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Cedar Lodge Mason Jar Planter
A mason jar is re-purposed into a cute holiday decor piece in just a few steps! Give as a gift or use to spruce up your own home.
Material List
- Glass Mason Jar
- Sand- Black (1 bag)
- Pebbles (or Rocks)- Black (1-2 bags)
- Ribbon- Burlap
- Decorative Ribbon
- Paper Gift Tag
- Jute (or Twine)
- Christmas Branch with Pine Cones
- Low Heat Glue Gun
Project Instructions
Decorate your jar by first wrapping the burlap ribbon around the jar with the decorative ribbon on top of the burlap. Use the hot glue gun to keep the burlap ribbon in place.
To give your project a homespun look, wrap a piece of jute or twine around the burlap and decorative ribbon several times. Don't forget to add the gift tag if it's a gift!
Add the bag of black river pebbles or rocks to the jar (depending on how you prefer your jar to look, you may want to add more rocks, using a second bag).
Now slowly add the bag of black sand to the jar. If you hold the jar at an angle and slowly shake the jar, the sand should filter in between the rocks.
Lastly, take your pine branch and firmly place in the jar, and you're finished!
Craft Notes
Adult supervision is required at all times.


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One-on-One with Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan sits down for an exclusive interview with Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher of Cigar Aficionado.
Marvin R. Shanken
From the Print Edition:
Michael Jordan, July/August 2005
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MRS: How did the fans treat you?
JORDAN: Well, it was a little different because of Illinois playing in the finals. I live in Illinois. It was the first time [Illinois] had been to a title game in so many years. But my true heart was with Carolina. And I think the fans understood that. They weren't bitter that I was supporting Carolina or that I was wearing the Carolina blue.
MRS: I read that almost the entire starting team of North Carolina has opted to go into the NBA draft, including three juniors [Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton and Sean May] as well as freshman Marvin Williams. Is this good for the players?
JORDAN: Is that good? I can be biased from the outside looking in. I'm very supportive of the university, and I would like to see them have the opportunity to defend the championship. In that respect, I think the players should have stayed in school. Just from a selfish aspect, I wanted to cheer for my university. But I don't have the understanding of what the family situations were for these players, or what motivates them. Sometimes you have to follow your dream. Their decision also depends on what Coach [Roy] Williams advised them, and about what pick they would be. That team had accomplished a lot in winning a championship. That's the ultimate prize. I think what my mother would have told me, as long as you go back and get that degree, then I can understand the sacrifice that you make to leave school. [Editor's note: Jordan, who left college in 1984, received his degree from North Carolina in 1986.]
MRS: Are these early exits from college good or bad for the NBA?
JORDAN: That depends, too. I'm a firm believer that a player should be 20 years old or older before going to the pros. Anything less than that is potentially bad. You've got a lot of things you have to take into consideration. The lifestyle. Just the mental and physical demands of the NBA that these kids are going to be dealing with are tough. And their whole maturity level, not only for basketball but on the personal side, too, has to be taken into account. If I had been a freshman or even a sophomore, no matter how good I was, I don't know if I would have been ready for what I had to deal with in the professional ranks. But you got more and more young guys doing it. I am a firm believer that something is affected by leaving college early, or not going to college at all.
As an NBA executive, if you have to invest in a player, you want to see more of the product that you are going to invest in. Since you aren't going to see as many games [of those leaving school early] to be able to gauge the maturity of these guys' basketball talent, you're rolling the dice. You are gambling. If you don't gamble right, you're going to be set back two or three years.
Now how does it affect the colleges? Look at North Carolina. You have to rebuild that team. You've almost got to start up again with all new players.
But the impact is even spreading down into the high school ranks. Kids there are not really looking at academics. They just want to get good. If they can't get into a college, the first thing they're going to say is, Well, I'm going to go pro. That may not be the best thing for them. So this trend trickles down all the way into high school.
JORDAN: That's exactly what I'm saying. I'm a firm believer in that. You can argue a lot of different situations, from social to financial. Maybe there has to be some type of arrangements, or agreement between the NCAA and the NBA, for those kids who are not financially stable. For them, there will always be pressure for going to the pros, to take care of their families.
MRS: What about players like Kevin Garnett? Kobe Bryant? LeBron James?
JORDAN: But you're talking about one player, LeBron James, who's been very successful in his first two years. Kobe [Bryant], Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal—all those guys took at least three years before they adapted to what they had to do as professional basketball players.
MRS: They probably don't know what they missed, but you knew because you experienced college. What's important about staying in college?
JORDAN: You get the chance to mature in college. They get a chance to deal with a lot of issues in college. There's the education aspect, too. College teaches you a lot. It teaches you about being on your own, making decisions and even handling bank accounts. Eventually, you're going to have to deal with those things anyway.
MRS: You mentioned Dean Smith in a very positive way. I've wanted to ask what influence Dean Smith had on you as a young player.
JORDAN: He taught me a lot about the game. Not just about the athleticism required to play it. I'm a firm believer that when you come out of high school, you are strictly athletic. You've got a lot of athletic talents. Very few players are taught the game the right way in high school. When you go into these college programs, which was the best thing that happened to me, they are going to teach you all aspects of the game of basketball so you can apply that to your athletic skills and develop them. Once you leave college, you are a complete basketball player. Athletically, you are complete. And you know how to utilize that athleticism, and you know how to play the game within the team concept. You got a lot of these kids coming out of high school who never really had the right coaching. They think they can get by with just athleticism. It's not that way. There is very little teaching in the pros. You don't have time to teach. You've got 82 games in a season.
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Ron Comrie — Lakewood Ranch, Florida, United States, — December 26, 2012 1:49pm ET
Can you please tell me the name/style of the Movado watch Michael Jordan is wearing on the cover photo? Thanks.
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I'm back from Bruges. I have once again survived traveling with my children, though this one was a really close one. I don't have the energy to write my planned "Bruges: Friend or Foe?" post, so I will instead write a couple other things, including a delightful tale of vomit, and then go to sleep on my floor because my bed is too far away to be useful.
The day before we left for Bruges I took the kids to the park. There's a spinny thing at the park Lucien loves because it's always full of his rowdier friends. I usually don't let Coco ride it but she was pretty insistent this time. She wants to do everything Lucien does, so I figured what the hell, what could possibly go wrong? (Moms should never ask themselves this question because it's just begging for trouble.)
After I convinced the other kids to settle the eff down and stop turning the thing at warp speed, Coco got her turn. She didn't seem to enjoy it; she looked very serious and her brow was furrowed. I tried to pull her off but she kicked and yelled and made it very clear she didn't want off. It was then I realized her serious look was because she was concentrating on having THE BEST TIME OF HER LIFE.
She twirled and twirled. I pulled her off every few minutes so the bigger kids could go nuts. During these resting periods, she pummeled me with her tiny fists until she was back on. And as nearly everyone but me could have predicted, after a few hundred turns in spinny thing heaven -- vomit everywhere.
Parents immediately grabbed their squealing kids and fled. One mama stayed with me to slow the spinny thing so vomit would stop swirling all over it like a Spin Art kit. I lifted Coco, grabbed my baby wipes and started to clean it all up. Coco staggered around behind me like a dizzy drunk and continued to throw up on herself. Then she walked back over and flung her leg up on the spinny thing. My God, she wanted back on. Coco is determined and focused in a very scary way.
I didn't let her back on, of course, so she pummeled me again, only this time her fists were pretty gross.
I called Alex to tell him I was never leaving the apartment again and he reminded me I say that about twice a day and I always end up leaving the apartment again so he doesn't believe me anymore. But really, I just shouldn't leave.
I left again this evening for Lucien's end-of-year school fair. (Who the hell has a school fair on a Tuesday night?? Our stupid school, that's who.) I'd signed Alex up to work a booth from 7:30 to 8:30p.m. My thinking was he'd have plenty of time to get there after work and I could abscond early with the children who are still tired from Bruges so are cranky and horrible.
Then suddenly Alex got on a plane and went to Spain for work, leaving me alone to face the late shift at a Pin the Tail on the Donkey booth while keeping tabs on two ticked-off children, both of whom have proven to have poor self-control, overwhelming independent streaks, and zero boundaries. Giddy-up.
I knew going in I was not going to man the Pin the Tail on the Donkey booth very well. I also knew I could approach it in one of two ways: I could give everyone the full American -- run in with a big smile and profuse apologies for not giving my undivided attention to the donkey's ass and then distract them all by writing my name with sparklers. Or I could give 'em the Frenchie -- work my booth for however long I felt like working my booth, then wander away. If anyone said anything to me, shrug.
Gaspard's mom was scheduled to work the donkey booth with me. I've never made an ass of myself in front of Gaspard's mom so was excited for the opportunity. She looked mystified as I blubbered something about trying to help, but husband in Barcelona and daughter in the middle of the wading pool at the fishing game. Gaspard's mom didn't understand me, but she felt sorry for me and gave me a few encouraging words as I ran past her time and time again chasing Coco, the BEAST. Coco dove in water. She grabbed rings and balls straight from kids' hands. She took their toys. She took their food. She made them cry.
Lucien, happily, surprisingly, was an angel. He had fun with his friends and was a big help to me; when I asked him to bring Coco a plate of food, he returned with a plate of five hundred marshmallows.
I couldn't even remotely help any kid pin the tail on on the goddamn donkey. I gave up and wandered off eventually but did it with a big American smile -- and I shrugged at people as I carried a wriggling, screaming child under my arm out the door with a sparkler between my teeth. I'm really feeling the combined influence of both cultures now.
Vomit. Donkeys. Marshmallows. I feel good about this one.


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Yesterday, I upgraded to Intel Matrix Storage Manager (IMSM) 22.214.171.1243 in preparation for upgrading from Windows Vista Home Premium x64 to Windows 7 x64. I was previously running IMSM 18.104.22.1681 without any problems.
After installing IMSM 8.9, I encountered an annoying problem after resuming from a system sleep state. The desktop environment came up almost instantly as before upon system resumption, but access to the RAID array was delayed by around 30 seconds. Thus the system essentially froze when disk access was requested. This happened consistently.
I was hoping that the problem was isolated to an incompatibility between IMSM 8.9 and Windows Vista. But unfortunately it is not. Upgrading to Windows 7 did not resolve the issue. Thus I must conclude that a bug was introduced between IMSM 8.2 and 8.9. I'm not sure reverting to 8.2 is viable. I tried 8.8 without success.
This is a nuisance issue and not fatal. But still, having to wait for around half a minute every time after sleep resumption is not acceptable.
Here is my config from a partial IMSM report:
Shell Version: 126.96.36.1993
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
OS Version: 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Name: TODD-PC
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P35-DS3P
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
BIOS Version/Date: Award Software International, Inc. F12B, 09/18/2008
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
Intel RAID Controller: Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller
Number of Serial ATA ports: 6
RAID Option ROM Version: 126.96.36.1997
Status: No active migrations
Hard Drive Data Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 1863 GB
Free Space: 0 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 4
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 3: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 4: ST3500320AS
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: Volume_0000
Status: Normal
System Volume: Yes
Volume Write-Back Cache Enabled: No
RAID Level: RAID 10 (striping and mirroring)
Strip Size: 64 KB
Size: 931.5 GB
Physical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Logical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Number of Hard Drives: 4
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 3: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 4: ST3500320AS
Parent Array: Array_0000
Have you experienced a similar problem? If so, are you aware of a fix? Intel, if this has not been reported, how can I file a bug report?
FYI, I have the latest BIOS installed and as far as I know, I can't upgrade RAID option ROM version 220.127.116.117, which should be OK in any case.
188.8.131.523 is known by us, forum users, to cause major headaches, there's a thread about it right on this same forum section where you posted this thread.
Random drive fails with new Matrix Storage Manager 8.9
it's at 50K views and 320+ replies/complaints and intel can't seem to find the cause and repair it.
The general solution is to downgrade to v22.214.171.1249, that has fixed the problem for the vast majority (including me on xp).
v8.8 might not be officially supported for Win7 but people that tried it reported that it works ok.
Edit: you might also want to try the drivers intel made for Dell, version 220.127.116.112, but they are not guaranteed to work and Intel only certified them for a few Dell models that had some issues: http://communities.intel.com/message/71042#71042
As I stated in the OP, I tried 8.8 and it exhibits the same problem. My issue is different than the one in the thread you referenced. That is why I started a new thread.
I am interested in finding out if others are seeing the same behavior as I am. Are you able to obtain immediate access to your RAID array after resumption from sleep or do you need to wait almost 30 seconds? Even if you are not having a problem, please post. Maybe what I am seeing is now standard behavior, but I sure doubt it.
I would really appreciate a quick post from people using Matrix Storage Manager > 8.2 as to whether or not you are experiencing the sleep problem outlined in the OP.
For all I know, a ~ 30 sec delay after resume from sleep was introduced intentionally by Intel after 8.2 for some reason.
I was running the "stock" Win7 Intel drivers for my board, and didn't have the delay problem (using a RAID 10) -- but then after installing 8.8, my system now takes around 30-45 seconds to "catch up" and allow access to the RAID after recovering from sleep.
So, yes, I'm having the same issue. Hardware:
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Motherboard
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) OCZ3P1866C9LV6GK
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W Power Supply
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
4 Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM drives
Nicholas, you are running substantially different hardware than me, which pretty much proves this is a general issue.
I have been in contact with Intel Technical Support regarding this problem, so confirmation that it is not associated with the idiosyncrasies of my system should give Intel a bit more motivation to investigate this further.
Do you have any idea what the version was of the "stock" driver you were running before the upgrade? This would help to bracket when the bug was introduced. I jumped from 8.2 to 8.9, then went back to 8.8, but I suspect the bundled driver is something later than 8.2.
I assume you noticed the problem immediately after upgrading the driver without changing anything else, correct? And do you have the delay every time after resume from sleep as I do?
This problem is an inconvenience and I can live with it if I know Intel is going to fix it, but a greater concern is that it is symptomatic of something more severe.
Sorry to change the subject a bit, but I am experiencing a simaler problem on a VAIO notebook with Windows 7 Home 32-bit. Every so often the same thing will happen only for 60 seconds and with no raid. This never occurred in Vista and it is very anoying. I have referred to many sources including this; http://derek858.blogspot.com/2009/01/windows-7-intel-sataahci-lockups.html and created other threads on Revision3 froms, and Windows 7 fourms. Everything points to this, or the incapatible chipset driver that sony has provided. I have contacted sony several times and they keep replying that they a not supporting W7 on my model (or any models before W7). this also never occurred in the Beta, or RC. this is very weird and Sony, Microsoft, or intel should listen to what is happening. Thank you for any help in advance.
I think Windows came with 8.6 as the stock driver. But I am not 100% certain.
You might want to check your Windows application log. (This can be examined through Computer Management.) Do a search for "Intel" and you should see informational events logged by the Intel Event Monitor. Since you may not have had the Event Monitor running until you installed 8.9 or 8.8, you might not find a log entry for the previous version, but you can give it a go.
Unfortunately I didn't see the previous version number in the event log. I installed 8.9 last night (after backing up my entire system) and the "delay from resume" issue still exists for me. It seems like a genuine bug in the driver. Just not sure when it was introduced.
Please see http://communities.intel.com/message/68718#68718 for more information and possible solutions.
Just found a more specific (and huge) thread for "Random Drive fails with New Matrix Storage Manager 8.9" whch directly addresses this issue. Look for an unreleased version 22.214.171.1247 that leaked onto the web. Intel apparently is also changing the "Matrix Storage Manager" name to "Rapid Storage Technology".
Had very reliable
System very solid for 3 years. with no significant errors.
Then, per the motherboard RSS feed.
BIOS on MB, MATRIX SW and All OS and driver patches updated same day.
Done this in the past without any issues...
Upgraded to Matrix Storage Manager 220.127.116.113.
Within a few days disks began erroring out of tthe RAID.
Had two spare disks I rotated into the RAID with rebuilds.
Went two weeks with a disk falling out of RAID approx every 2 days.
Saw failures every disk including original three plus two spares I had.
No pattern as to which port or drive would fail.
Didn't seem to matter if I was logged on or not.
Haven't seen a failure in two days, but since 8.9 is required for Win 7, have no choice now.
Just saw the Intel bug report on this today. Wish I'd seen it earlier. Falling back to previous driver
rev was about the only thing I did not try.
Suggest a very noticable warning on the download page for 8.9 until this is resolved.
Saved the error logs of bunches of failures if that would help.
Reference Intel Bug CS-030818 saying they can't reproduce the bug.
**** Martin
Created account to give my experience and frustration with Intel Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.
I have 4x1TB drives in RAID 10.
Using 8.9 driver version i had random system lockups, which resulted in reboot and rebuilding of RAID array.
Next i used 22.214.171.1247, be WARNED this driver is also broken. Even more frequent lockups. Also TaskManager(taskmgr.exe) was not responding frequently.
Installed 8.8 So far all good, over a week without lockup or rebuild.
My system is : Intel i7, Gigabyte EX58-UD4P, 6G RAM, 4x1T RAID10, 2x1T RAID0, W7 Ultimate 64.
Hope it helps.
See Peter'UK's thread at http://communities.intel.com/thread/8139


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Hey all, Had a quick question about this… What exactly IS heroblade..
Can you actually make the game without paying for it? And by that I mean setting up the game with it, then allowing other people to get onto your game and play it without them being an admin. (if so how?)
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It sounds like you are talking about two different things. The debt and the deficit should be looked at independently. I think the biggest problem is that we cannot run a deficit indefinitely. We must "pay as we go".
Whether or not we are willing to pay the taxes for the services we believe we need is a whole other issue. Once we decide as a nation what services we need and then find the funding to make that possible we will then need to start attacking the debt and bring it down to a manageable level.
At 14 trillion dollars assuming 3% interest we are paying 420 billion a year on this debt. This is $1,400 for every man woman and child in the USA each year. Assuming 300 million population.
This is just the interest on the debt. Now add the taxes to sustain our current level of services to balance the budget and you start to get the idea of the problem. We know that every man women and child don't pay these fees. So it is much larger.
The big different with the USA and you is when you don't pay they come and take your house. What exactly does China come and take when we don't pay??
I know I don't understand this as well as I should, and probably should not be writing all this.... but that rarely stops me.


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I have a device made by IDC on my air handler that has been working fine (and may still be!) since the 80's. On what may be the hottest day of the year, it's preventing the a/c from running. It monitors the incoming a/c for brownouts and intermittant noise and will shut things down until they've stabilized for a user selectable timeout (right now, it's set at 2-minutes). I checked the incoming voltage, and it's fine, but have nothing to check the noise. So, since it is going to get to nearly 100-degrees today, I bypassed it so the thing would turn on (and it did).
Has anyone ever used one of these things? Is this a typical failure mode? Should I just bypass it permanently?
The installer suggested it, and while I did not have him install one, I thought about it and did it myself shortly thereafter. It's primary thing is it prevents the thing from turning on until the power stabilizes after a power outage, but will also shut off if the brownout gets too severe. I thought that may have been what happened, but not with 241vac coming in, regardless of how accurate the meter is, that is well within range.
Anyway, this happened overnight, when I noticed it was about 5-degrees hotter this morning and then went to investigate. I'd added a bunch of insulation earlier this spring, otherwise, it would have been a hothouse upstairs.
Jim DeBruycker
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Sam Walker has today (Friday) joined Colchester United on loan until 19 January.
The goalkeeper returns to the Essex club having spent the second half of last season on loan there, when he kept nine clean sheets and played a crucial role in helping them preserve their League One status.
Walker, who joined the Blues from Millwall as a schoolboy, recently travelled to Asia as one of the three goalkeepers in Jose Mourinho's squad, but returned to the UK following the arrival of Mark Schwarzer.
The 21-year-old has previously enjoyed loan spells with Bristol Rovers, Yeovil Town, Northampton Town and Barnet.
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Women's Basketball Picks up 86-72 Exhibition Win Over LaGrange
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Jaymee Carnes picked up right where she left off Friday night as she led the North Georgia College & State University women's basketball team to an 86-72 win in an exhibition game against LaGrange College Friday night at Memorial Hall Gymnasium.
In the Saints' final tune-up prior to starting the regular season next week, Carnes led all scorers with 22 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. The junior from nearby Gainesville, Ga. went 8-14 from the field and 6-9 from the charity stripe.
Also recording double-digit point outings for North Georgia were Mimi Hill with 12 points, Stephanie Huffman with 13 and Keely Chester with 11.
North Georgia ended the contest shooting 50.8% (31-61) from the field and had just four three-pointers as a team.
Four players had double-digit points for LaGrange led by Katie Covington's 18 off the bench. She went 10-11 from the charity stripe and was just 4-11 from the field.
Caroline Brashier chipped in 15 points, Madison McDonald added 13 and Heather Miller had 11 points. Miller was the only starter for the Panthers to break into double digits.
The Saints started the game off extremely well as they raced out to an 11-0 lead through the first 16 minutes before Brashier finally broke through with a three-pointer for LaGrange.
With just 8:13 left in the first half, the Panthers took their first lead of the game off a jumper by Covington, but North Georgia fought back to take a 42-38 lead into the locker room at half time.
A pair of Huffman free throws with just under 17 minutes remaining in the game gave the Saints the lead for good and North Georgia went on from there to extend its lead over the closing minutes.
The Saints will open their regular season with their own Lady Saints Tip-Off Classic next weekend, Friday, Nov. 16 through Saturday, Nov. 17. North Georgia's first game will be against Carson-Newman college at 6 p.m. on Friday.


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Monitor the size of your mailbox
1. You must use an Outlook desktop client to view the size of your mailbox as this option is not available in Outlook Web Access. In Outlook 2010, from the navigation list on the left hand side of your screen, select the top level folder, Mailbox - Last Name, First. On the Folder Tab in the Properties group, click on Folder Properties.
In Outlook 2007, the only difference is the initial step. In your Inbox, right-click on Mailbox. Proceed to #2 below.
2. In the Properties window, click on the Folder Size button.
3. A Folder Size window displays showing the total size of your mailbox and each folder.
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2. While you can sort your folder by size, you must sort each folder individually to see these results. You can use the virtual folder that searches all subfolders and display messages grouped by size. Click on Search Folders in the Navigation List and select Large Mail.
3. Your mail will now be displayed in size groups allowing you to focus on the largest messages first.
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Archiving your email using Outlook
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1. To set the AutoArchive in Outlook 2007, select Tools from the Menu bar. Click on Options. In the Options window, click on the Other tab, then AutoArchive.
2. In Outlook 2010, click on the File tab, select the Info section. Click on Cleanup Tools and select Archive from the list.
3. The AutoArchive window looks the same in both Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. In this window, you define how often to archive, what date range to use, what folders to archive, and where you want the archive data file to be stored. Once you define the settings, click Apply these settings to all folders now.
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hey this is paulas24
i would love to install a writer software that can detect external cd/dvd/writer drivers on ubuntu 10.04 lts. any help will be highly appreciated
@paulas24, Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LTS comes pre-installed with Brasero Disc Burner which can be found under
Applications > Sound and Video > Brasero Disc Burner .
Hope this helps! :)
There are a number of CD/DVD burners for Linux, including Brasero as mentioned, as well as K3b. I generally use K3b because it gives me better control over disc write speed and other factors than Brasero does. Both of these tools use command-line programs under-the-covers such as mkisofs, which is why if you want the best control over what the system is doing, you need to master the command line, though it is not necessary. Point in fact, that after almost 15 years of using Linux professionally, I still use the GUI CD/DVD writer tools, simply because it is easier! :-) In case you are interested, I am a Linux system programming professional. I work as a performance engineer on systems that support well over a million concurrent users.
Although those are on a number of data centers, world-wide... :-)
And I'm a 16-year old kid with an unshaved beard and am still in high school. :P :D
ALL 16-year old kids have unshaved beards! :-)
That said, your advise about Brasero was generally spot-on! :-) Also, my 18-year old grandson is a Linux wizard. I don't think he is shaving yet either! I have no prejudice regarding HS kids. My previous cube-mate at 22-years is the same age as my granddaughter, and he is definitely a competent engineer. I ask him for help at least as often as he asks me for mine, and my grandson can do stuff with aircraft design that I can only dream about.
So, in my not-so-humble-opinion, age is not as important as ability and knowledge!
Thank You for those encouraging words! :)
Feeling confident of myself now.
As some hippie-era comic character once said, just keep on truckin'! :-)
For sure! ;)
thanks people i will tryout the brasero although i had tried before and it wasn't detecting eternal media that is external writer.
Then open up your CPU and reconnect your CD-Drive, because I was having the same problem and doing this worked for me!
i have tried the brasero it only recognises the external drive sometimes. Any body with the knowledge of a script i can add for this. for it to be detecting the usb drive always?
Some times the operating system takes a bit of time to see the external device. Plug it in, and if it isn't recognized in about a minute or so, then try cycling the power to the drive while it is plugged in to the USB port on the system.


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The Excuse Factory: How Employment Law Is Paralyzing the American Workplaceby Walter K. Olson
Renowned for his work on the litigation explosion, Walter Olson takes an in-depth look at employment law and how it has been affected by the litigation explosion.
"Excuse Me, But I Was Next..."by Peggy Post
Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers, line cutters, or movie chatterers? Been confused about who pays at a restaurant? Received a gift you hated? Fumed over how to respond to a nosy question? America's etiquette expert Peggy Post comes to the rescue in this concise, readable handbook devoted to the top 100 etiquette issues everyone wonders about. You'll learn how to politely say "no" to difficult requests, how to introduce someone if you've forgotten his or her name, how to perform damage control for e-mail bloopers, and countless other strategies for handling life's awkward moments. Additional highlights include: Ten Conversational Blunders . . . Five Introduction Goofs . . . Top Dinner-Table Manners Goofs . . . Tipping Guidelines . . . A Family Gathering Survival Guide . . . How to Spot a Dud on the First Date . . . Playdate Etiquette . . . How to Be a Welcome Houseguest . . . How to Simplify Gift Giving . . . Dispelling Wedding Myths . . . and much more. In "Excuse Me, But I Was Next . . . ," Peggy Post distills the essence of etiquette for today's world into the perfect portable book.
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Doneby Larry Bossidy Ram Charan
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things doneby Larry Bossidy Ram Charan Charles Burck
The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you're running an entire company or in your first management job Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senior executives and boards of directors, a man with unparalleled insight into why some companies are successful and others are not. Together they've pooled their knowledge and experience into the one book on how to close the gap between results promised and results delivered that people in business need today. After a long, stellar career with General Electric, Larry Bossidy transformed AlliedSignal into one of the world's most admired companies and was named CEO of the year in 1998 by Chief Executive magazine. Accomplishments such as 31 consecutive quarters of earnings-per-share growth of 13 percent or more didn't just happen; they resulted from the consistent practice of the discipline of execution: understanding how to link together people, strategy, and operations, the three core processes of every business. Leading these processes is the real job of running a business, not formulating a "vision" and leaving the work of carrying it out to others. Bossidy and Charan show the importance of being deeply and passionately engaged in an organization and why robust dialogues about people, strategy, and operations result in a business based on intellectual honesty and realism. The leader's most important job--selecting and appraising people--is one that should never be delegated. As a CEO, Larry Bossidy personally makes the calls to check references for key hires. Why? With the right people in the right jobs, there's a leadership gene pool that conceives and selects strategies that can be executed. People then work together to create a strategy building block by building block, a strategy in sync with the realities of the marketplace, the economy, and the competition. Once the right people and strategy are in place, they are then linked to an operating process that results in the implementation of specific programs and actions and that assigns accountability. This kind of effective operating process goes way beyond the typical budget exercise that looks into a rearview mirror to set its goals. It puts reality behind the numbers and is where the rubber meets the road. Putting an execution culture in place is hard, but losing it is easy. In July 2001 Larry Bossidy was asked by the board of directors of Honeywell International (it had merged with AlliedSignal) to return and get the company back on track. He's been putting the ideas he writes about in Execution to work in real time.
Execution Dock (William Monk #16)by Anne Perry
On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain's merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig is found with his throat cut, Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. Monk's wife, Hester, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husband's cause--a canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. To one as criminally minded as Phillips, these folks are mere mosquitoes, to be sure. But as he will soon discover, some mosquitoes can have a deadly sting.
Execution of Innocenceby Christopher Pike
Charlie & Mary were a happy couple. But Mary makes a small mistake. Charlie loses it and someone dies. Charlie is a hunted man and Mary an outcast. But what really happened that dark night, when love & rage shook hands on a deserted street?
The Execution of Noa P. Singletonby Elizabeth L. Silver
An unforgettable and unpredictable debut novel of guilt, punishment, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive Noa P. Singleton never spoke a word in her own defense throughout a brief trial that ended with a jury finding her guilty of first-degree murder. Ten years later, having accepted her fate, she sits on death row in a maximum-security penitentiary, just six months away from her execution date. Seemingly out of the blue, she is visited by Marlene Dixon, a high-powered Philadelphia attorney who is also the mother of the woman Noa was imprisoned for killing. Marlene tells Noa that she has changed her mind about the death penalty and Noa's sentence, and will do everything in her considerable power to convince the governor to commute the sentence to life in prison, in return for the one thing Noa is unwilling to trade: her story. Marlene desperately wants Noa to reveal the events that led to her daughter's death - events that Noa has never shared with a soul. With death looming, Marlene believes that Noa may finally give her the answers she needs, though Noa is far from convinced that Marlene deserves the salvation she alone can deliver. Inextricably linked by murder but with very different goals, Noa and Marlene wrestle with the sentences life itself can impose while they confront the best and worst of what makes us human in this haunting tale of love, anguish, and deception.From the Hardcover edition.
The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American Southby Gilbert King
On May 3, 1946, a seventeen-year-old boy was scheduled to die by the electric chair inside of a tiny red brick jail in picturesque St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Young Willie Francis had been charged with the murder of a local pharmacist. The electric chair-three hundred pounds of oak and metal- had been dubbed "Gruesome Gertie" and was moved from one jailhouse to another throughout the state of Louisiana. The switch would be thrown at 12:08 P. M. , but Willie Francis did not die. Miraculously, having survived this less than cordial encounter with death, Willie was soon informed that the state would try to kill him again in six days. Letters began pouring into St. Martinsville from across the country-Americans of all colors and classes were transfixed by the fate of this young man. A Cajun lawyer just returned from WWII, Bertrand DeBlanc would take on Willie's case-in the face of overwhelming local resistance. DeBlanc would argue the case all the way from the Bayou to the U. S. Supreme Court. In deciding Willie's fate the courts and the country would be forced to ask questions about capital punishment that remain unresolved today.
The Executioner (Robert Hunter #2)by Chris Carter
Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned, legs stretched out, arms crossed over the chest, the most horrifying thing of all is that the priest's head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later, the forensic team discover that, on the victim's chest, the figure 3 has been scrawled in blood. At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? And what links these apparently random victims? Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive and sadistic killer, somone who apparently has the power to read his victims' minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim.
Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chairby Richard Moran
In this amazing story of high stakes competition between two titans, Richard Moran shows how the electric chair developed not out of the desire to be more humane but through an effort by one nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other. In 1882, Thomas Edison ushered in the "age of electricity" when he illuminated Manhattan's Pearl Street with his direct current (DC) system. Six years later, George Westinghouse lit up Buffalo with his less expensive alternating current (AC). The two men quickly became locked in a fierce rivalry, made all the more complicated by a novel new application for their product: the electric chair. When Edison set out to persuade the state of New York to use Westinghouse's current to execute condemned criminals, Westinghouse fought back in court, attempting to stop the first electrocution and keep AC from becoming the "executioner's current." In this meticulously researched account of the ensuing legal battle and the horribly botched first execution, Moran raises disturbing questions not only about electrocution, but about about our society's tendency to rely on new technologies to answer moral questions. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Executive Advantageby Jacqui Grey
The pressures on executives to succeed, both internal and external, are intense. They are constantly fighting to make sense of their changing worlds and to make the right decisions for themselves, their teams and their business. Executive Advantage gives ambitious leaders the powerful strategies they need to become authentic 21st century leaders. It makes sense of the complexities faced by organizations, especially in the face of aggressive growth or, conversely, recession and downsizing. Any change presents challenges and it's the leader's role to tackle these head on. Understanding human needs, and the consequences of not meeting these needs, is key to effective handling of change, conflict and executive 'gremlins', the barriers and sticking points that can get in the way of optimal business performance. Leadership expert Jacqui Grey presents a 10 step solution for leaders who are looking to make a real difference in their business.
Executive Function in Educationby Lynn Meltzer
This uniquely integrative book brings together research on executive function processes from leaders in education, neuroscience, and psychology. It focuses on how to apply current knowledge to assessment and instruction with diverse learners, including typically developing children and those with learning difficulties and developmental disabilities. The role of executive function processes in learning is examined and methods for identifying executive function difficulties are reviewed. Chapters describe scientifically grounded models for promoting these key cognitive capacities at the level of the individual child, the classroom, and the entire school. Implications for teaching particular content areas reading, writing, and math are also discussed.
The Executive in Actionby Peter F. Drucker
Three complete Drucker management books in one volume -- Managing for Results, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and The Effective Executive with a new preface by the author.In his preface, Peter F. Drucker says: "These three books should enable executives -- whether high up in the organization or just beginning their career-- to know the right things to do;-- to know how to do them; and-- to do them effectively.Together, these three books provide The Toolkit for Executive Action."Drucker identifies and explains the practices, decisions and priorities for achieving business performance and executive effectiveness. These books cover "the three dimensions of the successful practice of management." Managing for Results was the first book to explain business strategy. Drucker shows how the existing business has to focus on opportunities rather than problems to be effective, for it is the opportunities that will bring growth and performance. Innovation and Entrepreneurship analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. It is a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions and new ventures have to know, learn and do to prepare and create the successful businesses of tomorrow. In The Effective Executive, Drucker discusses the five practices and habits that must be learned for executive effectiveness. Ranging widely through business and government, he demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious situations. Together, these three books have sold more than a million copies; they have been published throughout the world and continue to sell actively. These are essential works for the executive and manager by "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers." --Wall Street Journal
Executive Intelligenceby Justin Menkes
The final word on what traits make for highly successful managers--and a detailed explanation of how to identify potential standout performers. Executive Intelligence is about the substance behind great leadership. Inspired by the work of Peter Drucker and Jim Collins, Justin Menkes set out to isolate the qualities that make for the 'right' people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by interviews with accomplished CEOs, Menkes paints the portrait of the ideal executive. In a sense, Menkes's work reveals an executive IQ--the cognitive skills necessary in order to excel in senior management positions. Star leaders readily differentiate primary priorities from secondary concerns; they identify flawed assumptions; they anticipate the different needs of various stakeholders and how they might conflict with one another; and they recognise the underlying agendas of individuals in complex exchanges. Weaving together research, interviews and the results of his own proprietary testing, Menkes exposes one of the great fallacies of corporate life, that hiring and promotion are conducted on a systematic or scientific basis that allows the most accomplished to rise to their levels of optimal responsibility. Finally, Menkes is a passionate advocate for finding and employing the most talented people, especially those who may have been held back by external assumptions.
Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Haveby Justin Menkes
The final word on what traits make for highly successful managers - and a detailed explanation of how to identify potential standout performers. "Executive Intelligence" is about the substance behind great leadership. Inspired by the work of Peter Drucker and Jim Collins, Justin Menkes set out to isolate the qualities that make for the 'right' people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by interviews with accomplished CEOs, Menkes paints the portrait of the ideal executive.
Executive Intent (Patrick McLanahan Series #16)by Dale Brown
The deadliest strike will come from outer space. When America develops the most powerful defense system in history, will it be used to protect the nation--or will it be used to force universal domination? This question must be answered in the stillness of outer space and the corridors of the White House. The United States has just unleashed the most powerful weapon in history--a missile-launching satellite called Thor's Hammer that can strike anywhere on the planet in seconds. Now the United States stands unchecked in military dominance. Or does it? The world's other major superpowers, Russia and China, are rocked by America's development, and they scramble to respond by gaining control of the seas. When terrorists hijack Pakistani missiles and fire them at Indian cities, U.S. president Joseph Gardner has only one option: to use the untested Thor's Hammer. But something goes awry and the Hammer misses one of its targets, killing thousands of Pakistani civilians. In retaliation, Pakistan and the Middle East decide to give China strategic naval advantage by granting it access to Middle Eastern ports. To make matters worse, days after the crisis, Somali pirates board a Chinese freighter off the coast of Mogadishu and slaughter the crew. China responds by brutally attacking and then occupying Somalia, quickly setting up missile pads that can target U.S. naval ships across vital sea-lanes in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, as well as any ships transiting the Suez Canal. Now the U.S. high command is on red alert and the country's security is in total jeopardy. . . . Another flash point quickly emerges-in Earth's orbit. When Chinese and Russian spacecraft surround an American space station, the threat is clear: negotiate and compromise, or China and Russia will cripple the U.S. Navy with ballistic missiles. Retired Air Force lieutenant general Patrick McLanahan returns to assist the commander of the U.S. Space Defense Force, Kai Raydon. But can McLanahan and Raydon stop the Chinese and Russian spaceships? Or will the world's superpowers be plunged into a full-scale war? All the while, President Gardner must face threats from within when his own vice president begins to challenge his decisions-and maybe even his job. With Executive Intent, the New York Times bestselling master thriller-writer Dale Brown crafts an action-packed tale of intrigue and technological weaponry that pits the world's superpowers in a contest for Earth's oceans and ultimate high ground-space.
Executive Mother-To-Beby Nicola Marsh
From employee to mommy-to-be. . . Career-girl Kristen Lewis is at the top of her field. She's driven, sensible--and her spur-of-the-moment decision to have one perfect night with sexy Nate was totally out of character! She puts it behind her. . . until she's faced with two shocks: she's pregnant. . . with her boss's baby! Nathan Boyd, one of Australia's leading entrepreneurs, buries himself in his work to forget his private torment. But now he's faced with a dilemma: the first woman to tempt him in a long time is his employee.
Executive Privilegeby Phillip Margolin
When private detective Dana Cutler is hired to follow college student Charlotte Walsh, she never imagines the trail will lead to the White House. But the morning after Walsh's clandestine meeting with Christopher Farrington, President of the United States, the pretty young coed is dead-the latest victim, apparently, of a fiend dubbed "the D.C. Ripper." A junior associate in an Oregon law firm, Brad Miller is stunned by the death row revelations of convicted serial killer Clarence Little. Though Little accepts responsibility for a string of gruesome murders, he swears he was framed for one of them: the death of a teenaged babysitter who worked for then-governor Farrington. Suddenly nowhere in America is safe for a small-time private eye and a fledgling lawyer who possess terrifying evidence that suggests the unthinkable: that someone at the very highest level of government, perhaps the president himself, is a cold and brutal killer.
Executive Sanctionby David Compton
Betrayed by the political game, a brilliant, idealistic campaign manager now finds himself chosen by the CIA for an extremely sensitive and volatile national security operation. Caught in a world of clandestine affairs and high-tech espionage, he becomes the key suspect in an explosive murder case that could cost him everything, including his life!
Executive Seductionby Kristi Gold
When her sham engagement finally ended, celebrity chef Corri Harris was free to indulge in a steamy affair. Sexy studio executive Aidan O'Brien seemed to be just the remedy for her bruised ego. The problem? Aidan was her boss! With their illicit affair moving full steam ahead and no mention of commitment, Corri feared she'd become nothing more than Aidan's pet proté gé e. Once he'd taken her career as far as he could, would he discard her for another ingé nue?
Executive Sweetby Sage Ardman
Kay Samson is fresh out of business school and has a job as a junior executive-or so she thinks. But the job turns out to be something else: a bizarre game of erotic high-finance business deals. Although it starts off innocently, with just a little teasing, the game draws her in deeper with each new deal, and thrills her more than she could ever imagine. Who would have thought that her brains and her beauty could work together so powerfully? Kays partner in this game is Dan Avery, the handsome CEO of the company. The two of them might seem like a perfect match, but neither wants to get romantically involved. Dan has a history of bad relationships, and refuses to wreck the game by having another bitter breakup. Kay is wary of men, who always lust for her looks and never care about whats inside. Besides, theyre both having too much fun manipulating unsuspecting businessmen. But with all the sexually-charged business deals going on, how long can they keep the game going and stay out of trouble? . . ". a fun read with touches of humour, sexual suspense and a peek into the secret world of city-slick dealers and fast wheelers. " -Romance Reviews Magazine "If you are tired of reading the same CEO and Average-Girl plot over and over again, then this book is for you . . . hilarious and pretty steamy at times. " -The Romance Review . . ". absolutely invigorating and refreshing. . . . I never wanted it to end. " -Liezels Book Blog . . ". a suspense filled contemporary romance, which will keep your interest until the last page is turned. . . If you enjoy a sizzling read, with a plot twist or two then Executive Sweet is a must have for your reading library. Sage Ardman is definitely an author on the rise. " -HEA Romances with a Little KICK . . ". makes the ordinarily dull sounding business world fun, dangerous, and sexy. " -Adrias Book Blog
The Executive's Guide to Information Technologyby John Baschab Jon Piot
This book helps the CEO, CFO, CIO, technology consultants, and newly promoted IT directors effectively navigate the Whitewaters of IT. For the CEO and CFO, this book offers an opportunity to learn how to choose and work with an IT leader. More importantly, they will learn the right questions to ask and the appropriate level of oversight necessary to ensure that IT becomes a competitive advantage for the company or, at a minimum, a well-run internal service department. For the CIO and IT management, this book offers an opportunity to more effectively lead IT as a member of the senior management team and as the operating head of the IT business within the business. In summary, this book is important reading. It offers practical, real-world insight and pragmatic no-nonsense approaches for people who have a stake in corporate IT. In today's rapidly changing and highly competitive environment, the more effectively you exploit and manage IT in your business, the more successful your company will be.
Executive's Pregnancy Ultimatumby Emilie Rose
Flynn Maddox, The driven vice president of Maddox Communications, thought he was over his ex-wife, Renee. But when he learned that they were still married--and that she was trying to have his baby--he realized he had never stopped wanting her. it was time to put his fierce negotiating skills to good use. He would give her the baby she so desperately wanted. . . but not without getting her to sign off on some terms of his own.
The Executive's Vengeful Seductionby Maxine Sullivan
Damien Trent's time for revenge was at hand. The Australian businessman had bided his time, waiting for Gabrielle Kane to return. She'd dared to leave his bed years ago without a word. . . but now she needed him if she was to save her family's company. And Damien would lend his help. . . but his price was Gabrielle's hand in marriage. With five years of waiting behind him, Damien had no plans on making this a marriage in name only.
Executor's Guide, Theby Mary Randolph J.D.
If you're faced with wrapping up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed by all the work ahead -- especially when you're grieving. But with the right legal and practical information, you can do it. The Executor's Guide will help you make progress one step at a time by assisting you in navigating an unfamiliar land of legal procedures and terminology -- all while saving you time and money. It explains how to: prepare for the job of executor or trustee take your first steps claim life insurance, Social Security and other benefits make sense of a will what to do if there is no will determine whether probate is necessary care for children and their property file taxes deal with family members handle trusts look up your state's laws work with lawyers, appraisers, accountants and other experts This edition has been updated to include expanded information on dealing with online accounts, as well as tables outlining key points of each state's laws, the latest information on estate taxes, and worksheets that help you stay organized and on track.
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Escape from Memory
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Mom's steady gaze was driving me crazy.
"Oh," she said slowly, "but that's where you're wrong. You see, you do have the secrets. You know them."
When Kira agrees to let her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she has no idea that she will reveal secrets even she didn't know she had -- memories of fleeing a war-torn country with her mother, understanding a language she can't identify. Then her mother disappears, and a woman calling herself Aunt Memory takes Kira to Crythe, a place that doesn't officially exist, in order to rescue her mother -- or so Kira thinks. She soon learns that there are memories locked in her mind that place her and her mother in grave danger, but those memories are also the only thing that might save them.
In Escape from Memory, award-winning author Margaret Peterson Haddix imagines a culture that values its memories above everything else -- and a teen who has to make the most important decision of her life.
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I woke up.
"See?" I said as I opened my eyes. "Wasn't that stupid?"
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"So what great buried memory did I come up with?" I asked. "The trauma of second-grade math? I told you it wasn't worth hypnotizing me. My life has been too -- " I stopped without saying "dull," because I suddenly realized that all three of my closest friends were staring at me. Their faces, starting with Lynne's thin, dramatic one and ending with Courtney's heavyset, normally placid one, all held identical expressions: eyes wide, eyebrows... see more