Make Money from Home Being a Freelance Writer

<div class="MsoNormal">I know what you’re thinking:  I would love to make money from home.  One of the easiest and most lucrative methods around is freelance writing.   Whether you choose to start a blog, develop your own website, or contribute to someone else’s site, writing can have a positive impact on your personal bottom line from month to month.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">What you really need to decide is what kind of content you want to write?  Movie reviews, television critiques, travel notes, a little bit of everything?  Those are just examples, because just about anything is possible on the good old Internet. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">One of the biggest questions I get is where and how to get started writing for money on the Internet, because many sites you will be applying to will want to see examples of what you have already done.  Think of it as a virtual resume.  One site in particular that is near and dear to my heart is Yahoo! Voices, which is formerly known as Associated Content.  The money might not be staggering at first, by Voices gives you the platform you need to get started.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The site is a great launching pad, because it offers upfront payments and royalties based on the number hits an article gets.  Those are strong incentives for any aspiring freelance writer.  Of course, Yahoo! Voices is not the only writing site out there, but it is a great starting point to learn and hone your craft until you are ready to move up to other sites.  It lets you create a library of content with feedback from staff members (alright occasionally feedback), but it also offers a chance to network with other writers.  Here’s a link to get going:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://contributor.yahoo.com/join//?refer=486855"><img alt="Join the Yahoo! Contributor Network" border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/ck/siteimg/referral_120x90_a.gif"></a><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Two things you will need for Yahoo! Voices include:  a Yahoo ID and a Paypal account.  Obviously, since this is a Yahoo site, the ID is necessary to join, and the Paypal account is so that you can get paid, which is really the whole point.  So get those two hurdles out of the way and get going.<o:p></o:p></div>

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Google brings Android Nation store to India to spice up its retail market

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">In the significant move that will be increase Android penetration in India.Its promoter google is now varying for a piece of the retail market with brick-and-mortar stores called Android Nation.</div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMSK035gpk2VEij4PBEC5dk5fzYKNopfUHQ_UI5ue-FpXhca9T1_eF5vhT2CFi7Rlk6dTxxwamD8i-6K0DLP_f-67ERc-0GHJg1TAU8VfJrdoQpEjKqF5ApwZAhYz2La2cTWVftz4Gaw/s1600/google-brings-android-nation-store-to-india-to-spice-up-its-retail-market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMSK035gpk2VEij4PBEC5dk5fzYKNopfUHQ_UI5ue-FpXhca9T1_eF5vhT2CFi7Rlk6dTxxwamD8i-6K0DLP_f-67ERc-0GHJg1TAU8VfJrdoQpEjKqF5ApwZAhYz2La2cTWVftz4Gaw/s1600/google-brings-android-nation-store-to-india-to-spice-up-its-retail-market.jpg" wya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: google news</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The US company will partner BK Modi's Spice Global to set up the stores in various Indian cities, starting with New Delhi later this year.<br /><br />Like other such stores in Indonesia, each Android Nation store will promote and sell Android smartphones and tablets across multiple brands like Samsung HTC Sony LG And Asus etc</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The store will also serve as an Android experience centre where customers can find out more about the latest Android apps, get help from experts, download software updates or check out the latest accessories for their devices.<br /><br />Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a></div></div></div>

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I Love Summer!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Y’know?  Today is the first full day of Summer, and we are gonna have some fun, in fact…<br /><br />The other day, a post that <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/06/mayhem-in-am-shut-down-by-pc-police.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Jayman wrote</span></i></a> reminded me of a good time summer time dream that I had had some years ago.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdQZZYLqECOoX4AocBaKq1Egm22-CVXVQcOekxJx_7LoLS78L1IdQMwQOBtb4hY_eAT7UwCjvwp3bEU_itzDxZuGVXT4N9oFwukBd9tOXr7U_AYTH6xHcl-JNzUdU0pafmaoijFsxQp0/s1600/Sarah+Palin+Fox+News+People+Love+Her.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdQZZYLqECOoX4AocBaKq1Egm22-CVXVQcOekxJx_7LoLS78L1IdQMwQOBtb4hY_eAT7UwCjvwp3bEU_itzDxZuGVXT4N9oFwukBd9tOXr7U_AYTH6xHcl-JNzUdU0pafmaoijFsxQp0/s400/Sarah+Palin+Fox+News+People+Love+Her.jpg" width="400" /></a>And please…allow me to tell to tell you how it all went down..<br /><br />I was at picnic fundraiser for Sarah Palin. It was a first, kinda summer day, and …<br /><br />True to her folksy, homespun carnival act personality, there were all sorts of activities that one might find at a small town America cookout during the summer.<br /><br />I signed up for the three-legged race. I’ve always kinda dug that. We all threw our names in a hat and Sarah drew names to see who would partner with whom.<br /><br />I was excited because I knew that if I had a decent partner I had a good shot at winning. My excitement soon became despair when Sarah named who would be tied up with me…<br /><br />Stephen Fucking Hawking!!<br /><br /><i>“What a disadvantage that puts me at.”</i> I muttered to myself.<br /><br />While other pairs are running the race with three good legs, I’m going to be draggin’ Hawking down Lane 4 for 50 yards.<br /><br />I was thinking to myself, <i>“Holy Shit…Having Heather Mills as my partner would be a step up.”</i><br /><br />Anyhoo…Hawking comes rolling up to me, and in his creepy McDonald’s Drive-Thru speaker voice, said…<br /><br /><i>“Let’s kick some ass, Matt-Man.”</i><br /><br />So I dump his ass out of his wheelchair, and he’s laying there in all his palsied and Parkinsonian glory flippin’ and a-flappin’ around like a washed up walleye contorting on a hot rock, and I tied him to my right leg with a bungee cord and duct tape.<br /><br />I dragged him and his useless body over to the starting line. There were six teams in the race, but one team in particular was giving me and The Hawk-Man the stink eye.<br /><br />It was the team of Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.<br /><br />After we stared them down (well, after I stared them down, Hawking’s face was in the dirt, mumbling some incoherent bullshit about supernovas and their effect on the space/time continuum), I turned my eyes to the prize and the finish line that was 50 yards away.<br /><br />Palin with bullhorn in hand, shouted, <i>“Ready, Set…”</i> and then several rounds from her AK-47 set each team into motion.<br /><br />Despite the dead weight attached to me, I was bolting like lightning down the course…<br />Hawking beside me and behind me all the way, his face being bloodied by the ground as he drooled and continuously muttered, for whatever reason, <i>“Deus ex Machina!!”</i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l13vCxu-tejuunlDUwslLCvZleZwjTKckeZcPE1xaoCf9nDdFbMI3uVTqe6s3U6DVk6SBiQJHQJgPouOLFcgH7DnCNXnNVVYWDs_x4vMcbobAL1SnqTzNfvRmQPpXpMF-zPyc70LBAA/s1600/stephen-hawking+freak+wheelchair+brilliant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l13vCxu-tejuunlDUwslLCvZleZwjTKckeZcPE1xaoCf9nDdFbMI3uVTqe6s3U6DVk6SBiQJHQJgPouOLFcgH7DnCNXnNVVYWDs_x4vMcbobAL1SnqTzNfvRmQPpXpMF-zPyc70LBAA/s400/stephen-hawking+freak+wheelchair+brilliant.jpg" width="400" /></a>O’Reilly and Beck were leading, but as we neared the finish line lagging behind those two nut jobs, they abruptly stopped in order to deeply kiss and fondle each other’s dick.<br /><br />As they engaged in their ego and cock stroking man love, I sped passed them hauling Hawking’s bouncing, crippled body beside me.<br /><br />As we crossed the finish line in triumphant fashion, I realized the brilliance of Hawking. O’Reilly and Beck’s public display of depravity had been our Deus ex Machina.<br /><br />I cut Hawking loose from me, gave him a bottle of Gatorade, and proceeded to have obligatory winner’s sex with Bristol Palin.<br /><br />Hawking? Unable to put himself into his wheelchair, he lay there calculating exactly how long it would take him to die from over-exposure to the hot summer sun. And you know what?<br /><br />That brilliant bastard predicted his sunstroke induced demise right to the nano-second, and that in itself, is pretty God Damn brilliant…and funny.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook page</span></a></div>

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Lose Up To 20 Pounds In Three Weeks With An HCG Texas Weight Loss Consultant

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Liliana Mills</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The HCG diet is gaining popularity in Texas as people share their success stories. The program combines hormone therapy with a calorie restricted meal plan. It allows dieters to shed weight rapidly without feeling hungry. Losses of 10 to 25 pounds are possible the first three weeks. Under the supervision of an HCG Texas weight loss consultant, the program can be followed successfully with no risk to an individual's health.<br /> <br /> The hormone known as Human Chorionic Gonadotropin or HCG is produced by women during pregnancy. It releases fat stored in deposits on the thighs, hips and abdomen so that it can be utilized as fuel. This fat mobilization ensures that the growing fetus has a constant energy supply.<br /> <br /> The British endocrinologist Dr Albert Simeons conducted experiments in the 1950s to test the use of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a weight loss aid. He put clinically obese male and female subjects on a very low calorie diet and gave them daily hormone injections. The results were astounding. The subjects rapidly lost excess fat without losing muscle mass. They experienced no adverse side effects and reported an unexpected absence of hunger.<br /> <br /> Today no one has to endure daily injections in order to benefit from the fat mobilizing and hunger suppressing effects of HCG. Weight loss consultants can supply their patients with the hormone in a new oral formula. Just a few drops under the tongue two or three times a daily can help the body to burn away stubborn fat deposits.<br /> <br /> For the first two days on the diet, people are encouraged to eat all they want. Once the hormone is actively releasing stored fat deposits, dieters are limited to 500 calories a day. Since the energy needed to go about ordinary daily activities is provided by excess body fat, hunger signals are inhibited and only a small amount of food is required for nutrition.<br /> <br /> In the rapid weight loss stage of the diet, lunch and dinner consist of a portion of lean beef, chicken or fish, a fruit, a vegetable and a crisp bread. The choice of foods is limited as are the cooking methods. Dishes can be made more interesting by combining allowable foods and making use of herbs, spices and seasoning. A typical dinner would be chicken salad with spinach, orange slices and croutons sprinkled with vinegar.<br /> <br /> Low calorie intake combined with a high rate of fat burning produces losses of up to thirty pounds in the first month. However, there is no danger of becoming too thin. The diet is self-limiting because HCG only suppresses hunger when the body is carrying excess fat. When the dieter reaches a normal weight, their food cravings return, even if they continue to take the hormone.<br /> <br /> <A href="http://MySlimSolution.com">HCG Texas</A> weight loss consultants guide their clients through the phases of the weight loss and weight maintenance program. After an initial consultation, they supply clients with the hormone and any nutritional supplements they may require for optimum health. They provide support, advice and motivation to ensure that dieters reach their goals.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'><a href="http://MySlimSolution.com">Read more about</a> Lose Up To 20 Pounds In Three Weeks With An HCG Texas Weight Loss Consultant visiting our website.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Mani-Pedi time

We went for a manicure & pedicure this morning in Maricel Salon (formerly on White Street).  Ciaran also got his eyebrows done.  <div><br></div><div>I got a French manicure on my fingernails and a funky pale blue varnish on my nails.  Very relaxing and chilled out morning!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLR8J3TPyzFvnU9m0M-Fi7eABLQJ_fMsp1sfdhZSFRoad0_BPR_rfbZ2PM-tzPYeLI6M8M3QmPyg2EfQByeBVEhRe2TOlojySK8bJYKSDHBA-DkSEHc68r9xxPB46JfDxGylT9Qqup1OI/s640/blogger-image--1241025785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLR8J3TPyzFvnU9m0M-Fi7eABLQJ_fMsp1sfdhZSFRoad0_BPR_rfbZ2PM-tzPYeLI6M8M3QmPyg2EfQByeBVEhRe2TOlojySK8bJYKSDHBA-DkSEHc68r9xxPB46JfDxGylT9Qqup1OI/s640/blogger-image--1241025785.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8dewwAtvMm7o7ZKADgJxHGtiSclT0ET06eMR2PPBQsUy7i1gR3heg8MdmIWgUZ5w7kw62STY7PjOI4grQymu9ZssCq9YNNfHf7E0bfFMf_1PRQH9kSSYAA6DKCWGddK1tPvPj0eMOiQm/s640/blogger-image--469714260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8dewwAtvMm7o7ZKADgJxHGtiSclT0ET06eMR2PPBQsUy7i1gR3heg8MdmIWgUZ5w7kw62STY7PjOI4grQymu9ZssCq9YNNfHf7E0bfFMf_1PRQH9kSSYAA6DKCWGddK1tPvPj0eMOiQm/s640/blogger-image--469714260.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR039RUh7ZMoBIhPbdvfhUksASo1WdCRqGwxw7lFeQHfrlX_GhhKYPuTtVruGSS6sdzu3Wltzz7eCgBoWMDlOsil9eqdYKgkVajHP3tG3GKI3CS9VkgwlNhPRign926MANgtqjLpNm6JV/s640/blogger-image-1782104883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR039RUh7ZMoBIhPbdvfhUksASo1WdCRqGwxw7lFeQHfrlX_GhhKYPuTtVruGSS6sdzu3Wltzz7eCgBoWMDlOsil9eqdYKgkVajHP3tG3GKI3CS9VkgwlNhPRign926MANgtqjLpNm6JV/s640/blogger-image-1782104883.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KOBzagQVdi_Wkn3PQ-0m3IXHxjg0WbmTCZHk1siJ3buq-fhBEPWjQGMzLIPdYRtrE3VMDM00SsVhG1gzqewDWtVoHZBgEvZ8-0ucFR5NyPMxZuHFIL8vqgHXCDtW8jwRFp8h9ny7g3gp/s640/blogger-image--1159002563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KOBzagQVdi_Wkn3PQ-0m3IXHxjg0WbmTCZHk1siJ3buq-fhBEPWjQGMzLIPdYRtrE3VMDM00SsVhG1gzqewDWtVoHZBgEvZ8-0ucFR5NyPMxZuHFIL8vqgHXCDtW8jwRFp8h9ny7g3gp/s640/blogger-image--1159002563.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>

Mani-Pedi time

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A Personal Trainer Los Angeles Recommends Tips For Burning Calories After The Holidays

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Michael Petry</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Most people in Los Angeles are now looking for ways to shed off the extra pounds they've gained from all the bingeing that they did throughout the holidays, from Thanksgiving, Christmas until New Year. Because summer is fast approaching and everybody is talking about going to the beach, both men and women are now looking for the very best ways to melt away the calories that they've gained.<br /> <br /> To help you get a beach worthy body, a top personal trainer Los Angeles will recommend these 3 workout tips.<br /> <br /> Keep On Burning All The Calories<br /> <br /> You might have probably stopped going to the gym for quite a while because you have been busy entertaining friends during the holiday. Well, it's time to get back on track and burn all those calories off. If you cannot find time to go to the gym, then look for physical activities that could somehow help you to burn all those calories that you've gained.<br /> <br /> If you live in a coastal area in Los Angeles, you can go jogging in the nearby beach or perhaps go swimming during the weekends. When going to work, try to walk or jog instead of taking the cab. When going up a building, take the stairs instead of the elevator. According to a personal trainer Los Angeles, doing these small activities can help to burn off the calories even if you don't go to the gym to work out.<br /> <br /> Always Eat Something Healthy<br /> <br /> So you have already enjoyed almost all types of foods during the holidays. Now that the festive season is over, it's time that you ditch all the unhealthy stuff and focus on eating healthy. It might be too tempting to binge on the leftover desserts in your fridge, but keep in mind that these foods are loaded with sugar and fat and these two are the top causes of weight gain.<br /> <br /> But of course, this does not mean that you just starve yourself. Well, definitely not, because starving will just make you to gain weight even more. The personal trainer Los Angeles would suggest that you prepare healthy meals everyday and these meals should be loaded with fruits and vegetables.<br /> <br /> Try A New Exercise Routine<br /> <br /> Some people often get bored with doing the exact same exercises repeatedly, until finally they give up working out. In order to prevent this from taking place, why not try a new workout routine? There are lots of resources on the internet that you can refer to for some guide or you can ask a personal trainer Los Angeles to train you. The fitness instructor will be able to devise new exercise plans to help you to go on with your exercises.<br /> <br /> So keep these three tips in mind if you wish to lose a few pounds and achieve a bikini worthy body come summer. The key here is discipline and of course, determination. If you just adhere strictly to a proper diet and if you follow the advice of your personal trainer Los Angeles, you'll certainly be amazed by how your body will look when summer comes.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in excellent condition with the aid of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-los-angeles/">Personal Trainer Los Angeles</a> not just enhances your own physique but furthermore your health as well. The advantages that you can get from <a href="https://plus.google.com/111366947275605891071/about">Los Angeles Personal Trainer</a> are countless.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Personal Trainer Los Angeles Recommends Tips For Burning Calories After The Holidays

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Top 5 Workouts You Can Do Outside Of The Gym With The Help Of A Personal Trainer In Newport Beach

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jackie Johnson</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Exercise is a must activity for people of all ages, regardless of gender. Exercise is among the most effective ways to maintain a normal level of cholesterol, sugar, and uric acid.<br /> <br /> Newport Beach is a city blessed with a year-round of pleasant weather. It's a coastal area located at Southern California. The city boasts of its long stretch of fine beach, and it offers various aquatic activities such as surfing, swimming, and also fishing, among others.<br /> <br /> Most residents of Newport Beach belong to the higher income level, and can have the luxury to employ the services of a fitness instructor. They could even hire one that can help them workout outside the gym.<br /> <br /> The top 5 exercises that you can do outside of the gym with the help of a personal trainer in Newport Beach are the following:<br /> <br /> * Surfing<br /> <br /> The wedge located at the end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach is popularly known among surfers. The wedge can produce high levels of waves which is what surfers look for.<br /> <br /> A personal trainer would recommend surfing because of its numerous health benefits. It is a cardiovascular activity as it increases the heart rate level while doing the paddling motion. It is a good way of firming up and toning the upper body, especially the shoulder, arms, and upper and lower back muscles.<br /> <br /> It would also strengthen the core and leg muscles. It is a total body workout that is enjoyable, either done alone or with the company of other people. It is one of the top five exercises you can do outside of the gym with the help of a personal trainer in Newport Beach.<br /> <br /> * Swimming<br /> <br /> The long stretch of beaches at Newport Beach is very ideal for swimming. It is generally recommended for everyone, even those who are differently-abled. Swimming strengthens the whole body and it is a good aerobic exercise. It is very unlikely that you will get an injury from swimming, as it is considered a sport that is "soft" on the muscles and ligaments. It can also cure asthma. Even senior citizens can engage in a swimming activity.<br /> <br /> A personal trainer would recommend surfing because of its numerous health benefits. It is a cardiovascular activity as it increases the heart rate level while doing the paddling motion. It is a good way of firming up and toning the upper body, especially the shoulder, arms, and upper and lower back muscles.<br /> <br /> Cycling is one of the top five exercises you can do outside of the gym with the help of a personal trainer at Newport Beach. It increases your stamina and is a good workout for the lower body. A personal trainer can do long rides with you on straight roads, challenging hills, and down hills. It is good for the heart and coordination.<br /> <br /> * Tennis<br /> <br /> Another good exercise is tennis. You can either play a match with your personal trainer or perform some tennis drills that would strengthen your upper and lower body.<br /> <br /> * Yoga<br /> <br /> Newport Beach has a lot of beautiful sceneries and it is very calming to relax and do yoga stretches outdoor. Yoga elongates muscles, helps prevents injuries, and would teach you the proper technique of breathing. It is one of the top five exercises you can do outside of the gym with the help of a personal trainer in Newport Beach.<br /> <br /> Those mentioned above are the top five exercises you can do outside of the gym with the aid of a personal trainer in Newport Beach.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in excellent shape with the help of <a href="https://plus.google.com/116618666336536176190/about">Personal Trainer Newport Beach</a> not simply boosts your own physique but furthermore your well being as well. The benefits that you can receive from <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-newport-beach/">Personal Trainer In Newport Beach</a> are countless.</div><br /> </div><br />

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A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shares A Couple Of Weight Reducing Techniques That You Can Depend On

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jackie Johnson</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Lots of people are having problems losing weight. You can even ask anyone about that and they'll definitely agree on the fact that losing weight is one of the hardest things to do in this world. This is also the case in San Diego County where plenty of people are working hard just to get rid of some pounds, yet they end up a failure. But don't worry, because a personal trainer San Diego County wants to share some of the best strategies in successfully losing a few pounds.<br /> <br /> Eat Fiber In Every Meal<br /> <br /> An effective weight loss strategy is to eat at least four grams of fiber in every meal. A diet that is filled with fiber will help you to feel full after every meal, and therefore, you will not end up craving for more food at a later time.<br /> <br /> Seek Help From A Friend<br /> <br /> You sure know that you can count on your friends at all times and this includes achieving your weight loss goals as well. Your friends can help to motivate you to go on with your fitness goals especially during those times when you feel like you want to give up.<br /> <br /> You sure know that you can count on your friends at all times and this includes achieving your weight loss goals as well. Your friends can help to motivate you to go on with your fitness goals especially during those times when you feel like you want to give up.<br /> <br /> Eat Fiber In Every Meal<br /> <br /> Weigh Yourself Daily<br /> <br /> In fact, study shows that those who do not eat fiber are likely to become overweight that those who include fiber on their every meal. So if you want to speed up your weight loss, a personal trainer San Diego County strongly advises that you incorporate fiber in your every meal.<br /> <br /> Take 5,000 Steps Daily<br /> <br /> Do you know that taking a walk each day could help you to achieve your weight loss goals fast? If you walk going to your office day by day including running errands and doing household chores, you can probably achieve at least 5,000 steps and this is more than enough to help you to lose a good amount of weight. So a personal trainer San Diego County would recommend that you walk as much as you could every day of your life. If you do this, you'll be surprise at the amount of weight that you can lose after a few months' time.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in top shape with the aid of<a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">San Diego County Personal Trainer</a> not only enhances your physique but likewise your health as well. The rewards that one can obtain from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">Personal Trainer in San Diego County</a> are endless.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shares A Couple Of Weight Reducing Techniques That You Can Depend On

By Jackie Johnson Lots of people are having problems losing weight. You can even ask anyone about that and they'll definitely agree ...

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Pushing New Muscle Building Progress With 3 Easy Rules

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Russ Howe</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>There is so much confusion online surrounding information on how to build muscle that it is no surprise most fitness enthusiasts find it difficult to get anywhere near the kind of results they want to achieve. Today we will show you how to get past this confusion and generate further results in the gym.<br /> <br /> Depending how much research you have done, you may already be aware that in order to force progress from your body you need to be very consistent in your efforts in the gym. But hitting the gym is the easy part and today we shall show you the bits which the majority of people overlook.<br /> <br /> The most ridiculous aspect of the health and fitness industry is the amount of conflicting advice out there. Particularly online, which is a virtual mix and match bag of completely different theories. This leads to so many people becoming incredibly lost with their fitness that they just have no clue where to start. In order to get consistent results it's a good idea to get the basics down first. <br /> <br /> There are three questions we are asked in the gym more than any others when it comes to building size and strength. They are as follows...<br /> <br /> * What is the optimal number of repetitions to do?<br /> <br /> * What should you eat?<br /> <br /> * How often should you train each muscle?<br /> <br /> Instead of performing rep after rep in your next workout try to get specific with your goals. If you aim for around twenty reps you will be hitting your muscular endurance zone and if you're trying to build size you aren't going to do it effectively with that way of training. Instead, aim for eight reps in most of your sets.<br /> <br /> Should you already be successfully hitting the hypertrophy zone the next step is slotting in proven techniques to increase the difficulty further. Drop sets and pyramids are just two solid examples of this.<br /> <br /> If you need some help with your diet don't worry, you are in the right place. We are going to show you the basics of a good building diet which will allow you to add size but also ensure it's not fat.<br /> <br /> Eating the right type of food will determine what type of size you add. You can't expect to get big and stay lean if you are feasting on junk foods. Remember it's not just about how many calories you consume, it's also about where those calories come from.<br /> <br /> A simple yet effective way to ensure you get the right split between protein, carbohydrate and fat is to use the 3-5-2 technique. This means 30% of your calories should come from protein sources, 50% from carbohydrate and finally 20% from fat.<br /> <br /> The most overlooked aspect of training is rest. You should try to avoid going to the gym every day, the more rest you allow your body the chance to grow. So be sure to pack in a few days of kicking back from your training. If it proves hard to resist the urge to go workout, think of a rest day as a day of growth.<br /> <br /> These are three of the most important steps teaching you how to build muscle and retain it. Each of the steps is backed up with scientific research and if you are able to incorporate them into your current routine you will notice increased results.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Creator: Russ Howe PTI is England's most subscribed <a href="http://RussHowePTI.com">Personal Trainer</a>. Learn <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFcTIpXe90">how to build muscle</a> with our free video walkthrough showing the five principles to a more muscular body.</div><br /> </div><br />

Pushing New Muscle Building Progress With 3 Easy Rules

By Russ Howe There is so much confusion online surrounding information on how to build muscle that it is no surprise most fitness enthus...

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The Kings of Summer: This film rules!

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>The Kings of Summer</i> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>(2013) • <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thekingsofsummer/" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">View trailer</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Four stars. Rating: R, and rather harshly, for occasional profanity and teen drinking</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>By <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12885694730612878577" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">Derrick Bang</a></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is why I love my job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Kings of Summer</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> marks an impressive feature debut for director Joran Vogt-Roberts and writer Chris Galletta, the latter with nothing more to his credit than a brief 2005 stint as a production staff member for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Late Show with David Letterman</i>. Vogt-Roberts’ résumé includes several shorts and a lot of TV series work, the latter suggesting the hilariously snarky mind set on ample display in this film.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89O-rvb3zr5Y9Urt9U7yn2jt_AWDR57SCvkvk1_7chfWFeK5BSGLNfro_5HcVbRnVAQzYSlFLaUtZsgZnGBKLccUC7aIc3-8foP6JHIcsSIoFDM4in9Odq4SQ3IKHy7bl8V7vP4N1-8/s1600/Kings+of+Summer+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89O-rvb3zr5Y9Urt9U7yn2jt_AWDR57SCvkvk1_7chfWFeK5BSGLNfro_5HcVbRnVAQzYSlFLaUtZsgZnGBKLccUC7aIc3-8foP6JHIcsSIoFDM4in9Odq4SQ3IKHy7bl8V7vP4N1-8/s400/Kings+of+Summer+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Having more or less completed their new home away from home, our three young<br />renegades — from left, Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and Biaggio (Moises<br />Arias) — contemplate the next challenge: putting food on the table. That'll prove far<br />more difficult than anticipated, since they've no experience with traps, lures, bare-handed<br />fishing or any other woodsian skills.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, calling this picture “impressive” isn’t nearly strong enough. It’s a sure-fire audience pleaser: one of those so-called “little films” — like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Little Miss Sunshine</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Juno</i> — guaranteed to take off like a rocket, once word gets out. This year’s enthusiastic Sundance Festival audience certainly thought so, granting a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize (not won, alas).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a collaborative team, Vogt-Roberts and Galletta demonstrate a striking degree of creative synch; the latter’s dialogue sounds <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">just right</i>coming from the naturalistic ensemble cast, granting a level of verisimilitude that makes these characters feel like the folks next door.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Allowing, that is, for a left-of-center gaggle of eccentrics commonly found in films by Wes Anderson or the Coen Brothers. But I mean that in the gentlest way: However funny the lines, however warped some of the emotional behavior by sidebar adults, this is — first and foremost — an intimate coming-of-age saga.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the truest sense of the old cliché, we laugh <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">with</i> our young protagonists, not at them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The contemporary setting is a smallish town in Northeast Ohio, the sort of all-American community that typifies such narratives. Best friends Joe (Nick Robinson) and Patrick (Gabriel Basso) are strongly bonded, in part, by their inability to cope with utterly impossible parents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joe’s father, Frank (Nick Offerman), hasn’t yet recovered from his wife’s untimely death, years earlier. He has become bitter, condescending and imperious: a combination that doesn’t blend well with a teenage son’s instinctive rebelliousness. Joe’s favorite method of revenge, when sufficiently annoyed, is to summon the local law — personified by the competent Capt. Davis (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and her absolutely useless rookie companion (Thomas Middleditch) — on some trumped-up accusation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank responds to such hijinks the way he deals with everybody: angry sarcasm delivered by Offerman with a relentlessly straight face ... which, of course, makes every bile-fueled line that much funnier. (And they’re pretty funny to begin with.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joe’s older sister, Heather (Alison Brie), fled the tension-laced home awhile back, although she still visits. That speaks well of the young woman; her choice of male companions, however, does not. Colin (Eugene Cordero) is a misfit who’s as oblivious to social cues, as he is to the fact that Frank constantly winds him up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this case, we can hardly blame Frank; Colin’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">much</i> too easy a target. Which Heather is aware of, and Brie’s face is an amusing study in conflict: clearly annoyed by her loutish father, but equally embarrassed by her clueless boyfriend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elsewhere, Patrick spends each waking moment smothered by nerdy, overprotective parents — Megan Mullally and Marc Evan Jackson — whose every word and action induces cringes ... both from their son, and from us. Their behavior is beyond ghastly; it’s awkwardly inappropriate to a degree that defies description. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No surprise, then, that Patrick sports an remarkable case of hives; Basso skulks from one room to the next, his body laced with tension, his face eternally set in an anticipatory wince, knowing that he’ll momentarily flinch from some new parental transgression.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The true magnitude of Joe and Patrick’s suffering can be measured by the degree to which they regard high school as a comfort zone ... because we all know how horrible <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i> environment can be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School has an additional benefit for Joe: closer proximity to Kelly (Erin Moriarty, in a thoughtful, amiable performance), a lively, free-spirited girl he has tracked for awhile. Better yet, it appears that her current relationship might be heading south, leaving her available. Best of all, she seems to enjoy Joe’s company.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But he’s not allowed the opportunity to contemplate this situation. Stung by one too many dismissive acts by his father, Joe decides to run away from home ... albeit not in the usual way. Joe has a plan, and he wants Patrick on board; the latter resists only until <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">his</i> next parental humiliation, at which point he’s all in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joe’s grand scheme: to build a home — not a fort, not a tree-house, but an entire multi-room dwelling — in the middle of the dense, nearby woods. A place they can call their own, and where they can call their own shots, unencumbered by parental baggage. Set their own schedule. Hunt and cook their own food.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very notion is ironic, because — as we’ve already seen, in the film’s opening moments — Joe can’t even construct a bird house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that’s a minor detail; enthusiasm and hard work should be sufficient compensation. (In theory.) As the actual “house” rises, it’s a mirthful blend of found materials, stolen bric-a-brac and a couple hundred bucks’ worth of stuff from Home Depot. Production designer Tyler B. Robinson obviously had a great time sorting it all out, and the result looks precisely what unskilled teens might erect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick is mildly surprised, as this ambitious project begins, to discover that they’ve been joined by a mascot of sorts: Biaggio (Moises Arias), their high school’s token “weird kid.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m afraid to tell him to leave,” Joe confesses, responding to Patrick’s quite reasonable question. “I don’t know what he’s capable of.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arias isn’t merely funny; he’s a revelation. The younger actor has taken everything he learned during five years on television’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hannah Montana</i>, and channeled it into the sort of career-making performance from which fat contracts are spawned. His line deliveries are impeccably timed, and — like Offerman’s Frank — Arias’ expression always is dead serious. But there’s a difference: Frank is impassively patronizing, whereas Biaggio is simply <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sincere</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He’s like a lost puppy, desperately wanting to belong; neither Patrick nor Joe could be cruel enough to cast him out. And, so, they become a trio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the subsequent bonding has a euphoric, “boys of summer” spirit that can’t help making all of us feel wistful about our own teenhoods, Vogt-Roberts and Galletta have more serious issues in mind. All three teens have been emotionally stunted by their home environments; however droll and never-entirely-successful this attempt at independence, they’re now in a position to help each other achieve adulthood. Of a sort.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And while Biaggio’s unexpected arrival proves cathartic in a beneficial way — his crazed and increasingly wild antics notwithstanding — the same can’t be said of Joe’s eventual decision to let Kelly in on the secret. Because everybody knows that an all-guy dynamic, particularly one this precarious, can be destroyed by the presence of a woman.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robinson — a veteran of another tween TV series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Melissa & Joey</i> — is spot-on as our lead protagonist: the guy who drives the action and makes his two companions believe in unspecified possibilities. Joe has no end-game in mind; a moment’s rational thought would reveal that this situation can’t possibly endure. But Robinson grants his performance a deft blend of earnestness and fatalism, and his persuasiveness leaps off the screen; we want to be there, right at his side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basso, with a string of credits going back six years, is equally persuasive as the best-friend follower. As a telling scene between the two fathers eventually reveals, Joe has been the instigator of numerous previous, ah, “escapades” involving both boys. This best-bud dynamic is intriguing because it’s counter-intuitive: Basso is the more imposing of the two actors, with the height and weight that ordinarily would make <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">him</i> a leader. But Patrick is a psychiatrist’s manual of insecurities — all persuasively displayed on Basso’s expressive face — and thus looks to Joe for guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until and unless he can find it elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the core scenario and various character dynamics are engaging enough on their own, Galletta’s killer dialogue sweetens the pot even further. His lines are to die for, and Vogt-Roberts ensures that each is delivered to maximum potential. Your natural desire to watch this film again will help reveal some choice exchanges that’ll probably get buried the first time, because people will be laughing so hard at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">previous</i> lines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ryan Miller’s underscore adds a note of poignance at key moments, but I’m less enthralled by the hard rock tunes inserted by the likes of Youth Lagoon, Thin Lizzy and MGMT ... not because they’re inappropriate, but because they’re much too loud, and overwhelm the film’s mostly gentle tone. Sound mixers Ryan Putz and Marlowe Taylor could have done better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that’s small stuff. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Kings of Summer</i> is a revelation: equal parts shrewdly perceptive, unexpectedly poignant and continuously uproarious. That’s not easy to sustain for 93 minutes, but Vogt-Roberts and Galletta pull it off: right up to the absolutely perfect final scene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t wait to see what these guys do next.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><!--EndFragment-->

2013 Alison Brie Erin Moriarty Four Star Films Gabriel Basso Indie Comedy Marc Evan Jackson Mary Lynn Rajskub Megan Mullally Moises Arias Nick Offerman Nick Robinson The Kings of Summer: This film rules!

The Kings of Summer   (2013) •  View trailer   Four stars. Rating: R, and rather harshly, for occasional profanity and teen drinking By  Der...

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Yard work

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwg_SBtuexVwtN68jj9JXDC5K9Wr_Y-GJlyQ5mg9XdYPQNzMydYoA1N9_ysw17udmu-mPfXkn83s280HsyMP-UVCHiFg7mX-JG0DKk4S47Z6y1Ds6LXHEseHKqlclpGZL8q9zDnoPS9bM/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwg_SBtuexVwtN68jj9JXDC5K9Wr_Y-GJlyQ5mg9XdYPQNzMydYoA1N9_ysw17udmu-mPfXkn83s280HsyMP-UVCHiFg7mX-JG0DKk4S47Z6y1Ds6LXHEseHKqlclpGZL8q9zDnoPS9bM/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />As a lively breeze rustles the leaves on the trees beside the deck, the overcast, comfortably cool 73 degrees makes me long for more days like this but I know that won't be. The first day of summer is tomorrow and we're in for some scorchers before fall rolls around but for now it's nice to relax.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XiZmovTqa5KCOx8SIYXhMnPHC-bwJpvG0sanS4IZdM87tMV1RQAkSvvV7SVUULQMUEEXGYSwtCTQfLrxym5Cr6RG82lsvv97daGT4Fmdc63GWsUxcGjttmnI5sAJGUwG265fmlIT1zmU/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XiZmovTqa5KCOx8SIYXhMnPHC-bwJpvG0sanS4IZdM87tMV1RQAkSvvV7SVUULQMUEEXGYSwtCTQfLrxym5Cr6RG82lsvv97daGT4Fmdc63GWsUxcGjttmnI5sAJGUwG265fmlIT1zmU/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />All the rain this spring has been welcomed especially since we will soon go into a dry period ... but it has certainly caused everything to grow! Our shady paradise was threatening to become an overgrown jungle, and so we've spent the past two days limbing, weeding, trimming, and generally regaining control over the many trees and bushes that dot our property.<br /><br />Next-door, the sound of the neighbor's tractor could be heard as he cut and baled his field. Tonight, I'm a tired puppy, but it's a satisfied tired as I look out over the day's accomplishments. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspBCxSBJPYAbCpFmr68VAj-_mW5v86Q3Fb0_952IoVMeMH7YIu-u-Z7DBGTbJ8Cn5CMDGUjpsnvRxf2rvCKrKwpPqS2E2zp817lfi-oel32T-WjR5oRZ2tU_LRi70JnG-kgvx5rRHnBTx/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspBCxSBJPYAbCpFmr68VAj-_mW5v86Q3Fb0_952IoVMeMH7YIu-u-Z7DBGTbJ8Cn5CMDGUjpsnvRxf2rvCKrKwpPqS2E2zp817lfi-oel32T-WjR5oRZ2tU_LRi70JnG-kgvx5rRHnBTx/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>While weeding one of the flower gardens, I came across this little fella who remained motionless, assured that I could not see him.</i></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />June 19-20, 2013

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Children’s Services Branch Supervisor - Fairfield Public Library

<strong>Children’s Services Branch Supervisor - </strong><strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Fairfield Public Library</span></strong></strong>. Working closely with the Head of Children’s Services and the Branch Librarian will develop and implement a program of 21st services for children, tweens and adults. You will apply your experience and enthusiasm for children’s services and seize the opportunity to realize your ideas, dreams and visions for young patrons and their caretakers. As a proactive and supportive member of the neighborhood you will find ways to become an integral part of the community contributing services and resources. Must have experience with new technologies and social media and be technologically fluent with Macs, PC’s and digital media creation software. Must have a minimum two years working full time-time as a professional children’s librarian. Must have demonstrated knowledge of children’s collections including emerging trends. Must have demonstrated record of effectively managing collection and staffing budgets. Must have experience supervising library staff including mentoring and providing ongoing training as needed. As a creative and optimistic problem solver you will enhance the children’s space to be uplifting and inspirational for the children who visit. Fairfield, Ct. is a beautiful town of 59,000 easily accessible by train to NYC and Boston. MLS required with at least two years children’s librarian experience. Salary: $65,726. Benefit package included. Please submit a cover letter and resume to Karen Ronald, Town Librarian, <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:kronald@fplct.org" href="mailto:kronald@fplct.org">kronald@fplct.org</a> by <span style="color: red;">July 8th, 2013</span>.

Children’s Services Branch Supervisor - Fairfield Public Library

Children’s Services Branch Supervisor - Fairfield Public Library . Working closely with the Head of Children’s Services and the Branch Lib...

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Webinar recording: Inspiring gaming projects created by teachers (20/06/2013)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLWxcsulgM2Ldmb7-RMDfU5vEbZY6PsaahDyahyphenhyphenBFrnRMcU5fE4UTGRWPqgUw8rVUC2rE_FGFxAVX6Om8eyfGpMSsh6V8HGF7VwOqz4mi7dxDNBi7Tlo0aF27V5wfZ4rSBYUiKlgOxdA/s1600-h/webinar%252520recording%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="webinar recording" border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAmJxy4IHXdtx-p6XQsRF2puxV89MZAN3Dx1q1w6z267ghOZt-Xp0WaGXPiXZlI-tzBRvjI4Sd05sncCOzqhaBgM_TfIXlWcq9Xis0JvhAoj3DCaVIndG-oRKbAwgkgq7c_MPMQjFXBs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="webinar recording" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are running a three part series on the popular topic of Educational Gaming.  Today we look at some of the inspiring ways that teachers use Gaming in Education.<br /><u>Name</u>: Inspiring Educational Gaming projects<br /><u>Summary</u>: In this webinar you will hear about amazing gaming projects created by teachers in South Africa and further afield.<br /><u>Presenter:</u> Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet<br /><u>Recording url: <a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p4maekzsobv/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p4maekzsobv/</span></span></a></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a Slideshare of the PowerPoint used in this presentation (still to be added)</span></div>

webinars Webinar recording: Inspiring gaming projects created by teachers (20/06/2013)

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915

We went to 915 last night for dinner.  We got such a nice table facing out on to Duval Street.<div><br></div><div>Ciaran started with Tuna & Crab dome (it was excellent) while I had the Devils on Horseback (love them!).</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFdx30Oa3iAkyOCop-QghrFs2PYNthPnz3_LsfrxFdYSXmJZSkl3_xv0ISjI-4LrKRm4zHz7-Tn940ceMkw2qKT6rUWihUSTXPP3iFhNjLBcpDiLsQesHhM9_0Vtm6S2cQTsWk-osUvD8/s640/blogger-image--299504271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFdx30Oa3iAkyOCop-QghrFs2PYNthPnz3_LsfrxFdYSXmJZSkl3_xv0ISjI-4LrKRm4zHz7-Tn940ceMkw2qKT6rUWihUSTXPP3iFhNjLBcpDiLsQesHhM9_0Vtm6S2cQTsWk-osUvD8/s640/blogger-image--299504271.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteahWQWL4Y9bfhhUa3jau2nnKmCtbRX7qIR2p81wbCl51DteKS5YCMKW8dl3txJSy68GMJZcrB3SsdciNm9AcW3tuqBWeidP2DCYYU-ERIuXh6QVfFoZxITDzs0ewgSkBrtb0PQIV2hyphenhypheng/s640/blogger-image-1052312979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteahWQWL4Y9bfhhUa3jau2nnKmCtbRX7qIR2p81wbCl51DteKS5YCMKW8dl3txJSy68GMJZcrB3SsdciNm9AcW3tuqBWeidP2DCYYU-ERIuXh6QVfFoZxITDzs0ewgSkBrtb0PQIV2hyphenhypheng/s640/blogger-image-1052312979.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div>We both had fillet migon cooked rare for mains.  We got the pepper sauce on the side (really creamy) and ate the chips with the garlic aioli.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0h24Q6dlVTljVs0TvkENdovbI-UifKDWx2HyM3OJ_VVDy0OKh45wCj29EvnTiXnlti2SIIftBPjE7CDYXGNtDWl7ne9iDLk7wXGd6RMRPdo3uUpngxmrG-HK3lkjnX3tNe_OLlsZ8JhM/s640/blogger-image-1793878081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0h24Q6dlVTljVs0TvkENdovbI-UifKDWx2HyM3OJ_VVDy0OKh45wCj29EvnTiXnlti2SIIftBPjE7CDYXGNtDWl7ne9iDLk7wXGd6RMRPdo3uUpngxmrG-HK3lkjnX3tNe_OLlsZ8JhM/s640/blogger-image-1793878081.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUbKBT0y5B0KteU1h4LiHWn7-0qzgMokJ4sbUXyvxej_Fcb7k6zH9iLI9uvbOWIV5JhJLmwGRlyE_DE8c9k-WrAblLFjpUeUIwpcTsyQ8oG0bAEkeMScDXFiURShFFIqAQEE90zQGl9i_/s640/blogger-image--543805601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUbKBT0y5B0KteU1h4LiHWn7-0qzgMokJ4sbUXyvxej_Fcb7k6zH9iLI9uvbOWIV5JhJLmwGRlyE_DE8c9k-WrAblLFjpUeUIwpcTsyQ8oG0bAEkeMScDXFiURShFFIqAQEE90zQGl9i_/s640/blogger-image--543805601.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKxVRt0mxn7ojgkesVOggeiQTPR_hMo301nA0nbJgiezap3MiTAJoPzVkhls4VJ2igNfQ_5o54iwWbfA_tNIl7qHRrg6DpOQX4aSNWZSPcsFC-zNqsw0U9lmGGlEyxqeL-BEvj1YU4bF6/s640/blogger-image-65363905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKxVRt0mxn7ojgkesVOggeiQTPR_hMo301nA0nbJgiezap3MiTAJoPzVkhls4VJ2igNfQ_5o54iwWbfA_tNIl7qHRrg6DpOQX4aSNWZSPcsFC-zNqsw0U9lmGGlEyxqeL-BEvj1YU4bF6/s640/blogger-image-65363905.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcA_19XNYoWSAR0212RniztE5ackIbYgzTKcbY3hfQWLYbHDiD4zmleWeL8UFNIiiDuAmGktb-ofMHhSTWkY_UitvJvdqjX_ebV6iI26Ym8K1ge77NBTf3Z7cZQC1l-mXT7hSH8ExDve6H/s640/blogger-image--67620383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcA_19XNYoWSAR0212RniztE5ackIbYgzTKcbY3hfQWLYbHDiD4zmleWeL8UFNIiiDuAmGktb-ofMHhSTWkY_UitvJvdqjX_ebV6iI26Ym8K1ge77NBTf3Z7cZQC1l-mXT7hSH8ExDve6H/s640/blogger-image--67620383.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We then shared a gorgeous chocolate pudding between us. It was topped by white chocolate peanut brittle.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNR3-HpwjdYVLy2j39M8G6wrJ_4xG4msz3OBkozKyQsZGGhpDpUXPYtyl_issF-6A9ZIfsK9-cZBekTXUxuU9_Vjicvqb6aqG1Tjnjn7AMJEMuhvA8U7OM5B5GHPWGCHOkuGUxUCkm4lf/s640/blogger-image-983624345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNR3-HpwjdYVLy2j39M8G6wrJ_4xG4msz3OBkozKyQsZGGhpDpUXPYtyl_issF-6A9ZIfsK9-cZBekTXUxuU9_Vjicvqb6aqG1Tjnjn7AMJEMuhvA8U7OM5B5GHPWGCHOkuGUxUCkm4lf/s640/blogger-image-983624345.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>All in all a fantastic meal in possibly one of the nicest outdoor restaurants in Key West, Florida.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdxcItmWEGD_qjXuWQV66o2ng5QH2S4Mmp6g6RjxEw3Gh70mYTsSzdQXnFcYhVpe4ksBaSslOJWGQxRbHGIxvkd3ObQQFYqqqtAdkQhuYE8Xh6AzEPbU-LRo4AFOQa6hhIupLhT6qUtR_/s640/blogger-image-205498741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdxcItmWEGD_qjXuWQV66o2ng5QH2S4Mmp6g6RjxEw3Gh70mYTsSzdQXnFcYhVpe4ksBaSslOJWGQxRbHGIxvkd3ObQQFYqqqtAdkQhuYE8Xh6AzEPbU-LRo4AFOQa6hhIupLhT6qUtR_/s640/blogger-image-205498741.jpg"></a></div><br></div>

915

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Get Details on How to Stay Fit With Beach Body Insanity

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Elliot Chavez</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The Importance of Staying in Shape<br /> <br /> If you wish to finally get a leaner body and remain healthy, you must learn more about the Insanity work out. An expanding problem that the world is facing today is malnutrition, both being underweight and obesity. Particularly in our country, the folks who are building eating issues have drastically for the past yrs. People have various reasons why they build this health issue. Particularly ladies, a lot of people suffer from eating problems thinking that remaining thin is the only method for them to appear beautiful. When this is prolonged, they may eventually develop mental and emotional problems. Some individuals become overweight and obese since they lack the proper information and self-discipline about staying healthy.<br /> <br /> With the kind of life-style that we have now, being exposed to stress and bad living, it's very important that we understand how to compensate for these and know how to adjust to a good diet program. A healthy lifestyle would typically include a healthy diet plan and a good work out. I's always best that we perform routine workouts to keep the muscles working and for the major organs to work better. The beach body insanity is an excellent exercise plan that we should learn about. It's a very good way for you to get a better and healthier body.<br /> <br /> Why You should Work Out<br /> <br /> There are numerous benefits that you could get when you start working out correctly. Obviously, exercising correctly would control your weight. You could burn the fats and calories you ate and drank. This is a superb method of detoxifying your body to stay away from the impurities from gathering in your body. Exercising would also keep you fit by keeping your vital organs appropriately functioning. You will manage the normal function of your heart as well as manage your blood pressure. This may prevent you from a number of health ailments for example hypertensions, diabetes, arthritis, kidney and liver issues, cardiac complications, and even certain kinds of cancer. Exercising may also put you in a better mood and will energize you. This is truly important in case you want to be efficient and productive daily.<br /> <br /> Getting to Understand the Insanity Workout<br /> <br /> It was Shaun T., a well-respected and well-known personal instructor that made this exercise program. There are actually plenty of celebs who contact him and ask his assistance to aid them in managing and controlling their weight so they can get better body figures. This workout program is mostly cardio. It has 10 different exercises that may consist of cardio abs, pure cardio, cardio recovery, cardio power and resistance, plyometric cardio circuit, fit test and dig deeper, max cardio conditioning, max interval plyometric, max interval circuit, and core cardio and balance.<br /> <br /> Why You Require the Inanity Workout Plan<br /> <br /> Why must you get the insanity workout program? There are many factors for this. First, it comes with a DVD already so you may do it at home. Many find it difficult to go to the gym for selected factors. This won't be a difficulty anymore when you get this work out program.<br /> <br /> Another benefit of this workout program is that it's not boring and dull. You can certainly enhance your performance when you have a workout that doesn't bore you. We should admit that one of the reasons why we can't workout appropriately or we don't get to finish our program is because it gets really exhausting and dull. 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Let him fly

<p> It took the little boy behind me in seat 15A to realize how totally not ready I am for this.</p> <blockquote><p>"Daddy, I'm so not scared. I'm never afraid of anything, no not nothing," the tyke says as we taxi down the runway.</p></blockquote> <p>Just last week, I said,</p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiSvxntc7a_dlubqsmQKWsOCLUxLHbG1hwfrsoMM7X2YsMyZrdkGUnBP8190P6Z6SY2y2hGQcwSsHcAUv7bFCQgiOELtekOzFbz8Q-ek0uYYU_BYiXZQAbIglKKNCPzn9Nl3OSSbJ7V4W/s320/Photo%252520Nov%25252030%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525205%25253A25%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank" style=" "><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="188" id="blogsy-1371729872369.3467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiSvxntc7a_dlubqsmQKWsOCLUxLHbG1hwfrsoMM7X2YsMyZrdkGUnBP8190P6Z6SY2y2hGQcwSsHcAUv7bFCQgiOELtekOzFbz8Q-ek0uYYU_BYiXZQAbIglKKNCPzn9Nl3OSSbJ7V4W/s320/Photo%252520Nov%25252030%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525205%25253A25%252520PM.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son is #98 in this picture. He had a great senior year. Now, I have to let him fly.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p> <blockquote><p>"Yes, Kip, I'm ready. I know it is time for our son to go to college. This is a good thing, we're ready. We'll adjust and he'll still come home sometimes. Sure, it is time. I'm OK and this is a good thing."</p></blockquote> <p>Right.</p> <p>I'm flying back from Dubuque, Iowa where I was presenting to 750 wonderful educators. Even there, I gave assuring words of how ready I am to move my son into his dorm at Georgia Tech today. </p> <blockquote><p>"It is time," I said confidently, believing it.</p></blockquote> <p>As we taxied and took off, the little boys tenor changed. </p> <blockquote><p>"Yeeeeeeeeeeh," he said at first, excited to be airborne.</p></blockquote> <p>But then, just as cars became the size of postage stamps, he changed his tune.</p> <blockquote><p>"I am scared for this, this one moment, Daddy." He peeped in a quiet voice.</p></blockquote> <p>He said these words and my eyes misted. I'm scared too. </p> <blockquote><p>"I am scared for this, this one moment, Daddy," I prayed.</p></blockquote> <p>I turned to the window and wiped the tears as they flowed. I realized that I'm not so ready.</p> <p>My life has centered around our oldest son for over 18 years. I quit work when he was a year old. I was pregnant with his sister. I was a stay at home Mom / entrepreneur till he was in 2nd grade.</p> <p>I wanted to live my life with no regrets. The moment I saw his sweet face and blue eyes - this boy wasn't born crying. He was born living and looking into my soul from day one. I saw his eyes and fell in love. He eventually cried - when he realized he was cold and probably hungry. He's always been hungry.</p> <p>My days have been centered upon making sure he is fed (along with my other 2) and in being the best Mom I could be. </p> <p>I really just wanted to be a Mom. More than anything else. Just a Mom. A Mom who'd give up anything for her babies. No price was too much. High paying job - Poof - who cares - my babies need me at home. We want you to teach - poof - I'm a teacher - all to be closer to my babies.</p> <p>Like the postage stamp cars, I now feel myself ascending - going further away from this tyke become a man. His brown mopped head ascended far beyond mine several years back - he's a whole head taller than me - at 6'6" he is taller than most.</p> <p>Yet, as I looked out my window hiding my tears from strangers, I didn't see tall linebacker- I saw my little boy in the red onesie with the sailboat on the front. We used to play this game - I made lesson plans for my kids to cover all areas--</p> <p>The science game was called "Sink or Float." I gathered up a lot of items and had a bucket of water. He would put the item in the water and see if it would sink or float. He did it to everything in the whole house.</p> <p>Now, he's the one going in the water. The waters of college. Will he sink or float? </p> <p>He doesn't have on the red sailboat onesie any more. He has on his favorite grey GT hat - the one that makes his hair look just right when he takes it off. He has on his jeans, hung a little low for me, but they cover everything. His yellow GT shirt with Buzz, the mascot, on the front. He's dressed the part, that is for sure.</p> <p>I remember him running around and his sister on my hip. All those years. It was yesterday. Last night I was up with his colicky sister. I remember being in church and able to count on two hands the hours I'd slept since last Sunday. I swear that was last night? Somehow it was 17 years a go. How does that happen?</p> <p>When he was two, I desperately read books to help me figure out how to help him sleep. I also remember the "wise" girl with one child - younger than my son- who gave me all this advice about how to help my son sleep. She had one - I had two. Her child slept. Mine didn't. She thought it was something she did - sad, clueless girl. My son is 18 - he still doesn't sleep. I smile and laugh realizing that I might have known more than I thought even though I would have done anything to sleep - even listen to an over-proud Mom who cluelessly thought she had anything to do with the fact her child slept.</p> <p>Yet now, I hurtle towards Atlanta Georgia ready to get a taxi to go downtown. It is time to move him in. It is, quite honestly, time to let go.</p> <blockquote><p>"I am scared for this, this one moment, Daddy," I whisper again as my jaw and back of my throat feel the strain of suppressed crying. </p></blockquote> <p>Yet, my son is not scared. He's picking up his bucket and he's jumping in. He's more ready than me, I'm not. I'm still just a Mama. It is all I really want to be. A Mama with one less at home but room in my heart for friends and a new family that one day I'll meet who will bear his name.</p> <p>I will fly on knowing I gave all I had to this young man. And what he needs most now from me is my belief, support, encouragement, and love. He needs me to let him go. He needs me to let him fly.</p> <p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad" height="20" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" />Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad</a></div>

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U.S. House schedule for Thursday, June 20, 2013

<a href="http://majorityleader.gov/"><i>From Majority Leader Eric Cantor....</i></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH </b></u><br />On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. <br />First votes expected: 9:30 - 11:15 a.m. Last votes expected: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>One Minute Speeches</b><br /><br /><b>Complete Consideration of <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=340936-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 1947</a></b> - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Structured Rule) <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas / Agriculture Committee)</i><br /><blockquote>The Rule provides for no further general debate and makes in order the following remaining amendments:</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><b>Reps. Pitts / Davis (IL) / Goodlatte / Blumenauer Amendment</b> (20 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Reps. Goodlatte / Scott (GA) / Collins (NY) / Moran (VA) / Duffy / Polis / Coffman / Meeks / DeGette / </b><b>Issa / Sessions / Lee (CA) Amendment </b>(20 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Amendment</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Reps. Huelskamp / Goodlatte / Neugebauer / Jordan / DeSantis / Stewart (UT) / Bentivolio Amendment</b> (10 minutes of debate)<br /><b>Reps. Southerland / Westmoreland / Kingston / Bentivolio / Schweikert Amendment </b>(10 minutes of debate)</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Postponed Amendment Votes:</blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><b>Rep. Mo Brooks Amendment <br /> Rep. Mike Conaway Amendment <br /> Rep. G.K. Butterfield Amendment <br /> Rep. Tom Marino Amendment #1 <br /> Rep. David Schweikert Amendment <br /> Rep. John Tierney Amendment <br /> Rep. Jared Polis Amendment <br /> Rep. John Garamendi Amendment<br /> Rep. Tom Marino Amendment #2 <br /> Rep. Tom McClintock Amendment<br /> Rep. Chris Gibson Amendment <br /> Rep. Jackie Walorski Amendment <br /> Rep. Joe Courtney Amendment <br /> Rep. Ron Kind Amendment <br /> Rep. John Carney Amendment<br /> Rep. Trey Radel Amendment<br /> Rep. Tim Walberg Amendment</b></blockquote></blockquote><b>Special Order Speeches</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>COMMITTEE ACTIVITY OF THE DAY </b></u><br />Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade hearing on “<a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=340937-6846703" target="_blank">The New Domestic Energy Paradigm: Potential for Small Businesses and the Economy</a>” (Thursday, June 20th, at 10:00 a.m.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=340938-6846703" target="_blank">Printable PDF</a>

Eric Cantor U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House schedule for Thursday, June 20, 2013

From Majority Leader Eric Cantor.... THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. First votes...

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High Resolution Images can be shown side by side in iPhone 5S and iPhone 5 dislay

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX__Ryn60vZ3ZOaWhuf8eDJJlNXbz2AT_AI7H7jIV4ROAmOoI-t2tcNK3YSwQZpcgs_TM-QqC5xeqDEYOJisP84__x8gqWSYsZmAVFoF6XC3KFWG5LUy0C16J_nAdAUaUOhEUnDBj-Cs/s1600/iPhone5S-Display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="iPhone 5S " border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX__Ryn60vZ3ZOaWhuf8eDJJlNXbz2AT_AI7H7jIV4ROAmOoI-t2tcNK3YSwQZpcgs_TM-QqC5xeqDEYOJisP84__x8gqWSYsZmAVFoF6XC3KFWG5LUy0C16J_nAdAUaUOhEUnDBj-Cs/s400/iPhone5S-Display.jpg" title="iPhone 5S " width="400" wya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: FanaticFone.com </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The apple iphone 5s display assembly has been showcase in high-resolution images that were posted. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We all know that Apple did not unveil the next version of Apple iPhone at the WWDC event that commenced a few days ago. And for those wondering whether Apple would launch a new iPhone or not, we have interesting news. FanaticFone was able to get their hands on some high-res images that actually show us the display assembly of the upcoming Apple iPhone, ‘Apple iPhone 5S as FanaticFone points out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">we see in these images are the two display assemblies of different versions of iPhone, at least that is what the source indicates. And even though there is a possibility that these images actually show us an iPhone 5S in the making, it is also possible that the images could be showing the display assembly of an old iPhone 5 prototype. It is also possible that the images are mere mock-ups created with the help of technology.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YSVcwh0hjTnxT81WkcQqv6JBxJe0hIpO6XhBh2v6r2jsNDF_Jc4aQnxH9XNiVf8G271IEJVzNrpgxG3EVFP0lrV9kQ9KFrkP1BVwpBXIk-6KgF5ohipMCDK2w2lxx31LdRZGvQlie8k/s1600/iPhone5S-Display-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YSVcwh0hjTnxT81WkcQqv6JBxJe0hIpO6XhBh2v6r2jsNDF_Jc4aQnxH9XNiVf8G271IEJVzNrpgxG3EVFP0lrV9kQ9KFrkP1BVwpBXIk-6KgF5ohipMCDK2w2lxx31LdRZGvQlie8k/s320/iPhone5S-Display-2.jpg" width="274" wya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source:FanaticFone.com<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">But if we do assume that the image is legitimate, then we can make another very important conclusion that will help us understand the iPhone 5S in a better way. Because if FanaticFone has been able to get the images of the iPhone 5S display assembly, then it is clear that Apple has made minor changes to the device, and has also used the same screen size.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: small;">This would mean that Apple iPhone 5S will also be a smartphone with a 4-inch display and some improved hardware. This would also indicate that the latest rumors about Apple working on a new iPhone with a 5+-inch display are not true.</span><br /><br /><br /></div>source:FanaticFone.com & inferse.com</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a></div>

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Caner Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Bloggers Over the Marine Training Video, Which Caner Calls "Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Islam"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyKPAZ-c6RZgb37IxcjwrF87VJ7jc0B9eBVZS_ahn9JPiJxDkT-HhroI8gwAzpj1QPd9Aeu1s9HWu971xOyvF3NIp2vUtiSPswGEYXiJd04nk6bfS1Ga0ZQVoR6z36zeJFhsB96uhsuzG/s1600/CanerVA.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyKPAZ-c6RZgb37IxcjwrF87VJ7jc0B9eBVZS_ahn9JPiJxDkT-HhroI8gwAzpj1QPd9Aeu1s9HWu971xOyvF3NIp2vUtiSPswGEYXiJd04nk6bfS1Ga0ZQVoR6z36zeJFhsB96uhsuzG/s1600/CanerVA.png" /></a></div>We now know the official title of Ergun Caner's Marine Training video:  "Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Islam". Apparently number 1 on the list: ex-Muslims-turned-preachers will sue your pants off if you dare to expose their lies on the Internet. <br /><br />On Tuesday June 18th, 2013, Ergun Caner and his lawyer <a href="http://www.ncll.org/about/david-gibbs-iii-president" target="_blank">David C. Gibbs III</a> filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against bloggers Jason Smathers and Jonathan Autry. Smathers and Autry both posted 2005 <a href="http://www.witnessesuntome.com/2010/08/united-states-marines-duped-by-pretend-jihadist-ergun-caner/" target="_blank">training videos that Smathers obtained in 2010</a> from the U.S. government under the Freedom of Information Act - videos of Ergun Caner training Marines on the dangers of Islam in which Caner told fib after fib to our troops.<br /><br />Part of the complaint filed Tuesday by Caner reads: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><i>"This video [Caner speaking to the Marines] is solely the recorded and live footage of Dr. Caner delivering a presentation as a part of a series that Dr. Caner entitled 'Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Islam'. Upon an invitation from the United States Marine Corp, Dr. Caner delivered this presentation as  a part of a training series on the religion of Islam and was compensated as an independent contractor".</i></b></blockquote>So we now move to the next stage of the Ergun Caner scandal. This move by Caner is nothing short of bizarre. He is putting his entire career on the line and the odds are not good. Let's face it, Caner <u>has</u> made his way back from the embarrassing revelations of 2010 that led to him leaving Liberty University. Caner now has a job that he tells everyone that he loves - working and training young people at Arlington Baptist College - and by his own admission he now has a full 2014 speaking schedule including summer camps with numerous youth groups. His debacle is behind him, and he has recovered - in large part because most people in the churches where he speaks do not know about what he did from 2001 to 2010 during what I call his "decade of deceit".<br /><br />But now, 3 years later, Caner decides to exert what he thinks are his copyright privileges of a video tape containing multiple lies to our troops as they prepared to go to war. If Smathers and Autry decide to fight - this is only going to draw more media attention to Caner and his deceitful talks, and more people will find out what he has done. It won't be good for his business.<br /><br />I predict this will not end well for Ergun Caner. It really is very sad. As I wrote back in my 2010 article <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/05/coherent-defense-of-ergun-caner.html" target="_blank">"A Coherent Defense of Ergun Caner"</a>, my hope was that Caner would do the right thing, come clean, apologize, make restitution and move on with his ministry. But as I found in my battles in 2008 to 2010 - when you're dealing with professional religious men and their minions who are more interested in protecting their turf and their revenue and their status in a religious heirarchy than they are advancing the faith they profess, they will make wrong decision after wrong decision after wrong decision.<br /><br />And this lawsuit is just the latest - and largest - wrong decision in the decade long series of bad decisions by Ergun Caner.<br /><br />A few observations and questions now that I've read the Caner and Gibbs complaint:<br /><br />- Even if the court finds that Caner does own the copyright to this video and not the U.S. government, the question remains: what possible commercial value would there be to a training video full of lies and deceit? Certainly Caner can't claim that he was ever going to benefit financially from this video, and the Internet distribution by Smathers and Autry thwarted this benefit. Surely the defense would be during discovery for Smathers and Autry to show the video was so packed full of deception that it had no commercial value at all, and therefore their Internet postings could not possibly impact the commercial value of Caner's work. Furthermore, the timing of the release of the videos, and the context of the blog articles in which they appeared shows the videos were posted for a nonprofit, educational purpose. Seems like an easy case to make that their use of Caner's work falls under the "fair use" provisions of copyright law. But that is just my untrained legal view.<br /><br />- Caner now admits in his filing that he "was invited" by the United States Marines to speak. I thought that maybe Caner spoke pro bono, maybe the "training" was just some informal talks he did as a courtesy to the officer that introduced him in the officers' club videos. Nope, apparently the Marines sought Caner out because they believed him to be someone credible based on their belief that he was raised in Turkey as an enemy of America, as both Caner and the officer that introduced him told the audience.<br /><br />- Caner admits in his filing that he was compensated for these videos as an independent contractor. Now we know for sure there was a financial payment made to him for this training. As a U.S. taxpayer, I'm outraged. Our tax dollars paid Caner to come and speak to our troops preparing for battle based on a false pretense that he was born in Turkey, trained as a terrorist in the protocols of jihad, and raised to be an enemy of America - all which are not true. I want to know why the U.S. government has not taken legal action against Caner for the potential harm he caused our troops by what in my opinion was a fraud perpetrated against my government. I would also like to know who was responsible for not vetting Caner fully before hiring him to speak to our troops.<br /><br />Lastly, let me say this: there is a better than 50/50 chance that this action by Caner will greatly escalate the media attention given this embarrassing saga. Caner professes to have devoted his life to the cause of Christ, but his actions are only going to bring shame and embarrassment to the cause of Christ and evangelical Christians everywhere - and rightly so. And Caner won't be the only one to blame: it will be those in his circles who <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/05/after-11-months-liberty-university.html" target="_blank">refused to hold him accountable</a>, and those who continued to pay him to speak at their churches and youth functions.<br /><br />I'll conclude by saying that while Caner might be able to get rid of most of the embarrassing video and <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/03/ergun-caners-november-2001-fbc-jax.html" target="_blank">audio</a> put up by bloggers, Caner surely won't be able to get rid of the video below. It is a 2011 news report by Brett Shipp of WFAA in Dallas that documents not only the Marine training lies but the entire Ergun Caner "mystique and legend" as Shipp calls it. And more media scrutiny is sure to come as a result of this lawsuit, and the ensuing legal discovery process.<br /><br />And bloggers like myself will be here to write about it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://www.wfaa.com/templates/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=124318149&pos=top&swfw=470"></script><object data="http://swfs.bimvid.com/player-3.2.15.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA" height="264" id="_fp_0.9409387134946883" name="player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470"> <param value="true" name="allowfullscreen"/> <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"/> <param value="transparent" name="wmode"/> <param value="high" name="quality"/> <param name="movie" value="http://swfs.bimvid.com/player-3.2.15.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA" /> <param value="config=http://www.wfaa.com/?j=embed_124318149&ref=http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Controversy-follows-Baptist-theologian-to-north-Texas-124318149.html" name="flashvars"/></object><script src="http://www.wfaa.com/templates/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=124318149&pos=bottom&ref=http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Controversy-follows-Baptist-theologian-to-north-Texas-124318149.html"></script></div>

Caner Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Bloggers Over the Marine Training Video, Which Caner Calls "Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Islam"

We now know the official title of Ergun Caner's Marine Training video:  "Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Islam". Apparen...

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