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Section 1: Fast & Free Shipping!
We pride ourselves in offering stellar customer service and fast shipping response times. We ship orders listed in stock same business day when ordered before 5 PM EST. Items marked as shipping from manufacturer typically ship within 1-2 business days. If an item is expected to ship beyond 1-2 business days you will be notified by email. *Free shipping on all orders over $99.00 in the continental United States. This does not include Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or any international orders.
Section 2: Real-Time Tracking!
Our automated system updates tracking at the end of the business day. You will receive tracking information to the email given at checkout.
Section 3: Expedited Shipping Services Available!
Next Day,Second Day Air, and other expedited services are available via email. Please inquire within with your address information, items to be ordered, and expedited shipping method you prefer and we can send you a quick quote.
Section 4: Multiple Shipping Carriers and Distributors
DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC uses a unique distribution system that chooses specific locations around the country to ensure your item is shipped from the nearest location of its destination. This allows us to keep our pricing low and our shipping costs even lower then the competition. It's possible your order even may ship directly from the manufacturer to save you time and money. With facilities around the country and distribution centers open to early hours in the morning to late in the day in different time zones we strive to get your orders out as soon as possible using the shortest method of transportation. Shipping carriers range from USPS, FED Ex, DHL and USPS. Other carriers may be used for large freight items.
Section 5: Back Orders
In the off chance of a backorder we will notify you as soon as possible. As a business with a focus on keeping the customer as a number one priority we will cancel orders automatically with a back order in excess of 30 days. This is for the customers protection. We don't want you to think we didn't ship an item out with such a large time frame from the original purchase date. Instead we will notify you when the item is back in stock and re-send you an invoice for purchasing. The last thing we want to do is hold onto your hard earned cash while you are waiting for back orders. DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC makes it easy to get the hardest parts.
Section 6: Low Pricing!
DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC has a unique distribution, inventory, and shipping process; Because of that we are able to offer low low pricing. At times manufacturers and our distribution wholesalers change price unbeknownst to us. We do our very best to ensure accurate pricing. In the event that the price you purchased at is too low for us to sell at, we will kindly ask you to meet the difference so we can ship your item out. We understand that there may be a chance you wanted to order this item at this low low price and we apologize if the price has indeed changed and we did not make the appropriate changes in time. Service teams do work on a daily basis to ensure items are priced correctly so this is a rare occurrence. All coupon codes are valid at time of purchase only. Coupon codes are not eligible on previously sold items.
Section 7: Price Matching Policy
DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC offers price matching when comparing same items, part numbers and or options of certain products. In most cases we are able to price match any competitor, however, due to potential losses, DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC cannot always price match. This typically happens when businesses may have but not limited to, out dated pricing, typographical, erroneous or better wholesale costs compared to DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC. DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC reserves the right to refuse price matching for any reason.
Section 8: Damaged Items in Shipment
We ask you to please inspect all contents of your package upon delivery. Please report any damages on the day of receipt. We have the most recourse if we are notified immediately. Please do not wait weeks or months to tell us something was damaged in shipment. We give you 7 days from delivery to let us know if an item is damaged. Please take any relevant pictures of the box and or goods and forward them by email.
Section 9: Missing Items
We ask that you inspect the contents of your package to ensure all items have been delivered. Please contact us upon receipt to notify us if there is a problem. If you are missing anything we will contact the appropriate channels to send you the missing items. Please do not wait weeks or months to tell us that something is missing, we will have no recourse at that time. We give you 3 days from delivery to let us know if items are missing.
Section 10: Fitment Issues
Please contact us right away if an item is not fitting properly. Many times we may ask you to contact the manufacturer direct for further troubleshooting as they may be more qualified. In the case of an item being defective, we may ask you to contact the manufacturer directly to open a claim. In most cases the manufacturer prefer to work directly with the consumer to expedite the process.
Section 11: Warranty Claims
Warranty claims are processed with the manufacturer direct. We can direct you to the manufacturer or we can work in conjunction with you and the manufacturer to process the warranty claim. In most instances working directly with the manufacturer is easier and more efficient. The buyer is responsible for all shipping costs to conduct a warranty claim. Warranty claims cover defective products and / or manufacturer defects. If a product is deemed abused, tampered or otherwise modified beyond normal usage a warranty can be voided. If an item is said to be defective substantial proof must be provided and/or in some instances the item may need to be sent back before we can process an exchange. Please see warranty guidelines for your specific product on the manufacturers site. DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC sells all products as is. Warranty eligibility and Terms is at the discretion of the Manufacturer.
Section 12: Pictures
We do our best to provide the actual product you are purchasing but please be aware some pictures may be generic in nature and may not represent your item exactly. Please ask before you buy if you have any concerns.
Section 13: Vehicle Fitment / Item Descriptions
Item descriptions may be generic in nature as well as their titles. We do our very best to ensure item descriptions and titles match your vehicles correctly. When in doubt please ask. With so many parts available for many different makes and models we want you to be sure this part fits your vehicle. Ask before you buy! We are not responsible for fitment if you don't ask us first. Please visit the manufacturers website for verification of fitment.
Section 14: Return Policy
Want to return an item? We can help! As long as the item has never been installed, Brand New In the Box with original packaging we can take it back! (Some exceptions apply, please see below).
Returns must have an RMA and we must give you a specific return address, depending on the item. You will be instructed to write an RMA number on the box or put a specific RMA form in the box, depending.
If a product is "Returned to Sender" this will result in no refund as the return facility will not be receiving the package. Shipping charges are nonrefundable and if an item shipped with $0 / "Free Shipping" we still incurred a shipping cost and that will be deducted from your refund. Buyer is responsible for all shipping.
All returns regardless of reason are subject to a 20% Restocking Fee of the original purchase cost for qualified returns.
Section 14 A1
The buyer has 30 days from original purchase to initiate a return RMA and forward tracking information to us. No refund will be given for products that arrive after 45 days from original purchase date. Returns will need to be sent through a carrier that provides tracking information. You must forward that tracking information to us on the day you return. This is for your protection as well as ours. Returns received after 45 days will not be honored. Failure to follow the return instructions correctly may result in no refund given.
Section 14 A2
Returns We Cannot Accept:
We are sorry but we cannot accept returns on any Tunes, Electronics, wheel packages, large freight (Carbon Fiber Hoods/Trunks Exhausts, ETC) and lighting. No exceptions. We cannot accept refunds on discontinued items.
We cannot accept any used, previously installed, or damaged items. If an item is sent back to us used, previously installed and/or damaged it is now the property of DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC and no refund will be sent. Items must be in new condition, original packaging, never installed, never used. We cannot resell used parts thus the return policy is only good for new items only. We have the right to refuse a return/exchange claim for any reason.
Section 14 B
Return Processing:
Return processing takes up to 5 business days from the day it is received. After the return is processed it may be take several business days for your financial institution to clear that refund to your account.
Section 15: Where is my refund?
If we initiated a refund to you it's processed right away on our end. However, your financial institution (Bank, Credit Card Company AND/OR Paypal) can delay this process back into your account. Please do not contact us about where your refund is. Instead please contact the financial merchant used to process your payment. (Paypal, Bank, AND/OR Credit Card Company) They will have access to your financial information and tell you why they are delaying the process. As mentioned previously returns processing can take up to 5 business days from when we originally receive it and your bank institution may take between 1-7 days to process that refund to you.
Section 16: Have to Cancel?
We understand! We've made canceling easy! Send a representative an email about your order and ask if its eligible for cancellation. In some cases orders are processed and have shipped within one hour of the order receipt. Once an item has been processed and on a pallet for shipping it cannot be canceled. If you need to return an item, please contact us for an RMA and instructions.
If your item has already generated tracking or if an item has shipped the order cannot be canceled as it's either already in transit or on pallet for transit. At times we may not have tracking information or tracking information is not updating at the time of cancellation, however, that does not mean the item has not shipped, it simply means the item has not scanned through a sort facility of the carrier. Due to the expedited process of orders we can process orders within minutes of you placing an order.
Section 17: Payment Processing
Once you have completed the checkout process you have elected to complete payment with in full. All orders made on our site are billed immediately.
Section 18: Right to Cancel / Refuse Order
DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC has the right to cancel and refuse an order at any time. It can be due to, but not limited to, the followings:
– An item has been discontinued and no longer in production
– We are unable to confirm your payment
– The identification of a pricing or product description error
- We identity substantial risks of a shipping loss at the destination
- Shipping Address does not match Billing Address
- Options were not selected correctly or left blank
- Fraud Risk
- We will refund payment in full if an order is refused
- Unable to verify shipping address with carrier
Section 19: Disputes and Chargebacks
Due to the increase in fraudulent orders and scams; Any intentional or unintentional disputes or chargebacks will automatically deny any returns. If you have a problem with your order or item please contact us first to resolve the matter. If a chargeback or dispute takes place you will be billed directly for all charge back fees that we incur as well as the highest allowable interest by state law as well as the cost of the items and shipping costs. If payment is not received within 30 days of confirmed receipt of that bill, your account will be forwarded for legal collections. Any attempts to avoid paying for the shipping charges of an order that you placed or any attempt to avoid paying restocking fees associated with a return will be considered theft and fraud. Fees that you can incur by filing a dispute / claim / chargeback incur but not limited to direct bill fee, restocking fee, paypal dispute fee, charge back fee, maximum allowable interest by state law. If your account goes past due will simply relay your account for legal collections.
Please contact us to discuss any issues before filing chargebacks and disputes.
Section 20: Negative Reviews
DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC has the right to pursue for any loss of sales, loss of reputation or slandering of our name by written reviews. We will peruse legal recourse to the fullest extent if we find negative remarks about our company that can lead to a loss of sales, loss of reputation or similar.
Section 21: Location
As an E-store we do not have a retail storefront available to the public therefore we do not post a public address to the end consumer. We utilize multiple warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturers around the world to get you the parts fast and priced competitively. We are a licensed business out of the state of New Jersey.
Section 22: Taxes
NJ Sales Tax will be applied to all orders where customers reside in the state of NJ. In the off chance an item ships from a manufacturer directly via drop shop, sales tax may be incurred to complete the transaction if you reside in the state in which the manufacturer resides. We will contact you via email for the remainder owed.
Section 23: California Emissions Disclaimer
Due to increasing regulations and guideline set forth from the State of California we cannot ship any items that are not C.A.R.B Exempt and or any items that may tamper with vehicle emissions. Your order will automatically be refunded and canceled if you purchase a product that is not approved for resale in CA. Race only Shipping/Handling fee is to cover the cost for us to ship the package to an outside facility on the east coast and the cost to ship to package to a resident of CA.
Section 24: Catless Downpipes / Emissions Tampering Acceptance
By checking out on our website you've agreed that any purchases that may remove, defeat or alter your vehicles emissions controls is strictly for off-road or race use only.
Section 25: Race Only
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all products sold by DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC are designated Race Only and are solely for competition/off road use limited to racing formally sanctioned by a recognized racing organization. Any other use, including recreational off- road use, may be in violation of local, state, and Federal laws. DragRacingWheels.com by Just Bolt-On Performance Parts, LLC does not implicitly or explicitly confirm the legality of using any products it sells on public roads; that is entirely the responsibility of the consumer.
If you have any questions about our policies please contact us directly.
The end user is responsible for reading and understanding all aspects of the terms of agreement. If you have any questions please feel free to let us know.
Thank you
The Drag Racing Wheels Team


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The answer is: it is perfectly all right to use SQL*Plus, Toad, SQL Developer, PL/SQL Developer, etc. to write and execute code to help you answer the quiz.
You should not (and, in fact, you should not be able to) copy and paste code from a quiz, and then simply execute it. But as I note, you should not be able to do this; most quizzes present code as an image. If the code is accessible for copying, then it is not (or, shall I say, should not be) a competitive quiz (rankings and prizes) and we don't really care if you copy and paste.
But if you want to take the time to type in a block of code (or more), then execute that code to see the results, please go right ahead. The most important objective of the PL/SQL Challenge is to improve your knowledge of PL/SQL (and SQL and APEX and....). I can think of few better ways to do this then to write code.
You will, of course, be "penalized" for taking the time to write code; your score will be reduced by the extra time required to do so. But it is definitely not cheating.

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Why See Ray LaMontagne?
just passing through tour
Ray LaMontagne is an award-winning singer-songwriter and global festival favorite, with his husky vocals and sensual lyrics carving him a niche in a competitive genre. With an ever-growing, devoted fan base as a testament to his musical talents and appeal, there's something about Ray.
After leaving high school, he went on to work in a shoe factory in Maine, before being inspired to write music by listening to a record by Stephen Stills, Manassas. His rootsy, bluegrass style has been likened to Otis Redding and Van Morrison, among others, with a gravelly, but velvety folk voice that dances expertly around earthy songs.
Ray LaMontagne continues to tour with his acoustic and stripped down version of his top hits, don't miss him when his Just Passing Through Tour hits your town!
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Area items of interest
Southwood harvest festival Saturday
Southwood Memorial Christian Church�s 44th annual harvest festival will be held all day Saturday at the church, 1027 N.C. 58 S. A yard sale begins at 6 a.m. Festival co-chairmen are Bruce and Debbie Williamson.
Booths open at 10 a.m., including a bake sale, craft bazaar, elf shop, nearly new shop and silent auction. Barbecue pork and chicken plates will be for sale at $7 each beginning at 11 a.m.; fish stew will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m., a live auction begins at 6:30 p.m.
The youth group will be selling hot dogs, chips and drinks tonight and all day Saturday. Quilt tickets will be sold at $1 each for the Southwood double wedding ring quilt made by church members.
Bluegrass set for Saturday
The Eastern North Carolina Bluegrass Association will have its monthly concert Saturday in the Waller Auditorium of Lenoir Community College.
Bands scheduled to play are The Smith Family Band (two sets) and Dixie Strings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $6 at the door. Children 12 and younger are admitted free.
For more information or to book a band, call 252-244-0712.
Bargains abound at library book sale
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is having a book sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 17 and 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 18.
Choose from a large selection of paperbacks, hardbacks, children�s materials, reference materials, magazines, audio books, games, videos and DVDs, and other great items. Nearly 20 computers with mouse and keyboard will be available on a first come, first served basis.
The library is at 510 N. Queen St. For more information, contact 252-527-7066 or neuselibrary.org.
Guardian ad Litem seeks volunteers
The Volunteer Guardian ad Litem program is looking for advocates for abused and neglected children. Volunteers are trained, according to a flexible schedule, and appointed, along with an attorney advocate, to represent the child�s best interests in juvenile court proceedings.
The program works with other agencies to locate and develop resources that would benefit the child and family. Volunteers can assist by speaking up for a child�s right to grow up in a safe and caring environment.
For more information, call 919-722-6300.
Communication workshop set for Wednesday
The Lenoir Community College Small Business Center, Kinston/Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce, and Greene County Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsoring Essential Skills of Communicating from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the LCC Small Business Center, Room 313 at the Kinston Enterprise Center on Queen Street. Registration will be held 15 minutes before the free event.
Johnny Bullins will outline the basic communication model and help identify common barriers to effective communication, including intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, anger and communication, and the art of effective questioning.
For more information or to pre-register, call LCC SBC Director Greg Hannibal at 252-522-4676, ext. 2021.


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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Jean-Baptiste Debret, Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil (1965 facsimile of 1834 original)
At first, many more African women arrived in the Americas than European women, and therefore African women were crucial to the demographic growth of the continents. Because of this imbalance, it is likely that many of the first generation born in the New World had African mothers. Most of the women sketched by Jean-Baptiste Debret in this lithograph were originally from Congo and Angola.


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History Students Participate in Restoration Project
Anderson, Sadie. "History Students Participate in Restoration Project." Its Happening Today, 1 November 2007.
Students from History 431, The North American Plains, with support from the Center for Heritage Renewal, took part in the Hutmacher farmstead restoration project in Dunn County on Oct. 13-14. The farmstead is a complex of buildings constructed of locally quarried stone and locally harvested timber by a German-Russian family.
Students Toni Berning, Aaron Granley, Ann Erling, Molly Lefor, Dan McCollum, Ashleigh Pust, David Suda, Todd Volk and Cory Wheeler were members of the service learning party. The group was led by Tom Isern, professor of history, who is director of the Center for Heritage Renewal, instructor of the course and a board member of Preservation North Dakota. History doctoral student Suzzanne Kelley also worked at the site, representing Phi Alpha Theta, the NDSU history honor society.
Restoration of the complex is proceeding under the auspices of Preservation North Dakota, the state organization for historic preservation, and executive director Dale Bentley through a National Park Service Save America's Treasures grant.
The NDSU delegation worked with Preserve North Dakota representatives and visited with descendants of the Hutmacher family. The students worked primarily on restoring of the farmhouses brush and flax straw roof, and repairing the buildings walls using a mortar of clay and sand.


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Want to bet on a sure thing? Then, open your recipe box, pick your best chili recipe and enter it in the 15th annual Clearfield Hospice Chili Bowl.
Chili entries and donations are still needed for the fundraiser, which will be held from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Expo II Building at the Clearfield Driving Park.
The deadline for chili entries is Aug. 31. Individuals, restaurants, churches, physicians, community organizations and businesses are encouraged to lend support.
The theme for this year's event is "Hail to the Chief" according to Dana Wilson, hospice volunteer/event coordinator. Mike Butler, past and present chili entrant, came up with this year's theme.
"The Chili Bowl is a fun evening of competition, camaraderie, great activities and delicious food. But what's most important is that it benefits a worthy cause – hospice – so every one who participates is a winner," Wilson said.
Themed-baskets are raffled off during the Chili Bowl. These baskets, which contain a variety of items ranging from gift certificates, clothing, household goods, etc., are donated by individuals, businesses and hospital departments.
The baskets are on display in the Clearfield Hospital lobby from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Aug. 27 – Sept. 9 and from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sept. 10-14. The baskets will be at the DuBois Mall Aug. 23-26.
Wilson said proceeds from entries, and basket and food sales are used to help hospice patients. This year's event will also feature a drawing for a bicycle donated by Jack's Distributing, and the sale of T-shirts featuring the work of artist Joshua Wilson.
Wilson said last year's proceeds helped 259 patients and their families pay for care and items not covered by insurance.
For registration or information about the Chili Bowl, or to make a donation, please contact Wilson at 768-2012.


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West Ham soldThe very best posts from KUMB over the years ...
Moderator: Gnome
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Hello old bean. you still near the top of the board? How about another scone?
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seeing this thread makes me feel all warm inside.
Good Times!
Suddenly being bottom of the league, 3 matches played 9 goals conceeded and only 1 scored, isn't so bad.
At least I still have you "For Sale" thread
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
been a few references to the buy out on the stratford thread, so bringing this back up , as it was getting lost down the forum and didn't want it dissapearing, once we are all sold i guess it will go into the H of F
only reason for this is because some are saying we will see gold and sullivan spend big in january,iirc this they can only do by buying equivalent amounts of shares of the icelandics as they want to pump cash into the club, for some reason they cannot just lump money in as it breaches the conditions they bought the club under
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I didn't think there was any restriction imposed on the owners. At present it doesn't make any sense for them to plough cash into the club other than the working capital that was originally injected in.
Whether we spend big or not depends on the same circumstances that were around in the summer. We ideally want to free up monies to fund two big signings - a striker and creative midfielder. These were what we wanted back a few months ago (of course may change).
Our stance on Parker meant that Cole and Behrami were the two most likely. Unfortunately for me neither happened!!!
i believe the end result will be next summer and a new foreign investor alongside the Dave's.
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
Since buying Man City those geezers have apparently spent £573m. Oh to be born in a privileged position in an oil-rich country. If you added up every transfer fee we have ever paid in our history it probably wouldn't come to that.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010 ... ester-city
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
Should help fund our promotion charge.
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
What I don't understand is to why the 2 Dave's don't just buy the rest of the club from Straumur ?
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
Because bank-to-bank the percentage which Straumur own has a preferential rate of interest on their share of the loans which we owe. If the Daves bought 100% then we would have to pay more in interest and we might find ourselves swamped. The Daves only bought enough so they could have a controlling interest. That's business.
Re: West Ham (a nidges nadge over half) sold
That makes no sense, so why are they looking for investors to buy out stranmur ?
As as you say they would have to pay more interest ?
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News Corporation is no stranger to social networking. After its acquisition of MySpace it holds a pretty potent position in the social scene. Not content with attracting users to his community Murdoch may now be shifting up a gear and going after individual family websites. According to Vallewag:
"This week News Corp. and NBC Universal announced that their online-video joint venture finally had a name, "Hulu". But before Hulu.com fell into Murdoch's hands, the website featured no videos at all -- just innocent pictures of a couple's 7-year-old daughter.
Copies of the Hulu.com website cached by the Internet Archive indicate that Posen and Lucy Hung previously owned the four-letter domain name, rare and valuable because of its brevity. (A person named Posen Hung works for Symbol Technologies in the Bay Area, according to LinkedIn.)"
Insiders suggest that may be just the start in a broader acquisition strategy. "We're trying to fly under the radar for a while by picking off less common names" indicated a source close to the deal, "We want to move on to the bigger names like Smith and Jones before Yahoo! and Microsoft realize what's going on."
That may be harder now that this week's acquisition became public. Microsoft has apparently set aside up to $5B for domain name acquisitions, while Google is planning to lure owners with "free advertising for life" for their family reunions.


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I read a funny comic, Zits, that sums up students' feelings about college applications and essays. The boy is complaining about the weather. His mother suggests that he work on his application and essay. The boy replies that after he finishes, he will then work on learning the U.S. tax code – probably one of the most boring topics to a teenager. I first laughed and then realized that it was not so funny.
What are we asking of our children and students?
We want to make our children look as good as possible on paper. We want them to understand how important the "right college" is for their future. We want them to fill out an application that might have gaps in it. We want perfection. We want to do it for them. We want to write that essay so that the admissions committee will have to take him or her.
My advice to parents: Stay calm. Start early. Don't fill out their applications for them. College admissions people know who wrote that essay and who filled out those short answers.
Following are tips for taking the stress out of the college admissions process.
• Download a copy of the Common Application – used by more than 400 colleges and universities – as early as when your child hits the eighth grade. It can be useful in directing academic course selections in high school.
• Choose any five schools your child may want to attend and download the supplement.
• Encourage your child to keep a notebook of events that happen to him or her – a record of even minor, small events may prove valuable as the admissions process approaches.
• Urge your child to discuss all aspects of the application with you. It is less daunting if he or she has some idea how to begin to answer the questions.
• Start a list of possible schools.
• Visit my website to access a college application matrix.
• Seek help from professionals, but be careful – there are no laws or guidelines for those hanging out a shingle. Be sure to check credentials and references. If a counselor tells you that his or her students are accepted into every school to which they apply, run the other way.
• Set reasonable goals. Maybe ask to see the first three pages of the application done by Friday night dinner. Do it in pieces.
• Procrastination often means that the child is scared, not lazy. Think about what we are asking children to do – fill out an application that will change their lives. How excited would you be to do this? Remember, they are all talk and show – they love you and their cocoon.
Seek help from a professional if you think your child needs it. Don't do it yourself – especially because you may not know what should be written.
The application is not about recounting all of your child's activities. It is not about what you think is important. It is not a brag sheet. It is an essay that will show who he or she is. Let the admissions officers uncover who your child is. In short, don't hit the admissions people over the head.


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No-nos among choices for pitching performance GIBBY
The 2013 Major League Baseball season brought a trio of no-hitters, a handful of one-hitters and other all-around dominant pitching performances.
Now's the chance for fans to pick the best one.
The 2013 Major League Baseball season brought a trio of no-hitters, a handful of one-hitters and other all-around dominant pitching performances.
Now's the chance for fans to pick the best one.
MLB's A-listers will take home 2013 GIBBY trophies -- the ultimate honors of the industry's awards season -- based on votes by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research.
This year's GIBBY Awards feature nominees in 22 categories. Individual honors will go to the MLB MVP, in addition to the year's best starting pitcher, hitter, closer, setup man, rookie, breakout hitter, breakout pitcher, comeback player, defensive player, manager, executive and postseason performer.
GIBBY trophies also will be awarded for the year's top play, storyline, hitting performance, pitching performance, oddity, walk-off, Cut4 topic, regular-season moment and postseason moment, from MLB.com's Must C highlight reels.
In the past five years, fans have cast more than 50 million votes across the various GIBBY categories, none of which was restricted to individual League affiliation. Fan voting runs through Monday.
Winners will be presented their GIBBY trophies at the MLB.com Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards extravaganza during the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla.
The headliners for the top pitching performance almost have to be the no-hitters.
Cincinnati's Homer Bailey brought back the no-no on July 2, holding the Giants to one walk and striking out nine, after throwing MLB's previous no-hitter on Sept. 28, 2012.
"Here we go again, I guess," Bailey thought to himself. "It's something I've already done, so I knew what to expect."
The Giants were on the better side of history 11 days later when right-hander Tim Lincecum added to his sparkling career resume. Lincecum no-hit the Padres on July 13, striking out 13 and walking four while throwing a whopping 148 pitches.
"It's pretty surreal for me," Lincecum said.
Miami's Henderson Alvarez capped the no-hitters with a wild, walk-off no-no on the regular season's final day in Miami against the Tigers. Alvarez's no-hitter was completed with him on deck; Giancarlo Stanton raced home on a wild pitch in the ninth inning to secure a 1-0 victory.
"I was so excited," Alvarez said through an interpreter. "I thought by the ninth inning that I just needed three outs for the no-hitter. With my emotions and nerves, I kind of lost track that we hadn't scored a run yet."
Others nearly joined the club:
• Rangers righty Yu Darvish gave up a single to Houston's Marwin Gonzalez with two outs in the ninth inning, ending his bid for a perfect game on April 2.
• Cardinals rookie right-hander Shelby Miller allowed a leadoff single before retiring the next 27 Rockies to throw a one-hit shutout on May 10.
• Fellow Cards rookie, righty Michael Wacha, threw 8 2/3 hitless innings on Sept. 24, before Washington's Ryan Zimmerman reached on an infield single.
• San Francisco's Yusmeiro Petit almost one-upped Lincecum on Sept. 6 before Arizona's Eric Chavez singled with two outs in the top of the ninth to ruin Petit's perfect-game bid.
Those were just the near-historical gems.
San Diego's Andrew Cashner threw a one-hitter on Sept. 16 in his first complete game, while Detroit's Anibal Sanchez fanned 17 Braves on April 26.
Good luck deciding which is the best of the best.
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth.


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PEORIA, Ariz. — By all rights, R. A. Dickey should be working a day job somewhere, cursing twisted fate. Or he should be coaching at some Tennessee high school, telling kids what he once was and lamenting what might have been.
Instead, Dickey slipped on his Seattle Mariners uniform Monday, stepped on a bullpen pitcher's mound and made his pitching arm do something it should not be able to do — throw a baseball. In an age when more and more pitchers have ugly scars crawling up their elbows, where surgeons' scalpels have replaced their ulnar collateral ligaments in what is known as Tommy John surgery, Dickey does not need to worry about strains or painful pops.
He does not have an ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. None. Dickey either was born without one, or the tissue simply disintegrated when he was a teenager.
A dozen years after discovery of his situation cost him a virtual million-dollar payday, when he was told to give up his dreams of becoming a major league pitcher, Dickey today is one of the most intriguing players in any spring training camp. He did not just prove skeptics wrong by building a career that has included brief stays in the big leagues. Now 33, Dickey has reinvented himself as a knuckleballer, one promising enough that he could prove quite valuable in 2008 and beyond.
"For him to be able to throw at all is pretty phenomenal in itself," said Rick Griffin, the Mariners' head athletic trainer. "But he's doing it in the major leagues. People in sports amaze you physically, but this is something you'd never suspect. It's like a running back in the N.F.L. having no anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. It's amazing."Continue reading the main story
Dickey, a huskily bearded father of three, said: "Doctors look at me and say I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without feeling pain, and I shouldn't be able to turn the key and start my car without feeling pain. But I'm still here. I feel I have a whole career ahead of me."
Dickey's knuckleball danced through the Pacific Coast League last year, when as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers' Class AAA farm team in Nashville he went 13-6 with a 3.72 earned run average. (He went 9-2 with a 2.51 E.R.A. in his final 15 starts as the pitch started to become particularly effective.) The Minnesota Twins signed him in November, but he was soon snapped up by the Mariners in the Rule 5 draft, meaning Seattle must keep him on its 25-man roster all season or offer him back to Minnesota.
Bill Bavasi, the Mariners' general manager, said that one of Dickey's primary attributes is — of all things — his durability. "He can throw four innings in relief tonight and spot start tomorrow," Bavasi said. "He can save your butt by eating a lot of innings."
After pitching professionally for 12 years without any elbow discomfort to speak of, the man who was told the joint would never hold up can pitch almost every day if needed.
"It's a real blessing now," Dickey said. "I'm real resilient, simply because I don't have to worry about that ligament being sore, or tearing it. There's nothing to tear."
Dickey's route to this point was as tortuous as his knuckleball. It started with a picture that told a thousand words — at about $800 apiece.
A hard-throwing all-American pitcher at the University of Tennessee in 1996, Dickey became a first-round draft pick of the Texas Rangers and a starter for the United States Olympic team, along with Kris Benson, Billy Koch, Seth Greisinger and Braden Looper. Baseball America pictured the five of them standing side by side on the cover of its Olympic preview issue.
Dickey was ready to accept the Rangers' $810,000 bonus offer when a team physician picked up the magazine and noticed Dickey's right arm hanging somewhat awkwardly at his side. The doctor recommended that the team examine him further, leading to the bizarre discovery that Dickey not only had an elbow issue, he had no ulnar collateral ligament, the primary tissue that stabilizes the joint. The Rangers pulled their offer and wound up offering him $75,000, more out of guilt than confidence in his future.
"Imagine winning the lottery and then losing the ticket," said Dickey, who signed with the Rangers because he assumed no team would give him a chance again. He reported to the minor leagues knowing that precious little was keeping his elbow together, that each day pitching could be his last.
"Every day I had to decide whether I was going to be bitter, if I was going to be that guy — woe is me, you know?" Dickey said. "I had to choose every day to be the other guy."
Dickey moved up the minor league ladder steadily, never experiencing arm issues, and reached the major leagues in 2001. He relieved and spot started for the Rangers for most of 2003 and 2004, posting E.R.A.'s over 5.00 and standing out mostly for his strange and unclassifiable forkball, known as "the thing."
Dickey never acknowledged that the pitch was actually a hard knuckleball. "I didn't want to be seen as desperate," he said Monday.
By 2005, Dickey realized that the only way to keep his career alive was to succumb to the knuckleball and try to perfect it. The Rangers coach Charlie Hough, a former knuckleballer, helped him alter his homemade grip into one more conventional, and Dickey finally got the hang of it after signing with the Brewers for last season.
Dickey did not get called up to Milwaukee, but now is only weeks from possibly beginning his second major league career, two more than he was ever supposed to have.
"The majority of knuckleballers have most of their success from ages 32 to 40, and win most of their games," said Dickey, who studied the history of pitchers like Hoyt Wilhelm, Wilbur Wood and Phil Niekro while making his transition. "I think there's something to that. There's the maturity that comes with throwing that pitch. To surrender to being a new person and a new pitcher is tough. You kind of feel like the leper of the colony, a circus act."
Dickey's knuckleball travels at a zippy 77 miles an hour, about 10 m.p.h. faster than the one thrown by the Boston Red Sox' Tim Wakefield, the majors' prototype knuckleballer for the past 15 years. As Dickey threw it during his bullpen session Monday, he did so not far from J. J. Putz, the Mariners' gas-heaving closer, who later marveled that his new teammate could throw at all.
"I'm starting to wonder if we really need that ligament," Putz said with a laugh. "We should all just get ours cut out. Our arms would never get sore."
Sure enough, Putz spoke with several pounds of ice strapped onto his shoulder and elbow, and an electronic gizmo monitoring its effects. A few lockers away, Dickey buttoned his shirt unencumbered, eager and ready to pitch again.Continue reading the main story


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One of the reasons many of us build hot rods is akin to why painters, sculptors, and musicians ply the trade that they choose: personal expression. No two hot rods are the same due to that natural desire for us to add our own personal touches to our vehicles. Whether it's the paint scheme, interior design, wheels, or other more exotic modifications, every little detail of our cars is a well-thought-out extension of our own imagination.
And while the aftermarket industry has pretty well covered every aspect of what a car builder may desire when it comes to customization, there has been one area where there have been limitations in the past: instrumentation. Arguably, there are a myriad of companies today offering a number of different gauge and cluster designs, truly one-off instrument clusters have managed to elude most car builders-until now. Taking advantage of their R&D shop, the guys at Classic Instruments have stepped up to the plate to offer their experience at custom gauge building to Joe Hotrodder.
With everything from graphic design to an engineering department in place, Classic Instruments can truly offer a one-of-a-kind instrument cluster to those with even the most discerning taste. Whether it's a custom rework of a stock gauge cluster or a complete one-off, they can offer the experience, expertise, and knowledge that over 25 years in the gauge building business provides.
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ABC's Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos interviewed Colin Powell during their live coverage of the inauguration Monday, during which the former secretary of state sounded off on the party he once served. He slammed Republican leaders for "buying into" "nonsense" that "demonize[s] the president."
"Republicans have to stop buying into things that demonize the president. I mean, why aren't Republican leaders shouting out about all this birther nonsense and all these other things? They're silent. They should speak out.
This is the kind of intolerance that I've been talking about where these idiot presentations continue to be made and you don't see the senior leadership of the party say, 'No, that's wrong.' In fact, sometimes by not speaking out, they're encouraging it. And the base keeps buying the stuff.
And it's killing the base of the party. I mean, 26 percent favorability rating for the party right now. It ought to be telling them something. So, instead of attacking me or whoever speaks like I do, look in the mirror and realize, 'How are we going to win the next election?"
Powell endorsed Barack Obama in the past two elections.
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A breakthrough in the magazine world?
From far left: Crystal Renn, Amy Lemons, Ashley Graham, Kate Dillon, Anansa Sims and Jennie Runk. Bottom Center: Lizzie Miller.
US Glamour Magazine (November issue) has made a commitment to showcasing body diversity in their magazine. They conclude the article: Let's start that revolution right now. Here is the link to an article about using diverse sizes in fashion that concludes with their commitment. The also have a beautiful editorial featuring seven top curvy models. And with a quote from AnyBody member Ben Berry in the mix this may just be the start of the change we have been campaigning for...
'Who says supermodels have to be superthin? There's a new definition of gorgeous—and you're about to write it.'
September 21, 2009
by Genevieve Field
The cavernous photography studio in New York City is bustling with fashion assistants, hair and makeup stylists, and models chatting in white terry robes. All typical on a photo shoot, but when the robes come off, you see what's different. Kate Dillon, Ashley Graham, Amy Lemons, Lizzie Miller, Crystal Renn, Jennie Runk and Anansa Sims— some of the top "plus-size" models working today—have beautiful curves, round shoulders, belly rolls and lots of other womanly stuff many of us see when we look in the mirror. Oh, and there's lunch, which the models actually eat. "Gosh, it's so nice that they're feeding us," says Lemons. "When I was doing runway, all I was ever offered was water and champagne, all day long." But it's not the food the models are excited about—it's the mission. They've been assembled to help Glamour continue an extraordinary dialogue on body image that you, our readers, began.
It started in our September issue with a small photo of Lizzie Miller sitting au naturel—confident, sexy and clearly unconcerned about a little belly overhang. We loved the photo, but it was just one of more than a hundred of full-figured women we've run in recent years, so we were surprised when it hit a nerve. "This is true beauty!" wrote one commenter on glamour.com. "A woman that eats!" Added Megan Fehl, 23: "Because of my own belly, I always thought I was some deformed woman, but not now. Holy hell, I am normal!" And in the words of another reader: "I've struggled with eating disorders and body image since I was 12. Seeing this picture is the first time I have felt good about myself and comfortable with my body (just the way it is) in a very long time. Thank you for the self-esteem."
Why did this particular picture, at this particular moment, resonate with so many women? Some possible reasons: The recession has us all in a back-to-basics, tell-it-like-it-is mood, so realer images of women's bodies seem appropriate now. Celebrities like Kate Winslet, Jessica Simpson and now, on page 182 of this issue, Scarlett Johansson have spoken out against a culture that nitpicks a woman's every thigh dimple. First Lady Michelle Obama dresses to accentuate rather than camouflage her regal curves, and has the entire world swooning. And maybe, as Emme, a pioneer plus-size supermodel and host of More to Love, believes, "we've just had it with the beyond-slender, airbrushed-from-head-to-toe models and actresses who've dominated [newsstands] for over a decade."
Glamour has been on this wavelength since the early nineties. We've put Queen Latifah on the cover twice and frequently feature other fuller-bodied celebs and models (including all the women you see here, with the exception of Glamour newcomer Jennie Runk). But the phenomenal response to the Lizzie Miller photo shows there is a thirst for an even more inclusive view of women's bodies. So what's keeping the fashion and media worlds from portraying as many size 10's and 14's and 20's as we do size 0, 2 and 4? And what ratio of fantasy to reality does the average American woman really want to see in magazines and ads?
It All Starts With the Clothes
Let's say you fit the most popular American dress size, a 14, and you want to wear high-end designer fashion. Good luck to you, because most designer fashion labels don't make a size 14 (they stop at 10 or 12). That's an aesthetic decision, not a business move, says Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst for the market research firm NPD. "We know that larger-size women will pay almost anything for good-quality clothes that fit, and luxury brands could benefit greatly from serving that need," he says. "But there remains a deep stigma against going plus-size in the high-end fashion market. Find a brand that's willing to bet its image and licensing revenue by doing this, and you will find a progressive company."
Such companies do exist, and kudos go to Michael Michael Kors, Isaac Mizrahi for Liz Claiborne New York and Baby Phat, among others, for making chic clothes in sizes larger than 14. But even if more designer fashion came in plus sizes, you'd still rarely see it modeled in a magazine by plus-size girls. Why? It's the sample-size problem. When fashion editors do photo shoots, they can't simply buy clothing that's in stores now. They need samples of clothing that will be available when the magazine hits newsstands—samples made by the manufacturer and cut, almost always, to fit a woman size zero to 4. When Glamour uses models and celebrities who are larger than sample-size, getting of-the-moment fashion for them "can be a challenge," says Maggie Mann, senior fashion editor. "We'll have a tailor standing by, doing alterations and opening up seams. And we might buy clothes off the rack if we can find something that'll be available months later when the issue comes out." Major celebrities have it a little easier; a designer will occasionally make a dress in her size as a courtesy, as happened when Queen Latifah was Glamour's cover girl.
In June, Alexandra Shulman, editor-in-chief of British Vogue, wrote a letter to top designers, begging for reform. "We have now reached the point where many of the sample sizes don't comfortably fit even the established star models," read a portion of her memo, quoted in The Times of London. She charged that designers were forcing magazines to hire models with "jutting bones and no breasts or hips." Strong words. Will they make an impact? "We hope so. It will take a season or two before we know," says Glamour deputy fashion director Sasha Iglehart. "Crystal Renn has already graced Glamour's pages multiple times. It would be a dream come true to work with beauties like her dressed in our favorite designers and brands."
Looking Into a "Skinny" Mirror
The sample-size problem means that standard-size models are slim. But guess what? Plus-size models aren't all that "plus." "At most modeling agencies, any girl larger than a size 4 might have trouble getting work because she won't fit the clothes, and over a size 6 she might be moved to the plus division," says Glamour senior bookings editor Jennifer Koehler. "There's a shortage of truly plus-size girls to choose from, and every other week I'm e-mailing the agencies asking, 'Do you have any new size 16s?'" Often the answer is no, she says, because there still isn't enough work to employ them.
Jennie Runk, a size 12, admits she's often much smaller than the plus-size samples she models, so "I'll sometimes wear padding." Did she say padding? Indeed she did: "I travel with my own set. It's a series of foam ovals and circles you can put on your butt, hips, waist or boobs so you fit the clothes," Runk explains. Many commenters on Glamour's picture of Lizzie Miller felt that, given her actual size, the term "plus" shouldn't apply. "This girl is normal," wrote one reader. "Redefine plus-size for me again? Is every woman over 120 pounds and a size 2 considered 'plus' now?"
Not all commenters lauded the photo, however; a sizable minority objected to it on health grounds. "Putting a young model who is obviously overweight and living an unhealthy lifestyle in your magazine to make some people feel better only serves to propagate that unhealthy lifestyle," wrote Angie E., 44. Another reader took that criticism a few steps further: "We have enough problems with obesity in the U.S. and don't need your magazine promoting any more of it. Shame on Glamour for thinking this was sexy!"
Obesity is a significant health problem. But let's check the facts: At 5'11" and 180 pounds, Miller, who exercises and eats a balanced diet, is "just barely overweight, according to her BMI. She is healthy and far from being obese," says Hilda Hutcherson, M.D., a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University. Dr. Hutcherson also notes that beautiful images of bigger bodies can help women feel good about themselves. "The first step to taking better care of yourself is having self-respect," she says. Glamour assistant editor Margarita Bertsos, who documented her 75-pound weight loss on glamour.com, is living proof. "Being told that I must occupy Barbie proportions in order to be beautiful is definitely not what motivated me to lose weight," blogged Bertsos. "In fact, those beliefs are what kept me obese for so many years. It's when I made the shift toward self-acceptance that I finally found the motivation to lose weight."
So What Do You Want to See?
OK, let's envision a world where women of more body types do get glamorous work in magazines and ad campaigns. Would female readers, viewers and buyers want it? Some commenters said no. "It's about fantasy," posted one. "Even the most physically perfect human cannot measure up to the perfection in magazines. We all know that. But we can imagine that perfection while we read. We can all be perfect for a minute." That's the argument for so-called aspirational imagery, which, according to advertising gospel, puts consumers in the mood to buy. But some media insiders say women aren't biting anymore. "We are undergoing a shift in the mind-set of the modern female consumer," explains Ben Barry, who coauthored a study on how women in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom respond to advertising images. Conducted in collaboration with the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, the study of more than 3,000 subjects showed that women were most likely to want to purchase a fashion product if it was associated with a model that directly resembled them. "This does not mean that women want to do away with aspirational images," cautions Barry. "It is the very opposite. The worst thing a magazine could do is to showcase an image of a 'normally sized' model that looks like most driver's license pictures, with poor styling, clothing and photography. Instead, women want these models to have the same glamour and artistry as other fashion models."
We at Glamour couldn't agree more, and we're listening hard to our readers' call to action. "The public wants to see all types of models represented," says Gary Dakin, vice president of client services at Ford Models. "This portrait [of the models on the first page] is an amazing step toward that." It's one step of many. Here's what you can expect to see in our pages going forward:
* A continued commitment to showing a wide range of body types—and, of course, racial diversity—in our pages, including fashion and beauty stories.
* A promise to give the best plus models not just work, but the same great work straight-size models get, partnering with top photographers, stylists and makeup artists. Because a generous helping of fantasy, in our view, is fabulous—as long as it's extended to women of all sizes.
* An ongoing celebration of the so-called imperfections, from nose bumps to gap teeth smiles, that make us all unique.
* Enthusiastic support for any designer who manufactures chic clothes we can photograph on full-bodied models. Isn't it time for changes like these? Reality, after all, is everywhere. On Twitter, Demi Moore tweets matter-of-factly about her body: "I still have excess skin & stretch marks!" And then, "Comes with having a few kids 4 some of us!" Scott Schuman, a.k.a. the Sartorialist, has attracted a cult following by photographing real people with great style—and quirks. Crystal Renn has written a fascinating new memoir about her transition from an anorexic straight-size model to a healthy, exuberant and very successful plus-size model. And Jeffrey Buchman, professor of advertising and marketing communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology, notes that Renn and plus-size model Johanna Dray have shown up on runways at Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano, respectively. "Art leads social change, and high fashion is art," says Buchman. "So these are not frivolous choices; they are clarion calls."
All are good signs, but perhaps most promising is your joyous and impassioned support of Lizzie Miller. Because the simplest way to move the needle on body confidence is to judge one another, and ourselves, less. Let's start that revolution right now.


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Taste impairment means there is a problem with your sense of taste. Problems range from distorted taste to a complete loss of the sense of taste. A complete inability to taste is rare.
Loss of taste; Metallic taste; Dysgeusia
The tongue can detect only sweet, salty, sour, and bitter tastes. Much of what is perceived as "taste" is actually smell. People who have taste problems often have a smell disorder that can make it hard to identify a food's flavor. (Flavor is a combination of taste and smell.)
Taste problems can be caused by anything that interrupts the transfer of taste sensations to the brain, or by conditions that affect the way the brain interprets these sensations.
The sensation of taste often decreases after age 60. Most often, salty and sweet tastes are lost first. Bitter and sour tastes last slightly longer.
Causes of impaired taste include:
Other causes are:
Follow prescribed therapy, which may include a changing your diet. For taste problems due to the common cold or flu, normal taste should return when the illness passes. If you smoke, stop smoking.
Make an appointment with your doctor if your taste problems do not go away, or if abnormal tastes occur with other symptoms.
The doctor will perform a physical examination and ask questions, including:
If the taste problem is due to allergies or sinusitis, the doctor may give you medicine to relieve the stuffy nose. If a medicine you are taking is to blame, your doctor may recommend that you change your dose or switch to a different drug.
A CT scan or MRI scan may be done to look at the sinuses or the part of the brain that controls the sense of smell.
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Finelli PF, Mair RG. Disturbances of smell and taste. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2008:chap 19.
Travers JB, Travers SP, Christian JM. Physiology of the oral cavity. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2010:chap 89.


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A Plea for Biblical Preaching
What's New?
Alexander Maclaren Genesis
Preacher's Preparation for Preaching
E. M. Bounds The Necessity of Prayer is a great Christian classic.
Romans 1:16 The Gospel of Jesus Christ (Full preaching outline)
Biblical Preaching
Preaching is not merely talk about God. It is God Himself working through the message and personality of the preacher confronting men and bringing them to Himself.
Power exists in the spoken word. "For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine" (Romans 1:11-12 NET).
Effective Biblical preaching brings about change in people's lives. In the Greek city of Thessalonica "turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath" (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 NET). That is what happens when you receive the Word of God.
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In Psalm 51:12-13 the psalmist prayed: "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee" (KJV).
John Wesley was one of the greatest preachers in church history. He had a mother who was one of the grandest Christians that every lived. His father, both grandfathers and great grandfather had all been preachers. He was an Oxford man, a man of passionate prayer, deeply religious, and a missionary who had gone to America to convert the Indians.
However, it was not until he went to a little meeting on Aldersgate Street that he was ignited by a fire from heaven and became one of the most amazing human firebrands in church history.
It is amazing how such a man can have intellectual ability, personal appeal, and charisma, and not be ready to preach.
Dwight L. Moody was another man who was ignited by divine fire. There is a grand difference between spiritual preparation by the hand of God upon a man, and the well meant striving in the flesh.
We have all the professional facts, the program formulas and financial provisions, but it amounts to little more than "strange fire," like the sons of Aaron (Num. 3:4). We have "strange fire" in many churches. But where is the true fire of God that burns in the soul of the God called man?
The indwelling presence of God flows like a river of living water. The outflow and overflow come only when we spend time with Him. There must be a confrontation with God. Moody said, "I've been carrying buckets of water. Now I have a river that carries me."
We're not ready to strengthen the brethren and feed the sheep until we have spent time with the Shepherd. Like the psalmist we ask, "Could there be something the matter with me?" Robert Murray M'Cheyne said, "My people's greatest need is my personal holiness." How is my relationship with the Master?
You cannot remove the direct relationship between effectiveness in the pulpit and our intimate personal relationship with God. Our pulpit credibility depends upon our personal character. . . . continue
Christ in you
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When iOS arrives on devices this fall, iPhone and iPad users that ask Siri to look for a nearby bar or sushi restaurant will be getting their search results from Bing instead of Google.
Apple has made Microsoft Bing the default search engine for Siri in iOS 7.
When Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services mentioned the use of Bing at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the news sent murmurs through the crowd.
Siri users can still specify searches using Google if they want, but if they don't indicate a preference, Bing will be used by default. Siri's new integrated web search also delivers results from Wikipedia and Twitter.
Apple isn't ditching Google entirely—Google is still the default search engine in the Safari mobile browser in iOS—but this could be a step in that direction.
In a Monday blog post, Derrick Connell, Microsoft's VP of Bing, described the integration as "an exciting new chapter in Bing's collaboration with Apple."
This obviously isn't the first time that Apple has snubbed Google. In iOS 6, Apple tried to nix Google Maps.
Microsoft hasn't always been impressed by Siri, however.
In November 2011, a month after Apple introduced Siri, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie claimed that Microsoft had been offering Siri-like tech for more than a year in Windows Phone. He was talking about Microsoft's TellMe speech recognition tech.
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DeKALB – The DeKalb School Board started talking about redistricting schools during a special meeting Wednesday that administrators said was the first in many discussions that will be had before any decisions are made.
The board wants to find the best ways to use the district's facilities, School Board President Mike Verbic said.
A $110 million referendum approved in February 2008 allowed the district to build a new elementary school in Cortland, which opened last month, and work on a new high school in DeKalb is under way. The referendum also provides money to renovate existing buildings.
When the referendum was passed, the board talked about repurposing the old high school into Huntley Middle School and then renovating the old middle school building into Chesebro Elementary. The existing Chesebro would be turned into an early childhood center.
But district officials also stressed that everything is on the table and recommended the board consider a wide range of options for how to best use the space at their disposal. The old high school, for instance, could become a middle school or junior high, serving all district students in either grades 7-8 or grades 6-8.
Or they could look at splitting up the elementary years more, creating four schools for grades K-3 and four buildings for grades 4-6.
All of those are draft ideas, Assistant Superintendent of Support Services Kari Cremascoli said, that were put onto paper so the board and administrators could start throwing around ideas.
"I don't think at this point in time there is any given," Schools Superintendent Jim Briscoe said. "This is a preliminary discussion."
Board Secretary Holly Wallace, though, said that the board first needs to discuss what programs the district wants to keep before looking at what grades go to which buildings.
Does the district want to implement full-day kindergarten at all the elementary schools? How and where should special education be taught? Same with English as a Second Language classes. How big should classes be? What will happen to the district's older buildings? And what will the costs with each of those be?
"We need cost analysis and price tags before we start making these decisions," she added. "The decisions we make now programmatically will have a much bigger impact than whatever we do with redistricting."
While a definite timeline to make a final decision was not set, Briscoe said it would be wise to be ready to bid any renovation projects by March 2010.
The board must also keep finances in mind, Briscoe stressed. There likely will be deficits in the coming years due to the economy and the state's fiscal troubles and he said he would hate the board to say it wants to go one direction only to find out it can't be done because of the cost.
"We have to weigh everything and try to come to an agreement on what we need, that helps us meet our strategic plan and meets student targets and be financially responsible," he said.
Verbic noted that the redistricting process will include a number of additional gatherings with input from a variety of people, including teachers, principals, parents and community members.
The board set its next special meetings to discuss redistricting for 6 p.m. Sept. 21 and for 6 p.m. Oct. 7. Administrators will present information requested by Wallace and other board members at the September meeting.
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DeKALB – The DeKalb School Board started talking about redistricting schools during a special meeting Wednesday that administrators said was the first in many discussions that will be had before any decisions are made.


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That is the last line of one of my favorite poems. I took this prompt from the February NaBloPoMo: " Look up a favorite poem, then take the last line and use it as the first line of today's post." This is the last sentence of the poem, which will give the title of the poem away:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
If you haven't guessed it by now, it is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken.
I like the poem because it shows that you have to make choices in life and sometimes the choice involves one path that everyone takes and one path that is, well, less traveled. For example, there's the graduate high school-go to college-get a job, typical path. There's also the graduate from high school-take a year off-go to college-get a job path. There are also several other variations of these paths that others have taken. I think that it depends on a lot of things which of those paths you take and which is right for you. There are some people who follow the first, and probably most traveled path because of how they grew up. It's the thing to do. It's the right thing. I took that path. I sometimes think about what life would be like if I took the latter and taken that "leap year". What would I have done? Would I have done the "typical" travel through Europe thing? Where would I be today? What would I be doing? Would my life be (mostly) the same? Of course, no one could answer those questions, but it is fun to think about. I do think that I would not have met the same people I met because of moving to San Francisco when I did. I would not have had the same first apartment and I would not have had the same first job. It would've been different if I chose the "road not taken". That last line of the poem could never be truer.
Was there a typical path that you took? Or was there a "road less traveled by" that you did take? What were the results?
By the way, here's the full poem:
The Road Not Taken; by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


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