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,,,I found out a very convincing account of a true werewolf, as recent as 1983, and investigated by
famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Moreover, this isn't just a case of lycanthropy, but
of demonic possession as well. Curious? Here I present you the hair-raising account of the true
Werewolf Demon of London, one of the most intriguing investigations of the Warrens.
From left to right: John Zaffis, Lorraine Warren, Bill Ramsey, Ed Warren
The subject of this case was Bill Ramsey, who was first possessed by a demonic entity when he
was only nine, and then again in adulthood in a horrifying turn of events as he shapeshifted into a
werewolf and attacked several people with his diabolic fangs craving for blood...
Bill Ramsey as a Child
As a very imaginative 9-year-old boy, Bill would often spend hours playing in the backyard of their
house in London, amidst the refreshing fragrance of the washed clothes that his mother would hang
along lines spanning the entire length of their backyard. In the ever-so-happening world of his wild
imagination, Bill would always play the role of the young gallant hero, saving pretty lasses and
defeating deadly villains. On a sunny weekday as he arrived home from a Saturday Matinee Show,
thoughts of the brave soldiers of the Royal Air Force battling German aircrafts in the movies were
spinning in his head. He played tirelessly for about an hour, until he was suddenly caught by a
sensation of coldness running down his entire body, and the foul nauseating odor. And then
everything was normal again, except... something was different. Now all his amusing games
seemed so childish, as if he didn't feel like a 9-year-old any more. The people around seemed
awfully freaked out. Mothers were calling their children away from him into their houses. But Bill
Ramsey stood motionless, wondering what was happening around. His body temperature dropped
again. Pictures of himself as a wolf flashed in his mind. Then this overpowering rage- he fell to the
ground, then rose again, then directed all his anger towards the fence post as he violently uprooted
it from its position. His concerned parents ran towards him, he hurled the fence post upon the
ground, then tore brutally at the wired fence with his hands and teeth, battling every moment against
the rage that overpowered him, he growled like an angry wolf, his parents fled to their house in
horror.Then slowly the rage faded away. He was once again a little boy of nine. He knocked at the
door to be let in the house. His parents opened it reluctantly. Everyone avoided conversation on the
incident and it was eventually forgotten. A fatal mistake?
Never Say Never
Bill reverted to a normal life. He married, had a girl child, and earned his living as a carpenter. But...
on the fateful night of Monday, 5th December, 1983, Bill was driving towards the cab company when
suddenly a tremendous pain broke out in the middle of his chest. His entire body was covered in
cold sweat, his breaths were irregular. He rushed towards the nearby Southend Hospital. He felt his
pain searing down his chest and right arm as he staggered towards the Emergency Room
Entrance. He pushed the door open, two nurses scurried towards him, they helped him onto a
gurney, then as they pushed the gurney through the long hospital corridors, Bill suddenly gave out a
shuddersome roar, then another, the nurses jumped back with fear. On the spur of the moment, Bill
got hold of a nurse's arm and bit her near the elbow. Blood dripped from her hands, the other nurse
yelled for help. A young policeman who was on his regular rounds near the Emergency Room
rushed in to help. He was perturbed to find a beastly man, violence projecting from his face, gripping
the two nurses firmly with his hands. An intern stepped in. Together, the policeman and the intern
forced Bill into the gurney and attached the restraining straps to him to bar movement.
Bill regained consciousness inside an ambulance taking him to the Runwell Mental Hospital. Of
course, he remembered nothing about his behavior back in the hospital.
The Exorcism
Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal researcher John Zaffis and Bill's wife Nina
gathered at the church to witness Bill's exorcism. The Warrens had come across Bill Ramsey's
case from an episode of a TV show by the name of 'Incredible Sunday'. They had tracked him
down with the help of the police. Also present were David Alford and John Cleve from the
newspaper The People. Bishop Robert Mckenna had performed many exorcisms before. He had
hired four off-duty police officers in case Bill went violent. The Bishop touched his stole to Bill's
forehead, and then gripped his head firmly, ordering the demon to leave him forever. Bill trembled
uncontrollably, and felt an urge to maul at the Bishop. The Bishop pressed a crucifix against Bill's
face, Bill snarled and growled and pounced upon the Bishop. The Bishop retreated, and then holding
the crucifix high, he spoke in pure Latin. Bill felt his body becoming weak and warmer. A last faint
roar came out of his mouth and then faded. His rage slowly normalized. The demon had left. Bill felt
purified and unburdened.
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Art direction and design for The Collective, a hiphop crew comprised of Zae da Blacksmith, Stephen the Levite, and Timothy Brindle. These three guys are hiphop purists, so we wanted the art to resemble a twist on graffiti, which is one of the 4 pillars of traditional hiphop. Rather than spraypaint, we decided to use watercolors to create a painterly, drippy effect.
The name badge on the cover is a nod to comic books.


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Google Play is your one stop shop for apps and games on the Google Nexus 10. Android recently matched Apple for number of available apps, hitting 700,000. It continues to grow faster than Apple's app store too, so it will likely be the first to hit the big 1 million.
Of course it also doesn't have the quality control and approval process of Apple's store, so a large number of those apps will be totally useless, but that still leaves hundreds of thousands of genuinely worthwhile ones.
Navigating the store is easy, with everything split into categories and you can also just search by name if you know roughly what you're looking for. Purchasing apps is easy too, as you simply register your bank details with Google and then you can buy and download anything in a couple of taps.
If you've already got an Android device you can also ask the Nexus 10 to sync with your account and automatically download any apps that you've previously purchased.
In terms of apps, as opposed to games, Android fares pretty well against Apple. Thanks to being such an open system there are many types of apps that you won't find at all on iDevices, such as new launchers, plug-ins that let you customise the lockscreen or notifications bar, new keyboards and more.
As a general rule if there's something you don't like on the software side, or something you wish you could do, there'll be an app to fix it. It can be very liberating and lets you set up your Nexus 10 exactly how you want it.
You're not even limited to using Google Play to find apps as there are several other stores around as well. There's a lot of overlap in apps between the stores of course, but they're not identical.
There aren't all that many apps on the Google Nexus 10 out of the box, though. Other than the various media apps, it comes with a Calendar, which of course can be synced with your Google calendar and supports reminders.
There's also a calculator, a clock with a stop watch and timer, and a gallery (which syncs to your Google account - so any pictures you take on your phone can be viewed on your tablet and vice versa). Then there's the standard selection of Google apps - Maps, Navigation, People, Earth and Google Plus.
Plus, of course you get the Gmail and Email apps that come with most Android devices. These are quick and easy to set up - in fact Gmail sets itself up, you can get push notifications for new emails and reading and composing emails in either of them is a breeze.
Where Android doesn't fare so well is games. Don't get us wrong, there's a huge selection available, but it's dwarfed by what's available on Apple devices and thanks to the huge number of different Android devices with different specs, many game developers are reluctant to develop for the platform.
Unfortunately it's a situation that's not likely to change for the foreseeable future, so if you plan on playing a lot of games on your tablet, an iPad should always be your number one choice.
That said, playing games on the Google Nexus 10 is a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Once again the stunning screen really helps, allowing Android games to dazzle like never before. With its 1.7GHz dual core processor and 2GB of RAM it doesn't miss a beat in terms of performance either, effortlessly tackling HD games with no noticeable drops in frame rate.


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Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus) videos, photos and sound recordings | the Internet Bird Collection
Gruiformes > Finfoots (Heliornithidae)
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatusCheck out the full taxonomy and distribution of Masked Finfoot on HBW Alive.
HBW Alive contains information on Descriptive notes, Voice, Habitat, Food and Feeding, Breeding, Movements, Status and Conservation plus a list of bibliographical references for this species account.
From 51 up to 784 meters
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Celebrate the season with these delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars. They're the perfect treat for fall entertaining!
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Author: Paragary Bakery Pastry Chef Laurel Melchor
Recipe type: Dessert
1 cup all-purpose flour
⅓ cup packed brown sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted cold butter
1 cup finely chopped pecans
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
¾ cup sugar
½ cup canned pumpkin
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1½ teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar.
Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut in butter until crumbly.
Stir in pecans.
Set aside ¾ cup of the topping.
Press the remaining crumb mixture into a greased 8-inch square baking pan.
Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
Cool on a wire rack.
In a mixer using the paddle attachment or by hand, beat cream cheese and sugar until well combined.
Beat in the pumpkin, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg.
Pour the batter over the crust.
Sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool on a wire rack.
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Folder Marker - Changes Folder Icons - Folder Marker is one of those little utilities that once you have it you wonder how you ever did with out it. It lets you mark your Windows Explorer folders in a couple of different ways, either using the context menu (right click) or by starting the Folder Marker program and browsing. It enables you to quickly change folder icons to indicate a priority level or project status (high, low, done, half-done, planned, etc.) or you can use it to mark a folder with a special icon or color of your choice. Folder Marker supports single and multiple folder selections, and includes an option to restore the original icon(s).
Do you fear that someone might unintentionally delete information necessary to you? Mark a folder, and other users will notice at once that that folder contains important information for you. Changing folder icons, Folder Marker will help you to cope with the standard yellowness.
Download Folder Marker now and change folder icons!
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Tphumphrey 2011-07-04 06:49:29 #
Folder Marker performed exactly as described and allowed me to colour code folders in Windows ME quickly and efficiently. A very useful enhancement to my system.
Vekimberlin 2011-01-25 19:12:02 #
The free version does not seem to allow me to color code my file folder icons, which is all I really wanted to do.
Chrstnbcknghm 2010-12-27 11:32:51 #
Hello, I only had the opportunity to use Folder Marker for one application and I liked using it. One question, is there a way to change the color and use an icon at the same time on the same folder?
Mikeanddor 2010-06-17 04:14:49 #
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Farnham5 2009-08-01 14:14:47 #
Tried it and works. The drawback is human memory that may not remember the colour codes, and it takes more work to change the progress folder markers. It is nice to play with, but not really efficient for work and performance.
Jaqi Pousson 2009-07-13 10:49:21 #
Nice. Did what I needed it to do.
Post 2009-05-04 05:09:29 #
at last, easy to install and use.This gives me the oppertunity to grade variouse documents using a color code.Just at a glance i can see what needs to be saved and which can easily be deleated.
Cadoblis10 2009-05-02 21:37:24 #
I love it. Great program. I wish it would allow me to choose a Picture to put on the folder
change icon colour
really good software and i am use than really fell it ........oh........my good so change icon colour
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Really,very veryNice >
Works like a charm. Which I could color my Outlook folders. Quick install.
Miriana5 2009-02-06 07:26:04 #
great program!
Easy to use -- Love the drag and drop most of all.
Davepensith 2009-02-03 16:28:13 #
hi i have tried your folder software and am not sure i will use it, due to the following.in vista when you have a document or have placed some thing in a folder it usually shows up and you can see somthing is in the folder. but when you change it to one of your type (which are very nice) the folder looks emty when you know there is something in there, if there is anyway of changing this I would def use it regards dave
Brose 2009-02-02 09:31:15 #
Upgrade failed
I love the simplicity of the Folder Marker program! I work with elementary students in a computer lab setting, and younger students who cannot yet read often have a difficult time opening folders (they're all yellow and they can't read the folder names!). I am hoping having each of the folders on the desktop a different color will make it easier for them to follow my instructions (i.e., "Double-click the RED folder!).
Gane2 2008-11-01 03:22:47 #
change of life/ cambio de vida
Friends, about some years ago, while it was freeware I used Folder Style and that versatility was fantastic. In those days I knew the advantages of remarking the hyerarchy of my files or the (affinity between them)/category of their themes. Nowadays I searched in internet for a similar device and found yours. I thank you very much. It's easy to use, may be not "ah!ah!ah!" but it works for what I need: at a sight easily find. - Amigos, hace unos años atrás, cuando era un freeware yo usé Folder Style y su versatilidad era fantástica. En aquellos días supe de las ventajas de remarcar la jerarquía (importancia) de mis archivos o de la (afinidad entre ellos)/categoría de sus temas. En estos días busqué en internet un programa similar y encontré el de ustedes. Les agradezco mucho. Es fácil de usar, tal vez "no será la gran cosa" pero funciona muy bien para lo que yo necesito: encontrar lo que necesito fácilmente.
Rdmcemt 2008-10-19 17:34:30 #
Ok, but.
I am using this program because I cannot find anything else, freeware, that is compatible with Vista. I am running it in XP SP2 compatibility mode. The reliability of actually performing is marginal, probably because I am using Vista Home Premium. I did not download V3.0 which is Vista compatible because I wanted freeware, not buyware. Maybe the buyware version, 3.0, works better. One thing that I hope was improved in the buyware version is the Multiple Folder selection. In V1.4 performing multiple folder conversions to ico files is clumsy. Previous entries have to be manually unloaded individually, should be a clear function. Another program that just colors folder has the right idea. Checking a box next to the folder instead of having to enter each drive link. Best of luck to the developer(s).
Ormanweb 2008-07-26 06:06:42 #
newbie/just started
have only just started with this and so far its great..
B.cowan 2008-05-07 01:44:40 #
I wanted a utility to show different folders in different colours. This program does that admirably and intuitively. It is brilliant. This is a must-have. I would like more colours - particularly bolder colours, and a way to see colour's name for consistency of future use. The other folder icons are good. Would like instructions for editing my own and info on finding and using icons from the web. - I believe there is a link to other web icons somewhere.
Scott WPB 2008-04-04 07:34:51 #
Folder Marker
This freeware fits our needs and is just what we were looking for.
Roos 2007-04-01 12:39:45 #
Great, easy to work with!
After testing several other programs I find that this one is the easiest to work with!


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Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 64GB MacBook Expansion Memory Card Review
For those of you that have purchased or are planning on purchasing a MacBook Pro, adding storage capacity is something that leaves you with few options. Of course, you could carry around an external solution from any number of vendors, but those tend to get bulky for something that was design to be thin and lightweight.
The Transcend JetDrive 330 aims to curb this issue by offering 64GB of additional storage capacity via the internal SD slot on the MBP. Marketing specifications depict this drive as capable of 95 MB/s read and 60 MB/s write.
MSRP of the JetDrive Lite 330 in the 64GB flavor is listed at $59.99 with a lifetime warranty.
Packaging for the JetDrive Lite 330 is rather elegant. We find marketing numbers at the top and an image of the card in the center.
The back of the packaging carries a few details about the 330.
Here we have our first look at the JetDrive Lite 330. As you can tell, it's a half-height SDXC card shaped to fit the MacBook Pro.
Here you can see we installed it in our MacBook Pro Retina. The card sits quite well within the SD slot on the side. One thing to note is, since it does sit flat, it can be somewhat of a pain to remove.
Here we have our first test in F.O.B. form. This includes the stock exFAT formatting the card comes with. As you can see, we touched 87 MB/s read and 62 MB/s write.
Next up, we reformatted the drive with HFS+ file system to see if there was a performance difference using Apple's default file system. As you can see, we did lose some performance, with reads coming in at 88 MB/s and writes at 49 MB/s.
For those wanting to add capacity to their MBP, the JetDrive Lite 330 is one option that would work quite well. I really like the slim profile of the drive and the way it fits into the MacBook. Build quality of the drive was great as well; we had no issues during testing.
Performance of the JetDrive Lite 330 was decent, especially knowing this is really just an SD card purpose built for the MacBook. It does rival the read performance of a standard external hard drive, but of course, the trade-off is a much smaller package and less capacity.
The Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 in the 64GB capacity carries an MSRP of $59.99 with a lifetime warranty. Current market pricing can be found below.
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"family pet wallaby"
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- 134 Divorce
- 134V Spousal Support, Allowances, and Disposition of Property
- 134V(G) Contempt
- 134k1118 Evidence
- 134k1118(5) k. Weight and Sufficiency.
Evidence did not support contempt judgment against former wife based on finding that she acted willfully to prevent former husband from reclaiming family pet wallaby, in violation of marital dissolution judgment; parties were aware that wallaby occasionally escaped from cage but usually returned, husband stated he made several attempts to get wallaby from house, but he failed to explain why his efforts were unsuccessful, and although wife had moved from house where pet was housed, she checked on wallaby every day.
Matter of Marriage of Patchett, 964 P.2d 1114(Or. App. 1998)
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Hello again, and welcome to day 3 of my ABSPD FEATURED DESIGNER SHOWCASE.
We are a group of aspiring (and some successful) Surface Pattern Designers, all previously enrolled onto the same amazing course, created by Rachael Taylor and Beth Nicholls. Please click HERE for more details on the course.
What made you apply for the ABSPD course and what have you gained from it so far?
What attracted me to the course is that it's not just about how to make nice designs, but it's also really focused on how to then get them out into the world and start making a living from them. It's helped me to make a big leap forwards both in terms of the technicalities of how to design, how to use Illustrator etc but also spurred me on to start putting the pieces of a business together, and start making products myself.
Can you describe your style and what methods you use to create your designs?
I draw my motifs by hand, then manipulate in Illustrator. My motifs are a mixture of abstract shapes and quirky everyday objects, with a few bold florals for good measure. I have a strong mid-century influence, particularly in my colour palettes
Where do you see your work progressing in the next few years, and what industry would you say you are aiming at?
I'd like to have my own line of products, initially I think homeware and accessories - I'll be making some cushions, teatowels and bags over the next few months. But I'm open to exploring everything right now - as I'm just starting out I want to try out lots of options and see where my work fits best.
Here is how you can contact Anna:
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Oh, learning to stop took a spiritual psychology lesson, all right. I didn't think of it as bragging–nothing I said was untrue or even embellished–but the College of Hard Knocks thought otherwise. There was a price to pay for opening my big mouth, and a dandy it turned out to be. Had it not been for my wife…but perhaps we should begin at the beginning.
Note: The names of people other than my wife have been either fictionalized or avoided to protect the privacy of those involved. All other details are factual.
In the mountains outside of Craig, Montana, in the year 2001, Pam and I lived off grid in a 12′ x 16′ cabin. One fine sunshiny winter afternoon, during my days off from a long haul trucking job that took me all across the country, I was headed back home after running a few errands and decided to stop in at Joe's Bar in Craig for a few minutes. Not to drink, having quit alcohol entirely some decades earlier, but just to hang out, have a soda, shoot the breeze with whatever neighbors might happen to be on the premises.
Not that I knew any of them well. Joe's was not my watering hole. However, we all knew William, the self appointed Bully of the Mountain, with whom I'd had a bit of a street scuffle in September of 1999. The confrontation hadn't amounted to much. He'd been misinformed about Pam and me, started trash talking on one of the dirt roads on the mountain when he and I were both in our respective vehicles, and I'd allowed the ball to start rolling by finally saying,
"All right, if you want to start the assault, come on."
Naturally, he'd taken me up on the offer. It really hadn't amounted to much. He'd clonked me about the head and shoulders a bit, I'd ducked out of range and repositioned, then used a series of knee level snap kicks (plus one in the cojones) to give him some sort of reason to stay off of me until his blind rage could wear off a bit. From there, it had mellowed out rapidly, progressing to the point of yelling at each other and in the end, actually talking it out. By choice, I'd never gone on offense. On the other hand, he'd not been able to put me on the ground, either.
So it was, in my view, an honorable draw. We became good neighbors, with only one additional incident between us, and that one worked out in a matter of seconds.
However, William had many acquaintances on the mountain, and he let it be known that he had thoroughly kicked my a**. It was easy for folks to believe, especially since I had a dandy shiner from the only punch that really landed during our little set-to. With me showing rainbow colors and no marks on him, his version of the story was automatically accepted by many of our mutual neighbors.
This was not a problem for me, but when the incident came up during conversation at Joe's that day, I decided to tell it the way it really happened…and I shouldn't have done that, for the following spiritual reasons:
1. Having people in the area believe I'd been whupped wasn't bothering me that much. I'd known that was the local belief from the beginning. There was no need to set the record straight.
2. William did need to have it believed that nobody in the area could stand up to him. Thus, when I put my side of it out there–and the folks in Joe's that day were undoubtedly some of William's drinking buddies–I automatically dinged the man's ego as well as making him out a liar.
Let's recap that: By pushing my version of the truth, I hurt the man's reputation unnecessarily. Gratuitous damage infliction.
As a long time student of Eckankar, the Religion of the Light and Sound of God, I knew I'd messed up. To celebrate my stupidity, I ordered and ate one of Joe's tasty bratwurst hot dogs, shot the breeze with the others, and headed on up the road toward home.
When I told Pam what I'd done, she also knew instantly that I'd blown it, big time. She didn't say much, but she knew, and I could tell she knew.
We did not know that retribution was already on its way. Spirit had arranged for an interesting case of food poisoning; the bratwurst had been a bomb that was already exploding in my intestines. Not many hours after dark, around 8:30 p.m., I sat down on the bucket toilet we used behind a curtain in the tiny cabin, relieved myself explosively…and then pitched forward, face first on the floor, unconscious before I fell.
Pam was certain I was dead.
Even disabled as she was, my wife retained enormous strength for a five foot, 92 pound woman, but I was 180 pounds of dead weight. She was struggling to lift me when I meandered back to consciousness. Somehow, she got me cleaned up, and I more or less conked back out on my sleeping pallet on the floor. Then Pam lugged the smelly bucket outside, figuring to trek by flashlight through the snow to the outhouse hole to dump the thing.
My first real awareness came when she burst back in the door, yelling, "Somebody stole the outhouse! It's not there!"
Her paranoia was in full blaze. She was convinced some evil group of neighbors had conspired to steal our outhouse. But the thing was, it was not an outhouse that could be stolen. There was a bench over the hole, a two seater, but no enclosing structure–and the bench was strongly nailed to 4″ x 4″ posts set four feet into the ground.
After a bit, I got to feeling considerably better and got up to go take a look. Yep, as I'd figured, my honey had lost it. To reach the outhouse, we followed a trail some 100 feet or so through the snow, then used a 2″ x 12″ plank bridge to cross the ditch that supplied a downstream rancher's pond. Beyond the ditch, it was another 80 feet or so through more snow and low buck brush to the outhouse hole.
The contents of the bucket had never gotten that far. She'd dumped everything a good 30 feet short of the bridge. Her tracks went in circles around that area.
No, of course she didn't believe me. I had to show her. She was stunned. But Pam had lived homeless for more than two years at one time; she knew what being totally alone would mean, totally alone with the family's breadwinner gone, maybe $60 left in our bank account, nothing in savings. I couldn't blame her for losing it.
Wait. It's not over.
Thankfully, I felt pretty good in the morning. That was important, because I was due back on duty. Our company dispatcher got me a load that routed us down I-15 to the Santa Fe Springs, California, terminal. Once there, and after getting a few hours of sleep, we shipped back out again with a load of carpet to take on a relatively short hop to our Las Vegas terminal. As usual, we pulled out of Los Angeles County shortly after midnight, Pam riding shotgun…
…and by 3:00 a.m., working the Baker grade out of California into Nevada, I was sick again. I had to pull over on the shoulder, Pam saying nothing when she noted that I'd left the trailer's left rear corner dangerously close to the freeway's right hand travel lane; she knew I was in trouble.
Still, a couple of hours of troubled sleep behind the wheel got me going again, and we made our delivery at the Las Vegas terminal on time, early on a Friday morning, roughly 48 hours after coming on duty in Helena, Montana.
But I wasn't going to make it much farther. Before we pulled out after dropping off the carpet, I Qualcommed the dispatcher with the following message:
Almost immediately, the answer came back:
All the time, Pam and I both knew this was payback, bad karma for running my big mouth about the scuffle with William, naughty naughty. At this point, however, why it was happening no longer mattered. I just had to survive it. Antibiotics would have definitely been helpful, or a good batch of colloidal silver, but we had neither, nor did we have the funds or the energy to seek out an emergency room and then a pharmacy. My body was going to have to cowboy up on its own.
I made it to the Petro, but I don't remember parking. Pam tells me my angle in the slot wasn't perfect, but it was good enough…and then I was gone. For the next two days, I had no clue where I was. I sh*t the sheets in the sleeper, and Pam got them out from under me somehow, lugged them into the truck stop, and washed them. Another trucker, a good man who happened to be on a layover for a couple of days, waiting for a load, appointed himself my wife's guardian.
"Your man's down," he told her, "and you're an automatic target out here."
She was aware of that, of course, and deeply appreciated the man's assistance. He carried the heavy laundry basket back and forth for her more than once, escorted her both ways between the truck and the truck stop entrance, stood guard as he felt the need.
By the time I began returning to the world on Sunday, the sheets were clean and I suspected I might live.
Wait. It's not over.
Oh, I'd come through the worst of it with Pam's help and the help of a fellow driver I never got to thank (not that he was seeking thanks), but I was a long way from being 100%.
However, I was able to Qualcomm dispatch, first thing Monday morning, saying,
The company's dispatchers were good. Really good. Within thirty minutes of my Qualcomm, I had my marching orders. The shipper was over in Arizona, though, not at Kingman but at some small town shipper in that general direction. Don't ask me the name of the town or what they were shipping, but I can tell you that picking up the load involved running 120 miles empty, waiting for what seemed an eternity to get the cargo into the trailer, then doubling back into Nevada to pick up I-15 northbound.
I could drive, but I still couldn't eat much. A few crackers with peanut butter or cheese or something.
By the time we were lined out northbound, headed up through Utah, Pam was toast. I doubt she'd slept for the past three days, but she slept then…and that was a luxury I could not afford. Our loaded trailer was destined to be dropped of at company headquarters in Missoula, but more importantly, I had to hit my old home town of Drummond, Montana, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. My kid sister was at that time the administrator of the small town's only medical clinic. A physician out of Philipsburg (and a family friend) kept morning hours at the Drummond clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He'd need to see me before writing a prescription for antibiotics. Therefore….
Idaho was the toughest. In the middle of the night, soft snow coming down, I couldn't make it any farther without running off the road or causing a head on collision. A rest stop beckoned. I pulled in, parked, got out, hit the restroom long enough to take a leak, returned to the truck, set the alarm for 90 minutes, napped, and got going again.
Pam slept through it all.
We hit Drummond at the perfect time, got me checked out by Doc, grabbed the prescription, and hit the road again. In Missoula, we picked up the Z-pack, I popped 1,000 milligrams of Zithromax, and we were good to go Truly now, the worst must be over.
Wait. There's more. Open big mouth, insert e. coli bratwurst. What, fool, you thought this was going to be easy? You needed a lesson!
Out of Missoula with a fresh, empty trailer. Over Lookout Pass, stopping at the Flying J at Post Falls, Idaho. Our dispatch then takes us through Spokane, Washington, just as night is falling on Tuesday–but wait. What's this? My gut needs help again. No more soiled sheets, and especially no soiled truck seats, thank you very much.
Cramping hard, I manage to get the truck parked at a Walmart just off the freeway in the Spokane area. Pam waits in the rig while I walk stiff-legged across the parking lot. The store has come out with its generic "Equate" version of Imodium AD, Anti Diarrheal. I buy a bunch, pop a few dry on the way back to the truck, and we head out.
Within minutes, things are much better down south.
No (*sigh*), it's not over yet.
The load we're after is back in Idaho, requiring us to drop south, cross over from Pullman (WA) to Moscow (ID), then curl around a bit more on Idaho roads to reach our target town.
On the way to Pullman, I take a wrong turn. Trying to turn around on a dirt side road in the dark, the truck spins out in a slushy icy nasty shallow puddle spot. I spend half an hour trying to throw chains, just a set of singles, nothing to it. The passenger side chain is hooked up, but I can't manage to get the driver side hook to reach. Unlike the oil patch, where I'd be using small flashlights that could be held in the mouth, freeing both hands for chain work, we only have big old nasty flashlights with us…and I'm just. Too. Weak.
In the end, the porch light comes on at the farm house 150 yards back down the frontage road, and the farmer comes out to help. I'm grateful, and as it turns out, all he has to do is shine some light on the situation. The chain is hooked up and ready to go within seconds. We thank the Good Samaritan–profusely–and pull right on out of there, taking the chains back off thirty feet later.
We don't get lost any more.
Our load is to be big, 2,000 pound bags of dried peas. We find the shipper's warehouse and office by around two a.m., but there's no place to park there. Fumbling around the steep-hilled town, scrabbling over the snowy streets, we come across an all night grocery store. No place to park 72 feet of 18 wheeler there, either, but there's a feed store across the street that's closed for the night. If we get out of there before daylight–which we have to do, anyway–we can park in their driveway.
I don't dare get out of my clothes or even leave the driver's seat. There isn't time enough. I get two and a half hours of fitful "rest" before the alarms goes off…
…and get stuck turning out of the store's driveway.
This time, the rig gets chained up all around. Which is good, because…well, see, there's this alley behind the shipper's place of business. In order to park in front of their place so that we're waiting to load when they show up to open the doors, all we need to do is truck on through that alley, hook a couple of lefts, and–
–and there's a snow drift in the alley. Backing up is not an option. I get the Volvo through it eventually, but not before spinning hard enough to throw a single chain from the passenger side. The chain vanishes into the snow, to be found the following spring by whoever happens to meander that way.
Getting positioned to load presents a challenge, too. The customers are good people, but their storage is underground. I have to block off a residential street with the truck, angle the trailer back, to the left, and down into the loading bay over a seriously steep incline.
But then, finally, it really is over. The Volvo powers up out of there with no problem. By the time we hit the two lane highway out of town and I stop on the shoulder to pull the chains, I'm back on my game. I'd run my big mouth and also swallowed that special edition bratwurst ten days earlier, on a Sunday. We've gone the week around since, plus moved on through the next week into a pleasant Wednesday morning.
By the time we come across a Subway sandwich shop and stop to grab some vittles for the road, I even have an appetite. Life is good, as was the lesson in spiritual psychology.
Thus teacheth the College of Hard Knocks: He who runneth his mouth heedlessly shall likewise runneth at the other end.
When they call somebody Diarrhea Mouth, they're not whistling Dixie.


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Spinach is a great source of minerals making it well known for bone health.
Spinach is a dark leafy green high in antioxidants and minerals, it's one of the most popularly used dark leafy salad greens. It was popularized by Popeye, with him eating spinach out of a can — although raw and fresh spinach is the best option. Spinach comes in several varieties, baby spinach being the most popular and delicately flavored of them all. Spinach is a great dark leafy green to sneak into other salads without having a "green" taste to them, but particularly work well in smoothies or salads.
How to Use:
In Salads, smoothies, on sandwiches, blended into sauces like marinara or basil pesto, etc.
Nutrient Breakdown of Spinach:
*per 100g (about 3 cups raw)
Fiber | 2g fiber in about 3 cups raw spinach
Protein | 3g protein in about 2 cups raw spinach
Vitamin A | 188% DV
Vitamin C | 47% DV
Vitamin K | 604% Dv
Manganese | 45% DV
Iron | 15% DV
Calcium | 10% DV
Copper | 6% DV
Folate | 49% DV
Magnesium | 20% DV
B vitamins | 4-11% DV various B vitamins
Zinc | 4% DV
Potassium | 16% DV
Omega-3 fatty acids
Spinach is a great source of minerals making it well known for bone health and also, as Popeye put it, to build strong muscles as well. Spinach contains special phytonutrients that have been shown to help decrease inflammation in the body as well to have anti-cancer benefits. As with most fruits and vegetables, spinach contains great amounts of fiber which help our digestive system moving, keeps us fuller for a longer period of time, and releases a steady flow of energy into our bodies.
Where to Purchase:
Health food stores, grocery stores, or farmers markets.
Tips and Tricks:
If you're cooking spinach, opt for the frozen varieties you'll get more for your money and the nutrition after cooking will be very comparable if you started out using the raw spinach. Keep raw spinach for eating raw, using in smoothies, etc.


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North Korea Fun Facts
R.I.P. Dear Leader
North Korea.. If you live there, it is the greatest country on Earth. You grow up believing everyone loves you and that being North Korean is an absolute privilege. Your mothers teach you songs at a young age about the imperialist Americans. You believe that your country crushed the Americans in the Korean war. Your army is infinitely superior to the rest of the world.
Kim Jong-il runs the worlds greatest propaganda machine, far surpassing those of Hitler and Stalin. I have long been fascinated by this strange, isolated country. Therefore, to help you learn a little more about this unique country, I've put together a guide of facts about North Korea for you all to enjoy!
- Kim Jong-il is the worlds greatest guitar player, everyone merely absorbs his greatness vicariously. You can only be hand-selected to play guitar in North Korea.
- Kim Jong-il has the world's most nutritious liquid–his own piss.
- The Beatles said "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", however, in North Korea, happiness is a warm gun firing through the head of an American imperialist in the name of the state.
- Every home in North Korea has a state installed radio which can never be turned off, only the volume can be adjusted. They are also equipped with listening devices to crush any dissent.
- All steps in North Korea must be exactly 7″ tall because thats what the great leader finds to be most comfortable.
- North Korea's unequivocal eternal leader, Kim Il-sung, died in 1994. His preserved body can still be viewed, by North Koreans only. His death caused such mass mourning that people reportedly committed suicide at his funeral, or were just executed for showing weakness in public.
- Kim Il-sung achieved a god-like status upon his death. Instead of families saying grace to God before meals, they say grace to Kim Il-Sung.
- Kim Il-sung is every mothers father and every fathers father. Kim Jong-il has a similar status, however, is more of the stern, disapproving father figure.
- Kim Il-sung also is believed to have superhuman powers. He could appear simultaneously in the east and the west. He can fly in any direction at will. He is also rumored to have traveled thousands of miles without ever having to stand up.
- Kim Jong-il does not produce urine or feces. The working people of North Korea produce it for him. The urine he does produce is so powerful, that only Kim Jong-il could have layed eyes on it.
- Kim Il-sung now appears as a star whenever he pleases and is worshiped like the sun. Therefore, North Koreans worship him on April 15th, otherwise known as The Day of the Sun. The star was also said to have given birth to Kim Jong-il, immaculately.
- Electricity is so rationed that North Koreans are forced to use candles powered by sheer willpower alone.
- When electricity isn't rationed, light bulbs can only be purchased in 80-Watts, no more, no less. Anything lower would cause laziness and a sedentary lifestyle. Anything more would be imperialist.
- North Koreans are a proud people who never rest. The standard work week is 6 days, with the 7th being a mandatory "volunteer" work day, basically insuring that no North Korean has any free time.
- When North Koreans do have spare time, which is estimated at about 15 minutes per day, they are required to have daily self-reflection in which they must describe all of the ways in which they failed to appease the great leader.
- Kim Jong-il is afraid to fly. He has been known to have things airlifted to him when needed, such as lobsters and cognac.
- All of the traffic lights in North Korea are usually not powered due to rationing. Therefore, Kim Jong-il hand selects female traffic directors who stand in a circle and direct traffic. The women are picked for their natural North Korean beauty.
- In an emergency, such as a house fire, North Koreans are forced to rescue any pictures of the eternal leader, Kim Il-sung, before all else, even babies. There are even special bunkers reserved for statues in case a war breaks out.
- Kim Jong-il reportedly invented and is a master of the Internet, not Al Gore as the American media would have you believe. In fact, Kim Jong-il's Internet is so great, that he made it illegal along with cell phones.
- Homosexuality is illegal in North Korea–so is heterosexuality.
- Any non-North Korean who visits the country, if they are allowed in, is assigned a state guide, who is not allowed to leave you on your own.
- The world's largest flagpole sits in Kijong-Dong, a city built in the 1950's by Kim Jong-il's father. It is on the border with South Korea, although it is just for show of superiority. The city is basically a big concrete shell with the illusion of North Korean superiority.
- North Korean music is the only music in the world. You are arrested for listening to or playing any music that the great leader does not approve. Any other music, especially from capitalist countries, is punishable by arrest.
- North Koreans believe that Kim Jong-il won gold in every event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
- Kim Jong-il is also the North Korean equivalent of Martin Scorsese. In 1978, he had South Korean director Shin Sang-ok and his estranged actress wife, kidnapped in order to make the communist version of Godzilla named Pulgasari. It reportedly won every Oscar, Academy Award, and Golden Globe Award in 1985.
- Kim Jong-il served as executive producer to all 7 of Shin Sang-ok's movies he directed in North Korea. After an escape attempt, he was placed in prison. He was reunited with his wife and remarried in Pyongyang. They fled to Vienna and eventually the United States where he went on to direct the 3 Ninjas movies.
- Kim Jong-il has a flower made from his likeness, known as the Kimjongilia.
- In North Korean prison camp, if it is deemed that you are not working hard enough, you are immediately executed by firing squad in public.
- Kim Jong-il is said to have imprisoned not only criminals, but relatives and their off-springs as the criminality spread through 3 generations.
- Kim Jong-il is the biggest celebrity in North Korea. They believe that he is loved the world over, except in the United States. He is also beloved as a fashion trend-setter. His matching shirt and pants along with retro sunglasses strikes fear to outsiders, especially South Koreans.
- Kim Jong-il is the worlds greatest golfer. John Daly? Yeah.. Right. Kim Jong-il invented smoking cigarettes on the golf course. In 1994, Kim Jong-il was entering his prime. He was so good that the PGA would not let him compete against mere mortals. It is a fact that the first time he ever played golf, he shot 38 under par on a regulation 18-hole course, which included 5 holes in one.
- Kim Jong-il had all short and disabled people removed from Pyongyang in 1989 for the World Festival of Youth and Students. He did not want people with substandard genes infecting the rest of the worlds youth.
- Kim Jong-il was Hennessey's best customer in the mid 80s, spending roughly $750,000 per year on the spirit. He thought Hennessey was so great that he made it illegal for North Koreans to drink. Instead, Kim Jong-il invented Snake Liquor in support of the people.
- Every North Korean must wear a lapel pin with Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il's face on it. It must also be spotless at all times. If caught with anything less, you are subject to immediate public execution.
- Kim Jong-il liked looking at things…many things.
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Today's reading: Proverbs 16:1-33
Do you ever wonder about what and why you're doing something or how things are all going to fit together? I sure do. In fact, the last few months I've been there a number of times as I've gone through leaving a job I had for a long time and starting another with a new ministry. Although it's exciting and I can totally see God in and through it, there's still that part of me that grapples with the unknown and wanting a better sense of the overall plan. So I found Proverbs 16:3 comforting this morning.
"Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established."
Such a foundational verse. It provided a great reminder that when I focus on God and tell Him I want only Your will. Here I am. Guide and direct me, I don't have to concern myself with the big plan because I know He's got everything covered (both work as my paid job and work in the sense of all that's going on in my life).
What does committing your work to the Lord look like and mean to you? Is there any "work" you need to commit today? Tami
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text: A famous and favorite Middle Eastern dip is the Muhammara consisting of delicious roasted red pepper, spicy flakes, cumin and sweet'n'tangy pomegranate molasses. We revised the version to give you the taste with less oil. It really is that simple! Enjoy your winter-warming dip that pairs well with vegetable sticks or warm fluffy bread!


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With national security and immigration prominent as political issues, border control is a perennial topic of debate in the United States — especially as the presidential campaign heats up. What are the chief border-security issues now facing the country? MIT's Center for International Studies hosts a public discussion on the subject today, as part of its ongoing Starr Forum, featuring two speakers: Alan Bersin, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and MIT political scientist Chappell Lawson, an expert on Latin America and Mexico who just returned from nearly two years as executive director and senior advisor to the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. MIT News asked Lawson to discuss border issues ahead of the event.
Q. You have just served in a senior position at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. What have been your biggest concerns regarding border issues?
A. The challenges are different between the ports of entry than they are at the authorized ports of entry. Between the ports, everything coming in is illegal, so the goal is to be able to identify and intercept these things. In the United States, this is the job of the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard.
At the ports of entry — land, air or sea — it's a different story entirely: Ninety-five to 99 percent of what comes into the country is compliant and unproblematic. So the challenge here is to find the "needle in the haystack": the one bad thing — drugs hidden in the wheel wells of cars, people with fraudulent documents, criminals — in the much larger [volume] of legal commerce and travel without impeding all of these legal activities.
There are two strategies for separating needles from hay: One is to get better at finding needles, the other is to get better at blowing hay off the stack. The first strategy is called targeting; here, the proper goal of the U.S. government should be to muster all available information on the person, vehicle or shipment — from federal agencies, international partners, state or local law enforcement, and the like — to determine whether it deserves closer scrutiny.
The second strategy involves vetted-traveler or vetted-shipper programs, in which people or companies voluntarily surrender extra information about themselves (or in the case of shippers, their own supply chains) in exchange for expedited processing. We have four such programs for individuals: FAST for truck drivers, SENTRI on the Southwest border, NEXUS on the Canadian border and Global Entry for air passengers. These programs effectively blow a significant portion of the hay off the stack.
Q. Government data and news reports have emphasized the reduction in crime along the border, and the lack of a spillover of violence into the United States. What are the biggest enforcement or social changes we have seen over, say, the last decade?
A. As you point out, spillover violence ranges from very limited to nonexistent along the border. As an example, El Paso is one of the safest cities in America. By contrast, Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side has the highest homicide rate in the Western Hemisphere. Yet in an aerial photograph, you would see a single metropolitan area in the middle of the desert, bisected by a thin, blue ribbon of river that at some points is almost invisible amid the maze of roads.
The difference between the two pieces of this city — between El Paso and Juarez — is primarily a product of differences in law enforcement capacity in the United States and Mexico. So the logical response is to strengthen law enforcement south of the border. This is fundamentally a job for Mexico itself, but the United States can and should help. Over the long run, the United States is much better served by a stable, democratic, economically prosperous Mexico than by one in which criminal elements can challenge state authority.
What has changed in the last decade? On the Mexican side, there has been an attempt to tackle the cartels, which existed for a long time but were not systematically attacked. This effort has advanced the Mexican government's stated goal of fragmenting the cartels into smaller entities that lack the capacity to threaten the state. But fragmentation and "decapitation" of the cartels have triggered a huge amount of violence — mainly within and between the cartels — which has tested public confidence in the strategy.
On the U.S. side, there has been a tremendous investment of resources in border security over the last decade, dramatically expanding the size of the border patrol and deploying all sorts of new detection technologies. I believe that these investments have had a significant effect on illegal migration, especially from countries other than Mexico. The effect on contraband is less clear but I expect still discernible. We can have a different discussion about whether an extra marginal dollar spent on border enforcement now is the best investment of taxpayer funds, but there is no doubt that investments over the last decade have helped.
Q. What are the unresolved issues in border security that still need to be addressed?
A. Where we have fallen down is on interior enforcement. The best way to control illegal immigration and drug use in this country is to reduce demand, not by attempting to restrict supply. In the case of illegal immigration, employer sanctions would be the most effective strategy. In the case of drugs, the best strategy would be to focus on the population already under the gentle tutelage of our criminal justice system — those on parole, probation or in prison — who consume a significant portion of illegal drugs. I suspect we've probably gone about as far on the border enforcement side as we should go; it's now time to focus on other pieces of the puzzle.


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Gravity is the enemy. Have a look around you and you will see its force. People stooped, heads forward, rounded shoulders and curved backs.
Now think about the tasks that you do every day. You sleep, you sit, you cycle, you drive, you work at a computer, you cook, you clean, you do almost everything in a bent forward position. You may even stand and walk in a slightly forward-leaning position.
Is it no wonder then that if you look at people who are in pain or old, that they are stuck there?
Your posture is one of the most important factors in determining not just your physical health, but also how well you feel, how young you look and how well you are able to perform every-day tasks.
Poor posture is related to tension headaches, upper and lowers back pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, knee pain, foot pain, myofascial pain, you name it. It is also associated with depression and responsible for the forward stooped appearance that we see in so many elderly people.
With such far-reaching consequences, fixing your posture is one of the quickest and easiest ways of not just helping you recover from physical pain, but of avoiding and preventing it in the first place.
What is Posture and in Particular, What is Good Posture?
Posture refers to the relative arrangement of segments of the body (Norkin & Levangie 1983). Ideal posture may be defined as that state of muscular and skeletal balance which protects the supporting structures of the body against injury or progressive deformity. Under such conditions, your muscles will function most efficiently and the optimum positions are afforded for the thoracic and abdominal organs. (Posture Comm-of Am Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1947.)
Categories of Posture
As mentioned, posture may also be divided into two categories: static and dynamic posture. Static posture refers to the arrangement or alignment of the body parts whilst the body is at rest, whilst dynamic posture refers to this alignment during movement.
Static posture will therefore directly affect dynamic posture or in other words, the starting position for any movement must affect the precise alignment of the parts during that movement. By definition, therefore, good static posture is a prerequisite for good dynamic posture as precise maintenance of correct alignment during movement cannot occur if the body parts are not correctly aligned in the first place.
But why is Posture Important?
Posture is Important Because:
1. It determines the amount of stress on the different tissues and systems of the body which directly relates to the development of pain syndromes and injuries, and also,
2. It determines the effectiveness and efficiency of movement and therefore the influences the performance levels of all physical tasks.
Essentially, good posture thereby minimizes the abnormal or excessive stresses on the body and optimizes the performance of all physical tasks.
2 Postural Patterns in Life
1. A bending, turning inward pattern. Have a look at people who stoop (e.g. image on the left). The head is forward, the chest is depressed, the shoulders are rounded, the upper back curvature is increased and hips are bent and the person looks old and stooped.
2. A straightening, turning outward and opening up of your body. In contrast with the image on the left, the person on the right is upright. They look tall. Their head is in line with their shoulders, their chest is lifted and their back has a normal S-shaped curve.
Typical Faulty Postures and Related Pain Syndromes
If good posture minimizes excessive or abnormal forces, poor posture exacerbates abnormal or excessive stresses leading to many and varied physical conditions. Some of these include:
Head forward posture (ear lobe in the front of the shoulder)
– Headaches
– Neck pain (due to disc bulges, facet joint irritation)
– Osteoarthritis of the neck
– Vertebral artery signs such as dizziness, blurring of vision and ringing in the ears
Rounded shoulders and increased mid-back curve
– Thoracic spine and rib pain
– Upper back muscle strains
– Shoulder pain
– Decreased rib expansion and therefore limited breathing
Flatback posture
– Low back pain with sitting, bending, etc.
The increased flow back inward curve
– Low back pain with walking, standing, etc.
Turning in and Bent Hips
– Hip osteoarthritis
– Buttock pain (Gluteus Medius Tendinopathy; Trochanteric Bursitis)
– Knee pain (Knee cap pain, Knee arthritis)
– Ankle pain (sprains)
– Foot pain (Plantar Fascitis)
What is Good Posture and how is it Assessed?
The standard way for postural alignment to be assessed is by using the plumb line test where the alignment of the body in standing is assessed in relation to a plumb line positioned above the body (Muscle Testing and Function by Kendall and Kendall).
From the side, a plumb line placed just in front of the outside ankle bone should pass through:
– ear lobe
– bodies of the cervical vertebrae
– tip of the shoulder
– divide the chest in half
– bodies of the lumbar vertebrae
– slightly behind the hip joint
– slightly in front of the knee joint
– slightly in front of the outside ankle bone (lateral malleolus)
From the front, the plumb line should divide the body into two symmetrical halves. The head, shoulders, and hips should be level, and also the hip, knee and ankle joints should be equidistant from the line of gravity.
A caveat to this is that Kendall and Kendall in Muscle Testing and Function state that it is normal for a person for the dominant side shoulder to be lower and for the dominant side hip to be higher. Consequently, for this to occur, scoliosis must be present. They state that the reason for this is due to the increased muscle bulk and the asymmetry of limb usage of one side compared to the other.
Can you do Anything to Improve your Posture?
Absolutely! First and foremost, before deciding whether any intervention is necessary to let alone whether it is going to be of benefit, an accurate and comprehensive evaluation must be performed. This obviously will involve an assessment of postural alignment, but also it must take in account other factors such as the habitual postures and movements, as well as an assessment of muscle bulk, tightness and strength, joint mobility, balance, and coordination.
Posture Pro A great tool for assessing posture and bodily stress.
At Bodywise Health, our computerized posture assessment tool called Posture Pro not only gives you an accurate, objective measure of your posture, but it also is able to calculate the stresses on your neck, back, shoulders and legs, and whether they are abnormal or not.
It is a great predictor of whether you will suffer from an injury or pain in any of these areas. Reducing, stopping and preventing your pain often then goes hand in hand with correcting your posture.
Correcting your posture may involve more than just sitting and standing up straight
Correcting your posture and the abnormal stresses involved is a simple matter of using hands-on techniques to loosen specific stiff joints and tight muscles, whilst using precise strengthening exercises to shorten lengthened, weak muscles. In effect, your muscles are used like guy wires as the effect of the exercises is to muscle bind you back into better alignment.
Once gained, this new mobility and strength can then be incorporated with better awareness (reinforced with postural taping), to ensure that correct posture becomes a habit which is maintained over time.
Quick Tips on Improving your Static Posture
1. Stand tall, lifting from the top of your head and from the middle of your chest
2. Sit with a lumbar roll cushion in the small of your back and relax backward
3. Strengthen the muscles that hold you up against gravity
Quick Tips on Improving your Dynamic Posture
1. Learn to squat on each foot, keeping your knee over your second toe and without holding on;
2. Progress this to stepping down a step keeping your knee over your second toe;
3. Progress this to hopping, running and cycling keeping your knee over your second toe;
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by the US EPA MARCH 11, 2015.
Two PUBLIC HEARINGS are scheduled where you can give oral or written comments supporting the sole source designation. They will be held in May in the cities of Champaign and Morton. The informational portion of the session starts at 6:30 p.m. and the public comment begins at 7:30 p.m. Plan now to attend one or both of these meetings to show your support for this important designation of Sole Source Aquifer.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014: Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S. Neil St., Champaign
Wednesday, May 14, 2014: Best Western Ashland House Hotel, 201 E Ashland St., Morton
The US EPA comment period for the proposed approval of the petition to designate the Mahomet Aquifer a Sole Source Aquifer for Central Illinois is open now. Express your support for this added layer of protection for our water source by submitting written comments before June 12, 2014.
You can also show your support for SSA by contacting the US EPA:
William Spaulding, U.S. EPA (WG-15J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
Email: email@example.com
Call Mr. Spaulding at (312)886-9262 or the U.S. EPA at (800)621-8431
(Weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Need more information?
You can find the sole source draft documents and information about the hearings on the U.S. EPA website at www.epa.gov/region5/water/gwdw/index.htm.
You can also examine the documents at these locations:
Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign
Bloomington Public Library 205 E. Olive St., Bloomington
Pekin Public Library, 301 S. Fourth St., Pekin
Havana Public Library, 201 W. Adams St., Havana
Watseka Public Library, 201 S. 4th St., Watseka
U.S. EPA's Region 5 Office, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago
General Information:
The Safe Drinking Water Act gives the U.S. EPA authority to designate an aquifer as a sole or principal source of drinking water for a specified area. That designation allows EPA to review all federally funded projects within the designated area to ensure they will not contaminate the aquifer.
The Mahomet Aquifer system is an underground layer of water-bearing sand and gravel that fills a wide bedrock valley in all or parts of 14 east-central Illinois counties. The aquifer system is the source of approximately 53 million gallons of water every year for 120 public water systems and thousands of rural wells that serve about a half million people. More than half of the population in east-central Illinois relies on the Mahomet Aquifer system as a source of their drinking water.
You can find more background information on the petition and updates at www.cleanwater4midIL.org


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23rd August 2010 / Wendy Jane Preston
Harwin, the leading hi-rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Digi-Key, the renowned electronics components distributor.
Commented Harwin's Global VP of Catalogue Distribution, Doug Steele: "We are delighted to sign Digi-Key in all geographical locations as the company is recognized by design engineers as having a very broad selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment. Now customers will also be able to find our Datamate hi-rel 2mm interconnect family in the Digi-Key catalogue, as well as other Harwin products such as the EZ-Boardware range of surface mount PCB hardware. We are confident that this agreement will mean that more designers will hear about our products, bringing real benefits to the projects they are working on."
Added Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key's vice president of interconnect, passive, and electromechanical product: "We are very pleased to add Harwin to our roster of world-class suppliers and offer its highly reliable interconnect devices to our customers. Harwin's wealth of experience in a wide variety of markets is a good match for Digi-Key's commitment to superior customer service."
About Digi-Key
Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service, which includes product selection and availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. Using leading-edge processes and state-of-the-art technologies, Digi-Key serves a global customer base from its 600,000 square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA.


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Repository for draft of Modeling Psychophysical Data in R and the MPDiR package of data sets.
The MPDiR package of data sets and functions for the book can be found here
Front matter and Chapter 1 of the book Modeling Psychophysical Data in R by K. Knoblauch and L. T. Maloney , ISBN 978-1-4614-4474-9, for Springer's useR series, can be found here . Publication data: September 2012.
The most recent list of errata uncovered in this first printing of the book can be found here. While as detailed in the file a few errors were introduced in sections of code in the book, the code in the scripts in the package should be correct. We would be grateful to be informed of other typos or errors if they are uncovered. We will try to keep the list updated.
The project summary page can be found here.


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Jewett Park: Why You Need to Chug on Down to "the Train Park" in Deerfield, Illinois! by Mike Prochaska
My kids call Jewett Park in downtown Deerfield "the train park" for two reasons. First, it's right next to the Deerfield train station and the kids can always see trains driving by from the park. And the park has train playground equipment. Jewett Park is right next door to the Jewett Community Center, so we always park there and go play at the park.
There are three different sets of playground equipment for different aged children spread out within the park, making it a perfect park to take children of different ages to explore! This park also as a skate park. We normally start at the tot area where the train play structure is located. You'll find lots of small climbers and tot-size vehicles and interesting play equipment you don't see in many other parks.
They also have large disc swings in this area that are lots of fun and a sandbox. The tot area is completely fenced in with gates, so the kids can't get out. This was a great park to take my crew to when they were little and would try to escape on me. There is a gate to get out of the tot area that takes you to a playground for older kids.
The area for older kids is full of bridges, climbing spots and larger drop offs and lily pad climbers! My kids love the lily pad climbers here because it has more pads and they are longer than at other parks. Also, there are big kids swings that are in the shade on a hot summer day.
There is also a path from this playground that takes you past the skate park and past the baseball fields to another playground that also has a pavilion. In the summer, kids' bands come and play music once a week! My kids loved it last year. They would dance with the band for a while then run off and go play on the equipment again.
At this part of the park there is a three-story slide structure and a spinning climber. The spinning climber is kind of like a merry-go-round with a net on it. My kids love this thing! They like to hang on the outside of it and fly off and, yes, I let them do it.
Jewett Park is located at 36 Jewett Park Drive, Deerfield, Ill., 60015.


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The other day I was thinking about how fun it would be to do a giveaway to honor SpRiNg… ♥
But, I didn`t feel like I really had anything awesome to give… away…
Then I thought,
Hmm, the my art room is full of cool stuff, maybe I should just give away some of my "too much"…
So that is what I am doing.
Maybe you will see something here you like.
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1 Boden scarf
2 Thank you cards
1 Greeting card
1 can covered in vintage paper {grass not included}
16 gift tags
4 bird themed stickers
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Listen to WineIn It feat Tami Chynn, the new track by Verse Simmonds, which was dropped on Friday, December 31st, 2010. Verse Simmonds's odds keep getting better with each new leak, and WineIn It feat Tami Chynn will undoubtedly improve his chances of winning. It's a worthy addition to a respectable catalogue that has seen a lot of growth since Verse Simmonds debuted in this game. We're looking forward to the follow-up.
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5'6 x 19 3/4 x 2 3/8 | 28.31L
The Hypto Krypto is the most versatile shape in the Haydenshapes range, enabling it to be ridden in waves from 1ft to 8ft. It paddles like a dream due to the volume and flatter rocker. You ride the Hypto Krypto on the open face, drawing fast, flowing lines with all the speed it provides.
The outline resembles an old school twin fin in the nose, yet pulls into a rounded pin tail which will give you plenty of hold in the bigger stuff, and provide a lot of curve around the back foot. You can use the wider, straighter outline forward on the board to give you speed down the line and the rounded pintail to draw tighter arcs in the pocket.
Although the rocker of the Hypto Krypto is flat, Hayden has snuck in a little extra lift in the entry to add some curve up front; this helps taking off late, or turning in the steeper sections of the wave. The design of the rocker has been focused around speed, and more speed! The Hypto has never been shaped as a quad because it is too fast already, you'll find yourself making sections down the line that you would never expect to make.
The foil has plenty of volume around the chest and center area of the board, yet it refines out to a thinner, more pinched rail to keep the board connected to the wave. The concave runs from a rolled vee in the entry, to a slight single transitioning into a vee double out the tail, which gives the board great speed and control from rail to rail.
Overall the Hypto Krypto is the one stop board that you can travel all around the world having fun in average conditions, as well as taking to the barrel and open face when the swell pumps!
The Hypto Krypto V surfboard is a variation on the Hayden's popular tri fin model, and while the shape remains the same, the 5-fin set up allows the board to be surfed as a quad or a thruster.
Hayden adjusted the fin placement on the Hypto V to maximise the overall performance of the convertible set-up, while maintaining the smooth feel that's become synonymous with this board. The rear fins are quite centralised, and Hayden recommends using the quad rear fin he developed with Futures to fully capitalise on the potential of this model.
Compared to the tri fin, which surfs a little more freely and with nice pivot off the tail, the Hypto V offers a more connected feel to the wave face, with added forward drive and projection. The quad set-up will also feel very smooth down-the-line while encouraging a longer turn on the open face.


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Cleaning the Chametz for Passover
Passover is less than two weeks away. Prisoners celebrate Passover in Federal Prison. You will never truly appreciate the holiday of Passover, the holiday of freedom, until you have spent some time in prison. During the week long holiday Jews can only eat matzoh. During Passover Jews cannot eat "chametz" or anything made of bread. Two weeks before Passover is the time Jewish inmates start cleaning up the prison to make sure there is no "chametz" in the prison. The Jews in Otisville scrub everything from the floors to the walls of the prison chapel. Every crumb is removed.
Some Jews have applied for furloughs to go home during the first two nights of Passover. The worst part about a furlough is coming back to the prison. Many inmates suffer extreme depression when they come back from a furlough.
The Jewish foot doc is planning his 15 hour furlough. Dr. Moss is a local guy. Everyone calls him "Moss." Moss grew up in the town of Middletown, the "metropolis" up here in the middle of nowhere. Moss got caught up in the pain killer craze. He was caught writing too many scripts. What was he going to do with 15 hours of freedom? His father works at the "Sunset Strip", a strip bar in Middletown. He could spend his 15 hours at Sunset Strip. He ended up going home and fixing his computer. Fixing his computer! What kind of a person spends his furlough fixing a computer? Moss' daughter just made her Bat Mitzvah. Moss couldn't get a furlough to go to the Bat Mitzvah, so the guys in the shul gave him special honors on Shabbat. He was called up for an aliya. But the 80 year old Satmar Hasid, ie., Naftuli, wouldn't read from the Torah when Moss was called up. Naftuli said that Moss was not religious enough. Naftuli said that Moss' daughter was not Jewish because Moss' ex-wife was a goy. Most of the other Jews made a big scene and ganged up on the old man and drowned him out with loud singing. They sang Jewish pop songs, which only riled up the old Hasid even more. Moss was happy, until he got angry. He started complaining that his 15 hour furlough was too short. Other guys were getting three day furloughs.
Some guys are signing up for the trip to the mikveh, ie., a ritual bath, where you dunk before the Passover holiday. 30 or so Jewish inmates get into a prison bus. The bus is a blue school bus with bars on the windows. The bus took us to a mikveh in the town of Middletown. The mikveh looks like a giant bathtub. Ye it was very dirty with stains all over the tiles. You take a dunk and wash away your sins. It may take many dunks for some of the inmates to wash away their many sins. The guys walk down a long set of narrow steps, take a dunk, and then file back out. It is not a pretty sight. A bunch of old, hairy, flabby, fat, naked guys walking down the steps of the communal bathtub into cloudy water. It looks like a scene from National Geographic. Picture a herd of water buffalo's crossing the dirty river.
In a prior trip to the mikveh the rabbis who ran the mikveh snuck cookies and ice cream to the inmates. Inmate Teaneck Trouble got caught trying to smuggle some of the food onto the prison bus. This food is worth a lot of money to other inmates in the prison. The blueboyz were not happy about what Teaneck Trouble tried to do. The blueboyz acted like this was the crime of the century. The blueboyz fired the mikveh. They started taking the inmates to a different mikveh in the town of Chester.
When you get back to the camp after the mikveh you are barraged with jokes from the other inmates and the blueboyz. What do you expect? You just spent an hour in a communal bath with 30 naked guys. How was the bath? How was the scenery? Cock fight? Sausage soup? You are also barraged with gay jokes.
Not many gays in the camp. I only knew of one openly gay man in the camp. Nice guy. He was locked up for insurance fraud for burning down a property and trying to collect fire insurance. His name was Blaise, but everybody called him "Blaze." Most of the guys in the camp are either married or had girlfriends, who would visit often.
In the medium prison next door most of the guys are doing long sentences. Long termers don't get any visitors, their wives and girlfriends gave up on them a long time ago. They become gay in prison. There is an old saying in prison, "It's not gay if it's in prison." The medium next door has its share of sexual deviants. It is a mecca for child molesters or "cho-mos" as they say in the Federal prisons. In the State prisons they call them "diddlers." Chomos and diddlers are the target of unprovoked physical attacks by other inmates. The chomos and diddlers get no protection from the blueboyz, the cops hate them just as much as the inmates.
The Feds send most of the chomos to Otisville. The theory is that if all the chomos are locked up in one place they can band together and protect each other. I don't know of any Jewish chomos in the medium. The notorious Hasidic rabbi chomos, whom you read about in the New York Post, get picked up by New York City cops and sent to the State prisons, if they get picked up at all. There is a controversy in the Hasidic Jewish world about whether chomos should be reported to the police. Many Hasidim believe that reporting rabbi chomos to the police is an embarrassment for Jews. Don't give the goyim another excuse to hate us. It is better to protect the chomos than to protect the children. So Hasidic chomos get transferred from one Jewish school to another, just like the Catholic chomo priests.
I know of two chomo rabbis living in the City of New Haven who were never reported to the police. One rabbi currently operates a private Jewish school for children. I was not a witness to their depraved acts. All I can do is repeat what I was told by a rabbi who the LA Times described as "the most honest man in America."
In November of 2013 Rabbi Noah Muroff found $98,000.00 in cash hidden in a desk that he purchased in New Haven on Craigslist. He contacted the seller of the desk and returned the money. Rabbi Muroff at the time was living in New Haven and was a teacher at the Yeshiva of New Haven. He told me this past Sunday, that Rabbi Daniel Greer, who runs the Yeshiva of New Haven, sexually molested Rabbi Avi Hack and other children at the Yeshiva of New Haven, for many, many years. He told me that the acts of molestation were so depraved that he could not bring himself to describe them. None of these children reported these crimes to the authorities. Rabbi Avi Hack never reported these crimes. Rather than report crimes committed against himself and other children that spanned decades, Rabbi Avi Hack decided to work as a teacher at the Yeshiva of New Haven. He ran the yeshiva for teenage boys for many years under the supervision and direction of Rabbi Greer.
Rabbi Muroff told me that a former student of the Yeshiva of New Haven, Victim 1, made a recent claim of molestation against Rabbi Daniel Greer. Rabbi Muroff told me that this claim of sexual molestation recently settled "in the millions of dollars." Hush money. The Greer family owns substantial real estate in New Haven, most of it non profit and off the tax rolls. The Greers are very active in the New Haven political scene. Rabbi Greer is a former New Haven Police Commissioner. Rabbi Greer's son drives around in a retired police car and is the chairman of the New Haven Community & Police Task Force.
I promised Rabbi Muroff that I would not repeat this information about Greer molesting children. As a parent, and as a former child, I believe I have a moral duty to break my promise to Rabbi Muroff. Another reason I chose to reveal this information is because of what I heard from Victim 2. Victim 2 is a former student of the Yeshiva of New Haven. Victim 2 told me that his life is "ruined" because of what Rabbi Avi Hack did to him when he was a teenage student at the Yeshiva of New Haven. I promised not to reveal the identity of Victim 2. I will respect his wishes, but I encourage him to come forward and report Rabbi Hack to the authorities.
Victim 2 told me that Rabbi Avi Hack told him that he was molested as a child. Avi said he frequently went to a motel in New Haven where he was molested by an "old Jewish man" in New Haven. That old Jewish man was Rabbi Daniel Greer. Rabbi Avi Hack promised Victim 2 that he would "never" seek another job at a Jewish school for children. Rabbi Avi Hack broke his promise to Victim 2, as Rabbi Muroff told me that Avi Hack is currently seeking employment at Jewish schools for children.
Rabbi Avi Hack should not be exposed to children. These men should be reported to the police. If you have been victimized by these men I urge you to contact the New Haven Police Department. It is not too late to report these crimes, no matter how many years have passed. The phone number for the New Haven Police Department is 203-946-6333. Don't let these men victimize others.


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J.P. Morgan Shuffles Leadership in China
Frank Gong to Take Over From Fang Fang as Top Investment-Banking Executive in the Country
The sudden departure of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s top Chinese investment-banking executive prompted a major shake-up of the bank's team in that country.
The largest U.S. bank by assets said in an internal memo Monday that Frank Gong was promoted to the new job of chairman of investment banking for China following the retirement of Fang Fang, who had served as chief executive of investment banking in China. Mr. Gong rose to prominence at J.P. Morgan as an economist and foreign-exchange strategist before switching to investment...


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Best: Like it or not, Sterling always on call
John Sterling was leaving Yankee Stadium Wednesday, bound for Texas and another Yankees game in a 22-year streak without missing one, when I asked him to ponder the unfathomable:
What must it be like to be a local television play-by-play man such as YES' Michael Kay and have to sit out playoff games in favor of national counterparts after covering the entire regular season?
"That's terrible - terrible!'' he thundered, recalling that Harry Kalas missed calling the Phillies' World Series clincher in 1980 in an era when even local radio was shut out of the playoffs. (Kalas finally got his chance 28 years later, then died in a broadcast booth the next April.)
The Yankees have made the playoffs 15 of the past 16 years and Sterling has been at the mike for all of it - for the past five playoff runs as the sole local play-by-play voice, working every inning.
"It has nothing to do with me,'' he said, laughing, referring to the Yankees' success. "I just happen to be with the right team. I'm very lucky.''
Are fans, though?
Sterling is a polarizing personality, celebrated for his entertaining home run calls and criticized for the inaccuracy or incompleteness of his descriptions - in many cases by the same people, me included.
In an extensive interview in August 2009, he acknowledged making mistakes but made no apologies for habits such as anticipating plays before they are completed. He said he'd rather be ahead of a play than behind it.
Now it is playoff time again, and he and partner Suzyn Waldman are the sole in-game voices with an intimate knowledge of the team based on day-in, day-out observation.
Given that, Sterling has fulfilled at least one part of his role well. He generally is viewed as a classic "homer.'' And he is, if by that one means he really, really wants the Yankees to win.
But Sterling does not shy away from bluntly criticizing the team when it plays poorly, often sounding disgusted both as a Yankees supporter and a baseball purist. That came through during the Game 4 loss to the Rangers in the ALCS.
"People misunderstand my excitement, my euphoria, with being a homer,'' he said. "It's not. I get up. When something good happens, I tell it. When something bad happens, I tell it.
"Because I'm very excitable and euphoric, that doesn't mean I'm a homer. It just means I'm hopefully able to transmit excitement . . . I see everything, every pitch. Imagine that: every pitch of the season. So I get a feeling of what they are doing or not doing.''
Sterling does not discuss his age, but he is believed to be 72. He said the grind has not worn him down. He was eager for Game 6 of the ALCS and beyond.
"I guess I have enormous stamina,'' he said. "I guess I love the game so much that it's easy for me to get excited - easy! It's easy for me to show that I love what I'm doing.''
TBS truck earns a high-five
TBS was not rooting for the Rangers in Game 4 of the ALCS Tuesday. Why would it?
The network was better off with a Yankees victory that would have tied the series at 2 and ensured a long series.
But the men in the production truck couldn't help but do a little celebrating after their sublimely timed montage of Bengie Molina highlights from the 2005 ALDS against the Yankees.
Seconds later he launched a three-run homer that could end up being the series' pivotal moment.
"We did high-fives,'' producer Glenn Diamond said.
"Once we got through our sequence the director who was calling the game kind of smiled at me," he said. "I high-fived the Jeff Randolph and Scott Cockerill, our ISO producer.
"We kind of laughed. We weren't celebrating as much as the Texas Rangers, but it was a nice moment. Then we had to get back to the game focus."
World Series is Bronx bargain
It is not often that Yankees tickets are a (relative) bargain, but if you are thinking of attending the World Series, they are. Relatively speaking, of course.
As of yesterday, FanSnap.com, which gathers information from a variety of secondary market sites, said the average asking price for Game 3 in the Bronx was a mere $847 (with a low of $335).
The averages for the other cities' prospective first World Series home games were Philadelphia, $1,597, San Francisco, $1,431, and Arlington, Texas, $1,081.
Why the discrepancy? In part because there are more listings for Yankees tickets, which drives down prices, and in part because of the been-there, done-that factor for the defending champs' fans.
Tickets to Games 6 and 7 of the ALCS were averaging a more manageable $223 for tonight and $305 for tomorrow, if necessary, as Rangers fans hoped for their first World Series berth.
ALCS rates with viewers
No one in baseball disputes the NFL's ratings supremacy, but MLB is pleased with how the playoffs have performed so far — especially given the fact the Fox-Cablevision dispute has turned the NLCS into a rumor in much of the New York area.
Despite that, Game 4 of the National League series Wednesday averaged 9.27 million viewers, the most for an NLCS since Game 7 of the Cardinals-Mets series in 2006. Through five games the ALCS is averaging 7.6 million viewers, up 26 percent from last year and the best such figure for TBS in its four years of LCS coverage.
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The notes you take make all the difference when it comes to acing your exams. Check out these simple organization tips that will help make note-taking a breeze!
Listen for the main points.
A common mistake is trying to write down word-for-word what the professor is lecturing, which only leaves you with a jumbled mess of notes! Focus on the main points of the lesson and only jot down the major details. You'll actually have time to listen to the lecture, and you can always refer back to the textbook for more details later!
Use cross references.
Cross references will help you take notes faster and will aid you while studying. When you're jotting down notes for something that has too much content to keep up with, keep your notes brief and then leave a comment saying where you can find more information (i.e. "See page 54 in the textbook for definitions." or, "See slide 8 in PowerPoint for a diagram.").
Summarize at the end.
Take a few minutes at the end of each class to summarize the main point of the day's lecture at the bottom of your notes, which is an easy spot to refer back to. This is a good time to jot down some more details that you didn't have time to write down earlier!
Use page markers.
One of the hardest parts about studying is flipping through your notebook and trying to find the exact page you need. Get in the habit of labeling your notes with markers that stick out of your notebook. Label the chapter number, the title, or anything else you feel is helpful!
Always date and title your notes!
This step is so small and easy, most people end up ignoring it altogether! Labeling your notes with a date and title will help you find the notes you're looking for with ease.
Keep a separate notebook for each class.
Why? Because it's confusing when you're trying to study chemistry and you have to flip through pages of history notes before you find what you need! Save yourself the hassle.
How do you keep your notes organized? Leave your suggestions in the comments below.


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Given that precious metals bullion bars and coins can go down as well as up in value, investing in them may not be suitable for everyone. All investments, including precious metals investments, can decline in value. Therefore, do your independent research and understand them well.
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"Tonite" is the third single from rapper DJ Quik's debut album Quik is the Name. It samples "Kleeer's" Tonight and Tonight's the Night by Betty Wright.
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