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Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, seems to believe that Republicans don't like President Obama because they're jealous.
"You know why it is," Pelosi told Politico in an interview. "He's brilliant ... He thinks in a strategic way in how to get something done ... and he's completely eloquent. That's a package that they don't like."
Republicans also don't like what Pelosi called the president's non-partisanship.
Obama has been "open, practically apolitical, certainly non-partisan, in terms of welcoming every idea and solution," Pelosi told Politico "I think that's one of the reasons the Republicans want to take him down politically, because they know he is a non-partisan president, and that's something very hard for them to cope with."
Pelosi also defended Obama against criticism from fellow Democrats, many of whom say they don't get enough attention from the president.
"I've served since President Reagan," Pelosi said. "I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.' That's just the way it is ... I'm very proud of the president."
Republicans scoffed at Pelosi's claims on non-partisanship by the president; some noted that Obama gave a speech criticizing GOP budget policies within hours of Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
"President Obama is so apolitical that he'd rather negotiate with Vladimir Putin than Republican leaders in the House," said Matt Gorman, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "He's so non-partisan that he sees nothing wrong with attacking the opposing party in a speech during the middle of a national tragedy."


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On the evening of May 19, 1960, a tornado leveled the home of George & Gladys Stein of rural Leavenworth, leaving the couple without their home furnishings including a collection of family photos. George was the caretaker of the Mt. Zion Jewish Cemetery for 48 years, taking up the work from his father, Otto Stein, a son of German immigrant pioneers of Leavenworth County. Use of the home and adjoining 40 acres of land was essentially his payment. Stein had also been clerk of Kickapoo Township, held office as road overseer, was appointed a special deputy sheriff for Kickapoo as well as being named game warden. He had married Gladys, a daughter of Agnes Bonskowski Cook Stanley (1892-1965) in 1930.
The Steins were the parents of five children. A son, Joseph Charles Stein and his wife Sharon, currently reside in rurual Leavenworth County. Both are now retired after being employed at Fort Leavenworth and are faithful readers of the Leavenworth Times. When Joseph finishes reading the paper, he passes it to Sharon. So, imagine Sharon's surprise when she recognized a "History Mystery" photo, submitted by the Leavenworth County Historical Society, to be her husband's grandparents, exclaiming to Joe: "Here's a picture of NaNa and Punsa!" Joe had not recognized the couple pictured as Agnes M. Bonskowski and Joseph Charles Stanley, his namesake, but Sharon remembered the flower on the dress of Agnes from another photo she had seen in an album of photos gathered by family members following the 1960 tornado. Sharon called Joe's only living sibling, Florence Rodgers, also a Times subscriber, who resides on the Stein Family Farm, and she readily agreed. The photo had been taken on the wedding day of Agnes to Joseph Charles Stanley, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army at Fort Leavenworth, on January 29, 1928.
As fate would have it however, another Times subscriber, Robert Holt, now a resident of Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada, thought he recognized his great-grandmother in the "History Mystery" photo and contacted the museum. Robert's mother, Agnes Marie "Sissy" Stein Holt (1938-1990), was a daughter of George & Gladys Stein, and therefore a granddaughter of Agnes Bonskowsky Stanley, her namesake. Yet another interesting connection is that Robert Holt was the administrator for the Carroll Mansion Museum, home of the historical society, for ten years in the 1990s and was instrumental in obtaining the Everhard Glass Plate Negative Collection for the museum. The collection is comprised of nearly 30,000 portraits, taken by early day photographers of residents in the first 100 years of Leavenworth's existence.
With the solving of this particular "History Mystery", a little piece of Leavenworth history has been saved for not only future generations of historians and researchers but also for a Leavenworth County pioneer family. Watch the Times for more "History Mystery" photos that remain unidentified in the photo collections of the Leavenworth County Historical Society at the Carroll Mansion Museum, 1128 Fifth Ave. The Society celebrates its 60th year of service in the discovery and preservation of the rich history we enjoy here in Leavenworth County. For more information, contact the museum at 682-7759, email: firstname.lastname@example.com or visit their website: http://leavenworthhistory.org

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At WPT Amsterdam Farid Yachou became the first ever Dutchman to win a World Poker Tour event, and on top of that it was on his home soil. The cash game specialist battled through a tough final table that included Joep van den Bijgaart and Jason Wheeler to claim the €215,000 first-place prize.
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Monday, 8 October 2007
Brand is for Beginner
Hello blog reader, I have sinned; it's been 3 weeks since my last post. Sorry it's been so quiet. mostly because my life hasnt been. All the action by the way is over at greenormal, in the run up to my new book launching:
There's a thought I have been musing which doesnt really fit the green blog though. It's the notion of 'brand' being for beginners; being a concept we need to use to gain easy acceptance in general audiences, but something which nearly always gets in the way of the real work of thinking through a strategy to connect your organisation well with people.
I was chatting to someone who markets a (new generation, relatively unknown) university. On the one hand 'we need to build our brand' is a consensus that gets him a budget. On the other hand this leads by a piece of linear thinking to the idea they need to spend this money on a logo, some ads talking about something generic to higher education ("a brighter future awaits at..."). Meanwhile everyone they want to speak to is on facebook, talking to real current students about real reasons for going there, eg they happen to have some of the best parties in the North West, the media course has really good links with a local broadcaster and loads of people get jobs there etc. You know - real reasons to choose this place.
I met several other similar new universities at that conference. With one I hatched a plan to pitch a documentary to C4 called simply "Freshers" (you can guess the rest) which was set on their campus. With another who has especially strong green credentials we talked about whether there were ways to leverage those in schemes and education campaigns which connected with young greenpeace members and similar.
I dont know about you but I expect a college logo to look something like the badge on a school blazer. And it really wouldnt matter to me if they had a 'better one'. I expect a university ad to feature a picfture of an ex student giving a testimonial, and/or to feature a stock shot type image of 'blue skies' with a headline like 'The sky's the limit at...'.
Educational branding is of course rather tricky anyway. But I'm just using it to illustrate a general point that has come up often recently. You use 'brand' to describe a 'need for spending' - a shortfall in public regard - but for god's sake (usually) dont use it as your strategy, as if it described the solution to that problem.
There's another side to this too. Brand as a concept overall in consumer markets is also for beginners. Coca-Cola in the 1870s and AOL in the 2000s both offer a certain kind of safe familiarity and certain quality in a new and chaotic frontier market - amidst (then) tainted drinks and (now) worries about data and credit card and identity security. They were 'for beginners'. But do not necessarily survive any transition to a more sophisticated, knowledgeable mindset; a move to juices and open browsing respectively. Just as in the wine market, only beginners buy safe well known brands (Piat D'Or).
Much to discuss here, just wanted to post something to dust off the cobwebs :J
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- john dodds said...
As you know my view of "branding" is that it's also a shorcut for the marketers - marketing stamped on the outside rather than running through the entity. A tattoo rather than DNA and, as such, potentially embarrassing in later life rather than life-enhancing.
- 8 October 2007 at 09:14
- Asit said...
Interesting thought John. Another take on this thinking would be " What brands offer to consumers should be aligned with that particular's society's stage of development"...familiarity and identity for a society at the "basic and esteem" needs level of maslow and a higher level cultutal/life idea for a society operating at a level of self actualisation . This is where your thought of "brands as ideas" first espoused in the great marketing manifesto fitted in. Most brands listed in that book succeeded in a western /developed market. It would be interesting to find examples of successful brands in the developing world which have used the philosophy of "brands as ideas to live by" .
- 12 October 2007 at 08:40
- Rodney Tanner said...
Welcome back John.
We are about to start a project for a corporate travel management company and it seems all eyes are on what will happen to the logo and the budget.
So thanks for a very timely post.
Good luck with the book.
- 18 October 2007 at 11:24
john - this is off blog and does not entirely relate tp posts but i wanted to make contact- someone suggested i should meet you - then i said i already had
i am giving a paper on scapegoat and saintly brands later in 2008 and some of your discussions impinge greatly - i work with Mcd starbucks news int. as well as nspcc and wwf
it would be good to meet and break bread
sincerely chris payne
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I'm still reliving the night, 2 months ago, when Mr A&N and I went on a hot date to the local tapas place. No baby! No responsibilities! Fabulous food! It stands out not just for being a great evening but for being the one time my husband and I have been out alone in 8 months. Baby A&N is good enough with other people that he doesn't mind being baby-sat, but the babysitting chances are few and far between. Other friends have their own families to look after, and our parents live far enough away that when they visit, we spend the short time as an extended family rather than ducking out to grab an evening to ourselves. Boo hoo, poor us. We're a happy family, but sometimes you do long for those couple-only times, even if it's only to enjoy nice food without interruption.
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- 1 lb prawns (shell off if you have the time and paitence)
- 1 tsb spicy smoked paprika
- 1 small red chilli, chopped or 1/2 tsp already chopped chilli
- 1 Tbs butter and 1 Tbs olive oil
- 4-5 inches of dried cooking chorizo, cut into small bite sizes (I prefer to quarter the circles)
- 2 tsp cooking sherry
- salt and pepper
- Mix the 5 Tbs olive oil, garlic, prawns, paprika, and chilli in a bowl. Set aside for an hour or two to let the flavors marinate.
- Heat the butter and 1 Tbs olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat until the oils are mixed and well warmed.
- Add chorizo and stir around for a minute, until the chorizo just begins to cook and give off oil.
- Add the prawns mixture and stir well, then leave it for a couple of minutes to let the prawns cook on one side.
- Carefully turn the prawns over, and leave them to cook on this side for a couple of minutes, until they're good and pink.
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David Tutera has been planning weddings for 25 years — including celebrity weddings for ex-"View" co-host Star Jones and ex-New York Giant Antonio Pierce — but the star of the WE network's "My Fair Wedding" says it hasn't been until the last five years that grooms took a bigger interest in the decision-making process. He believes this is due in large part to the popularity of wedding programming on television.
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"Cops and firemen tell me they watch the show and find it funny," Tutera said over the phone Monday. "I also hear from athletes who watch the show and love it. They say 'Don't tell anyone I watch the show.' … One (athlete) you would never guess, and one who recently got engaged."
In addition to the 18 weddings he planned on the fifth season of "My Fair Wedding," Tutera estimates he planned 12 of the 100 weddings his party planning business organized last year.
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Be careful when taking sides: "You don't want to upset (your future mother-in-law) if you don't have a concrete relationship," Tutera said of a possible disagreement between the bride and her mother. Who should get final say? "Unfortunately, whoever pays for the wedding has the final decision," Tutera said.
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I had this little idea last Christmas when I made this Abbey Road/Beatles splatter painting (source attached to the original link). I've been in love with silhouette for a long time now, but I have no little kids, and I didn't have any side profiles of my friend's kiddos-my favorite source of craft experiments, until Kristine shared this precious photo of her daughter taken from the side.
I let it dry, and then the photo pealed away without any mess. I think it's a fun alternative to all the other great shadow works of art out there, and it would be really cute in a variety of colors for a Mom.
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Gov. Paul LePage cited many facts and figures in his State of the State address Tuesday night. The staff of the BDN analyzed much of this information, as well as claims made by Democratic leaders in their response to the governor. Here is what we found.
Claim: Maine passed the largest tax cut in history in a bipartisan effort. The average Maine family will receive a $300 tax decrease, a 28 percent decrease in their state income tax.
Fact check: A Maine Revenue Services analysis of the income tax cuts found a family making between $39,809 and $50,538 — a range that includes Maine's median household income of $47,898 — would see an average tax decrease of $191, or a 16.1 percent reduction. Some 53,986 families would experience that decrease. About 64,011 families with an income between $64,618 and $84,095 will see their taxes go down an average of $317, or 13.8 percent. To realize a 28 percent decrease, a family would have to make between $17,358 and $23,936. Families in that income range will see an average tax decrease of $87.
Claim: Maine families are struggling. With a median household income of just under $48,000, Maine families survive on far less money than other Americans.
Fact check: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine's median household income over a five-year period, from 2007 through 2011, was $47,898, compared with the national figure of $52,762. That's about 90.8 percent of the national median income. Maine's per-capita income over the same period was $26,195, or 93.8 percent of the national figure of $27,915. Maine's northern New England peers, New Hampshire and Vermont, had median household incomes of $64,664 and $53,422, respectively.
Claim: Together, we eliminated $1.7 billion, 41 percent of the existing shortfall in Maine's pension system, without cutting retiree benefits.
Fact check: A 2011 pension reform package decreased Maine's unfunded liability to the state pension system to $2.4 billion from $4.1 billion, according to the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, primarily by cutting cost-of-living increases for retired state workers and public school teachers.
Claim: Maine families now have more choices when purchasing health insurance. More than 17 percent of Maine's small businesses received a decrease in their health insurance rates last year.
Fact check: The 2011, GOP-supported health insurance reform law, known as PL 90, was aimed at the small group and individual health insurance markets. Recent data from the Maine Bureau of Insurance show that 17.5 percent of small groups (50 or fewer people) renewing their health insurance coverage during the last quarter of 2012 saw their premiums fall, compared with 2.9 percent that saw their premiums fall two years earlier. Some 53.5 percent of small groups renewing their policies saw their rates rise between zero and 20 percent. The number of small groups renewing their coverage fell by 13.4 percent between 2010 and 2012.
Claim: Unemployment is down in Maine, lower than the national average.
Fact check: Maine's seasonably adjusted unemployment rate has been consistently lower than the national rate. Maine's seasonably adjusted unemployment rate for January 2011, when LePage took office, was 8 percent. In December 2012, it was 7.3 percent, according to the Maine Department of Labor's Center for Workforce Research and Information. The national unemployment rate was 7.8 percent in December 2012 and 9.1 percent in January 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recent data from the Maine Department of Labor's Center for Workforce Research and Information showed, through tax filings, that Maine's private sector added 6,800 jobs between June 2011 and June 2012. That job growth was partially offset by declines in state and local government employment. Experts, including Maine state economist Amanda Rector and Maine Department of Labor economist Glenn Mills, have warned against attributing the job growth to a single factor or policy.
Claim: The policies of Washington, D.C., will result in smaller paychecks for Maine families. In fact, the average Maine family is handing Washington an additional $1,000 this year.
Fact check: The end of the payroll tax holiday returned the Social Security payroll tax deduction to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent of income. Michael Allen, the state's associate commissioner for tax policy, estimates that change will cost a Maine family of four making the state's median household income $1,000 in 2013.
Claim: Maine's energy costs are too high — and it's killing economic opportunity. Maine families are paying 24 percent above the national average for electricity. Our businesses pay 14 percent above the national average for electricity.
Fact check: According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Maine's average retail electricity price for all sectors (residential, commercial and industrial) was 12.58 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2011. That was above the national average of 9.90 cents but below the New England average of 14.49 cents. Maine's average retail price for electricity was the lowest in New England. It was 27 percent above the national average. In the industrial sector, Maine's average retail price of 8.88 cents per kilowatt-hour was 30 percent above the national average of 6.82 cents. In the commercial sector, Maine's average retail price of 12.29 cents per kilowatt-hour was 20 percent above the national average of 10.23 cents.
Claim: A recent decision by the Public Utilities Commission in favor of Statoil's offshore wind proposal asks Maine families and businesses to subsidize a global entity to the tune of nearly $200 million.
Fact check: The figure of nearly $200 million would be based on a 20-year contract and applies only to electricity generated by the Hywind Maine pilot project. Rates will vary over time. The Conservation Law Foundation estimates the cost to ratepayers to be 65 to 75 cents per month on an average electric bill. LePage's argument does not account for Statoil's projected investment in the Hywind Maine project and its commitment to Maine contractors. In its revised term sheet, Statoil states that it will make "commercially reasonable efforts" to direct at least 40 percent of its capital expenditures for the pilot project to Maine companies, employ at least 150 people during its construction phase, place the operations center in Maine and contract with Maine consultants.
Claim: The average Maine family spends more than $3,000 per year to fill their oil tank. With access to natural gas, this same family could save an average of $800 per year.
Fact check: The Governor's Office of Energy has a home heating calculator. It shows heating with heating oil, at the current price (which it plugs in), in a non-Energy Star boiler would cost $3,281 a year. For a home heated with natural gas, the calculator estimates the cost to be $2,201.
Claim: State government has mandated what types of energy Mainers must buy — regardless of the cost. That is wrong.
Fact check: Maine's renewable portfolio standard, passed in the 1990s, required that 30 percent of the state's electricity mix come from renewable resources. At the time, that 30 percent level was lower than the actual percentage of Maine electricity produced using renewable resources. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, half the state's electricity in 2011 came from renewable resources: 25 percent from hydropower, 21 percent from wood and 4.5 percent from wind.
Claim: We have schools in Maine where only 23 percent of students are at grade level in reading and math upon graduation.
Fact check: The Maine Department of Education calculates a three-year average for math and reading achievement based on student scores on the New England Common Assessment Program and the SAT for high school students. The school with the lowest three-year average for 2010-11, Machias Memorial High School, had 23.01 percent proficiency. The second lowest average was 23.28 percent, at Upper Kennebec Valley Junior-Senior High School in Bingham.
Claim: On average, only 32 percent of Maine fourth-graders are proficient readers. By the eighth grade, that number only climbs to 39 percent.
Fact check: These numbers come from Maine's results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, administered every other year to fourth- and eighth-graders in reading and math.
Claim: Almost 20 percent of students drop out before graduation.
Fact check: Using the federally required method for calculating high school graduation rates, the Maine Department of Education reported the state's high school graduation rate to be 83.79 percent in 2010-11. Maine's federally calculated graduation rate for 2009-10, 82.8 percent, was the 13th highest nationally among the 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Claim: Maine has 127 superintendents for 186,000 students. Florida has 57 superintendents for 2.6 million students.
Fact Check: The Maine School Management Association says the state has 94 full-time and 33 part-time school superintendents. About 185,000 students attended Maine's public schools as of Oct. 1, 2012, according to the Maine Department of Education. Florida had 67 superintendents, according to the Florida Association of District School Superintendents, for 2.69 million public school students in the fall of 2012, according to the Florida Department of Education.
Claim: We spend more than twice the national average on administrative overhead in our schools. Maine has the highest district administration costs in the nation.
Fact check: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine spent $1,220 per student on general and school administration in 2009-10, about 58 percent higher than the national average of $774 per student. Maine's administration figure was topped by Washington, D.C., ($1,756) and Vermont ($1,463), the Census Bureau data show. Maine's total per-student spending was $12,259, a figure lower than 13 states and Washington, D.C.
Claim: Fifty percent of Maine high school graduates entering community college require remedial education.
Fact Check: The Maine Community College System released a report in January showing that 50 percent of Maine high school graduates entering community college required remedial education. A separate report indicated that only 12 percent of Maine high school students entering University of Maine system schools required remedial classes in reading in writing. That's a lower percentage than the New England average.
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Claim: We rank dead last in the country for personal income growth. And, while many states in the country are recovering from the national recession, Maine's economy has slipped backwards.
Fact check: According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Maine ranked 19th for personal income growth in the fourth quarter of 2012, with growth of 0.7 percent over the previous quarter.
Maine did rank last in personal income growth for 2011, but not in 2012.
Claim: Here in Maine, we face a sluggish economy with more than 50,000 people still out of work.
Fact Check: In 2011, the most recent data available, the Maine Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 704,000 people in Maine's labor force, with 651,000 of them employed. That leaves 53,000 unemployed, at an unemployment rate of 7.5 percent.
For December 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed Maine's unemployment rate as 7.3 percent, below the national rate of 7.8 percent.


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Wales v France, Six Nations, March 17
Gatland: Stadium roof call should be ours
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Wales coach Warren Gatland believes that the home side should decide whether the the Millennium Stadium roof is closed on match days.
Currently, both participating teams must agree for the roof to be closed. If they cannot agree, it stays open.
Wales host France on Saturday with a coveted Six Nations Grand Slam on the line and the visitors are keen for the roof to be open, with rain forecast in Cardiff.
"It's okay if it is a nice day, isn't?" Gatland said. "I think it is something that maybe as a Welsh Union we need to make some sort of representation to the IRB (International Rugby Board).
"If it is our stadium and we've got the ability to open and close the roof, then maybe we should be the team that decides it.
"I would hate to think that on Saturday, if it is pouring down with rain and we've got the chance to close the roof [that we don't]. Potentially, it makes a game less open or less attractive because the rain may affect it.
"We all have a responsibility not just to broadcasters, but to the public and the game as a whole to make it as attractive as possible. If that means closing the roof because it is wet, then I think we should be able to do that."
Wales have scored nine tries in this season's tournament - all by their backs - and there is no doubt a firm playing surface would suit their style of play as they target a second title and Grand Slam of Gatland's four-year reign.
"At the moment the rules are the rules and both teams have to agree," Gatland added. "If one team decides they want the roof open, as Italy did in the last game, it stays open."
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – revised June 10, 1005) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the opening of the newest community Satellite Office, which will be housed at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, in Sedona, through the Northern Arizona Interfaith project. The office will open Friday, June 10 at 9 a.m.
The Attorney General's Office has satellite offices throughout Arizona to provide residents with convenient locations where they can visit to file discrimination or consumer fraud complaints. The satellite offices are staffed by volunteers trained to take complaints.
The Sedona Satellite Office will take discrimination complaints in English and Spanish regarding employment, housing, disability, public accommodations and voting rights. The office will also provide information on consumer fraud, identity theft, civil rights, and consumer issues. Volunteers are also trained to help consumers file consumer fraud complaints.
"This office is part of our effort to provide the community with places they can visit in person without having to come to the Attorney General's Office," Goddard said. "The atmosphere is less official, and complaints at the Satellite Offices are forwarded to the Attorney General's Consumer and Civil Rights staff for further review and action."
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is located at 100 Arroyo Pinon Drive. The Satellite Office will be open on Mondays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Fridays from 9 a.m. to Noon. Volunteers who speak English and Spanish will be available on Mondays.


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Those who follow this blog know that I've been slacking on entries lately, because I wrote two books back-to-back January-April.
The second book, (FUZZY NAVEL, Jack Daniels #5) kicked my ass. I've never agonized over a book like this before. I fretted about plot. I worried about construction. I second-guessed tone. And while I was never blocked, my daily output was much slower than average--about half of what I can usually do.
Part of the problem had to do with writing one book right after another book, without any brain break in between. It was harder than I thought. My hat is off to writers who can write THE END and then immediately start on the next book. I'm not sure I'd attempt it again.
Part of the problem also had to do with the structure of FUZZY--it takes place in real-time, over an eight hour period. There are two POVs in first-person present tense, and six other POVs in third-person present. The book is pretty much all action; there's a psycho in Jack's house, waiting for her to come home, and Jack is followed home by three snipers--so she can't stay in the house, and can't leave the house.
Part of the problem was length. This book is my shortest yet, and I thought I'd be told to pad it out and bump up the word count.
But the biggest part of the problem was believability. I kept questioning if it was realistic to have my characters under fire for so long but still able to make jokes. The book is action-packed, but it's also funny, and I was scared this would take the reader out of the story.
So, for the very first time in my writing life (FUZZY NAVEL is my 15th novel, counting those that never sold) I doubted my voice. I doubted it to the point where I was convinced the book wasn't working. I'd made a big mistake. I was going to have to start over from scratch, and jump through hoops to satisfy my agent and editor.
Which meant I spent more of my time second-guessing than writing. Which meant the book took twice as long to write, even though there was less actual writing and more staring at my last sentence and wondering if I should change it.
The ending was tough. Keeping in sync with the experimental tone of the rest of the book, I also wanted to have an experimental ending. Even though I knew what I wanted, I kept worrying about it.
I hemmed and hawed until I finally sequestered myself in a hotel for four days and finished the bastard. Then it went, fingers crossed, to my beta readers.
To my pleasant surprise, they all really liked it. Since my beta readers are comprised of several published thriller authors, this made me feel pretty good.
What made me feel even better was my agent and editor saying they loved the book. In fact, the editorial suggestions they each made took less than two hours total to do.
So now I'm left to puzzle over my doubt. Did doubt make me concentrate harder and turn in a better book? Could doubt indeed be a good thing?
My conclusion: Hell no.
Doubt is never a good thing. If I hadn't doubted myself, I still would have written the same book, only faster. Doubt didn't force me to make changes, or take the story in new directions. All it did was postpone me from doing what I should have done in the first place; write the story I wanted to write.
So are you paralyzed with fear that your latest opus sucks? Are you convinced you're a phony and a fraud and can't write for shit?
Repeat after me:
1. When in doubt, keep writing anyway.
2. Tell your internal editor to shut up until you reach the end.
3. You're often a poor judge of your own work. Let your readers tell you if you succeeded.
Writing should be fun. That's why we became writers, right? It isn't for the money, fame, or glory. It's because we love telling stories.
Don't let worry get in the way of that love.
Monday, April 30, 2007
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There ought to be a law — or maybe not
Watching the inane way governments operate, we almost are ready to agree with tea partiers that the only good government is a broke government, unable to do anything.
Then we see what the same tea party Bible-thumpers have done with those few parts of government they have allowed to continue.
Take, for example, how the federal government has saved the county money by letting it buy yet another new vehicle from the General Services Administration.
With a bid $6,000 lower than what Marion County auto dealers could offer, the considerable number of pennies GSA saved could very well be pound foolish by eliminating sales that pay local salaries to local taxpayers who ultimately end up paying for the vehicle.
State attempts to save money on Medicaid are no better. KanCare, which ought to be renamed Don'tCare, delays payments, freezes eligibility, and even wants advance permission for emergency transports from one hospital to another — something extremely common in rural parts of the state.
Don'tCare is essentially sounding the death knell for such things as the joint Harvey-Marion County services for adults and children with developmental disabilities — people with true, lifelong needs, who already have to get on multi-year waiting lists.
Then there's Obamacare, which will encourage more employers to cover employees with health insurance. What do you suppose will happen to workplace discrimination by age and gender when employers find out that insurance costs for a 25-year-old male are half those for a 25-year-old female and one-fifth those for a 60-year-old.
If the employer still chooses not to provide insurance, will finding it through the government be as easy as figuring out the seven-page instructions (complete with lengthy Paperwork Reduction Act notice) necessary to prove you're actually an American and can legally work?
As human beings, we want to help seniors, women, people with disabilities, and those with emergency medical needs. All are valid goals government should pursue. It's just that whenever it does, it turns good ideas into bad bureaucracy, with new programs that make the U.S. Postal Service look like an efficiently run organization.
Marion's wonderful new sidewalks, for example, are a source of pride. Too bad they line streets in such disrepair some are afraid to drive on them. The sidewalks came because of a grant — the type of grant the city pays people to try to secure. If all the grant money and the money spent to secure grants could be used to meet the community's actual pressing needs, would sidewalks have been the choice of what to do?
Is local government any better? We keep hearing the county lament how it doesn't get enough tax revenue and has too many pressing needs, yet it seems to buy new vehicles even when the old ones aren't worn out, and it spends huge sums on eye-in-the-sky surveillance systems designed to detect whether wealthy suburbanites have built new swimming pools without paying taxes on them.
"They're ought to be a law…" is a common refrain these days, whether it involves semi-abandoned vehicles parked in yards, huge vehicles parked in streets, potholes in streets and approaches, or the uncontrollable volume of emailed spam. Should city workers go back to once-a-week trash pickup and make some money for the city by mowing yards with three-foot-high weeds and billing the landowner for their work?
The people who make the decisions got there because you voted for them — or, at least, failed to vote against them. They aren't going to listen to what we say, but if they want to keep their jobs, they may pay attention to what you do.
So what do you want, Marion? As governments begin making their priority lists for spending your money, what ideas do you have? Share them with us at Box 278, Marion KS 66861, firstname.lastname@example.com or facebook.com/MarionCoRecord. We'll republish the best of them.


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It is well known that one of the first books Ramanujan studied was "Synopsis of Pure and Applied Mathematics" and that it shaped the way Ramanujan thought and wrote about mathematics. Being interested in the works of Ramanujan, I was wondering if it would be of any help if I studied this "Synopsis".
Moreover, I would appreciate it if someone who has experience with learning about Ramanujan's work (such as his "Notebooks" and his "Lost Notebook") could explain to me what is a good way to approach his works. What are the prerequisites? Would I be able to comprehend his works after having taken courses on, say, Analytic Number Theory and (Real/Complex) Analysis? Is it better to read his notebooks (supposedly after having taken these courses) right away, or start of with books such as "Ramanujan: twelve lectures suggested by his life and work" and "Number theory in the spirit of Ramanujan" (written by Hardy and Berndt respectively)? Should I learn about modular forms beforehand? Etcetera.


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"VEEP," the Baltimore-made political satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, will start its second season April 14, HBO announced Monday.
Here is the release from HBO:
The Emmy®-nominated comedy series VEEP kicks off its ten-episode second season SUNDAY, APRIL 14 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar® nominee for co-writing "In the Loop"), the show stars Emmy®-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, who becomes vice president, only to discover the job is nothing like she expected, but everything she was warned about.
The returning ensemble cast of the show also includes Tony Hale ("Arrested Development") as Gary, her right-hand man; Anna Chlumsky ("In the Loop") as Amy, her chief of staff; Matt Walsh (HBO's "Hung") as Mike, Vice President Meyer's weathered spokesperson; Reid Scott ("My Boys") as Dan, an ambitious political aide; Timothy Simons ("Days Together") as Jonah, a young and somewhat clueless White House liaison; and Sufe Bradshaw ("Overnight") as Sue, Vice President Meyer's executive assistant.
Guest stars on the new season include Gary Cole (HBO's "Entourage") and Kevin Dunn (HBO's "Luck").
Last September, Julia Louis-Dreyfus received the Emmy® for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' first season; she previously received Emmys® for "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine." VEEP was also nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Armando Iannucci executive produces VEEP along with Frank Rich of New York Magazine and Christopher Godsick ("Take the Lead").


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Rescue Profile: Bill and his comrade
Case #: 11936
Bill, current President of Ruby Valley Search and Rescue and a "retired" Army pilot, is an avid hunter and fisherman. Needless to say, Bill spends a lot of time outdoors; he jokingly states he knows most trees on a first name basis.
Several years ago, Bill developed a preparedness plan, which included having a SPOT device. He even developed a messaging system for friends and family on his contact list: (1) Check In message in the morning and evening to family and friends, (2) Check In messages back to back to let them know he got an elk, and (3) Check In messages back to back to let everyone know that he was headed out of the backcountry.
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Case #: 11163
Duane and Keith are an active and experienced father-son climbing duo. Safety is always a priority, which is why Keith decided to purchase a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ to take on their outdoor adventures.
On one such adventure, father and son were climbing Handies Peak in Colorado when the pair's day took a life-threatening turn. Duane began to experience severe chest pains and could not continue. At almost 14 thousand feet, storm clouds gathering and spotty cellular coverage, Keith pressed the SOS button on his SPOT device.
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Case #: 7438
Several friends headed out for a quick lap of kayaking in California's Cherry Bomb gorge. Gear packed and ready for the water, Ben, who had bought a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ a few days before, tossed the device in his backpack as an afterthought. "The camp was only 10 minutes away and it was just a quick trip," recalled Ben. "I didn't think we would need SPOT, but I figured I've got it, I might as well take it."
Ben, sidelined from a previous injury, watched from a ledge as his friends passed by.
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Frank and three of his friends got together for a day of off-road riding in the California forest. The friends were all expert quad riders, knowing both their vehicles and the terrain. With packed lunches and dressed for cool weather, off they went to explore.
Along the way, they encountered a large log and decided to ride across it. Frank successfully crossed first, followed by Sam. While crossing, Sam accidentally hit his throttle wide open. His quad bucked sideways and Sam's friends watched in disbelief as he fell 70 feet.
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On the way back to camp, Todd's horse unexpectedly threw him. The horse then landed on top of Todd and crushed his pelvis. Trapped due to immobilization miles from civilization and in severe pain, Todd activated SPOT's emergency alert.
Todd recalls, "My friends thought this was it. One of them had begun to give me my last rites."
The International Emergency Rescue Coordination Center (IERCC) received the S.O.S. alert and swept into action. IERCC confirmed relevant details and relayed the information to local authorities.


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I had a little bit of a rant about all the people complaining about Twitter.
It seems that some days people just hit me the wrong way. In fact some people hit me wrong everyday.
I just can not imagine why someone would spend so much time telling others how much they think Twitter is a waste of time only to waste more time writing a post & answering all the comments left by others.
I figure it is link bait or they just need a little attention.
Well, I had to have my own Why Twitter Sucks Post so, I could say, I have been there & done that.
Actually it is more about why people that complain about twitter suck.


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Looking to trade a RadioShack Pro 197 for a Uniden BCD 996XT. Pro 197 is in great condition, Just got a new SUV and the 197 is just to big to fit anywhere.
other then the 197 larger face arent they bodies of the 197 and 996xt the sane size?
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Danielle Bradbery Is the New Face of Skechers
'The Voice' winner Danielle Bradbery has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Not only did she walk away with the top prize on the hit reality show and release her debut album, but now she's snagged a new deal with Skechers shoes!
Bradbery, 17, has been announced as the newest face for the shoe company through 2015. Her first order of business? The Spring 2014 ad campaign for BOBS from Skechers.
"Danielle [Bradbery] is a breakout star and we're thrilled to have Skechers at the starting gate of her incredible career," Michael Greenberg, President of Skechers, says. "With a Top 20 hit under her belt, she's clearly talented and definitely one to watch. We see the same massive potential in Danielle as we did in Carrie Underwood when we signed her several years ago, and we are excited to be a part of Danielle's career from the start."
Bradbery, of course, is also more than happy to be joining the Skechers family.
"This has been an incredible year -- I never thought I would have a record deal so quickly and appear in campaigns for Skechers," Bradbery relates. "BOBS shoes have helped so many children in need with their donation program and I love the fact that it really is a simple way for anyone to give back. There is so much need out there and it's wonderful to be part of such a positive movement that impacts people's lives."
The country music newcomer isn't the only one on Big Machine Label Group with a shoe deal -- Bradbery joins Taylor Swift, who has a deal with Keds.


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Latest Fairfield property transfers: $2.395M Lalley Boulevard sale
The following Fairfield property transfers were recorded by the Town Clerk's Office July 1-5:
David K. and Rosa L. Tsang to Deirdre O'Rourke, 59 a.k.a. 71 Edge Hill Court, $300,000
Michael and Katherine Wellen to Michael L. Derisio, 456 Crestwood Road, $885,000
Nancy C. and Frederic D. Brown to Michael Lovegrove, 86 Crest Terrace, $550,000
Joseph and Michelle Haley to Flora Mustafaj, 45 Beacon View Drive, $153,550
Chun Yang and Li Tian to Michael A. and Katherine G. Nelson, 347 Warde Terrace, $436,000
Walter F. and Agnes P. Hart, trustees, to Cameron and Mary Hillis, 3030 Black Rock Turnpike, $410,000
Real Estate Listings
Joseph Sweeney to Prabhpreet Gill and Yeshwanth Venkateshwaran, 933 Jennings Road, $455,000
Hope P. Kegeles to Lois B. Arena, 842 South Pine Creek Road, $386,000
Mitchell and Pamela C. Adelstein to Christopher and Allison L. Cook, 392 Old Oaks Road, $957,000
Reginald Fils-Aime to Fred. R. Daniello, 41 Commonwealth Drive, $629,000
Vincent and Christina Pennatto to Matthew Cino and Valerie Calderon, 3609 Park Ave., $275,000
Peter P. Kokkinos and Dominique Racanelli to Nicholas A. Finocchi, 2276 Mill Plain Road, $695,000
Gregory T. Matson to Jeremy and Eileen McWhorter, 28 Brighton View Road, $570,000
Sally W. Russell to Elena Kononchuk, 251 Colony St., $275,000
Paul M. and Patricia A. Orsini to Norman A. Roberts II, 1210 South Pine Creek Road, $1,300,000
Syed A. Zaheer and Aijaz Zaheer Syed to Scott C. Shuryn, 110 Fieldcrest Road, $410,000
The Wilton Bank to Suzanne M. Marzziotti, 921 Kings Highway West, $810,000
Donald and Ann Gustavson to Matthew J. Todd, 425 Primrose Lane, $660,000
Sandra A. Wollen to Denise Chambers, 1502 Round Hill Road, $682,500
Michael and Jill E. Rao to Kenneth E. Moon, 14 Warsaw St., $545,000
David E. and Judith C. Fisher to Michael J. and Kathleen B. Mulquin, 495 Algonquin Road, $1,070,000
256 Fairland LLC to Jill and Michael Rao, 256 Fairland Drive, $800,000
John V. and Gertrude A. Turk to Victoria G. Garfield, 895 Burroughs Road, $300,000
Scott F. and Michele Inede Leddy to Timothy D. and Mary Kathryn Clarke, 84 Turney Road, $784,000
Jennifer Morizzo to Anne Marie Bennett, 110 Colony St., $268,000
Ariel and Nicola Kunar to Yury Berson, 95 Holiday Road, $629,000
Brian and Kerry Lee to Jeffrey C. Taylor, 739 Mill Hill Road, $1,325,000
Andrew and Johanna Orosz to Susan Lovallo, 526 Yahmore Drive, $489,000
Beachside Estates LLC to Robert Patrignelli, 478 Lalley Blvd., $2,395,000
Glenn R. and Merrie K. Urquhart to Timothy Alex Key and Samanta deJong, 162 Penfield Road, $1,450,000
Timothy and Mary Kathryn Clarke to Brian and Katherine Roarty, 590 Hulls Highway, $1,100,000
David Freije to Chase Dunlap and Brittan Horton, 201 Brooklawn Terrace, $482,000
Lora B. Moynihan to Scott Mattison, 562 Black Rock Turnpike, $345,000
MAOB Holdings LLC to Alpha One LLC, 25 Hurd St., $465,000
Joanne Magluilo to Merrie K. and Glenn R. Urquhart, 82 Charter Oak Road, $820,000
Estate of Louis A. Zadrovitz and Davina Trendell to Margaret Donnelly, 76 Szost Drive, $320,000
Selene RMOF II REO Acquisition LLC to Joanne Magluilo, 1233 Bronson Road, $575,000
Lisa M. Manente to Susan A. Morgan, 165 Moritz Place, $295,500
Estate of Helen D. Grabowski to 80 Putting Green Road LLC, 80 Putting Green Road, $352,500
Estate of Stella M. Grasso to Michael Clark, 2114 Stratfield Road, $272,500
Stephen R. and Heather K. Woodworth to Kenneth W. and Shannon Biehl, 544 Rowland Road, $1,370,000
Barry W. and Christina Durgin to Jonathan and Adrienne Wilson, 3481 Park Ave., $268,000
Stephen P. and Nancy J. Rogowskey to Brian Tarnok, 330 Winnepoge Drive, $486,250
Robert S. and Amber Trojanowski to Mark Kucinskas, 345 Lakeview Drive, $375,000
Joshua E. McLevy to Ferdinand J. Rogel, trustee of the New Yankee 2012 Trust, 188 Alma Drive, $390,000
American International Relocation Solutions LLC to Jozef Appels and Erin P. McKay, 60 Patricia Circle, $927,500
Glenn R. and Christa L. Cusano to American International Relocation Solutions LLC, 60 Patricia Circle, $925,500


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > November 2007 > Plainview native wins Miss Wayland crown
Plainview native wins Miss Wayland crown
PLAINVIEW – The Association of Former Students at Wayland Baptist University was sitting a little prouder Saturday night after their candidate, Terra Watson, won the title of Miss Wayland during the Saturday pageant.
Not only is Watson a Plainview native, she is the daughter of Wayland alum Rodney Watson and his wife Lana. A sophomore business administration major with management and marketing specialization, she wowed the audience in Harral Auditorium with her talent presentation, singing "No Greater Love" by Rachel Lampa.
With the new title comes the role of ambassador for Wayland, a position Watson is excited to have.
"I think Miss Wayland is a role model and sets the standard for the university," she said. "She shows off our school, not just here but all over the world. She's the one who sells the school off-campus too, just being a good Christian example."
Though it's a huge order to fill, Watson said she feels ready to tackle the role with God's help. But she admits that she was not even sure at first she wanted to compete in the pageant.
"I wasn't really into pageants, but I prayed about it and felt like God wanted me to do this, whether to win or just to learn more about myself and about other people on campus," she said. "I feel like I got to meet lots of new people and learn more about me that I didn't know. I think that God wanted to show me things through the practices, too."
Watson said through it all – the late night rehearsals, the mock interviews, the dance lessons – she vowed from the start to just be true to herself and not put on a mask that was not who she was. She feels God rewarded her honesty.
"It feels wonderful to know that this was God's plan for this to happen," she said. "I know that God can use me in this. He's been using me all along, but this is something big."
It came as somewhat of a surprise to Watson that she placed in the top five, then she admitted pure shock when she heard another name called as first runner-up, meaning she had just won the pageant.
"I wasn't thinking I was going to win. I felt like everybody was as good as me; any girl there was deserving of it," she said. "They were all great girls. I thought the competition would be very hard."
Though Watson is in her second year at Wayland, she's no stranger to the university. Having grown up in Plainview, she knew the school through her father Rodney, who finished his degree in 1985, and through several aunts and uncles, Richard, Dale and Genene Grisham, all of whom attended.
Since coming to the university on her own, she's worked for the yearbook staff and now works in the admissions office at Wayland. She is active in the Student Alumni Council, a student organization that works with the alumni office to plan and carry out homecoming.
Finishing out Watson's court are first runner-up Amanda Murray, a senior from Littlefield; second runner-up Jessica Riemersma, a junior from Glendale, Ariz.; third runner-up Tiffany Wisenbaker, a sophomore from New Caney; and fourth runner-up Julia Morrison, a sophomore from Turkey.
Individual category awards – which cannot be awarded to the winner or first runner-up – were presented to Kendra Ortego, a sophomore from Marble Falls, for Best Interview; to Wisenbaker for Best Evening Gown; and to Morrison for Best Talent. The contestants voted Murray as Miss Congeniality.
Watson is the 37th young woman to win the Miss Wayland Pageant, which is coordinated by the Office of Student Activities. She makes appearances at service clubs and other events and helps coordinate the next year's pageant in which she crowns her successor.


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See [http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus Openbox Menus] for further help on creating your own menu to use here, and {{Pkg|menumaker}} to generate a nice full {{ic|menu.xml}} for most (possibly all) of your installed programs.
See [http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus Openbox Menus] for further help on creating your own menu to use here, and {{Pkg|menumaker}} to generate a nice full {{ic|menu.xml}} for most (possibly all) of your installed programs.
==Running tint2==
==Running tint2==
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zh-CN:Tint2 tint2 is a system panel for linux. It is described by its developers as "simple panel/taskbar unobtrusive and light". It can be configured to include (or not include) among other things a system tray, a task list, a battery monitor and a clock. Its look can also be configured a great deal, and it does not have many dependencies. This makes it ideal for window manager users who want a panel but do not have one by default, like Openbox users.
tint2 can be installed with the package tint2, available in the official repositories.
tint2 has a configuration file in
~/.config/tint2/tint2rc. A skeleton configuration file with the default settings is created the first time you run tint2. You can then change this file to your liking. Full documentation on how to configure tint2 is found here. You can configure the fonts, colors, looks, location and more in this file. The tint2 package now contains a GUI configuration tool that can be accessed by typing the command:
$ tint2conf
Alternatively, you can edit your
tint2rc configuration file graphically with tintwizardAUR from the AUR. The alternate and now outdated development branch tintwizard-svnAUR can also be used, but is the same as the
tint2conf command.
Application Launchers in tint2-svn (AUR)
With the version of tint2 in subversion (available via AUR: tint2-svnAUR), it has become possible to add application launchers to tint2. In order to do this it is necessary to manually edit your tint2 configuration file, as tintwizardAUR does not yet support the launchers.
It is necessary to add the following configuration options to your tint2 config file:
# Panel panel_items = LTSBC
And under the new section
# Launchers launcher_icon_theme = LinuxLex-8 launcher_padding = 5 0 10 launcher_background_id = 9 launcher_icon_size = 85 launcher_item_app = /some/where/application.desktop launcher_item_app = /some/where/anotherapplication.desktop
The option
launcher_icon_theme seems not to be documented yet.
panel_items is a new configuration option which defines which items tint2 shows and in what order:
- Show Launcher
- Show Taskbar
- Show Systray
- Show Battery status
- Show Clock
Applications Menu in OpenBox3
If running the tint2-svnAUR from AUR, you have the ability to create launchers. Unfortunately, tint2 does not support nested menus yet, so there is no native function to enable an applications menu. With a little ingenuity, one can trick tint2 and get an applications menu anyway! This example will create such a launcher for Openbox3.
First, you have to install openbox, tint2-svnAUR and xdotool. Next you want to create a keybinding for opening the Openbox menu. For Openbox, this would require the following entry between the <keyboard> and </keyboard> tags in
<keybind key="C-A-space"> <action name="ShowMenu"><menu>root-menu</menu></action> </keybind>
This will set
Ctrl+Alt+Space to open the root-menu (this is the menu that opens when you right-click the desktop). You can change
root-menu to any menu-id that you have defined in
~/.config/openbox/menu.xml. Next we need to make that keybinding into a
.desktop file with
xdotool. First test that your keybind works with:
$ xdotool key ctrl+alt+space
If the menu you chose pops up under your mouse cursor, you have done it right! Now create a
tint2.desktop file inside
/usr/share/applications/ directory. Be sure to add the line
Exec=xdotool key ctrl+alt+space where
Ctrl+Alt+Space are your chosen key combinations. Open your new
tint2.desktop file from your file manager and, once again, you should see the menu appear under your cursor. Now just add this to tint2 as a launcher, and you have your Openbox Applications Menu as a launcher for tint2!
See Openbox Menus for further help on creating your own menu to use here, and menumaker to generate a nice full
menu.xml for most (possibly all) of your installed programs.
Volume control
Tint2 does not come with a volume control applet. Volwheel is a simple one that sits in the tray. Install it with volwheel and show it by running
Running tint2
You can run tint2 by simply typing the command:
$ tint2
If you want to run it when starting X, simply add this to
~/.xinitrc. For example if you run tint2 with Openbox:
#!/bin/sh # # ~/.xinitrc # # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here) tint2 & exec openbox-session
If you want to run tint2 when starting Openbox, you will need to update
~/.config/openbox/autostart by adding the following:
tint2 &
Note: if you do not have an autostart file in
~/.config/openbox, you can copy the default one from
Refer to Openbox help for more information on autostart options for Openbox.
In GNOME 3, the Activities view has replaced the bottom panel and taskbar. To use tint2 in its place, run
# gnome-session-properties
and add
# /usr/bin/tint2
as an application to run on start-up. The next time GNOME starts, tint2 will run automatically.
Enabling transparency
To make tint2 look its best, some form of compositing is required. If your tint2 has a large black rectangular box behind it you are either using a window manager without native compositing (like Openbox) or it is not enabled.
To enable compositing under Openbox you can install Xcompmgr or Cairo Compmgr, the packages are xcompmgr, respectively cairo-compmgrAUR.
Xcompmgr can be started like this:
$ xcompmgr
You will have to kill and restart tint2 to enable transparency.
If Xcompmgr is used solely to provide tint2 with transparency effects it can be run at boot by changing the autostart section in
~/.config/openbox/autostart to this:
# Launch Xcomppmgr and tint2 with openbox if which tint2 >/dev/null 2>&1; then (sleep 2 && xcompmgr) & (sleep 2 && tint2) & fi
Various other (better) ways to make Xcompmgr run at startup are discussed in the Openbox article.


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Settle down, weren't you the person who wanted to start Aaron Miles over Fisher? LMAOOOOOOOOO. The threads you've been making sounds like you hopped on the band wagon from last year's success. Warriors up by 2 from Mr. Clutch himself Derek Fisher's 3 pt after Cheaney gets an offensive rebound (GREAT sub by Monty).
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I have a better trade.baron and foyle for penny hardaway and shawn bradley
christy wrote:i still want miles start over fisher in case bd's hurt. fisher's much more productive at 2, don't make him waste energy bringing the ball up court.
Fish has been playing the 1 his whole career and he's in tip-top shape so he can waste alot of energy and still has the energy to play another game. I agree with you though, he is more productive at the 2.


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During and after treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), you'll have tests. These tests are to check your blood and bone marrow for leukemia cells. This is to see how well treatment is working, or to look for signs that the leukemia might have come back.
Terms you may hear
Depending on how well treatment works, your ALL might be described with one of these terms:
In remission (complete remission)
This means:
There is no sign of the leukemia after treatment.
Your blood counts have returned to normal.
You have less than 5% immature cells (blasts) in your bone marrow.
Sometimes the term complete molecular remission or complete molecular response is used. This means that leukemia cells cannot be found in the bone marrow even with very sensitive lab tests.
Being in remission doesn't necessarily mean you're cured. A remission may be permanent, meaning the cancer is cured. But a remission may also be temporary.
Minimal residual disease (MRD)
Your ALL appears to be in remission, but very sensitive lab tests are still able to find leukemia cells in the bone marrow. Your ALL may be more likely to come back (relapse). You may benefit from more treatment to try to kill the remaining cells.
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