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Assurance for a Lifetimeby Marilyn Meberg
After making the life-changing decision to follow Christ, many new believers are left wondering "What's next?" Written in her warm, conversational style, popular speaker and author Marilyn Meberg explores five topics vital to the health and growth of the new Christian. They are: Assurance of salvation Living by faith Value of prayer Reading God's Word Fellowship Looking into these five essential areas of life with Christ will enable the new believer to find security and better understand this new relationship. Questions for refection at the end of each chapter gives the reader an opportunity to apply these liberating truths to her own life. This interactive component will be an effective tool to enable them to understand God's plan for a dynamic Christian life. Assurance for a Lifetime will be heavily promoted at all Women of Faith® conferences and included in the packet of information sent to each attendee who indicates her "decision" for Christ. It will also be a vital part of the WOF line of product designed to meet the spiritual needs of women.
Constantly Cravingby Marilyn Meberg
We want more. More peace. More excitement. More romance. More free time. More chocolate . . .Our cravings are written into our DNA. They're influenced by our childhood experiences. They're driving the choices we make as adults. And often, they're keeping us hungry. Never satisfied. Ever searching.What do they mean? What are we to do with them? Should we feel guilty? Are there solutions?Counselor and author Marilyn Meberg knows all about cravings. She also knows the One who knit us together, desires and all. With wit and compassion, Marilyn helps us understand our appetites, offers advice for managing them here on earth, and encourages us to eagerly await the day when we will find total satisfaction in heaven. In the meantime, Constantly Craving is an excellent reminder that our desires for more can lead us to the One we really need, the only One who will quench our thirst forever. Really? Really!
The Decision of a Lifetimeby Marilyn Meberg
Marilyn Meberg has presented the gospel message to nearly two million women through the Women of Faith conferences. This experience, coupled with her background in psychology and as an author, uniquely qualifies Marilyn to write this evangelism booklet designed specifically for women. Based on the theme of being chosen by God and adopted into His family, Marilyn draws parallels from her own experience of having a son by birth and a daughter by adoption. In her inviting, delightful fashion, she leads readers to the ultimate question of their own eternal destiny. Through high visibility and promotion at every Women of Faith conference throughout 2003, this witnessing tool will impact women throughout the country. For less than a cup of gourmet coffee, women can give this small book to a friend. The result could be untold lives committed to Christ.
Free Inside and Outby Marilyn Meberg
In Free Inside and Out, Marilyn Meberg and Luci Swindoll remind you that God's grace is your source of freedom, and that you can claim that freedom right now, no matter what your circumstances. Two very different women offer insights on what freedom really means and show you how to: find freedom by getting to know and like yourself escape from the prison of past pain, personal flaws, and old wounds understand the free gift of grace God has given you love and honor others while honoring yourself with healthy boundaries exchange the bondage of legalism for the liberty of grace make choices that will help you live a life of love, laughter, and personal fulfillment From dealing with debt and personal doubts to expressing yourself in delightful new ways, Free Inside and Out offers practical wisdom and witty insight from two of Women of Faith's® most beloved speakers.
God at Your Wits' Endby Marilyn Meberg
The good news about being at our wits' end is that God meets us there. To be human is to spend some time at our wits' end?in confusion, desperation, pain, and fear. In that difficult place, we long for a tangible, visible sign that God hears our cries and is actively working for good in our lives. But all too often, faulty thinking erodes our faith and alters our beliefs, causing us to ask; If He loves me so much, why do I hurt so much? Am I being punished? I thought I was forgiven. Why is faith so hard? What if I don't have enough? Why does God allow suffering? In God at Your Wits' End, Marilyn Meberg helps us cut through the mental clutter and confusion that lead to faulty thinking and shaky faith. She tenderly acknowledges our trials by revealing her own wits'-end experiences; then she points the way to rescue and respite by sharing the scriptural truths of God's enduring love and sovereign power.
God at Your Wits' End Study Guideby Marilyn Meberg
Cornered. Boxed in. On our last leg. In a pickle. Between a rock and a hard place. Sitting on a powder keg. Out of options. No where to turn. At the end of our rope. At our wits' end.Life often sends us to our wits' end, with our backs against a wall and no idea how to escape. At times like these, there's a battle going on between our head and our heart. In our hearts we believe God loves us, but in our heads we struggle with tough questions.If He loves me so much, why do I hurt so much?Am I being punished? I thought I was forgiven.Who's in charge of my life? Can I trust that answer?Why is faith so hard? What if I don't have enough?This study guide features:8 LessonsScripture-focused insightful studyEvaluation of your strengths and weaknesses regarding faithSpace to journal your personal thoughts and attitudes about faithThis study has been prepared with the single or small group study in mind, allowing you to build your faith and experience a refreshing hope in God.
I'd Rather Be Laughingby Marilyn Meberg
Marilyn Meberg has found a wonderful formula for living: "Cheer up, for Christ has overcome the world." One of the featured speakers on the wildly popular Women of Faith tour, Marilyn uses her own life events to show how we can maintain joy in the midst of difficult heartbreaking experiences.
Living in Jesusby Marilyn Meberg
These topical guides will deal with issues that women wrestle with today: God's Will, Living in Christ, Prayer, and Worry.Reaching an audience across race, socio-economic, denominational, and age boundaries, these guides will enhance the lives of women in America as they empower them in their weekly devotions. The study guides can be used for both individual and group settings.Women are asking good questions about their faith. With our study guides, we want to join them in their quest for knowledge and lead them in finding the answers they are seeking.
Love Me Never Leave meby Marilyn Meberg
Caught off guard, surprised by their own reactions, emotions bubble up that women fight to smother. Where did that come from? What can I do with this feeling that won't go away? Why do I feel and act this way?Counselor Marilyn Meberg has been there too. When she got pregnant, she got scared. When her baby girl died, she got angry. When her husband died, she battled loneliness and sorrow. In between the peaks and valleys, Marilyn began to see a pattern that led to a greater understanding of herself and a richer happiness in life.She says, "We crave connection with the ones we love most, and when our bond with them is broken, damaged, or threatened, we fear being left. We fear abandonment."Love Me, Never Leave Me tells you that desiring a love that never leaves is natural, that there are ways to turn feelings of being abandoned into experiences of emotional abundance, and to know that you are God's beloved child--and he will never leave you or forsake you. "Thanks Marilyn for helping me make some sense to me. What a relief! Everyone I know is going to love this book. And you make me laugh. That's my kind of reading! By the way, I recommend people read in a room with chocolate cupcakes nearby. They'll know what I'm talking about as soon as they start the book; everybody's doing it." ?Sherri Shepherd, actress and co-host of The View"I do not know one single person who has not felt forgotten or abandoned sometime in life. I so recommend Marilyn's fantastic book. It is helping me way more than I even thought I needed. Grab a cupcake and settle in with me for a healing read. You'll thank me I promise!" ?Sandi Patty, singer, writer, speaker
Since You Askedby Marilyn Meberg
Questions . . . Where does a woman go with the questions that haunt her heart, questions that fester, beg for honest answers, and yearn for solutions to set them free? When hundreds of these questions poured in to Women of Faith® as a thunderous cry for help, Marilyn Meberg?popular Women of Faith® speaker and respected counselor?took on the task of responding to that cry. & Answers . . . In Since You Asked, Marilyn equips readers with the most reliable relationship information available?scriptural truths from the all-knowing source who created the very first human relationship. But she doesn't stop there; she helps to apply the scripture, providing practical steps of action that can be taken today. Be refreshed and set free by the warm, straightforward style that is Marilyn Meberg.
Tell Me Everythingby Marilyn Meberg
Women of Faith speaker, Marilyn Meberg, offers bold and straightforward insight and biblical teaching for the secret issues of women. A food addiction. That mistake in college. The petty bad habit. A relative we'd rather forget . . . Secrets come in all shapes and sizes, but we all have them. And nine times out of ten, we wish we didn't. Wrapped in layers--often years--of fear, secrets are not so easily discarded. In Tell Me Everything, Marilyn Meberg offers hope for anyone struggling to find freedom in a world that loves living in the dark. With a master's degree in counseling psychology, she understands how we tie ourselves up in knots. As a Christian and Bible teacher, she knows how we can escape the lies that keep us bound. With wit and wisdom, Marilyn offers advice, examples, and encouragement that will engage the mind and help unburden the heart. What would it take for you to share your deepest secrets? To be completely honest? "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."--1 Peter 5:7 How good would it feel to just let it all out--no fear, no condemnation? "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."--Romans 8:1 Is there anyone you can trust that much? "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me."--John 14:1 And what would happen if you did open up? "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."--Matthew 11:28
What to Do When the Roof Caves Inby Marilyn Meberg
Can I recover from this? What are the warning signs? Why would God let this happen? We all walk through life with nagging questions?questions that spring from fear, doubt, guilt, and pain. And the harder we fight to ignore them, the faster they weaken our defenses. Like hail on a weak roof, they pile up until the sky comes falling in. Counselor, author, and speaker Marilyn Meberg knows what rains down on us, and she's here to help. With words of encouragement, wit, and wisdom, Marilyn speaks to those issues that can cripple us or make us stronger. Adultery, depression, pornography, suicide, boundaries, addiction . . . She knows there's nothing too difficult for God, no one too shattered for his love. Through stories, humor, scripture, and her trademark conversational style, Marilyn can help you pick up the pieces?or avoid the cave-in altogether. "This is a gutsy book! Marilyn tackles tough topics like addictions, pornography, divorce, and death but still manages to make me laugh. My favorite thing in life is to learn and still have a good time. I learned and I laughed while reading this book; great combination!" ?Luci Swindoll
The Women of Faith Daily Devotionalby Sheila Walsh Barbara Johnson Patsy Clairmont Marilyn Meberg Luci Swindoll Thelma Wells
366 daily devotions provide a yearlong celebration of faith.
The Zippered Heartby Marilyn Meberg
"Why did I say that? Why did I do that? Where on earth did those mean thoughts and motivations come from? I'm so glad no one can read my mind." We all get whiplashed and sometimes broadsided by the "dark" side of our nature, which produces thoughts and behaviors that cause us to feel ashamed. many of us deny that part of ourselves, and kick it off somewhere in the shadowy recesses of the heart, where we hope it will stay put, not cause us any more trouble, and hopefully not be noticed.In The Zippered Heart, Marilyn does a gentle exploration of those secrets and issues which, if denied, can rob us of the abundant life we are promised in Christ. God means for us to be whole. This book is an encouragement in that process."This book will change lives, because it requires that we look precisely at both the dark and the light sides of ourselves. Then it brings an overflowing grace and forgiveness. As a psychologist with thirty-five years of clinical experience, I can say that this is one of the best books I have read." -Neil Clark Warren, author of Finding the Love of Your Life"Step into liberty through the rapscallion brilliance of Marilyn Meberg." -Patsy Clairmont, author of Mending Your Heart in a Broken World"For thirty years Marilyn's compassionate exploration of the human heart has amazed me. Now, with skill and tenderness she opens that heart for all of us to see how fearfully and wonderfully we are made." -Luci Swindoll, author, speaker, Women of Faith"The Zippered Heart is a perceptive and sensitive examination of the 'war within' between our two natures." -Archibald D. Hart, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
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June 21, 1999
Lockwood Elementary students recently spent the day at Tiger Mountain State Forest learning about forestry.
Fourth and fifth graders from Lockwood Elementary School in Bothell attended Forest Field Day 1999 at the Tiger Summit Recreation Area at Tiger Mountain on May 27.
Students work in groups of four, role-playing as siblings who have become heirs of their grandmother's property. Her will specifies that the grandchildren must come up with a plan for managing the 200 acres before they inherit it. In the meantime, students learn about wildlife, recreation, survival skills, soil, and water.
At the forest site, students experience hands-on activities and collect data to take back to the classroom to write their own forest management plans.


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Verizon Galaxy Nexus ReviewSamsung GALAXY Nexus CDMA 9.5
Being the very first handset to run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus represents a true milestone for the Android operating system. Ice Cream Sandwich is one of the most-anticipated Android iterations ever, since it finally bridges the phone and tablet experience. What this means is that both Android phones and tablets will run Ice Cream Sandwich (and the versions after it), and not two separate platforms, like it has been until now with Android Gingerbread and Android Honeycomb. The case with ICS is that it's built on top of Honeycomb and not Gingerbread. Because of this, ICS brings a brand new experience to Android phone users, equal to a complete redesign of the platform.
First of all, if you have used a Honeycomb tablet, you'll feel right at home with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Most of the UI elements are preserved, and pretty much the whole interface follows the same logic. If you haven't had the chance to work with Honeycomb yet, there'll be a slight learning curve, but very slight indeed – we promise! After all, this is still Android.
As always, your homescreen is divided into multiple pages, on which you can place widgets, app shortcuts and so on. A new element in ICS is that you can create application folders by simply dragging an app shortcut and placing it over another one, just like in iOS. The styling of the new folders is also quite appealing. Overall, we love the entire clean and uncluttered appearance of the platform, making it very beautiful and practical – though, Gingerbread users will initially think of it to be somewhat foreign. For a more detailed look of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, you can read about it in our in-depth review.
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Beyond looking at the flashy new platform, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is outfitted naturally with a contemporary processor to keep itself in good light with the competition. In fact, it sports a 1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4460 processor and coupled with 1GB of RAM, which is ample enough to handle most basic tasks flawlessly. However, the evidence of choppiness while navigating across its homescreen with a live wallpaper dulls its prestigious aura. Yes, we expect better movement with this, especially when it's a device showcasing the most up-to-date Android experience. Nevertheless, we're greeted with that ubiquitous fluidity when using a static wallpaper instead. Although it's not the fastest thing to come around the block, it's admirable enough to accept wholeheartedly – still, we would've liked it to exhibit a consistent fluidity with its operation.
The highlights of the new UI start with the brand new People app. This replaces the Contacts app and is a much cleaner, visual solution to showing your contacts. "Visual" because the person's image occupies a much larger space, and "cleaner" because it gets rid of all boxes and many delimiters, leaving some nice blank spaces between fields, so you don't feel in a clutter. Contact images borrow a magazine-style UI in Google's words, but the Windows Phone community cried foul that ICS is borrowing Metro UI elements. The Phone app has also been redesigned allowing you to call contacts with a single tap.
The Calendar has been swipe-enabled, so you can now use gestures in the Calendar. Here, though, by swiping you switch between days, weeks and months. You can also pinch-to-zoom for a more detailed view of your agenda, which can be really helpful when you have set lots of appointments.
With plenty of screen real estate available to us thanks to its ginormous 4.65" display, the messaging experience is undoubtedly very easy on the fingers. Visually, the stock ICS keyboard is nearly an exact facsimile to the Gingerbread one, which isn't bad seeing that the layout is very spacious. Add to that its peppy responsiveness, we're able to easily type up long messages with little effort, but more importantly, we're making very few mistakes along the way. To make things even better, the landscape QWERTY is one of the very best that we've ever used!
Setting up and operating with email (and Gmail) is a trouble-free process. While straightforward in their nature, the Email and Gmail apps are still equipped with lots of options to let you customize and refine your mail usage. Strangely, you can pinch-to-zoom in the Email app for a better view of the content of an email, but you can't do that in Gmail, which can make viewing of certain messages (some picture-rich newsletters, for example) a bit cumbersome.
Now there's a good reason why Big Red's version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a tad bit thicker than its GSM sibling – well, that's because it's packing along a 4G LTE radio. Even though we're quite familiar nowadays with 4G LTE connectivity, we're nonetheless always excited to know that we're going to be blessed with lightning fast data speeds. Rightfully so, the handset is able to load complex web sites like ours in under 20 seconds.
As you can imagine, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus comes with a complete set of connectivity options, including aGPS, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n/a, mobile hotspot functionality, and Bluetooth 3.0, as well as some exotics like NFC and MHL. Despite the fact that the Galaxy Nexus sports NFC, keep in mind that the handset is not support by Google Wallet yet. Considering that this one is specifically tuned to work with Verizon's 4G LTE network, we're happy with the data speeds it's giving us – though, upload speeds tend to be a teeny bit slower than other devices.
56 Comments
1. bobfreking55 (Posts: 866; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
I want the GSM version more. :) Though I like this because I like John V.
16. mannyfs (Posts: 67; Member since: 11 Feb 2011)
there you have it fandroids, one more dissapoinment from your beloved android software.. im just waiting to see if they would ever come out with something good and stable
23. readingthissh1t (Posts: 303; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
and let the first hater speaketh!!!!
nexus = UPDATES
28. pdub73 (Posts: 33; Member since: 25 Nov 2008)
why are u even reading if you "hate android" so much...??? LTE connectivity isn't an "android" problem...9.5 is a pretty good review for an phone thats not "good and stable" gtfoh...
44. jogutier (Posts: 324; Member since: 12 Feb 2010)
Cuase he's a closet fan. LOL!
33. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Lol how about something that can actually make calls without them dropping?
39. wassup (Posts: 565; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
i think you're mixing this up with the iPhone.... this just shows the wrong signal... data and calling work fine even at 0 bars
42. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Its hilarious how bad the reception is on this thing. My wife complains that the Nexus keeps dropping calls in the house - its only has 1 or 2 bars so of course. My iPhone 4s gets 4 or 5 bars and has yet to drop a call. I've heard poor reception is typical for Samsung phones.
Sure looks pretty, too bad its a lousy phone.
And why is it that Android phones keep scrambling the bottom buttons? Every time you get used to them they change placement or in this case just make them all useless.
2. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
Well there aint much point to lte if it dont work. And the thicker profile doesnt help, but at least its pure ICS and a Nexus :D
43. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Not pure if it has Verizon crapware and google wallet is blocked.
3. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Thank you John V for confirming my worries of signal and battery life. The RAZR easily gets 4-5 bars wherever i go. But with the Galaxy Nezus it goes to 1-2 and sometimes its at zero. Yet my data connection doesnt stop and runs at a decent speed. Hopefully this can be resolved with a future update. At least i can give it a extended battery too.
10. John.V (Posts: 99; Member since: 27 May 2011)
Honestly, I'm not bummed by the battery life, since it's typical of any 4G LTE smartphone I've used. However, it's the dropped 4G LTE connection that's sticking out in my mind. I've encountered it on pretty much all the other 4G LTE devices, but with this, it's simply happening way too often. Still, it'll depend on the person. For me, I don't mind just sticking with 3G connection, but for others, they may find it absolutely unheard of. Still, it's a great smartphone in many ways.
14. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
I want to clarify on this battery life. Currently I'm sitting in a 3 bars area with forced 3G on. I have lost only 2% in the past hour with just checking email. This battery life is VERY much tied into the service. Once they get us some good radios (modems, basebands) then we will be fine. We just have to suffer for now.
15. cfprelude (Posts: 137; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
couldnt agree more.... i suffer from bad signal but still consistenyly have 12+hrs of battery with pretty heavy/moderate usage (just no streaming videos but 150+ texts, 60mins of talking, 2 emails and facebook syncing all day).... i cant complain about THAT but would expect it to get even better after the signal issue is worked out. thats gotta be taxing on the battery.
27. maxican16 (Posts: 364; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I'm not getting anywhere close to that battery life. Is this with 4g turned on? Thanks in advance.
17. John.V (Posts: 99; Member since: 27 May 2011)
Yes, I agree that service management is key to getting good battery life with the device. But when you simply don't want to be bothered by it, the battery life is typical of any 4G LTE smartphone I've encountered. It's not abysmal, like the LG Revolution, but it's clearly far from being great.
25. doubler86 (Posts: 320; Member since: 26 Jan 2011)
I know Verizon has already confirmed the signal problem but I have to say I guess I'm just lucky. I do live in LA so I'm not sure if it differs in different LTE coverage areas, but I get 4G almost everywhere. It does drop every once in a while but I am coming from the Samsung Charge and I now have 4G in more areas. Still if Verizon updates me to get even better signal then I'm not going to complain.
I get about the same 12 hour to 14 hour battery life like everyone else. But I did order that extended battery when it was half off and waiting for it to come in.
34. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Unacceptable. Samsung had the same problem with 3G and 4G in the Nexus S and they still have the same problems in the GN. Now you see for yourself why the GN is a subpar phone just because it can not even hold its signal without dropping.
37. maxican16 (Posts: 364; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
We're not talking antenna gate here. Calls are not being dropped. Relax iphoneboy. The good news is that things will improve with updates; we won't simply be told we're holding it wrong.
40. TGreg104 (Posts: 38; Member since: 14 Jun 2011)
Look, I'm usually a level headed guy, I do like android more then iOS but I see the advantages of both. This is honestly the most fun I've had on a phone ever, period. I love everything about it. And on the battery problem.. It is related to the LTE Radios. One day I was home for 8-10 hrs and I had it on wifi only and my battery that day lasted me 16 hrs. I also have a screen shot of it for proof. So its more of a LTE problem then an OS/Android problem.
48. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
One thing is for sure REGARDLESS of signal issues WHICH WILL BE FIXED VERY SOON AS OF THIS ENTRY the Galaxy Nexus CLEARLY PIMP SLAPS all other android devices. Plain and simple...
4. arcq12 (Posts: 733; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
it's under VZW.. so its not gonna be as pure as how it should be.. VZW and all other US carriers will always mess into Google's updates and release them late with their useless crap add ons..
5. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
One it only has my verizon and back up assistant and two its at 4.0.2 which is the latest version. So please do some research before trolling.
26. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
actually it's 4.0.3 now.
6. arcq12 (Posts: 733; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
so how much are you paying for the mobile hotspot feature thats supposed to be free to use on any nexus phones?
9. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Sadly not free on Verizon's Nexus. Though once rooted you can use Google Wireless Tether and you're good.
7. cfprelude (Posts: 137; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
thanks for confirming what i've experienced.... was on the phone with vzw for over an hour last night while they looked at signal data and other factors trying to dtermine why i dont get very good reception with my GN. it sucks because i REALLY like the phone, havent had much of an issue with the battery life but have CONSISTENTLY worse 3g and 4g reception than i did with my OGdroid, Thunderbolt, and the best reception yet was my RAZR)... the nexus is the only vzw phone that ive experienced dropped calls wiht (only 3 in 4 days but still) in the past 8 years and i still go to all the same places. for comparison purposes: @ Home Razr: 1bar 4g inside, 11mps down, and 6mps up.... GN: no 4g (even outside -ouch!). @ work Razr: 4bars 4g inside, 11.5mps down and 5.8mps up...GN: constantly flipping between no service, 4g 1 bar and 3g 3 bars.... download speeds from 500kbps to 9mps download (hasnt had 4g connection long enough to complete the upload portion of the speedtest). I REALLY hope this is a software thing and not hardware because i love the ICS, the form factor (just a hair thinner and easier to use than the razr), and of course the screen!!!
29. readingthissh1t (Posts: 303; Member since: 20 Jul 2011)
its software bro, and dont worry, verizon and el goog are already working on a fix and a new update.http://www.phonearena.com/news
31. cfprelude (Posts: 137; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
glad to see that released. I've got my fingers crossed.
30. sgogeta4 (Posts: 394; Member since: 02 Feb 2011)
Where do you live? Verizon 4G is great in NY.
32. cfprelude (Posts: 137; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
jax, FL. Normally great coverage here too (especially when I had the razr)
8. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4839; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
I can't wait to get mine today. I says the scheduled delivery time is sometime today. I have a feeling I should have it before lunch time.
Man I hate the waiting game. lol
22. Alantef (Posts: 288; Member since: 14 Sep 2011)
your really going to enjoy it....an awesome phone....dont forget about google wallet apk.
11. THE_RAY (Posts: 27; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I live in the triad area of NC and have had no connection issues at all. Phone works great. Best phone I have ever had........
12. terabyteRouser (Posts: 457; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I'm a proud Galaxy Nexus owner now. I returned my Rezound for this. It turned out to be a good decision. The Rezound scores in some places but I think the Nexus will outlive the Rezound.
Just wanted to add, that although I have less bars on my Galaxy Nexus than my Rezound. However, I have not had a reduction in quality of calls or data connectivity. The good thing about data is that if it works, it works -- due to the binary nature of data.
I really like this phone, I just wish it had a more capable GPU. I haven't read the review yet but look forward to doing so.
13. MorePhonesThanNeeded (Posts: 645; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
Is it me or do Samsung LTE phones on Verizon tend to have issues? They seem to always be on the low end when it comes to LTE connectivity, which radio supplier do they employ for this task? This phone while sporting ICS from the review is below the Razr. When the Razr gets it's ICS update then this phone with all it's tech will be just another phone. Tech is definitely moving at an accelerated pace, but at least this phone brought ICS out and we have a new version of Android to mull over. Now one thing I found interesting is they talk about panoramic camera ability, since when is this new my Droid X had this ability at launch...wtf?
I think the SGSII is the better overall phone, lets hope some software tweaks help this phone out, not sure about that battery life problem though. ICS should come with ability to disable non vital processes by default to save power. Seriously why is it the programming built to save power from jump?
18. nastynaps (Posts: 93; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
So let me get this straight...this LTE phone that can't carry an LTE signal got a 9.5? I'm getting this phone sometime this week and I'm sure I'll be pleased since it's gotta be better than an Eris, but aren't we paying a premium price for this LTE service? What's up with a fair review of the device? If it can't do what's advertised your review should not be based on hope but a reflection of what the phone can do. Furthermore, I don't think a phone's software should be enough to give it a near perfect score. The GSM version shouldn't even score so high when it's a good but not great camera, when it records at 24fps, gives a robotic voice, weak speakerphone and poor battery life. Let's not drink the ICS kool-aid here, if every other phone had it would this phone be a 9.5 or an 8.5? The OS is great I'm sure but it just doesn't warrant a 9.5 and neither does spotty connectivity.
19. Dwoogs (Posts: 20; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Wait til you use the phone then you will understand why it gets a 9.5 even with its few issues
41. bucky (Posts: 2582; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I have used this phone and I can't understand why it didn't get an 8.5 MAX. This phone seems more overhyped than the iPhone 4s! laggy homescreen (especially with lwp), terrible camera, no sd, pentile screen and too large to use with one hand (I'm 6'1 so large enough hands).
46. christony1120 (Posts: 65; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
complainer just appreciate you even got a phone
56. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1131; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
6'1" has nothing to do with hand size man.I am 6' and have a palm span of 4+" and wear a size 12 ring, and from wrist to tip of middle finger about 8" in length. I know a guy shorter than me with a hand size a bit larger than me....lol, btw I am 235lbs also.
20. Dwoogs (Posts: 20; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
I've had this phone since launch and live in a city that doesn't have LTE yet and I have had 0 signal issues. 3-4 bars everywhere I go and all the time.
21. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
If the screen curvature is solely aesthetic shouldnt that be evaluated undet design instead?
24. OfcJScottG (Posts: 9; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
I for one have not had any connectivity issues. As for the software, this is a BRAND NEW version and will take some times to get all of the bugs out. It will also take some time for the apps to become compatible with the new version. Most of my apps are OK but there are a few that do not play nice with ICS. Still the best phone on the market right now.
35. cappy718 (Posts: 26; Member since: 31 Aug 2011)
Just hope that it doesnt take 4 months to roll out like it did for my Bionic....
36. Forsaken77 (Posts: 553; Member since: 09 Jun 2011)
A 9.5 with a SERIOUS data connectivity problem? Are you kidding me??!! You're supposed to review the phone as it was shipped out to the public, not that it will hopefully be patched down the line and be better. This phone is a GS2 with ICS and bigger screen. I think they should make this phone in a 4.3" model as well. Most people do not want a tablet-sized phone in their pocket. Oh, but they can't... because then it'll be a GS2, lol.
47. christony1120 (Posts: 65; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
not funny bro
38. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
9.5 seems a little high for a device whose looks, camera performance, video capture and battery life are all average or less. It almost seems as though the decision to give it a high mark was made before the review. But, boy that ICS interface is fantastic and that screen is beautiful and responsive. No doubt the Nexus is worth the price and it's performance is great. I might still lean to the RAZR myself, but I am looking forward to playing around with this first excuse I get.....
54. mobileuser (Posts: 66; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
I agree. Now with so many user complaints and reports regarding the constantly random reboot issues out of unknown reason and without any patterns and solution for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus after such a short launging period onto the market, I will be surprised to see people still rate the Galaxy nexus so high. I think Razr or Razrmaxx is overall better than the Nexus. At least I dont have that constantly randomly reboot issue on my razr.
49. regbs (Posts: 8; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Its biggest weakness is its speaker. For watching video, it's almost unusable unless you're in a very quiet environment. If you want to watch a video with the ambient noise of a cafeteria or noisy waiting room, you're going to struggle and be forced to hold it close to your ear.
I still recommend this phone. I ordered it on its Thurs Dec 15 2011 release date and got it on Fri Dec 16. I came from the original Motorola Droid OG. Motorola's build quality and windshield mount are superior to Samsung's. Samsung deserves credit for the light weight. Still, after rooting my faithful Droid OG to Gingerbread builds that its processor couldn't handle, my trusty old Droid OG regularly experienced 20-second delays.
The GN's responsiveness is nice. Still, though, even with 2 1.2GHz processors and a GB of RAM, it's more laggy and less responsive than an iPhone 3GS. I hope Google can put a stop to bloatware and unseless skins at Motorola. Bad on Verizon for betraying the Nexus idea.
50. ChafedBanana (Posts: 381; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
I tried the Samsung MHL adapter with my Galaxy Nexus. At first I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. Audio/video does not work at all unless a charge cable is plugged in first. I could not have been more dissatisfied. The video output is only 720P. Plugging a charger into the MHL adapter does not charge the phone at all and if you unplug the charger from the MHL adapter, the picture and sound stops. The tv picture settings had to be changed from 16:9 to fit to screen. The recent apps, home and go back button stay on the tv screen for pretty much everything except Netflix. Then the battery dies. I tested it on my 46 inch Samsung LCD and my 24 inch HP monitor. Kinda makes me miss how well my Bionic worked.
51. regbs (Posts: 8; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
False about the charging cable being necessary to play audio/video. Newer phones like the Galaxy Nexus will sense if an attached charger is the improper voltage/wattage and decline the charge. That might be the case with the MHL adapter.
My menu keys were good about disappearing on their own in landscape mode.
Maybe you got a lemon. You paid a premium price, so I'd be quick to tell VZW about it. I got a lemon Droid OG and VZW was great about replacing it at a store; my original-Droid replacement worked fine.
This phone's getting rave reviews except for its speaker phone and delicate feel. It's CNET's editor's choice:http://reviews.cnet.com/smartp
hones/samsung-galaxy-nexus-verizon/4505-6452_7-35099738.html?tag=cntv&tag=cnt v.
52. jordan.300 (unregistered)
WHY?!? You guys only review Smartphones these days. I would really love it to see you guys review some feature phones. Smartphones are NOT the most important device in the world.
55. mobileuser (Posts: 66; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Now with so many user complaints and reports regarding the constantly random reboot issues out of unknown reason and with no solution to fix for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus after such a short launging period onto the market, I will be surprised to see people still insist on to say that G nexus is still better than the Razrmaxx or the Rezond or any highend smart phones out in the market now.
57. AlphaRider (Posts: 2; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
My Galaxy Nexus battery life is a major issue right now
Can barely last through half a day compared to my Nexus One which is quite ridiculous. Use to be that my Nexus One can last throughout the day without hiccups. I have to bring my charger with me when i use the original battery
Wish 4.0.4 update will address the battery issue here as this is becoming unbearable. In the meantime, i am using an extended battery which addresses the issue for an bit of extra thickness to the phone
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Magpie Tales: Marionette
knowing that you are in control, that I don't have to worry about
what i need to do.
if i need to talk, you speak for me.
if i need to move, you move me.
if i need to feel, well i don't...
you are in control and i mindlessly wander to the whims of your
hands, following you here are there. dancing for your friends,
their smiles are courteous, hiding their pity. at the end of the
night, you will drop me back in box, close the lid and forget me.
it is dark in here, and quiet...i like it.
in these shadows, i dream of what life would be like without the
pinch and pull. blasphemous dreams, their freedom smells so
alluring, yet scare mes. i have never been on my own and would
not know where to begin. you have assured that.
one day, when i wear and splinter, you will grow tired of me,
much like the others that used to inhabit this box. maybe
then i will understand, why their smiles don't need to be
painted on, any more.
This story was written for the prompt at Magpie Tales.
101 comments:
- järnebrand said...
At first I thought this one was about a guitar. How he got put away in his case at night... I didn't read the title and hadn't seen the picture yet obviously... :) I feel sorry for the marionettes. There are a lot of them out there...
Take care. Peace and love/ Jo.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- järnebrand said...
Also I feel proud to be the first one to comment on this! Quite the achievement, huh!? Ha! /Jo.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Maha said...
it's so beautiful, how you'd bring a marionette to life and force it to talk, maybe even scream. There are a million person like marionettes, waiting to be moved, spoken about, mere shadows of others' words. And then, they are left alone. Again, that was beautiful.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Jen Chandler said...
Sad and very moving. I've known people like that ...
Well done!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Vodka Logic said...
Unfortunately I know people who treat people like that.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- willow said...
Ooo, lots of codependency here. Gosh, Brian, you've been saving your very best pieces for Magpie!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:31 AM
- SUSAN SONNEN said...
I absolutely love the way that you ended this! :D
- March 15, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- SUN DANCE HILL said...
So sad, the emotion pours through in every line. Love this Brian!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Ronda Laveen said...
Life, in a nutshell, for many. Perfectly articulated.
You tugged my heart strings.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Travel & Dive Girl said...
Well done...
"if i need to feel, well i don't..." Sometimes, I wish it were that easy.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- buffalodick said...
We've all gotten to be the puppet, and the puppet master...
- March 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Bonnie, Original Art Studio said...
Okay - I'm running out of superlatives - your work never disappoints!
I wonder how many of us have been both puppet and puppeteer? Interesting.
- March 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- joanny said...
Interesting! A Mysterious life of a puppet with a Psychological Twist!
- March 15, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Daniel said...
Some sinister and freeing thoughts here. I like this one.
- March 15, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Monkey Man said...
Great post. "if i need to feel, well i don't" Wow. We do need to dream to be unshackled. To smile with faces no longer painted on. Thanks.
- March 15, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Liza said...
i so love the pic that accompanies your words - a perfect choice!
i had thought of mr. marbles from Seinfeld...pre-Chucky mr. marbles.
i can't explain my thought process sometimes.
chuckles aside (oops!), this is a very powerful piece.
thanks for sharing.
- March 15, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Iddy Albatross said...
Brought two things to mind. The first one was Jeff Dunham and his band of puppets, and the second is a story I began quite a while back. Now I'm feeling inspired to go finish that. Thanks for that push there.
Lovely story this one...
- March 15, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- william said...
I have never been a person who can be manipulated ,quite strong headed, although I do know people who are like puppets, good food for thought and a great story :)
- March 15, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Tracy said...
"in these shadows, i dream of what life would be like without the
pinch and pull."
Love that line.
- March 15, 2010 at 2:12 PM
- lakeviewer said...
It reminds me of Pinocchio who wanted to be a real boy, living a different life, a free life, to err and to explore in.
A wonderful take on that wooden hand.
- March 15, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- Tabor said...
Kind of sad and angry. Makes me worry about how I used to treat my toys.
- March 15, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Magpie said...
This is beautifully sad, Brian.
- March 15, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Susan said...
I never pull strings. The real joy is in seeing someone move joyously all on their own because you helped them to see they could do it. Great post. I like what it made me think about. I have yet another poem going up at 6. I think I've been bitten. I hope it turns out well :)
- March 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Maggie said...
We make ourselves become puppets of others.
- March 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Enchanted Oak said...
I love the idea that the marionettes smile when nobody manipulates them anymore. Sweet.
- March 15, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- otin said...
Actually, if you really wanted to interpret this in a different way, you could say that it was about God and someones loss of faith.
- March 15, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- Ariel said...
Very interesting Brian.So many women- wives and daughters,endure a puppet like existence.No,I'm no feminist but it's a fact. A sad poem, and something that I could relate to so many around.
- March 15, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- Cop Mama said...
It's never ceases to amaze me how versatile your writing is! You could write about almost anything!
Wonderfully sad yet very imaginative!
- March 15, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- staceyjwarner said...
wonderful, excellent writing as always...
much love
- March 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM
- Jaime said...
nicely done. i really like the play between control and freedom.
- March 15, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- tori said...
gosh, I've missed reading you! great take on the pic!
- March 15, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- R. Burnett Baker said...
Brian, I absolutely LOVED this piece! What a voice for thousands of people without their own voices and lives; without the freedom to speak with those voices or fully live those lives!
- March 15, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- blueviolet said...
I know someone who is a marionette for her husband and she's miserable. That's what it made me think of.
- March 15, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Matty said...
It's as if you got inside the mind and heart of a marionette. And sadly, many real people are marionettes being controlled by others.
- March 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Tracie said...
In high school and college I had a friend like this. She was a marionette for whoever she was dating at the time. Always had to have a boyfriend. It ended very tragically for her. I have been wanting to blog about her story for months. Very sad.
- March 15, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- CottageGirl said...
I always have a sort of sad feelings when I see a marionette. Your beautiful words have identified those feelings!
- March 15, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Ms Hen said...
very very nice. (hugs)
- March 15, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- Kat_RN said...
This could easily be about a certain type of relationship. I know couples like that.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM
- LadyCat said...
Some people need to control and some need to be controlled...sadly enough. They each fill the others need. You just want to cut the strings and set them free. But sometimes they don't want to be free...even sadder.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- steviewren said...
I like this line especially "you are in control and i mindlessly wander to the whims of your hands". Excellent description of a puppet's so-called life.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Bachelor said...
Brian, You have outdone yourself on this one. Very creative and yet so very true in some true to life relationships. I have seen couples that operate this way. The "marionette" sometimes holds the key and doesn't even know it.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Harnett-Hargrove said...
Lost and found, very moving. Ouch. -J
- March 15, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Sh@KiR@ CK said...
You tell it like it is, it is like
you are an actor taking on a role
but instead of acting , you write!
Brian , ever think of writing a screenplay?
Happy MM!
Have you a WONDROUS WEEK!
If you would like to visit me,
Memories,After School and The Something Meme
- March 15, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Cabo said...
I totally dug that, bro. Absolutely grand.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- The Retired One said...
I shudder to think how long in my life that I let others pull my strings...it took me a while to learn that if I tugged back, just a little....it woke up the Marionette player.......
- March 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- tattytiara said...
A very well fitted analogy.
- March 15, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- Mighty M said...
Very impressed with what you can do with "marionette". Nice work!
- March 15, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Pat transplanted to MN said...
An excellent way about pulling strings....this presents ever so many under the current meanings faith, love, life, Very well done! Great writing.
- March 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Mama Zen said...
Amazing writing, as always.
- March 15, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Teri said...
Brian--I agree with Willow. Your Magpie tales are really great. I guess I kind of live on the dark side myself so for me, I can feel the pain, the loneliness that this "marionette" feels. Some days I AM that marionette. I keep struggling with trying to be let out of the box. Please????
- March 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- tera said...
Very nice. You are really good at the subtle little tugs and nudges. :)
- March 15, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Queenmothermamaw said...
Many puppets are not made out of wood and that is so truly sad. Fear, doubt apathy what cause that? That was a beautifully written piece. Congrats.
- March 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
- She Writes said...
I like your take on this, Brian!
Also, thank you for your kind words at my recent post. you are one of the bloggers I know that has followed me a long time and saw the shift in my journey. Thank you. Truly.
- March 15, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- Nancy said...
Reminds me of Pinocchio!
- March 15, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- megzone said...
wwwoooww... lovely one there..
here are some awards for you brian..
i hope you accept them :)
- March 15, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Katherine said...
A lot of people look for their gifted pen, I know that I am! But you, you, have already found yours. Beautiful writer!!!
- March 15, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- JOHN said...
I just read your comment. It has been awhile. I had to move out of my parents home after all.They fore closed on my home. I dont understand.I had the full amount from day one. Anyways I work 75 hours a week now since Oct 11th. And I had to move 22 truck loads. Thank God My Pastor/Best friend He just so happened to have a house for rent. He handed me the keys No deposit and said stay here as long as you need. Its a three bedroom two bath one car garage.My room mate came along to.We were one step away from being homeless. God is still with me.And Im waiting to see his plan for me.They say I will get the house back in four months after escrow closes.We will see.Thank you for your prayers.I really do need them.I hope your doing well.God Bless You
- March 15, 2010 at 11:58 PM
- Rinkly Rimes said...
When we ALL 'wear and splinter'! Oh dear. Great story.
- March 16, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- evalinn said...
Nice post! :-)
- March 16, 2010 at 12:27 AM
- Shadow said...
superb! but you know, it flashed through my mind that there are people, actual people, who do think kind of thing too...
- March 16, 2010 at 1:16 AM
- ♥ Braja said...
The possibilities were endless...well done Brian....I joined Magpie Tales too :)
- March 16, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- Ribbon said...
i like this a lot
best wishes
- March 16, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- little hat said...
Brian, are all puppeteers heartless? I think not. But how is one (marionette) to know?
How tragic that this one languishes in darkness, unappreciated.
Viva the marionette liberation!!
- March 16, 2010 at 2:14 AM
- christine said...
Omgosh I wrote as though the hand had puppet connections!!
Sad ending and the inference to us so poignant.
- March 16, 2010 at 2:15 AM
- slommler said...
I love this one. I root for the "rest" of the marionette!
- March 16, 2010 at 2:53 AM
- JStar said...
Beautifully written Brian...
- March 16, 2010 at 3:42 AM
- spacedlaw said...
So sad...
- March 16, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- the walking man said...
Carved with a blade. The same blade that cuts the strings and sets one free. I will no more dance to a tune I can not hear, nay, never heard than I would tumble to a blow so weakly struck as a puppet master whose strength goes no further than his fingertips.
- March 16, 2010 at 4:11 AM
- Goofball said...
now you got me wondering: would I be able to accept someone else pulling all the strings? Or do I dare the responsibility of my own actions? Which do I prefer
...honestly, I don't know. Both options are creepy in their own way
- March 16, 2010 at 4:40 AM
- Valerie said...
I shudder at the thought of having my strings pulled.... that was a real thought provoking piece, Brian, you're good at making us think about your words.
- March 16, 2010 at 4:53 AM
- Jingle said...
what short, intense, but moving story!
there are magic in your writing!
thank you for the brilliant treat!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:12 AM
- Jingle said...
Happy Tuesday!
You scored A+++ with me all the way!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:12 AM
- Jingle said...
I will be leaving in an hour,
see you later!
take good care and enjoy yourself!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- Lyn said...
Very insightful..Being a puppet always ends in a pile of splinters..Freedom is scary, revolutionary, the only option.. Thank you...
- March 16, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- Vicki Lane said...
Marionettes are inherently creepy -- nice take and excellent close!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:24 AM
- LadyFi said...
Poor marionette - never free - but sometimes maybe loved.
- March 16, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Jessie said...
this was really good (duh)...i feel a twinge of reality to it.
- March 16, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- Mama Wheaton said...
I know people who could describe their relationships like this.
- March 16, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Kim A. said...
Very nice. The picture was perfect. You are in the flow today!
- March 16, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- TechnoBabe said...
Makes me think of a puppet from a different aspect. I know there are puppets in real life who are led around and miserable. The spirit within is what makes the difference in being real or fantasy. You sure do have the capacity to move people with your words.
- March 16, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- amy said...
Oh my ...so poignant and could be applicable to different types of relationships. I think of children foremost, whose parents will not allow them individuality, much less give them wings to soar.
Excellent Brian, as always!
- March 16, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Suldog said...
I rather like this. I've always been something of an animist, imagining souls and whatnot where they may not be, so of course this speaks to me.
- March 16, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- Jill said...
Great Tale Brian, my thoughts are that even the MOST dependent would fly if only they could muster the strength to cut the strings.
- March 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Grand Pooba said...
Pinnochio definitely entired my brain. A very sad pinnochio.
- March 16, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- JennyMac said...
Sad but beautifully written.
- March 16, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Baino said...
I've always found marionettes a little spooky.I have one that was a gift from many years ago, he's well stashed in a big red suitcase! Feel like a marionette myself these days!
- March 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Peter Goulding said...
Beautifully written Brian. A couple of typos - here are there, back in box - but life from a puppet's point of view shows great imagination!
- March 16, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- souldose said...
I never thought I'd feel so sorry for a marionette but buddy you just made me
- March 16, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- martha said...
That is so incredibly sad and yet so true - in a metaphorical sense........
- March 16, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- Nessa said...
very well put.
Book Review - Moving In
- March 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Alan Burnett said...
"one day, when i wear and splinter, you will grow tired of me". Lovely sentence, I am going to include it on the birthday card to the Good Lady Wife in a few weeks time.
- March 16, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Fragrant Liar said...
Poor little marionette, and any human being who feels the same.
- March 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- secret agent woman said...
Yaaah. That one gave me the heebies!
- March 16, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- CatLadyLarew said...
Great piece of writing, Brian, as usual! I always enjoy seeing what you come up with for these prompts!
Free the marionettes!
- March 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Uma Gowrishankar said...
The mind and heart of a puppet - I liked your piece very much, Brian
- March 16, 2010 at 11:35 PM
- Ben said...
Conjures up quite the metaphor for life. I hate the feeling of not being in control and acting in ways that don't do justice to who you really are.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Lisa said...
many have assumed you mean marionette's literally. I took it another way. I think this is from a person who is being controlled by personal despot, someone with a history of using and controlling women. I see it from the point of view from an obedient child whose dreams are squelched by a controlling father.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- gayle said...
I love you take on this!! Wonderful!
- March 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- The Muse said...
Please forgive my tardiness...I have been on two trips and my son was just married :)Delighted, Brian to be able to visit and to read your work.
Ok ... I will indeed "blow that horn/trumpet" and announce the creation of this work...for there is so much beyond the actual marionette...in my mind...
In reading this aloud...I cannot help but think of my time in the military...
Take that as you will...but there were days I was indeed the puppet...awaiting the day to be put away...no longer NEEDING that painted smile!
- March 18, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- Kimberly said...
Very real to life..which seems a strange thing to say given the circumstances! Well done.
- March 18, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- suryagni said...
fabulous. you painted the picture so vividly.
- March 21, 2010 at 5:15 AM


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The strength of the General Writing track is its breadth. Students in this track will take 36 hours of writing classes in rhetoric, composition, creative writing, linguistics, and professional writing. As a result, students will leave the program with a solid interdisciplinary understanding of the field of writing, including its creative, scientific, and professional aspects.
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Villa Maria pulls away from Mercyhurst Prep in girls basketball
Previous versions of this article misidentified Emily Kinecki in a photo caption.
Lindsey Mifsud has been a key player in the Villa Maria-Mercyhurst Prep rivalry over the past few years. The senior saved one of her biggest performances in the rivalry for Thursday.
Mifsud knocked down four 3-pointers, including three in the fourth quarter, to help Villa Maria pull away with a 39-29 win over Mercyhurst Prep in Region 6 girls basketball action in front of more than 800 fans at Penn State Behrend's Junker Center.
"We weren't really hitting our shots in the beginning of the game and we had to keep shooting and playing possession by possession," said Mifsud, who finished with 12 points. "We knew if we do that we'd come out on top in the end. We work on defense every day in practice and defense wins games. We know when we aren't executing on offense, we can still hustle on defense and force some turnovers."
Both defenses played exceptionally well throughout the game as each team had to settle for rushed shots at times and at other teams had to score off rebounds. Villa Maria (8-2 overall, 2-0 Region 6)seemed to be in control at halftime with an 18-12 lead.
However, Mercyhurst Prep (6-3, 0-1) rallied in the third quarter.
Emily Stoicovy scored eight of her 11 points in the second half for the Lakers and her basket with a little more than seven minutes left cut the Villa lead to 26-25.
The Victors responded with a big run as Mifsud drilled three 3-pointers in a row to give Villa a 35-27 lead and 1:17 left to play.
"I think we recognized a couple of things the way Mercyhurst was guarding us," Villa coach Doug Chuzie said. "They took away a couple of things we like to do and we had to counter. We put Lindsey in the middle of the offense and she's a big-time senior leader. There's a reason colleges recruited her and she embodies what a Villa Maria athlete is. She's a great student, great teammate and knocked down some big shots."
Amesha Harden-Pullium added seven points for the Victors, while Nicole Maxson came off the bench to score six.
Erika Woll chipped in for Mercyhurst Prep with 10 points.
Villa Maria, the No. 8 Class AAA team in the state, will host Mercyhurst Prep on Feb. 3 at the Hammermill Center before the two rivals could meet a third time in District 10 Class AAA playoffs.
"Mercyhurst Prep is a great team and it's always a fun game to play," Mifsud said. "It's fun when we have our whole student body here and it's a great atmosphere. It really helps us, especially when things aren't going our way."
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A federal judge has upheld a gay judge's 2010 ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8 defining marriage as only between a man and a women.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware said that former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker did not have to reveal his desire to marry his own gay partner before ruling against the voter-approved Proposition 8.
Judge Walker ruled the the marriage definition was unconstitutional. He has since retired from the bench.
Prop 8 supporters challenged that ruling, arguing that Walker should have recused himself because of his long-term relationship with another man. They contend Walker and his partner stood to benefit from his decision.
"Judges have a duty not only to apply the law without bias but to do so in a way that avoids even the appearance of impropriety," said Protectmarriage.com's Austin Nimocks.
Gay marriage supporters call the move frivolous.
"We have to assume as a public official he followed the law. And if he thought that there was a problem he would have disclosed it," said Dean Johnson, a legal analyst.
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Sean McGrath, Chiefs Tight End, Retires
Sean McGrath led Chiefs tight ends in receptions last season, but he isn?t going to hold onto that status this season.
McGrath has decided to retire from the NFL after two seasons. Sean McGrath, who had 26 catches last season after playing two games for the Seahawks in 2012, is dealing with some personal issues, according to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
?McGrath is gonna retire, that?s what we?ve been told by him,? Reid said, via the Kansas City Star. ?I wish him the best. He?s a good kid. It?s a personal decision he made.?
With the 26-year-old hanging up the cleats, the Chiefs will look to Travis Kelce and Anthony Fasano to be their top tight ends in 2014.
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Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of guest columns written by Dr. Lawrence Schaeffer about strokes.
Although our understanding of stroke is rapidly growing, actual treatment options are still limited and not without risk.
Prevention or reduction of risk factors is effective. Controlling high blood pressure, sugar diabetes and high cholesterol along with cessation of smoking actually helps. Identifying clogged arteries in the neck before a major stroke allows for surgery that can be very helpful in reducing or limiting future strokes.
However, our biggest challenge as a community is increasing our awareness of stroke symptoms. The patient who suffers a stroke may not necessarily be paralyzed. He may have difficulty speaking or understanding, problems with vision or balance, numbness or problems walking or simply the abrupt onset of the "worst headache of my life."
Once these symptoms are recognized, the "brain attack" victim's problems should be taken as seriously as those of a heart attack victim.
Do not hesitate to call 911, a doctor or an emergency room and inform them you are worried about a stroke.
In the near future, stroke teams will develop.
This will require a community effort of education, integration of emergency medical services, emergency room staff, internists, kindly practitioners, neurologists, neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons.
These teams will be similar to those already dedicated to heart patients who benefit from clot-busting and other drugs. We will need specialized hospital units similar to Coronary Care Units.
The bottom line is that we can look forward to more effective and safer treatments of stroke.
The "brain attack" patient inevitably will benefit from a community-based, hospital-structured stroke program. It all starts with the local citizens recognizing, preventing and promptly acting on "brain attack" symptoms.
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The job of a high-risk courier is very simple. You pick something up. You drop something off. The hard part is not getting killed. When Kyra, the daughter of Big Jake Rynerson -- one of the world's wealthiest men -- is kidnapped in the Galápagos Islands, professional courier Simon Leonidovich is hired to deliver the ransom. But playing bagman for a billionaire is not so simple -- not when so many people stand to gain by Kyra's disappearance, and not when someone close to Big Jake is playing for the wrong team. To complicate matters, Simon finds himself falling for Big Jake's enticing and clever assistant, Caitlin Wells, though she may be the very one scheming to control the Rynerson empire. But when the money drop gets botched, the stakes turn deadly for both Simon and Kyra. From the dark jungles of Colombia to the flashy lights of Las Vegas, Simon matches wits against a cold-blooded adversary who seems to know his every move. Now he must somehow finish the job, save the girl, and figure out who's been pulling the strings before his pursuers deliver him into an unmarked grave. With rapid-fire action and devious plot twists, Bagman is a lightning-paced thriller that will keep you breathless until the final drop is made.
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FOR THE RIGHT PRICE, SIMON LEONIDOVICH WILL DELIVER ANYTHING, ANYWHERE. THIS TIME, THE COST MAY BE TOO HIGH. Faced with the dire news that North Korea intends to sell its nuclear weapons indiscriminately on the black market, the American President must resort to the unthinkable: he secretly offers to support a North Korean faction intent on overthrowing the government of Kim Jong-il. To facilitate this deadly covert operation, professional courier Simon Leonidovich is recruited to deliver vital CIA documents to the North Korean dissidents. But when Simon finds himself trapped behind enemy lines with a briefcase full of incriminating evidence, he discovers the true nature of the threat: an elaborate conspiracy by someone within the administration -- to take down the American President. . . .
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TheStreet's Jim Cramer told Debra Borchardt the company picked a terrible time to pre-announce such bad news with the market's strong rally on Thursday. He added that this group would have done very well today, and suggested Salesforce.com
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TRENTON — Tacked to the wall beside the register in Bob Giaquinto's shoe repair shop on South Warren Street is a collection of annual business licenses he's obtained from the city over the past 30 years.
At around $10 each, he said he has paid roughly $300 total to the city clerk's office since he has been in business in Trenton. But then he got the form to renew his license for 2012 a few weeks ago, and his lifetime licensing cost suddenly doubled to $600.
City council last month passed an ordinance amending business license fees for the first time in nearly three decades. The old sliding-scale fee structure had been based on gross revenue, but the updated law establishes a flat $300 fee. That means a steep increase for Giaquinto, a second-generation city business owner, and many others.
"I couldn't believe it," he said. "I can see them having an increase — the city's hurting for revenue — but, man, you can't strap that on our backs."
The family's downtown business dates to 1947, he said. He inherited the shop from his father 30 years ago and moved it to South Warren Street in the early 1990s.
The fee ordinance was first drafted in the 1940s, City Clerk Leona Baylor said. Under the last amendment, in 1982, the fee scale ranged from $10 for a business with gross revenue of $5,000 or less to $828 for a company grossing $1 million or more, she said.
Baylor said she drafted the new flat-fee ordinance after consulting with the Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) and the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce.
"The hope is that once this gets settled out, people won't have to physically come in anymore with their tax returns for us to review," she said.
But TDA officials said they never saw a final draft of the ordinance before it was introduced in early November.
"The fees have been increased too much," TDA board chairman John Clarke said.
"There were some work sessions with a representative of TDA where they tried to make suggestions about improving it, but we never saw the final draft. We're opposed to what got passed."
Camden has retail merchants pay a fee of $219.42 per year, according to the city's website, while businesses in New Brunswick pay at least $75 a year, with other rates set for some specific types of industries. Newark doesn't charge owners for a mercantile license.
Two public hearings were held on Trenton's ordinance — which stated the new fee amount — in November during regular city council meetings, but no one stepped forward to voice any objections to the changes. Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson was the lone member to vote against it.
"I'm out there talking to the businesses every day," she said in a phone interview last week. "I understand, we do have to increase our fees, but I don't think this is the appropriate economic time to actually increase them that much, especially the small downtown businesses."
Confronted by several irate business owners during their meeting on Tuesday, members of council said they didn't realize the fees had increased so steeply for some merchants and indicated they'd be willing to take another look at the measure.
"This is the first time we knew it jumped from $10 to $300," Councilwoman Kathy McBride said during the meeting. "We will discuss it with the clerk and get a clearer understanding of how the process is supposed to work."
Council could revisit the ordinance and amend it to lower some of the fees, but Baylor said a number of businesses have already gone through the renewal process for 2012 and paid at the new rates.
"We can take another look at that and, if council agrees, we can go in and amend it," Caldwell-Wilson said.
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Depends what it does to your cholesterol. Some people have their LDL-c/Ldl-p shoot up when using dairy fats
I'm spending the next six weeks living with a friend on her dairy farm, which means I'm going to have constant, endless access to grassfed cream and butter (she doesn't make cheese, bummer...) Because I'll be eating conventional lean meat during this time, I'm thinking I'll have a beautiful opportunity to use butter/cream as my main fat source to accompany the lean protein and fresh veggies I'll be enjoying.
The past two days I've had 1/2 cup of heavy cream a day... absolutely amazing. But I'm also looking to get cut for summer (I'm already very lean, but I want to stay that way for bikini season). Am I gonna do some damage with the cream, if it's literally my only fat source? 1/2 cup of cream = 400 calories.
Depends what it does to your cholesterol. Some people have their LDL-c/Ldl-p shoot up when using dairy fats
My primary fat intake is from chocolate. Has been for about five months.
IMHO should be fine, provided you really like cream.
when I think of butter I think of bread then i smell the bread. the i eat the bread with butter....and then...... So, no cream or butter for me
Big fan of cream here, so you have my blessing.
butter is one of my main fats, if not the main one. Make sure it's grass fed though. Makes a huge difference. I don't much care for cream. It has too much casein and I don't do well with it.
Overall, you should just enjoy and bask in the envy of many people here, myself included. Just be careful not to over do it.
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Drink the milk instead. Way more nutriant dense.
Let me start off by plagiarizing myself a bit ... I posted some of this in other threads.
How do we get triglycerides in plasma?
Dietary fats are not absorbed into the blood stream as other nutrients are. This is principally due to the fact that fats are hydrophobic ( i.e. not soluble in water). Instead, fats are taken up by the lymphatic system and packaged into chylomicrons, which sequester the fats inside of a lipoprotein shell which is itself soluble in water, whereupon the chylomicron fat delivery vehicles are set loose for distribution via the bloodstream.
The only source of triglycerides in circulation is the diet. While the body is certainly capable of synthesizing fatty acids from carbohydrates via de novo lipogenesis, when it does so, it creates NEFA, non-esterified fatty acids, or more simply, fatty acids that are not attached to a glycerol backbone a.k.a. our old friend tri ( three fatty acids) glycerides ( attached to a glycerol backbone. )
Ok, got it, so now that we have triglycerides in plasma, how do we get at them?
As I mentioned, triglycerides need to be enveloped in a water soluble lipoprotein shell in order to dissolve in plasma and circulate, the chylomicron delivery vehicles. So, naturally, in order to get at the contents of the lipoprotein, you need some mechanism to break through the shell. That mechanism is an enzyme known as lipoprotein lipase (LPL). In biochemistry, any enzyme that breaks things down ends with an "ase" suffix, so as the name tells us, lipoprotein lipase takes lipoprotein lipids and breaks them down into free fatty acids and glycerol.
Many tissues express LPL, but the one we are interested in here is adipose LPL. Adipose tissue secretes LPL which travels and binds to the endothelial lining of the blood vessels where it can act on unsuspecting chylomicrons that stumble into its lair. When a hapless chylomicron happens along, it gets acted upon by this LPL which produces glycerol and free fatty acids in the immediate vicinity of the adipose cell.
Nature abhors a gradient
Many things in metabolism are driven by concentration gradients. This means that molecules naturally move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. In order for this to happen in cells, the cell membrane needs to be permeable to the particular molecule. If the membrane is permeable, the molecules will move as expected. If the membrane is not permeable, then water will tend to move from the area of low concentration to the area of high concentration in order to dilute it, and thereby equilibrate the effective concentration across the membrane.
Adipose cell membranes are permeable to fatty acids, so, whether there will be a net movement of fatty acids into or out of the cell depends primarily on whether there is a higher concentration of fatty acids on the inside or outside of the cell membrane.
What controls the level of NEFA inside an adipose cell?
If you were to examine the contents of an adipose cell, you would observe that there is a small pool of free fatty acids, and a substantial storage pool consisting of a triglyceride droplet. There is always a baseline level of triglyceride synthesis going on in the adipose tissue where free fatty acids are combined with a glycerol molecule to form triglycerides. This process is known as acylation, and the more technically correct name for triglycerides is triacyglycerides, a term that you may have seen in the scientific literature.
There is also a baseline of free fatty acids being generated within the adipose cell via hydrolysis by a lipase that acts upon the triglyceride droplet to create free fatty acids and a glycerol phosphate molecule within the adipose cell. This is hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), the action of which is supressed by insulin, hence the hormone sensitive bit.
There is another actor on this stage, acylation stimulating protein, or ASP. The function of this enzyme is all in the name. What it does is increases the rate of acylation within adipose cells. Because the formation of new triacylglycerides requires a glycerol backbone, ASP also stimulates adipose cell uptake of glucose from the blood stream in order to synthesize new glycerol.
In general, then, the level of NEFA inside an adipose cell is determined by the balance between acylation and triglyceride hydrolysis. Anything that increases acylation will decrease the free fatty acid pool, and anything that increases hydrolysis will increase the fatty acid pool.
Putting it all togetherSo how does hormonal and nutritional status affect all of these moving parts? Well, insulin tends to increase the activity of adipose LPL while correspondingly decreasing the activity of HSL. This results in an increase in FFA concentration on the outside of an adipose cell, and as hydrolysis is suppressed within the adipose cell, the net result is a concentration gradient with a lower concentration within the adipose cell. So we will see a net movement of FFA into the adipose cell. Insulin also causes GLUT4 glucose transporters to translocate to the adipose cell membrane where they increase the uptake of glucose into the cell to enable increased acylation, i.e. triglyceride synthesis. So, increased insulin == increased triacylglyceride synthesis.
But, adipose LPL activity is also stimulated by the presence of chylomicrons, there is no need for insulin. So the mere fact that you have eaten some fats will result in an increase in the concentration of free fatty acids outside of adipose tissue. Because there is no insulin, there will not be any significant change in the activity of HSL, but then we need to pay attention to what ASP is doing, and when we look over, we notice that the activity of ASP is stimulated by the mere presence of chylomicrons ... again, there is no insulin whatsoever required for this to happen.
So, we eat pure fat, this results in no appreciable insulin response, but we will obviously absorb our meal and increase circulating chylomicrons for several hours ( peak levels of chylomicrons will occur within 3 - 5 hours ). The elevated chylomicron levels stimulate adipose LPL and ASP. As a result, there is an increased concentration of FFAs in the vicinity of adipose tissue, along with a concomitant decrease in the adipose FFA pool due to increased acylation as driven by ASP. Fat deposition ... no insulin required!
Of course, the mother of all fat deposition meals is one that elevates insulin _and_ chylomicrons, because now you will have ASP and insulin working in tandem to increase the concentration gradient. And what sort of meals result in elevated insulin and chylomicron levels? Pretty much any meal you are likely to eat, short of settling in for movie night with a tub of lard and a spoon.
Taking a look at all of these mechanisms it almost seems as though the human body is designed / evolved to be very good at storing fat ... it is almost as though our very survival depended on it! Perish the thought!
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HONOLULU (AP) - The state House on Thursday passed legislation approving $7.3 million in emergency funding for Kauai's publicly funded hospitals and clinics.
The bill now moves to the state Senate, the House Democratic majority said in a news release. Lawmakers are acting on the bill during a special session called to consider a measure that would legalize gay marriage.
Hawaii Health Systems Corp. told lawmakers Kauai's local health care providers wouldn't be able to make payroll by the end of the year if the funds weren't approved, The Garden Island reported.
HHSC includes Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waimea and Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital in Kapaa. It also has four clinics in Waimea, Port Allen, Kalaheo and Kapaa.
Executives had initially planned to ask for $2.5 million but nearly tripled their request.
The corporation's acting chief executive officer, Alice Hall, submitted written testimony saying $2.5 million would "not be sufficient to cover the overdue bills and obligations of the region."
HHSC's Kauai region has already spent its first two quarters of general funding allocations and borrowed $2 million from the Maui region, she said. It also hasn't paid more than $2 million of its share of "systemwide obligations" to the corporate office.
The emergency funding will last the Kauai region only through the spring.
Hall said the corporation must face difficult decisions about services and restructuring to become more cost effective.
"Kauai is the first region to be in this position; others will follow unless we get more funding or reorganize in a fashion that changes our cost structure," Hall said.
The nine-member HHSC Kauai region board said in testimony before the Senate that "significant problems" with the island health system's coding and billing departments are contributing to rising account payable debts. Members also blamed a "lack of follow-up processes."


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Congratulations to the Washington Capitals organization for clinching its fourth straight SE Division Crown. And for moving back into first place in the East. And to Alex Ovechkin for scoring his 300th goal, the 6th fastest to this milestone in NHL history. He continues to score big and important goals for us. We are grateful. For a team "as soft as Charmin" read this one. We seem to have overcome a lot of adversity and I am proud of the teams "stick-with-it-ness."
This season has been a grind. You decide if we are an elite NHL team or not. It doesn't matter to us. We are what we are. We are what our record says we are and we are grateful to have such great fans.