking you to places you never thought VGHS would. I loved it. Its cheesiness is a big part of my love for VGHS, but this move towards adult content was a great one that paid off. I won't mention the ending of the show, but even that isn't the Disney perfect ending we would expect from VGHS, but instead follows in the footsteps of other emotionally driven shows like Friday Night Lights. VGHS brings it.
All in all, Season Three of Video Game High School hits big. While I wish the show could go on for another ten seasons, this is the finale we get and it does more than enough. We learn who Brian, Jenny, Ki, and Ted really are as they, as well as the whole school, are tested by these new evil forces represented by Napalm Energy Drink High School. We go to both the bottom and top with these characters by the end of the season and it is an incredible and rewarding journey. My lone complaint that I will carry over is the lack of The Law, but that doesn't detract much from what is otherwise a near perfect closing to one of my favorite shows ever. To those of you who didn't donate to the show and have only seen Episode One:
To watch Episode One of Season Three of VGHS, go here.
-Marty F. Nemec
Every year, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation organization at Submarine Base King's Bay, Naval Station Mayport, and Naval Air Station Jacksonville host GSA expos and for the fourth consecutive year, Crowley was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to go to all three.
These expos are great, allowing businesses (mostly small) to rent tables and set up banners, goods, information, and giveaways. Employees from each base then come and see what each business does and get free stuff at the same time. Many of the government employees are purchasers and contracting officers of different industries so there is a realistic chance that someone who buys a particular service or product could end up standing in front of a business that sells it.
These expos are great networking events and they allow all of the attendees to show their appreciation for the military (my father works on NAS Jax and even ran into me at the expo!) and small businesses in general. Crowley brought employees from multiple departments including procurement. Those procurement employees walked around and shared information with small businesses to possibly purchase their goods.
While I'm not in procurement, I gladly walked around and shook hands with many people as well. I noted businesses that could possibly subcontract or partner with Crowley on our GSA schedule and I also chatted with companies to just learn about them and their employees at the event. I really think I made some friends these last three days! I love Jacksonville and I am a huge supporter of local Jacksonville businesses, just like Crowley as a whole. It was so much fun meeting members of companies from industries like flooring, safety equipment, office furnishing, environmental solutions, and others.
Another thing I was glad to do was teach the attendees about Crowley. There were so many people who came to our booth and didn't know we are a Jacksonville-based company. In case you didn't know, we are and we are very proud of that. There were people who didn't know we managed and moved containers on giant ships. Most of the attendees didn't know that we are helping raise the Costa Concordia with Titan Salvage, a company Crowley owns. You will find Crowley at almost every single event that supports contracting and small business because we care. I'm very glad to be part of those efforts.
There were over 50 businesses in attendance and the networking was incredible, not only between the government workers and business representatives, but between the businesses as well. There is a lot to learn from business development specialists and sales managers of other companies. I greatly enjoyed talking to employees of CORT, CDW-G, Yeti Coolers, Mohawk Group, and many others. Attending these expos wasn't just about getting business for Crowley. It was also about learning, sharing, and getting closer to the Jacksonville and government contracting community.
The three bases also provided free breakfast and lunch, complete with potato chips, drinks, and desserts. There was a strong incentive for the government employees to attend and fortunately for the businesses looking to do business with them, those employees came.
As a member of Crowley, I thought the GSA expos were great. I met so many people from both government and industry. Every direction I looked, I could see smiles and handshakes. I really cannot overstate the incredible power of networking events like these. Any event that has government purchasers speaking directly to the people who want to sell to them is an event I support. This is business at work and everyone wins. Thank you to GSA, every participating company, and all three of the military bases for putting on such great events.
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I love Amazon. I think they are the best online retailer on the planet and everyone who knows me well knows that I use Amazon for everything. I will sing their praises until the end of the world.
However, that doesn't mean that Amazon doesn't mess up.
I woke up today at 5 a.m. and did my normal routine of checking my emails (and Facebook) in the hopes that it would help me wake up. Amazon sends me emails regularly with different deals or products catered to my interests. I don't open many of them but I prefer getting them because every now and then, I do get an email for something I want.
Well, that actually happened this morning.
I received an email for "Up to 65% Off Select Kingston Memory Cards and USB Drives." This was incredibly convenient because my last flash drive (which was also a Kingston, by the way) burned down with my house and I hadn't bought another yet. There are ways for me to get around using a flash drive so I had been holding off, but 65 percent off the normal price would have been the thing to make me finally buy one.
The email did a great job of building a sense of urgency as well. The Kingston flash drive sale was the Amazon "Deal of the Day," which means that I only had today to buy a flash drive using this deal. This marketing technique was very successful as I immediately clicked the link so I could buy a cheaper Kingston flash drive.
Then, something strange happened.
The "Deal of the Day" was not the Kingston flash drives. I was confused and I stopped for a moment and thought that maybe Amazon messed up and the flash drives were not the "Deal of the Day" but instead part of Amazon's "Lightning Deals" that are featured on the same page. I clicked through all 37 of them and there was nothing involving a flash drive.
I decided to go back to the email and I saw what had happened. The "Deal of the Day" was for April 15 (yesterday) and I received the email at 3:01 a.m. on April 16. Even if I had opened the email the second I received it, I still couldn't have bought those flash drives because that day had passed. Even if I lived in California, which is three hours behind Florida, the state I call my home, I STILL COULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE FLASH DRIVES.
Amazon successfully assessed my interest and sent me a relevant email. Their email marketing worked and I was 100 percent ready to make a purchase and their mess-up lost them a sale.
Will this affect my love of Amazon and cause me to stop using them first and foremost over every other online retailer?
Nope. It doesn't change anything for me. I am disappointed, but the value Amazon brings me far outweighs this rare mistake.
But this does bring to light that every company makes mistakes, even the almighty Amazon. The difference is that Amazon can afford it. Can your business?
Make sure that your email marketing is tested and analyzed deeply. Just like in my case, a lead can be ready to become a customer and a simple mistake can make it never happen. Unlike my case with Amazon, your missed opportunity may not come back and give you another chance.
Do you have an opinion on this subject? I'd love to hear it in the comments.
-Marty F. Nemec
I admit that I'm a tough sell with TV shows. I have probably watched two or three episodes of a hundred shows. I just don't have time for TV shows that can't keep my attention. I expect shows to make me interested in the futures of the characters. I expect to laugh or cry (feel like it). I expect to feel emotion.
Three of the only shows I have ever finished and made me satisfied with my decision were Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, and Arrested Development. Game of Thrones definitely meets all of my expectations for great shows.
I won't ruin what happened, but in a roughly four episode span, featuring both the "Red Wedding" and the "Purple Wedding," this show blew my mind and changed what I thought about TV shows. Game of Thrones will keep you up at night thinking about the show's events. It will have you talking to coworkers about it.
The one constant complaint I hear is that Game of Thrones is too long. The episodes are sometimes slow and always an hour long. What you don't realize, though, is that the entire show is a series of build-ups. Each long build-up peaks at a crazy event that leaves you speechless and then the next build-up begins. You have to know these characters. You have to love or hate these characters to truly appreciate what the show has to offer. That is why you have to watch the episodes that aren't action-packed from start to finish.
I strongly suggest that you get a big bag of popcorn and dedicate a Sunday afternoon to Game of Thrones. After three episodes, you will most likely be as hooked as me (and most of the country). It is an incredible show that will make you feel every emotion known to man. Don't be that guy (like me) again who starting watching Breaking Bad after it ended and you already knew the ending.
Also, you will come to really appreciate Jack Gleeson's portrayal of the cowardly, yet sadistic, King Joffrey. What a tough role and Jack nails it every single episode.
-Marty F. Nemec


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It's not really a Foreign Correspondents Club, and you don't have to be a journalist to join the lively international crowd that gathers here every day, but it is one of the favoured hang-outs of the local expat community. People drop in as much for the atmosphere of the French-colonial building and its open river views as for the tasty food, which is as eclectic as the diners. The beer is always cold, the cocktails icy, and you can grab a reliable burger or pizza if you're in need of a change from Khmer fare (having said that, the beef Lok Lak is one of the best in town).
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The half egg-shaped device is clearly designed for couch potatoes of the highest order. Without doing anything, apart from moving your thumb, you can navigate the new smart TV features, change channel, scroll through menus as well as type fairly quickly when it comes to searching the Internet - no mean feature seeing as it hasn't got a keyboard.
The main focus of the Panasonic Viera Touch Pad Controller is a large circular touch sensitive area at the top of the device that is a trackpad.
Moving your finger around the circular area in the same way you would an old iPod lets you scroll through the menu system on the TV, and the whole process is very intuitive - thank you Apple.
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Whether it is automatically remembering your 27 most-visited websites, in a similar way to the Google Chrome browser on your computer, or automatically offering you suggestions via Google search to save you typing the full word, it should have you covered.
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At any point you can press the x button on the remote and it takes you straight back to the main TV stream on the television, and for those that just like Channel Up and Volume there are dedicated buttons.
Simple and effective, Panasonic has worked out a way of creating a remote control that offers plenty, but just isn't as daunting as Sony's Google TV offering.
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