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By: Kass Morgan
Source: Traded
Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a high-stakes mission to recolonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. But they're haunted by their past and uncertain about the future. To survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again.
The 100 was really slow, but still interesting enough to hold my attention and keep me reading! I never felt like giving up and saying the hell with it. It was boring at times, but the thought of it getting better got me through and kept me reading.
One of the things that bothered me a lot was the 4 different POV's in this book. It was far too many! It was easy to follow the POV's with ease, but it was just too annoying. It felt like I was reading 4 mini story's about each person going through a similar situation as the previous POV was. This book also went back and forth from the present to the past, to show what happened to each of the 4 main characters, and what they went through in the past and what their going through now in the present. If this book had 1 or even 2 POV's it would of made a lot more sense, and would of been easier to get into and follow. I mean, I still don't understand why the author decided to use 4 different POV's?
Earth as long been abandoned after a nuclear war over 300 years ago. The remaining humans on earth were sent up to space to rebuild their community and population on a floating space ship. They have long adjusted to the harsh conditions and drastic change from earth to space. But many problems are starting to arise. Time in space has put a huge dent in their reserve of oxygen and supplies. With resources dwindling by the minute, and oxygen running out, they are given no choice but to go back to....EARTH!
Living on a spaceship in outer space has its limitations, with confined living areas, and hardly enough room for the remaining humans. So with not enough room for excess amounts of people, only limited number of babies are allowed to be born. Rules are strict and enforced to the maximum, "To Maintain The Safety Of The Rest Of The Human Population." They make examples out of the people that dare too break their rules, and are quick to execute, and rid their ship of the unworthy people.
At 18, all criminals are given a re-trial to prove that they are innocent. But almost always re-trial's are a failure, and pardons are not granted. So if that happens, they will be put to death on their 18 birthday.
With resources and supplies dwindling, they decide that these teenagers are worth more to them alive then dead, and are giving them a chance to be the first people to return to earth to make sure that it is livable again. And if these teenagers survive, they will be pardoned for their crimes and will have a chance at a fresh start at a new life on earth. But that's only IF they survive...
So 100 teenagers are sent to earth with limited supplies and resources, and are forced to fend for themselves. Things are not as they expected on earth. There are things that survived the nuclear war 300 years prior. Trees, plants, animals, and other living things they never would of guessed have survived. They have to learn not only how to adapt to new situations and living areas, but also how to live and trust each other if their going to survive.
This book had an amazing premise, but didn't live up to all the hype and my expectations. It just didn't have anything that I really cared about. Their really wasn't any action or anything going on that was interesting enough for me to stay up late to read. The characters didn't seem to have any personality. It was hard to connect with any of the 4 main characters, because as soon as I would start to get into a character and want to know more about a that person, it would change the POV, and when it came back to that person again, they were talking/going through something new. So I'm guessing if their wasn't so many different POV's it probably would of been easier to connect with them and/or care about what happened to them.
Another thing that really bothered me about this book was the ending. The last 4 chapters were about each of the main characters and at then end of each characters chapter, something extremely important would happen to the character, then it would abruptly change the POV. It was not like having a cliffhanger ending. It felt unfinished in my opinion. The last 4 chapters felt like we were in the middle of a sentence, then BAM the book was over. It felt like it ruined the whole book with that terrible ending.
I would recommend this book to anyone who's interested in teen drama and romance, versus action and survival. And anyone looking for a quick end of the world, living in space kinda read. But don't go into this expecting a fast-paced, action-packed thrill ride, because honestly you won't find it here, at least I didn't!
Overall, this book was slow, boring at times, but still had an unique interesting premise that kept me reading. I thought it was okay. I liked it, but didn't love it at all. I will be reading the next book in hopes that some of the flaws in this book is changed. And plus I need my unfinished ending answered!
3 Stars .
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US-China Trade War?
Furthermore, the reasons for protectionism never make sense. Historically, our economy is doing best when we have high trade deficits. Why? Because we are able to afford more goods -- including foreign -- when our economy is doing well. The period of our strongest trade surpluses was during the Great Depression, because the US couldn't afford to buy foreign goods. Trade deficits and prosperity or trade surpluses and depression? Tough choice. Instead of being seen as a negative, I actually see trade deficits as an economic positive, because of the other indicators associated with such.
I do, on the other had, have problems with China. China uses slave labor to create its goods (e.g., political prisoners) and it is a consistent violator of intellectual property rights. But it isn't in these areas that the US wants to punish China. Rather, it wants to put tariffs on goods that we know are subsidized by the Chinese governments. Let's see, China wants to help us get stuff cheaper? Isn't that the same as foreign aid? The US, meanwhile, wants to penalize our consumers who will suffer from the higher prices that the tariffs will carry. Furthermore, our struggling airplane builders that need cheap steel in order to compete internationally will probably have to layoff employees when the price of steel goes up after the tariffs go into effect. Trade wars don't happen in a vacuum, they happen in the real world with real consequences.
Furthermore, trade wars typically go both directions, with countries retaliating against each other, further negating any economic benefit to protectionism.
But protectionism also creates conflict. Frederic Bastiat (photo), the great economist, pointed out that "when goods do not cross borders, soldiers will." Many believe that the tariffs of the 1930s fueled the fires that lead to World War II.
Any question on what I feel about free trade? If the US is going to punish China for behaving badly, penalties need to relate to the specific areas of violation and not be some excuse to apply protectionist measures. The best ways to protect the US economy is to keep costs for consumers down, create a tax and regulatory environment in which our businesses can perform, and to make sure US businesses must compete in order to make the best products for the price These objectives are best pursued in an environment of free trade and not protectionism.
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The Date Report reports: On Feb. 14, 2014 (aka V-day) the Instagram account, My Talking Tinder, was created. The account pairs a talking track with Tinder users' pictures, making fun of what they chose to include in their profile.
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If you watched Ian Kennedy in his start the other day vs the Indians you were probably not very comfortable watching; I know I wasn't. I couldn't quite figure out why I was so squirmy, so I went to MLB.com and looked through his pitch-by-pitch - what I found was quite amazing and additional reason for optimism.
What made the start feel uncomfortable was the fact that Ian could not throw any of his secondary pitches for a called strike. When he did throw a curve or change the pitch was either a ball, or the batter made contact with it.
Of his 105 pitches, Kennedy threw 80 fastballs and 25 off speed pitches. Among the 25 off speed pitches there were 3 foul balls, 1 base hit and 3 ground outs. Of the remaining eighteen, sixteen (or 65%) were called balls...only 2 were either a called or swinging strike. TWO!
As a very good hitting team, the Indians had only to ignore everything but the fastball and they were a safe bet not to be burned.
There are 2 things we can take away from this data: 1. Kennedy needs to do a better job with his curve and change up, but more importantly 2. Even at 89-91, Kennedy's fastball is an exceptional pitch that can get big league hitters out even when they know it's coming.
I'm very confident that we will see Ikky able to get much more production from his curve and change than he did vs the Indians. Once he does the stud we all know he is will emerge.


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|Did you see what I did? Did you see it?
— Milworth's recording of him as a child
Daniel "Danny" Milworth was an Angel of Death-type budding serial killer, stalker, and abductor who appeared in The Caller.
Milworth was born on August 14, 1976, in Memphis, Tennessee, to an American man named Charles and a Romanian mail-order bride named Olga. Olga would be forced by a heavily abusive Charles to perform S&M with him and a prostitute named Luíza Gomes. When he was eight, Milworth had to watch his mother and Gomes be tortured by his father, who would also force him to videotape the acts. Eventually, in 1994, Olga couldn't take it anymore and tried to kill herself and Milworth by driving their car into a lake, but he escaped while she drowned. His father died of cancer two years later. As an adult, he was haunted by his childhood experiences, and he also became extremely religious, being particularly interested in mother figures like the Virgin Mary. While Milworth was a college student, he volunteered as a teaching assistant at an elementary school in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1998, he targeted one of the students in his class, Frankie Clayvin, who also had a Romanian mother named Nadia who committed suicide. As a result, he developed feelings of mercy for Frankie and also rage against his father Richard (who reminded him of Charles).
Eventually, Milworth began sending phone calls to the latter (starting around the one-year anniversary of Nadia's death), using recordings of a videotape of him as a child that his mother recorded prior to her suicide. After sending a few, Milworth then abducted Frankie on September 15 and killed him a couple of hours later. Richard was considered a suspect in Frankie's murder but was let go, although he suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of his second wife leaving him and had to be sent to a psychiatric facility, where Milworth called him one last time. Then, in 2000, he went to Arizona, where he abducted and tortured a prostitute on May 5, but was caught in the act and institutionalized for eleven years. During that time, Milworth was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and pathological embitterment. When he was released in October 2011, Milworth fled and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, to resume his teaching career under the alias of Burt Solomon before setting his sights on another student of his, Andrew "Andy" Taffert, in 2013, who also had an American father named Malcolm and a Polish mother named Lida, who did not commit suicide.
The Caller
After calling the Taffert family five times in a two-week span, Milworth abducts Andy in the middle of the night of November 25 and kills him before Lida even realized that he was missing. He then splashes pig blood all over the front door of the family home. Initially, Malcolm is named a suspect in Andy's disappearance due to his overprotective nature towards his son, the fact that he was never present when Lida received the phone calls and the fact that Malcolm's cellphone number was used to call the house. However, he is let go after Andy is found dead, and Malcolm experiences anguish over his son's death. The following night, Milworth follows Malcolm and Lida to a motel room when they try to escape the press, and he abducts the latter when she goes outside, intending to kill her as well to spare her the pain of being married to Malcolm. He leads one-half of the team to a forest where he leaves a decoy cell phone, while he remains at his house, where the other half of the team are. When Blake is separated from the rest of the group, Milworth walks out of a secret passage in the house and points a handgun at her while she is viewing his videotapes, but is shot in the back and killed by Reid before he can pull the trigger. Lida is later found tied up but alive in the same secret passageway.
Modus Operandi
"I'm gonna get you!"
Milworth targeted young Caucasian boys who both physically resembled himself as a child and had fathers who were American while their mothers were Eastern European; Frankie Clayvin was specifically targeted since his own mother committed suicide just like Milworth's did. His signature was calling the parent(s) using a phone number that was cloned from the fathers' cellphones for about two weeks. During the calls, Milworth would play recordings of a homemade video of himself and his mother, in which the dialogue would be played as a taunt; these recordings also had excerpts of videos he made of his parents performing S&M embedded in them.
Then, after making a few calls, he would lure out the boys (whom he already knew beforehand since they were students of his) by pretending to have a new video game for them. Frankie Clayvin was lured in while on his way home from school, while Andrew Taffert was lured from his home at night while his parents were asleep. He would take them into the woods, and kill them by strangling them with a nylon cord. In the case of Andrew Taffert, he left behind pig blood splattered all over the front door of his house as a reference to Exodus 12:13, which contains the quote: "I shall see the blood and pass you by." Afterward, he would contact the fathers again with another taunt. Because Andy Taffert's mother did not commit suicide, Milworth abducted her outside the motel she was staying at using a ruse as well, brought her to his home, tied her up, gagged her with duct tape, kept her in a secret compartment in the home, and intended to kill her, possibly by drowning (the same way his own mother died). He also abducted and tortured a prostitute, though the nature of this torture wasn't further elaborated on.
"I got you, didn't I?! I told you I would get you!"
Based on his victim choice, the unsub is likely a Caucasian male aged at least in his late 30s. The taunting phone calls reveal that the unsub is sadistic to the parents. The use of the young boy's voice means that he identifies in some way with the child. He could be seeking revenge for an injustice he suffered in his youth. In his mind, killing the children are mercy killings likely committed out of remorse, as evidenced by the fact that he is not torturing or sexually abusing them, and then posing their bodies post-mortem as if they are sleeping. He is technically skilled, so he may have a computer or engineering background. Based on the blood that was left on the Tafferts' door, he also may be an extremely religious killer. He was able to lure Andy Taffert in the middle of the night, which suggests he is socially skilled or he may know the victim's family. Both abductions occurred in a fifteen-year period, so he may have been overseas, incarcerated, or incapacitated during this time.
Real-Life Comparison
Milworth's signature of calling his victims' families to taunt them was inspired by Daniel Camargo, Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Moses Sithole, who all did the same thing. More elements taken from Miyazaki, in particular, were that both were child killers who strangled their victims to death, were technically skilled individuals, and made phone calls to the parents of their victims as a way to taunt them.
Milworth also has some similarities to the prolific serial killer and rapist Moses Sithole, a.k.a. "The South African Strangler". Both had stressors that involved the deaths of one of their parents, had occupations that gave them access to a pool of victims, took their victims to isolated locations and killed them by ligature strangulation, and even made taunting calls to the victims' families.
Known Victims
- Memphis, Tennessee:
- Unspecified dates: Richard Clayvin (stalked for an unspecified amount of time)
- September 15, 1998: Frankie Clayvin (Richard's son; strangled with a nylon cord; previously stalked for an unspecified amount of time)
- May 5, 2000, unspecified location in Arizona: Unnamed prostitute (abducted and tortured; survived)
- St. Louis, Missouri:
- Unspecified dates: Malcolm Taffert (stalked for an unspecified amount of time)
- 2013:
- November 25-26: Andrew Taffert (Malcolm's son; strangled with a nylon cord; previously stalked for an unspecified amount of time)
- November 27:
- Lida Taffert (Malcolm's wife; abducted and intended to kill; was rescued; previously stalked for an unspecified amount of time)
- Alex Blake (attempted to shoot with a handgun)
- Milworth seems to be similar to a few unsubs in the show's history:
- Season Two criminal Carl Buford. Both were killers who targeted young boys, killed their victims by strangulation, and had occupations that gave them access to potential victims.
- Season Two criminal Tobias Hankel. Both were Angels of Death and were shot and killed by Reid.
- Season Four criminal Claire Bates. Both were budding serial killers who abducted young boys, killed them by some form of asphyxiation, taunted the victims' parents by calling them, and were previously institutionalized for crimes they committed (Claire beat a woman and bit her ear off, while Milworth abducted and tortured a prostitute).
- Season Four criminal Hugh Rollins. Both were budding serial killers who targeted young boys, abducted a victim from his home at night, killed them by strangulation, and left their victims' bodies in the forests.
- Season Five serial killer Wade Hatchett. Both had stressors that involved the death of a female relative (for Milworth, it was his mother; for Wade, it was his wife); and M.O.'s that involved abducting victims in different states, killing them by strangulation, and then posing them post-mortem to appear as if they are sleeping.
- Season Six serial killer Robert Bremmer, whose back-story involved his wife and his stepdaughter dying after the former drove their car into a lake as a suicide effort. Both events would serve as the trigger for their respective killings.
- According to his Department of Corrections file, Milworth's Social Security Number is 128-00-1701.


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The Pastry Chef's Baking
My baking odyssey
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Restaurant Review: Comptoir des Crepes
Comptoir des Crepes
- lunch on January 2, 2014
Since we had been thwarted by not finding a creperie the night before, for our last meal in Paris, we knew we wanted crepes. Fortunately, the area near our hotel was known as Creperie Row so it was easy to find a crepe place before we picked up our luggage at the hotel.
Comptoir des Crepes lived up to its name by offering a variety of both sweet and savory crepes. In France, savory crepes are more commonly known as galettes. I had been used to thinking of galettes as the open-faced easy version of fruit pies, easier to make and more rustic looking. French galettes are savory crepes made with buckwheat flour while sweet crepes are made with wheat flour.
Thai galette
As with crepes, galettes can take any number of "fillings". My nieces went ethnic with galettes of a Thai and an Indian flair. I stuck to the more traditional with jambon, emmental and egg. I wasn't expecting the egg to be over easy and I normally don't like runny yolk but this was good. The galette was crisp without being hard and there's no such thing as bad cheese in France so the emmental was a good touch.
Galette with jambon, emmenthal cheese and egg
The galettes were also light enough that we had room for dessert crepes as well. Although, let's face it, we would've probably gotten dessert anyway whether we had room for it or not. When in Paris....
Banana and Nutella Crepe
Since I have a love for bananas and nutella, especially together, my dessert crepe was an easy choice. There's just something good about caramelized bananas paired with nutella that says "pick me! pick me!" My nieces wanted something different that they'd never had and normally wouldn't get at home so they got the Pistachio Cream Crepe. It was like a lighter-than-custard but heavier than foam texture, definitely tasting of pistachios, also a good choice.
Pistachio Cream Crepe
Comptoir des Crepes isn't very fancy but it serves good food at reasonable prices and is a good option if you're searching for crepes. It was a fitting ending to our sojourn in Paris before we headed back to London for our last day of vacation.
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The kids are in a new class, on Fridays. It's a "cultural" class, where they'll learn bits of other languages, do songs and dances and some yoga, and generally learn that all people are awesome. I'll be in there for at least the first class, but I think I want to stay the whole term - doesn't that sound so neat?
This means we'll have school on Tuesdays, gymnastics on Thursdays, and culture (not the real name of it, of course) on Fridays. Yay for routines, and less endless trips to the children's museum and aquarium.
Again, I feel like I'm left with nothing to say. There's a point to blogging, right? My brain is so full of V's classes, home improvement, craft plans, finances, and more... I'm pretty sure I deeply ponder things; I'm just not sure when or what.


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This is too funny. I have personally seen a lot of the things in this video happening in the street. I had myself a good laugh. Especially from the traffic and spelling mistakes, classic Egypt. Just realized there is music ( I usually have my speakers off.)
Here I felt bad for the donkey, but they really do use them like this.
And here's another one that doesn't surprise me. Alhamdulillah, no one was hurt.
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My Decade
The New York Times posted a collection of reader's photograph's from the past ten years and I spent some time scrolling through them this morning. It occurred to me that this has been my decade, my coming of age period, the one whose events created my adult personality.
At the start of this decade, I didn't have a cell phone. AIM Instant Messenger was just taking off. I didn't know what "high speed" internet, or blogs or wikis were. Even after I got a cell phone, it was for talking to people, not texting them.
Pittsburgh has gotten a lot shinier since then...I remember when the Waterfront shopping center was being built. M lived on Beechwood Boulevard, overlooking that lot, which was just an ugly Brownfield for a long time. One day, blindingly bright lights appeared as the movie theater and Giant Eagle opened. The Nabisco factory still filled the East End with the warm and inviting smell of cookies baking several times a week. All the old high rise projects are gone from that neighborhood and the factory is being renovated into luxury condos and high end retail. As the gentrification creeps through East Liberty and Garfield, I wonder where all the people are going who can't afford to stay in luxury condos, but I also hope that it creeps down Penn Avenue towards my little piece of the city.
In the year 2000, I, along with most Americans, could never have imagined the 9/11 attacks, but war has been the background buzz for nearly the entire decade. In the year 2000, you could still go and hang out past the security gates at the airport. Al Qaeda had been around for a while, probably at least 10 years, but none of us knew who they were.
M and I traveled around the country twice, driving well over 10,000 miles each time. We spent six months living in the woods as we thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. We downed malaria pills and went to Africa. Thousands of pictures and postcards and blog entries document these adventures. We were forever changed by each person we met along the way.
2009 was largely spent preparing for Laurel. Pregnancy overshadowed practically everything else from my 30th birthday party to the Rachel Carson Challenge. She will be 8 weeks old tomorrow, the first day of the new year. I imagine that Laurel herself will be a prominent fixture in the coming decade. It will be her milestones that mark the passage of time.
Happy New Year, readers.


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But where being a planner really comes into its own for me is when it comes to tackling revisions.
How the process normally goes for me is:
- Revisions letter from editor arrives
- A few moments of 'OMG, I am so crap and she hates my book' authorial panic
- Eat chocolate to calm self down
- Read letter properly (with highlighter pen to pick out the important points)
- Email ed to agree some points, argue case on others, and suggest compromise on others
- Do something else to keep myself busy while I wait to hear back (preferably not eating chocolate, or the scales will have something to say about it)
- Ed's verdict arrives, agreeing/arguing/compromising
… and then I can get cracking on the actual revisions process.
From the first draft, I keep an outline of my book in a simple table format (and update it as I go, because although I'm a planner I'm open to change if my characters tell me something more interesting halfway through). Column one gives the chapter number and where it is in the timespan of the book (eg day 1, day 15, 'several weeks later'); column two gives a very brief outline of what happens (i.e. plot points).
For revisions, I add a third column to the table, detailing what needs to be cut, what needs to be added, and sometimes what I'm going to move and where.
And then, instead of seeing a four-page letter from my ed and wondering where to start, I have a plan to work to. It's been broken down into chunks, so it's manageable. I can tick off the changes as I go and scribble all over my plan as I change things.
Scribble? Yes. At the moment, I do my revisions longhand – which has the added bonuses of stopping me having long email conversations with writer friends and keeping me off the internet :o) I type them up using 'track changes', and then print out any new scenes and revise them longhand, too.
Points to think about while I'm revising:
- Are the characters consistent? Can the reader identify with them/fall for them/understand their motivations?
- Enough emotional turning points and obstacles?
- Scenes in the right order? Would it be stronger if I moved them round? Or if I switched viewpoint?
- Who cares? (Have I gone off on a tangent/let my research show too much? – this one is my particular bad habit!)
And then, when I'm finished, that third column in my table can be cut and pasted as a note to my editor, explaining exactly what I've done and where.
How do you tackle revisions?
Kate's new Modern Romance, A Moment on the Lips, is out in shops right now in the UK (next month in the US), and she's thrilled that her new, has Vesuvius on the front cover! You can find out more about these books, and Kate, on her website (http://www.katehardy.com/) and her blog (http://katehardy.blogspot.com/)


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Friday, January 28, 2011
Upper Body Time
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Upper body workouts make me feel buff! I used to have a weak one until I started dedicating 1/2 my strength training to push-ups alone!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2011 at 7:36 PM
oh i love this johanna! strength training is so good for you. i really believe it does more for you than cardio. good for you! your workout sounds perfect :)ReplyDelete
What a fANNEtastic button you have there ;)ReplyDelete
i need to take my lead from you! i love cardio but not so much the strength training...although i know it's so good for you. keep up the good work! alternating days of weights and stretching is a solid plan!ReplyDelete
Have a great workout today!ReplyDelete
I love the cookbook section at B&N!ReplyDelete
I am loving Appetite for Reduction - just wish the salt content was better managed. There is nutritional info for every recipe though, so it is easy enough to adjust salt and miso and know how much sodium is in the recipe.ReplyDelete
My husband gave me Appetite for Reduction for Christmas because he knows I love Veganomicon - but I am a huge fan of checking out cookbooks from the library usually. It is a good way to preview them so to speak. Perhaps your library carries Happy Herbivore, which is a low-fat vegan cookbook as well.


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I wanted to tell all of you about my new sister. Her name is K. Before I met her I was really, really scared but I when I met her I wasn't scared anymore. We started playing and I decided I liked her. She called me Sissy and I told her that was ok. I'm really excited about being a Big Sister.
I think she's really cool. We look a lot alike. She is an ok kid. K likes to play to games with me and she likes to swim just like me. She's a good swimmer. ♥♥♥ Her favorite colors are pink and purple.
We've played in the pool all day yesterday and today. This afternoon we had a picnic by the pool.
Sometimes she gets on my nerves but I still want her to be my sister.
She's going to be my sister forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever. ♥♥♥
I'm grateful to have a sister.
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BTW, confirmed range of almost exactly 400 yards on a different shot with a can of pickled beets.
Anyway, I now return you to your regularly-scheduled randomness. [/on-topic]
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hehe see, heavy and relatively slow projectiles aren't that bad after all
If you can do 400 yards with a tumbling cylinder, think of the range with a streamlined subcalibre projectile...
Gasoline prices just hit a record in my country..eventhough we already held the worldrecord I believe.
1.78 euro a litre.
To put that in perspective:
That's about 8.94 USD/gallon...
I believe the excuse this time is that some Arab fell and needed a bandade.
Last raise was because some Egyptian cat had died.
Every time a Saoudi catches a cold the price goes up by 10 cts.
At least that's what out government is making us believe...
We can now retire at 67.
In some other countries thousands of people march in protest when their retirement age is raised to 57...
WTF man....
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Oh my friggin god stop being so awesome, that thing is pure kick ass. Most innovative and creative pneumatic that the files have ever come by!
Can't ask for a better compliment!!
Something I made for my girl friend.
Its about 2 inches big. I was thinking about drilling a small hole, and putting a chain through it so it can be used as a necklace, or possibly even putting a CZ diamond into it. (I have a few of them, so it wouldn't be a big deal...)
if it's two inches big you could certainly have done better!
don't give this to your girlfriend...
IMO stuff like this should be about 12 mm...
Its the only amount I had left... Remember though, its the thought that counts.
It is pretty small, I would say its actually about 1 inch, lemme actually measure it.
Edit, remeasured, and its just over 1/2"... Dunno why I thought it was 2 inch..
explains a lot!
I would practice some more
you can make very nice things with some experience!
I would just get a sheet of steel and start filing shapes into it, this way you can learn very fast and cheap...
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On Saturday we took the girls to an art festival. There wasn't much that caught the girls eyes, but they did want to take this guy home.
Mom and dad's (mostly mom's) musings on being the parents of twin daughters from China.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Disney Trip
Last week we went to Walt Disney World and stayed at a resort for the first time. We really wanted magic bands and for now staying at a resort is the only way to get them. We wound up staying at Port Orleans Riverside - which is according to Disney a moderatly priced resort. The price was higher than our usual place of choice - The Durury Inn - where we always get a suite - and much less spacious. But much of the appeal of a resort is all the amenities - which were quite nice, but not utilized by our family.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Chinese New Year Celebration - Better Late than Never
Here are a few photos from our FCC (actually Asia) as we have members with kids from Korea and Taiwan also .
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Helena woke to the sounds of the birds chirping outside the window and the cool morning breeze filling the room. Clearly the Major loved the outdoors.
"Vell, I see you're up bright and early. Did you sleep vell?"
Helena nodded. "Could--could I go outside today? It's so beautiful!"
The Major leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. "I don't see what harm it can do. I vould like some fresh air myself. Ada will come and bring you some breakfast and help you vith vhatever else you need. Vhen I am finished vith my breakfast, I vill come get you."
'And, Sir?" she hesitated as he opened the door.
"Yes? Vhat is it?" he replied rather impatiently.
"What about Max? Will I be able to see him?"
The Major gave her a withering look. "Vhat did I tell you just yesterday? Or have ve already forgotten? Do not speak unless I ask you a question first!" With that he slammed the door, and Helena could hear his footsteps moving rapidly down the hall.
Max sighed as he rolled over on the narrow cot in the small room he had been given. A small window high on the wall let in a bright beam of light. Max quickly made his bed, then paced the room.What will happen next? He was relieved to know that Daniel was here. Someone he could trust in all the confusion. Plus, Leisel will be more than happy to know that he's well and alive, though she will worry about him being in here. I can explain it to her when we got home. "If we get home" he whispered.
"Vell, are ve ready to go?" The Major walked into his room.To Helena's suprise, he actually had a smile on his face.
He walked over to the bed and bent down to pick her up. "Okay, vell then, lets go."
Gathering her in his arms, he took her out of the room and down countless hallways to the door. Helena smiled as the sun hit her face. Excited, she tried to sit herself up, but once again fell back as the pain shot through her.
"I've got you." The Major exclaimed. "Don't move."
Helena reluctantly let herself relax.
"I know you don't like me, but you can't fight me, and trying vill only hurt you worse."
"What are you? A mind reader?"
He chuckled. "My occupation is a Major in the Third Reich. But I've had plenty of time to study people."
As he was talking, they had entered a beautiful garden. Helena gasped as her eyes eagerly took in the red roses, white and yellow daisies, blue daffodils, and pure white lilies.
"Who would have thought there would be a place of such beauty here!" she exclaimed.
The Major sat her carefully down on a bench swing.
"Now you can rest here and get some fresh air. Is there anything you'd like?"
"Well, could I have some flowers?" At the Majors questioning look she hastened to explain. "To take back to the room and put on the table by my bed. It would brighten up the room so!"
The Major nodded. "Very well, I'll have someone pick a bouquet and take them to my office."
"Just one more question?"
He nodded.
'What's your name?"
At this his eyes once again hardened and the smile left his face. "That Is no concern of yours."
"And why not? You know my name, in fact, you seem to know everything about me! Would it be so hard to share something of yours?"
"If I vere you, I vould remember who takes care of you and learn to listen and obey him!"
"I don't have to obey you!"
He chuckled, a sinister chuckle, all of the earlier friendliness gone from his face. "Vell, you can't do anything vithout me, can you? Remember that." He glanced at his watch. "Ve've been out here for over fifteen minutes. It's time we go."
Immediately Helena regretted her outburst. Another day in the same room would be torture.
Once again, for the second time that day, the Major seemed to read her thoughts.
"But, I'm am not a tyrant. Ve can stop at the library on the vay back to my office and you can choose a book or two to read."
Helena sighed as she let the Major once again lift her. a book would be nice, much nicer than sitting all day doing nothing. But nothing, nothing could beat the outdoors and the fresh air. She took one last fleeting glance at the beautiful flowers as the Major carried her back inside.
"Will I be able to see Max?"
A look from the Major silenced her, and she resigned herself to another day alone. . .well not quite alone. As always, the Major would be there.
The Major cleared his throat. Helena sat on the bed, propped up on the pillows. Her face toward the window, a faraway look on her face. The book that was in her hand had fallen, unnoticed, on the floor.
At the sudden sound Helena jumped and turned toward the Major, who was standing with his arms crossed.
"I. . .I'm sorry. What did you say?"
"You have a visitor. Make it fast, we don't have all day.
"A visitor? Is this a hospital or a prison?"
The Major pretended not to hear as he opened the door. Max stood there, accompanied by Daniel.
"Wilhelm, thank you for bringing Max. I vill call you vhen we are done here to take him back to his room."
Wilhelm nodded and stepped back as the Major closed the door.
"Vell," the Major walked over to his desk. "I vill give you two a moment to talk, then ve can have a chat. I know how much ve all enjoy them."
Max shot him a glare as he walked over to the bed.
"Are you alright, Helena? Have they been treating you alright?"
"They? You mean the Major. The only other person I've seen is Ada, who comes and helps a couple times a day. Why does he insist on keeping me here? With him?"
"Well, I think part of it is that you know something. Something he can't let out. By keeping his eye constantly on you, he is assured that you can't tell anyone. Plus, you do need help with everything."
"Don't remind me!" Helena shuttered. "That's the worst part of it. I depend on him and Ada for everything. And he holds it over me. What have you been doing?"
"Sitting most of the day. Dani-- I mean Wilhelm got me some paper and I wrote our parents. I also was outside a little this morning. It's beautiful out!
Helena nodded. "That Major took me out a little this morning also. Did you see the flower garden?" She pointed to the vase of flowers on the small table. "These flowers came from there."
"No, I didn't see the garden, but if it was full of these flowers, I'm sure it was beautiful!" Max said, admiring the colorful bouquet.
"Do you like the flowers too?" The Major asked as he came and stood beside the bed.
"Max nodded, hesitantly. "Back home we have beautiful flowers gardens. Helena's mother especially plants a beautiful garden every year."
"Ahh, then that explains Helena's delight when she saw the flowers. Would you like to go out again tomorrow? Together? Or course it wouldn't be alone. I'd have to help Helena out and stay with you."
Inwardly Helena sighed. Never quite alone. Always the Major is there. she thought to herself. He's a Major. Doesn't he have anything more important to do then babysit me?
"That would be nice." Ma answered the Major, looking at him with eyes full of curiosity. Don't worry. He'll be back to his mean old self in a few minutes. Helena thought with disgust.
"As for our little chat. Ve all know that Austria is now part of Germany. But some," he looked pointedly at Max,."Some of us do not accept that and have to be dealt with by the Third Reich. That small secret is one only you know. And that is the reason you stay here. And will stay here, until once again there is peace in Austria."
Max clenched his fists as he inwardly felt a sudden anger at the Major. It was the Major's fault they were here, the Majors fault they were captured.
"Don't get upset." the Major said in a soothing voice as he noticed Max's fists. "You vill be vell cared for. After all,. haven't you been vell cared so thus far?"
"And what about our family?"
"They are being taken care of as vell." With that, the Major stood and opened the door. "Come vith me, Max. I vill take you back to your room."
"What about Wilhelm? I thought he was supposed to take me back."
A flash of anger showed in the Major's eyes. " I vill say vhat goes. Now come."
Helena looked listlessly out the window. It had been and hour since the Major met with Max, and he had still not returned. Not that it would have made much difference, he just had never been gone this long before.
Suddenly the sound of footsteps sounded in the hallway. Helena listened carefully. Yes, it was the Major, but he wasn't alone. There was another pair of footsteps. Helena strained to listen the their voices as the stopped outside the door.
"Half the families are gone. Someone warned them of our plans."
Another new voice answered. "Do you think it could be the children?"
The Major's chuckle was unmistakable. "Which one? Helena, who can't move without help or Max, who failed utterly at his assignment to warn them in the first place?"
The other man sighed. "I suppose your right. Then there's only one other explanation. Someone here isn't on our side and he's transferring information to the enemies."
"Remember, Franz. Ve are not at var yet.
"I know. BUt they are enemies of the Third Reich, and that's the only explanation that makes sense."
The Major agreed." Ve'll start monitoring everyone tomorrow. He must be caught, at all cost."Daniel! He must be warned! But how?
"How soon will Max be out?" Helena asked as the Major set her down on the plush green grass. Breakfast was over and the sun was shining brighter then ever,
"Soon. I sent someone to get him."
As the Major spoke, a Captain appeared with Max.
"Thank you, Franz. I trust everything is going well?"
"Yes, examinations are underway, sir."
Helena froze as she heard his voice. This was the man who had been with the Major yesterday.
The Major drew Franz away from Max and Helena as they continued their conversation. Taking advantage of the time without the Major's ever-watchful eyes, Helena motioned to Max, who had taken a seat beside her.
"We must warn Dainie!" she whispered. "They know there is a spy and they are monitoring everyone! He mustn't do anything."
Max sat up, a shocked look on his face. "It may be to late! Daniel told me yesterday that he was working on a way to get us to our parents. Everyone who was warned is planning on crossing the border into Switzerland next week, then they are heading to France."
"Next week? Why not now?"
" 'Conditions aren't right' is all that he said. But our parents won't leave without us. Daniel said it may take weeks. so they're not planning on going. They are staying with some Daniel's parents."
"Daniel can't try to help us now!" Helena whispered fiercely. "He must wait!" Suddenly Max brushed a finger across his lips. Immediately Helena fell silent.
". . .Hitler has plans, big plans, for not only Austria, but for Czechoslovakia, and Belgium as vell. Ve can't fail in our assignments here."
The Captain nodded. "I'll make sure it's done, Major Ramond."
"And I vhant a report vithin the week."
"Once again the captain nodded. As he turned to Walk away, Ramond stopped him. "One more thing. Get Wilhelm to help you on this. He hasn't been here for too long, but I trust him. In fact, he's about the only other person I trust other than you. We can be assured he isn't the informant."
"Excuse me sir, but how can you be sure?"
"I am the Major here! I don't answer to you!"
"Yes, sir. Do you still want him monitored?"
"Yes, but only for a day or two and only because of protocol."
Helena leaned over a whispered. "Why does he think he can trust Daniel?"
"Daniel said he knew Major Ramond in Munich. They used to be friends and they entered the army together, but then something happened between them. "
"But that doesn't make much sense. Why do we know him as Daniel and Ramond knows him as Wilhelm?"
"Helena, think. Haven't you noticed anything different about Daniel?"
Helena gave him a puzzled look. "He's the informer?"
"Think, Helena! His hair is darker, and his name? Daniel is a jew. He was adopted when he was just 5 and his parents gave him the German name Wilhelm. Only his family, my family, and now you know his real name."
Helena sat back, shocked. "Wow, a jew working inside the Reich?"
Helena sat back, shocked. "Wow, a jew working inside the Reich?"
Max gave her a warning look. "No, Helena. Wilhelm is the son of a respectable German family, and he is a respected lieutenant in the Third Reich. That's the end of it."
Helena nodded.
"Vell, what have you two been talking about?"
Helena and Max turned instantly.
"Uh, just. . .home." Helena answered. Did he hear anything we were saying.
"Home? And vere is home for you two?"
"You already know that. Where do you live?" Max inquired.
The Major sighed as he sat down beside them. "My family used to live in Munich, but a couple years ago we moved here, to Innsbruck. "
At the same time as Daniel's family. Helena thought.
"Can I pick some flowers?" Max asked. "For Helena." He was quick to explain at Ramond's questioning look.
"Vel, she already has plenty back inside. But I'm sure a few more vould be alright." He hastened to add as a look of disappointment spread over Helena's face."
"Which ones are your favorite?" Max asked turning to Helena.
"Why don't we play a game." Helena said, her eyes full of mischief. "I'll choose a flower, then you go and guess which one it is."
Ramond gave Helena a knowing grin. Helena shook her head slightly, motioning him not to say anything.
Max, who hadn't noticed the exchange, smiled. "Okay." He hurried over by the daisies. "These?"
He crossed the garden and pointed at the roses. These?"
Helena shook her head. "Nope."
Six flowers and six "no's" later Max walked back to Helena.
"Is there some other flowers I can't see?"
At this Helena laughed, and , to both Helena and Max's surprise, the Major laughed as well.
Max, finally catching on, joined in. "Okay, okay." he said when he caught his breath. "It was a good joke."
Helena turned to Ramond. "How did you know what I was doing?"
" I used to do that to a friend of mine a long time ago." Then the smile left his face. "Ve've been out here long enough. It's time to go back in."
"Please, can Max just pick a few flowers?" Helena implored.
"Vell, he must be quick. He vould have more time if you hadn't played the joke on him." The way he said was as though he was scolding her.
Helena kept quiet and let the remark pass. She had spent enough time trying to figure Ramond out. He was simply a mystery. As he bent lifted her into his arms, Max returned with the flowers.
"Those are beautiful!" She exclaimed as Max handed her the daisies."Of course, just about any flower here is beautiful."
They went back inside and Ramond lay Helena down on the bed, then left to get a vase for the flowers.
As soon as Ramond left, Max hurried over to the desk and shuffled through the papers.
"Max! What are you doing?"
"Looking for anything about the 'plan' He talked about." Suddenly he stopped as his eyes quickly read the paper laying in plain sight.
"Helena! He gasped. "We must get out of here before this happens!"
"What? What is it?"
"Everything Hitler has said is a lie. He is planning to take over Czechoslovakia and Belgium, and everything here will change. Austria will change. And Helena. The jews. He's getting rid of the jews!"
"Daniel! What will he do?"
"He will be fine. Wilhelm isn't a jew. He's a German citizen." Max sternly reminded her. "And that's the way it must always stay, do you hear? Always!"
The intensity in Max's voice startled Helena. "Alright. He's Wilhelm, a German lieutenant."


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Will The Zimmerman Trial Go The Way We Think Or The Way We Hope?
George Zimmerman's trial for the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin begins tomorrow morning. While it took a lot of organizing, protesting, letter writing, and intensity to even get to this point (recall that Zimmerman was initially released from police custody without having been charged), will we really feel vindicated if a trial without a conviction is all we get?
This is an important question. Think of the names of the people, our people, who died or were brutally attacked under similar circumstances. Rodney King. Amadou Diallo. Sean Bell. Oscar Grant. How many of us were satisfied with the results of those trials? The only time in recent memory that a trial ended fairly was in the Danziger Bridge shootings in New Orleans, and that was after years of investigation following the first verdict.
Unfortunately, there is a real chance for this case to turn out to be more of the same. It may seem that momentum and public unrest and even the fear of rioting are on our side, but in all of the cases named above, our justice system showed us how much it cares about what we think of its rulings, verdicts, and sentences.
Despite the anguish this kind of realization can cause, all we can do now is watch and wait. The jury of six women – five white, one a minority – has been selected. Pretrial motions have been filed, and now it's time for testimony, evidence, and the whole nine.
Things to look out for as we watch this trial are:
- A very confident, albeit misguided, defense team. Recall that Zimmerman first asked for, then rejected, a Stand Your Ground hearing. This means that at some point he decided he wanted to be tried in front of a jury and believes he can win.
- Demonizing characterization of Trayvon Martin. The defense is likely to try to convince the jury (especially when one considers whom that jury consists of) that Trayvon was an aggressive, scary, confrontational thug. Unfortunately, his parents will have to sit there silently while these things are said or implied about their son.
- Evidence about robberies in the neighborhood. Several crimes had been committed or attempted in the neighborhood where the shooting took place in the days leading up to it. Most of them involved young black men. Blogs and publications would eventually report on this as if this made it OK for a young black man to be suspected of criminal activity based on his mere presence, to be overzealously pursued and killed. Will the defense make the same case and if so, how receptive will the jury be? At least four of the six jurors are mothers. They might be able to relate to someone who claimed to be protecting his family and his neighborhood.
Hopefully, by the time both sides have rested their cases and the jury has deliberated, there will be justice for Trayvon, and for a group that grows increasingly suspicious of and enraged at our justice system with every marginalizing decision.


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thouman9999 wrote:I know your probably aware of the big rush to trade enchanted treasure cards before the update, but what are you going to do about cards players have already aquired?The biggest solution i see for now is to just perm. delete all of the ones not lingering in a sideboard right now, this should destroy most of the cards you did not want them to gain.
tburkman wrote:How about we CONTINUE to be allowed to make treasure cards using keen eyes, accurate, etc. because this is a very FUN thing to do and honestly, how often do we pull out a treasure card? Every once in a while maybe?It is a fun thing to do with friends (trading them) and adds a little bit of work to do to get them. Look, you still have to go BUY keen eyes and others at library or bazaar so your gold is being spent.It is a GAME and taking this away (I guarantee) will cause you to LOOSE players. I myself heard about this the other day (I have a LIFE Grand and am working on a Storm Grand in time for Celestia) and I am a loyal subscriber....I really thought about two reasons I MIGHT quit playing, and this was one of them.The other , to be dead honest is this PET realm that seems geared for a MUCH younger audience. That's cool, games move in different directions and I applaud Kings Isle for choosing this younger route to intice young players. My 7 year old is very excited about it, but she also loves WebKinz and McWorld, and Club Penguin, all of them...ugh.I would have been MUCH happier to see more effort put into another WORLD like Celestia...we need more worlds to play in the spiral. That is what made this game what it is...not by taking things away from the players (ability to craft cards) and merging pets together (which has not worked for ANYONE I have asked who has been in the test realm BTW). So I am not convinced, but I like some of the games I will give you that. The excitement of a new area is very good.Please DON'T take our ability to make treasure cards away! What does it hurt anyway? Keep it fun- it is a game after all. Thanks!
pucci1 wrote:i find this very upsetting as well. i loved the game until the updates (pet - insanely expensive to hatch and no trade tcs) came. i had several wiz and some of them cant heal and so i usually have satyrs on their tc deck. it seems my only option right now is to buy back all training points again just to get the heal. I think that using tc made the game more interesting. KI could have just limited or ban use of it in arena but not remove enchanted tc trade all together. People only complained about it in arena anyway. My subscription will end this week and at first i was excited to renew it because of the updates. But now, it seemed the update just made me want to stop playing for a while until KI offers something better or fix it.
xxmajorwoody wrote:Good Idea, was tired hearing " TRADING CARDS " each time i went shopping. BUT some of us Prep for battle with enchanted cards in our side deck. there should be an easier way to make them. I bet the people at wizard 101 have never spent time trying to make enchanted cards while every person on unicorn way jumps into your fight to show you there storm bat spell ( while your prepping your side board with dragons ), everyone knows what I mean. It just make you just want to ........... ( the dots pop up here too i see ). Please if you are going to take away the trading of spells you can't use, make it easier for us to use the ones we can.
Johnist wrote:Or you could just start crafting your Sprites, Pixies, and Satyrs, and stop whining about it... How about that?Pets are expensive to hatch because that keeps them from being all over the spiral, as KingsIsle will be losing money in the GIFT CARD department, since Gift Card pets can be hatched out of the Hatchery for in game gold...
pucci1 wrote:I cant help but think that banning enchanted tc trade is a direct result of complaints about abuse of it in pvp (chain stunning, bolt, beguile). Only solve it for bolt. Others u can still buy it in bazaar. Before if u want to pvp (and you will if u r a grandmastr with nothing else to do), ur only requirement is to train up to tower shields. Now, if u still want to do pvp and want to rank up, you NEED to train in BOTH ice for tower shields and life for satyr (unless of course ur happy with a pixie heal -). This update just CHANGED the whole game. Mutated cards cant be even traded anymore. For storms, mutated lightning elves are game changing. Most people have A LOT of shields against storm. Why bother with mutated cards if you cant use it? Fire wiz wouldnt use lightning elves. I notice that a lightning elve pet can be redeemed in arena but how likely is it that u can get that one card when you need it? People who leveled up multiple wizards for the purpose of trading cards bet each characters are in a huge disadvantage if they chose their second and third school not thinking about this poor update. A better update could have been: 1. no stuns and other abused spells available in auction 2. limit the use (or ban it if u must) of enchanted tc fr other schools in pvp ONLY (not many people use enchanted cards from other schools in PVE -- too pip consuming). Banning enchanted tc trading is the easiest program to do. Its like if u have a problem, just get rid of everything. It is not the most effective or appealing solution to players.
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text: The measure of quality of any episode of Saturday Night Live hinges upon the cold open, the monologue and Weekend Update. If two out of three of those are strong, and they've even got a couple of above-average sketches or commercial parodies, it's a good episode. And my advice to Lorne Michaels and Seth Myers--if they think they're having an off week--put the FOX & Friends parody in the cold open. And if I could give advice to Taran Killam, Steve Doocey is just as dumb as Brian Kilmeade, so dumb it up some more!


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As we ate, he explained a situation where he almost got into a fight recently. It wasn't a terribly unique scenario. In fact, were I in his position, I would have done the exact same thing – perhaps with less delicacy than he had handled it. Somebody had attempted to do something inappropriate to a friend, and he had stuck up for her, suggesting that the guy leave now before there was any trouble, but then getting more unpleasant when the guy didn't.
"I always try to avoid fights," he told me. "First of all, I hate being punched. It hurts. I'd rather be shot. Gunshots just sting [he knew that from experience], and then they dope you up with morphine and you don't feel anything. Well, sometimes. But anyway, I just don't like to get hit." But he also didn't like getting into fights, either. Not so much because they were unnecessary violence (sometimes they aren't), but because he worried about himself.
"Here's the thing: I try to be diplomatic for as long as I can, but then, probably after being too nice for too long, I just snap. And then, I don't want to throw punches, I want to actually kill him. So if I start hitting him, I'm not going to just stop when he's down. I'm going to finish him off. I guess I'm not really afraid of my rage or anything, but I respect it. I know what it could do."
I asked him if it was rage, or if it was training, which was my first hunch.
"Yeah, good point. It's probably training. It's what we're trained to do. Kill them. Eliminate the threat. Neutralize the target – or whatever you want to call it."
In Marine Corps boot camp, we had been taught a number of martial arts moves where you get the person on the ground, but then always end with a killing blow. Not breaking the neck or anything pretty like that, but actually a boot stomp to the face. And it was always (at least in training) delivered as a double stomp accompanied by two loud, "Marine Corps" shouts. During training, we thought it was beyond lame. In fact, I still think it is. But it stands that these were the first moves we learned in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. And lame as it may have been, it stuck.
What he did not stay, however, was that these tendencies (and the associated fear of them when we're not supposed to "need" them) aren't so much training as they are consequence of practical application. Meaning this: once you've been in combat, you realize just how easy it is to kill somebody. It sounds horrible, but it's a fact. With proper conditioning, only some of which comes from military training and the rest coming from social conditioning in our culture, the mechanisms that would normally innately tell us that this is to be avoided are easily, and perhaps permanently disabled. To him, and many others, killing is still easy.
I have never feared for my safety around him, not just because he's a nice guy, but because I also know that he is fully aware of what he is capable of doing, and therefore works hard to ensure that he doesn't do it. Nevertheless, the abilities still remain, and they're something he monitors closely. He's not a murderer, or particularly violent. None of us are. We just know how to use violence to accomplish things. And the reality is that the ability – though carefully controlled, still exists.
In fact, I don't consider him any more dangerous than any other guy I know, and nor do I consider myself dangerous. We may not be exactly well-adapted civilians, but we aren't lunatics, killers, and criminals. We were warriors once. That's all, and the skills, and perhaps the character itself, persist s long after our part in the conflict has ceased.
I'm almost afraid to write this, since it paints him, and others, and perhaps even me as a threat to the security of society. Yet it was society that we swore to protect – and in many way still do now. We're latent. Sleepers, if I can borrow the expression from terrorist cells. But we're not criminals. And if I convey nothing else, that's what I want to stick with people. Don't fear us. Help us adjust.
What I have wondered personally, and I know others have as well, is if these abilities or tendencies ever go away. I'm sure they're tempered with old age, poor health, and weight – since a 400 pound man on a motorized scooter isn't going to be doing much, for example. But the mentality may still be there. I'll bet that if I asked a Vietnam vet, he'd tell me that it never goes away. You just learn to live with it, and certainly don't act on it. Ability means nothing. Character means not exercising that ability – at least until a situation absolutely requires it.
Perhaps the better question is this: do we really WANT these abilities to go away? In some regards, I don't think so, since they kept most of us alive once, and are now still useful in harrowing situations. Yes, it may mean that we battle with ourselves in subdual for the remainder of our days, but I'd much prefer that than to ceding the mentality and living instead in fear or paranoia. I don't think anybody should ever live in fear. We do not, but that shouldn't necessarily be hinged on the capacity to kill. Such reasoning is a full reliance on self, not trusting God at all.
Yet even in this, as difficult as it may be individually for him, me and others to constantly have an internal struggle to not act in a way that now comes naturally, our presence, I firmly believe, benefits the nation. When calamity strikes, whether it be terrorist attack, natural disaster, riot, or just a situation requiring the use of delicate negotiating skills, veterans are probably best equipped to handle it. They know how to lead, to hold up under pressure, and if a terrible scenario arises where action must be taken, they can handle that, too.
For the same reason, the country is safer from foreign attack. We would be a highly successful insurgency. The men and women with the skills to accomplish a mission with little regard to personal safety. The dormant warrior, simply waiting on his war. Due to training, due to conditioning, and due to experience, we're still ready, and we're still able. Yet for the time being, however, our skills have no place. They just sit there, and rear their ugly heads when we least desire them to. We were of great use at least once to our nation, however, and we may still be again. Just don't piss us off, I guess.
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Article: [Official] Sung Yuri reps, "Quiet preparations for private marriage with golfer Ahn Sung Hyun"
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7. [+327, -7] I've liked her since her FinKL days... So glad to see her get married and even give to charity. Have a happy life ^^
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Monday, April 29, 2013
As some of you may know, I am in a fantasy baseball league that my son Josh organized. Every week of professional baseball is a game for the league. My team has a record of 0-4. Last week's game was a heart breaker. I was ahead 337 to 336 and my opponent had one player still active in the evening game. Of course that player was the Detroit Tigers' slugger Prince Fielder. He singled in his first at bat which tied the score. His second at bat he made an out. His last at bat was a walk and I lost. ON A STUPID WALK!!! UGH!!!
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Karen and I will be off at O dark thirty in the morning next Wednesday to attend my son's college graduation. We will spend the weekend with Brian and his family and then spend a few days exploring Florida. Then back to Brian's for the following weekend before heading home on Wednesday the 15th. Really looking forward to this trip.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Good news - bad news. The good news - I received my Abbey bobble head doll in the mail today. The bad news - it was damaged. Both her legs are broken. Back she goes I'm afraid.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
I can't believe what I saw this morning. There was a pursuit that channel 5 news was following with the CHP following a stolen vehicle in Thousand Oaks. The suspect vehicle makes a right turn at an intersection and the CHP unit does a PIT maneuver causing the suspect vehicle to lose control and collide into the center divider. The CHP unit ends up hitting the suspect vehicle again and comes to a stop facing the suspect vehicle.
Nothing unusual so far right?? Then the officer from the CHP unit that just did the PIT maneuver gets out of his car and approaches the suspect vehicle and points his weapon at the suspect thru the passenger side window!!! Now it's been almost ten years since I've been in a police car, but hasn't the CHP learned how to do a felony car stop yet?? Unbelievable!!! Here's the tape. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-police-chase-thousand-oaks-20130419,0,1786801.story
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Happy Birthday wishes go out to my son Corey who turns 25 years old today. He'll be heading out this evening to work security at the Coachella music festival this weekend. Happy Birthday Corey!!
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There are so many stories of heroism at the Boston Marathon bombings. This is the story of 15 active duty soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard who walked the entire Boston Marathon in fatigues, boots, and carrying 40 lbs packs on their backs. They did this to honor fallen comrades and raise money for charity.
It took the group about eight hours to complete the course, which put them at the finish line when the bombs went off. 1st Sgt Bernard Madore, who served two deployments in Iraq said, "I've seen bombs go off. This was by far one of the most horrific scenes."
The group quickly sprang into action pulling down the fence to allow access to the victims. Members of the group pulled debris off of the victims, and is one case, removed burning clothes from one victim. They assisted in preparing victims for triage and later stood guard at the scene until relieved by law enforcement personnel. Each one a true hero!!!
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Pretty day for a bike ride. Two fig 8's around Puddingstone Lake and Brackett Field added up to 18 miles. As you can see, the sky was bright blue and the temperature was in the low 70's.
It's a nice change of pace ride with lots of hills and dirt paths to negotiate. There's even a small stream to cross. Just around the bend in the above photo was a tree that fell across the path, so I had to squeeze around that.
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Bombs at the Boston Marathon. Three dead, over one hundred and seventy-six wounded. The news is now saying a suspect has been arrested from surveillance videos from the area where the second bomb was left. Waiting to hear who he is and why he did this.
NO WAIT!!! At 11:30 am on Wednesday CNN is saying that no one has been arrested. "The situation is very fluid. There has been a misunderstanding." LOL
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New Zealand has become the 13th country to legalize same-sex marriage. Prime Minister John Key is quoted as saying, "In my view, marriage is a very personal thing between two individuals, and in the end, this is part of equality in modern-day New Zealand.
The sponsor of the bill, Louisa Wall added, "in our society, the meaning of marriage is universal - it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person. Nothing could make me more proud to be a New Zealander than passing this bill."
I couldn't agree more. I'm looking forward to the day when the US will become "modern-day."
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
I'd like to be a witch. 'Cept for the cat part. Probably blow myself up. Just finished reading a novel about a witch entitled, "Shadow of Night" by Deborah Harkness. It's the second of three. The first is entitled "A Discovery of Witches." I'm anxious for the third book to come out. The second book takes place in 16th century England with Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare to name a few. I recommend both books very much.
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Happy Birthday wishes go out today to my son Josh who turns 27 years old today. Which is quite strange because I just turned 28 in February. We will pass next year!!
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a) Don't really know much about our actual situation or ability to purchase a house.
ORb) Think they have a good idea about what the real estate market SHOULD look like, but don't have any actual information on the real estate market HERE.
I've been hearing a lot of, "You should NEVER pay more than the list price on a house." OR "You should NEVER be the one to replace the carpet in the house--the seller should ALWAYS do that." OR "Aren't you a little young to be buying a house? Don't you want to make sure that you actually stay married first?" People, generalizations are the devil. Don't tell me that I shouldn't do something because your cousin's best friend's boyfriend's sister ended up getting foreclosed on for doing the same thing we're doing--first, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that maybe you might not know the whole situation with your cousin's best friend's boyfriend's sister. And I'm also going to go out on a limb and say that you PROBABLY aren't really familiar with our personal finances either. Therefore, you PROBABLY don't have any reason to give your opinion on this matter.
Isn't it ironic, dontcha think?


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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Finding Purpose: Joy
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- Jackie said...
Thank You!
- February 5, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Colleen Kole said...
There is a sense of guilt associated with all this creating. It takes time. But without using my hands and creating, I wouldn't be. And those hands were given to us from the Creator of all -thanks for reminding me of that.
- February 5, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Thanks for sharing. I deeply soaked in these words today and they restored my sense of desire to work on my journal projects. I really needed this message today... you were like an angel voice sent to waken up my distres and put it into words of how I could destress. Off to play in my journal for awhile...
- February 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Lisa said...
I love Pres. Uchdtdorf! This talk is one of my favorite of his. His talks are always so encouraging and uplifting. I am delighted to find that we share the same religion as well as the love of creating. Your book and blog have been very uplifting to me. Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing!
- February 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM


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I have really been missing blogging lately and I hope you have been missing me too! I actually get emails asking for another blog which is really flattering and exciting! This little blog is just what is going on in my mind, my heart, and my life! I have been so so busy with my new business but really want to make time for EVERYTHING I enjoy in life…is that possible???
The thing I enjoy the most is my family! My kids and husband top that list! Growing up I didn't have a strong family unit and it is something that I really want for my kids! I am not sure where the downward shift in parenting occurred but I have been on the receiving end of some "looks" and "comments" while out with my kids and it leaves me wondering why people are so turned off….here is just one of my stories…
The other day a girlfriend of mine and I were out with our kids. A total of 4 of them…2 each…certainly not the poster child for procreation but definitely the antithesis of abortions and no children families! We walked in to Jimmy John's for a quick bite before heading to the park…GASP...taking our children out in public, actually spending time with them and not placing them in front of a TV or game system all day must be against the law based on the looks we were getting! Not to discriminate but the looks were coming from "older" individuals. People who surely, if they were willing and able, had children and possibly grandchildren of their own! As we were standing in line I felt like someones stares were burning a hole in me. I turned around to see an older gentleman with his eyes locked on me…I ignored it, placed my order and turned around to see him glaring at me. In true Teresa fashion I shot him the biggest smile I can muster to prove to him that his glares do not bother me….he mumbles under his breath and looks away!!! I grab drinks and walk by his table and give him another smile as he says "don't you think you have your hands full"…I am not saying this is a negative comment but it certainly didn't seem like an encouraging one….what I wanted to say is "what's your point" but what I said is something that I had carefully crafted when I received this comment often while Leif was deployed. "I do have my hands full…and they are full in the best way possible"…He didn't say a word and I continued on. As I picked up my order I turned around and there he was…super close with an indescribable look on his face…."you are right" he said. "Excuse me?" I said…."you are right, your hands are full in the best way possible" He then went on to tell me that he was from San Diego, the best city in the world he added, but his grandkids live here…."So guess where I live?" he said! You guessed it….HERE. Close to the grandkids!
I think he knew that his looks were judgmental and in fact, so were his comments, but he was sure to tell me this…"I like how you said that. Your hands are full in the best way possible. You are right. I never thought of it that way but I agree". I certainly stood a little taller when Aiden climbed from one booth to the next on the nasty floor, and Easton took a huge bite of food and then spit it on the table! These boys keep me busy, the keep me active, they keep my hands full but most importantly they fill my heart and my life with more joy than I could have ever imagined!!! Everyday isn't easy but everyday is definitely worth it!!!


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When your child errs, express disappointment, then ask the child "What should we do?" Only if those too rarely work, use rewards and/or punishment, but never corporal punishment--that only teaches the child that violence is an appropriate response.
Is Facebook worth your time?
If you wonder why someone gets so much more done than you do, ask if you might shadow him/or her for a few hours.
On the continuum from parasite to host, where are you? Want to change?
Losers think, "What's the least amount of work I can get away with?" Winners think, "How can I get as much done as possible?"
My oft-repeated favorite tip: When I asked my dad, a Holocaust survivor, why he rarely talks about the Holocaust, he said, "The Nazis took five years from my life. I won't give them one minute more. Martin, never look back; always look forward." We've all had bad things happen to us but nearly all the successful people I know refuse to wallow. They always ask themselves, "What's the next positive step I can take?"
Leadership is making time when there's no time.
In meetings, sit in The Focus Spot: where the person you most want to impress usually looks, usually a bit left or right of straight-ahead.
Even my highest-level clients (e.g., Fortune 50 C-level execs, physicians, big-time lawyers) so appreciate praise.
The most important thing a good manager does is take the time to recruit the bright and intrinsically motivated.
To motivate your supervisees, inspire and praise more than use money and formal evaluations.
Anchor your talk's core ideas with a compelling story and memorable visual. That will up your talk's chances of staying in the audience's brain and thus of changing their behavior.
Judd Apatow: "I am always driven by the terror of humiliation. My shrink calls it unhealthy but she can't argue with its effectiveness."
Don't innovate; replicate. Find a successful business and copy it. For example, I'd find some busy food trucks and incorporate their best features into mine, of course, placing mine in a great location.
Some low-risk business ideas:
- Clean out people's garages and basements. Once you have the system down, hire and train others to do the work. You build the business.
- Buy an apartment building that has been ruined by the tenants. Rehab it and sell it.
- Plant and remove "For Sale" signs for Realtors. Again, once you've learned how to do it well, hire others to do the work. You build the business.
Ask yourself, "Is it worth trying to change the world, with results unlikely and/or invisible, or be, for example, a haircutter, where you constantly see positive results of your efforts?
In choosing a career, if you want to consider the job market, don't focus on what's hot. A better question is, "What's the supply/demand ratio of job seekers in this field?" For example, solar engineering is hotter than petroleum engineering but far fewer people aspire to the latter, so it may be easier to find jobs in that field.
A photographer client of mine said, "I'm worn out on 'follow your passion.' I crave a plain ol' good job." Career contentment mainly comes from within your personality, plus whether you have a decent boss, coworkers, an ethical workplace, a workload that's moderate in difficulty and quantity, a reasonable commute, decent pay, and job security. It's usually easier to find those in a non-sexy job because competition for such jobs is less fierce.
If I were homeless and wanted to launch a good career, especially if I was trying to get by on soft skills, I'd be a salesperson in a busy retail establishment in an upscale area and schmooze customers.
Today, unless you have an A+ job history or superstrong connections, your job hunt must be A+. From initial query to final negotiation, all need be ahead-of-the-pack.
Interview target employers for an article you're writing for a trade/professional publication or for your own Internet radio show/podcast. Those are easier to pull off than you may think and will give you access to top-quality employers as well as boost your career credentials.
How to work a conference or trade show: Be a presenter or at least a volunteer. The exhibit area trumps sessions: you get access to lots of top people; session content can usually be acquired on the Net. If you want to talk with a session presenter, be last in line. Walk the presenter to his car or invite her for coffee or a meal. Wine & cheese mixers trump other recreations.
How to prepare to write a resume or cover letter: List what you'd say to the hirer for your target position that would make him think, "Damn, this person is good,"
Updated daily, Employment Tracker lists employers doing significant hiring.
Negotiate an internship's job description upfront. They're getting you cheap or for free; that means you deserve meaningful work and to get quality mentoring.


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Read this excellent article with interviews of the 'cyber radicals' who are changing the world. The article shown here is in The Observer and The Guardian [news of UK}.
It includes interviews with those who have defied censorship to publish political opinion and promote changes in society from the grassroots level--> bottom level of society to top level leadership.
On the yahoo news today 28/nov/2010 approximate time 11:00am
It is of particlar interest to me because I am also a 'cyber-radical' trying to change the U.S. public law to laws that protect the innocents in the womb from premeditated destruction by womb-assassins [abortionists]. In the U. S. the dept of [fake] Homeland Security labels prolifers as 'potential terrorists'. Only the perverse and wicked Obama administration could use that label on those that those who do NOT believe there is any such 'right' as the right to kill,by labeling them for political speech and activism [law-abiding events allowed by First Amendment]as would be terrorists! The usual groupspeak of his wicked regime that uses propaganda and doublespeak to fool some of the people all of the time.
The interview I especially liked was the one by Han Han of China.
* footnote; fake because it is really the dept of espionage and censorship of citizens and restriction of travel and usurpation of citizens' civil liberties via illegal strip searches at airports and invasive to the bone scanning of human flesh and blood.it is the 2010 U S version of the former USSR's KGB.
Gloria Poole; in Missouri; 11:30am;28/Nov/2010
words that WORK,LLP ® words that WORK means words that WORK for the glory of GOD;in other words it is about spreading the gospel truth; and also the prolife message. It is official blog of words that WORK of Gloria Poole in Missouri, that began in Georgia.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Cyber-radicals of the world UNITE for free speech
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Yes. One of the best examples I've heard was for a ballistics proposal. (The names have been changed to protect the innocent.) The United States Army needed a bullet that flew 2,000 yards and then fell from the sky. They had a favorite, Company A; however, Company B hoped to establish a relationship with the Army as well. Company B had tested this type of bullet before and, using these results, wrote their best proposal. They believed they had a chance despite information that suggested Company A was a certain winner. After writing their proposal, Company B opted for a simple approach to the cover and used a photograph of a ballistics test tracer round from one of their experiments. This photograph showed exactly what the Army had requested: a bullet traveling 2,000 yards and dropping. (It was actually an image from a failed field test of an earlier project for a bullet that was intended to travel farther.) With the cover in place, Company B submitted their proposal.
Weeks later Company B won the bid, and the winning team met with the contracting officer. Company B asked how they won—especially since they were the underdogs. The contracting officer said their cover won the bid, despite the fact that their proposal wasn't well written and almost resulted in a loss. Company B showed they already had the bullet on the cover image, which gave them the edge over the other bidders who still needed to design the bullet.
Most of the time, relationships and/or the contents of presentations, proposals, and marketing materials win the effort. Nonetheless, the cover forms a lasting impression. It is the first thing that your audience sees, and he or she cannot help but be influenced. Behavioral Psychologists agree that most of our decisions are based on intuitive judgment and emotions. Herbert A. Simon, Nobel Prize winning scholar at the Carnegie Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, studied corporate decision-making and found that people often ignored formal decision-making models because of time constraints, incomplete information, the inability to calculate consequences, and other variables. Intuitive judgment was the process for many decisions.
If you want a winning edge think about your covers. Covers carry enough weight that they can, and have, significantly contributed to wins and losses, successes and failures. You use a lot of resources, not to mention time and money, to develop your business materials; do not ignore such a powerful tool in your arsenal.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Do covers for my presentations, proposals, and marketing materials really matter?
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French blues...
Ohh, I love, love, love the chairs in les jardins...
And the street numbers...
From Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet. A love affair with Paris, New York, sweets and, now, a little girl named Parker.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The little things I love
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French Blue really is the most amazing color, it looks good on anything and everyone.ReplyDelete
Agree, agree, agree! Especially the doors and street signs. Such works of art!ReplyDelete
(..That's supposed to be a heart, lol)ReplyDelete
Hi Amy- wandered over from Haven in Paris- love your blog...and the pics!ReplyDelete
Well you and I are on the same page. J'adore tous!!!ReplyDelete
Love them all also! Thanks for contributing to French Frolic!ReplyDelete
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