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In defense of passion (with the help of reason)
Published on - January 15th, 2013 (by El Nerdo)
"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
Last week, GRS published an article by April Dykman that presented some ideas by Ramit Sethi and Cal Newport about how "follow your passion" is bad career advice and what to do about it.
Sure, I guess. "Follow your passion" is bad advice. For one thing, it's terribly simplistic. It also assumes that everyone has a passion or even knows what that is. The fact that this is bad advice, however, doesn't imply that following your passion (and I mean a real passion, not an invented one) has to be a bad thing. Difficult maybe, irrational for sure, bad — it all depends on how you conduct yourself.
The article mentions the case of Jennifer, who after a lifetime of not knowing what she wanted
…decided to become a financial adviser. "I realized that working one on one with couples in their 20s to remove or stay out of debt is my passion." But becoming a financial adviser meant giving up the flexible schedule that was so important to her. "When financial advising came into the picture, those [schedule] restrictions were thrown out the window, and the job hunt began."
Seven months later, Jennifer was still "trying to figure it out."
"I read numerous blogs, did all sorts of stupid psychometric tests, went to a career counselor, and…I even went to a psychic!" she says. "Yikes. I was very frustrated and disappointed with myself."
I'd argue, if Jennifer's passion really was to work one-on-one with couples in their 20s, the flexible hours and psychics wouldn't have mattered to her. She would have done it anyway. Maybe part-time, maybe online, maybe from home, she would have found a way. Which leads me to conclude that flexible hours might have been her real passion, and she just didn't realize it at the time. "I will work flexible hours come hell or high water!" Now that's passion. Or maybe she just isn't passionate.
Defining the problem correctly prevents irrelevant solutions
My problem here has to do with how we define "passion." I made a quick argument of it in my comments to that article, but I'd like to expand in that direction today.
Seems to me, Jennifer's idea, or the idea of career counselors, or whoever is responsible for this notion, is that your "passion" is some self-indulgent state that will give you instant rewards, will require no effort, and offers every guarantee success. Maybe that's the idea in current circulation, a kind of wishful and magical thinking, but I'm here to categorically refute that notion.
Passion is meant to be a tremendous, uncontrollable emotion, often identified with love, but also with the notion of "crimes of passion." It's not really something one chooses, it's something that overtakes us, like a natural force, and more often than not, makes us act against reason. Western literature is full of such examples since antiquity: Helen and Paris, Guinevere and Lancelot, Juliet and Romeo. They are all overtaken by the gods, by magic, by irresistible nature; they defy all reason and logic and litter their paths with corpses.
Passions may come in high and low varieties, as a kind of either holy or demonic madness. It often ends badly for the individual, precisely because, good or bad, passion is larger than the individual. Passion is a junkie in search of a fix. And as any junkie or ex-junkie can tell you, they work 24 hours a day, seven days a week with no days off in their pursuit. Passion is also a monk leaving the world behind, in the paradoxical attempt to extinguish all passions. I've read some modern definitions of passion that attempt to differentiate between passion, obsession, and addiction, but I'm not sold. The ancients knew better–all passions are dangerous.
Passion is pain, not pleasure
The word passion comes from Latin root pati-, meaning suffering, or enduring. Thus, compassion means to suffer-with: the compassionate aren't immune to other people's pain. And passion is, at its core, a form of pain that demands it be quenched. It's not for the faint of heart or those who lack patience — which is not the ability to wait, but the ability to suffer.
Those who chase after a passion must be willing to endure it, and pay a price. Tolstoy knew this when he wrote Anna Karenina, so she lost her beloved son to her affair with Count Vronski. Beyond literature, passionate people pay with anything from hunger and poverty and sickness to utter and dismal failure; political passions can end in imprisonment, torture, and assassination. Are you sure you want a "passionate" life?
Of course, there's the sublime delight of triumph, of redemption, of peace achieved, of reunion with the beloved, of freedom at last conquered. But where did you get the notion that these are guaranteed results? That's hilarious! Even the ABC Wide World of Sports knew that the thrill of victory is inseparable from the agony of defeat.
The passionate are a little different
Cal Newport admits that there are people who do have a clear passion. The problem is that this is a small group, and what applies to them doesn't necessarily apply to every one else. However, I am more concerned with the reverse problem, which occurs when we try to apply what works for everyone else to passionate people, and in the process, we damage them. In the words of William Blake, "The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow."
Passionate people don't think much of what is safe, convenient, or easy. They follow their calling, and charge ahead, despite the difficulty or long odds. What matters to them is a sense of mission, the pursuit of an ideal, the achievement of a goal or a victory, often regardless of cost.
Passionate people might have little concern for work-life balance; their work is their life, and those who don't like it will achieve little by complaining about this fact. I know of a violinist whose wife said to him, "I wish you loved me the way you love that instrument." Of course, they divorced, but he continued playing the violin until his death.
Yes, passionate people are far from being perfect human beings. In fact, they are probably more imperfect than your average citizen, but I'd argue they are necessary and indispensable to the advance of civilization. And if we stuff them in a cubicle and medicate them and demand that they act normal, it's everybody's loss.
How to cope when you have a real "passion"
This isn't research-based, but based on my own experience and seeing other people succeed and fail at "passion" careers, and many years of therapy.
1) Don't deny yourself. If you are accursed with a passion for a certain type of work-life continuum, please don't try to squelch it in order to please others. It will only make you hate yourself and resent the people who made you do it, and you'll end up living the rest of your life on antidepressants. You're driven by something larger than yourself — honor your calling, follow your star, and accept the consequences of your choice.
2) Give it your best. Some of us go halfway and take "insurance," so that if we fail we can say "I wasn't really trying." Stop making excuses and go all-out. Success is, of course, not guaranteed, but if you fail, at least you'll know how to do better the next time. After his "Dune" fiasco, David Lynch came back with "Blue Velvet." After surviving Valley Forge, the American Continental Army went on to win the Revolutionary War (though it took them five years).
3) Use reason for your own ends. Reason is a tool, not a goal. Motivation is the result of emotion, and passion will lead the way — but it might not get you where you need. Trying to be reasonable won't work for you, so recruit reason to serve your passion instead. Going by passion alone is bound to get you bankrupt, ill, and dead before your time — learning rational skills in the support of your life's mission can be priceless. If you just don't have such abilities, please read the next item.
4) Find a community of supporters. You don't want to spend your life arguing with your mate about why you spend so many hours working on your invention, organizing your revolution, training for your next triathlon, or studying for your qualifying exams. You want someone who loves you for who you are, admires you for what you do and is willing to lend a hand when you need it. Moreover, you don't need to do your work on your own. If you're a passionate person, the right partner or the right team might be what you need to soar.
5) Say no and say it often. As you pursue your passion, there will be many temptations along the road, some apparently harmless ones, some downright unethical, but either can take you away from your path. The artist might be offered a full-time teaching job and end up abandoning his work. The social reformer could receive funding and betray the cause. The entrepreneur will surely be asked to compromise her core principles to go after a larger market. The athlete might be asked to throw a game, or the scientist be told to change the results of the experiment. If you don't want to kill your passion, and yourself with it, learn to say "no" and accept the consequences–even if that means that you'll have to get a day job to support doing what you love the most.
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I went to a neat talk the week before last showing that people who are passionate about the mission of their work tend to make less. It makes sense– they're willing to be paid less to do something that they enjoy or that helps people. Is that exploitative?
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I have known for a long time that I'm not meant for being trapped in a cubicle all of my working life. As soon as my husband gets through his last semester here and makes his career change, I'm going back to school myself to make the change I've always known I needed but could never afford to do before. Thank you for this!
Could passion also be interpreted as a source of endless energy that keeps you engaged and moving. For many work is perseverance and discipline, but for the passionate few they do not seem to suffer the pain of summonsing energy to engage in their work. I think trying to find our passion is one of removing the hard work of a task or job. So passion for me is about the source of work energy.
I am a little confused because the quote you give from Jennifer: "When financial advising came into the picture, those [schedule] restrictions were thrown out the window, and the job hunt began," to me implies she THOUGHT flexible schedules were her passion until she found financial advising, and then she realized she was willing to give up flexibility to pursue something she loved.
All your other points are valid, though. I was EXTREMELY passionate about academia, which is why I resigned myself to being poor and got the PhD. It wasn't until I got the job I have now that I realized there is more than one way to get my academia "fix," and it doesn't necessarily REQUIRE a life of financial difficulty.
Which is sort of another point. A lot of people with passion feel like they have to find something to sacrifice to justify it as a passion to the rest of the world. I'm not sure that's true.
Honey Smith, what method have you found to get your academia fix outside the traditional paths (e.g., a PhD/teaching)?
Currently I work at a university, though I don't teach. I do have enough interaction with students to feel like I am helping people. And I can take up to 3 classes/semester for $25 (though I haven't done this yet). I guess I should clarify – there are ways to get my academia fix off the tenure track.
I liked this article almost as much for how it read- almost poetically- as for its insightful and thought-provoking content. Thanks El Nerdo.
I like your balanced approach to this issue. It's a struggle for all of us, but it's true – if you're very passionate about something, the best thing to do is to try and find a way to turn your passion into your career. Failing that, passions do make wonderful hobbies.
Thank you for more truthful insight into passion. I own my business and as I've become more successful, resilient, and focused that having the right partner (and home life) and working with people who support your vision make it a heck- uv- a-lot smoother ( not necessarily easier). Never said passion equalled a perfect life-balance, but it sure brings a heightened state of meaning and fire to what I do and motivates me beyond the conventional….
"Passion is pain, not pleasure"
I just want to let you know that this made lightning bolts go off in my head! My perspective on passion is turned completely upside-down now. That is awesome because I felt blocked on the subject but now I will rethink things. Excellent article.
It reminds me so much of Irving Stone's biography of Michelangelo, The Agony and the Ecstasy
Really enjoyed this Nerdo, and your last five bits of advice were so inspirational and motivating. Needed that this morning!
El Nerdo and Robert Brokamp can stay. The rest of you can go now.
the perfect example of following your passion is acting! People who want to be actors are willing to do anything including waiting on tables and other menial jobs so they can follow their passion. They will do it for years even when success is not forthcoming. I think everyone who wants something could learn from people who want to be actors.
Ah, I was going to say 'writers'. Writers know that most will never hit it big or be published by a big house. They write for themselves and a few friends. And it's enough.
I absolutely agree that the 'follow your passion' advice is as you say "terribly simplistic". I also agree that the word passion is too strong of a emotion.
Excellent post brother nerdo,
My fav line:
"Defining the problem correctly prevents irrelevant solutions"
This seems to be where people get stuck.
They start applying fixes and they actually haven't even identified the problem in the FIRST PLACE.
Just because you have a passion doesn't mean it has to take over your entire life. You can still be passionate about things on the side, and not do it as a career, investing a lot of time, effort, and according to the definition, suffering into this passion.
Some people are able to do a job during the day and then focus on what they love around their main bread winning career. Others can't separate that and they get torn.
… or get rewarded
It all comes down to happiness and satisfaction with one's quality of life. For some, basic needs are what matter most, and they can do without many material things while they pursue a dream vocation. For others, the happiness and satisfaction come from more material things.
I like the idea of pursuing what you're passionate about, but within reason. If it means that your financial future will be murky, and you won't be able to provide for your family, then can one even be selfish for pursuing a passion at the expense of money? After all, things change when there are other people counting on us.
That's why it is almost impossible not to look up and admire people who are able to follow their passion, but also provide well for their family. Passion and practicality have always been in a constant battle. But the article's intelligent formula of passion + reason shows that if you play your cards right, you do not have to compromise your passion or/and your loved one's financial security.
@Digital Personal Finance Well put! I was trying to pull about this post and think about how there is a balance and your comment makes far more sense than mind. I like it.
Thank you, from a passionate person.
"The only time I've ever witnessed *true passion* was in the writhing of an addict.
The only time I've ever seen *true contentment* was in the eyes of my dying Grandmother."
I always repeat this to my friends in the heat of discussion when I see they may need to commit to the— now. Funny how they now throw those words back at me!
Just an exceptional article, Nerdo. Absolutely loved it.
I agree to follow your passion but – as you said above – follow the real passion not the invented one.
In 3 times of my life when I followed my passion I succeeded to reach what I want. And the 3 times was in my career.
But don't make your passion your suffering.
You have to check out your passion well before starting and then go on and never stop till reach your top.
Thanks a lot for your article.
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. –Will Rogers, humorist and social commentator.
I really liked this post. I work with artistic types as a support person. Like Alexandria I work with the numbers (I'm not a CPA though darn it!). We do a lot of probono work for good causes also which I appreciate. Lots of good food for thought here. Thanks!
Love the quote That sums it up for me!
Very insightful, it reminds me of my early twenties when I had a bit of an identity crisis when I realized that I wasn't an artist. It mostly came down to passion, I like drawing/painting/creating but it wasn't my passion, so I couldn't get past the drawbacks to pursue that life.
Now I'm happy with my creative life being a hobby/ side-gig, but that's also meant learning that I shouldn't try to 'find my passion' in another career. I don't want my work to be my life because it's so important to me to maintain those outside of work activities.
So what's your job, if I may ask?
For several years I worked as a Dietitian and had a home based jewelry business.
Currently it's a bit more complicated as I'm back in school full time. I closed my business for now to make room for school work, but I'm careful to leave myself with other creative outlets. (for example at the beginning of my winter break I did piece work for a friend who was in the midst of her holiday rush)
I think you did it cleverly. You get to have the best of both worlds. What are you studying now?
I personally don't know what my "passion" is, and I hate that. I have things that I enjoy doing, but I don't feel like I should call them my passion. I adore physics and math and numbers, but I'm not sure I could call them my passion, which has always been my problem when people talk about passions.
I agree that "following your passion" is not very useful advice. I've found that when I worked at jobs that matched my abilities, I have succeeded. This is the key, not the type of work or salary or work hours or responsibilities.
I am a very good "second banana". I can take directions and complete projects. I am conscientious and dependable. I have a good memory and a good phone voice. I can work alone or with others. I enjoy research. There are many occupations which fit my characteristics and many which do not. For example, I would not be a very good manager nor would I be very good at originating plans. Not that I can't lead or that I have no imagination. I am just not good at those things.
Doing what I do best I can take pleasure in my work and find passion in it.
Exellent! I read that post about following one's passion being a bad thing, and while I agreed with some of the points, the overall tone of the post was wrong.
Passion is important in our careers and our lives, and it's not something that can be forced. It is what drives us to do and be better in our lives so that, as you point out, the pain of passion is replaced by the sublime delight of triumph.
I really loved this post. Its true that people with passion seem to have more drive but its only because they already know the path they want to take and that gives them the momentum to pursue it with all of their energy. I have always been jealous of those who are confident in their passion and identified it early because it definitely was easier to figure out what to do with their lives, it seems. You're right in that society needs these people who hone in on their passion to advance our world. Great article!
I read this post first, and then went back to read April's – you really hit the nail on the head with the oversimplification of passion (and correctly defining the problem).
In my experience, something that you are passionate about can't be put down, system or no system. No matter where you go, it pops back up. I love this particular line from you:
"Passion is meant to be a tremendous, uncontrollable emotion… It's not really something one chooses, it's something that overtakes us, like a natural force…"
While some people are built for systematizing their lives and then falling in love with what they do, I think you're absolutely correct about people who are truly passionate about something. They're not looking for the magic bullet – it's something that they HAVE to do, hard work, sweat, blood and tears.
Thanks for a great read!


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When you start PowerPoint, it opens in the view (view: A way of displaying the contents of a presentation and providing the user with the means to interact with it.) called Normal view, where you create and work on slides.
Note By default, Office PowerPoint 2007 applies the Blank Presentation template (template: A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.), which appears in the preceding illustration, to new presentations. Blank Presentation is the simplest and most generic of the templates in Office PowerPoint 2007. Blank Presentation is a good template to use when you first start working with PowerPoint because it is straightforward and can be adapted to many presentation types. To create a new presentation that is based on the Blank Presentation template, click the Microsoft Office Button , click New, click Blank and recent under Templates, and then double-click Blank Presentation under Blank and recent.
After you open the Blank Presentation template, only a small portion of the Notes pane is visible. To see a larger portion of the Notes pane so that you have more room to type in it, do the following:
Notice that the slide in the Slide pane resizes automatically to fit the available space.
Near the top of the screen are three buttons that you may find useful:
Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
Views in PowerPoint
As with any software program, it is a good idea to name and save your presentation right away and then to save your changes frequently while you work:
If you choose this option, you cannot use any of the features that are new in Office PowerPoint 2007.
From now on, you can press CTRL+S or click Save near the top of the screen to save your presentation quickly at any time.
Use PowerPoint 2007 to open or save a presentation in another file format
Save a file
The single slide that is provided automatically in your presentation has two placeholders, one formatted for a title and the other formatted for a subtitle. The arrangement of placeholders on a slide is called a layout (layout: The arrangement of elements, such as title and subtitle text, lists, pictures, tables, charts, AutoShapes, and movies, on a slide.). Office PowerPoint 2007 also provides other types of placeholders, such as those for pictures and SmartArt graphics.
When you add a slide to your presentation, you can do the following to choose a layout for the new slide at the same time:
A gallery appears, showing thumbnails of the various slide layouts that are available.
The new slide now appears both on the Slides tab, where it is highlighted as the current slide, and in the Slide pane. Repeat this procedure for each new slide that you want to add.
Tip If you want your new slide to have the same layout that the preceding slide has, you can just click New Slide instead of clicking the arrow next to it.
To calculate the number of slides that you need, make an outline of the material that you plan to cover, and then divide the material into individual slides. You probably want at least:
By using this basic structure, if you have three major points or areas to present, you can plan to have a minimum of six slides: a title slide, an introductory slide, one slide for each of the three major points or areas, and a summary slide.
If there is a large amount of material to present in any of your main points or areas, you may want to create a subgrouping of slides for that material by using the same basic outline structure.
Tip Consider how much time each slide should be visible on the screen during your presentation. A good standard estimate is from two to five minutes per slide.
To change the layout of an existing slide, do the following:
Note If you apply a layout that doesn't have enough of the right kind of placeholders for the content that already exists on the slide, additional placeholders are automatically created to contain that content.
If you want to create two slides that are similar in content and layout, you can save work by creating one slide that has all of the formatting and content that both slides will share and then making a copy of that slide before you add the final, individual touches to each.
You can also insert a copy of a slide from one presentation into another presentation.
To select multiple slides, click a slide that you want to move, and then press and hold CTRL while you click each of the other slides that you want to move.
Create and print a presentation in Outline view
Copy and paste your slides
Overview of layouts
The most common content for slides in a PowerPoint presentation is text — in titles, headings, and bulleted lists.
Some placeholders automatically format your text as a bulleted list, and other placeholders don't. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, do either of the following:
You can also make these changes by using the Mini toolbar, which is a handy, miniature, semitransparent toolbar that becomes available when you select text. To see the Mini toolbar clearly, rest your pointer on it. To use the Mini toolbar, click any of the available commands.
Tip You can also display the Mini toolbar by right-clicking unselected text.
There are many ways to change the appearance of text on a slide, ranging from basic buttons on the Home tab for formatting font, style, size, color, and paragraph characteristics to more advanced options, such as animation (animate: To add a special visual or sound effect to text or an object. For example, you can have your text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear the sound of applause when a picture is uncovered.) or conversion to SmartArt graphics.
Too much text makes a slide cluttered and distracting to your audience. But if some of the information that you need isn't on the screen that your audience sees, how can you keep track of it?
The solution to this dilemma is speaker's notes, which you can type in the Notes pane for each slide. Speaker's notes help you keep your onscreen presentation free of excess content while you still keep track of all of the information that you need during the presentation.
Tip You can easily cut excessively detailed text from the Slide pane at any time and then paste that text directly into the Notes pane so that you still have it for reference.
You can print your speaker's notes and then refer to them while you give your presentation. Alternatively, if you run your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation from one monitor (at a podium, for example) while your audience views it on a second monitor, you can use Presenter's view to display the notes only on your monitor while you are presenting.
Deliver a presentation on two monitors by using Presenter view
Add formatting to your document by using the Mini toolbar
Use automatic formatting as you type
Create and print notes pages
Add text to a slide
So far, you have focused on the arrangement and the basic content of your slides. Now, consider the overall appearance of your presentation. What visual tone do you want? What look and feel will make it clear and attractive to your audience?
Office PowerPoint 2007 provides a wide variety of design themes (theme: A set of unified design elements that provides a look for your document by using color, fonts, and graphics.) that make it easy to change the overall look of your presentation. A theme is a set of design elements that provides a specific, unified appearance for all of your Office documents by using particular combinations of colors, fonts (font: A graphic design applied to all numerals, symbols, and alphabetic characters. Also called type or typeface. Arial and Courier New are examples of fonts. Fonts usually come in different sizes, such as 10 point, and various styles, such as bold.), and effects.
Office PowerPoint 2007 automatically applies the Office theme to presentations that are created by using the Blank Presentation template, but you can easily change the look of your presentation at any time by applying a different theme.
Apply or customize a document theme
You want to create the most effective visual presentation possible — and often, a series of slides that contains only bulleted lists is not the most dynamic choice. Lack of visual variety can cause your audience's attention to drift. And many kinds of information aren't most clearly expressed in a paragraph or a bulleted list.
Fortunately, Office PowerPoint 2007 makes it possible to add many other kinds of audio and visual content, including tables, SmartArt graphics, clip art (clip art: A single piece of ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.), shapes, charts, music, movies, sounds, and animations. You can add hyperlinks (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, a Web page on the World Wide Web, or a Web page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.), too — to move more flexibly both within your presentation and to locations outside of it — and you can add eye-catching transitions (transition: One of a set of transitional display effects that are available in some Microsoft Office applications. Transitions specify how the display changes (such as fading to black) as a user moves from one item (such as slide or Web page) to another.) between slides.
This section introduces just a few of the most basic kinds of objects and effects that you can add to your slides.
If you don't select a placeholder, or if you select a placeholder that cannot contain an image, the clip art is inserted at the center of the slide.
The Clip Art task pane opens.
You can now move the clip art, resize it, rotate it, add text to it, and make other changes.
Tip To search for additional clip art on the Microsoft Office Online site, click the Clip art on Office Online link at the bottom of the Clip Art task pane.
A SmartArt graphic is a visual representation of your information that you can fully customize. Converting your text to a SmartArt graphic is a quick way to convert existing slides to professionally designed illustrations. For example, with one click, you can convert an Agenda slide to a SmartArt graphic.
You can choose from many built-in layouts to communicate your message or ideas effectively.
To convert existing text to a SmartArt graphic:
When you find a SmartArt graphic that you like, click it to apply it to your text.
You can now move the SmartArt graphic, resize it, rotate it, add text to it, apply a different Quick Style (Quick Styles: Collections of formatting options that make formatting your documents and objects easier.) to it, and make other changes.
Although it is especially easy to create a SmartArt graphic for existing text, you can also work the other way around, by first inserting the SmartArt graphic that you want and then adding text to it:
If you don't select a placeholder, or if you select a placeholder that cannot contain an image, the SmartArt graphic is inserted at the center of the slide.
Tip To see a preview of any layout, click that layout. The preview appears in the rightmost pane.
Slide transitions are animation-like effects that occur when you move from one slide to the next. Office PowerPoint 2007 provides many types of slide transitions, including standard fades, dissolves, cuts, and wipes, as well as more unusual transitions such as wheels and checkerboards.
You can choose other options in the Transition to This Slide group to control the transition speed, to add a sound, and to apply the same transition to all of the slides in the presentation.
Apply or change a Quick Style for shapes
Learn more about SmartArt graphics
Add transitions between slides
Add, change, or delete shapes
Add a table to a slide
You can use hyperlinks to move from one slide to another, to a network or Internet location, or even to another file or program altogether.
Alternatively, you can select an object (a piece of clip art, for example, or a SmartArt graphic).
To go to another slide in your presentation, for example, click Place in This Document.
Create a hyperlink
When all of your slides look just like you want them to, there are two more steps to finishing your presentation.
Even though the spelling checker is turned on automatically in Office PowerPoint 2007, it is still a good idea to check spelling again after you finish working on your presentation:
If Office PowerPoint 2007 finds spelling mistakes, it displays a dialog box, and the first misspelled word found by the spelling checker is selected. You indicate how you want to resolve each error that the program finds. After you resolve each misspelled word, the program selects the next one, and so forth.
To view your presentation on your computer screen exactly the way that it will look to your audience when you are presenting, do the following:
The presentation opens in Slide Show view.
Tip To return to Normal view at any time, press ESC.
Of course, you can also preview your presentation at any time while you are creating it.
Check spelling and grammar
Now that your presentation is complete, what you do next depends upon who will give the presentation, as well as where it will be given and what equipment will be used:
Depending on the answers to these questions, you may need to complete the following processes in the given order, in a different order, or (in some cases) not at all:
Copy a presentation to a CD, network, or local disk drive
Rehearse and time the delivery of a presentation
Create a self-running presentation
Create and print handouts
You are now familiar with the processes that you need to create a basic Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation.
Now that you know the fundamentals, you can begin to branch out and experiment with other features. PowerPoint provides a large range of options for making your presentations more effective, flexible, and exciting. You will find useful ideas and advice in Help and on the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Home Page at Microsoft Office Online.
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Stone Art Exhibition: Peace & Harmony for All through Art in Stone, Nov. 16-30 2012 @ Nairobi Railways Museum
November 14, 2012 at 2:43 pm njathika Leave a comment
Design Power Consultants are organizing the 1st & 2nd editions of the "African Stones Talk: International Stone Sculpture Symposium"
Opening Date: Friday 16th November, 2012
Venue: Nairobi Railway Museum Art Gallery, near Nairobi Railway Station
Time: 2-4 pm
The Symposia were attended by: Artists / Scholars & Cultural Practitioners from Ghana, Uganda, USA, UK, South Korea, Bulgaria, India, South Africa, Egypt & Kenya
Special Features: Live demonstrations of traditional Kisii stone carving techniques. Ancient Kisii Rock Art Heritage, Traditional Music & Dance, Poetry, Christmas and Souvenir Gift Items on sale
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Picture #30000 in the Readers Flickr Pool
You/we have reached another milestone in the Readers's Flickr Pool - over 30,000 pictures submitted! Thanks to everyone for participating and sharing your pictures!
As usual, we feature the milestone picture, picture #30000, taken at the Lower Madera Canyon at the Big Bend Ranch State Park in TeXas, taken by Jeff Lynch (blog) with the Canon 24-105 f4 L IS.
This flickr group is a place where photographers of all experience levels and camera types share their pictures. Everyone is welcome to join the Readers Flickr Pool and submit up to five pictures per day. This is not an 18+ group, so please do not submit adult-themed pictures.
Recent additions to the flickr pool are featured on the front page (and index pages) of this blog, and sometimes on twitter. We do not store the pictures on this blog or elsewhere - they are displayed using standard flickr widgets provided by flickr, and maintained by flickr. You can add or remove your pictures at any time by adding or removing them from the flickr pool.
If you prefer an alternate view of the flickr pool, one of the popular flickr-sphere services, flickriver, offers a selection of interesting pictures from the flickr pool, based on their secret (?) selection algorithms.


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Dir: Ling Wan Scr: Man Long (aka Chan Wan)
Co-Starring: Tang Bik-wan, Woo Fung,
Yung Yuk-yi, Chu Dan
1962 / B&W / D Beta / Cantonese / 104min
Forty years before Infernal Affairs (2002) and Election (2005), Ling Wan directed this comedy about two detectives (Woo Fung and Tang Bik-wan) who infiltrate the triad to investigate a mob boss known as "Big Master". Even after their covers are blown, Tang uses all the tricks up her sleeves to go into the fray once more and discovers the truth behind "The Big Master". Despite the happy ending, Lau Hark-suen offered this note of caution to his audience and society: "Unless there are fundamental changes, there is no way to completely get rid of the triad. No matter how much resources the police exhaust, they are just growing larger and stronger!"
|Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
The contents of the programme do not represent the views of the presenter.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary.


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A ghost; waiting patiently for my recognition of his being.
Driven by my ghost's yearning for attention, his centuries-old need to be heard, I listen and I search. Toiling and digging, I read and re-read all the documents and records I have found on my ghost, desperately searching out answers to the rest of his story. I rip through the papers, hastily flipping past one lead to the next and as I sift through facts and fiction, I almost feel the coolness of his breath linger against my neck.
But oddly, I do not recoil; sensing instead a strange warmth of familiarity.
A ghost. My Civil War ancestral ghost and I welcome his haunting.
Wouldn't it be fun to discover your ancestor is a ghost?! Just consider the intrigue you would have, the haunting playfulness of an old ancestral ghost. If you have been researching your ancestors for long, you will begin to feel their presence; as if they shiver with excitement of their discovery. It is their moment of recognition, a time for them to shine in the spotlight once more.
As we approach the haunting of the season--the wispy cool winds beckoning our thoughts--it becomes easy to imagine an ancestor providing guidance to our search. And there are times I could use their help! But whether you believe in ghosts or not, you cannot deny a sense of presence of your ancestors as you search for their story.
Just listen...they may be giving you a clue!
For a fun treat during this Halloween season, explore some of the Civil War ghost books such as Civil War Ghost Trails by Mark Nesbitt or Haunted Battlefields of the South by Bryan Bush. And for even more fun, flip through History.com's article on the legend of Abraham Lincoln's ghost, his lanky spirit creeping amongst the hallow halls of the White House.
Happy ghost hunting and don't be surprised if you feel a cool breath languish across the back of your neck tonight as you search for your ancestors.
Keep searching for answers,


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A veteran Georgia Public Broadcasting employee has resigned, citing the hiring of former powerful state lawmaker Chip Rogers.Rogers resigned his state Senate seat last month and is now working as an executive producer at GPB with a six-figure salary."I have been presented with a great opportunity with the governor and Georgia Public Broadcasting to take a leadership role in that organization," Rogers said in December.Rogers became executive producer for GPB's community jobs program. After learning that the former Senate Majority leader will be paid $150,000 annually, GPB senior producer Ashlie Wilson Pendley has resigned. A copy of her resignation letter refers to GPB cutbacks, saying, in part, "I think it is unconscionable to create a position and compensate any individual in this manner during these difficult times"The letter also says, "This was the wrong decision for GPB. It has the appearance of the political manipulation of the public airwaves. This stinks of cronyism."Bryan Long of the advocacy group Better Georgia released the letter."She, in her well-worded resignation letter, just expressed what a lot of people are feeling," said Long.His group has been critical of Gov. Nathan Deal and other Republicans. "This job, which, you know, Chip Rogers has been given without any competition, he didn't compete for it, it wasn't advertised -- it's wrong," said Long.FOX 5 left phone messages but did not get a response from the newly-resigned producer.The Governor's Office and GPB declined comment as well, except for a GPB official who said Pendley had made "amazing contributions."Pendley had been a GPB employee for 15 years.
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HttpSession object not able to deserialize into custom object.
I am new to couchbase implementation. I want to implement couch base cluster for my web based application where end user fill 4 different form funnel with their information.
Requirement : session persistence on server fail over.
I have two production servers, right now if any one of the server fails LTM detect that and transfer next request to new server. My problem is I want to persist same session information on to new server after fail over so that end user will be still able to continue fill his remaining form (where he was before server fail over) without any interruption.
In that case couch base comes into picture:
I have couch base 1.8.1 where I have two server nodes bqwebx0080,bqwebx0090 with data bucket name "trouve" of type "Couchbase"
On my both web server(tomcat) i added below code into context.xml
Server 110 :
Server 210 :
With this configuration i am able to get httpSession object from "trouve" bucket but its return a type "Object".
I tried various transcoder but not able to get deserealized HttpSession object.
If I am missing anything or I am going to wrong direction to achieve my requirement. Please correct me.
Your comments/suggestion are always welcome.


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Craft #1: Beautiful Bulletin Board
After finishing cleaning/updating my room I decided the old magazine photos had to go and it was time to update my desks bulletin board with some fun fabric! I had this initial plan of doing a burlap with lace thing, but let me tell you if you are planning on doing this don't go in with any plan! It's really one of those things that you have to hunt until you find a fabric you love and the fabric I loved was nothing I had planned on. All I did was test out two fabrics and then staple-gun it to the board. My mother took over from there and added a pink boarder with some fun rope anddd waalaaa a brand new fun desk!
My name is Amy Urban, currently a college Senior at Texas A&M. I originally thought this tumblr account was going to be all about my photos that I take, but I realized the beauty of these accounts is that you can literally do anything with them. I am not set in stone on what all mine will entail, but I know what I like: photos, writing, food, music, traveling, family, and friends so be expecting some of that and then some!!


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"At night, the Milky Way overhead seems to point the way,
so the route acquired the nickname "La voie lactée" – the Milky Way."
Milky Way
Inspired by the Luis Buñuel film of the same name, I have long been fascinated with a journey to Santiago de Compostela. During the summer of 2012 we began the 7,000Km trip from Vienna along the St. James Way, also known as the Camino de Santiago trail. The station photographs from this series capture a very personal pilgrimage.


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Blitzbokke into semis in Vegas
South Africa will face defending USA Sevens champions Samoa in the Cup semi-finals in Las Vegas after they won both their matches on Saturday.
Earlier, the Springbok Sevens completed their pool fixtures with a hardworking 15-5 over a tenacious Kenya, scoring three tries to one in the process to qualify in unbeaten fashion for the Cup quarterfinals.
A brace of tries by Chris Dry and another one by Philip Snyman saw the Springbok Sevens safely past Kenya, who last weekend lost to New Zealand in the Wellington Cup final.
South Africa then produced a good, balanced performance to beat Wales 26-0 to proceed to the semi-finals of Round 5 of the HSBC Sevens World Series. The Springbok Sevens will be hoping to repeat their Cup-winning success at the same stadium just two seasons ago.
Cornal Hendricks led the way with two tries - his fifth overall of the tournament - while Cheslin Kolbe and Warren Whiteley also added a try each. Kolbe and Branco du Preez (2) slotted three conversions.
Afterwards, Springbok Sevens coach, Paul Treu, said Samoa will be very tough opponents.
"It will be important for us to keep our focus and our momentum because Samoa is playing so well, they are the defending champions and have good support here in Las Vegas."
Pool winners New Zealand and Fiji advanced to the other semifinal.
In the other quarterfinal action earlier in the day, Samoa beat Scotland 12-5, New Zealand defeated Canada 17-0 while Fiji edged the USA 21-19 in a thrilling encounter.
New Zealand currently lead the World Series standings on 77 points, ahead of Kenya on 56 and Samoa on 54. South Africa, Fiji, and France are joint fourth on 51 points.
Quarter-final results:
Fiji 21-19 USA
New Zealand 17-0 Canada
Samoa 12-5 Scotland
South Africa 26-0 Wales
Bowl Quarter-Finals:
Portugal 0-12 Spain
Argentina 24-0 Uruguay
Australia 21-26 England
Kenya 17-21 France
Day 2 Results:
Fiji 21-14 Portugal
Canada 36-0 Uruguay
France 14-17 Wales
Samoa 28-7 Australia
England 0-14 Scotland
Kenya 5-15 South Africa
New Zealand 17-5 Argentina
Spain 7-22 United States


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Posts Tagged «multi-monitor»
Goodbye 4K: $17,000 12K gaming PC pushes 1.5 billion pixels per second July 26, 2013 at 2:15 pm
4K displays are slowly trickling out, and slowly trickling down in price. The problem with the resolution, though, is that not only are the displays very expensive, but there isn't really any native 4K media. Some games and videos look fine when upscaled to 4K, but that's not true 4K. Though the resolution is still too young to even have native media, one man decided 4K was a thing of the past, and built a 12K gaming PC.
OS X 10.9 expected in June, brings tabbed Finder and faster Safari April 29, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Apple has been uncharacteristically quiet in 2013. The year is already one-third over, and we haven't heard any major announcements coming out of Cupertino. Well, Apple's own Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is only two months away now, so rumors are finally surfacing about what's in store for Mac OS X 10.9. With better multi-monitor support, a tabbed user interface for the Finder, and a rebuilt web browser, this next operating system seems to be focused on the power user.
Triple monitor madness: GTX Titan, GTX 680, and Radeon 7970 go head-to-head at 5760×1080 March 5, 2013 at 10:29 am
Ever wondered how the GTX Titan, Radeon 7970 and GTX 680 would fare against each other across multiple displays? Been curious about going wide yourself? We dive into both questions and come back with recommendations.
How to use your iOS device as your PC's second display October 29, 2012 at 2:26 pm
While working on desktops or laptops, it is useful to have a second display handy. Another monitor can easily be plugged in, but why not use the screens you already have instead of going off and purchasing another one?
Phew: Windows 8 won't be completely awful on multi-monitor setups May 16, 2012 at 6:26 am
Microsoft has announced that the Windows 8 Release Preview, which is due in early June, will thankfully feature a bunch of much-needed multi-monitor tweaks and fixes.


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ATHENS — Georgia's football team suffered a significant and untimely injury, learning Wednesday that its leading receiver, Michael Bennett, will miss the remainder of the season with a torn knee ligament.
Bennett, injured on the final play of Tuesday's closed practice, was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will require reconstructive surgery, UGA said.
The news came as No. 5 Georgia prepares for Saturday's game at No. 6 South Carolina, a showdown of undefeated SEC East teams.
Georgia's offense surely will miss Bennett against the Gamecocks' stellar defense. Through five games, he leads the Bulldogs' receivers in catches (24), yards (345) and touchdowns (4).
Bennett reacted to his season-ending injury via Twitter, writing: "God has a plan for me and everything happens for a reason. Get ready for a historic season Dawg nation. Our boys are gonna get it done!"
Coach Mark Richt said the injury occurred as Bennett was blocking in the final drill of practice.
"It's very sad that it happened," Richt said. "It was a heck of a practice, really. Everybody was working hard; everybody had a good attitude; scout teamers were getting after it. Everything you'd hope for in a Tuesday practice, we were having.
"And then, on the very last [play] of the day, he was engaged in a block and was just working it. And as he was moving — no one ran into him [or] rolled into him or anything like that — his knee buckled. And there it was."
Bennett, an Alpharetta High graduate, was redshirted as a UGA freshman in 2010 and showed considerable promise in 2011 before emerging as a top target for quarterback Aaron Murray this season.
Bennett had eight catches against Missouri, 110 receiving yards against Florida Atlantic and, in what proved to be his final game of the season, five catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee last week. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining, and Richt expects that he'll be ready to play at the start of next season.
Wide receiver is one of Georgia's deepest positions. After Bennett, the team's next most productive receivers have been seniors Marlon Brown (17 catches for 272 yards and three touchdowns) and Tavarres King (16 catches for 307 yards and three touchdowns). Rantavious Woote, Chris Conley and Rhett McGowan also have contributed. Even before Bennett's injury, the coaches returned Malcolm Mitchell — the Bulldogs' second leading receiver behind King last year — to primarily an offensive role after using him on defense through the season's first four weeks.
"Now, especially with Bennett's injury, we're going to be using [Mitchell] more offensively," Richt said. "But that was the plan [already]."
Richt likes Georgia's depth at wide receiver but says the group will miss Bennett in more ways than one.
"I think we're still going to be fine, but we're losing a guy that I personally think helped the toughness of our unit [in] the way he went about his business, even when he was redshirted," Richt said. "Just a tough, hard-nosed football player, a guy who was going to make a tough catch, a guy who was going to block, a guy who was going to practice with a lot of intensity."
King wants to pay tribute to Bennett during Saturday's game. "I wanna wear 82 this week," King tweeted, referring to Bennett's jersey number.
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October 3rd, 2012
8:43 pm
"You're a GD liar — no GA fan did any such thing"
Avery is that you?
Feelng a little bad karma about the numerous posts on Mon\Tues predicting that the SC RB's knee and the SC QBs shoulder would hold up vs "the most
October 3rd, 2012
8:43 pm
"You're a GD liar — no GA fan did any such thing"
Avery is that you?
Feelng a little bad karma about the numerous posts on Mon\Tues predicting that the SC RB's knee and the SC QBs shoulder would hold up vs "the most
October 3rd, 2012
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@Rick James….
I am not sure anyone at WR has been more of a consistent threat anywhere on the field than Bennett…….and espcially in the red zone. I don't think Marshall can consistently do the things that Bennett does……and Bennett presents a big receiver match up problem for opposing defenses. Marshall doesn't. Marshall presents more of down town receiver threat for sure….but I would prefer a receiver that presents the overall skill sets at WR that Bennett does. I would think that Marlon Brown would be more of the the type of receiver to step in and perform the role of Bennett did for the Dawgs. But I am not sure any of the Dawg receivers left can come close to fulfilling the shoes vacated by Bennett on Saturdays. He was a damn good receiver. I know as a Gator fan, I worred more about Bennett that any other Georgia receiver. With him not being on the field, I think Georgia becomes easiler overall to defend for Florida and other SEC teams.
October 3rd, 2012
9:01 pm
October 3rd, 2012
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Bad break for this kid and I wish him well as he is a great person and a very good receiver. Hopes he makes it back soon.
October 3rd, 2012
9:13 pm
Good grief. Here we go. Let the excuses begin!!
Hate to hear this though. Best receiver by far. Not good news.
Fire the idiot coaches who let this happen!!
October 3rd, 2012
9:14 pm
Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery #82.
October 3rd, 2012
9:25 pm
Damn good Dawg. Thanks for all you have done for our team. We look forward to you having a speedy recovery. Thanks again pal.
October 3rd, 2012
9:32 pm
Love the way he plays! Great effort all the time! Hate it for him. Hopefully he will have a full recovery and be back on the field next year!
October 3rd, 2012
9:39 pm
I have been bummed about this news all day! Michael Bennett has been hardcore this year for UGA. He is a fierce competitor and a very reliable reciever. He will truly be missed the rest of the season. I love to watch the guy do his thing. Good Luck Bennett and get well soon! DGD!!!
October 3rd, 2012
9:41 pm
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to this gifted athlete.
October 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Best receiver on the team. Speedy recovery
October 3rd, 2012
10:23 pm
'Turrible' news. I hope you'll recover quick MB. I cried inside at work when I heard of the 'turrible' news. GATA!
October 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
Good receiver hope the best for him. People forget in the mizzou game he dropped 3 passes that were catchable His replacement might be better and faster
October 3rd, 2012
11:39 pm
GO DAWGS, let's win this game for MB!!
October 4th, 2012
12:06 am
that made me sick when iheard love you mb get well soon
October 4th, 2012
12:08 am
A lot of classy posts from Gamecocks tonite. Nice to see.
October 4th, 2012
4:08 am
The good thing is that Mitchell is coming back and we should not miss a beat. Too bad this happened, but if it was to happen at a certain position, this is the best, because we are so deep at WR.
October 4th, 2012
6:58 am
I extend my condolences to this fine young man. He will be greatly missed. However, we are deep at receiver this year at UGA. Hopefully, God's plan for him will be to provide extra motivation for the rest of the team to give it their all in supporting their super fellow Dawg! I believe we are going to see a motivated UGA team hit the field in Columbia come Saturday night. Spurrier has provided plenty of sparks to light a huge fire under the Dawgs. Let's hope this is going to be their year in taking the first major stride in "completing the drill" for an SEC and National Championship this year!
October 4th, 2012
8:24 am
Michael has true grit and it'll be hard to fill in his shoes. He was the one that would take it across the middle with reckless abandon. I hope he gets an opportunity to play between the hedges again. Get well you hairy Dog! Woof Woof!!
October 4th, 2012
8:59 am
Old school and a great kid and receiver. He reminds me of one of ours during the 90's by the name of Chris Doering. Hope he fully recovers and plays next year.
October 4th, 2012
9:04 am
I don't want to read thru all of the posts, but only 1 person mentioned Jay Rome on the first page of comments. That guy is a beast and can line up in the slot like Orson Charles and create mismatches. I still think that Mitchell should focus on DEFENSE. Brandon Smith is getting eaten alive on his side. Let him play corner in the nickel sets and maybe return kicks (he was OK at it last year). With Mitchell and Cummings playing on the outside, CTG can fill the box and force the evil genuis to try and throw the ball. That being said, the key to the game will be hitting Shaw a few times early and see if that effects his play
October 4th, 2012
9:08 am
Tampa Gator has it right about Marlon Brown. Great size and hands and when healthy, has proven himself. Look for him and Rome to run crosses across the middle while King and Concley stretch it deep. A screen or 2 to the best RB combo in the nation wouldn't hurt either
October 4th, 2012
9:27 am
This sux!!! Thank God we're loaded still at receiver. If only Woot can hang onto the ball more often we'll be fine as CMR said. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 4th, 2012
9:41 am
I've loved what I've seen out of Conley since he got on campus, but don't be surprised if a guy like Justin Scott-Wesley gets some reps. He isn't the complete Hines Ward-type receiver that Bennett is, but he is as good of a downfield threat as this offense has.
October 4th, 2012
11:34 am
interesting that the student Michael Bennett knows how to correctly use "historic" as in "historic season", when neither MG or AJC can correctly use "historical"
October 4th, 2012
11:57 am
I believe that Mr Bennett's presence on the sideline will push us over the top…Rather have him onte field but his just being there will be a plus. SC will be tough and SS will, undoubtedly, have an 'ace up his hole'…so to speak. But this Georgia team ain't gonna flinch. Gotta keep those DEs off Murray though.
October 4th, 2012
12:34 pm
Such a great and talented receiver; very….very bad news for the bulldawg nation. My prayers are with you Michael. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery. Thank you for your fantastic play in the first 5 games…you are the MAN!
October 5th, 2012
12:30 pm
michael and i are cousins–my heart sank when i heard of his injury–he's a great young guy and our entire families prayers are with him in his recovery and future play
October 6th, 2012
9:56 am
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Northeast Louisiana Master Gardener presents the Fifth Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Monroe Farmers Market, located at 1700 North 7th Street.
Shoppers will find native plants, flowering vines, perennials, annuals, butterfly garden plants, flowering shrubs, plants for shady gardens and plants not usually found locally. Look for colorful hanging baskets and houseplants. Explore an assortment of herbs and vegetables, including tomatoes. Learn more about the Louisiana Super Plants, known for performing well even in our hot summer climate.
Master Gardeners will lead tours of the Butterfly Garden and will have butterfly related activities for children. Animal "Zoo Buddies" will visit from the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.
Local experts will be available to talk everything gardening as follows; Teresa Morris, "Herbs" 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; Kelby Ouchley, "Native Flora" 9 a.m. – 12 noon; Buck Bounds "Soil" 9 a.m. – 12 noon; Steve Hotard "Trees." Steve will be available most of the day.
Proceeds benefit Master Gardener service projects: Master Gardener Butterfly Garden, LSU AgCenter beds, Chennault Aviation & Military Museum, Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, and Kiroli Park.
Master Gardeners will be on hand to help shoppers with parking, talk about all things gardening, and help load vehicles.
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Upper Cape Tech Girls Qualify For State Tournament
By: Dan Crowley, January 23, 2014
Monday wasn't a holiday for the Upper Cape Tech girls' basketball team as they traveled to Taunton to face Bristol-Plymouth. Once again it was all business for the Rams as they turned a 15-5 lead at halftime into a 43-24 win.
"The girls got off to a slow start, having a morning game and not having practice since last Wednesday, as we've had three games in a row," coach Robin Davidson said. "In the first two quarters we only had two baskets, but we made 10 foul shots. We started making baskets in the third and fourth quarters. It wasn't one of our better games, but a win is a win."
Good teams can oftentimes find a way to win, even when having an off day and, with a record of 11-0, the Rams definitely fall in the category of a good team.
UCT finished the day 21-for-34 from the free throw line. Amber DiBona led the scoring with 13 points, nine of which came from the free throw line. Alexandra Hill had nine points, Dasia Green tossed in seven and Michaela McDuffy finished with six.
The quickest way to qualify for the state tournament is to win all your games. That's just what the Rams did in the first half of the season, winning 10 straight. They earned their spot in the tournament Friday night with a 57-19 victory over South Shore Voc.
Alexandra Hill had a big night off the glass for UCT, while putting up a dozen points. Amber DiBona added 10 points to the winning effort, while Amelia Weare was strong underneath the net rebounding and adding another nine points to the winning effort.
Krystle DiBona and Alexa Gelson each finished the night with eight points.
The Rams took the game away in the second half, as they outscored the Vikings 34-6.
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A day earlier the Rams defeated Sturgis East 54-23, behind the one-two punch of Krystle (16) and Amber DiBona (14), who combined for 30 points. Michaela McDuffy did a nice job getting inside on the Storm for 11 points.
Last Tuesday's game at Avon, postponed because of the weather, will be made up February 3. The Rams return to the court Monday, when they'll travel to Blue Hills.
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Meredith To Deliver Special Report
Two milestones will occur at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in January, and it's hard to know which is more important. The industry will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Cotton Variety Testing (NCVT) program when veteran cotton research geneticist Bill Meredith delivers a special update on the history of the program.
Meredith is certainly the appropriate person to make the presentation because he has been involved in the program for more than 40 years. Many of Meredith's colleagues say it will be the rare opportunity to give attention to the NCVT – but also salute the veteran USDA-ARS cotton breeder for his four decades of service to the industry.
Meredith is the senior author of the report, but two other noted cotton breeders – Fred Bourland of Keiser, Ark., and retired Texas breeder John Gannaway – are co-authors.
"I think of this program as the backdrop for a lot of the things we do in variety testing," says Bourland. "It creates a platform for a lot of folks. It helps us look at relationships and trends, and it's a fabulous data set from that perspective."
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Bourland says the beauty of the NCVT is the broad spectrum of data it contains and the timely manner in which national standards are maintained. He says Meredith's report will be a broad overview of the NCVT and a description of variety testing trends over the past 50 years.
"He has seen the program's potential for more than 40 years and helped it stay scientifically rigid," he says. "Bill also is to be commended for his dogged approach to the subject matter and making sure this important program was always pointed in the right direction."
Bourland remembers being a graduate student at the University of Arkansas in the early 1970s when he first met Meredith.
"Even back then, Bill had a wry sense of humor and was very engaging in the way he presented information to an audience," he says. "He always had the same question when dealing with research: Does it cut the mustard? I've never forgotten that."
Long Years Of Service
Dr. Ed King, Mid-South Area Director of USDA-ARS in Stoneville, Miss., echoes Bourland's comments. He's looking forward to hearing Meredith's report on the NCVT's 50th anniversary. But he's equally appreciative of Meredith's involvement in the program over such a long period of time.
King believes that Meredith is one of the leading cotton breeders in the country in the public sector. In particular, he points to Meredith's discovery of the nectariless trait in germplasm development. That trait consistently showed the potential for reducing plant bug populations by 40 percent.
"I am definitely looking forward to Bill's presentation at Beltwide, and I'm also excited that we can salute him for his long years of service," says King. "His tenacity and dedication are wonderful. And he is rigorous in the treatment of his own data."
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Albuquerque Public Schools alerted parents Tuesday morning of an internal probe into a teacher's use of an electronic device.
APS spokeswoman Monica Armenta said the Rio Grande High School teacher was placed on leave for inappropriately using an electronic device. The device was not APS property.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department recommended that APS alert parents that no one at the school had been affected by the action, according to Armenta.
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In December 2013, violence broke out in South Sudan's capital, Juba, and spread rapidly across the country. The conflict has displaced more than 900,000 people so far, and it is estimated that 4.9 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 300,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries, in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya.
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Quite often swollen gums are a symptom of gingivitis.
Swelling of any type is a sign of inflammation and when swelling occurs in your mouth it can indicate infection of the gum tissue, tooth or bone that surrounds your teeth.
The first signs of swollen gums are most obvious between the teeth. The gum tissue that fills the space between your teeth is called the papilla.
When healthy, this part of your gum should be pink and firm against your teeth.
If the papilla is unhealthy it looks red, swollen and loose. Unhealthy gum tissue may bleed easily when you brush, floss or even touch it.
Gingivitis is usually the cause of inflammed and swollen gums. This condition can usually be cured after a visit to your hygienist combined with your consistent effort at home. Here's how.
Besides gingivitis there are other causes of swollen gums. I have listed a few of them here.
If you have gingivitis, your gums will be swollen, red, and bleed when you brush, floss or touch them.
Gingivitis is the first stage of gum disease and is usually completely reversible.
If you never floss or brush your gum line properly you could have gingivitis and not even know it.
Learn the right way to brush and floss ... then try out your new improved skills.
If your gums bleed...even if it's just a spot or two that bleeds, you probably have gingivitis.
Crazy but true, flossing will make your gums swell...at first. So many first time flossers give up because floss hurts their gums and their fingers. Flossing is hard at first but worth it. You want nice, pink, firm gums right? For gums that are too sore and swollen to floss. Try this step by step method to improve your gum health.
Understanding common flossing misconceptions may help you stay motivated. This article includes an excellent video flossing demonstration.
If you breathe through your mouth, your gums will be swollen in the front of your mouth. Gums are not meant to be dry. Dry mouth causes gingivitis. When you have a chronic dry mouth at night, your gums are not happy...or healthy.
The first step to improving dry mouth is to identify the cause. Once you know what is making your mouth dry, it will be easier to find a remedy that will cure or at least improve the condition.
There are OTC products made specifically for dry mouth and some home remedies that work quite well.
Many seniors have a dry mouth. This and other factors should be taken into consideration for elderly dental care.
If you have orthodontic brackets aka dental braces, extra care is needed to prevent swollen gums.
Orthodontic brackets are really hard to keep clean. In addition to swollen gums your teeth will decalcify (get white or yellow spots) around your brackets or worse yet cavities, if you don't keep them clean. If they are already swollen, try this home remedy.
Pregnancy gingivitis and teenage gingivitis are both a result of hormones but can be prevented with really good brushing and flossing.
There are a few medications that cause gum swelling. Many more medications cause dry mouth, with more and more kids and adults taking prescription medications, monitoring for side effects is important.
Dry mouth is included in the list of some anti anxiety medication side effects. Acne medications, heart medications, and allergy medicines can also cause dry mouth.
Swollen and red gums are not very pretty and could be painful, but more importantly swollen gums are a sign of inflammation.
Inflammation from gum disease has been linked to many chronic diseases.
...diabetes, heart disease, pulmonary disease, and stroke!
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One of the most chilling images in early American history is the deliberate firing of Fort Mystic during the Pequot War of 1637. Five hundred Indian men, women, and children died that day, burned alive along with their homes and possessions by a vengeful Puritan militia intent on doing God's will. "We must burn them!" the militia captain famously insisted to his troops on the eve of the massacre, in words that echo the classic early modern response to heretics. Just five months before, the Puritan minister at Salem had exhorted his congregation in strikingly similar terms to destroy a more familiar enemy, Satan; "We must burne him," John Wheelwright told his parishioners. Indians and devils may have been scarcely distinguishable to many a Puritan, but their rhetorical conflation in these two calls to arms raises a question: Was the burning of Fort Mystic a racial or a religious killing?She avoids easy answers and makes some interesting connections. If you want to find out more about the Pequot War, there's good material in the History section of this site. (Main link via wood s lot.)
presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. On December 8, 1941..., Alan Lomax... sent a telegram to fieldworkers in ten different localities across the United States, asking them to collect "man-on-the-street" reactions of ordinary Americans to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States. A second series of interviews, called "Dear Mr. President," was recorded in January and February 1942. Both collections are included in this presentation. They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day, such as racial prejudice and labor disputes. The result is a portrait of everyday life in America as the United States entered World War II.Try the Subject index as a point of entry; there are transcripts as well as audio. (Via Plep.)


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