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In thin voting after a bizarre campaign, the head of the MMM pyramid scheme, Sergei I. Mavrodi, won a seat in Parliament, along with its immunity against prosecution, in a special election Sunday, local officials announced today.
Mr. Mavrodi, 39, was arrested during a police raid on his apartment and spent 70 days in jail, without having been charged, on suspicion of tax evasion. A court released him on Oct. 12 after his workers collected enough signatures for him to qualify as a candidate in the 109th electoral district, centered in Mytishchi, just north of Moscow.
But he did not campaign in the district, instead making big promises in the kinds of media advertisements that brought millions of Russians to invest in MMM, which collapsed this summer.
In his campaign advertising, he promised, for instance, to spend $10 million of his own money on the district, to insure that every family had a telephone and to turn Mytishchi into "a little Switzerland."
He also appealed to MMM investors to elect him as their best chance of getting their money back. Some voters who had lost money when the MMM pyramid collapsed agreed, saying his election, and hence his freedom, was their only chance to recover their money.Continue reading the main story
He said he was campaigning for his shareholders, to continue "their fight" from Parliament against a state that had tried to crush him.
The Moscow prosecutor, Gennadi Ponomaryov, told the Interfax news agency that the investigation would continue. If there is an indictment, he might ask Parliament to strip Mr. Mavrodi of his immunity so he could be tried. But the other members of Parliament are unlikely to agree, both because they want to protect their own privileges and because Mr. Mavrodi is a hero to many ordinary Russians.
The special election for the seat in the lower house, or Duma, resulted from the death in April of the incumbent, a 35-year-old businessman, Andrei Aizderdzis, who was gunned down outside his apartment house in what was apparently a mob killing. He had won last December with only 9 percent of the vote in a field of 18.
Despite the attention, the election drew a turnout of only 30 percent of the 500,000 eligible voters, just above the minimum 25 percent needed to validate the voting. Preliminary results gave Mr. Mavrodi 27.8 percent, or just over 40,000 votes, and the plurality gave him victory in the field of 12 candidates. Election officials had said that at least 36,000 MMM shareholders live in Mytishchi alone, the biggest of five towns in the district.
A range of other parties tested the waters in the district, but the distant second place, with 14.5 percent of the vote, went to a local Mayor, Aleksandr Y. Zharov. Konstantin N. Borovoi, who has tried to turn early economic success into a political career, was third, with 13.6 percent, just ahead of a businessman. A quasi-fascist, Aleksandr S. Fyodorov of the Russian National Unity Party, finished sixth, with only 5.9 percent of the vote. Andrei Y. Sidelnikov, running for the party of former Vice President Aleksandr V. Rutskoi, did even worse, with only 1.6 percent.
After the results were announced, Sergei Taranov, a spokesman for Mr. Mavrodi, quoted his boss as saying: "If I had lost, I would be threatened by new imprisonment. Now I have new chances to defend the rights of my shareholders as well as those of other joint-stock companies through political methods."
It has never been shown, though, that MMM invested in anything at all. It seems merely to have recycled the money of new investors to pay dividends to earlier ones.
Viktor Ilyukhin, a Communist who is head of Parliament's Security Committee and a former Soviet prosecutor, told Interfax that voters were letting themselves be deceived again. "The last lines in Mavrodi's criminal case have not been written yet, but people have still believed his promises to make everyone rich and at once," he said.
Mr. Ilyukhin said that once seated, Mr. Mavrodi "will get dissolved in the Duma like a grain of sand." But Mr. Mavrodi says he plans to unite members to defend shareholders from Government bureaucrats.Continue reading the main story


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It's Jobs Friday. That means the monthly Wall Street guessing game, "Will they or won't they hike?" will kick off after the federal government lets the world know how many
The number of Americans hired and the total quitting jobs both surged to nine-year highs in December, reflecting a more dynamic labor market that's starting to push up wages. Job
Struggling search engine company Yahoo Inc. said it plans to cut about 15% of its workforce as part of a $400 million cost-cutting effort intended to "simplify" the troubled Internet
Shell says it is cutting 2,800 jobs in a pre-planned administrative move as plunging oil prices find a floor. The oil giant says in a release Monday that the job
Whether the Federal Reserve pulls the trigger on an interest rate hike next month at its final meeting of the year could hinge on how many jobs the U.S. economy
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The private sector added 200,000 jobs in September, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday, in a possible sign that the government will report that employment growth rebounded after slowing the previous
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, keeping this key indicator of labor market health near historic lows. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment benefits
Payroll growth slowed in August as employers added 173,000 jobs in a key report that could help the Federal Reserve decide whether to raise interest rates later this month. The
The number of Americans filing initial applications for unemployment benefits fell to a 42-year low last week in the latest sign the labor market is poised for further gains. First-time
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Due to the Fourth of July market shutdown Friday, the monthly employment report dubbed "Jobs Friday" will be renamed "Jobs Thursday." But the latest update on the health of the
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"The process uses a liquid that allows the hydrogen to be locked up in a liquid-based inorganic fuel," professor Lee Cronin of Glasgow University wrote in the journal Science.
redox mediator that can soak up electrons and acid we've been able to create a system where hydrogen can be produced in a separate chamber without any additional energy input after the electrolysis of water takes place."
Cronin says the redox mediator allows hydrogen to be produced at 30 times the rate of current processes without requiring more energy.
The new process uses energy from the sun and wind, which, due to lower power outputs, produces significantly less hydrogen.
"Around 95 percent of the world's hydrogen supply is currently obtained from fossil fuels, a finite resource which we know harms the environment and speeds climate change," Cronin's report says.
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There is also an ongoing need for Hydrogen extraction from water, coming from the world's space agencies (NASA, ESA, etc) to allow them to occupy, inhabit and produce renewable energy on Mars and other suitable exoplanets outside our Solar System.
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In the evening after dinner, I took a long walk in the hot summer night. It was some comfortable 20 - 25 centigrade warm. Weak light bulbs lit here and there up private backyards, doorways and open houses just being built along the street. People worked, ate, played and spoke in quiet voices. There was no anger, no arguing and no yelling, no loud voices. It was a purposeful milling around and quiet anticipation. It was a friendly Klondike atmosphere I've never experienced before. Along the road there were TV and radio shops and lit up department stores filled with colorful clothes and plastic objects in loud colors. Everywhere food, kids, smoke and motion wrapped in a steady hum of expectations. I read it loud and clear, that this country would be going places and at home the East Indiaman Gotheborg project waited to be started. Chinese in its long term aspect, I felt that would be just the thing to do. In ten years we might have it ready to take off to a China that would be roaring forward at full speed at that time.
I found an open Jingdezhen super market where I under the attention of a huge crowd unhesitatingly purchased a lousy nylon bag for 60 Yuan which zipper immediately broke. I walked on and at an open book stall I found the excellent Minyao-book we had all been looking for at 120 Yuan. Walked past the China market on the way home. The night concierge on my floor translated some sections in the new book for me.
Our conversation caught the attention of some young porcelain dealers that made big eyes over my book. A few hours later they showed up at my and Bo's room carrying two Yuan fakes copies that if genuine had been worth millions. They were quite open about that the pieces were new and said they did good business with antiques dealers in the US that bought them and sold them as genuine. They ensured me that the fakes were impossible to tell from the real, and that I could easily make a lot of money as so many others did. I politely shooed them away without disturbing Bo with whom I shared the room.
Some are certainly taken in by these businessmen's ideas and each "successful" transaction would then bring big profits. They appeared to live in the hotel on a permanent basis, maybe lacking modern houses in the city proper.
Settling the bill, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the hotel staff earns money on the side on all kinds of small things they can come up with, and can charge you for. Everything from charges for incoming and outgoing faxes, added fees on laundry and telephone calls, extra charges on postal stamps and deposit fees for the hotel room key etc. As long as things are within reason we did not feel it was much point in complaining.
Bought sodas and canned orange juice for tomorrow's bus ride. Now I can only pray for the benevolence of the luggage God when it comes to undamaged bring everything I have bought back home undamaged.
Jarl Vansvik and Erik Engel will leave for home a few days earlier than I and Bo, who will stay a few extra days in Beijing.


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This is the story of two families conjoined by the social welfare system. It's a quiet, heartfelt story that poses big, loud questions. Ginny Cheng is a hardworking woman who lives in Vancouver's Chinatown and adores her daughters. Casey and Jamie Cheng are also conjoined…by family, by struggle, by experiences that shape their destiny. Enter Donna Campbell. Another hardworking woman; Donna longs to help all children. A foster mother, she bears the secret of her own conjoining.
The novel follows these two families for several decades, beginning in 2016, when the protagonist, Jessica Campbell, and her father are cleaning out the basement after Donna's death. In the bottom of two freezers, they discover the bodies of Casey and Jamie Cheng. Jessica remembers when they lived in this house for a brief time as foster kids in the late 1980s before they ran away. Questions arise. Did Donna kill them? Why would Donna kill them? What brought the girls to this house in the first place? What is their story?
The next morning, they came with almost nothing: just one small backpack between the two of them and even that was only half-full. It was just them, really, and their baggie no-name jeans. Donna's house was full–bulk bin oats; piles of books; unsorted laundry, both dirty and clean–and they slid in, cutting through the air, their girl bodies like slivers.
Jessica was ten, and Jamie and Casey were thirteen and fourteen, the kind of girls who stood at angles, their elbows and knees and shoulders just points on thin, thin, bodies. They were beautiful, the two of them, but it was Casey, the older one, who had the eyes that were long and still, whose face was shaped as if it had been drawn with a fine-nibbed pen. Jamie was cute, but Casey made Jessica want to run away and hide under a quilt, ashamed by her huge curly hair, her ungainly height. If I could, she thought, I would peel that face right off her and press it down over mine.
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One key point of Fama and French's multifactor model is that taking on additional risk in the form of size (tilting towards small cap stocks) or value (tilting towards value stocks) does not necessitate a proportional increase in volatility. Nevertheless, investors should still consider it risk, and they should never fall into the trap of thinking that they are getting something for nothing. Fama and French correctly point out that low-volatility strategies are functionally equivalent with low-beta strategies. Beta is a measure of sensitivity to the overall market, which by definition is assigned a value of one. For example, a portfolio with a beta of 0.8 would be expected to go up by 0.8% on a day where the market gains 1.0%, assuming that beta is the only relevant risk factor, which it is not. Value stocks tend to have lower beta (and volatility) than growth stocks, but that does not mean that they are lower risk. Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has done extensive research on this topic. An article2 they posted in August, 2011 stated that while low volatility portfolios had similar returns with the overall market but with lower standard deviation over the period 1968-2010, their gain in performance was attributable to industry bets and value tilts. Similar risk-adjusted performance was attainable with a globally diversified portfolio of equities combined with low-risk fixed income. Regarding industry bets, IFA has consistently advised investors to steer clear of them. The author of this article states that investors who pursue a low-volatility strategy may simply be trading market risk (beta) for value risk. DFA's second article3 on this topic found that a large number of high volatility stocks come from the small growth segment of the market. 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Dimensional Research, August 2011. 3Crill, Wes and Shah, Ronnie R. "Residual Volatility and Average Returns." Dimensional Research, December 2012. Step 8Standard Deviation Of ReturnsStandard DeviationVolatilityLow VolatilityLow Beta Previous Article Next Article All Articles About Index Fund Advisors Index Fund Advisors, Inc. (IFA) is a fee-only advisory and wealth management firm that provides risk-appropriate, returns-optimized, globally-diversified and tax-managed investment strategies with a fiduciary standard of care. Founded in 1999, IFA is a Registered Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that provides investment advice to individuals, trusts, corporations, non-profits, and public and private institutions. Based in Irvine, California, IFA manages individual and institutional accounts, including IRA, 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, pensions, endowments and all other investment accounts. IFA also facilitates IRA rollovers from 401(k)s and 403(b)s. 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3 Beaten eggs
3/4 cup Milk
3 cup Soft bread crumbs (about 4 1/2 slices)
1/2 cup Finely chopped onion
2 tsp Salt
3 lb Ground beef
In large mixing bowl, combine beaten eggs, milk, bread crumbs, chopped onion and
salt; add meat and mix well. Shape into 6 dozen 1" balls. Place half the
meatballs in 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 2 1/4" baking pan. Bake @ 375 degrees 25 to 30
Remove from pan; cool. Repeat with remaining meatballs. Place cooled meatballs
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Pension Solvency and Public Education: The Case for Reforming Georgia Teacher Pensions
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Registration is open for, "Pension Solvency and Public Education: The Case for Reforming Georgia Teacher Pensions," an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. This event is hosted by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation at Cobb County's Georgian Club The speakers are Len Gilroy, Senior Managing Director of the Pension Integrity Project and Director of Government Reform at Reason Foundation, and Georgia State Rep. Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), Chairman of the Georgia House Budget and Fiscal Oversight Committee. This Leadership Breakfast is open to the public. The deadline to register is Friday, February 16; registration is $30. Register at Eventbrite or send your check for $30 per attendee (memo: "Pension Event") to Georgia Public Policy Foundation,… View Article


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Obama talks about "consistent" job growth
U.S. President Barack Obama visits the patriotically named Washington start-up hub ''1776'' on the day before the Fourth of July, and talks about the latest positive job report. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. President Barack Obama visited the patriotically named Washington start-up hub 1776 on Thursday (July 3), a day before America's Independence Day holiday. Obama was greeted warmly by the young employees at 1776, which pairs start-ups dealing with issues like education, energy, health care, and government with assets in the nation's capital. Obama focused on the new jobs report that showed U.S. unemployment hitting a near six-year low, and said the incubator was the best place to visit on the eve of Independence Day. "We just got a jobs report today showing that we've now seen the fastest job growth in the United States in the first half of the year since 1999. So this is also the first time we've seen five consecutive months of job growth over 200,000 since 1999. And we've seen the quickest drop in unemployment in 30 years," Obama said. But, Obama also said that things could be even better if Washington officials focused solely on the American people, the economy, and put their partisan differences aside. "We can make even more progress if Congress is willing to work with my administration and to set politics aside, at least occasionally which I know is what the American people are urgently looking for. It's a sort of economic patriotism," he said.


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Could Too Much Sitting Be Bad for Our Brains?
In many aspects of life where we need to use our brain power, we also tend to sit down: at school, at work, sitting exams or concentrating on a crossword. In a new paper, we explore how prolonged sitting may affect the brain's fuel supply and have a negative impact on brain health.
The brain is a glucose hungry organ. It weighs about 2% of body mass but demands about 20% of our resting energy requirements, which is mostly in the form of glucose, the primary brain fuel. If this energy supply is disrupted it can impair and even damage brain cells. Therefore, the availability of glucose to brain cells may have implications for brain health.
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Exposure of the brain to both high glucose levels and low glucose levels can increase the risk of developing dementia. Also, switching between a high and low glucose level, known as glucose variability, is important, as higher glucose variability has been associated with lower cognitive function. This indicates that tight control of glucose is essential for brain health.
The problem with too much sitting
Too much sitting can increase the risk of early death. It's estimated that 60-75 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous intensity exercise is required to offset the increased risk of death associated with more than eight hours a day of sitting.
This is a lot of exercise. At least twice as much as the current minimum recommended amount for adults. So reducing sitting may be an additional health-enhancing strategy.
Multiple studies have demonstrated that reducing and replacing sitting with light intensity walking improves glucose control after food consumption. That means glucose levels that do not spike too high, or dip too low. This may be explained by the way working musclescan use up some of the glucose in our system, helping to keep glucose in the optimal range.
Evidence suggests that when it comes to glucose control, light intensity physical activity spread across the day can be superior to a day in which a single bout of moderate to vigorous exercise is performed in the morning. Even when the total energy expenditure of the light intensity activity is equal to the energy expenditure of the single bout of higher intensity activity.
Improved glucose control may explain some of the health benefits of reducing sitting time, but what about effects on brain function?
High sitting time and brain function
Studies investigating the effects of excessive sitting on brain function have had mixed results. Laboratory studies both support and fail to support, the idea that a day of sitting can impair performance on memory related tasks, relative to a day where sitting is interrupted by regular activity breaks.
Other types of studies that track a large number of people over a number of years suggest an association between higher sitting time and impaired brain function. But drawing conclusions from these studies is made difficult by the multitude of different measurements used. Generally, methods that do not rely on the self-reporting of participants are preferred, because self-reporting isn't always accurate. This isn't always practical though.
Apart from directly measuring performance on cognitively demanding tasks, another approach is to measure something that would theoretically support improved brain function. For example, researchers at New Mexico Highlands University demonstrated that foot impact during walking sends pressure waves through blood vessels to increase brain blood flow.
Brain blood flow is involved in regulating supply of glucose to the brain, and this likely has implications for brain health over time. For example, we know decreases in brain blood floware associated with a more rapid decline in brain function in those with Alzheimer's disease.
What can we do?
For scientists, the way in which sitting is likely to affect brain function poses a research challenge. Based on the available evidence, it's more likely that reducing sitting would slow cognitive decline, rather than improve cognitive function.
For everyone else, despite a current lack of conclusive studies linking brain health and sitting, reducing sitting time is already advised to prevent other adverse health outcomes linked to poor glucose control. With improved glucose control in mind, reducing sitting is especially important after meals.
So take a walk after lunch, wash the dishes by hand after dinner and take an active commute to and from work if possible. There is much opportunity to reduce sitting time throughout the day, and therefore much potential to have a positive impact on health.
The authors of this article are Michael Wheeler, PhD Candidate in Exercise Physiology, University of Western Australia; Daniel Green, Winthrop Professor, University of Western Australia; David Dunstan, Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; and Paul Gardiner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Healthy Ageing, The University of Queensland. This article was originally published in The Conversation under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives license. Read the original article here.
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Natasha Demkina - Girl With X-Ray Eyes
Image Credit : Discovery Channel documentary 'The Girl with X-Ray Eyes"
It all started in 1997 and in a rather East-European way. Natasha Demkina was only 10 when she underwent a surgery to have her appendix removed. When it was time to go home she could hardly move. Ultrasound revealed that surgeon forgot the medical cotton inside her. She was operated again to have it removed. About a month later her x-ray vision appeared for the first time. One day she looked at her mother and said "I see a crimped tube similar to our vacuum cleaner inside of you. I also see two beans and a tomato that resembles a bulls' heart". At that time she did not know the words for intestines, kidneys and other organs so she just compared them to things she knew – vegetables and things she saw in and around the house.
Her abilities were first tested in Children's Hospital No 1 in her home town of Saransk, Russia. Natasha was able to draw a picture of a doctor's stomach and marked where she saw an ulcer. She was correct. Several other experiments were also successful and the word soon got out. People with medical problems were lining up at her door. It wasn't until early 2003 that local newspaper wrote about her and later in November of the same year local TV also made a report about her.
Then things started to roll. Next chapter of the story occured in In January of 2004 when British newspaper "The Sun" brought Natasha to England where she performed a number of successful demonstrations, but also a few inaccurate ones. In May of the same year, Discovery Channel invided her to New York to make a documentary about her – 'The Girl with X-Ray Eyes" and to be tested by Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
This test ended up in a great contoversy. She was presented with 7 people and was asked to match 6 medical conditions to each one of them (the seventh test person was completely healthy). She managed to match 4 conditions correctly, but said committee concluded that the test was a failure. A number of people, most prominent of which was a Nobel Prize winner Dr. Brian Josephson, argued that the test was deeply flawed and did not give Natasha a fair chance. He pointed out that mathematical chance of successfuly matching 4 out of 6 conditions to 7 patients are less than 2% and that "failure" is not a fitting conclusion for such performance. Not only that – two test persons have been previously operated in abdominal area but the list of matches given to her showed only one. This left then 17 year old girl confused as to which one of the two people is she supposed to match.
Regardless of this, Demkina accepted the invitation to Tokyo Electrical University in Japan by Professor Yoshio Machi to test her abilities there as well. The only reports about those tests come from Demkina's own site http://demkina.ru/ and according to it she was able to recognize artificial implants and conditions on a number of humans and one dog.
Edit February 02 2008:
After making a post about a video found on YouTube (thanks Tom) Amusing Video – Is Psychiatry "Supernatural" ? I have to chuckle at the comparison. When a girl matches 4 out of 7 patients it is called a "failure" but when psychiatrists with years of experience admit curing zero, one or "few" patients over years – it is called a "science".
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The Curtea Veche (The Old Court) voivodal palace is the oldest medieval ensemble existing today in Bucharest. Along with Hanul lui Manuc, the Curtea Veche Church and the remnants discovered right next to the National Bank building, this is the historical heart of the Old Town.
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Beck complains that Purple Hearts are a progressive distortion of what George Washington intended
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BECK: Today, we announced the first 15 minutes of the 8-28 event and the people that will join me on stage. We announced that we are going to start -- restart the badge of merit that George Washington gave his troops. It's what the Purple Heart is based on, except the progressives -- what a surprise -- in 1933 introduced the Purple Heart.
The Purple Heart was based on the badge of merit by George Washington. It had nothing to do with being wounded in action. It had everything to do with doing something of honor and integrity, something to -- something that -- where you really put your neck out and you did something of real merit, not just getting shot -- not that that's --
But he was trying to build people that understood honor and merit and integrity and God.
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W3C-WAI / Others, I came across the W3C web site today and learned that the Draft Web Content Accessibility Content Guidelines 2.0 was recently released: Due to the fact that I had submitted a suggestion last fall - upon reviewing the guidelines, I don't believe I saw any suggestions or recommendations that allow consumers to specify their preferred method of communication. If it's in there under Guideline # 5, it does not seem to provide enough specifics or clear as to the need for consumers to use ttys and relay services, etc. Perhaps you might include example(s) and/or refer to Web Form Techniques or something like that. This goes back to the recommendation I had submitted last fall, which I still believe is important - especially for companies that interact and do business with consumers. I'm not saying it should be required or strictly enforced, but should be "recommended" and be pointed out. Businesses themselves can benefit from this recommendation. This suggestion was also included in the recent book published by Jim Thatcher / Glasshaus in "Constructing Accessible Web Sites". Again, the suggestion can be viewed at - which has been updated from time to time. http://www.geocities.com/moorechi/accessibility/index.ht m Please review and I look forward to discussing this matter further, don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Also, take notice that my email address has changed. Again, Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. -- Donald L. Moore firstname.lastname@example.com on Thursday, 22 August 2002 17:53:23 UTC
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Knowing how to install a WordPress theme is a MUST these days.
Bloggers are wising up, everyone is learning more about techie stuff and things are getting easier to do as we speak.
Literally, if you were able to install WordPress using Fantastico on your own, then installing a WordPress theme should be a LOT easier.
The problem that will arise here is how to choose your best WordPress theme?
Almost every single person I know in the Internet Marketing industry, has bought at LEAST one premium WordPress theme they didn't like.
Particularly, their very first theme.
So if you want to avoid all the common newbie mistakes, read the article I have linked above on how to choose your best WordPress theme.
I explain everything about WordPress themes, frameworks, parent & child themes, etc; and you'll need to understand that information first in order to be able to follow up on these videos.
If you are already familiar with these terms just keep on reading!
Free WordPress Theme vs. Paid WordPress Theme
1. Free WordPress Themes
Normally you would install a free WordPress theme from within your WordPress dashboard.
However, this is NOT a rule of thumb since not every free WordPress theme is on the WordPress theme database.
Sometimes you're going to need to download the theme to your computer first and then upload it (or FTP it) to your site in order to install it later.
2. Paid WordPress Themes
For paid WordPress themes, you always download them first, upload later and normally there's a few extra configuration steps to do in the end.
Some themes don't need any special configuration steps, some others do.
How To Identify A WordPress Theme
First of all, are you familiar with this proverb?
"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck"
Well exactly the same applies to WordPress blogs.
Whenever you stumble into some site that looks like a blog, has articles, comments and is about Internet Marketing chances are, you are looking at some kind of blog.
The way you can find out about what theme they are using is right clicking in an empty space in the background and selecting "view source code" or something about "source code" (all browsers are different).
And after that, do a search for "themes" and as soon as you see something like "wp-content/somenamehere" you're looking at the WordPress theme name.
Some bloggers do change their theme name, some others don't, I won't dive that much into this right now as all I really want to show you is how to install a free theme from your WordPress dashboard and that's exactly what I'm going to do next.
How To Install A Free WordPress Theme From Your Dashboard Video
Here we go!
You can learn how to clean up after your raw installation on this article:
Not difficult at all right?
WordPress Themes mentioned:
There are too many free WordPress themes out there and my recommendation is that if you're going to go the free route with this, at least get a decent WordPress theme.
And by "decent theme" I actually mean this:
- It looks good
- You got it from a reputable site (not some blackhat forum)
- It is SEO optimized
- Widget ready
- Flexibility for modifications
There are plenty of resources out there and always, ALWAYS have in mind that if you're clever enough with computers as to hack premium themes (in other words not paying for them) you can get into real trouble.
And I don't mean it legally speaking, I actually mean it from the point of view that you could actually be compromising your site's security without even knowing it.
So get your act together, play the game by the rules and if you have any questions just let me know.
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I'm going to be way more specific on my articles and videos since nobody likes to watch long videos anymore. (Seems like everyone is in a rush lately lol)
I'll talk a bit more about getting the right WordPress theme based on your budget.
Take care and speak soon!
PS. There's a HUGE blooper at the 6:47 minute mark (in the video) which I didn't want to edit for your amusement…


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Monte Carlo Resort and Casino - CLOSED
This elegant Hotel and Casino can be found in the middle of The Strip. With over 3,000 rooms, the accommodations are divided into Deluxe rooms; Monaco, Spa and Diamond suites. In 2009, Monte Carlo unveiled their boutique hotel, Hotel32. These exclusive accommodations are located on the 32nd floor, the top of Monte Carlo. A collection of five room types can be found, theSTUDIOS Room; theSUITES 1 room; theLOFTS Suite; thePENTS 1 and 2 bedroom Suites. Each guest of Hotel32 is a VIP. Starting with a limo at the airport, your own personal Suite Assistant waiting to escort you to your room; check-in privately in your room; a private Hotel32 elevator; butler and concierge services; 12 pillows to choose from; Nintendo Wii; access to Hotel32 Lounge and much, much more. The casino offers Slots, Table Games, and Race and Sports Book.
Monte Carlo charges a $37.00 daily resort fee.
- Property-wide high speed internet access (public spaces and in-room)
- unlimited local and toll free calls
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- fitness center access for guests 18+
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- 6 Restaurants and 7 Quick Eats
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Welcome to Medical City Emergency Care in the Dallas Park Cities
Medical City ER in Preston Center Is Now Open, Close to Home
Is your family like mine? Between the skateboard and bicycle falls, home improvement fails, and kitchen mishaps – not to mention bouts of flu and sudden stomachaches and pains in the middle of the night – we've had our share of driving to the nearest hospital for emergency services.
Every family experiences that moment when you have to be quick thinking. I know how it feels when you or a family member is injured or ill. Your thoughts immediately start racing. "How far is it to a hospital?" "How long will it take to see a doctor?"
Fast, Quality Emergency Care in Park Cities
If you live in the Park Cities or Preston Hollow neighborhoods in Dallas, I have answers that can help give you some peace of mind. Exceptional emergency care is now closer to home, and you can see the average wait time online.
The new Medical City ER in Preston Center, located at 5974 Northwest Highway at Preston Road near the Starbucks, specializes in pediatric and adult emergency care.
The emergency room is actually a department of Medical City Dallas Hospital and staffed by board-certified ER physicians on the hospital's medical staff, along with an expert clinical care team, including staff specially trained in pediatrics to help calm fears and ease worry for both parents and children. It's open 24/7, offers spacious private exam rooms, the latest technology including on-site imaging services and laboratory, complimentary valet parking – and it's in-network with most insurance plans.
It feels good to know a name you can trust, backed by Medical City Dallas Hospital's more than 40 years of clinical expertise, is nearby providing quality emergency care by professionals who are committed to shorter wait times to get you and your family assessed, treated and back to life faster.
You can learn more at: medicalcityER.com
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ASO's Messiah Continues Holiday TraditionNovember 30, 2011
- Who: The Austin Symphony Orchestra
- What: Handel's Messiah
- When: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
- Where: Riverend Church, 4214 N. Capital of Texas Hwy.
- Cost: $20-$40
The magnificent, picturesque stone and glass archway of Riverbend Centre will once again be the setting of an Austin holiday tradition when the Austin Symphony Orchestra presents Handel's Messiah Tuesday, December 6th at 8:00 p.m. Guest conductor André Raphel will conduct one of the most popular oratorios of all time. Guest vocalists Emily Lockhart, soprano; Kathryn Findlen, mezzo-soprano; David Stevens, tenor; Marcus DeLoach, bass; and the vocal forces of The Parish Choirs of St. David's Episcopal Church will be featured. This concert is being sponsored by Emerson Process Management.
Messiah, composed in just three weeks in 1742, is one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time, and very possibly the greatest work ever written in England. Written as one man's inspired expression of his faith, Messiah has transcended religion and cultures to become the single most performed oratorio in history. Interestingly, it was at a very early performance in 1743 where one of the great traditions of Messiah performances began. Handel's patron, King George II, attended one of the performances and stood up in respect to the Almighty when the "Hallelujah" chorus began. As he was the monarch, the audience respectfully followed his lead, and to this day the tradition of standing during this unforgettable chorus remains. While maintaining its emotional and artistic impact, Messiah remains a constant favorite of the holiday repertoire. Don't miss this timeless Austin tradition. Let the Austin Symphony Orchestra begin the holiday season for you and your family.
Tickets for Handel's Messiah are $20-$40 and are available at http://www.austinsymphony.org, where you will also discover seating maps, price options and a wealth of concert information. You can also purchase tickets at the Symphony Box Office (Mon. – Fri., 9-5), 11th and Red River or call 476-6064 or 1-888-4-MAESTRO (toll-free).
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Dunning's delight
By Damian Dolan.
Kingdom Kerry Gaels manager Noel Dunning was full of praise for his players after their county final victory over Tir Chonaill Gaels.
"You couldn't have asked for any more from any group of players," he said. "It was unbelievable and it was all because of the spirit that's among this group – you couldn't commend them highly enough, the work and commitment they've put in. Alay to that we've some class footballers.
"You could sense the feeling around the ground that the second half was a forgone conclusion. We fed that into the players at half-time and we actually grew from there.
"We knew we had the capability to pull it off. The belief was there, the confidence was there. We were lucky enough to get the goal, but we deserved it as we worked hard enough to get it.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Just to say, I received today the finished top which I need to quilt. I really like it - it will be hard to let it go back to its owner! The good thing is, for once, I knew exactly how it wanted to be quilted, right away. Most times I have to dither a lot first. This doesn't mean it will be done a long way before the deadline, of course, but at least I have a plan!
3 comments:
- roccagal said...
great-so glad it arrived!
- May 19, 2016 at 1:29 PM
- sophie said...
I envy your certainty, I am still thinking about the quilt that is on my design wall right now.
- May 20, 2016 at 10:02 AM
- QuiltSwissy said...
Mine is a difficult one. I have consulted many-- and have many options.
- May 24, 2016 at 5:00 PM
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Happy Friday!!!/
This face... This face makes it all good. She's lucky. When she wakes up for 2 hours (from 2 to 4 am) and she gives me this face, I can somehow muster a little chuckle amongst all the growling.
We are sleeping training at the moment...super fun for those who haven't tried it.
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I love lamb but seldom cook it at home. It's expensive and kind of smelly. But of all meat and fowl, lamb and duck are my favorites. I have never cooked a rack of lamb and have probably roasted a leg only once or twice in my life. About once a year I'll fry up some chops. This time of year, however, the idea of slow-cooked stews with shanks and legs is very appealing.
One of my favorite recipes is from Patricia Wells's "Bistro Cookbook," a seven-hour leg of lamb cooked with a bottle of dry white wine, thyme, garlic, carrots, onions, potatoes, and tomatoes. It is a foolproof crowd-pleaser.
From the 1600s to the 1960s, most farm families on Long Island raised all their own livestock. But real estate became too valuable and farms shrank. Nowadays, with the rise of "locavorism," you can find pastured lamb on the North Fork at 8 Hands in Cutchogue and Golden Earthworm in Jamesport.
American lamb is pretty good, but if you want to splurge and try truly tasty lamb, you should buy Australian or New Zealand lamb.
Lamb production and consumption is much higher in countries like Greece, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, roast leg of lamb (prepared with butter and rosemary) is considered a national dish and is consumed almost every Sunday. Lamb is also very popular in certain regions of China, but is rarely seen in Japan. In the United States, according to a BBC News report in 2015, only 14 ounces are consumed per year per person, and half the population has never tried it. Oddly enough, there is a part of Kentucky that is fond of mutton, fully grown sheep, seldom eaten outside of Scotland.
Lamb is full of protein, but can also be high in saturated fat, so leaner cuts are better for you. It is also full of Vitamin B12, selenium, zinc, niacin, phosphorus, and iron.
Lamb terminology can be confusing. "Baby lamb" is redundant, like "shrimp scampi." Lamb already means baby and scampi means shrimp. Lamb is a young sheep, under 12 months old, a hogget is slightly older, and mutton is an adult ewe (female) or wether (male). Milk-fed lamb is meat from an unweaned lamb, four to six weeks old. Young lamb is between six and eight weeks old, and spring lamb is a term that is fairly meaningless today, but used to mean three to five months old, born in late winter. Salt marsh and salt grass lamb are those that fed on samphire, sparta grass, and other marsh grasses throughout Europe, and it is believed to be a bit saltier and more flavorful than pasture-raised.
Because lamb is a fatty meat, many cultures use an acidic element or strong aromatics to temper it. In England, a vinegary mint sauce is served alongside; in Spain, wine or vinegar is popular, and lemon juice beaten with egg yolks is used in Greece. In North Africa, apricots and quince are stewed with lamb. Garlic, rosemary, thyme, and oregano are common accompaniments in France and the U.S., paprika in Spain and Portugal, and anchovies, garlic, and rosemary in Italy. Mint is also popular in India and the Middle East.
Vegetables with some sweetness, like turnips, parsnips, and carrots, pair well in a stew, and potatoes, rice, and couscous do a fine job of absorbing some of the fat and flavor of the lamb.
So, yeah, lamb is expensive and rich in fat, but it can enhance special occasions. As the days get shorter and colder, working on a seven-hour leg of lamb stew is a nice weekend project. Or try my friend Stephanie Reiner's lamb tagine cooked in a pressure cooker — delicious and done much faster. As an occasional treat, it can't be beat.


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November 15, 2015
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Entering OCCC's Visual Performing Arts Theater to the sound of gentle serenades, one might think they'd stumbled upon a Sunday morning church service — and it was pretty darn close.
From noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, gospel music superstar Sandi Patty hosted a free voice master class for more than 30 people before performing her "Everlasting" tour at 7:30 p.m. the same evening.
A critically-acclaimed performer boasting Grammy awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three platinum records, five gold records and 11 million units sold, Patty offered advice to music students after they performed personal song selections.
Theater Arts major Taylor Reich, who performed the song "Once Upon a Time" from the musical "All American," said attending Patty's class was a fun and beneficial experience overall.
"It's fun to know someone can [perform] for a living and have them prod you in the right direction," Reich said.
Reich, who's been taking voice lessons at OCCC for two years, he said, intends to heed what he learned in Patty's voice master class next time he's onstage.
Music Performance major Kelli Smid said she was glad she had the opportunity to receive Patty's professional opinion.
"It's definitely a change whenever you get to work with somebody who's actually professional and does it for a living everyday," Smid said.
"It's as if you're doing your job every day — just going to work — and suddenly, you get to go where it all started and get to learn from the people who do it all the time," she said. "It was much different."
Smid is an eclectic vocalist, she said, and will sing just about anything. She said she's been performing in OCCC's chamber and concert choirs for two years.
To learn more about Patty, visit http://sandipatty.com.
For more information about events held in OCCC's VPAC Theater, contact the Cultural Programs office at 405-682-7576.


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Evgeny Morozov Tweeted the other day that:
True story: Harvard's library subscribes to "Journal of the Philosophy of Sport" but not to "Journal of the Philosophy of History"
The author of "The Net Delusion" is embarking on a Ph.D. in Harvard's lauded history of science program, so this must have been an odd discovery. But not nearly as odd as what he included his next Tweet, a link to an abstract of a paper published in a sociological journal:
'Dressage Is Full of Queens!' Masculinity, Sexuality and Equestrian Sport"
The author is Leeds Metropolitan University professor Katherine Dashper, and here's her forever obsession:
"Attitudes towards sexuality are changing and levels of cultural homophobia decreasing, yet there remain very few openly gay men within sport. As a proving ground for heteromasculinity, sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for gay men. This article is based on an ethnographic study within a sporting subworld in which gay men do appear to be accepted: equestrian sport. Drawing on inclusive masculinity theory, equestrian sport is shown to offer an unusually tolerant environment for gay men in which heterosexual men of all ages demonstrate low levels of homophobia. Inclusive masculinity theory is a useful framework for exploring the changing nature of masculinities and this study demonstrates that gay men are becoming increasingly visible and accepted within once unreceptive locales, such as sport and rural communities. However, this more tolerant attitude is purchased at the expense of a subordinated feminine Other, perpetuating the dominance of men within competitive sport."
Hell, she got her doctorate by completing "an ethnographic study of the subworld of competitive equestrian sport, focusing specifically on gender within a sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms."
Given Morozov's demolition of gibberish-spouting Internet guru Jeff Jarvis, I'd love to see him take on this kind of nonsense, which is at the core of my "Beyond Title IX." But this would be no challenge to Morozov, who seems to be amused by Dashper's verbiage and the ascension of her field, and that's about it.
I no longer shake my head, especially when even SB Nation gave Dashper some uncritical mention about gender-blending among equestrian riders during the London Olympics.
Yes, SB Nation.


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Posted by thurstanbassett | Filed under Dingo and friends, Humour
Will this marriage last?
23 Friday May 2014
23 Friday May 2014
Posted by thurstanbassett | Filed under Dingo and friends, Humour
19 Monday May 2014
Commonplace and very ordinary; an everyday sort of tree seen through a rain-wet window – but what a magnificent example of a glorious piece of natural art. Modern artists ought to refine their vision!
Posted by thurstanbassett | Filed under Uncategorized
07 Wednesday May 2014
I was fortunate enough to attend this deeply moving ceremony. Unfortunately I forgot to take my camera so I had to make do with the above sketch. However, going through some old papers the other day it occurred to me that it might still be of some interest – especially to any pussy cat or sentimental mouse who has an internet connection.
(drawing by Thurstan Bassett)


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