May 19
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Here's a cool contest I'd like to share with all my site visitors, Charters' ten grand promotion. May 1-31 Charter Cable is giving away one $10,000 prize and four 52” HDTV’s when you visit the Win 10 Grand Contest Page on Charter Cables website and participate in the contest.

How does it work you ask?

All you need to do through the month of May is visit charter.net/10grand every week, answer questions about Charter On Demand and you could win $10,000 if you participate through the four weeks of the contest! You can also subscribe to Charter’s Twitter Feed for up to date information on Charter Cable. I know, not exactly something I'd rush out to do, but if you're looking for a heads up on the contest it might be worth while.

So, head over to the Charter Cable website and jump into the contest while you still can!


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May 19


I just found a great video on Youtube after searching for kids and aikido! I search with a purpose as I'm working on setting up an aikido program with the after school program in the Whately school district of Western Massachusetts. It's my opinion that aikido and positive role models can have a positive influence on children & adults alike, which is what I hope to provide with my aikido program!

Very exciting.

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May 5












I was flipping about the channels last weekend when I came across a very funny, and rather chovanistic, television show on Spike Network called Manswers! It is a show that pseudo-scientifically tries to answer questions that only guys would ever think of. An example of such questions include, "How many days can an average man survive on beer alone?" This ought to give you an idea of the intellectual capacity of the show's producers.


Nonetheless, they aired a segment called, "Which is stronger: a samurai sword or a speeding bullet?" The answer very much surprised me. It turns out the answer is: A Samurai Sword.

They carefully lined up a Colt .45 handgun to fire a bullet at 1,022 mph to strike the sharp edge of a traditional, Japanese samurai sword handcrafted by heating and folding its steel 33,000 times.
The sword was mounted in an upright vice so that the bullet would strike the blade of the sword perfectly. The result? When viewed in slow motion, it can be easily seen that the edge of the sword literally slices the lead-encased the bullet in half! Think about that next time your swinging around a katana blade!
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May 4
Right now, the aikido-matt blog is hosted at blogger, a free service that has to include the term "Blogspot" in the url. Not something I'm terribly pleased to have in my visitors address bar, there's something about a private domain that seems a bit more legitimate. Maybe it's time to make a move to a private domain and web hosting plan?

That's when I started looking for the best vps hosting I could find for the least amount of cash. Enter Web Hosting Geeks and their site dedicated to sharing various products and hosting plans from some of the best web hosting companies available today. I was able to narrow my web hosting choices down by prices or features and windows or linux platforms. Kind of a one stop shop for web hosting plans, which can be a bit faster than bouncing around Google for an hour or two before finding what you want.

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