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Monday, August 24, 2009

Check, Check, Check

I am finally starting to feel like I have made some progress with my wedding "to do" list! I've been out of commission for the past three weeks b/c I was on vacation and then I've been sick and have not been up to planning. This past weekend I feel like we got so much done! I got my florist picked out and the flowers picked out - check, my table centerpieces for the reception - check, MOB dress and shoes - check, plates and cups - check, shoes for the bridesmaids - check, thank you notes for the shower - check and invitations are in the mail - check! I feel a big relief now! We are trying to do a cost conscious wedding because neither one of us see the point in spending tons of money on a wedding that is only a few hours long. I mean we are having a nice wedding but just not going overboard. We are getting married at my parents and I've searched for the best deal for everything! Speaking of good deals this past Saturday my mom, sister, aunt, and myself went to the mall to get bridesmaid shoes and look for a MOB dress! Well my mom was prepared to spend a $150 - $200 on a dress at least...well we picked one out in Belks and while she was in the dressing room trying it on, I happen to look on the clearance rack and found a beautiful dress marked down from $136 to $67 then to $33 and it was her size. I thought something had to be wrong with it, so I searched and searched and nothing! I took it to her and it looked great on her! Now the best part when we went to pay it came up to be $21!!! Whoohooo! Now to the shoes....we were in Macey's later that evening and my sister found the perfect shoes to go with it on clearance for $25 and they too were her size! Well when we went to pay for them they came to be $12! So all in all my mom has a beautiful outfit for the wedding for less than $50! I hope I get more deals like that! I wish I would have thought to take pictures on Saturday! It was so nice to spend the day with my mom, sister, and aunt! It was so fun!

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Crystals for Grief

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I offer multiple recommendations so that you can intuitively choose the crystal or crystals that will work best for you. Pick your favorite crystal or try a combination of them to find your perfect crystal prescription.
    ★ Click the crystals with the blue links to see metaphysical properties or order that crystal.

Top Recommended Crystals: Apache Tear, Smoky Quartz, or Rose Quartz.
Additional Crystal Recommendations: Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, or Onyx.

Grief is associated with the Higher Heart chakra. Hold your preferred crystal(s) in your hand at times of sadness or grief. You can also hold your crystal to your Higher Heart to help with this release of emotion.

Additional Resource: Stepping Stones to Crystal Basics article "Crystal Consulation - Grief" contains a wealth of information. I highly recommend it as an additional source for information.

Alternative Search Terms: Smokey Quartz

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and cannot give out medical advice. Crystals and energy healing should be used as a compliment to other therapies and not as a replacement for regular medical care.

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Culinary Training School in Lima NY 14485

Home > New York > Culinary Training School in Lima NY 14485

Culinary schools in Lima NY 14485 are those learning institutions that are known for offering education in the art and science of preparing food for various occasions. Many people aspire to become good cooks or chefs, but not all find the best training schools where they can get the essential education that they need. Besides, becoming a chef, you will also get the opportunity to know how to manage a hotel or restaurant. Culinary skills will never fade or go out of style and thus you need to find the best schools that will satisfy your wants. You need to be serious when finding the best culinary school. This is mainly because the institution that you will enroll in will have immense impact in your cooking career.
  h3 When looking for the best culinary schools, there are a number of factors that you need to put into consideration and they include the following.

• Accreditation and reputation in Lima NY 14485

Accreditation and reputation of the institution that you want to enroll in are the most imperative factors to look at. You need to choose an institution that has been accredited by a highly reputed organization. This means that you are choosing a school that has been approved to offer standard and quality culinary education. If you are choosing you learning institution online, you need to make sure that it has a good reputation as cases of online scams have been increasing on daily basis. The image portrayed by the culinary schools should the best. Additionally, the school should also be known for better performance and for offering the best learning facilities and experienced tutors.
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Every course that you enroll in a school has its price. You need to look at the cost of the culinary tuition per course and make sure that it will fit in your education budget. It is always a great idea to manage all your education expenses as you don’t need to enroll in a school that you will not be able to afford.

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The location of the cooking school that you want to choose is another vital thing to look at. Due to the requirements of the course, you need to choose a school that will allow you to study without any complications. You can go for a school that is near your residence as attending your classes will be easier and you will end up saving more money on transport and accommodation.
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Hopes and Dreams, Dreams and Wishes

We all have them –those dreams and wishes we hold close to our heart. And I’m here to tell you it is OK –shoot for the stars and even if you fall short you’ll be amazed where you land.

So what are my secret dreams and wishes?

Well I have always been envious of those going south for event season. While I am happy for my friends that can make it to Ocala or Aiken for a few weeks or the entire season, I have always wished to be among them. But with a budget so tight that it doesn’t just squeak it squeals I never thought it could happen…
And what I wouldn’t give to be a working student again. But as an adult with 2 jobs and other adult-like responsibilities (and that squealing budget) being a working student is not practical or wise.

No –Moose and I are not going to Florida for the season and no I am not taking a sabbatical to be a working student for 6 months.  But a week from today I am going to Florida. And I am riding with Peter Atkins! It still does not seem real. Pinch me! Thanks to the kindness of others, just enough frequent flier miles and a very understanding employer and husband, I will be living my dream for a week!

Wish me luck and do not be afraid to dream big!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Snow Days

As much as I bemoan MidWest winters there are some lovely days and joyful rides.

I love the sound (or lack thereof ) after a new snow. All is quiet as we ride.

Moose seems to enjoy it as well. As the snow tickles his belly, he gives little bucks...then a big one! Feeling my balance shift, he immediately stops and cocks an ear, as if to ask, "All OK up there?" As I settle in the saddle, we are off again.

Though today is a joy ride, the competitor in me takes over. I find myself watching the fresh tracks in the snow -"Are we straight?" "Was that shoulder-in 2 or 3 tracks?"
The snow becomes the arena mirror I have always wanted and the drifts become cavaletti as Moose lifts his legs to get through.

With temperatures below freezing and snow all around spring season seems so far away...yet the training is never far from my mind.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The January Thaw?

I have lived in Illinois since 2002 and have never been able to ride outside after December. With high temps in the low 50s and high 40s and no snow or ice anywhere to be seen it seems a great time to ride...

Unless you have a toothache that turns into an emergency root canal that turns into a major infection.

But now I am better! Yay! I went out to finally ride (!!!!!)  But ....during the drug induced fog of my tooth drama Mooseys feet grew and grew. Not worth a tendon injury.

A call to my fantabulous farrier explaining the situation results in an immediate trim....I am ready to ride (!!!!!)

Feels like 3? Snow? 25 mph winds?


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– Laura McCullough –

Message anxiety, here it goes, he comes

he goes he went again, was that him they flew

outta that place? Hot. Shot to the head if sites

set. What he did, man, can you get behind that,

anyone? Yeah, little Hitler crying, smack jab,

did you think anything would be different:

dream transubstantiate dream lux and jade, clean

on holy day, massacre on Monday, then

today the boy filling the snack machine, then

another dragging in the water bottles,

sloshing universe of nothing, dreaming of

digging that hole out on the lawn laying wire,

at least it has health bennies. First to go, last

to know, that’s all of us, son. Here we go.


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I chose to focus my Trending Now blog post on how CURA can promote its social justice edge on the Fordham campus and beyond. It is crucial to separately market this aspect of the magazine because CURA has two different components: the literature itself and its social justice mission. These two components form the basis of two different marketing bases, namely the literary world and the world of social justice.  As of now, CURA has targeted most of its marketing at the literary world, but has done no specific marketing towards the social justice world. We now must begin to market to this world since it may be one of our most powerful tools to promote CURA and gain readership/support. One of the reasons for this is that there is a huge community of people both at Fordham and in NYC dedicated to/interested in social justice and therefore potentially interested in what CURA is doing. Access to this community will greatly help expand our readership and audience. Secondly, by marketing to the social justice world/getting ourselves established as part of it, we are also able to capitalize on what sets CURA apart in the literary world (namely that we have a social action component, unlike any other publication). Thirdly, many of the high-rollers (i.e. philanthropists) that float around the social justice world are interested in good causes and high culture (and we are the perfect combination!) and are willing to throw money at them. This could present great fundraising opportunities for us.

The first step in marketing CURA to the social justice world is to see how we can get involved in ongoing social justice events/groups/clubs at Fordham University (LC and RH) by using the name of the Doe Fund to clue people in to our relevance to their world. The point here is to get our name and our mission out and to establish ourselves as a solid part of social justice activities on campus. In order to do so, we should hook up with clubs (have them sponsor us or us sponsor them) that are interested in social issues surrounding homelessness (ISIS, LGBTQ, Midnight Runs) and organize events with members from the Doe Foundation as speakers (posters advertising these events can also have CURA's name all over them). We can also get these groups to sell CURA editions to their members/help us hold additional fundraising events for the Doe Fund. CURA should also get the Social Work Department (etc.) to sponsor events and help us sell copies of CURA.

Outside of Fordham, we should look into other organizations associated with homelessness (Semiperm, Picture the Homeless, Covenant House) and see if they would be interested in CURA. We can also organize Fordham-sponsored panel discussions about homelessness with the Doe Fund and members of these other organizations. We should also start networking at social justice-type events (fundraiser galas etc.) in NYC as this is where the philanthropists hang out and where we can spread the word about what CURA is in order to get them interested. Smaller events in the city that pertain to homelessness should also be attended (perhaps we should come up with a social justice/homelessness/Doe Fund representative from our staff who could get involved with this).

Literary Magazine

The Antigonish Review is a Canadian literary magazine supported by St. Francis Xavier University. It is unique in that it has established an interesting Poet Grow-Op partnership with another university’s creative writing program. The purpose of the grow-op is to discover and mentor young literary talent from its partner university. I thought this might be an interesting option for CURA to pursue because it could help us establish relationships with other universities/graduate school programs across the country. It would also help promote CURA and garner more submissions to the magazine.

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B Complex Vitamin

A Guide to the B Complex Vitamins

There is a lot of discussion about the B complex vitamin and how it is essential for the body to perform a multitude of functions. However, the B complex vitamin is not simply one very complicated vitamin, as the name might suggest. There are actually eight B vitamins that are in the B complex vitamin as well as a few other related substances. The eight vitamins that make up the B complex vitamin are thiamine or vitamin B1, riboflavin or vitamin B2, niacin or vitamin B3, pyridoxine or vitamin B6, cobalamine or vitamin B12, folic acid, pantothenic acid and biotin.� The other related substances that are also in the B complex vitamin include choline, inositol and para-aminobenzoic acid.
Every part of the B complex vitamin performs its own individual function within the body but it is when they work together as the B complex vitamin that they provide essential maintenance for the body to remain healthy. The B vitamin complex comprises B vitamins which are water soluble and it is essential that enough of these vitamins are consumed on a daily basis. The body cannot store water soluble vitamins such as the B complex vitamin and this leads to a regular intake being required.
The B complex vitamins are extremely beneficial for a number of conditions and may be needed in additional quantities at certain times in a person�s life. Of course, there is a recommended daily allowance for the B complex vitamins that varies according to the sex and age of a person. However, doctors and other health professionals have discovered the benefits of increasing the intake of the B complex vitamin to help overcome certain illnesses.
Many people suffer from anxiety and stress at one time or another and research has found that the B complex vitamin can be beneficial in helping alleviate the symptoms of anxiety and stress. If a person has been unwell the B complex vitamin can be extremely valuable in aiding the recovery process. Fatigue can be a symptom of a multitude of illnesses as well as simply overdoing things but the B complex vitamin can help alleviate general tiredness and lethargy.
Interestingly, some skin conditions, such as dermatitis, can also benefit from addition B complex vitamin intake. In fact, a number of creams and other skin preparations contain added vitamin B complex that can be absorbed by the skin to alleviate the condition. The condition of a person�s hair will also be greatly improved with sufficient B complex vitamin intake.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

I find it helpful to leave the room

My houseworker is "helping" me at the moment and when I first saw what she was doing it was ok. Taking everything out of the cabinets, cleaning the cabinet shelves, and dusting things off. That sounds good, right? Who wouldn't want someone to do that for them? I'm a lucky girl to have someone who does that every now and again. Problem is that she started putting them back but she didn't put the back where they were. My houseworker is a good lady but she is very low on the logic scale and so when she started shoving everything to the back of the deepest cabinet I said "Oh, no, please." and she knows the word "no" in english so she gave a little chuckle and looked up. I gave her a bit of guidance but as she was pretty well finished with that cabinet I thought I'll go back and fix it later. I do have kind of a place for things so that I know what I have and what I need to buy. The second cabinet I monitored her progress a bit more and she did put things back on the same shelf- so that is a start. I think I got the biggest part of the bugs worked out and she is done with the foodstuffs. She knows where the dishes go and for the most part she gets that right everyday. But I'm pretty sure I know how I'll be spending my afternoon when she leaves.

This is why I have a houseworker-to do odd jobs that need to get done a bit more regularly because we have loads of dust and the worst ant problem in the world. This is also the reason that I have cut back hours on when I have a houseworker- I find that when she doesn't have an immediate fixed set of jobs she starts "being helpful". Idle hands are the devil's playground- the devil being rearranging my stuff!
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Saturday, January 01, 2011

Welcome to more blogging in 2011

In August I joined the Ultimate Blog Challenge at the suggestion of Ama from Get Booked. And then my computer crashed and that didn't happen. But Ultimate Blog Challenge is back for January and I am jumping in!

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Mar 9, 2010

Wednesday webinar to explore Google broadband experiment

Pubcasters can learn more about Google’s Fiber for Communities during a webinar Wednesday sponsored by American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio and the National Center for Media Engagement. The project aims to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more locations across the country. Intrigued? Log on at 2 p.m. Eastern to learn how to nominate your community with advice from Minnie Ingersoll, product manager of Google's Access team; Joanne Hovis, president of Columbia Telecommunications Corporation; Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup Global; Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Public Policy and Engagement for rural Minnesota's Blandin Foundation; and Joaquín Alvarado, veep for Digital Innovation for American Public Media. Register here.

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Apr 6, 2010

Digital Distribution Fund grants again available

Round 15 is now open for Digital Distribution Fund grants from CPB. Funding for television transmission facilities, digital translator projects and digital centralcasting projects is available. Stations should note that CPB is now accepting applications only for centralcast master controls that serve more than one station (Current, March 1, 2010).

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SW Conference Volleyball Tournament @ BBHS Oct. 21, 2016

Staff Writer

The South West Conference volleyball tournament Oct. 21 will be played all the way out to seventh and eighth places, according to Ryan Hogue, Assistant Principal/Activities Director for Broken Bow Public Schools. With the extension, all teams will play three games.

The tournament is this Friday, Oct. 21, at Broken Bow Public Schools. The first games are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

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Thursday, 25 April 2013

back to blogging

to start with its been a rollercoaster ride the last few month's but i am going to wait as i am moving my blog again, this time I have have my own domain, It may take me a few days to move it all. I want to move my websites but working on a new one is a nightmare because the eye gaze is just not cut out for anything other than very basic pc work, shit really

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Re ex aunty

In reply to comments that have since been removed. The first one was nice to see and I thought more than just ITS sister and brother inlaw had a Heart, here is the comments.

"Chris, I am still thinking of you all the time and I am so glad I got to meet you, you are so strong xx Auntie June and Cliff"

you are one of the only other members of the family that ever messaged me early on. Then hours later you back tracked in the following comment, obviously IT, the puppet master has rung puppet number one (dad) to ring you

"It's us such a shame that you think Of Pauline this way and I know that she loves you and was and would still be there for you, if your family would have left you to be together and not been so over powering ! And Dennis and Pauline think the world of you and you have written done very unkind words on this blog, I understand how very sick you are but please don't be bitter and take it out on everyone"

now let me clarify a few things.
The puppet master asked for help and i didn't want my mum doing my personal so the puppet master suggested her mum and sister, i did do even though i didn't want, my previous blogs will back the concerns i had.
The puppet master still wanted more help so my mum offered to do all our washing, great IT said, that would really help.
The puppet master asked for more help doing our bedroom off my dad he did.
No complaints when my mum was giving us £50 £100 here and there to help us out because money was tight.
The puppet master was happy when all the house was cleaned to help out.
The puppet master was happy for my mum to sit in while she went trafford center to "chill out"
The puppet master still wasnt happy so I slept her mums once a week so she could go out.
The puppet master still wasnt happy so i got crossroads care agency in two night's a week so she could again go trafford center or a "friend's"
The puppet master was still not happy and had many moans about why I wouldn't let my mum do any care so it was all in motion for care agency to get me up and dressed in a morning because she struggled with time, this was five days a week.
Now were was the part where she wanted to do it together? where was my mum taking over?

Now the ridiculous part about loving me!
Does her adultry accomplice know she still loves me?
Did she love me when she left me in bed on my own in tears supposedly going to asda?
Did she love when i worried and she didn't want to know?
She me loved that she moaned about doing things for me.
She loved me so much she wouldn't tell me she was with someone else.
She loved me so much she just wanted be friends.
She loved me so much two week's after i left her next door neighbours son was telling his friend, my cousin, how im doing alright going off the sex noise's coming from the bedroom! Not wasting any time.
She loved me that much she would not and still not give me my things back.
Her tough dad tries making threat's on the phone because my dad asked IT for my things.
She loved me so much she turns up at divorce court with her lover, neither would look my dad in the eye, wonder why!
ITS mum and dad sat with me night after night telling me what she is doing is wrong!
Since leaving ive heard how she really treated her ex, way different from what she told me.

I could sit here all day but ive wasted enough time with selfish, heartless, horrible people and im sure a place in hell is reserved.  I stand by every word, may god strike me down dead right now, if this is lies take me to court, i will swear on oath, will you lie?
However much you try you can't polish a turd! My family didn't make jump on his cock! the truth is she is a lazy money grabber and once I couldn't earn money and clean up I was no good.

Its funny how you back tracked again once you had seen my mums comment.
"I apologies for upsetting anyone and this was really not intended, I promise I will not read or comment again, take care and look after each other. My thought are with you"

So June your a good person but you live the other end of the country and know nothing, I urge all of you, don't like it don't read it, im done with you.

As the song goes "when you walk through a storm hold your head up high"
Well we have and we are so jog on!

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Thank you all for your comments, its a relief to see that i wasnt just being an arse. I need to stop adding bits to it but they have to come out because it wrecks my head, once its all out i can move on, sorry for making you read it again but you must admit its good reading.
A lot of things have happened since all this but not about her so plenty to come

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Time for the truth

When i was diagnosed with this disease i was going through organising the farse wedding, now straight away i told her if she cant handle this i wouldn't blame her but no, we can deal with this together, right ok. Now all through this wedding planning she got more help from my mum and dad than her own parents, the money my mum and dad put in and the time and effort they put in to make it happen. When it came to any work needing doing on the house it was my dad she asks because in her words her dad would make a mess, it was my dad that looked after the dog when we went away because again she didn't trust her dad. All through the organising of the wedding it was my family doing all the helping out and all the money from my work mates, my motorbike i sold and my beloved fishing tackle i sold all controlled by her for the wedding! by the time the wedding came round 90% of people there was my family! Many times through this their were arguments over the wedding and a few times i wanted to just forget it, it was hard enough coming to terms with what Ive got without all the stupid petty little things. The help we had from my mums work friends who paid for our holiday to Portugal, spends included, the laptop they paid for that she kept. It was my uncle she borrowed 4 grand off without me knowing and said she would pay back 500 a month but she never has. My pension which she has tried to get a share of, all 7 grand was used to pay that back and set up in a new home.

After the wedding is were it started to get worse, arguments all the time over petty things, needing help because work was so hard which i got help from her mum and sister. Again i said if its too much i wouldn't hold it against her but no as long as people don't judge her its fine, right ok. Getting used to the fact your wife was having to do your personal care was hard enough but now i was having to allow her mum and sister to help. As i became more unsteady on my suggestions were made about grab rails in the bathroom but her reaction was will it damage her tiles! no thought of how it would help me, they never got put in. Falls followed after that, I'm sure if you have read my early blog posts you will know how many I've had, the one i will never forget was going to get in the car when it was raining, rushing because she didn't want to get her hair wet i fell into the car. I have never fell since left the house.

As you will be aware the extension was the next thing which again all the money raised for it was done by my family, my brother and sister inlaw helped out with me and the some of there extension aswel as work and two young lads, kids are a doddle compaired to a full time job like hers! I was always led to believe that her sister was a bad one and always been the favourite, many times at partys i would be having a good time but we had to leave because her sister had said or done something. I do still have contact with them both and the lads because they know what she has done is wrong, thats her own sister. Her dad did bits when he could be bothered, he was always one who could talk a good job but never follow it through, half a job man. Now dont get me wrong the laughs and good times far out weighed these flaws but watching my dad slog his guts out day after day, rain or shine was not fair. Her mum helped care for me and become someone i could talk to because she was now leaving the house first thing and would only return sometime at night.
Anyway befoe the extension got underway i asked are you sure about this, we had been falling out a lot as i got worse but no, she said yea as long as people dont judge, now this is because all people were seeing on her facebook was what shes doing, were she is going and nothing about me, at this time i was unable to use laptop and people wanted to know, i constantly stuck up for her even though i did agree with what was being said and so did her own mother. So the extension got under way and my dad, danny and Bris worked tirelessly getting things going, numerous family members and friends came and got stuck in, my mum was round every spare minute cleaning the house after doing a night shift, doing all the washing, her mum, sister and now Rachael all helping me, reluctantly allowed Rachael to help, but that still wasnt enough, she now said she cant do her work because of noise so her bedroom got a make over and yet again my dad stopped doing work on the extension to build all her furniture because she didnt trust her dad to do a good job, she even convinced me to allow her to get a 500 pound overdraft for a mulberry handbag and she would sort out paying it off, also at this point she had full control of both the joint and my bank card, she was terrible for buying clothes all the time, her spare room and attic full with bin bags of clothes. Their was never any money in the house to pay for all bits and bobs people were buying.all while people were fundraising and working on her house.
Another thing that upset me was she never came with me to appointments, meetings or anything to do with me, even all the professionals noticed she was never there, it was my mum and dad that always come.
The next thing was the crash diet started and going gym, obviously slimming for the new fella, we did come across some diet pills called T 5s, i never new anything about her getting them and when asked about them she fobbed me off saying she wasnt taking them but i didn't believe her. One day when she was well into zumba she told me she was doing a zumbathon for cancer or something, hang on a minute what about supporting your husbands cause? The dying in front of your eyes because their is no cure, no funding, no awareness, nothing! proof i was not in her list of priorities, i always said it was her first, the dog then me.
Now she had the nice space to do work but now i never seen her, she would spend all night in there i was left on my own down stairs because she had typing to do, i knew she was lying i could see the router lights going mad, on internet obviously. This is where the school reunions started, again you can see in an early blog post about my concern over 2 school friends sending messages to her on facebook that were inappropriate were going, my rock Rachael was out at the same as one reunion confronted her after watching the wife all over one of these lads on the dance floor, again it was made out Rachael was bang out of order and i fell for it, she has a very good yet dangerous way of turning things around so much that begin to doubt yourself! who you are? am i cracking up? so many times i would be apologising for stuff not knowing were i was in the wrong. More reunions followed ,trips to a so called friend become more frequent because she couldnt talk to her mum because shes always pissed! her words not mine. Through all this she was becoming more secretive leaving the laptop upstairs were i couldnt get it and her mobile become glued to her and on silent yet whenever anyone tried ring because we never new where she was or what time she would be back, i had never known her to be out the house so much, but every time i fell for the lies and feeble excuses. This was all a bit dodgey. I really started to feel quite lonely and a burden, things like asking for a drink it was always in a minute or when eastenders has finished.I had a big insecurity about the toilet situation, after all im a young man and all of a sudden I need my arse wiping , not a nice thing and it was made very clear she didn't want to do it, you always save it for me were the words used, even Danny witnessed it, its a far cry from the woman 6 month earlier declaring her undying love at our wedding! There was also the time my physio called ambulance concerned about pain in my arm from a fall, she never came the hospital, couldn't because of work! Says it all rally.
It was all starting to come clear and then come the classic line for the third time in a few weeks, i think we would be better as friends, and the best bit was i can stay there if i pay half to bills which is 700 pound, basically all my benefits. She become so cold and heartless its unbelievable. One thing sticks in my mind  is the night she told she needed go 24 hour asda at 10 at night for my anniversary present so i said get me in bed n go, it wont take long, well she came strolling in at some time in the early hours and tried just go upstairs but i asked were she had been she had nothing from asda, no car and stunk of booze, the bullshit excuse was shocking, cant believe she left me that long, i couldnt alert anyone and what if there had been a fire! a lay awake all night with my head up my arse wondering how could she be so nasty. When i got my anniversary present it was a cup and card 99p still stuck on back, that said it all and again she said the friends thing.
I talked to her dad and mum all the time and they said they were disgusted by her behaviour, when i said she is definitely seeing someone else they said they would flatten her if she was. At this point her dad was going to have a word, so off he went upstairs were she always was. A good hour passed and he came down, never really said anything about it and i wasnt going to ask, he said he was getting off and ill see you later, no probs. Five minutes later she comes down and never really said anything, i then asked did your dad have a word? yea, he agrees with me, its like your mum and are taking over and its his daughters house! my heart sunk and i couldnt believe what i just heard! i was in shock and didnt no what say, i did say i will let them know but she said dont go causing shit now, I remember this so vivid, the feeling was awful. As you can imagine I never slept that night going over and over in my head. Well when I saw my dad walk in next morning tools in hand I couldn't bare it, the work he was putting in to be treated like that, so I told him, instantly I saw the life drain out of him, he didn't deserve this. My dad down tools that day, clearly frustrated he confronted her dad who back tracked completely and was so apologetic to me but ultimately led to a big change in my mind, I new then it was over, once she heard I told my dad I got the blame for destroying two families, can you believe it?
I made the decision to leave the home which has been thrown at me through the divorce ,even after I left I gave her 200 pound because she was skint and asked everyone to not put things on facebook which everyone stuck to until she started, kept saying keep it amcable but she never has been. There was no mention of her lover staying over within weeks of me leaving, hiding his car round the corner.
For about a month after I continued to go her mum and dads having a drink and a chat yet they still didn't believe she was seeing someone else. The last time i was there her mums words to me were as far as im concerned you will always be our son inlaw nobody will replace you. As you can imagine it was difficult now with me having to live at my mums but this has been well documented in my previous blogs, all the difficulties with belongings and stuff. A few weeks later my dad called round to see why they havnt been in touch, they had completely turned and on first name basis with the new fella. I know its their daughter but come on it didnt need be like this.

Its been said before that this sorry excuse of a woman made threats towards my nephew, Hollie and Rachaels kids, a child social worker making threats towards children and the national fostering agency obviously accept this sort of behaviour.
A note to her mum and dad, i hope your proud of your horrid daughter and of your selves, you know what she did to me and how she neglected me. She controlled me, she took control of my money and obviously controlls you.
I welcome you to come here look me in the eyes and tell this is not true, you know were i am.
I can say I am so proud of my mum and dad, they will do anything for anybody and they have so many friends who can vouch for that, we still have all these wonderful people behind us and supporting us, I am truly grateful to every one of you.

I can imagine people will think I am just being bitter, that's fine, I will not say there were no good times but extravagant gifs and expensive breaks don't solve everything. Being the way I am I have a lot of time to think and reflect on what has happened and some may believe I deserve this, maybe, my mum and dad don't.

As i have said we had police called on us twice for harrassment, said she had to move out because of harassment, she went away because of all the stress, still wouldn't return my belongings, even got a woman who was a go between but still failed. I have lost so much memories, money, items and more importantly precious time with hollie, mum, dad and people that actually cared, i hold her fully responsible for my rapid decline in health.
I have no faith in the justice system in this country its disgusting and if you can tell me what i have done wrong please feel free to comment here!


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2013-Judy-Lugo-(2)PRESIDENT:  Judy Lugo
HHSC, El Paso, Unit Supervisor, 33 years with the state
I joined TSEU because I wanted to have better working conditions and change the way employees were treated on the job. TSEU is the only organization that fights for employee rights on the job, and to protect our pension and health care benefits.

2013_sethHutchinsonVICE-PRESIDENT: Seth Hutchinson
TSEU Organizing Coordinator
I wanted to be a part of building a strong movement of state employees, fighting for a better Texas for all working people.  There are a lot of people out there who want to downsize and privatize state services.  If we want to stop them, we have to organize; and the more of us in the union, the more powerful we all are!

2013-Joanne-Day-(1)SECRETARY: Joanne Day
DSHS- Austin- Microbiologist, 15 years with the state
I joined TSEU to help myself and fellow state employees get better pay and benefits. Every member increases our power to promote change for the betterment of all state workers.

2013-Anthony-BrownTREASURER: Anthony Brown
DADS- Houston- Contract Manager, 21 years with the state
I got involved with the union because I wanted to be treated with dignity on the job. I hope every state employee will join TSEU because we need to save our benefits and pension fund. We can’t just talk about it, we need to be about it.

2013-Joe-AnguloREGION I: Joe Angulo
(UTPA, McAllen- Retired, 18 years with the state)
At first, I joined for the access to information about what was happening with our jobs. Soon after I joined the union though, I realized the union was an opportunity to help change things and have a voice. I ask every state employee and retiree to join so they can have input on what happens in the state and to keep informed of important issues.

2013-Arthur-ValdezREGION II: Arthur Valdez
DSHS, San Antonio State Hosp, Program Coordinator, 41 years with the state
I joined TSEU to fight back against plans to close or privatize State Hospitals, and also to because we need for state employee pay raises. Every state employee should join the union because the attacks on state employees, our health care and pensions, and attacks on state services are real. There is strength in numbers.

2013_YvetteShermanREGION III: Yvette Sherman
DFPS – San Angelo, CPS Caseworker IV, 26 years with the state
I knew workers needed a voice with our legislature.  Too often, the legislature minimizes the vital contributions state employees make.  I joined to help stop privatization of our state services as it’s been proven to be ineffectual and that state employees do these jobs better than the private sector.

2013-Micah-Haley-(1)REGION IV: Micah Haley
TDCJ Parole, Dallas, DPO III, 17 years with the state
All state employees need to be heard throughout the state. If you don’t know what is happening with the legislature, you are in the dark. TSEU is organized to protect our benefits, pursue pay raises, and fight for justice.

2013_Yolanda-WhiteREGION V: Yolanda White
DADS-Lufkin State Supported Living Center, 12 years with the state
I joined to fight for better pay, but quickly learned the union was about SO much more than just our pay.  Organizing gives TSEU members a stronger voice and more power to make change.  Our numbers have power – I am proud to be a member of this union!

2013-Debra-Coleman-(1)REGION VI: Debra Coleman
DADS, Brenham SSLC, Campus Coordinator, 36 years with the state
I joined the union to make a difference and protect my years of service and stop the closures of State Supported Living Centers. Every state employee should join the union because this is the only way to protect your job security.

2013-Samm-Almaguer-_newREGION VII: Samm Almaguer
TWC, Houston, Recruiter, 20 years with the state
I signed up because all the issues the union was fighting for were the issues that I was concerned about: caseloads, pay raises, pensions, and health care. The union is front and center leading the struggle.

2013-Anne-LewisREGION VIII: Anne Lewis
UT-Austin, Senior Lecturer, 13 years with the state
We need to fight for the public good.  There’s such an attack on the things that are really important – education, healthcare, the environment, meaningful work.  If we care about these things, we need to join in solidarity with working people across the state for positive change.


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Official Flag of Sparta

War flag of Sparta
War Flag of Sparta

Original Flag of Sparta
Sparta Motto: Through sacrifice and unity comes strength!
Team Color Black team Black
Founder(s) Bush 84, Micro Miner
Founded 11 March 2007

Kings of Sparta

Other Officials

Ephor of Philoxenia (Foreign Affairs)

Ephor of Lykoi (Defense/Economy)

Ephor of Mesoa (Internal Affairs)

Black Senate Alexandros o Megas of Hellas
International relations

Protected AA's

AGW Overlords
Federation Of Buccaneers

AllianceStats Statistics as of March 11, 2014

Total Nations 163 (+15)
Strength 7,743,303 (+1.3M)
Avg. Strength 47,505 (+7,845)
Nukes 2,403 (+70)
Aid Efficiency 415 / 876 (47.37%)
Rank 6 (+5)
Score 31.32
Important Links

Sparta is a large greek themed Alliance residing on the Black Team, which it has been since its move to the sphere in March 2008. Before that, Sparta dominated the Pink Team until it was decided that the Black Sphere would be more beneficial for Sparta's growth and trades. Sparta originally started out on the Green Team. Throughout it's history, Sparta has been a center of strength, camaraderie, controversy and activity. Although it has had it's ups and downs, it still remains one of the oldest alliances in the game to date.

Spartan History Overview Edit

  • March 11, 2007 - Sparta is founded by Micro Miner and Bush_84.
  • April 4, 2007 - Sparta reached 100 members.
  • April 16, 2007 - Sparta officially passes 1 million total strength.
  • May 1, 2007 - Guinness is made Sparta's official Beer.
  • June 5, 2007 - Sparta officially passed 2 million total strength.
  • June 11, 2007 - Sparta is accepted into GUARD.
  • July 20, 2007 - Sparta reached 300 members.
  • August 2, 2007 - Sparta makes Pink it’s official color.
  • August 27, 2007 - Sparta withdraws from GUARD.
  • October 4, 2007 - Historical day for Sparta. We got sanctioned.
  • December 8, 2007 - Sparta co-founds the Continuum with the NPO, TOP, IRON, MHA, Grämlins, MCXA, FOK, NATO, Old Guard, Valhalla, and TPF.
  • February 6, 2008 - Sparta officially passes 5 million strength.
  • February 18, 2008 - Sparta passed 450 nukes.
  • February 26, 2008 - Sparta passed 500 in nukes.
  • March 11, 2008 - Sparta finally leaves pink and goes to black.
  • March 11, 2008 - Sparta turns one.
  • March 20, 2008 - Sparta reached 500 members.
  • May 16, 2008 - Sparta passed 1,000 in nukes.
  • January 7, 2009 - Sparta officially passes 10 million strength.
  • February 4, 2009 - Sparta officially passes 11 million strength.
  • February 28, 2009 - Sparta helps co-found NOIR with a multitude of other Black Team Alliances.
  • March 11, 2009 - Sparta turns two.
  • March 22, 2009 - Sparta officially passes 12 million strength.
  • April 15, 2009 - Sparta withdraws from the Continuum.
  • April 20, 2009 - Sparta passes 50 score.
  • April 21, 2009 - Sparta officially passes 13 million strength.
  • May 10, 2009 - Sparta becomes the alliance with the highest score in Cyber Nations.
  • August 8, 2009 - Sparta adopts a new Constitution.
  • November 7, 2010 - Sparta amends its Constitution.
  • May 4, 2011 - Sparta lives vicariously through itself by co-founding Dos Equis with Farkistan, the Mostly Harmless Alliance, and R&R.
  • September 7, 2011 - Sparta passes 4,000 in nukes.
  • October 15, 2011 - Sparta passes 40,000 average Nation Strength.
  • January 12, 2015 - Reeling from war, Sparta falls to the 20th ranked alliance, 4.7 million strength, 22 score, 28,000 average Nation Strength, and 1,300 nukes.
  • September, 08, 2015 - Sparta has recovered and regained its sanction. It is now the 8th ranked alliance.

The Constitution of Sparta Edit

Main article: Constitution of Sparta

The Constitution of Sparta is a document that outlines the principles of Sparta, how to Apply for Membership, how the Government works and details of Spartan Laws and Punishments. A new Constitution was adopted by Sparta on Saturday August 8, 2009 at 2:23 am in place of Sparta's Founding Charter. It has since been amended three times on the dates of September 21, 2009; January 24, 2010; and November 7, 2010. On January 1, 2013, the Constitution was amended once again.

Foreign Affairs Edit

Sparta prefers a reserved approach to Foreign Affairs and understands the importance of maintaining strong relationships with worthy allies in such a volatile world as Planet Bob.

Listed below are all of Sparta's current treaties.

Active treaties of Sparta
Treaty Type Treaty Partner(s) Status Signed
The Melting Pot Accords ODoAP NADC Active June 12, 2016
Obsidian Entente III MDoAP Viridian Entente Active Mar 16, 2016
Blood Pac(t) MDoAP Alpha Wolves Active June 30, 2015
The Reaper Accords ODoAP DBDC Active Apr 13, 2015
The Stratephor Accords MDoAP TOP Active Mar 24, 2014
Rome meets Sparta v2 MDoAP The Legion Active Apr 28, 2013
Sparta-TTK MDoAP MDoAP The Templar Knights Active Feb 17, 2012
The Blacker Than The Blackest Black Times Infinity Accords MDoAP AGW Overlords Active Feb 11, 2012
OBR/Sparta Letter of Amity LoA Order of the Black Rose Active Nov 26, 2011
The New Frat on the Block: ΛΑΩ Treaty MDoAP Alpha Omega Active Oct 30, 2008
Defunct treaties of Sparta
Treaty Type Treaty Partner(s) Status Signed
Friends with Economic Benefits ODP MI6 Cancelled Jan 6, 2016
The Steamhouse Accords MDoAP Invicta Cancelled May 11, 2016
Obsidian Entente II ODoAP Viridian Entente Upgraded Sep 26, 2015
Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts MDoAP OcUK Defunct Apr 27, 2014
The Giant Cockbat Accords MnDoAP GOONS Defunct Jun 4, 2014
Dos Equis (link) MDoAP Bloc Fark, MHA, New Polar Order Cancelled May 4, 2011
The Pan Galactic Souvlaki Accords MDoAP Mostly Harmless Alliance Cancelled Jan 18, 2009
Treaty of Strength and Honor MDoAP Fark Cancelled April 16, 2011
A Secret Spartan Emerges MDoAP MI6 Cancelled Feb 17, 2014
Tonight We Ski In Hell! MnDoAP New Polar Order Cancelled Sep 21, 2012
Gears of War MDoAP The Apparatus Defunct Sep 30, 2012
FoB-Sparta MDoAP MnDoAP Federation of Buccaneers Defunct/Merged Feb 18, 2012
Rome meets Sparta ODoAP The Legion Upgraded Nov 8, 2012
Treaty of Strength and Honor PIAT w/ ODP Farkistan Upgraded tbd
Drnk Dling Tiemz Nao ODP w/ PIAT The Templar Knights Upgraded tbd
TCI Protectorate Protectorate The Circle of Icarus Upgraded tbd
The Phalanx Directive (link) MADP The Brigade Defunct tbd
Sparta and TCI MDoAP (link) MDoAP The Circle of Icarus Defunct tbd
News-a-palooza from Sheep oficianados MDoAP Federation of Buccaneers Defunct tbd
300 Would Have Been Sexier If They Had Added Vikings MDoAP Ragnarok Cancelled tbd
Joint Spartan Declaration of War (link) MDoAP Global Order of Darkness Cancelled tbd
The "Madness?? THIS...IS...INSANITY!!!" Treaty MnDoAP Random Insanity Alliance Cancelled tbd
The Kegerator Accords (link) MDoAP Umbrella Cancelled tbd
A Sparthenian Announcement MDoAP Athens Cancelled tbd
Orange you glad I didn't say SPARTAAAAAA!?! MDoAP Orange Defense Network Cancelled tbd
Black Into Your System MDoAP Asgaard Defunct tbd
Sparta-Paraguas Friendship and Assistance Pact ODoAP Paraguas/Bal Masqué Defunct tbd
FoA Protectorate Protectorate Forces of Annihilation Defunct tbd
o7 Protectorate Protectorate o7 Defunct tbd
BACoN Greece Protectorate Agreement Protectorate BACoN Defunct tbd
NOIR (link) ODP, Economic, Senate bloc NOIR Signatories Defunct tbd
Greek Brotherhood MDoAP Hellas Defunct Sep 30, 2012
The Lacedaemon Order MnDoAP Guru Order Defunct Oct 19, 2012
Red on Black Accords ODP Terran Empire Defunct Apr 2, 2013

Former BlocsEdit

Spartan Wars Edit

War Combatants Outcome
Darkfall Raid Sparta vs. Darkfall Spartan Victory
Unjust War ~ vs. The Unjust Highway ~ Victory
BAPS War BAPS vs. Sparta (amongst others) Spartan Victory
Big Biz-Spartan War Big Biz vs. Sparta Spartan Victory
Continuum-NoV War Continuum vs. Hanseatic League & The Brotherhood Continuum Victory
Big Biz-Spartan War Sparta vs. Zeus Spartan Victory
War of the Coalition Coalition vs. Friends Over Infra (Gambit) Coalition Victory
Karma War Karma vs. The Hegemony Karma Victory
Second Unjust War SuperGrievances vs. TIFDTT & Allies SuperGrievances Victory
NEW-DF War Sparta vs. Europa, World Freedom Federation Spartan Victory
PB-NpO War Pandora's Box and Allies vs. NpO and Allies PB & Allies Victory
Grudge War Sparta vs. BAPS, Olympus, NPO, TIO, OMFG, Grämlins, Argent, Invicta, tR, TPC, SoN, TPF, UE Defeat
Dave War Sparta vs. MK, TOP, ODN, IRON Defeat
NPO-Sparta Wargames Sparta vs. New Pacific Order 1 week duel
Equilibrium War Sparta vs. Non Grata, Orange Defense Network, The Last Remnants Spartan Victory
Disorder War Sparta vs. New Pacific Order, The Imperial Order, NATO Spartan Victory
Doom War Sparta vs. Aurora Borealis, Independent Republic of Orange Nations, Fellowship of the Wolves, Nusantara Elite Warriors, DBDC Defeat
The "For Steve!" War Sparta vs. New Polar Order, Non Grata, Sengoku, SLAP, Atlas, Orange Defence Network, The Last Remnants, Fark, Mostly Harmless Alliance, Umbrella, The Dark Templar, The Grämlins Defeat

Spartan Propaganda Edit

Spartan Newspapers

See alsoEdit

Sparta Main Page Members | History | Treaties | Constitution | Wars | Government
Significant Black Team Alliances
CurrentAlpha WolvesAODTGOONS(2)LoSSMenotahMOPAXRDSSpartaTEENUmbrella
Defunct\m/(2)57th(2)AeonAnathemaApocalypseAppACDC(1)ACDC(2)ACIDAzNAsgaardBMBioBDCBDBHBACoNBrainCombineCoRCB(1)CB(2)CISDCDarkfallDFDEDNFElementEtherFEBFISTFoB(1)FUCNFCCGOONS(1)GothamHoGHonourHoLIngSocIRANItovaIunctusJLAKrynnLCNLUALegio X[m]MafiaMERCMOCRMFONCAAbbsNemesisNNKo7ObsidianOMGODKOSAOTParaguasPCPEPrototypeTCITGE(2)OTRRavynsTRFtRTRTSATYR(2)TUR-SE-SoNSymphonyTriCom(1)TriCom(2)TroyUberconUBNXIII
See alsoActive: Dark Vows
Defunct: BPIDCGoonland Security ActNOIR
Currently sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Italicized Font. Formerly sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Font.
Significant Pink Team Alliances
CurrentArgentApocalypse MeowDBDCTOP
Under 20ANiMaLzThe GrämlinsLSFKaskusNEATSCSengokuSPATR
DefunctAQAurora BorealisBel AirBNCAThe Death RemnantsDoom KingdomDoom SquadEGExplosmerICONISJAMA(1)JihadLUENsOOMFGOronicaRADSWF(1)SPAAA(1)SPAAA(2)TFOTHCTKotRtPTRaPSTTEULNWFF
MovedCPCNHoGLoSSMCBPCSpartaTCBTPCThe RavynsWolfpack
Currently sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Italicized Font. Formerly sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Font.
Significant Green Team Alliances
CurrentGreen Protection AgencyKoRT(2)Viridian Entente(2)
Under 20The Chaos Brotherhood
Defunct/b/(1)/b/(2)/b/(3)AndromedaArgoCIACorpDoAEoTSGUN(2)Goa'uldGGAINCLegacyOEGOVPandemicPOTRealmThe Republican UnionSoMTerran EmpireTetris(2)TJOTREUCoNUAVE(1)WINwFSCARGreen Old PartyMortal Wombat
MovedBNCISThe GrämlinsOGiFOKIRNTOSpartaSymphony
See alsoEmerald DoctrineFree Green TreatyGreen Sanctions TreatyGreen SolidarityUnited GreenUnited Jungle AccordsEmerald Economic Community
Currently sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Italicized Font. Formerly sanctioned alliances are denoted by Bold Font.
CNlogo Formerly Sanctioned Alliances CNlogo

\m/ (1st) · Anarchy Inc. · Atlantis · Coalition of Dark States · Commonwealth of Sovereign Nations · Deinos · Federation of Armed Nations  · Farkistan · FOK!-Alliance · Global Alliance and Treaty Organization · Global Organization for Liberty and Defense · Grand Global Alliance · Goon Order of Neutral Shoving · Goon Order of Oppression, Negligence, and Sadism · International Communist Party · LUEnited Nations · Multicolored Cross-X Alliance · Mushroom Kingdom · National Alliance of Arctic Countries · Non Grata · North Atlantic Defense Coalition · Organized Nations of Superiority · R&R  · Ragnarok · Random Insanity Alliance · Sparta · The Democratic Order · The Imperial Order · The International · The Last Remnants · The Legion · The Order of Light · The Phoenix Federation · United Purple Nations · Viridian Entente (Original)

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Sunday, June 22, 2014

What scares you?  A recession?  Politics?  Losing a client?  Losing a job?  Losing a child?
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Hebrews 4:1 tells us what should terrorize us.  The word is translated fear in most of our Bibles, but terror also works, and, I would suggest, works better here.  It is the feeling we get when we face an overwhelming force.  Most times when that word shows up people try to make it reverence.  It is not here.  It is terror.

But look at what is to terrorize us, one of our brothers or sisters coming short of entering into God’s rest.  This is not the first time the writer of Hebrews has said something like this.  In 3:12 he takes the idea of Proverbs 4:23 and brings it into the community of believers while expanding it to a corporate responsibility.

The force of these two passages seems to indicate that what I should fear, what should terrorize me is one of my brothers or sisters in the faith not entering into God’s rest.  The precursor to that in 3:12 is that I am to look closely at my brothers and sisters to make sure that they are not developing an evil, unbelieving heart, thus falling away from God.

The language is strong.  The assignment is clear.  I have not seen much evidence of obedience to that in the Body.  To the contrary, there seems to be a reticence to speak or ask questions about one’s walk with God.  It is uncomfortable.  It is probing into personal areas.  It is left to the pastor or the counselor.  Problem is, there are more people in the Body than the pastor or counselor can reasonably be expected to help (perhaps more on that later).

I am not good at this either.  It is uncomfortable to probe.  As an application of my ongoing study in Jeremiah I have begun to ask the men with whom I meet, “What is the Lord teaching you out of the Word these days?”  It is a start for me.  It has begun some really good conversations.

I am coming to the conclusion that I am not terrorized by the right things.

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Top 10 things NOT to say to parents when picking up a date
1. "Sorry I'm a little late. I had to stop by the drugstore."
2. "Show me how you used to spank her."
3. "Please come inside? Wow, you sound just like your daughter."
4. "Do you think she would put out if I told her that I loved her?"
5. "I just got my license today."
6. "I believe being sexually active since I was 12 has helped me mature."
7. "Five bucks says she's a D-cup."
8. "Hey do you have an empty pop can and some matches?"
9. "Hi. I'm Robert, but my friends call me 'Back Door Bob'."
10. "So, does your wife just lay there during sex too?"

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In the effort to better greater Knoxville, local bands of diverse genres will compete in a Battle of the Bands to benefit United Way UT tonight at the Relix Variety Theatre at 8 p.m.

Allie Arnette, United Way UT co-founder, helped start the campus chapter during the second semester of her freshman year and said tonight's Battle of the Bands is a big step in their community involvement.

"We're a fairly new club on campus," Arnette, junior in nursing, said. "We're hoping to spread the word and raise money for United Way."

There are United Ways throughout America who work with other agencies in each area to meet the needs of their community, Arnette said. Knoxville's United Way agency supports the Cerebral Palsy Center, Second Harvest food bank, Big Brother Big Sister, the Boys and Girls Club of America and the American Red Cross.

Evan Ford is a member of competing band Cereus Bright, and said United Way brings progress to these organizations.

"It basically acts as a liaison between donors and great community service organizations, empowering amazing progress," Ford, a junior in philosophy and economics, said.

For this fundraiser, bands explained their interest in competing, and United Way UT selected the final four bands.

"We tried to pick different genres, so they're not all the same," Arnette said. "They're also all local Knoxville bands."

Bands themselves applied for these positions, and the community took part in ensuring their favorite local bands would help benefit Knoxville. Brad Fugate, member of the band O Youth, who describe themselves as "doom folk" and "art punk," said they were nominated by an anonymous source, and that O Youth is dedicated to helping the Knoxville community through music.

"We just moved back here from Murfreesboro, and we're ready to start having a great time with Knoxville as much as possible," Fugate, graduate student, said. "This is our hometown, and we know there's a community within UT that's really fun and also wants to positively change things. That's really exciting to be a part of again."

Cereus Bright, a band focused on reviving folk music in its simplest form, pushed to help the cause from the beginning.

"We were asked to play this Battle of the Bands a long time ago as we had a few connections with United Way UT and the people starting it," Ford said. "We really want to bring people out and put on a great show to help raise awareness and money for the charity."

In addition to Cereus Bright and O Youth, the United Way panel selected Plunderphonics, a rap group with a wide fan base and Maplehurst, a soft pop band with singer-songwriter grooves.

Judges include a representative from United Way of Greater Knoxville, United Way UT and a few other local music figures.

"Mainly, selection of the winner will be based on talent and fan base," Arnette said.

The winning band will receive a prize of $500. Arnette hopes the event will draw more students into the campus United Way chapter, which holds a meeting the second Thursday of every month.

"I hope this event raises student awareness about United Way and the opportunities it represents on campus and in Knoxville," Ford said. "Hopefully, we'll put on a good show too."

The show is $7 at the door with the money going to help the Knoxville community. For more information, click here.


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It wasn't what new Tennessee coach Kevin O'Neill wanted to see, but it was
about what he expected.

The Vols shot 27 percent from the floor in the first half and led Tennessee
Tech 29-27 at the break Sunday before 8,014 at Thompson-Boling Arena.

"I thought we were going to have to hand out No-Doz to our fans at the
half," O'Neill said. "That couldn't have been much fun to watch."

Tennessee played better in the second half, though, and downed the Golden
Eagles 74-54 to give O'Neill a victory in his first game as Tennessee's

"Tennessee Tech played pretty darn well," O'Neill said. "I don't think
they're an SEC club by any means, but I'm not sure we're an SEC club at
this point. It's going to take awhile."

The Vols (1-0) ran their all-time record to 15-0 against the Golden Eagles
(1-1) behind 17 points each from Steve Hamer and Stanley Caldwell, who also
had 14 rebounds.

Freshman Shane Carnes contributed 14 points for Tennessee, 12 of them in
the second half as the Vols stretched a 2-point halftime margin. Junior
college transfer Damon Johnson added 11 points.

Chris Turner led Tech with 15 points, Marc Glanton added 13 and Carlos
Floyd scored 10.

The Vols controlled the boards behind Caldwell, building a 50-33 edge, and
held Tech to 27 percent shooting (17-of-62) from the field, a trademark of
O'Neill's Marquette teams. Caldwell was 6-of-12 from the field and 3-of-4
from 3-point territory.

While the Vols were only 5-of-15 shooting treys, they consistently passed
inside-to-outside looking for the long shot.

"They were collapsing when we threw the ball inside," Caldwell said.
"(O'Neill) basically tells us to spot up. Anytime the ball goes to the
inside, if you're not a center, then you spot up.

"I guess this was my best game at Tennessee," Caldwell added.

Tennessee hit 17-of-27 shots in the second half (63 percent) to make up for
shooting poorly in the first half and finish the game at 43 percent

Tech took its only lead of the second half at 34-33 on a 3-pointer by
Glanton with just under 17 minutes left.

But Carnes and Hamer sparked the Vols to a 17-3 run over the next five
minutes for a 50-37 lead, and the Golden Eagles never got closer than nine
points after that.

"Fortunately, I got some positive things off the bench," said Hamer, who
came in with 18:01 left in the second half to start the run.
"Unfortunately, I did a whole lot negative things as well. But the bottom
line is that we won the basketball game."

The Vols forged ahead 21-8 in the first half, but had given all but two
points of it back by halftime, when Tennessee Tech pulled to 29-27.


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3 Stages of Dementia: What to Expect

stages of dementia

Ease uncertainty by understanding the stages of dementia

One of the biggest challenges with Alzheimer’s and dementia is the uncertainty – not knowing what’s going to happen next with your older adult.

Experts say that changes in the brain start years before a person shows noticeable symptoms. When symptoms begin to affect everyday life and your older adult gets a proper diagnosis, 3 stages can be used as guidelines to help you plan for the future.

We explain the 3 stages of dementia, common symptoms in each stage, and why your older adult’s symptoms don’t always fit into these stages.

The 3 stages of dementia

In general, these stages apply to all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s. However, it’s essential to remember that someone with dementia may not always fit in a specific stage or go through every stage. The stages do have some overlap and the progression of dementia is different in each person.

Mild dementia
In the early stage, a person with dementia might still be able to live independently. They might still be able to drive, work, and socialize.

However, they will probably be having memory lapses, like forgetting familiar words or the location of everyday objects. Other people may start to notice that the person is having difficulty or that something “seems off.”

In a thorough medical exam, doctors might be able to detect problems in memory or concentration.

Symptoms may include:

  • Struggling to find the right word or name
  • Finding it difficult to do everyday tasks in social or work settings
  • Forgetting something that they just read
  • Frequently losing or misplacing things
  • Increasing trouble with planning or organizing
  • Making decisions with uncharacteristically poor judgement

Moderate dementia
The middle stage of dementia is usually the longest and can last for many years. As the disease progresses, the person will need an increasing level of care.

In this stage, you might notice that they get words mixed up, are often frustrated or angry, or act in unexpected ways, like refusing to bathe. Damage in the brain can make it difficult to express themselves and do everyday things.

Symptoms may include:

  • Forgetting things that happened recently or major events in their life
  • Being moody or withdrawn, especially in social situations or when something requires too much thought
  • Not being able remember significant things like their address, telephone number, high school, etc.
  • Getting confused about where they are or what day it is
  • Needing help choosing appropriate clothes for the season or occasion
  • For some, trouble with incontinence
  • Changing sleep patterns, like sleeping during the day and being restless at night
  • An increased risk of wandering and getting lost
  • Personality and behavior changes, including paranoia, delusions, and compulsive, repetitive behavior like hand-wringing

Late-stage dementia
In the final stage of dementia, people progressively lose the ability to engage in the world, to hold conversations, and to control their muscles.

They may still be able to talk, but communicating and expressing thoughts becomes difficult – even for something basic like pain. Their memory and cognitive skills continue to get worse and you might see significant personality changes or the fading of personality altogether.

At this stage, people with dementia typically:

  • Need 24/7 help with daily activities and personal care
  • Have increasing difficulty communicating
  • Lose awareness of recent experiences and their surroundings
  • Gradually and progressively lose physical abilities, including the ability to walk, sit, and swallow
  • Become more likely to develop infections, especially pneumonia

A person with dementia doesn’t always fit into one stage

Dementia affects each person differently and changes different parts of the brain at different times. Researchers and doctors still don’t know enough about how these diseases work to predict exactly what will happen.

Someone in the middle stages of dementia could suddenly have a great moment, hour, or day and seem like they’re back to their pre-dementia abilities. They could be sharp for a little while and later, go back to having obvious cognitive impairment.

When this happens, some caregivers may feel like their older adult is faking their symptoms or not trying hard enough. It’s important to know that this isn’t true, it’s truly the dementia that’s causing their declining abilities as well as those strange moments of clarity. They’re not doing it on purpose.

Knowing the stages of dementia helps you plan

Even if the stages aren’t exact and symptoms can be unpredictable, being able to plan ahead is essential.

The truth is that Alzheimer’s and dementia care is expensive and time-consuming. Being financially prepared for increasing care needs is a necessity.

On an emotional level, knowing what type of symptoms to expect helps you find ways to cope with challenging behaviors. It also gives you a chance to mentally prepare yourself for the inevitable changes in your older adult.

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  • Reply April 17, 2017

    Rich Jones

    My wife is well into stage two, actually needed to work on her for ere shower this morning. She still thinks she can drive, however she cannot see past the hood of a car, and her head is always pointing towards the ground, she is even dangerous in the electric carts at the stores. Cannot tell you how many times she has run into me and others, also no display is safe if she is around.
    I will care for her as long as possible, but she may end up in a care facility at some point.

    • Reply April 17, 2017

      I’m so sorry about your wife’s dementia and decline in abilities. It sounds like you’re doing an amazing job caring for her!

    • Reply April 18, 2017

      Remember that care facilities are very expensive. If you have the right knowledge and support, she may be able to stay at home.

      • Reply April 18, 2017

        That’s very true, the unfortunately reality is that long-term care is expensive. Hiring caregivers to care for someone 24/7 in the home is incredibly expensive and compared to that, assisted living / nursing care seems like a bargain. If the family is able to provide most of the care, it’s more cost effective to care for the older adult at home. But if their care needs become more than the family can safely handle at home, moving to a care community may be necessary.

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Nida Yasir wears her wedding dress

We have this concept in Pakistan that girls only wear their wedding dress once because the trends change and also the dress is so heavy that it cannot be used again. This trend is changing these days. Girls change there wedding dresses in a way that in can be worn on formal functions. Nida Yasir changed her wedding dress. The designer was Zaheer Abbas. He completely gave her dress a new look. Watch for yourself because it will be helpful for you.

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I spy with my little eye...

...something green.

Clayton And Leslee Family said...

Sometimes i wish blog posts just had a like button lol Im happy for spring!!!!

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YEAH! So many fun plans swimming around in my head, lets plan a few together. Girl (kids of course too) time with Les and Kaydee!


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Jonathan Pell, Summer of Opera, Part 19

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I had an early dinner with Ailyn Perez last night and was glad to be able to catch up with all the wonderful things that are going on with her career, including her Covent Garden and Metropolitan Opera debuts.  It was hard to tear myself away before we could have dessert, but the curtain time […]

Jonathan Pell, Summer of Opera, Part 18

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Last night was a new production of FAUST, staged by Stephen Lawless, who has directed several productions in Dallas since his US debut with the company in 1991.  It was cleverly updated to the middle of the 19th century (the time of its composition) and    brimming  with interesting ideas about the conflict between good and […]

Jonathan Pell, Summer of Opera, Part 17

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I have been coming to the Santa Fe Opera for nearly forty years, and there is a good reason that they call New Mexico “the land of enchantment.”  It is a magical place,  and even on those rare occasions when the performances are a little disappointing, the setting is always extraordinary. From the very beginning […]

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Santa Fe’s open air opera house On the heels of a critically acclaimed Fort Worth Opera Festival, North Texas Opera lovers may be looking for their next big musical “fix.” Fortunately, there’s plenty to choose from, from coast to coast and overseas. Here are a few of the best known options: Salzburg Festival There’s more […]


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The Opening of Akihabara Kingdom
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Name in Japanese アキハバラキングダム開幕
Release Date October 12th, 2011
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Previous Episode 31
Next Episode 33
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Opening Isshin Denshin
Ending Himitsu Kichi

The Opening of Akihabara Kingdom (アキハバラキングダム開幕) is the thirty-second episode of Danball Senki anime adaptation. It was aired on 12th October 2011.

Major Events

  • The Akihabara Kingdom tournament started and the tournament was seperated into 4 blocks.
  • From Ban Yamano's team, Ban fought against Saki Kitajima. The battle ended with Ban's team victory.
  • From the Hacker Corps, Yamaneko fought against Meteo Train and won the battle.
  • Ota Rangers won their battle against Cyber Knights.
  • From Jin Kaidou's team, Jin fought against Jason Kurosawa and easily won by smashing the mace on the LBX's head.

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Wedding Performance Rehearsals

I wish I could post the video of their rehearsal, but the likes of Photobucket and sorts are being *censored* about the '100mb'restriction.

So since the video can't be uploaded,here are some pictures. ^^

Wei Yun & Joe Yee make a good team^^

Ending pose! I couldn't get all of them in view of my camera properly..

Wei Yun

Xing Wei. She's skin and bones, literally.

Edit: I uploaded the video on YouTube, so here it is! ^^


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Saturday, September 3, 2011

I just got out of the shower and there are so many things running through my head that are bothering me about ME at the moment. I’m not blogging about them for sympathy or for anyone to try and make me feel better. I just have to get them off my chest and this blog is one way that lets me do that.

  • I threw David a surprise birthday party last night and completely forgot to invite 3 very important people … my sister being one of them!!! Ugh!
  • I offended a friend twice in the last week and literally had no clue I did it. She brought it up to me (thankfully) and I waned to crawl under a rock! Open mouth, insert foot!
  • I’m SO behind in Premier returns it’s making me SICK!
  • One of my customers just sent me a text asking me if I had cashed her check from like 2 WEEKS AGO because it hadn’t cleared yet. Nope, I’m behind in that too! Ugh!
  • I took the girls to the pool today and a sweet little 9 year-old girl was playing with us. She asked me if I had a c-section with the newest addition to our family. What would prompt her to ask that question you might ask? Because the stretch marks on my belly are so AWFUL, the little girl thought it was a c-section scar! DISGUSTING!!!
  • I keep saying I’m giving up soda because it’s empty calories that are not helping me get back to pre-baby weight and every time I go to Moes, I get a soda!!! WHY!?!

Do ya’ll ever get to thinking about things like this and just have a hard time letting them go? Rhetorical question since I disabled the comments section. I really don’t want anyone to feel like they have to say something to make me feel better about myself. I just needed to vent! I literally want to THROW UP thinking that I forgot to invite my own sister to my husbands birthday party. Who does that?! Thankfully she said she forgave me, but I’m having a hard time forgiving myself. Praying that I can let these things go once I hit the post button and walk away from the computer. I’ll try to be back to my old self the next time I post. Thanks for letting me vent.


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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Turkey Drawing 001ps

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today I wanted to take a few moments to jot down a few things I am thankful for…

1. A GREAT God who created me, gave me purpose in this life, and loves me through and through.

2. My incredible husband who is a huge source of strength in my life. I’m so thankful that he is a man after God’s own heart and seeks to be a Godly example to his family in all things!

3. My sweet, sweet girls. They are my pride and joy. I look at them each day and just can’t believe I get to be their mom!

4. Premier. What a blessing Premier has been in so many ways. I get the opportunity to stay home with my girls, meet and encourage amazing women, and provide for my family financially.

5. Good Health. I feel like everywhere I turn, someone’s got cancer or something else. I’m SO thankful for good health and pray for it to remain!

6. Answered prayers. Dave and I pray for our families and friends on a daily basis. Recently, my mom has been walking closer with the Lord than I have ever seen! God is being glorified in so many ways and I’m SO proud of my mom!

7. Good Friends. God has truly blessed me with some amazing friends to live life with.

8. Laughter. :)

and a few silly things I’m thankful for…

1. Holiday drinks at Starbucks!

2. Good sales.

3. WHITE spray paint.

4. Christmas music. Let the Christmas season begin!

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Dave said...

Aw, I love you hunny, and I am more thankful than you can every imagine to have you and the girls in my life.


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Friday, March 30, 2012

Daniel and I love breakfast time, for several reasons:

1. Eating is our favorite sport so, by the time we wake up after a loooong night... our stomachs do "gggrrrrroooaaarrrr"

2. I am starting to eat alone like a real professional so I have plenty of fun grabbing the food from my own plate (even if the floor looks like a total mess after that!!!)

3. Daniel loves having breakfast too and his favorite food is bread with wurst (from Neumarkt, of course) and biscuits del abuelo :-)

4. All the family has breakfast together so Daniel and I really enjoy having that time with mom and dad !!!

I think there will only be one thing I will enjoy more... when will I be old enough to try that chocolate con bizcochos????

Can't wait !!! In the meanwhile.... I will just enjoy my breakfast.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

A very special postcard

So Manuel got a very special Happy Birthday postcard.... from the abuelos !!!

Pretty amazing surprise when we opened the envelope and saw them all dressed up and smiley. Manuel was really happy to get such a special birthday present and me... I am totally crazy about that ship !!!

Can't wait to see the abuelos and ask them to them with me on their next cruise. I would really look cool in a suit like the abuelo :-)

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Five Movements That Will Make An Impact Overnight

This is the fourth of a set of excerpts from the Intervention DVD.

If I were to put these in order as to how I can impact you overnight, the order would be like this: 1) Loaded carries—I can change your life in three weeks…2) Squat; 3) Hinge; 4) Pull; 5) Push.

I can guarantee that your kids…when they show up to Stanford’s weight room, they want to bench press…they want to lay down and bench press. I know that because I worked with a Pac-12 basketball player years ago and all he ever wanted to do was bench press—a 6’9” guy who walked around like this and wanted to bench press. To get you…to get…the first level of intervention then…okay…so intervention 1 is this: Getting you to some kind of loaded carry. If I get that and 3 weeks later you call me up and you say, ‘Dan, you’re a genius,’ I practice blushing often. I go, ‘Oh please. Genius is a true but overworked term but, yes, keep talking,’ ‘Is there more?’

Because if I can get you to just the farmer walk…just the farmer walk…in 3 weeks you’re better. But these guys…okay…so I taught the farmer walk to a ballet dancer and a basketball team and they both worked. Why? Well, how come? Because they weren’t doing them. What? What you will find too are the things they don’t do and you make them do it. I just gave…okay…I thank you very much…I’m glad you could…They will do it. I will have them do it and 3 weeks later, they are better. Having them do a more advanced bench press program? ‘I’ve got 12 weeks. It’s gotta work. It’s got the word ‘Russian’ in it,’ God. If you want to sell things on the Internet, put the word ‘Russian’ on it, or Soviet or secret. You know? I love it. It will sell like…whatever sells well nowadays. Bench press…the magnificent 21 pull up program, the fantastic…okay…we don’t have anything for any of these but if I can get you to do loaded carries and squats, I make you better. If I just get you to do the…what? Let’s not say basics. No, that’s a mistake you are going to make.

The first box after this is called patterning. What are the patterns that are important? Each one of these movements has a basic patterning that we want to make sure we have. The basic pattern, I think, for pushing exercises is the plank in the plank family. I discovered this years ago when I started working with women who couldn’t do pushups. And then I would say, ‘Well, just hold what I call the pushup position plank’ and they couldn’t hold it.

Can I get a volunteer from the audience, please? Oh, thank you. Would you show me the pushup position plank, please? This is the pushup position…oh and he doesn’t see…see how nice he does it. He has his heels together. He is tight here like this.

Now if I have…if I have a female athlete and she can’t hold this for a minute, why would I test her on pushups for a minute? Well because…don’t you see that form? The form said, ‘Pushups for a minute,’ She can’t hold the pushup in place. She can’t hold the pushup position. How many planks are there? Oh, there’s millions. There is the standard plank now. There are all of your variations on the star planks. If someone doesn’t have the upper body strength to hold the plank, why are we pushing them into something else? Planks first. Now…you can say now… Hang on, Dan. You know? Pushing is all…it is…it is all this stuff’…but if you can’t lock down the shoulders. Why are you trying to lean away with an enormous weight trying to press it overhead?

So now, for the pull, everybody knows…okay…we can do pull-ups. We can do this horizontal row. We can do the flex arm hang but you know what? If the person I’m working with can’t do any of those, what are we going to do—just make fun of them? Here class, look. This person can’t do any of that. You know, look. Doesn’t that make you feel better as a person because, you know, Edna can’t do jack squat. What I do is…I just…and there are hundreds of different systems now with the TRX and a bunch of other things…would you show me a bat wing? Pull them up and hold it. Get those thumbs in the armpits for me. Higher, higher, higher. This is an isometric hold. This is working the patterning of the movement. This is a very…there is no failure in bat wings. You can come up with all kinds of different ways to do this but this is the basic movement I try to teach. Thank you very much. Good. So this is the patterning exercise for the pull. I call them bat wings because originally it was a joke but then one day I realized that it kind of actually did look like bat wings from the side. Thank you.

Now for the next one…is the hinge. What is the hinge? Now the hinge…the hinge has an interesting story. We will tell it to you right now. A couple of years ago, I was sitting in my office and this young lady had gone to a workshop and swings were killing her lower back. She started to swing and I said, ‘No, that’s wrong. You’re squatting your swings,’ And then she said, ‘Well, can you help me?’ It was like, ‘Well, hmm…’ and I realized that what had happened in that pause was almost 30 years of coaching in the weight room unpacking itself and about to be vomited out by me because what happened is that I realized that the swing is a hinge and the squat is a squat. When you tie the two together, you hurt people’s lower backs.

It’s like somebody asked me one time why I don’t teach high school kids Good Mornings. Good Morning is when you put the bar on your back and you lean over. It is because if I teach a high school boy on Monday to squat and on Wednesday I do Good Mornings, on Friday who knows what we’re going to see? I can guarantee you this. There are going to be bloody noses because they are going to fall forward on their face squatting in a Good Morning position. You can say, ‘No, that doesn’t happen at my gym,’ Great. You’re a better coach than me and than anybody I have ever hired. But once you start to combine those movements, things get lost. So I went to a board…Josh was there. I realized that we had a continuum here. On one side is what we would call the hinge movement…ideally and, maybe purely, the kettlebell swing.

Over here on this side, we had a movement called the squat. By then, I had already come up with a nice way to teach people to squat called the Goblet Squat. The hinge is a minimal knee bend and maximal hip bend. Folks. This is a hinge. My knees, yes, are bent slightly but it’s that butt back movement I am trying to show you. Don’t worry. We’ll spend some more time on this in just a minute. That is a hinge. It is the most powerful thing that the human body can do. If you’re running down a path…a place called Mount Olympus in Utah…and you see a rattlesnake…a true story…you hinge over it. One does not squat down to the depth of the rattlesnake and then jump over it. One hinges, snaps over it and runs farther saying, ‘Oh my God. Oh my God. Did you see that? Did you see that?’

The squat is a maximal knee bend and a maximal hip bend. In other words, a squat is a squat. A hinge is a hinge. A swing is a hinge. The mistake most people make when they do kettlebell or dumbbell swings is that they have the weight here and they begin to squat down with it as it goes down so that when they get to this position, you’ve got a weight here…by the way, that’s how I hurt my back in the early 80s.

This lady…a very nice lady that I worked with asked me to move a thing called a typewriter. Typewriter. It was a device that one would press buttons and it would hit on paper and cause letters to appear. No one in this group has ever heard of it.

So she had her little desk here like this. I leaned over because I am as strong as you can ever be, picked it up and my back went, ‘Wwwrrrkkk.’ And I drank a lot of red wine and tried to sleep with my knees on my chest for about six weeks. If you’ll notice the position of the swing I am in right now, this is the, ‘I’m going to hurt myself—the typewriter position.’ That’s a squatting swing. Hinge…Squat…That’s just the start. We are going to do more in a minute.

On this continuum, you can throw things like cleans and snatches over here. You can throw in Zercher squats and back squats over here. You can probably put Good Mornings up here. But you will see from a tension point of view why it is so treacherous to teach someone to snatch and clean and Good Morning in the same week when they haven’t yet mastered the hinge and the squat. Did I say that snatches were bad? No. Did I say that cleans were bad? No. Did I that back squats are bad? No.

Everyone thinks that I am up here as a moral theologian going, ‘This is a bad exercise. This is a good exercise.’ I never say that. I always say, ‘You can’t…if the pattern isn’t there, you can’t yet move up.’

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Sims 3 error - need to insert sims 3 CD

problem - try to play sims 3 after overnight, got the error -  game disc found please insert the sims 3 pets game disc before proceeding

solution - monnt the sims 3 CD in the Drive using Power ISO, the reason is after PC restart the Drive dissapear and when you try to play sims 3, it try to look for  the CD, hence the PowerISO kind of creating the CD in your computer to let sims 3 dictate it..

it work..

try to find crack for this..yet to find one..

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