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Kermit Washington Talks About Bad-Boy Jocks and Why He Believes in Making a Difference
News of NFL quarterback Brett Favre's sexting scandal had just hit. Kermit Washington picked up the phone to discuss the National Basketball Players Association's role in promoting Make a Difference Day, Oct. 23.
Eventually, conversation did get around to the national day of volunteering. But first, the news of that morning: a pro athlete, his bad behavior and the damage done to his career, his image, his sport.
Well, think about it. On what morning lately has that not been a hot topic?
"People want to put bad things in the paper about ballplayers," Washington says.
The former NBA all-star might as well have been commenting on his own career. During an in-game fight more than 30 years ago, the 6-foot-8 forward, then a Los Angeles Laker, punched and nearly killed Houston Rocket Rudy Tomjanovich.
"For every bad thing a ballplayer does, there are 10 good things they do behind the scenes," Washington says. "You don't hear about a lot of the good things we do."
Not exactly true. For example, for the last four weeks USA WEEKEND Magazine, an organizer of Difference Day, has published full-page articles authored by NBA stars such as Arizona Sun Steve Nash and L.A. Laker Derek Fisher. These pieces, elements of the participation in this year's program by the league's NBA Cares outreach effort, detail the ballplayers' off-court community service and encourage readers to sign on for volunteer projects on Oct. 23.
An official liaison between the active players' branch and the retired players' branch of the NBPA, Washington knows well the mutual benefits of such high-profile partnerships. "It's karma: What you give, you get back," is how the player-turned-philanthropist sums up the synergy, not publicity, leading to Saturday. Then he empties the bench: "Kobe, Steve Nash, Dwayne Wade, Shaq, LeBron — they all help out."
Those names get your attention. And that's the point. Celebrities help causes break through the white noise of everyday life. Now in its second decade, Difference Day has achieved its longevity, in part, by leveraging fame for good. Past partners have ranged from the NASCAR Foundation to Good Morning America to Kelly Ripa.
Washington's role as enlightened athlete may strike longtime fans of the game oddly. Despite his nearly 15 years in the pros, his "mistake in judgment," as he calls his transgression, shadows him.
It happened when he was 26. And like many people who have had a long time to process a "mistake," at 59 he has come to peace with it.
"My life never changed from what I wanted to accomplish," he says. "My dreams came true."
That may sound like the egotistical validation of a player who never grew out of his shorts — until he goes on to talk about exactly where those dreams have led him.
"Nairobi. The slums. It is really, really bad. You would be shocked, scared to death, if you were there."
Not exactly the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. But since 1995, when Washington founded Project Contact Africa, the Kenyan capital has been the focus of his considerable charitable activities. Funded largely with his own money, and staffed by American volunteers, the center now offers food services, medical outreach and schooling.
Current players, some with images in need of a touch-up, have been major supporters. None, he insists, mistakes a trip to Nairobi for a week in reputation training camp. It is the real deal.
Ron Artest, for example. Washington acknowledges that people think this L.A. Laker, his personal friend, is "crazy some of the time. But Ron not only went over to Africa, he paid for an operation for a kid. It was a very expensive operation. That kid would not have been able to have it if Ron had not paid for it."
That's more than pocketbook philanthropy, Washington says. "You don't go to places like this to impress people. You can die any second! Artest goes because he likes to give, not because of the press. You have to go with him, and the other ballplayers, to see how he sits with the kids. You can tell."
Washington also provides an assist to active players. Part of his job with the NBPA is running seminars on life issues such as health, drugs and retirement planning, which — who knew? — are mandatory. "There's a $25,000 fine if they don't come."
It's easy to imagine LeBron James flinging spitballs at the "old man" as he outlines the benefits of Roth IRAs. "Mostly they're respectful," Washington says.
But just in case you ever wondered if playing in the NBA is anything at all like real life, Washington cautions, "We know the ones who don't want to be there will be the ones who will be broke a few years after playing, if they don't pay attention: no shady investments; watch those 401(k)s."
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Once you've started your Blogger movie website, chosen its domain name, online steps have been followed, and you write consistently for it, its time to present that material in a compelling way. This will help keep your website visitors on your site for as long as possible (reducing its bounce rate) while garnering the attention of search engines by using search engine optimization (SEO). With Blogger there are limitations: you can't have your site encoded by a website professional though you can have a theme built for the Blogger platform. If you have Blogger theme built, you can specifically ask for certain sections to be created in the theme geared toward site visitor retention. Regardless if you have one built, pay for a pre-built theme or use a free one, you want to present professionalism and a high-quality looking website to site visitors at all times. Content is still king but why not style it and fix it up so that it is as beautiful, eye-catching, enticing, and retentive as possible?
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Here are some ways to ensure that is the case.
The Font
Use a black font for the words in your post. This shows up best on the web, is the most common, and is the most easily read by site visitors. Don't worry, your font is black by default in Blogger.
Related Posts
No matter the Blogger theme you choose to use, you will most-likely be able to use some related post gadget or be able to implant a related posts java script of some kind. Two such script choices are LinkWithin and nRelate, written about here: LinkWithin and nRelate: Related Posts Comparative Analysis. Once you have chosen which related posts code to use, locate the script as close to the bottom of your post content as possible. This immediately gives your post readers somewhere else to go after they finish reading your post, something else related to the post that they might be interested in. If you wish to uses the media thumbnails generated by Blogger for each post, read this post: Related Posts Widget for Blogger with Thumbnails.
A word of caution: Using a related post gadget or script of the main index (the home page and its subsequent pages) will cause that page to load slower than it normally would. This happens because the code will have to load related posts for each post in your main index. Here is an example: http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/.
One more thing, do not have anything between the bottom of your post and the related posts plugin. Send your reader right into your other content using the gadget or script as that launch pad. Show it to them right after they are done reading your post. Place your social bookmarking gadget, your ads, etc. after your related posts or somewhere else.
Social Media
Have Twitter, Facebook, RSS, and other social media buttons present in your posts and on your site so people can access your information, get updates on it, and share it with their friends and followers.
Blogger Dashboard, Design Tab
In your dashboard under Design, then Add A Gadget, then Featured is the gadget entitled Share It. There are other gadgets and services beyond Twitter and Facebook for sharing your posts as well under Add a Gadget. Here is a another way to implement a Facebook Like / Recommend Button in Blogger. I would suggest implementing any buttons you choose to use into the code of your pages manually. The more plugins you use on a page in WordPress, the slower that page will load. I am not sure how loading a gadget effects the load time of a Blogger page. Twitter button code can be found here and a Facebook button code can be found here.
The Sidebars
You will find some useful info about keeping readers hungry and coming back for more with your sidebar content in this post: How to Set Up a Movie Website Sidebar: For Content.
Recent Posts
I would suggest showing your website's recent posts somewhere on one of your site's sidebars. It lets people that are not on the front page of your site see that you have newly posted articles. Use a recent posts gadget or script with pictures: visuals with words get a higher response (clicks i.e. pageviews) than words alone. There are multiple Recent Posts gadgets in Blogger. In your dashboard under Design, then click Add a Gadget to the right side of the Blog Posts box. After that, type Recent into the search box. The results will show the Recent Posts and Recent Posts gadgets. There are other gadgets for Recent Posts for your posts as well under Add a Gadget.
Popular Posts
You might want to try displaying popular posts on your sidebar but it is not a necessity. Starting out, you will probably have little to no popular posts. To add a popular posts gadget, click Add a Gadget on the right of the Blog Posts box (You don't have to add the gadget there. You can add it anywhere you please). Under Basics you will see Popular Posts.
The Date
Use a theme that shows the date somewhere when the post was published on the home page of your site. If you are updating your site every day, this is a nice feature to have for your posts, especially in your main index.
Increased Pageviews by Other Means
Here are 5 Steps to Get Your Movie Website Indexed by Search Engines and tutorial on Using SEO optimized Images in your Posts to Increase Pageviews and 5 Ways to Optimize Images for Increased Pageviews and SEO.
In Conclusion
As you can see, content presentation for its own sake, for increased pageviews, and SEO can be visually attractive and achieved easily through a myriad of different ways. It can also be made easy through the information found in this post: Movie Review Writing Strategies.

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It's like clockwork.
Whenever my eldest has an orchestra or band concert, I get sick. Usually it's a migraine, but I get those so often it's hard for me to count that as "being sick." It's more like, "grinning and bearing it." So it's the SPECIAL kind of migraine -- the one that makes me see wavy lights and smell strawberries I get before these concerts.
Or the flu. I've had the flu at least twice for his concerts.
So while the other parents are oohing and aahing over their performances, I'm trying not to vomit into my purse again. Not exactly my favorite way to spend an evening.
But last week, my son had his Winter Orchestra concert and, I'm telling you, it was a Christmas Miracle because I was feeling FINE.
Perched in the balcony, seated there in the auditorium -- the very same one I used to play my own concerts in -- I had a perfect view of my son. My sweet, kind, handsome, almost-11-year-old son. On that stage, all of the quirks and differences that his autism brings were forgotten. He had his music.
And he, he is a musician.
As a baby, that child refused human touch. He preferred to sit in his crib and stare at his mobile, listening to the music from the box next to his bed, as he watched the world spin. It was only then that he was happy. I tried not to allow it to break my heart into more pieces than it should, but it did. It always did. I craved his touch in the same way he hated mine.
Car trips were a nightmare until I put on music. It was only then that he would calm down, the tears drying from his face, as he stared out the window, listening -- watching the world go by. As he got older, he learned by song. Anything you could put to a tune, he'd learn.
By the time he was 3, I started him on the violin. I knew then that music would be His Thing, the one thing he'd have to arm himself against a world that wouldn't always be kind. And it hasn't. But the music has.
When I saw my son there on the stage, bopping his hands and wiggling his arms as he waited for the conductor to begin, I smiled. I knew that he had found his place in the world. And that, well, that is priceless.
When the music began, his violin solo sung out wistfully into the auditorium, like tiny bubbles popping over our heads, and for a moment, my heart, it too soared.


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Takeover Tuesday: Meet Jennifer
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for Takeover Tuesdays! And now here on the blog we have lovely Jennifer and her Magic Cat (I mean, her blog)! Come in, Jenni! :)
Hello and welcome! My name is Jenny and my website is the catch for all things I create, and unleash onto the world. I am constantly being inspired and have far too many interests for my own good. In an effort to be more organized and consolidate my art, I made this blog to act as a proverbial pipeline. It will all exist here and parts will exist on their respective websites and social networks.
How long have you been blogging?Since the early days of LiveJournal and Xanga. I'm going to guess it's been about 13 or 14 years? My current blog is relatively new but I'm so in love with it.
What kept you blogging all this time?
My own obsessive desire to organize my creative projects in one place online. I have a crazy imagination and far too many ideas; so to be able to showcase them and place them in one central location helps me stay on top of everything.
How did you come up with your current blog name?
I love the musical Cats and my favorite character is Mistoffelees. He can do magic and eventually saves the day thanks to it. So MagicCatJenny seemed perfect for me!
How do you picture your blog 5 years from now?
Hopefully full of more amazing things that I can only dream of right now. More projects, more costumes, more photoshoots, more videos, more art. Just bigger and better and more exciting.
For you, what is blogging?
Letting others step inside the crazy world of my brain. Sometimes it's messy, sometimes it's normal, sometimes it's beautiful. It's my life seen through my eyes and thoughts.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who are frequently hypocritical. When people get angry at others for things they frequently do themselves. I can't stand that.
If you lived in a different century, what year would it be and why?
Honestly, sometime in the future. A century where everyone has equal rights and global suffering is less. Oh...and future technology. I want to see that!
Is there a particular movie or TV series that you preferred over the book version?
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. The UK television serial of the same name actually came first, but the book is far better in my opinion.
If you could plan the perfect holiday, what would it be?
A tour around the world...and it'd last a year.
What is your most favorite electronic gadget?
My computer. I could not live without her.
You can find Jennifer through her blog here. Want to guest post as well? I'm just a message away! ;)


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Abstract: Monoidal t-norm based logic MTL is the logic of left continuous t-norms. We introduce two analytic calculi for first-order MTL. These are obtained by lifting two sequent calculi for different fragments of this logic to the hypersequent level with subsequent addition of Avron's communication rule. Our calculi enable to prove the mid(hyper)sequent theorem. As corollaries follow Herbrand's theorem for first-order MTL, the decidability of its ∀∃-fragment and admissibility of Skolemization.
Keywords: basic fuzzy logics, monoidal t-norm based logic, hypersequent calculi, mid(hyper)sequent theorem
Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 315-332, 2004
Authors: Dobrev, Stefan | Pelc, Andrzej
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Abstract: We consider the leader election problem in a ring whose nodes have possibly nonunique labels. Every node knows a priori its own label and two integers, m and M, which are, respectively, a lower and an upper bound on the (unknown) size n of the ring. The aim is to decide whether leader election is possible and to perform it, if so. We consider both the synchronous and the asynchronous version of the problem and we are interested in message …complexity in both cases. For the synchronous version we present an algorithm using O(n log n) messages and working in time O(M). Moreover, our algorithm uses O(n) messages when all identifiers are distinct. For the asynchronous version we show an Ω(nM) lower bound on message complexity for this problem, and present an algorithm for it using O(nM) messages. Show more
Keywords: distributed algorithms, leader election, ring network
Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 333-347, 2004
Authors: Domaratzki, Michael
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Abstract: We generalize the embedding order to shuffle on trajectories and examine its properties. We give general characterizations of reflexivity, transitivity, anti-symmetry and other properties of binary relations, and investigate the associated decision problems. We also examine the property of convexity of a language with respect to these generalized embedding relations.
Keywords: embedding order, shuffle on trajectories, convexity
Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 349-363, 2004
Authors: Hartmann, Sven | Link, Sebastian | Schewe, Klaus-Dieter | Thalheim, Bernhard
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Abstract: A database user may be confronted with a relation that contains errors. These errors may result from transmission through a noisy channel, or they may have been added deliberately in order to hide or spoil information. Error-robust functional dependencies provide dependencies that still hold in the case of errors. The paper investigates the finite axiomatisation of such dependencies. It presents a sound and complete system of axioms and rules for the implication of error-robust dependencies including …disjunctions. Show more
Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 365-372, 2004
Authors: Moschoyiannis, Sotiris | Shields, Michael W.
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Abstract: Modern software systems become increasingly complex as they are expected to support a large variety of different functions. We need to create more software in a shorter time, and without compromising the quality of the software. In order to build such systems efficiently, a compositional approach is required. This entails some formal technique for analysis and reasoning on local component properties as well as on properties of the composite. In this paper, we present a mathematical …framework for the composition of software components, at a semantic modelling level. We describe a mathematical concept of a component and identify properties that ensure its potential behaviour can be captured. Based on that, we give a formal definition of composition and examine its effect on the individual components. We argue that properties of the individual components can, under certain conditions, be preserved in the composite. The proposed framework can be used for guiding the composition of components as it advocates formal reasoning about the composite before the actual composition takes place. Show more
Keywords: components, composition, associativity, normality, order theory, vector semantics
Citation: Fundamenta Informaticae, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 373-396, 2004
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Enchantment of Toy Cameras -- Holga 135 BC2 12 Share Tweet
Including the lens, the whole Holga 135BC camera is made of plastic and looks cute. At that time, I bought it as my first Lomographic camera right after researching it!
After getting the Holga 135 BC, people around were mostly commend on the cute outlook, but some people ask that, "Why did I spend a relatively large value of money to buy a toy?" Even if it looks like a toy, we should not underestimate its power!
Plastic body, plastic lens, cute outlook, hotshoe for external flash, bulb shutter, MX without special setting, 4 ranges: 1m, 2m, 6m, 10m (to infinity), all these are basic functions of Holga; it can also use close-up lens, wide angle adaptor, and fisheye adaptor. All these accessories can give more fun when you shoot!
It's nickname is Sunny Camera, as it actively performs under the sun, so people who love to play under the sun shouldn't miss it! Of course, I've tried it on sunset hours and rainy days with light, the lomgraphs are full of surprises!
We can say that vignetting is its main feature. I wasn't aware of it at the very beginning. After trying other cameras, I found that the vignetting of Holga 135 BC is so distinct! Especially facing it towards the light you can feel its deep tunnel vision!
Although the camera is rough, not fine, but I love it a lot. I just need to adjust a bit on focal range, push the shutter, "click", and complete! No need to do a lot on settings, no need to think much, the fun after developing and print outs are so amazing and unexpected!
Extensive reading: Here are many fun ways to play with Holga! Just simple DIYs can add more interesting elements on the lomographs!
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text: I am on the verge of buying a Cambridge Audio DACMagic DAC. One of the things CA claims is that optical audio from computers (like Macs) is not metronomically syncronous -- i.e. that some bits are delivered out of order, yielding unwanted overtones. With AirPlay or AirTunes, is there such jitter present? Will a good DAC sort this problem out? Will there be a noticeable sound improvement? My signal is ultimately being played through B&W 685s. I have to say that, at the moment, I think the sound has room for improvement that has little to do with my my speakers. Current setup is AirTunes playing ALAC > integrated amp > 685s.


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Oklahoma Teacher to Students: "All Whites Are Racists" (VIDEO)
This is the type of abuse kids have to sit through in high schools today.
An Oklahoma teacher was lecturing students that "all whites are racists."
One student captured the lecture on her phone.
The teacher has not responded back to the local news for comment.
KFOR reported:
There are startling accusations against a Norman teacher.
A student said the premise of his lecture stated all white people are racist.
The Norman North student said the teacher was lecturing on how to "heal the racial divide".
She was stunned by what was being taught, so she pulled out her phone and started recording.
In the audio you can hear the teacher say, "to be white is to be racist, period."
The student said she was instantly offended.
"Half of my family is Hispanic so I just felt like, you know, him calling me racist just because I'm white… I mean, where's your proof in that," she said.
The words that followed were even more shocking to her.
In the recording you hear the teacher ask, "Am I racist? And I say yea. I don't want to be. It's not like I choose to be racist, but do I do things because of the way I was raised?"
"I felt like he was encouraging people to kind of pick on people for being white," the student said.
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Even the EPA missed this one in their recent Report on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency.
It's Active Power Management: That is, safely and intelligently powering-down unused and/or idle servers, and re-powering them when needed. It's a huge (and obvious) move when you consider that the average server burns-up more than half of its fully-loaded rated power when it's just sitting doing nothing.
Reams have already been written about energy-efficient servers, DC power distribution, improved cooling systems, hot/cold aisles, and of course server consolidation. But they've all missed-the-boat -- until today. And the solution is surprisingly simple.
Regardless of the type of server and type of software, this technology is non-disruptive to the data center. It's also the moral-equivalent to turning off the lights in a room that you're not using. Think of the Thousands of servers that sit idle most of the time in Development/Test, or in a "warm" failover facility.
What's the secret sauce?
- It's the ability to gracefully shut-down software prior to turning off the box, and then ensuring re-start when the box is needed again.
- It's the ability to set policies around application importance and interrelationships, and to be able to communicate directly with the software during a power-cycle.
- It's the ability to do all of this from a hardware- and software-neutral perspective
- And, it's the ability to do this in a way that will please both IT and facilities
All made possible with Cassatt's leading ability to apply sophisticated optimization technology to any problem in the data center. And don't just believe me. Look at what PG&E, Brocade, and IDC are saying. This should help raise-the-bar for energy-efficiency best-practices in the data center.


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Kaif's resurrection, and Laxman's problem
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Why did West Indies' batsmen find the going much harder on the second day of the St Lucia Test than the Indian batsmen? Amit Varma discusses that with Anand Vasu, who wrote the bulletin for this Test, and who feels that it's a combination of the pitch becoming more helpful to bowlers and India's bowlers bowling much better than the West Indians did.
Varma and Vasu also discuss Mohammad Kaif, who's got a bit of a raw deal in his Test career so far, and whose success here might put pressure on VVS Laxman to come up with a big innings. Vasu also feels that it won't necessarily be easy going for the Indians in this Test - not with Shivnarine Chanderpaul still at the crease.
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Late last night Sarah Palin announced on her Facebook page that she was launching the Sarah Palin Channel which she says is an online network meant to cut through the media's politically correct filter and talk directly to YOU. We'll let her explain.
But Sarah Palin's wisdom isn't free. To subscribe to her channel, it costs $9.95 a month or $99.95 a year. Her picture of the day, however, is up for grabs. Here's today's image from SarahPalinChannel.com.
Of course, twitter responded to her announcement exactly how you'd expect with the snarky hashtag #PalinTVShows. We couldn't resist and decided to pick out a few of our favorites. Here are our Top 10 #PalinTVShows.
#PalinTVShows The $64,000 Gotcha Question
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) July 28, 2014
Hockey Moms of Anarchy #palintvshows
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Resigning Women #PalinTVShows
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Whose Incoherent Line Is It Anyway? #PalinTVShows
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Abstinence Only In The City #PalinTVShows
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) July 28, 2014
House Hunters Russia (All footage filmed from Sarah Palin's house) #PalinTVShows
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I Love Lucy But Deport Ricky #PalinTVShows
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 28, 2014
"The Big Bang Theory is A Gosh Darn Lie" #PalinTVShows
— Christie Lea Adams (@ChristieLea) July 28, 2014
Zero Rules For Dating My Daughter #PalinTVShows
— Sean Masterson (@SeanMastersons) July 28, 2014
Two and Half Brain Cells #PalinTVShows
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The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® was the site for the annual Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes™ where one lucky winner received a custom Victory Cross Roads motorcycle (named "Kountry Wild" by Klock Werks), an Epiphone Coronet guitar and today won a feature in my website! The one of a kind creation features Renegade wheels, high output Kicker sound system, hand tooled leather from Duane Ballard of DB Leather, detailed paint and airbrush work by Darren Wenzel of Gasoline Art, floorboards from Strokers Dallas and fenders, handlebars and fabrication by Brian Klock of Klock Werks.
The capacity crowd in the Buffalo Chip's natural amphitheater was treated to an exciting night when the 8 finalists of the Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes™ took the stage to cheers from the audience. One name was drawn at random from the list of finalists. The winner was Mr. Ian Sherwood of Wood, SD. Mr. Sherwood, an avid motorcycle enthusiast, had earned his randomly chosen spot in the finals by registering for the Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes™. This year's sweepstakes registration was collected online at Buffalo Chip, live at the Gibson tour bus at The Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle rally, and via QR code scans that were available on Pepsi cans and at in-store promotions leading up to the rally.
The Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes™ winner's name was announced live on the main concert stage at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Friday, August 10, 2012 prior to the headlining performance by Slash. More information and registration for the 2013 Sturgis Rider Sweepstakes™ with its one of a kind prize package that combines the world of music and motorcycling will soon be available at Buffalo Chip.


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George Nethercutt, professional politician, turned special interest group advisor and Washington insider, posses a necessary question in his recent commentary "Debt Debate." He tells us voters should ask "Did our member of Congress have the courage of fiscal convictions to fully reduce federal spending?" and further, "Was our member of Congress willing to vote for substantial-enough spending reductions, without concern for the next election?" Mr. Nethercutt, the former steadfast term limit warrior turned concerned candidate for the next election is partially correct. He fails to mention the most important question regarding deficit and debt reduction. Are we the citizens of the United States willing to do what it takes to pull ourselves out of the financial abyss? Are we willing to learn from our past mistakes and take corrective action?
Mr. Nethercutt mentions that we have experienced debt since the Revolutionary War, and until recently paid it back. What is he cloaking here? Recently must mean the Civil war as we have had debt ever since. Cuts must be made, and revenue must increase to address the amassed debt and present deficit. This mess didn't start 2 years ago. We are fighting 2 wars. We all love the USA and support our citizen soldiers, until it's time to pay for it, then it's don't tread on me, you socialists. It seems the most vocal supporters of the Red, White and Blue are the ones who pay back the smallest percentage, the uber-rich, the people whose voting record contributed to the deficits, and the biggest Corporations (perhaps they are one in the same). It will take the rich, the poor, the middle class, corporate America, and the government each stepping up to a fair share, rather than simply pointing a finger and forgetting how we put ourselves in this predicament. Mr. Nethercutt during his long tenure as a Politian is as guilty as any current Congress member, through his voting record, amassing huge deficits, adding to the national debt, but he is now a master finger pointer. We danced, now it's time to pay the band.


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POSTED BY Coley Ward ON 1:47 pm, February 4, 2008 - POSTED IN Hot Offseason Action
This is one in a series of posts in which we break down each team's wily offseason maneuvers and tragic offseason blunders.
Last season Jimmy Rollins proclaimed the Phillies the "team to beat." And then they promptly went out and got swept by the Braves to open the season. But then they righted the ship. And then the Mets collapsed down the stretch. And then the Phillies won the NL East!
This season, the Phils were understood to be the favorites to win the division. They have guts. They have stick-to-it-iveness. They have moxie.But now the Mets have Johan Santana. And all of a sudden moxie seems like a not such a big deal.
Are the Phillies still the team to beat in 2008? No. Don't be crazy. Johan Santana has shifted the balance of power in the NL East. But Phillies GM Pat Gillick made a few moves of his own this offseason.
First, Gillick traded a fourth outfielder and a couple of midlevel prospects for Astros closer Brad Lidge. This was a high risk, potentially high reward move. Lidge was once great. But he's got a fragile psyche. How will he hold up in front of arguably the toughest fans in the game? That's the million-dollar question. If he returns to elite status, the Phils will be in great shape. If he doesn't, there's no clear Plan B.
Acquiring Lidge enables the Phillies to move Brett Myers back into the rotation. Myers and Cole Hamels will be a formidable 1-2 punch. After them comes Kyle Kendrick, Jamie Moyer and … well, then it gets tricky.
Gillick signed SP Chad Durbin in the offseason. Durbin, who made 19 starts and 17 relief appearances last season for the Detroit Tigers, will compete with Adam Eaton for the fifth starter's job but could find himself in the bullpen. Durbin has three times pitched in more than 20 games in a season (2001, 2004 and 2007) and he has not once kept his ERA under 4.00. Only twice did he keep it under 5.00, and that was just barely.
Next, Gillick signed Giants 3B Pedro Feliz (two years, $8.5 million), who is a prolific defensive player with some power and a propensity to swing and miss. He'll help keep the ball in the infield. He should be most welcomed by second-year starter Kyle Kendrick, who is a ground ball pitcher and doesn't record many strikeouts.
Third, the Phillies signed RF Geoff Jenkins (two-years, $13 million) who will platoon with Jayson Werth. Jenkins had a career-high 34 home runs and 94 RBIs in 2000 for Milwaukee, and he thinks he can replicate those numbers at homer-friendly Citizens Bank Park, surrounded by Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Burrell. But, realistically, he's not going to get enough at bats to hit that many homers. You know what number I'd love to see him replicate? .375. That was his OBP in 148 games in 2005. For what it's worth, Jenkins OBP has gone steadily down the last few years. But he'sa career .288 hitter against right-handed pitchers, so he should be an ideal platoon player.
The Jenkins aquisition and the loss of CF Aaron Rowand to free agency will move Shane Victorino to center.
Other moves you may have missed: The Phils traded for OF Chris Snelling. Though he missed most of last season with a knee injury, the 25-year-old has a .311 career average in the minors with 46 homers in 493 games. The team also acquired utility infielder Eric Bruntlett, who hit .246 with 14 RBIs last season, seeing time at shortstop, third base and the outfield.
Acquisitions: Brad Lidge, Geoff Jenkins, Pedro Feliz, Chad Durbin, So Taguchi, Eric Bruntlett, Chris Snelling
Losses: Aaron Rowand, Jon Lieber, Tadahito Iguchi, Kyle Lohse, Rod Barajas, Antonio Alfonseca, Jose Mesa, Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary, Abraham Nunez
Projected lineup and pitching staff:
1. CF Shane Victorino
2. SS Jimmy Rollins
3. 2B Chase Utley
4. 1B Ryan Howard
5. LF Pat Burrell
6. RF Jayson Werth/Geoff Jenkins
7. 3B Pedro Feliz
8. C Carlos Ruiz
9. Pitcher
SP Cole Hamels
SP Brett Myers
SP Kyle Kendrick
SP Jamie Moyer
SP Adam Eaton/Chad Durbin
RP JC Romero
CL Brad Lidge
Offseason Grade: B+
The Phillies needed to upgrade their starting pitching and they did, by moving Myers to the rotation. They replaced Myers with Lidge. They replaced Rowand with Jenkins. And they upgraded at third base by signing Feliz. And yet all of this seems rather ho-hum when you consider the Phils still have Adam Eaton and the Mets have Johan Santana.


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Well, folks, I think I am almost recovered from this illness.
I keep getting crazy headaches and still feel a bit sore, but the rest
of the symptoms have abated. I've been napping like nobody's
business! My daughter's now down with her annual cough, and we're
trying to figure out how to best treat it and prevent a winter full of sickness.
On the artistic side of things, I have been trying to live by the motto:
"Work with what you have".
Not easy for a shopping fiend like myself (with a tender spot for art supplies),
but the fact that things have been really tight lately helps constrain any temptation.
And let's be real here: I have plenty of art supplies.
Part of what I like about 'work with what you have' is the way it forces me to
be more creative in getting the results I want.
So, all that said, my favorite sketchbook is the Raffine ArtSketch (at right in photo).
The backing and the double spiral are very sturdy, and the paper holds up well to
all sorts of paint applications, whether watercolor, gouache, or acrylic. It works
well with pencil and ink, as well, so it's just fine for plain old journaling. I prefer the
5.5" x 8.5" 48 page version, because it fits in my bag perfectly, scans well, and is
neither cumbersome nor overwhelmingly large to work on. Unfortunately, this
particular sketchbook is only sold by ASW Express and JerrysArtarama.com.
I was hoping to pick up a new Raffine sketchbook before my upcoming vacation, but in an attempt to honor 'work with what you have', I decided to alter a book instead and see how that works for the next journal/sketchbook. I had already glued clumps of 2-3 pages together throughout the book with acrylic gel medium, and today I started covering the pages with gesso to prepare them for the next stage of alteration. I'm also considering the possibility of cutting down some watercolor paper and looking for a smallish 3-5 ring binder, but I'm not sure how the binder will fit in my little backpack; they always seem kind of bulky. I realize that these aren't the important questions in the grand scheme of things, but I really do think about them, and they do seem to have some impact on how and if I will create the next thing.


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Greg and Jen discuss whether they should have another baby, while Matt's plan to celebrate Valentines's Day with Colleen doesn't go as well as he hoped.
Plus, when Tyler and Clementine go to a guitar store, Tyler gets uncomfortable when the attractive salesman, Ian (played by Josh Groban), repeatedly hits on her. Finally Tim's tattoo artist, Lois (played by Kat Von D) makes a spelling error on his new ink on the new episode of Life In Pieces entitled "Tattoo Valentine Pregnant Guitar."


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I live to lay back in the sun on a hot day and drink ice cold lemonade! But who wants the extra calories to weigh you down? Not me!
This is a simple, yet fantastic, recipe I make all the time. It has the perfect combination of zesty lemon and sweetness.
Put a handful of fresh blueberries in it (or whatever fruit you like) for only a few extra calories and a delightful burst of fresh summer flavor.
Skinny Zesty Lemonade
(1 serving)
- 1 cup ice cold water (sometimes I substitute club soda for a bubbly change)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Splenda (or sweetener of choice)
- Enough ice to fill your glass to the top, crushed
- Combine water, lemon juice, and sweetener in your glass. Stir until dissolved.
- Add ice and adjust sugar to taste.
- Garnish with a wedge of lemon and a handful of fruit if you like!
- 13 Calories
- 3g Carbohydrates
- 2g Sugar
- 0g Fiber
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If you have questions or would like to see something else in Evernote, you can email me (sillyleann at gmail dot com) or leave a comment on this post. I am not an expert, but I love helping out if I can.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Evernote Tutorial Part 2 - Creating a Note
If you have questions or would like to see something else in Evernote, you can email me (sillyleann at gmail dot com) or leave a comment on this post. I am not an expert, but I love helping out if I can.
6 comments:
- Kathy Mc said...
Leann, love your Evernote Tutorials. Sure wish I'd had these when I first set up my Evernote "Notes" in March. Your posts here are very detailed. Now I want to go back and add the PTI URL to mine. Once I got the hang of Evernote, I started adding URLs of some favorite cards I found on blogs but now should really go back and try to add as many as I can (those with watermarks on them). Thanks for sharing!
- 10:10 PM, August 08, 2012
- Jackie said...
Thank you for sharing this. Can't wait to read it over and get started.
- 7:15 AM, March 14, 2014
- Jackie said...
Thank you for taking the time to create this tutorial. I can't wait to read it over and get started.
- 7:16 AM, March 14, 2014
- Amy R said...
I'm in the process of making a stamp binder..but going back and forth if I want to do just Evernote..I'm really liking the Old School hard copy though of them..lol...did you do the binder before Evernote?...if so..would you still so a binder?...I love your organizational ideas!!!..thank you for the tutorials....
- 5:42 AM, February 18, 2016
Thank you so much for posting this. I just saw it a few days ago and have now created my own Evernote account to organize my stamps, embossing folders, punches, etc. in. I am extremely excited about this!
- 11:38 PM, February 26, 2016
- sillyleann said...
I am responding to Amy R. First, I am so sorry it took so long to respond. I was trying to figure out how to contact you direct. I wasn't sure if you would see it here in the comments or not.
Would I do a paper copy now? Honestly, no. I have WAY to many stamp sets. It gets hard to keep them all stamped in my binder. In fact, I am behind on several sets. I am just living with it. It is so easy to copy and paste into Evernote when I order stamps. That is the honest answer. I know this may vary with your style/preference. I love being able to pull out my phone any where and any time to see what sets I have. Good luck!!! I truly hope that you find something that will work for you!
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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- Unit Description
- Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver MSACMT440A, 'Lead 5S in a manufacturing environment'.
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- Reference books for 'Lead 5S in a manufacturing environment' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
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1.6. Ensure procedures reflect 5S practices
1.7. Assist team members to achieve the required level of skill
2. Monitor 5S
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2.2. Identify non-conformances
2.3. Negotiate solutions to non-conformances
3. Improve the 5S
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Welcome to The Joint Chiropractic - Goat Blocks! As your Portland chiropractor dedicated to family chiropractic and spine health, we invite you to join the millions of Americans who have not only found relief from lower back pain, sciatica pain, and migraines, but also a pathway to wellness with chiropractic's natural, drug-free approach to healthcare. How can chiropractors at The Joint Chiropractic in Portland help you? Whether you have seen a chiropractor in the past or are seeking a local chiropractor near you for the first time, expect your visit to The Joint Chiropractic - Goat Blocks to be different from any healthcare experience you've had before. Perhaps even life-changing. Here are a few reasons why The Joint Chiropractic in Portland is your perfect destination for pain relief and preventative care: Conveniently Located Open Nights & Weekends No Appointments Required No Insurance Hassles, Requirements or Copays Quality Chiropractic Care by Licensed Professionals Affordable Personalized Care Plans As you can see, chiropractic care provided by the licensed chiropractors at The Joint offers you and your family an affordable, convenient and accessible solution like no other.
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PdM Specialists is based in Portland, OR, and services clients throughout the West, Pacific Northwest, and the Hawaiian Islands.
PdM Specialists provides custom maintenance programs for a wide range of clients and industries, including: paper and saw mills, dairy plants, hospitals, commercial and government buildings, ski resorts, sewage and water treatment facilities, parts casting plants, airports, semiconductor plants, food processing, and more. Our team of vibration analysis experts offer peace of mind through vibration analysis services, as well as: infrared thermal testing (sometimes called infrared thermography), ultrasonic testing and sound analysis, floor vibration studies, corrective maintenance including dynamic balancing.
What sets PdM Specialists apart from our competitors?
The most principled consulting companies provide training and support to increase clients' self-sufficiency. PdM Specialists not only provides the highest quality services, but also – through our training programs- the tools necessary to reduce your need for services. Most industries will always need vibration trending, analysis surveys, and some level of continued support.
PdM Specialists works with you improve reliability, predictability, and efficiency. Therefore, the frequency with which you monitor your equipment may be reduced. This is accomplished in two ways: 1) Timely reporting of equipment failures and 2) prevention of future failures via precise training and corrective maintenance techniques.
Other companies may not want to "share their recipe" for program success. However, we've found that providing training in total quality maintenance techniques creates a productive client relationship that reduces dependence on constant service, increases equipment reliability, and allows us to provide continued support and training to you whenever necessary.
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A centrifugal pump was investigated due to multiple seal failures. Vibration measurements indicated a misalignment condition, however, a precision alignment between the motor and pump had been performed and confirmed to be within tolerance. Motion Amplification to the rescue!! After taking multiple videos it was discovered that the center support section of the base was hollow and flexing due to fatigue, temporarily and rapidly throwing the pump runner out of alignment. The … Continue >>


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Timeline: Gay couples in pop culture
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear gay marriage cases this week, we take a look at how the evolving depictions of gay couples in pop culture reflect the growing support for same-sex marriage. Gay characters have shifted from the villains or deviants on programs in the '60s to fan favorites on shows such as "Modern Family." That change has been as important as political activism in getting the issue before the high court, according to gay-rights activists. "Nobody has to elect a movie," says B. Ruby Rich, a movie critic and author of "New Queer Cinema." "Culture is what changes people's perceptions, and then you can get governmental and legal change." — Compiled by Krissah Thompson Watch related video


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While political watchers spent last week looking ahead to primaries in Ohio and Texas, the candidates engaged in a serious debateover a photo of Barack Obama wearing Somali clothing. (An Obama staffer claimed Hillary Clinton had leaked the shot to make him look Islamic; Clinton's campaign manager said no one had claimed the photo was divisive until Obama and his new friend at the Post played it up.) Latecomer Ralph Nader, unsafe at any speed as far as most liberals are concerned, moseyed into the presidential race. Connecticut senator Christopher Dodd backed Obama; Jersey governor Jon Corzine rushed to aid the Clintons in Cleveland. Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz landed at the top of a poll of Democratic mayoral hopefuls. A stripper named Marseilles Payne testified that police who shot Sean Bell outside Club Kalua never identified themselves as such. North Koreans applauded the New York Philharmonic's performance of An American in Paris. (The axman of evil, playboy dictator Kim Jong Il, invited Eric Clapton to follow the Philharmonic to Pyongyang.) Mayor Bloomberg declared war against vendors selling $10 Coach bags on Canal Street as police raided 32 stores in Chinatown; he also declared, finally, that he really, truly won't run for president. The city rolled out competing plans for apartments overlooking the trash-strewn Gowanus Canal and proposed a Coney Island boardwalk built from recycled materials. Manhattan prosecutors dropped cop-slap charges against bikini-photo-sharing Philadelphia newsreader Alycia Lane. An NYPD officer's wife who admitted to adultery on national TV said she wanted to reconcile. Jerry Seinfeld's lawyers insisted that his wife's litigious cookbook rival, Missy Chase Lapine, simply didn't get the joke when he compared her to Mark David Chapman. Roger Clemens fell behind in the count when trying to explain his attendance at a Jose Canseco bash in 1998. And the MTA whispered that the completion of the Second Avenue subway might be experiencing delays until 2015.
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I took some Me time this weekend... just a bit. And I had a great weekend. Some really awesome things are happening, and I am excited.
I woke up so tired this morning, though. I will get over it, I wake up tired every monday. The alarm goes off about 2 hours earlier on Monday than I wake up on the weekends.
My plans for this week include making time for writing and making more journals for my shop. What are your plans for the week?
Monday, September 27, 2010
Refreshed... and Tired
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- TheHappySoul said...
YAY for "you" time! I honestly don't have any plans for this week. I have homework to do (of course) and creating to do (of course) and housework. Other than that, I guess I'm flying by the seat of my pants! LOL
- September 27, 2010 at 5:41 AM
- Eric said...
I've tried getting up later on the weekend and it usually doesn't work. Try to stick to a similar schedule for two weeks, see if your Mondays improve.
- September 27, 2010 at 6:30 AM
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Aug. 15, 2010
In honor of National Student-Athlete Day, on Tuesday, April 6th, Florida State student-athletes volunteered in and around Tallahassee at a number of selected sites. National Student-Athlete Day is a day in which student-athletes are recognized for their service in their respective communities. Florida State Athletics proudly took part of this well-deserved National Day by giving back to the community that supports FSU Athletics. Student-Athletes from all of our 19 sports took part in giving back to the community by helping at a variety of agencies including, The Shelter, The Tallahassee Senior Center, Cobb Middle School and Bond Elementary, the Boys and Girls Club, and the juvenile detention center, just to name a few. As a way to celebrate and award those who participated in community service opportunities on this day, student-athletes received a "Chat and Snack" session with Athletic Director, Randy Spetman. At the "Chat and Snack" student-athletes had the chance to meet and chat with Mr. Spetman and talk about their community service experience on National Student-Athlete Day.


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Never added protein powder to my pancakes. I know my son will like this. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.
Meal Prep Protein Pancakes
Good morning to ya!
As you may know, I am all about meal prep because it has been one of the greatest tools in my weight loss success so far. I'm always trying to think of ways to prepare my food so that when I'm hungry, I have something healthy on hand to eat or heat up. I'm not trying to spend an hour cutting veggies and cooking chicken when I'm hungry now! Right?!
Especially in the morning… for some reason I just find it hard to make a good breakfast right when I wake up, but I always stumble out of bed and head straight to the kitchen.
So, I came up with these EASY to make pancakes that will last you 4 days. If you are not a morning person, or always have to head out really early, this will be perfect for you.
I used Bisquick mix, so it's really simple.
However, this is an improved version! I've added EAS Lean 15 Protein Powder and tweaked the recipe a bit…
I think next week I'm going to try this will egg whites instead to lower the fat a bit. I also have a new low carb protein powder on the way that I cannot wait to try!
You can make this recipe and use it for your own breakfast for 4 mornings, or this will serve 4 people.
1. If you're making it to store, mix protein powder, Bisquick and cinnamon in a tupperware container, if not just use a bowl. Add eggs and water and whisk together. Don't add too much water or the batter will be thin!
2. Heat a pan over medium heat, not too hot or they will burn fast! I put mine right on 5. Spray with cooking spray in between each pancake. Take a 1/4 cup scoop of batter and cook for about 45 seconds on both sides and they will be this beautiful golden brown.
3. If you're storing the rest, make 3 pancakes and put a lid on it! Man, that was easy.
Nutritional Information: Calories – 283 Fat – 9 g Carbs – 32 g Protein – 23 g
Note: Nutritional information is for 3 pancakes, not including additional toppings.
This post is being linked back to Flour Me With Love – Mix It Up Monday.


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Dr M : Choose Pak Lah For Defeat
Source : Malaysiakini
Dr Mahathir Mohamad has once again asked Umno members to desert his handpicked successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - in the aftermath of the Permatang Pauh by-election defeat.
In his latest blog entry, Mahathir said party members and leaders must accept that under Abdullah's stewardship, support for Umno and Barisan Nasional has dropped even more than at its post-general elections nadir.
"You can continue supporting Abdullah as party president, but the people won't support Umno because it has become a tool for Abdullah and his family.
"When the 13th general election looms, the people will remove Umno and Barisan because it is the only way they can remove Abdullah... because Umno and Barisan is unwilling to act, the people would have to act," he said.
Yesterday, Umno's Arif Shah Omar Shah was trounced by PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim in a by-election preceded by tumultuous campaigning, which returns the former deputy prime minister to Parliament as leader of the opposition.
The seat was vacated by Anwar's wife Dr Wan Azizah Ismail earlier this month.
Anwar managed a higher majority than his wife, a clear signal that his support has not waned despite the best efforts of the BN election machinery and leaders.
Voters' dilemma
According to Mahathir, Malay and non-Malay voters did not want to vote for Anwar but were even less inclined to vote for BN.
This is the dilemma faced by Malaysian voters, he added.
"The BN candidate was good, but if he won, Abdullah would declare himself the winner and claim that support for BN and himself had returned. He would also claim that BN's support was restored under his leadership.
"The message which the Malay, Chinese and Indian voters wanted to send were in vain, because Abdullah has no ears to listen, no eyes to see," he said.
Mahathir said the Permatang Pauh result has left Umno members with only two options - stay loyal to Abdullah and risk losing the next general election, or stay loyal to the party.
"Umno must remember that votes from loyal members alone are insufficient to ensure victory. To win, Umno candidates need votes from non-party members, Chinese and Indians," he said.
Mahathir also predicted that the mainstream media would 'spin' the by-election results to Abdullah's advantage and present a need for the prime minister to heal the party, by remaining in power.
"Then Umno will unanimously re-elect Abdullah as the party president in December. This would weaken Umno and BN further," he added.
In a related development, Mahathir doubts that Anwar could be the next prime minister despite winning the Permatang Pauh by-election.
He believes that Anwar will not be able to get at least 30 Members of Parliament from BN to cross over to the opposition to form a simple-majority government.
"He (Anwar) may think that he can buy them but other bidders may have more money," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.


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Look Out Any Window
Theoretical question to prompt insight: is your 65 mpg Toyota Prius suddenly "bad" if you discover it has 20 feet of vinyl-covered wires? Would it trouble you so that you might donate it to a struggling writer?
Throw open the reality window to see past the sweeping generalities. Buildings consume as much energy as vehicles. Much the nation's housing stock is made up of ancient structures with leaky, poorly insulated windows. Eighty year old wooden windows old may look nice, but they are very inefficient and probably have been leaking air like seives for half that time. Same for the early aluminum varieties.
Millions of people with low incomes live with inefficient, uncomfortable windows. Vinyl replacement windows are the most common and easily installed technology for upgrading energy performance affordably. Highly energy efficient wooden windows are made and priced for rich people only. Take away vinyl windows and you remove the most affordable means of dramatically improving the efficiency of older buidings.
Let's loop back to the earlier question. Vinyl coated wires, if they're there (just a guess for making symbolic point), probably constitute only a 100'th of a percent or less of gross vehicle weight. Most would ignore a tiny bit of vinyl in their car to help avert the planetary castastrophe of man-induced climate change and the looming economic tragedy of Peak Oil.
What about your windows? Consider the mass of PVC spread amongst the 60 windows of a 4 story brick flat. As with the Prius, its a very tiny percent of the total weight of the structure. On the other hand, that tiny mass can dramatically up the energy efficiency of the building. Each winyl window, regardless of whether it faces the sun or not, has a design life that greatly exceeds that of top-of-the-line wooden windows. Even if you could afford to replace old windows wth all wooden ones, in 30 years the dry rot and warping could bring the performance right back to where it was.
Short-lived or single use items made of PVC are in a different class and are not covered by this line of reasoning.
Claiming that all vinyl applications are "bad" gives the free-market utopians (on the political right) proof that the new mantra, "environmentalism is dead", is true. Its a checkmate. What must die is absolutism and uncritical thinking on both sides of the debate. A parley with the vinyl industry, a simple acknowledgment, if you will, that some vinyl products are helpful, will take the wind out of the utopian sails. CLimate Change and Peak Oil are serious risks from which idealogical stalemates distract.
by: John Laumer


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We concentrate in personal injury, workers' compensation, and family law cases. If you are not sure where you case may fall, please do not hesitate to pick up the phone and give us a call.
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Jeff completed his undergraduate degree at College of Charleston in 1985, followed by the completion of his JD at the University of South Carolina
- University of South Carolina, Juris Doctor, 1988
- College of Charleston, Bachelor of Arts (English), 1985
Jeff has delivered numerous prestigious speeches at various organization and events all along the east coast
- Graduate – National Institute of Trial Advocacy, University of North Carolina
- Keynote Speaker – National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2003
- Graduate – Leadership Greenville, Class XXV
- Moderator/Featured Speaker – COUNSEL sponsored workers' compensation seminar covering a variety of topics. 2005
Jeff has proudly authored and co-authored numerous legal publications.
- Co-Author – "The Aftermath of Hedgepath in Workers' Compensation", Published in the Defense Line, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 1998
- Co-Author – "Recent Developments in Workers' Compensation Law", Published in the American Bar Association's Tort and Practice Journal, Winter 2001
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- Author – "Slow Economic Times Call For Fast Action on Workers' Compensation Claims", GSA Business Journal, February, 2002
- Author – "Ouch!…Now What?", GSA Business Journal, May, 2002.
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Are you looking for the next awesome BlackBerry® smartphone app? If so, you'll want to peruse the winning applications from the 3rd Annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Super Apps Developer Challenge. The Super Apps Challenge started with an open call to the BlackBerry developer community to tell us how they had used the Super App characteristics to deliver an application that users can't live without. Now that the Challenge has wrapped up, we wanted to highlight some of the winners and finalists (check out the above commercial for one of our winners!).
Selected from nearly 400 applications for BlackBerry smartphones across four regions—North America, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America – these apps range across nine categories: Maps & Navigation, Reference & eBooks, Photo & Video, Business, News, Shopping, Utilities, Sports & Recreation, and IM & Social Networking.
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Poynt (Maps & Navigation): Poynt is designed to enable users to find businesses, retailers, restaurants, events, movies, gas prices (US only) and weather information. It uses GPS or cell-site location to quickly deliver the information users need, whenever and wherever they need it, right on their BlackBerry smartphone.
- Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary.com (Reference & ebooks): The only free dictionary app for BlackBerry smartphones is from Dictionary.com. Their well-known reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com includes more than 500,000 words, definitions, and synonyms. The app also features phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and Dictionary.com's popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.
- Vayyoo (Photo and Video): With Vayyoo it is easy to capture and share life's moments in one BlackBerry application. Whether users are out with friends, having fun on vacation, or witnessing breaking news, Vayyoo makes capturing and sharing moments simple by integrating the camera, location, email and many other BlackBerry smartphone features.
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June 1, 2015
Paris, France
I've left Denmark (and some lovely Danes) behind to continue on to Paris, the City of Lights, the City of Romance…possibly the most photographed city in the world and with good reason. It's beautiful here. I get it now. I didn't really understand the appeal before, but standing in the middle of so much history and so much beauty I can say that I understand why millions flock here every year and why some keep coming back for more.
To help with our bearings and get a birds eye view we went to The Centre Pompidou and for €3 you can ascend to the 6th floor for a "view of Paris." Access to the museum itself is €14 and the view is included with that. One thing to note with the Centre Pompidou is that the view is not 360 and a lot of it is in a covered plastic tube with little windows that are open. I was hoping it would be open air and I could get some nice panoramic shots, but unfortunately that wasn't the case (for €3 though I can't really complain). There is a restaurant on the 6th floor that looked very nice (ie. expensive) that seemed to have a large, uncovered view so that could always be an option if you're feeling fancy.
From the Pompidou we wandered down to the Seine where we took a cruise of the river with Vedettes du Pont Neuf. The cruise was about an hour, narrated in French and English, and covered a lot of the major sites.
Our cruise departed at 10pm, second last of the night, just after the sun had gone down and the city started to glow. I wanted to take the cruise at night because of how the city would be lit, but I failed to think about how pictures would turn out in the dark, on a quick moving boat.
The highlight was the Eiffel Tower, which was lit up and sparkling as we went past.
The reason we chose Vedettes du Pont Neuf was because they had pretty decent reviews and a good price (€10 pp if booked in advance). I thought the commentary was good, you could hear the guide despite the school group that chatted the whole time, and really it's just a taste of what the city has to offer.
Try arriving a bit early and choose your seat carefully. We ended up on the inside aisle, not at the railing and I had a security camera in most of my shots. I loved seeing the city at night, but would have preferred a bit earlier so it wasn't completely dark by the end, which compromised a lot of photos. I think 9pm would probably have been a better time to set out.