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Archive for May, 2010

Stable, well made and goes from car to car easily. Weighted well so it does not slide.
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As an auntie of a niece that is just growing way too fast (and I also work closely with high schoolers), I read the entire Twilight series to see what all the hoopla was about. For the most part, it is innocent (except for Book 4, “Breaking the Dawn”–do NOT let your teenager read that one!). Although, I do not condone feeding into the whole “vampires are real…let’s feel sorry for them” mantra, I think the average teenager will NOT pick up or focus on the deeper social, spiritual, and psychological themes (which I feel are unhealthy, once grasped) throughtout the books. As I was reading, I could see most tween- and teenage girls 1) being able to relate to Bella’s feeling disconnected from her “world” and 2) being strongly drawn to the undeniably romantic and tangible relationship between Edward & Bella. Girls will be girls; even I am a sucker for a good “star-crossed lovers” tale! Meyer does this very well; the hundreds of pages in each of her books seem to fly by because the character & plot development is so natural. So, for the most part, the saga is harmless.
*Parents, Educators, Aunties, etc: for the more “sensitive” tween & teenage girls, I would recommend having a talk about: making the clear distinction between reality and fiction (vampires), discussing healthy perspectives on boys (rejection: Edward rejects Bella), inner beauty & self-esteem (Bella finds her worth in Edward), discussing rebellion (the vampires have only 1 rule that they live by), keeping secrets (Bella hides everything from her father to “protect” him), the lifelong effects of choices (it’s Bella’s choice to become a vampire), stressing it’s okay to be different but setting clear boundaries on acting on those differences (Bella would DIE to be a vampire), and about sex & intimacy (Bella & Edward don’t have sex until marriage only because it’s not physically possible–so we think)——all before they even pick up the book. All of this makes for a great, entertaining read but be not
Where the Locals Eat

How easily people get the wool pulled over their eyes! This man is not God and so much of what he says goes completely against the Bible. I know people like to do what ever feels good to them and Walsch says that is ok. In reality, that is not the Truth. Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and life. No one can come to the Father excecpt through me.” John 14:6. If you want to talk to God, read the Bible, Pray and know that Jesus died for you. Do not be mislead! God wants you to find him.
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Well the iPod touch when it arrived on my mail I was surprised how thin it is

well

I like everything in it but

I don’t like the app store

I think most of the software’s are ridiculous maybe for kids

there are app that are nice but most of them u need to purchase them

and for the music I love how organize they are, the coverflow is great

I love the Nike+ it’s a very important feature for me

The WiFi is not very strong (it only detect wifi networks if u are close to them)

the Mail feature is soooooooooooooooooooooo great I love it

I love the Video on my ipod but hate that the charge finish fast If u see videos

overall this product is great

and I started to hate touch screens

But good Job apple

NOTE:

Buy a cover for the iPod cuz from the back it get scratches easily.

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This book should be called Conversations with the god of this world” If ever there was the same old bombast by the adversary of the One True God-This is it. Don’t waste your time. Read the first 3 chapters of the book of Genesis and you’ll get the idea.
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We have had some wonderful vacuums and I have always been under the impression that you need to spend a lot to get a good vacuum. Not true! We moved across the country and gave our last vacuum to a friend. I researched and researched, finally deciding on the Hoover Tempo. It was cheap but had such good reviews. We have been really happy with this vacuum. It is noisy but that doesn’t bother me. I just like that it really picks up everything. If you purchase this vacuum, stock up on belts. They seem to last about four or five months before needing to be replaced. We are really happy with this very basic vacuum.
Commencement of the Ohio

Absolutely the best pedometer on the market…I use it personally daily…never go anywhere without it and I recommend it for all my patients who I am healthcoaching. I have found that myself and my patients come more consisitently close or exceed my recommendations of 10000 steps a day when they use this.
Dr Pletcher
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I ll Be Your

I have never read a book of Eoin Colfer’s that didn’t impress me; his characters, his wit, and his plots are always excellent. The Artemis Fowl series, however, is Colfer at his best. The story begins with Artemis, a 12 year old Irish millionaire with a genius for crime, ruthlessly pursuing his plot to steal fairy gold. Helping Artemis is his bodyguard, Butler, who is possibly my favorite fictional character of all time. Fighting, cooking, obtaining false papers–you name it, Butler is on top of it. Together, these two kidnap a fairy to hold for ransom. Unfortunately for them, the fairy they capture is Captain Holly Short, of the Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance squad (that’s LEPrecon for short). Holly has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve (or down her boot). Nor are Holly’s friends back at LEP headquarters to be overlooked. Foaly, the wisecracking centaur, commands technology that’s decades ahead of any competition, and Julius Root, the politically incorrect LEP commander, will stop time itself to get his officer back. So are they too much for Artemis? He doesn’t think so. With combatants like this, there’s no predicting what will happen. And the series only gets better from here!
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Well, I finally broke down and realized that our cheap little Shark + Dustbuster wasn’t going to cut it, so I called my friend who is crazy about vacuuming and asked her to recommend an inexpensive model. She checked her old issues of Consumer Reports and gave me some options, both with a bag and bagless. In the past, I’d used a bagless vacuum but found emptying the chamber just produced another mess of dust and dirt to clean up, so I decided to go with this Hoover. I’ve had this vacuum for about a month and so far, no problems. I’ve used it on carpet and hardwood floors with success. Like any upright, it is slightly awkward to vacuum stairs but it wasn’t unmanageable and it worked well.

I bought it from Amazon because it was the best price I could find. Although the email from Amazon said that it would not ship for over a week, I actually received it in less than 3 days. A great surprise.
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I needed 3 addtion HDMI cables to go with a switch since my tv only had 1 inlet. At this price I ended up buying 5 incase i ever needed spares they worked great for 1080p with audio can’t beat the price
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