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A Brief History of Machiasport
Incorporated 1826
Settled in 1763
Machiasport, was once part of the town of Machias (Machias Port), attracted the attention of explorers and traders as a valuable port at an early date. Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth there were French and English trading posts on Cross Island (in neighboring Cutler) as well as Birch Point (Clarks Point). Evidence of the Native American settlement is also found along the shoreline. The settlement occurred after extensive fires in western Maine in the 1760s forced families to seek out hay and timber lands. Grass flats (marsh grass) were a favorite for the livestock and its abundance was attractive to the early settlers. Captain Thomas Buck of Plymouth, Massachusetts, is said to have carried the first settlers in 1763. Machiasport was separated from Machias and incorporated as the Town of Machiasport in 1826.
Machiasport is a picture-perfect Maine village, with a remarkable cluster of white clapboard historic buildings overlooking an expanse of the Machias Bay. Set among tall maples and pines, these historic structures, the Federal-period Gates House (circa 1810) and Cooper-House (circa 1826), the magnificently steepled Congregational Church (1832), and the bold Italianate Liberty Hall (1873), all capture the lively spirit and history of this lovely town.
The most significant natural resources in Machiasport are marine resources, which are the basis of the local economy. Machiasport's extensive tidal flats and clean marine waters yield an abundance of inter tidal, marine, and avian life. Extensive mud flats support clam flats and sea worms as well as wading waterfowl and shorebirds. Machiasport has many critical natural resources, most significantly wildlife habitat. Bald eagle and various shore bird and migrant bird species are found throughout the town. The Machias River and East Machias River, both of which flow through the north part of Machiasport, are rated as high value for their fresh water fisheries and among only a handful of rivers supporting young Atlantic salmon.
Contact the Machiasport Historical Society
344 Port Road
P.O. Box 301
Machiasport, Maine 04655
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Did you have a guess for last week's puzzler? The sound is pretty distinctive and for most people, a sound they would recognize, especially if you've ever spent any time on a wilderness lake like those in Canada, Minnesota or the Adirondacks of NY.
It's the call of a common loon. Loons are a relatively heavy bird because their bodies are designed for diving. Unlike other birds, their bones are solid. And while their weight makes them super fast swimmers and able to maneuver accurately under water, their weight makes them need a running head start to take off. If you've ever seen one start to fly, they travel for a long time on the top of the water, getting up to speed in the way a plane takes off from a runway.
Some other birds that have solid bones are penguins, puffins and auklets. These birds are generally less skillful flyers than birds with hollow bones.
Are you familiar with the common loon? Do you enjoy listening to their haunting calls? What do you know why they sometimes get stranded on small ponds or how fast they can fly? Do you know how long they can stay underwater or where they spend the winter? Do you know what they eat or why they have red eyes? Check back next week as they will be the Weekly Creature Feature. See you then!!
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The ancient wooded valleys of the Quantocks are a magical landscape, criss crossed with woodland trails and alive with the sound of birdsong. A place of tranquility, dappled light and rich woodland wildlife
There are four main types of woodland found with the AONB. Ash-hazel woodlands, western sessile oak woodlands, coniferous plantation and small farm woodlands.
The sessile oak woodlands are designated a Special Area of Conservation at European Level, they are also protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest making them a valuable resource. These ancient woodlands were coppiced for centuries prior to the 20th century for charcoal making and tanning, a process where the trees were cut to ground level and then allowed to grow back. They can be identified by the acorn which sits directly on the branch, and due to the poor quality of soil on the hillsides have twisted trunks, adding to the atmosphere of the woodlands.
Great Wood was originally a Royal hunting forest. Oak trees were used for ship building in the 1800s. In the 1900s the Forestry Commission planted conifer trees to reduce our reliance on imports. Today the wood is a haven for people and wildlife.
Great Wood has plenty of wide tracks with a good surface that are well maintained. The majority of tracks are easy going with some steep places.
The Combes of the Quantock Hills are renowned across the UK for their intensity and unique riding experience.
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Pink yarn to knit a hat… $9.75.
Sharpies and poster board… $12.56.
A little self-care with your friends by the river… PRICELESS.
Some things have changed over the past twelve years, but one thing doesn't: we're going to spend the weekend in Belden, dancing and playing with our friends and family.
Get your floaties ready. We're excited to see you.
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The more you hear "It's not you, it's me" the less you believe it.
The more you hear "It's not you, it's me" the less you believe it.
my marriage has been pretty horrible for a long time now: years.
my wife has been depressed for a long time now: years.
we often have this image of depressed people, that they are meek and victim-like, but living with a depressed person who is not only miserable but seemingly determined to make you miserable too is pretty hard.
I can't let myself be brought down into a negative state: I wasted too much of my life that way. I'm 40 now: I've got to stay positive in order to stay healthy, my physical health depends upon it.
I don't really know what to do about this or where it goes from here: when I bring it up it boils down to me being the bad guy. I'm too lazy, don't do my fair share, am not motivated enough, too passive, not supportive, resentful etc etc. Maybe all this is true: could I be the cause of her despair?
It's true I am resentful. Resentful of feeling unloved for years, for starters. And I am guilty of withholding affection when I feel wronged, I know I need to work on not doing that.
I don't think a new baby, which she wants, but has not happened in 2+ years, is going to fix this.
I'm hoping the move, change of scenery is going to help, but I dunno.
Every time I feel we're on an upward incline we tumble back down again.
I will say that like... emotional/domestic labor frequently being out of balance in hetero couples is legit. And a lot of guys respond to things with "well if you let me know what I need to do, I'll do it" -- not realizing that identifying the things in the first place is its own amount of work and skill. If that's what she's frustrated with, it may be worth figuring out what you can proactively handle in the future, but like, ugh, depression is a beast.
I know this has been going on for a really long time at this point, I remember your posts over the years. I'm sorry y'all are both suffering and I hope things get better.
I usually only get any explanation at all when I confront her about it, after long periods of passive aggressive behavior on her part (sarcasm, impatient responses, a general attitude of intolerance or contempt). I've read this article https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...d-chores-comic and I get it, and I recognize I am guilty of doing this. What the piece doesn't go into is that I find I will often get shot down or criticized when I take the initiative or suggest something: no, we can't do that; no, that's wrong; no, let's do this instead, etc. When we had our baby the default mode was "I know better than you how to go about this" and I could do nothing right, and we discussed this, and it improved, and for a while I took on the role of the primary caregiver. But then that shifted back partly because she felt she was missing out on being a mom.
These days I find I don't have the energy to argue about every single domestic decision, but if I let her do everything her way I'm making her do all the work.
Have y'all considered or talked about going to see a counselor? It seems like what you are saying is a lot of issues are stemming from miscommunication or just a total lack of it.
I know that from my personal experience with depression, I most definitely am NOT myself during those times. When I come out of it, I usually have a lot of apologizing to do for just kinda checking out from everything for a while. But I usually keep to myself because I KNOW that I would say some shit I don't mean when I am really down. I get mad so easy, and it isn't worth it. For me, it's better to cancel plans and apologize for that than to say or do some hurtful shit to the people that I care about. But you guys are married and have a child, so I know that can't really be an option at all. Everyone needs to be somewhat present and accounted for.
Where are you moving?
Also I will never understand how not showing affection to someone when times are bad is considered a negative thing. Like if there is a lot of tension and things aren't going well, the last thing I want to do is to be affectionate with someone. :\
So, I randomly ran into my 'one that got away' at a comedy gig in Dublin the other night. I've been emotionally all over the place since. Sad songs and wine last night. OH, HI AGAIN, EMOTIONAL SCAR THAT NEVER REALLY HEALED.
I ran into my one that got away at the mall a couple months ago. He was with his new girlfriend.
Two things on my mind, lately: I think like, going forward with people I see, I need some sort of "must be this proactive about emotional labor to ride" sign or something. I like the people in my life but maaaan I hate when something awkward happens that is prompted by one of them and then *I* am the person who feels the need to smooth out the situation for everybody. WHEN I DIDN'T EVEN DO THE THING. And then you have people in your life who you ALREADY LIKE who are bad at it and it's TOO LATE NOW because you like them and womp
Also, thankfully this is currently not the case, but holy shit I should not date anyone I feel competitive towards (and it's rare I feel competitive towards people so easy enough). Like, unless they're some sort of hella dominant person I admire where them consistently being smarter/better at shit than me just feels good, and I'm a happy loser, it gets real bad.
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today is our third wedding anniversary. we're not doing anything huge because we went to riot fest last weekend, but sarah's at least working from home this morning so we've been able to spend more time together, and we're getting pizza tonight. i'm glad i got to marry my best friend. and i'm glad that i can buy her a present like a foam bat'leth replica and not worry about whether or not she's going to like it. <3
I'd taken a break from relationships, but I guess I'm diving back in. The introductory phase is still a little uncomfortable... There's still that "are we still on the same page?" coy thing I do the next day, that I need to fuck off with. I really like this girl... I really don't wanna fuck it up.
And I screwed up my attempts to repair my friendship with my ex. It's an awful feeling.
^^ that's really rough, dude. I'm sorry.
All (2) of my NYC based non-platonic things seem to be fizzling out. One I've already decided is over (a fwb thing where the dude just dropped some major balls) and the other one I'm just beginning to think is a case of us not being compatible, but we've been going out for long enough that me talking about it with her (which I will be doing) might hurt some feelings and
I think I've known her and I aren't compatible for a while now, and there are so many wonderful things about her, but our sexualities are so different (she's sweet and calm and cutesy and playful and I'm serious and intense and need to be driven by a lot of sexual tension and desire) that I think we'd be better off as friends. Because where we're at now... is I like cuddling with her, I like kissing her... but stuff transitioning to the bedroom is difficult. And I don't think I want to keep trying to self-motivate into being sexual with her and I just feel guilty and bad. If I'm honest with myself, I don't think I want to be anything but platonic with her at this point. I think I've been unsure for basically the whole time we've dated (like since February), and I'm only now beginning to accept that we aren't compatible. She has had Major Life Thing after Major Life Thing going on for her. Tons of health stuff and a family pet just died, and there's more health stuff coming up, and it makes me feel like if I address this with her now I'm going to be a monster but I just don't think I should wait either. Ugh. Ughhh.
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Today marked the end of the best relationship that ive ever had.
three years of being in a relationship and a year of living together, the last few months really saw a decline in things, neither of us were happy for a few different reasons.
As with any issues we always talked it out and worked to fix things, but it really was putting the strain on things emotionally.
We both still love each other, incredibly, and I am glad we have managed to end things gracefully, without screaming, shouting or arguing.
I have no doubt, that we will be able to maintain a relationship as friends, we have been best friends all this time, Just that the romantic relationship had faltered.
I know what we have done is for the best, but it still feels like there is a massive hole left, it will take some major adjustment.
I have had a relationship that lasted as long before, but by the end all there was was hate, so this is a strange one on me, and make things that much more difficult to swallow.
Well, I think we're friends again. I'm just being guarded in case the old feelings come back. I think we're hanging out when I go to see Depeche Mode next month.
New advice: Don't date anyone. Breaking things off is too horrible. I still haven't talked to her about stuff, though I guess that's happening this week.
UgghhHHHHH. I'm having a hard time with this.
The breakup that ~crushed~ me earlier in the year still fucking sucks. But a while ago he sincerely apologize for everything and we've slowly been talking again lately and he came to my birthday party the other night AND WE PLAYED AT A KINK PARTY AGAIN, and then I stayed over at his house, and gah. We've barely talked for five months, and just instantly, everything feels good again. I acknowledge that we might not get back together in a serious context or anything, but goddamn it I need this little fucking troll in my life, even if it is just as friends. I am just fucking HAPPY around him, and as anyone here who has met me can tell you, that is absolutely not my default mode.
We haven't had sex, and I'm not sure if we ever will. She's said several times that we can, but the situation is complicated for me right now. I'm fine with it if we never do, and I hope to stay with her long-term regardless of whether we have sex or not.
We met on a dating site, and in her profile she had said straight up that she identifies as grey/asexual, so the lack of sex is not surprising either, but I went from just assuming this wasn't going to happen, to being quite confused by the position I'm in now regarding it. I'm not grey/asexual, and I'm confused, because when I ask her what it's like, the things she says sound so much like me, and like everyone else I've met, that I'm really confused.
And she's also said many times that we can have sex. It's not happened, but she's said we can a lot of times too. But the way she talks about it is really strange for me. Like, she says we can have sex, and she says that she's not sure what it would be like for her, because she's never had a positive sexual experience, and she doesn't even know what a healthy sexual experience would look like, but that she wants to have sex with me, because our relationship feels very different to her than any other she's had before, and she thinks that sex would probably feel very different than what she's had before too.
She has also said that she's fine with us having sex, because if it does start to feel bad to her, she can just tune out and disappear inside her head. And that sounds awful to me. She's told me about her sexual history, and she's been repeatedly sexually assaulted in almost every sexual relationship she's ever had. After we had our first kiss, she told me it was the first time she'd kissed anyone other than her kids in over 10 years. We make out a lot, and we do things that are sexual, and she really seems to be enjoying them, and says she's enjoying them.
She's also told me that she's never orgasmed, ever. She says that sometimes she'll get close but when she gets close she shuts it down and stops. I went down on her for the first time this past weekend, and she seemed to be enjoying it and suddenly told me to stop. I'm not sure if she was getting close to orgasm, or if it wasn't feeling good for her, but she stopped it either way.
So we've talked about it a lot, and we've both agreed that it's fine if we never have sex. And we've also both said to each other that we want to have sex with each other too. I don't think that she's ever going to be enthusiastic about it, which is usually what gets me going. She seems like she's got a curiosity about it, but not excitement about it.
If it happens, I want it to be good for her. I don't want her to "tune out" or to do it just for me. I know it's going to be a million miles better than her past experiences because her past experiences were pretty much all assaults, but if it happens, I want it to actually be good for her. I want her to have enjoyed it, not for it to have just been acceptable to her.
I don't know what's going to happen with that part of it. I know that she's an amazing woman though. And she seems to like me as much as I like her, so I'm hoping we can keep that feeling strong and make this last.
We're able to talk about this though, so whatever happens I'm sure we can figure it out together.
I've never had a relationship and am 28. I do feel some pressure from my family to get a girlfriend but don't have interest in this tbh. Frankly, I feel that no one wants me. A bit gloomy but that's my honest assertion.
I'm going on a date with my ex for the first time since we split. When we first dated I was a virgin who never kissed a girl. Despite that, it was good until she kissed me and I didn't know what to do. Now I'm not sure. I have no idea how this will go.
So I had my birthday dinner date with the girl I've been talking to and WOW. I am starry eyed after how last night went. Everything was so natural, fun, humorous and completely on the same page. I have huge feels and genuine smiles. I really really like this girl. I think and hope it turns to more!
It's been so long since I've been hugged, touched and kissed. Last night's version of events and all that criteria was met and it was so well paced and it felt so right...it's been ages since I've felt this way. It feels so good.
In other news my ex and I have been pretty chill lately in a way that I'm finally, hopefully, hoping is actual friendship since it's been a couple of years since we broke up at this point. I think it's good.
Breaking up.
Man, so I just spent (I'm still out here technically but I fly back today and I'm up at 5ish in the morning so CHEERS, EAST COAST WIRING) a week in LA in an attempt to "vacation" and also get some time in with a gentleman friend who lives out here. Who I'm like, in love with and shit and I know that isn't mutual and it's fine, like super truly isn't a thing I need to be mutual but god, brain chemistry, wtf are you doing. He had a whole lot going on in his world this week, and I also wasn't in the best head space, and probably how we wanted to spend time together wasn't super-aligned, so we had very little sex and had very little in the way of like... nights together. I mean, we hung out at night, but like not a lot of "let's sit on the bed and talk" kinda shit. Which is all my boring ass is about. We parted ways at like 11 pm last night after dinner, he didn't come up, we'd done hotel room things earlier in the day, which on my end went awkwardly, but I hate how disappointed my stupid brain was about it. I can just like, feel the oxytocin hangover. Like, literally/really.
I'm also just frustrated that I just had a straight up week of vacation and didn't manage to "recharge" or whatever because I couldn't disconnect enough from work/life/the shit I have going on right now. Which, has nothing to do with him, but is such a bummer. And I'm going to get back to work and people are going to be all like, friendly humans and are going to ask "how was your vacation?" and man I don't want people to ask me that.
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OSAKA — The Osaka prefectural board of education said Monday it will open an office to deal with the study needs of high school students from Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, being quarantined at Narita airport because they have swine flu.
The office will open at the end of the month, about 20 days after the first students became infected. Details about the office remain unclear.
"The students are concerned that being quarantined and away from school so long will cause them to fall behind in class when they return. We're considering what actions to take to ensure they get caught up," said Akio Mukaiazechi, a prefectural education official.
On Sunday, Masato Nakanishi, head of the board of education, said the office will coordinate information with the health ministry and health officials at Narita airport and the hotels where other students are being quarantined. Prefectural officials are discussing what kinds of care to provide the affected students after their 10-day quarantine ends.
"This has been a tough time for the school, but reports are that the four who have been infected are in relatively good health," Nakanishi said.
Three students and a teacher from the school were quarantined after they arrived Friday on a flight from Canada with high fevers and were found to have contracted the H1N1 virus. Another 49 people on the flight were initially put up at a nearby hotel and will undergo monitoring until May 18.
Seven of the 49 developed flulike symptoms and were transferred to nearby hospitals, but six of these people had recovered as of Sunday and were transferred back to their hotels Monday for further observation, according to prefectural education officials.
Neyagawa school and Osaka prefectural officials received complaints from angry parents and worried local residents.
Some parents are demanding to know why the school allowed the students to remain in Canada after it became apparent the flu was spreading.


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Happy Friday! Do you have any fun Halloween plans for the weekend!?! We are having a Witches Night Out at our place this weekend that I am super excited about! I have not decided what I am going to wear yet, but I got a super cute Minnie Mouse Witch hat at Disneyland a few weeks ago when I was there, so I might wear that with whatever outfit I can find in my closet!
Thank you so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a great weekend!


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Taiwan's Mainland Efforts Widen
By SHERYL WuDUNN, Special to The New York Times
Published: April 14, 1990
TAIPEI, Taiwan— For four decades, one of the world's most bitter rivalries has magnified the distance between the island of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland 90 miles away. While the political conflict remains unresolved, thousands of Taiwan businesses are flooding into China and establishing important economic links.
Most foreign investors were frightened away from China after the bloody suppression of the democracy movement in June. But Taiwan investors, who themselves lived for decades under martial law, seemed less alarmed. They are continuing to open factories on China's east coast.
''Textiles, electronics, plastics - so far, they have all invested in mainland China factories, but not directly,'' said Kao Chunlee, research department manager at the Taiwan International Securities Corporation.
Direct investments in the mainland are still illegal under Taiwan law, but mom-and-pop enterprises have often ignored the restrictions or evaded them by channeling money through companies in Hong Kong.
It is more awkward for large corporations to ignore the rules, but they, too, have their methods. For instance, Tuntex Group, a prominent textile company, is considering a project in China. It said that the actual investment would come from an Indonesian entity, but Tuntex acknowledged that it would then build the factory, provide the equipment, install it and run the plant.
Like Tuntex, Taiwan's other large corporations are hoping to move production to the Chinese mainland, and they are forcing the Government to rethink its most fundamental policy toward its longtime enemy across the Taiwan Strait.
Tired of waiting for the Government, more and more of Taiwan's executives have traveled to China in search of an answer to the problems of rising costs at home. In response, the Government seems to be easing restrictions on contacts with the mainland.
Taiwan's leaders found themselves in a particularly awkward position in January, when news broke that Y. C. Wang, chairman of Taiwan's largest conglomerate, the Formosa Plastics Group, made a secret trip to the Chinese mainland in October. Even by international standards, Formosa Plastics is a titan, with operating revenues last year of $5.8 billion, and Mr. Wang is perhaps the single best-known executive in Taiwan.
Instead of grounding him, as the Government might have done in reaction to a public trip by a less prominent person, the authorities issued new regulations to allow business trips to the mainland.
Bowing to the Inevitable
''Capital outflow is inevitable,'' said Ma Yingjeou, chairman of the Government's Research, Development and Evaluation Commission. ''If not to the mainland, they will go to Southeast Asia. It's a trend we can't ignore.''
How to accommodate the trend is an extremely sticky problem for the island's leaders, whose one overarching plan has shaped the last four decades of remarkable economic development: strengthen Taiwan against the threat from the mainland. Any direct official contact with China is banned, and all trade and investment with the mainland is supposed to go through other places, like Hong Kong.
One stopgap measure the Government settled on was to allow selected groups of Taiwan's declining industries to conduct trade and investment directly with China. Later this year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs is expected to issue a list of industries barred from going - presumably those considered crucial to Taiwan's security - while allowing all others to do as they wish.
Hopes for Direct Routes
Business executives are hoping for direct air or shipping routes from Taiwan to Xiamen, across the Taiwan Strait in Fujian Province, but the Government denies that it has immediate plans for such a step. This month, executives from private Taiwan airlines are expected to visit China to discuss the prospects for such links. A spokesman for the Chinese Government airline, however, declined to comment on the visit.
Such changes are only incremental, but they are expected to pave the way to closer links between Taiwan's 20 million people and the mainland, just as the Government's decision in 1987 to allow its citizens to visit relatives on the mainland led to greater business links.
As they contemplate Taiwan's economic future, some officials are becoming alarmed at the prospect of growing dependence on China. Last year, trade with China through third countries soared above $3 billion, about 30 percent more than 1988, and investment reached about $400 million, according to official statistics from China and Taiwan. Other estimates are higher.
Taiwan Authorities' Concerns
What concerns some officials is that if Taiwan authorities do not control the investment in the mainland, the island could lose important industries to China - as well as profits that would not necessarily be repatriated. If Taiwan has not yet improved its industrial base, their argument goes, there will not be any new money-making industries to replace the old industries fleeing to the mainland, and the ultimate result could be harmful to Taiwan.


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Regularly take time to step out of your own shoes and get into your boss's. A great way to do that is to do what top leadership coach Tim Gallwey calls transposing. Transposing consists of asking three questions as if you are the person you're trying to work with or influence. The questions are: What am I thinking? How am I feeling? What do I want?
Scott Eblin's post "How to Influence Your New Boss, Part II" explains a practical application of what Tim Gallwey calls "Transposing"


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INVERNESS CT have suspended attacker Dani Lopez until further notice after an alleged incident in a Development League game against St Johnstone.
The striker netted the only goal of the game midway through the first half.
However, he was shown a red card for an off the ball incident with an opposing defender.
In a statement the club said: "Following an incident during last nights under 20's game versus St Johnstone at the stadium we can confirm that player, Dani Lopez, who was dismissed from the field of play has been suspended by the club until further notice pending a full investigation.
"The club will be making no further comment on last nights incident until this investigation is concluded."


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Fox Rothschild Formalizes Entertainment Group
The firm said in a statement that it has enlisted veteran attorney Darrell D. Miller — who has more than 20 years of experience in the field of entertainment law — to head up the new department, saying that the formally established legal branch will focus on enhancing the firm's entertainment services...
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Everyone loves to take at least one TV show that they are totally obsessed with and watch it until they can recite every other line and the theme song becomes a running loop in their brain.
For Cory Anotado, Bob Hagh and Christian Carrion, that show is, well, game shows.
"It's just a glimpse into the surreal life of people," Hagh said from his home in Cary, NC. "It's unscripted and unpredictable and you get to see someone's life change in front of you. People get really happy when they see someone win whether it's a neighbor, colleague and even someone from your state. You genuinely want to see someone win and it's not fake."
"Visually, nothing on TV tops them," Carrion said by email from his home in Leola, PA. "Ever since the early 70s, when the sets of game shows began to take on these brilliant pastel-neon-shag rug lives of their own, nothing else on TV has managed to look alike. Most importantly, the TV game show is the most real, honest form of programming that's ever been on the air. Other than the news, there's really nowhere else to turn on television to see people in their purest form, reacting naturally and acting with all the spontaneity and unpredictability that makes us as humans so interesting to watch and study. And the news is so damn sad anyway."
Tomorrow, the three game show devotees will team up in Philly to do something that would sound insane to even the most hardcore game show fan. They will play game shows for 24 straight hours in a studio. It's part of their annual fundraiser called the 24-Hour Game Show Marathon. Starting at noon, they'll compete against each other in new and classic game shows like Jeopardy!, Minute to Win It and @Midnight while raising money for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
The first marathon took place three years ago at Southern Connecticut State University where Carrion worked as the general manager of the student radio station WSIN. Anotado, a Philadelphia native who lives in Baltimore, MD, said he got the idea from a similar British broadcast in which Little Britain star David Walliams reenacted a series of British comedy panel shows live on television for 24-hours to raise money for a special charity. He took the idea to Carrion and the two set up a feed through his laptop computer to the Internet while they broadcast their marathon on the terrestrial airwaves. It attracted a big audience online and on the air, broke the campus record for the longest continuous broadcast and raised just over $1,250 for the American Cancer Society.
"After we finished, we said let's do this again," Anotado said. "It was amazing. I think it was just the novelty aspect of making a big spectacle about playing game shows, which is always fun and we get to do this while helping sick people, which is extra good as well. It was a lot of fun. It really brought the game show community together to say, 'Hey, let's watch these three idiots do something awesome. It's a unifying kind of nonsense."
The second round in 2013 took place at Anotado's office, a graphic design firm in Baltimore, MD. It was "better from a presentation aspect because it felt more like a game show," Anotado said. However, it did take place in a small, windowless room and no air conditioning vent so by the time they were done, they probably smelled like they ran an actual marathon.
The next one will take place in a warehouse space owned by the animation community Newgrounds in Philadelphia. They have multiple cameras that aren't just laptop mounted webcams, a small audience to help cheer them on and (thank God) air conditioning.
They also plan to do 24 games, one for every hour they are on the air, some of which require their own challenges to pull off like Minute to Win It, a physical challenge game in which contestants have to pull seemingly impossible stunts with ordinary objects.
"You can't have someone from Skype play," Hagh said. "So we're going to have people come to studio to play. It's going to be a little more unique."
The evening will also feature cameos from game show dignitaries such as Mark Labett better known as "The Beast" on the Game Show Network's The Chase.
"He wanted to play Jeopardy! with us and if he was anywhere near us, I would send a car to get him." Anotado said.
The list will also include some games that aren't familiar to American audiences like Just a Minute, a British panel game show and Carrion's favorite.
"Four celebrities take turns speaking on these randomly-generated subjects for a minute, without hesitating, repeating any word they've said, or deviating from the topic at hand," Carrion said. "I think it's a tremendous mental workout, as well as an exercise of one's wit. I have a great time with that."
Of course, the biggest challenge is staying awake the entire time and still having the cognitive capacity to rack your brain for the names of 18th century French poets in Jeopardy! or naughty cereal names for @Midnight's "#HashtagWars." Anotado actually overdosed on caffeine after the first 24-hour marathon and had to spend a day in the hospital.
"I often compare doing the Game Show Marathon to eating an entire pizza alone," Carion said. "You're really excited to start, you have a slice, everything is good. Two slices down, still awesome. But it's that third slice, man. You hit that wall. Then, if you're like me, you just sort of wait for it to get cold before that second wind kicks in. Then it's smooth sailing."
Danny Gallagher is a freelance writer who can be found on Twitter @thisisdannyg.


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Belfast Giants can turn up title heat against Blaze after taming Panthers
Belfast Giants 5-2 Nottingham
The Belfast Giants have shot themselves back into the Elite League title frame after recording back-to-back victories for the first time in a month.
And if they can continue to show the same character, hunger and will to win as they did in beating the Nottingham Panthers 6-2 at the SSE Arena last night, Derrick Walser's team will stay in the hunt until the end.
After cutting the gap to leaders Cardiff to nine points much, however, depends on them stretching the winning run to three games when they travel to face Coventry Blaze tonight.
The Panthers stunned the almost 6,000 sell-out crowd when they took an early lead, but the Giants came out flying in the second period with three unanswered goals and then hit three more in the third period with Nottingham only managing one more in reply.
All that came after the Panthers had opened the scoring at 5:18. They had just successfully killed a penalty after Cam Janssen had been punished for boarding when Robert Farmer and Kevin Quick set up Andy Bohmbach and he squeezed his shot under Stephen Murphy just before the Giants goaltender could drop onto the puck.
Whatever Giants player-coach Walser said to his players during the first break had an immediate impact as they were level just 58 seconds after the restart.
Colin Shields and James Desmarais broke away on an odd-man rush and the Great Britain international crashed his shot into the roof of the net.
Although it took the Giants another eight minutes to score their second goal it was really a case of when rather than if they would take the lead.
Mike Radja shot the Giants 2-1 in front at 28:54, just three seconds after Nottingham had successfully killed a penalty.
The Giants did score on their next powerplay. The puck was pulled back to Mitch Ganzak and he cracked home a first-time shot at 32:25.
It took 92 seconds of the third period for the Giants to score their fourth and really take control of the game.
Chris Higgins drew almost the entire Nottingham defence and goaltender Shane Madolora to him before he offloaded the puck to Mike Forney, who had a simple task in tapping it into an unguarded net.
The Panthers' second goal at 51:04 had controversy written all over it. David Clarke fired in a shot from distance which looked to have hit the crossbar before the puck clearly bounced down in front of the line, but after much deliberation referee Dean Smith ruled that it had gone in.
A great exchange of passes between Higgins and Kris Beech saw the latter net the Giants' fifth at 56:42 and Shields then scored his second of the game with an empty net goal three seconds before time after Madolora had been pulled.
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The Equality Tribunal has found that a National School teacher was discriminated against on the grounds of age, religion and sexual orientation when she applied for a job as Principal and was awarded €54,000 (equivalent to one year's salary) in compensation.
The teacher had been working as a Deputy Principal at the school for eight years when she applied for the position of Principal.
During the interview the teacher was asked questions about her personal religious outlook. The teacher also alleged that she was asked for her views on teachers who were "Homos". The teacher submitted to the Tribunal that she was "floored" by this question and so flustered overall that the remainder of the interviewer's questions after that were a blur.
The teacher also claimed that she was discriminated against on the ground of age as the colleague who was subsequently hired as Principal was considerably younger and less experienced than her. Both candidates were awarded equal marks for qualifications and experience, despite the colleague neither having experience as a Deputy Principal nor holding a postgraduate degree.
Lessons for the School
The Tribunal accepted that the teacher had been asked discriminatory questions regarding religion and sexual orientation and that she had been discriminated against on the ground of age in relation to access to promotion.
In reaching its decision the Tribunal made reference to the fact that the interview criteria for the candidates had not been drawn up in advance of the interviews and that some members of the interview panel threw their interview notes away. It stated that such actions constitute poor practice in the hiring and promotion process.
The Tribunal ordered that the school pay the teacher €54,000 (one year's salary) in compensation for the distress suffered.
This case highlights the necessity of providing training to anyone sitting on an interview panel. Application forms and interview questions should be equality-proofed. Ideally, candidates should be asked the same or similar questions. Interview notes should be safely retained and an objective marking method should be agreed in advance by the panel.


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This was such a quick and easy project to create, using some left over wool and string. I wanted to spruce up these pictures and add a little Christmas cheer to this wall.
You will need some wool, string, some scrap paper, a yarn needle and some scissors.
I found by wrapping the yarn over a scrunched up piece of scrap paper you do not need to use as much wool per ball. I have tried to keep the balls a similar size.
Cover the paper with the wool.
Leave approximately 10 cm of wool and cut, using the yarn needle, thread the excess wool into the ball, this secures the ball and stops the wool from unravelling.
Make as many ball as you need, I made 13 balls for my garland.
Thread the string onto the needle and pierce through the top section of the ball and tie in a knot so it doesn't move.
Depending on how long you want your garland to be, equally space your ball onto the string.
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Skip to comments.Jon Stewart: Truman Was a War Criminal, Too
Posted on 04/30/2009 1:13:32 PM PDT by mojito
It comes at about the 5:50 mark. Cliff May asks Stewart whether Truman's use of the atomic bomb was a war crime, Stewart ruminates and then responds with an unequivocal "yes." He's certainly not the only American who would take that view, but it's a useful reminder that the most vocal and popular criticism of the Bush administration's war on terror policies comes from people who, if they were being as honest as Stewart, would also judge Lincoln (suspension of habeas), FDR (internment), and Truman (use of nuclear weapons) as war criminals or tyrants or worse.
Stewart repeats the charge again later in the interview, but you have to wonder whether this was one of the rare times that he just got outmaneuvered on his own show. Serious people have debated Truman's decision for 60 years, but even those who disagree with that decision rarely describe it as "criminal." And if it was criminal, whatever crimes the left alleges of President Bush seem pretty trivial in comparison.
If the bomb had not been dropped, I simply wouldn't be here. My parents never would have met and maybe my father wouldn't have come home alive. Probably the same for a lot of folks who had a parent or grandparent fighting in the PTO.
Hey Jon! I spent almost ten years and over 700 days on Alert in the missile capsules.
There are men sitting underground right now doing what I did, protecting us as we write.
What do you call us?
You, Jon, are a putz!
Liberal Guilt 101
`I shouted out,
Who killed the kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me'
John, Mick,
I was on the playground, Wilshire Elementary,
San Antonio, playing tetherball—honest Injun!
I seem to recall the US Army predicted the conquest of the Japanese homeland would cost 1 million US casualties and 10 million Japanese casualties.
Horrible as the atom bomb was, it saved far more lives than it cost. Liberals don't understand that some wars are justified. The only way to fight a war is to fight hard and fight to win. Going half-assed will just drag it out and cost more lives on both sides.
Japan started the fight, and we finished it.
Wow. That is the best description of his show I have ever read. You nailed it. (PS I'm stealing it for use in bar room conversations. Don't worry; I'll attribute it to some dead guy.)
The A-bombs taught the Japanese (they were then universally known as Japs) a lesson they have not forgotten to this day.
If the bomb had not gone off my dad would have parachuted into Japan. He survived a lot in the Europeon theater but I don't think he would have survived the Japanese invasion.
Also I think a lot more Japanese would have died in a land invasion.
I have recently wondered if the liberalization, sissification, whatever you want to call it, of our country, cannot be directly related to the fact that was lost so many men of the caliber of your father, who were willing to sacrifice themselves for their family, their country.
Add to your father's generation, those who died in Vietnam, WWI, the Civil War, etc. These were men who believed in right and wrong. They believed in taking action against wrong, and putting everything on the line for the sake of a better future. Too many of those men were killed. We are left without their offspring in many cases. How many millions of Americans were never born because these men were killed in war? Makes me wonder what the US would be like if we could have the influence of their legacies.
That doesn't matter. That the US was the first (and thus far only) nation to use nukes in war, to the Left, places us in an especially odious category.
MacArthur was a war criminal for being such an arrogant asshat and getting his troops killed.
Sonce when does this little jerks opinion deserve any attention?
The Japanese sowed the wind with their little fire balloon stunt trying to light California on fire. They reaped the FIRESTORM a couple years later.
If you live in rice paper houses, don't throw firebombs.
Tokyo went up like a MATCH. Waves of flames looked like the surface of the Sun. Far more died in that than in Atomic fire. But nobody cares, it is the morality of using the ultimate weapon that weighs on their conscience, not how many lives were lost or how many were saved.
Not only that, but the Soviets would have gotten in the fight, and we would have been talking about a divided Japan, just like Korea.
Going half-assed will just drag it out and cost more lives on both sides.
Liberals, and our Islamic enemies, also think we don't fight fair when we use superior weapons and firepower that spare the lives of our troops.
I only watch that worthless piece of sh!t Jon Lebowitz or whatever his name is so I can change the channel the instant he starts spewing Obamama's talking points. So that ends up being about 3 seconds in...
I can't even describe how much I hate that guy.
Hey Jonnie, why don't you take a stroll down main street in Iran!
No, Stewart is a shill. You have to actually be funny to be considered a comedian and he stopped doing that years ago. I wish to God that the guys at South Park would take some shots at his childish antics.
France and Britain lost millions in WWI/II combined. I wonder if that's what happened to them, as well?
"My late fathers life, and millions of others, were spared because President Truman had the stones to do the right thing."
....my Dad too....he went through the Okinawa campaign.... after that fanatical/suicidal Jap resistance everybody knew the invasion of the home islands would be hell.
Less than five hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, U.S. naval leaders reluctantly chose to pursue a form of warfare they despised - targeting not only Japanese military assets but also civilian-operated fishing trawlers, freighters, and tankers. The move to unrestricted submarine warfare represented a major change in the longstanding American adherence to the classic doctrine of 'freedom of the seas,' under which commercial vessels were held to have the right to navigate the oceans without threat of attack. This dramatic about-face in naval policy, potentially as controversial as the decision to use the atomic bomb, has never been seriously challenged and, until now, closely examined. Holwitt combed archival sources from the National Archives, the Naval Historical Center, the Naval War College, Yale University, and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in order to reconstruct the development of both the U.S. submarine fleet and the policies for its use during World War II. As he shows in this meticulously researched book, the U.S. move to launch unrestricted air and submarine warfare against Japan was illegal. "Execute Against Japan" offers a new understanding of U.S. military policy during World War II. This thoughtful analysis will be a vital resource for military and maritime historians and professionals, as well as students of World War II.
Are these people insane or what?
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Democracy Essay, Research Paper
The Struggle For Democracy:
Chapter One: Democracy and American Politics.
The idea of a democracy has become a tremendous part of people?s lives. It is a system that is basically ruled by the people. In the first chapter of the textbook ?The struggle for Democracy?, we learn about the many ideas and views of a democratic society. The people and the United States have evolved significantly throughout the years. For example, the early 1900?s was a difficult time for African Americans. They struggled intensively to gain the right to vote. However, African Americans and women eventually gained that right. The once high standards have changed slowly from the past. Many people have the ability to vote now; however, many still do not. It is a question of why they do not that is left unanswered.
The democracy is a system that received its many ideas from the ancient Greeks. The created the idea of a country that is ruled by the people for the people. Even though it has been difficult for some to accept the idea of a country ruled by many, it is an idea that is still used. People believed that a position to rule should be given to someone qualified. However, one ruler can cause conflict concerning abuse of power. This is how the idea o representatives came about. A representative in each state that could still be a part of the government. The United States alone would be merely impossible to govern face to face. Thus, the representative democracy then allowed everyone to be involved with the country and it?s governing system.
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THE likes of it hasn't been seen since Queen Maeve sent her army east to capture the brown bull of Cooley.
A small army of buyers from Donegal Meat Processors (DMP) has descended on marts throughout the southwest in recent weeks, "setting the trade on fire", said local observers.
The Northern raiders were particularly active in Castleisland, Listowel and Kilmallock.
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"We did have a very good trade for cows, heifers and bullocks and it was helped by the competition. Some of the dry cows sold for more than €300 over [€1/kg]. And any cows with weight made €200-300 over. There were good prices paid for any good stock on offer.
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You've unfolded a very detailed lifestory and powerful testimony here Jerry. I'm sorry to ready about your health issues (my wife has sleep apnea issues too, so I can relate to some of your account). Now I'm curious to see how the accounts with "the minister" go...
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Rob!!! I hope the treatment is going better for her than it has for me. For I have been using a breathing machine everyday since, and it has not helped a bit. Okay, it has stopped my snoring, but as far as waking up feeling fresh and well rested, no. Oh, I was excited when I was told by others who had been diagnosed with sleep apnea that I would feel like a young man again after just a few nights on the machine, but this was not meant to be for me.
The Minister & The Crackerhead should be a fairly fast read for you. That is, unless you get caught up with what is really going on, which I hope you do. Bittersweet Refinements, which is the next book in line, goes into greater detail about what was touched upon in the two previous books.
As a matter of fact, I do have a musically inclined friend of mine who has asked if he could write some melodies to my poetry. I do hope this works out. http://poetryrs.blogspot.com/
I do not handle it any better then the gifts that are bestowed upon us all. The choice is ours to seek out and ultimately discover.
Your writing does come from the heart of the thicket! To be able to write with such honesty and accuracy is such a blessed gift.
My dear friend! I will read more in the weeks to come :) Thank you for the positive feedback!
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ms. Mousseau!!! Coming from such a talented poet, that is quite a compliment. Thank you so very much!
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Wow Jerry I am so very grateful to get to know you so much better.
I too am sorry to hear about your health issues. But, you have an awesome testimony and God has gifted you with the ability to write it down.
I am so happy you found Arlynda. I hope it is God's plan for your life that you get to have a relationship with your daughters.
I tried to leave a comment on article 19 but my browser crashed.
I applaud your courage to be so honest. As you well know that is one virtue that is sadly too hard to come by these days.
I feel blessed to have read this and am grateful God brought you into in my life.
None of us truly ever know how what we say or do is being used by the Lord, do we?
I for one am very glad you have this blog and that I was lead here.
Peace be with you my friend!!
The Painted Veil
My husband is one of those people who can go to sleep anywhere also...drives me nuts!!:-)
Jerry E Beuterbaugh
Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Jackie!!! Again, I greatly appreciate the encouragement! Just think, I was told by the head of a district of Southern Baptist churches, when I went apply as a fill-in preacher, that I would be much better received if I kept most of my experiences to myself--especially the part about wanting to make a deal with the devil and our Heavenly Father stepping in!
Anyway, I am so very glad you were allowed and enabled to ready what you have. I thought you had already read all of The Crackerhead Chronicles a couple of years ago. If you didn't, you might find several earlier parts to be fairly interesting (if not very familiar).
Jerry E Beuterbaugh
P.S.: It is way past when I should be trying to go asleep again. If I have my usual trouble, would you mind if I say some not-so-nice things about your husband, mixed in with the tried and true standards dedicated to my always sleepy wife? (LOL?)
Hi Jerry,
I just finished, really this time, and I want to concur with the others that I enjoyed reading about your adventures...some of the things you said hit some chords inside my own being of things that have happened in my life where the Lord had to step in.
I'm sorry about your sleep apnea. I wake up several times a night, but I used to sleep very soundly through the night. My husband falls asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. I can't even get back from the washroom from brushing my teeth and he's already snoring away, no sleep apnea for him, though.
About depression: some of it in your case might be from lack of sleep and constant pain I can relate to the constant pain although perhaps not to the degree that you experience it. I try to remember that when I focus on myself that is when I get most depressed and discouraged, but when I try to see Jesus in what is going on around me, He lifts my spirit. However it is the fallen flesh's condition to constantly be self-centered, and try though I might I still continually lapse into that (it's like my "default" condition, know what I mean?).
I have pain in my back, neck, and right shoulder (from heavy lifting and pushing when I worked in a hospital, as x-ray technologist), pretty common to have back and shoulder problems in that field of work. One morning while it was still dark outside, I ooched and ouched my way to the bathroom, and felt VERY discouraged and grumpy, and suddenly was reminded of Moses' sister, Miriam, being turned leprous because of her mouthy, cranky, complaining ways. I felt so humbled as I was sitting on my porcelain throne, and asked the Lord for "help, help, please help me... I know I'm awful!" and suddenly the pain was very much lightened (not completely gone but very much reduced) and there was a song in my heart and my face lit up (I could feel joy in my eyes and outlook) and the song was from when I was a child: "There is a joy joy joy joy down in my heart...down in my heart to stay" It was a gift, truly.
When my eyes and thoughts are continually on myself (usually) I see my fallen nature and how short I fall of perfection, but when I use that knowledge to come to Jesus fully sorrowing for that, He blesses me with reminding me of His goodness and His love. Remember always to look up when things are looking down. :) <3
Jerry E Beuterbaugh
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Susan!!! Yes, most of my depression comes from feeling like I am suffering from a fairly severe case of the flu every second of every day, along with the rest of my physical ailments. For I have great joy in my heart over being made acutely aware of being in continuous contact with our Heavenly Father.
My joy is still somewhat bittersweet, however. For how can I get so down when I know, which goes far beyond mere faith, that it is all for our Heavenly Father's glory and my ultimate good? As with the Apostle Paul, it is part of keeping my humble after being given such an enormous amount of spiritual knowledge and understanding--be assured.
I am sorry to hear about your mom. I have thought of her often through the years. I loved her so very much. We shared a lot of great times together. I still find times that I wish I could talk to her. She was a great person.
Jerry E Beuterbaugh
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Anonymous!!! Be assured that I also really miss her, and it was just a couple of days ago when Arlynda expressed how much she misses her--apparently plumb out of the blue.
I sure wish you would let me know who you are. My email address is email@example.com, if you would be so inclined.


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'Everybody Loves Raymond' cast: Where are they now?
The child actors who played the Barone kids -- Ally, Geoffrey and Michael -- didn't have to stretch themselves too much for their roles. Madylin, Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten were real-life siblings too! There are six other kids in their family: Claudia, Maysa, Emma, Guiliana, Elliette and Jaymeson.


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Top 5 Games to Play for Lunar New Year
It's A Horse of Course!
This weekend marks the start of a new year in many Asian cultures and this year is 2014 Year of the Horse. In addition to fireworks, tasty food and red envelopes we think that getting in some board gaming with friends and family can be tons of fun and could also bring you good luck! We have five board games with an Asian-themed setting that we recommend playing over the weekend and includes a variety of gameplay for both young and old players. Enjoy!
1. Yedo:
Out of all the games on the list, Yedo is the game I most recently had the pleasure of playing. Yedo is a more dynamic and theme-driven Euro-game than most others I have played. Players represent a Japanese clan that is trying to impress the ruling Shogun; but players aren't the good guys in these scenarios. Feats of strength, honor and chivalry are replaced by bribing, kidnapping, espionage and sometimes all-out acts of war. You are trying to prove your capability by any means possible. Yes, this game covers many themes that aren't kid friendly, but for those adults who love a good competitive game that deals with treachery and outbidding, Yedo will provide a couple hours of fun!
2. Tokaido:
Travel the ancient road Tokaido that stretches from Kyoto to Tokyo, down the coastline and compete with your friends to have the best vacation ever! This isn't a National Lampoon vacation we're talking about either. Players follow the road and visit many scenic spots along the way. Players pick a traveling character who has their own reasons for traveling down Tokaido. The characters "compete" by collecting the most unique knick-knacks, meeting interesting people along the journey, taking relaxing breaks in hot springs, collecting a panoramic picture of the area and of course, my favorite, stopping at all the inns for a hot, delicious meal. Tokaido's gameplay centers around set collection and the game is so relaxing it always feels like everyone wins in the end. Take a look at Luke's review here!
3. Yomi:
This card-driven combat game was the first release by game designer David Sirlin. The characters in Yomi are based on many characters from
Street Fighter "a certain Capcom franchise" that Sirlin was working on previously so there are some noticeable similarities with character styles. Yomi is a game made up of premade decks tailored to each character's personality and abilities. It is like poker in a way where a deck has cards of a certain suite and a player competes to have the best hand and in addition to the usual straights, flushes, etc many cards have added abilities. Decks can be purchased individually or in a large complete set with all ten characters. This game is perfect for those friends and family members new to gaming as Yomi's similarities to poker makes gameplay easy to learn.
4. Takenoko:
Everyone loves Takenoko because who doesn't love pandas?! In Takenoko players take on the roles of courtesans to the emperor of Nippon and are tasked with feeding a young panda and by growing their fields of bamboo. Players are tasked with irrigating and caring for their bamboo plot and growing three different bamboo species. A winning player is crowned after successfully accomplishing a certain number of tasks assigned to them by the emperor. My friends and I all rave about how much fun Takenoko is. The game is slightly over the ideal of 30 mins for a casual game and kid-friendly game, but Takenoko still shines with its unique gameplay and the inclusion of an adorable baby panda.
5. Hanabi:
Hanabi was the winner of the Spiehle des Jahres award and is a family favorite card game designed by Antoine Bauza, the creator best known for his 7 Wonders. Players are trying to form straights using a different colored fireworks. The caveate is that players are trying to build the straights together and through the use of deduction and teammwork. Hanabi is great for families, fits a maximum of five players and can accommodate a player as young as eight years old. To read more about Hanabi, check out Kyle's review of the game here.
What games will you be playing to bring in the Lunar New Year? If we missed any of your favorites, let us know in the comments, tell us on twitter or post about it on Facebook.
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Even when I was younger, I ve always had problems with understanding my feelings. I used to get nervous, and blotchy around a guy that I had a crush on. Get really excited about a text or a compliment everything just seemed so much easier and obvious. I am now 19 years old and I can t even understand my own feelings. I don t get nervous anymore, I don t feel butterflies or get excited. I have completly forgotten the feeling of liking someone. I have many guys that want some kind of relationship from me but I feel nothing when I m around them. Even ridiculously hot guys I find myself not feeling anything. I m so confused about my feelings they re all over the place. I change my mind all the time and my feelings change as quick as my emotions and of course I m messing guys around because of this. I never know if I like someone untill they leave me or I obsess over bad guys and then loose interest when they like me. My sex life is terrible. I don t feel sexually attracted to anyone and feel like I only do it for the purpose of the guy and for his benefit (this could be because every time I ve done it it s sucked) is there something wrong with me? I ve never actually had a serious relationship and I m not like this intentionally I genuinely feel lonely and miserable. I m also quite insecure. Am i just being shallow? Or have I not met the right guy?
What is wrong with me? Am I the only person like this?
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Maybe it's because you haven't met the right guy that you can connect with and have great chemistry with. Maybe try to change your outlook alittle bir. Because if you feel lonely and miserable it's not going to boost you up or your self esteem. Try to be more happy and confident. Do fun things for yourself and make yourself happy first.00|00|0
"My sex life is terrible. I don t feel sexually attracted to anyone and feel like I only do it for the purpose of the guy and for his benefit"
Here is the issue. You do it for others without any decent start of things. You just do because it is supposed to without bonding before.
Your issue seems that somewhere along the way you failed to learn how to properly connect and bond and now it backfires and you realise that all this superficial stuff isn't satisfying anymore.00|00|0
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Different people grow at different rates. It happens to a lot of people, so you're not the only one.
Your feelings -or lack of- are pretty normal at your age.
You're still emotionally unstable, but that doesn't mean you will always be like that. You will eventually grow emotionally and become more stable.00|00|0
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5 Insider Secrets for Instantly Creating an Insane Advantage Over Your Opponents
A bet means only one of two things:
1. "You have the best hand and you'll wager money on it"
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2. "You have a poor hand, and you will fold if you are forced to wager on it".
Typically, players are supposed to bet when they have a good hand. Players who don't have good hands are supposed to fold.
Of course, there's more than meets the eye to successful betting strategies.
Most players play contrary to this idea, attempting to be a cunning or deceptive player. Don't fall into this trap when you are just learning to play.
Your betting strategy should be built upon a simple idea: You've got to know when to hold, and know when to fold. So here are 5 Insider Secrets For improving your betting strategies:
Insider Betting Secret #1: Blind-stealing
When you are in the dealer's position, and only you and the blinds are remaining in the game, a raise is often called "blind-stealing". This is because the blinds may fold, whereas if you didn't raise but simply called, the blinds would simply check. Its a good way to make a buck or two, but will never make you rich.
It's more of a way to end the game fast and have a new hand dealt with more players (and more money).
Insider Betting Secret #2: The Steal-Raise
If you are last to act and all players have checked to you, betting to simply limit the number of players or take the pot is called a steal-raise. Don't use this exclusively, as better players will be onto you quickly and begin check-raising against your (most likely) poor hand.
It is good to use a steal raise when you have an excellent drawing hand such as a nut flush draw. Players will tend to "check to the raiser". If you draw to your hand, you now have a larger pot to win. If you don't, you can always check, and hope the fifth card makes your hand.
That's enough for now - begin to master these strategies, and tomorrow I'll give you 3 more time-tested betting strategies that will put more money in your pocket.
"A small improvement over a long period of time will create dramatic results."
Insider Betting Secret #3: The Check-Raise
Check raising is checking to your opponent, with the intention of luring them to bet, so that you can raise them back. Your intention is to lure them into a false sense of security so that you can raise them and increase the pot (remember, after one bet is committed, its more likely they'll commit to two).
Insider Betting Secret #4: The Opener
This reckless move is often done by people who bluff.
It is when the person first to act raises, making all other players call two bets at once. Its intention is to limit the number of players. Basically, this move amounts to a backwards steal-raise. The effect will almost certainly cause many players to fold, but the ones remaining will either be equally aggressive or truly have a great hand. This is also known as betting for information. This tactic is best used with few players in on the hand.
Insider Betting Secret #5: Squeezing
Squeezing is a tactic only used in a short-handed game.
It's betting when you have a good hand currently, and you suspect another player or players may be on a draw.
For example, you have top pair with the best kicker.
Chances are they won't make their draw (be it a straight or a flush draw, etc). Your goal is to limit their pot odds.
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The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
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by BRAUN, Lilian Jackson
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I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since I gave birth to Bradley. All the milestones go so insanely fast and when other parents constantly tell you to cherish every moment they mean it. If you know me well, you know that I do and I am having the best time with him, while still managing to take on a lot of different projects myself.
I know this blog has been a bit sparse, however writing is something that I love and since I've taken on a lot of different projects this year that I can almost share, I am excited to say that I will be revamping JennyChats over the next few weeks so it's back on a more regular basis.
As we embark on Bradley's 2nd birthday, I'd like to share his top 5 favorite toys (as of today) with each of you.
xoxo, Jenny
- Vtech Touch Learn Activity Deluxe Our nanny got him this for Hanukkah this year and it's been a major hit since it arrived in our apartment. It comes with about 5 activity pages where Bradley can learn his ABC's, Numbers, Colors, Body Parts, etc. There is a separate activity pack that can be purchased to grow and expand his knowledge. Also how cute is that stool??
- Bruder Trucks. There are MANY options here at many different price points. One fun tip is that they are sold in Homegoods (for usually 1/2 the price) but over the past few months we have developed quote the collection. See here and here for some of our favorites.
- Anything Paw Patrol. With an upcoming birthday, we are pretty confident Bradley will be getting a lot of paw patrol items. He is obsessed. He knows all the pups names and watches it every chance he gets (usually from 7-8:30AM). We are even taking him with friends to see it live in March. This Paw Patrol Plane came yesterday from good friends of ours and we are already obsessed.
- Flap Books. I am a Usborne Books & More consultant so we have tons and tons of books. (More to come on that later) Bradley is s has a passion for learning at this age. We focus a lot on the alphabet, colors, numbers and shapes. These books are great for practicing! See here, here and here!
- We got a lot of 1st level power wheels last year for his birthday, which we knew he would need to grow into. Now that he is older he understands how to drive them a little better. This one is so adorable and a lot of fun to play with in the NYC hallway 🙂


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"The Joy Luck Cl Essay, Research Paper
In The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, many conflicting relationships are depicted, but particularly, the relationships between the four sets of mothers and daughters, who are the main characters in the book. There are Jing-mei Woo and her recently deceased mother Suyan Woo, Lena St. Clair and her mother Ying-ying St. Clair, Rose Hsu Jordan and An-mei Hsu, and finally, Waverly Jong and Lindo Jong. All of the mothers were joined by a common bond, and now, all of the daughters are joined as well. The mothers were linked through their horrible experiences in China, and by the Joy Luck Club, while the daughters were united by all having to grow up facing the fact that their mothers were raised with non-American values, and were now trying to pass them on to their unwilling American children. (As the girls grew up, all of them had some sort of ongoing conflict with their mothers. Two of these relationships in particular caught my attention.) Mrs. Woo and Mrs. Jong had been best friends for a long time. Despite this, their daughters were not, and this was probably a direct result of the fact that their mothers continuously urged their daughters to rise above the other one s accomplishments. This rivalry started early in the girls childhoods, and has lasted into their adult lives. When Jing-mei, or, "June", was a little girl, her parents purchased a piano, and started her into piano lessons. Mrs. Woo was convinced that Jing-mei could be anything that her mother wanted her to be; comparable to the likes of Shirley Temple, and most importantly, Waverly Jong. At first, June had every confidence in her quest to be a piano prodigy, but after a disastrous performance at a recital, she lost her faith, and decided never to play the piano again. "I assumed my talent-show fiasco meant I never had to play the piano again. But two days later, after school, my mother came out of the kitchen and saw me watching TV. Four clock," she reminded me as if it were any other day . I didn t budge. And then I decided. I didn t have to do what my mother said anymore. I wasn t her slave. This wasn t China."
This was probably the first time that June stood up to her mother, and maybe, the last. Unlike June s uncertain attitude concerning her talents, the young Waverly Jong had a seemingly unlimited amount of confidence in herself. At a very young age, she became a world class chess champion. She won countless trophies, and even got her picture on the cover of Life magazine next to Bobby Fischer. Regardless of these extraordinary talents, Waverly was soon overcome with the embarrassment caused by her mother s constant bragging of her. After a huge argument, in public, I might add, Waverly foolishly threatens never to play chess again. Her mother silently allows it. Soon Waverly decides that she d like to resume her short-lived chess career, but finds it impossible to continue where she left off. As an adult, Waverly has trouble directly communicating with her mother. She d been married to a Chinese man once, but gotten a divorce. When Lindo heard about the plans for the divorce, she hastily blamed all of the marriage problems on Waverly. Now that Waverly is seeing Ted, her mother seems not to approve, and so, since each time Waverly brings him up, Lindo changes the subject, Waverly decides to bring her mom up to the apartment they ve been sharing to try and hint towards the present situation. Even this didn t seem to reach her mother s unwilling mind. "But now, how could my mother not notice that we were living together, that this was serious and would not go away even if she didn t talk about it? She had to say something." Waverly would soon find out that her mother had known everything all along. Waverly finally saw the great power that her mother possessed over her, and both women realized how alike they were. By the book s end, the two pairs have come closer that ever. They ve come through some pretty hard times, but still managed to overcome what is probably the toughest of all barriers- clashing cultures. In getting over this major contrast, they were able to discover their similarities, and overcome their differences.
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