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A school is not a building; it's a place where learning occurs. Reading "Three Cups of Tea" with tales of new bridges to carry wood and concrete, I'm left thinking, "Why so much cost, so much labor, merely to erect walls and roofs where children can meet?"
Once built, the work has just begun. Hundreds must travel daily to meet in too-large groups, to hear teachers speak *at* them, to take turns scrawling on chalkboards and precious paper. Of what benefit is this central meeting place to merit such a cost?
Imagine a world where cooking never happened at home. Imagine state-mandated cafeterias where hundreds traveled daily to sit quietly in rows while prepared meals where dished out without regard to individual taste. Imagine hours of journey each day to an unnecessarily remote place, to be served by adults who knew you only as one of many. Yes, this happens of course, in the military, in camps, in shelters. But never is this considered ideal. One always longs for the comfort of your own home to prepare and eat your family's meal.
So long have we been stuck in the institutional rut we call "education" that we forget its original purpose: to provide skills for an industrialized workforce. Just as military canteens serve food for military purposes, schools serve knowledge for industrial needs. Learn your lessons, then take your place in the river of red lights you drive each night after a day of forms and calls and pointless meetings.
But it doesn't have to be like this at all. Many of us learn and work with laptops from pretty much any location we want. For twelve years I've run my business without really knowing where in the world my associates are located. With the Internet and the computer, we've achieved true location independence, which allows us to live where we like, work where we like. I've long since left the days of rush hour waiting, so why are we asking children to walk miles to learn?
In Haiti, where only half the children go to a single day of school, why are we still talking about building schools? Why aren't we talking about training adults to use laptops instead of chalkboards? Why aren't the teachers going to the children, to teach in small local groups?
Why isn't learning, as with cooking, an activity favored for the home?

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Created: 02/05/2013 8:32 AM KSTP.com By: Jennie Olson
Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man in the head Monday night in Minneapolis.
The shooting happened in front of Juba Café on the 2900 block of East Lake Street around 10 p.m. Police say an adult man was shot in the head and taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
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And therein lies its charm!
Regardless of advancements in weather monitoring equipment, satellite data and predictions of climate trends, in the Adirondacks, most folks are often unsure of what to expect until the storm finally appears from over the nearest hill.
At times, the weather will test our power and our will, but it's always easy to face it from the warmer side of a windowsill.
The No Show Season
A few weeks ago, I dedicated an entire column to highlight a variety of local Sportsmans Shows hosted annually across the region. Since that time, I've already attended two shows, and I look forward to visiting a few others.
However, due to uncertain currents flowing through a river of political correctness, a once receptive climate for hosting such events has changed dramatically, especially in light of the horror that struck Newtown in December.
In fact, those same turbulent waters were responsible for turning a minor trickle into a raging river that recently washed over the entire sports show industry.
The trouble began in early January when a slight leak became trickle of water leaked over the dam of public opinion. Eventually, the leak turned into a torrent of concern, when a self-described soccer mom in Saratoga began circulating a petition to cancel a popular Gun Show scheduled for the Saratoga Springs City Center.
The New Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates (NEACA), which has hosted the Saratoga show for many years fought back against an online petition to prevent the show. However, in the court of public opinion, the promoter's defiant attitude could not overcome a losing battle.
Eventually, the show's promoter, David Petronis, agreed to restrict the display and/or sale of certain types of firearms in an attempt to avoid further controversy. Primarily, the weapons responsible for stirring the ongoing controversy were AR-15, Bushmaster rifles, and similarly designed firearms which are collectively referred to as 'assault rifles'.
Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at email@example.com.
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The F.B.I. in Our Open Society, by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet
The Bureau
The F B.I in our Open Society
by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet
Norton 400 pp. $6.95.
In an era when books like Jerome Skolnick's Justice Without Trial, James Q Wilson's Varieties of Police Behavior, and Paul Chevigny's Police Power have systematically analyzed the social functions of law-enforcement agencies, it is nothing short of foolish to believe, as the Overstreets do, that the FBI responds "simply and literally to instructions given it by an appropriate authority" Analyses of which laws are enforced and of how they are enforced, of the political relationships of agencies to other power groups, and of agencies' perceptions of their roles, have become the staples of serious, current attempts to understand the role of law enforcement in our society But in their analysis of the FBI, the Overstreets, relying on secondary sources and making no field inquiries of their own, do not get beyond confidently depicting a world of selfless and dedicated law enforcers conscientiously doing a thankless and complicated task This is the stuff of whimsy, not social analysis The title of their book notwithstanding, the role of federal law enforcement in a democracy is the one subject resolutely avoided in the Overstreets' tendentious attack on J Edgar Hoover's enemies
The Overstreets' technique of relying on Hoover's testimony before Congressional committees and on statements made by his former employers (attorneys-general of the United States) may be sufficient to demolish some of the more ornate fantasies about the FBI spun by Max Lowenthal, Fred J Cook, William Turner, and other critics, it is singularly irrelevant to any analysis of the Bureau's actual function Moreover, the Overstreets are no more accurate than these critics when they turn to defend the Bureau Thus, they condemn the selective quotations which distort the validity of Lowenthal's and Cook's attacks, yet the President's Crime Commission Report of 1967, which they frequently cite as authority for the proposition that the FBI IS a highly competent agency fully aware and respectful of its own limitations, actually condemned the Bureau for lack of cooperation during the 50's with the Justice Department's Organized Crime and Racketeering Section Donald R Cressey's recently published Theft of a Nation amply corroborates the Crime Commission's verdict
This is not the only criticism of the FBI overlooked by the Over-streets with the same methodical selectivity that Cook and Lowenthal seem to have employed Norman Ollestead's Inside the F B I is mentioned, but his belief that the Bureau cannot relate to Negroes, especially when forced to choose between them and Southern police chiefs, is never acknowledged Nor do the Overstreets take note of the common charge that the Bureau has practiced racial and religious discrimination in its hiring, or that Senator Joseph McCarthy used FBI files for his investigations—indeed, McCarthy's name is never mentioned even though Hoover's admiration for him is a matter of record The closest the authors come to recognizing the existence of criticism is the flat—and undocumented—assertion that Bureau files are always confidentially maintained
Insofar as The FBI in Our Open Society exposes the often intemperate criticisms to be found in Cook and Lowenthal, it performs the minor service of reassuring us that muckraking is a hazardous enterprise, especially when the muck is well-hidden Unfortunately, anti-muckraking is all but useless when it resorts to the same techniques—a naive reliance on self-serving statements and ad hominem attacks on one's opponents Since much of what Mr Hoover says is unprovable and often contradictory (he has, for example, been on all sides of the wiretapping issue), blind faith is as inappropriate a stance as blind condemnation
Thus, although it is quite clear that J Edgar Hoover is not a fascist ogre seeking to clamp a Gestapolike police state upon us, neither is he the Overstreets' ideal type of the law enforcer, scrupulously upholding his sworn duty to carry out the mandates conferred upon him by Congress or by the attorney-general The political infighting for power between Hoover and certain attorneys-general, Robert F Kennedy among them, has been too well-documented to be doubted seriously Hoover is a shrewd, perhaps even brilliant man who has certain beliefs about the meaning of the elusive term "national security" and about the role of the FBI in protecting it He has acted on those beliefs, has attempted to convince others (especially Congress) of the essential validity of his aims, and has used his authority to seek broad social acceptance of his positions on certain crucial matters, notably that of Communism in American life
Though they fail to examine the effect of Hoover's beliefs on the conduct of his Bureau, the Over-streets indirectly do raise some interesting problems in their defense of him The liberal Left, in its quest for scapegoats, has fastened undue attention on the FBI After all, at the beginning of World War II, as the authors point out, the greatest violation of civil liberties was perpetrated not by the Bureau secretly but by the the military overtly "The darkest injustice of the war period in this country was indubitably that practiced against the West Coast Japanese That was an Army operation, and, significantly, Hoover opposed it" Although their explanation for Hoover's stand is not reassuring ("No security purpose was, to [Hoover's] mind, served by the wholesale uprooting of our Japanese population"), his position on this question cannot be ignored
Yet it seems to be very important for the Left to convince others, though not necessarily itself, that Hoover is a fascist In the service of this necessity Hoover's style (his perspiring-hand phobia, his priggishness) and the Bureau's incredible "squareness" are often confused with those functions it actually performs, and which do not always correspond with its manners Some of Hoover's more outlandish pronouncements do engender general disquiet, but his prissiness should offset rather than stimulate fears that we are all having our phones tapped and are about to be hauled out of our beds at night Ironically, the only known night raids in recent times occurred in 1962 when the Bureau, on orders of then Attorney-General Robert Kennedy, raided newspapermen's homes to get some information about the steel price rise
The fascination of the Left—and, for that matter, the Right too—with the FBI lies in its being not "un-American" but rather, as Walter Goodman has noted about the House Un-American Activities Committee, all too American If anyone bothered to study the personal qualities of the average special agent, he would probably discover an unusually high quotient of Midwest provincialism, xenophobia, and chauvinism, the Bureau is staffed with men who yearn for urban peace, for the simple pleasures of a Tsarist Russia or a Chiangist China, and who cannot quite understand the political and social revolutions of our time Like most small-town Americans, FBI men believe that snooping is a perfectly acceptable form of social activity, especially if your neighbor is up to no good, and most especially if he makes strange political noises
Of course, we cannot ignore the great potential for harm inherent in Babbitry in the guise of law enforcement Huey Long once said that fascism, if it comes to America, will come in the guise of Americanism The FBI represents a dangerous streak of authoritarianism in American life, but it would take a great deal—and neither a world war nor a cold war, it should be remembered, was enough—to convert that into totalitarianism J Edgar Hoover, like Joe McCarthy, has preferred to fish in small ponds of troubled waters and has eschewed any grand designs for oceanic whale-hunting One shudders to think what the FBI would have been like had it been headed by a true ideologue like Allen Dulles The type of person the Bureau attracts is far less dangerous than those Harvard Ph D's, their minds aflame with political theory, who prefer to work for the "swinging" CIA
Not that the FBI IS not in need of reform But reform has always, and necessarily, been a slow process, changes in the Bureau occur not so much with the enactment of new laws (as the Overstreets argue), and not in accordance with the Bureau's own malevolent inclinations (as its critics believe), but in response to society's changing concerns When the Ku Klux Klan became worrisome in the 20's, the FBI acted because strong political and public pressure forced it to (not, as the Overstreets ridiculously maintain, because the Klan threatened to violate Louisiana's constitutional right to a republican form of government) As the "Communist menace" recedes and the dangers of organized crime increase, Bureau resources will be shifted accordingly Of course, the shift may well be delayed by Mr Hoover's perceptions and by "organizational lag," but it will come
Although The FBI in Our Open Society seems to have been written principally to refute Fred J Cook's The FBI Nobody Knows, and therefore tells us virtually nothing about the Bureau's function, it does modestly serve to limit the range of valid criticism And it also offers the occasion to observe that in this time of deep-rooted questioning, we should be frying other institutional fishes The FBI need no longer rate a high priority on our list of social devils, at the moment, it is a strictly second-rate danger


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I call upon my reaper, only he can save me now.
It's something deep inside, something I cannot hide.
This is my final chance. Redemption will find me here.
And now I do confess. My wicked ways will be banished from this realm.
And I'll wait with my brother the devil, hand in hand.
Everything is nothing, and emptyness isn't everything,
It's a big black whole, you just can't win.
I am a demon, I am the ultimate evil
And I deny it no longer.
Somtimes solutions aren't so simple,
Somtimes goodbye's the only way.
You are lost in your little worlds,
your little worlds you can't fix.
One day the worlds shadows will embrace the world in grey.
Your fairytale is broken, your happily ever after won't unfold.
Then the end will com, I will accept defeat and I will stand alone.
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I'm been using MacBook's as Composite Video device, with the
S-Video/Video Mini DVI adapter
until now... On June I ordered a new MacBook Intel Core Duo, 2.13 Ghz, and the new NVidia 9400 256Mb video. On my old computers, I just connected the Mini DVI adapter, and I had a strong, stable and powerful composite video signal to be used on our video systems (Videos, presentations, Live Events, Pro-Presenter, etc) Now, I connected the adapter to the new MacBook with no success. On the beginning I was thinking that the Mini DVI port was damaged, so I scheduled a visit to the Apple Store Genius bar, and by coincidence, the port was malfunctioning, so I had to return the brand new computer to Apple and I ordered a new MacBook Pro and on sales, they offered me the Micro DVI to video adapter, and they delivered the computer... but guess what... MacBook pro has no Mini or Micro DVI adapter... now they have MiniDisplay port, that it don't support Composite Video Adapter... so I returned (again) the MacBook Pro and this time I went directly to an Apple Store to buy a new MacBook... and this time I decided to try the port at the store... so once I tried the adapter, it didn't work, and the "genius" told me that the problem was that I had no a composite device attached to the adapter, and they have not a composite device to demonstrate that to me... so I got back to my office and I got a composite monitor, adapter and one of my old ones MacBook... back to the store and then another "Genius" tried to make it work, then he tried the adapter on other store new computers, and on my old one, and he tried also on another old one they had at the store, after all tests, he was able to confirm what I suspected... on the change of the video chip, the new MacBook has no longer composite video capabilities... Now the only way for me to get composite video, is, getting an old one laptop...
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Misquoting Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe was known for her 'Marilynisms'- witty little bon mots, usually an expertly blended mix of innocent and coquette, and her quotes remain
popular still. But how many 'quotes' attributed to Monroe were actually said by her? With Marilyn quotes appearing on everything from t-shirts to wall
decals to tattoos, how many of these oft-repeated words were never said by her in the first place? And how can you tell the difference?
An internet search of "Marilyn Monroe Quotes'', unfortunately, reveals countless misquotes, paraphrasings, and flat out ridiculous things attributed to
Marilyn, as well as quotes that were actually said by other people. Here's some of the worst examples.
"Well behaved women rarely make history"--This is a great quote, and it's reproduced everywhere, but the fact is: Marilyn didn't say it. This quote was
said by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Harvard University professor, in a paper about Puritan funeral rituals, of all things. She has since gone on to write a
book with the same title.
"We are all stars and deserve the right to twinkle"-- This badly mangled quote also shows up a lot, from bumper stickers to Lindsay Lohan's wrist. It is not
even remotely close to what Marilyn Monroe actually said. In a telegram dated June 13, 1962, Marilyn declined an invitation to a party, writing:
"Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we
demanded was our right to twinkle." How that become "We are all stars and deserve the right to twinkle'' is beyond me.
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition"--Again, another strong feminist quote in the "Well behaved women..." vein, but just like that
quote, Marilyn never said this one either. This time it was counterculture icon Timothy Leary. This quote resonates with a feminist slant that wasn't
evident until years after Marilyn died.
"A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered."-- Marilyn didn't say this.....sex symbol Clara Bow said this, supposedly
ABOUT Marilyn after she died.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." Like so many of these quotes, it is uncertain how it got ascribed to Marilyn, but it's another
she didn't say. It was originally said by French author and Nobel prize winner André Gide, who actually said "It is better to be hated for what you are than
to be loved for something you are not." The quote received a surge in popularity when it was paraphrased by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note, and is
frequently attributed as Cobain's own. How it got assigned to Marilyn is a mystery.
One that has started making the rounds lately is this excessively long ''quote'': "This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up
sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it
anyway. But just remember, some come, somg go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.
Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babve, I hate to say it, most of them - actually
pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up becuase if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find
that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold
on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most
importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."
There are so many red flags screaming "Marilyn didn't say this!". First, the 'girls will be your friends...'' part. This sounds more like the profound musings
of a teenager, not the mature Marilyn Monroe. It is also well known that Marilyn had few girlfriends, none that would be considered to have ''stayed with
you through everything'' to be considered ''your true best friends''. That is an extremely modern speech pattern and phrasing, and does not sound at all
like something a woman in the 1950s/60s, who had difficulty making female friends, would ever say. ''Sisters make the best friends in the world'?
Marilyn had a half sister that was she was fond of but only intermittently close with, and they could not have been described as 'best friends' even in the
most generous of terms. Terms such as 'soul mate' and 'babe' were not popular during Monroe's time and only found widespread usage years after her
death. She is certainly never recorded using either phrase, and in interviews would not have used phrases such as 'babe' or 'sweetie'. This quote is most
assuredly completely made up.
Another that has starting showing up online with increasing frequency is "To all those girls who think they're fat for not being size 0: its not you who's
ugly,its society." First of all, there was no such thing as a size zero in Marilyn's time...the term was not even invented until 1966 and referred to ultra-
skinny model Twiggy. It was years later before fashion designers actually made it a size.
She also would not have said something about being ''fat'' or have spoken out for ''curvy empowerment'' as people like to make her out to be. In Marilyn's
time her body shape WAS the ideal. (she also was not as ''curvy'' as people like to think she was. Her measurements were 37-22-35 and she weighed 117
There are five quotes assigned to Marilyn that are exceedingly popular, and can be found everywhere, particularly online socilal networking. However,
not one of them has a discernible source. There are no records, (whether in interviews, writings, or press conferences) of Marilyn ever saying any of these,
and when explored most of them seem highly unlikely.
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left." This quote is rather cynical for the romantic Monroe. When
asked questions about romance or marriage, she usually responded with a witty quip, or something optimistic. At the very least she would offer
something poignant. This quote is too glib, too neatly packaged, and too downright dour to have the ring of Marilyn's voice in it.
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, you
sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."--This one seems to be everybody's favorite Marilyn quote....except no one can find where she actually ever said
it. Does it sound like her? Somewhat, although I can not find other examples of Marilyn referring to herself as selfish, insecure, out of control, or anything
similar. While she did acknowledge issues such as her lateness, failure to show up on set, or rumored difficulty to work with, rather than being defiant she
offered both plaintive and valid reasons for her flaws, in the hopes of garnering understanding. Until an interview transcript of Marilyn saying these
words can be located, it should be kept in the 'questionable' category.
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're
right. You believe lies so eventually you trust no one but yourself. And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together"---Of all the
Questionable Quotes, this one sounds the most like her, but like the others, there is no source material for it. Unless one can find the origins of a Monroe
quote, it's better to take it with a grain of salt.
"I am good, but I am no angel. I sin, but I am not the Devil. I am pretty, but I am not beautiful. I have friends but I am not the peacemaker. I am just a
small girl in a big world, trying to find someone to love."---This is another popular one without a source. It sounds like it's intentionally trying to be poetic,
and does not have the ring of Marilyn's words and syntax to it. Marilyn tended to be very free-form in what she said, letting words and ideas tumble over
one another in interviews, or contrarily, had short witty bon mots for press questions. This quote is a little too intentional, a little too planned out, and
simply does not sound like her manner of speaking.
"Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring".---Another very popular quote, once it's
parsed it does not sound like Marilyn at all. "Imperfection is beauty"? Marilyn was well known as being an absolute perfectionist, asking for take after take
on the movie set until she felt she got her scene just right. She refused to give moviegoers anything less than what she felt was her absolute best. She
would apply her makeup only to wash it all off and do it over again, taking hours to prepare so that she presented herself to the public as nothing short of
absolutely perfect. After a photo shoot she would pore over contact sheets, destroying any images that she didn't approve of. In a 1960 interview, she did
say: "My one desire is to do my best, the best that I can from the moment the camera starts until it stops. That moment I want to be perfect, as perfect as I
can make it." Hardly seems that someone so hard wired to perfectionism would say 'Imperfection is beauty.'. As to the second part, "Madness is genius",
this seems even more unlikely. Marilyn's mother suffered from severe mental illness that traumatized the actress when she was a child. As an adult,
Marilyn's biggest fear was inherited madness like her mother's. Considering her first hand account with what madness truly was, and her deep rooted
fear of it, how likely is it that she would declare it 'genius'? Not very.
So how can you be certain that a Marilyn Monroe quote is authentic? Find the source and make sure it's really originating from her. Old footage of press
conferences, interviews in vintage magazines, and books by trusted and reputable people. Be cautious- there are a lot of books authored by people who
can't verify that they ever even met Marilyn, let alone quote her verbatim.
My Story: Many famous Marilyn quotes are found in this slim autobiography. While there has been heated discourse on just how much Marilyn
contributed to it and how much was ghostwriter Ben Hecht, Marilyn did sit for interviews for the book, and did approve the final writing before
abandoning the project over printing issues. Also giving it some credibility is that the anecdotes presented in My Story are echoed in Marilyn's own voice
in her 1960 interview with Georges Belmont. These are some quotes found in My Story that we can safely attribute to Marilyn:
"I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star. But I'm not
going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
"In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo."
"Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often
enough and held out for the fifty cents."
"I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn!
To change, to improve! I didn't want anything else. Not men, not money, not love, but the ability to act."
"The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes- or just by staring into space."
"The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves."
"I knew I belonged to the Public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but beause I had never belonged to anyone or anything
Will Acting Spoil Marilyn Monroe?--This excellent little book by journalist Pete Martin is based on actual interviews with Marilyn and was printed in
1956. It spends time examining "Monroeisms', those off-the-cuff but incredibly witty classic Monroe comebacks, as well as several of her well known
(on being asked if she wore falsies) "Those who know me better....know better."
(on sex) "It's a part of nature. I go along with nature."
(on posing nude) "I did too have something on. I had the radio on."
(on being asked what she sleeps in) "I sleep in Chanel Number Five."
"I like to feel blonde all over."
"I don't care about money. I just want to be wonderful."
"The Johnston Office spends a lot of time worrying about whether a girl has cleavage or not. It seems to me they ought to worry if she doesn't have any."
"I've been asked, 'Do you mind living in a man's world?' I always answer, 'Not as long as I can be a woman in it."
"I learned to walk when I was ten months old and I've been walking this way ever since."
Marilyn, Her Life In Her Own Words: This oft-overlooked interview conducted by George Barris just a few weeks before Marilyn died was supposed to have
been a book collaboration between the photographer and the actress. Quotes included here are:
"Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that? If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of,
it's that I've never been a kept woman."
"It was my fans who made me a star."
"I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!"
Richard Merymen Life Interview---This last interview with Marilyn appeared in the August 3, 1962 edition of Life Magazine and can be found in audio
form as well. In this candid and direct interview, Marilyn said such things as:
"The least I can give them is the best they can get from me. What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?"
"It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake. I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of
people have."
"You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself."
"That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some
other things they've got symbols of!"
"What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all
"Who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe?"
"Fame will go by and , so long, I've had you fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but it's not where I
""Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one ... I want to be an artist,
an actress with integrity."
Marilyn never
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This just scratches the surface of the fabricated Marilyn quotes as well as the genuine ones. If you can't find a source, Marilyn was clever, introspective,
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4. someone wants to make someone against US look bad because everything under point 3 all is too ridiculous to be taken seriously
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RIAA and the industry behind it are bound to vanish soon, so they have nothing to lose anymore and they can use any means they wish to gain small wins before the destruction. The problem is that the stupid laws they push will bug people for decades after the nowadays media industry has been buried and forgotten.
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I just bought two new orchids -- they're kind of different :) They're called Ascda. Princess Mikasa. A friend of mine turned me onto orchids in the spring, and I'm really fascinated by them :)
Here's the blue one:
I'll check out the URLs that you posted -- thanks for the info :)
My hanging orchids are doing well -- still in bloom about 1-1/2 months after I bought them. But my others aren't doing quite as well. I left them outside one night that was a bit on the cold side, and they each lost leaves. The remainig leaves on two of them look OK, but the leaves on the third one are all yucky. Although the plant still has healthy-looking green roots, so maybe there's still some hope for it.
No blooms on the two orchids that I bought in April. I think my main problem is that I don't have them in a bright enough area. They're close to a south-facing window, but the sheer curtains probably block too much light. Any suggestions on how I can give them more light, short of sticking them directly in the window and opening the sheers?? Would they get enough light in front of a north-facing patio door??
Hopefully, I'll have good updates, and no "Oh no, I killed them!" updates!!
I love the blue one too, but I wish it was brighter -- I've seen ones that are much brighter purple. I wonder if fertilizer has an effect on the colour....
I wish mine looked like this one....
I'm still new to orchid-growing, so I can't provide too much detailed info for you. But I'll tell you what I can.....
The person I bought these orchids from has a bunch of them hanging in a sheltered area in his backyard. In my zone (I never remember if I'm in 4 or 5), I think they can stay outside till it starts to get cold. I was told by one orchid person that a dendrobium (sp?) can stay outside till it gets hit with a shot of frost, then it can be brought inside. My friend (who knows a lot more about orchids that I do) hardens her orchids and then leaves them outside over the summer.
As for the blooms -- I think it depends on the type of orchid. I received an orchid (I have no idea how to spell it... phaeleanopsis??) as a gift at Christmas. It had a few flowers at the time that I got it in December, a few more flowers bloomed just as those ones were dying, and I ended up with flowers on it from December till July. The flowers on the plants that I just bought can last from 6-8 weeks, I was told.
Hope that answers your questions!! :)
....how long do they last indoors with proper orchid care?
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Maths Tablet for Kids (Android Tablets)
- Do you have children aged between 6 and 12 years old?
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More than 20,000 teachers and 4 million students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will take part in the second annual Digital Learning Day, which takes place Feb. 6.
This year's FETC's technology smackdown offered plenty of free and cheap gadgets and services that imaginative teachers will have fun with in the classroom.
"Try it! You might like it!" is not a sufficient reason for initiating flipped instruction. What are the questions educators should be asking in order to ensure the best outcomes for students?
A California teacher discovers an effective tool for teaching English.
Teachers use Pinterest to make cloud-based learning fun.
A professor of educational technology has launched an Arabic and English language network that allows individuals to produce and share video presentations online for free.
An online video crowdsourcing platform, which was recently launched to provide free multimedia content for high school classrooms, has added a homework assignment tool.
Innovative preK-12 teachers who find new ways to improve student learning are invited to enter the 2012 Teacher Innovator Awards competition sponsored by Dearborn, MI-based The Henry Ford and PBS Learning Media.
Online video editing platform WeVideo has created a range of special pricing plans and discounts for the education market, including a free service for teachers and students.
At an ISTE 2012 kick-off event in San Diego Saturday, Discovery Education and the Adobe Foundation formally launched a partnership aimed at integrating digital media content creation into teaching and learning.
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Since 1999, Giva has been creating the most intuitive and easy to use customer service ticketing system. Your team will be able to create customer service tickets fast–in just two "clicks"! With our real-time dashboards, robust reporting and intuitiveness, it's no wonder that Giva constantly beats products like FrontRange HEAT®, BMC® FootPrints™, BMC® Track-It!™ , ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, SysAid HelpDesk and Salesforce.com® Service Cloud in head-to-head competition and in customer service software reviews.
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Giva provides a truly illuminating customer service dashboard. No matter what the size of your service desk team, they need to quickly identify issues that require immediate attention. Giva provides a truly extraordinary dashboard with the help of many successful CIOs and customer service managers. The Giva customer service system dashboard shows only what is important and needs action, which keeps the customer service and other service groups extremely focused on the most urgent issues. With Giva, nothing will ever again "fall through the cracks"; we give your IT and service desk teams a laser like focus.
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Georgetown resident Acie Burleson spent Palm Sunday sharing his faith by carrying a cross through the streets of the city. Carlson walked from South Island Road to the Walmart area and back. Although he has carried the cross in other places, it was the first time he has done it in Georgetown. I have been called to be a walking memorial before God. I plan in making more trips with it. We will be going towards Texas next week with it. I hope to just show Jesus and His great love for us, Burleson said. When asked about the reaction he receives from the public, Burleson said it is mainly positive. There are a lot of pics and thumbs up. I had one guy give me an ice cream sandwich and another bottled water. A young boy even offered to carry it for me, he said.
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Lamar Institute of Technology provides a full service testing center for LIT students and the community at the LIT Testing Center. Assessments are offered in a comfortable, secure testing environment. Exams range from student placement exams, LIT program exams, national licensures/certificates and state certifications to testing for area business and industry.
On the right side of the page is a list of testing organizations that partner with Lamar Institute of Technology. For more information about any of the exams call the testing center at 409-839-2027 or 409-880-8687 or contact the certifying agency through the link provided. You may also visit the Testing Center in the Building T1, Room 106.
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Lobo Skiing 2012-13 Season Review
The 2012-13 campaign was one of ups and downs for Landstedt and the Lobos, capped by a sixth-place finish at the NCAAs
Resaland is Runner-Up and Nordics Help Lobos Move to Fifth at NCAAs
Mats Rudin Resaland finished second in the men's 10K classic and helped the Lobos improve one place at nationals
New Mexico Travels to Bozeman for RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals
The Lobos are looking for all individuals to step up in postseason competition
Lobos Win Alpine Event and Finish Fourth in Home Invite
UNM men place four in the top 11 to sweep the meet
Rasanen Wins DU Slalom; Lobos Finish Third at CU/Spencer Nelson Memorial Invite
Alpine team turns in solid slalom performance to move UNM up two places while Nordic team secures third place
Josiah (Joe) Downing joined the University of New Mexico alpine ski coach August 2012.
In his first season with the Lobos he mentored an individual national champion in Joonas Rasanen, who captured the 2013 Men's Slalom title at NCAAs. Downing also coached the Lobo Alpine team to one event win -- a first-place finish at UNM's home meet in Red River, N.M., Feb. 9-10.
Lobos Add Downing as Alpine Head Coach -- Aug. 12
Downing comes to the Lobos with over six years of head coaching experience and plenty of passion for ski racing.
Landstedt says Downing's enthusiasm will make an instant impact on the Lobo ski program.
"He really wants to give 110 percent to the Lobo ski team and wants to make the team better," Landstedt said. "He knows what it takes, having been an RMISA (Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association) regional champion and two-time All-American. He knows how to coach skiers from the ground up and can teach skill and technique from the very basics to top levels."
Downing is looking forward to working with Division I student-athletes, especially at an institution that historically does well in RMISA and NCAA competition.
"The opportunity to work for the University of New Mexico and to work with athletes at this level is really cool," Downing said. "The prospect of having national championship is very exciting. UNM has always been a strong team."
He and his wife Bwryn are also excited to become residents of New Mexico.
"My wife and I really love it here," he said. "We are looking forward to experiencing the culture, environment and we enjoy the architecture."
The Puyallup, Wash., native joins UNM's ski staff after having spent the past year as an International Ski Federation (FIS) coach at Aspen Valley Ski Club in Aspen, Colo. As part of his coaching duties, Downing served as the divisional and regional project coach as well as an event coordinator and operational lead.
From 2009-11, Downing was the lead FIS coach at Schweitzer Alpine Racing School (SARS) in Sandpoint, Idaho where he also served as divisional and regional project coach. Four of the six elite athletes he worked with at SARS are currently members of Division I ski teams at NCAA institutions.
Downing spent nearly five years (2005-09) with Loveland Racing Club as the head alpine coach/FIS ability lead coach. His goal was to create a sustainable FIS program while at Loveland. He managed several aspects of the club, including overseeing all other lead coaches and their training/education in addition to managing all on-hill operations.
Downing got his coaching start right out of college. After graduating from Western State College in 2002 with a degree in business administration, he accepted a position as an FIS coach with his home ski club, Team Alpental Snoqualmie (TAS). During the three years he spent with TAS, Downing worked with a strong group of skiers who won the Northwest Cup Team Title twice.
A two-time NCAA All-American and Western Regional Champion in Giant Slalom (2001) for the Mountaineers, Downing's passion for ski racing was sparked by his father, who raced for the University of Denver in the 1960s.
Downing also has experience in coaching with the US Ski Team (Development Team) and has served as seasonal coaching staff with the Western Region Development Project, including every summer session since 2001.
Downing replaces former alpine coach Tyler Sheperd who took a position with the University of Denver.


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Tonight saw the launch of one of the world's most exciting pop culture collaborations between Diet Coke and Karl Lagerfeld, which I have had the honour and privilege of working on for the last few months.
The first time that the two super brands collaborated was back in summer 2010, when Unkle Karl designed a limited edition bottle for France and Germany. This year, the campaign stretches across eleven European countries and features three new bottles, a range of accessories and an ATL campaign featuring models Coco Rocha, Heidi Mount et Jeneil Williams. Check out a selection of the ad campaign images below along with a great behind the scenes video featuring Lagerfeld talking through the shoot.
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A busier month for me than January, but I was set back a bit by illness. Fortunately, I still managed to write about Hyun Jin Ryu's sophomore campaign, extending Hanley Ramirez, two Spring Training position previews, started a mailbag (yes, really), and made a GIF. ===== The Time To Extend Hanley Ramirez Is Now With Clayton Kershaw now locked up, ... Read More »
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Yasiel Puig was arrested yesterday on reckless driving charges for going 110 in a 70 mph zone. It is, of course, his second arrest for reckless driving due to speed. Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was arrested on Saturday morning in Florida on a charge of reckless driving, according to a report from the Naples Daily News. Florida Highway Patrol spokesman ... Read More »
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Yasiel Puig Entering 2013, the Dodgers had quite the outfield logjam with three major league players under long-term contracts, as well as two prospects who looked like they could easily make an impact within the next year or two. The name with the most buzz out of those five outfielders was Cuban import Yasiel Puig, who tore up Spring Training ... Read More »
Kirk Gibson latest D-Backs figure to join franchise's faux macho BS press tour against Dodgers
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks are playing down in Australia in late March, so they've both sent reps ahead of time to basically do PR and take an vacation. This has made Kirk Gibson angry at the Dodgers for no real reason, which means I'm guessing Kevin Towers told him to do it. "I'll give you an example," Gibson said. "Look ... Read More »
Yasiel Puig wastes time entertaining kids instead of taking batting practice #SMH #Lazy #Spoiled
Arrogant, undisciplined Dodger star-but-only-cause-of-the-media Yasiel Puig FINALLY showed up at Dodger Stadium the other day. It's about time he started to get his work in to fix his team-destroying ways, but NO, all he did was waste time playing around with kids. "I played Little League when I was 9, went through the system, and now I'm grateful that I'm ... Read More »
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So I was wrong about the Yasiel Puig bullying comments by J.P. Howell just going away, as they got picked up by some national outlets and then reporters started asking questions. As it turns out, Howell was not talking about Puig being bullied by teammates, but just bullied by others that don't know him. "Dude, I don't know how it ... Read More »
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J.P. Howell talked with Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times yesterday about bullying, which has been a hot topic in sports lately due to the Jonathan Martin/Richie Incognito/Miami Dolphins ongoing saga. Howell talked about his own experiences with bullying and then discussed it in the context of sports, in general. Howell grew up to be a baseball player, but ... Read More »
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Health Inspector Resigns
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Portland's former health inspector who drew the ire of the city's restaurant and bar owners for her tough inspections was given more than $18,000 to resign and promised not to disparage city officials. The agreement says Sturgeon agreed "never to disparage or speak ill of the city or any of its products," prevents her from filing any claims against the city and prohibits her from discussing details of her severance. The seven-page agreement does not suggest any wrongdoing. A city lawyer refused to discuss the agreement. Sturgeon was hired in August 2011 to strengthen the city's restaurant inspection program, and failure rates immediately leaped.
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John T. Little Jr. passed away peacefully Sunday, September 15, at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospice House. He was surrounded by his loving wife of 60 years, Anna Ruth Sanders Little; and daughters, Pam Cox (Kingsport) and Andrea Edmondson (Elizabethton).
Born January 16, 1934, to John Thomas Little Sr. and Leona Elizabeth Fleenor in Kingsport, John spent the majority of his life in Kingsport. In recent years, he and Anna Ruth moved to Elizabethton, Tenn., to be closer to John's beloved boys (grandchildren) Lee and Max Edmondson.
John's family had a long history in Kingsport, with his grandfather, Jacob Bean Fleenor, serving as Sullivan County's first magistrate. Jacob is the man represented in Wes Venable's painting of the Kingsport Train Station. John graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1952, where he played football. He attended ETSU, and he and his brother-in-law, Doug Moles, enlisted in the Army during the Korean Conflict. They were stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Anna Ruth and John's sister, Pat Little Moles, joined their husbands. There John and Anna Ruth met John and Mary Jane Bobbitt, Peoria, Ill., and became lifelong friends.
After returning from Alaska, John worked a short time at Raytheon in Bristol before joining Eastman Kodak in Kingsport, Tenn. He retired in April 1996 after 35 years working as a drafting engineer. Many folks at Eastman will remember John as the "Peanut" man because he bought and sold boiled Virginia peanuts to his co-workers.
John and his brother, Jack, were huge jokesters and prided themselves in scaring the daylights out of all their children and nieces. John was forever teasing his youngest daughter and her friend, Carolyn Hobbs, that the Ridge-Run-Bo-Alice (some monster) was going to get them. He loved spending time with his brother, Jack, and his family, and they took many beach trips together.
In his spare time, John loved to shoot pool at the Kingsport Moose Lodge 921, where he was a lifelong member. He also liked to dance; and, fortunately, he and Anna Ruth enjoyed many years of dancing together almost up to the end of his life.
John was also the "Original American Picker," and he spent many years roaming the back roads of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee in search of that "Honey Hole" as today's pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz refer to as a great pickin' spot. He had an eye for antiques, and many of his pieces ended up in museums like the Smithsonian.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Howard Little (DeKalb, Ill.) and Jackson Sheryl Little (Jackson, Tenn.); brother-in-laws, Doug Moles and Glen Sproles (Kingsport), beloved in-laws, Bass and Edna Sanders (Kingsport); niece, Teri Moles Dedmond (Ft. Smith, Ark.); and grand-niece, Ashley Nicole Skelton (Kingsport.)
Left to cherish his memory and fun times together are his wife, Anna Ruth Sanders Little (Elizabethton); daughters, Pam Cox and husband, Keith Wilson (Kingsport), and Andrea Edmondson and husband, Glen Lee (Butch) Edmondson Jr. (Elizabethton); sisters, Pat Moles Baxter and husband, Jim (Ft. Smith, Ark.), and Lilly Little Hash and husband Eddie, (Walnut Creek, Calf.); grandchildren, Jessica Cox Osborne and husband, Patrick (Knoxville), Max and Lee Edmondson III (Elizabethton); step-grandchildren, Carolyn Wilson and husband, Vance Fraley (Cookeville, Tenn.), and Douglas Wilson and wife, Kate (Richmond, Va.); step great-grandchildren, Tate and Logan Fraley (Cookeville) and Emery Claire Wilson (Richmond, Va.).; and his best friend, Bill Phillipe.
Also left to remember "Big Uncle John" are nieces, Sherry Little Short (Jackson), Robbin Sproles Metcalf and husband, Rex (Kingsport), Chavela Sproles Gragg and husband, Joe (Kingsport), Lisa Moles Roland (Fayetteville, Ark.), Janet Moles Crockett and husband, Tony (Ft. Smith, Ark.); nephews, John Charles (Chuck) Little (Jackson), John Randall (John) Little and wife, Amy, New York City, Jeff Little (DeKalb, Ill.); Johnny Baxter and wife, Melissa (Ft. Smith, Ark.); and John, Sharla and Michael Hash (California). John is additionally survived by several grand nieces and nephews and great-grand nieces and nephews, and also his sister-in-laws, Patsy Bishop Little (Jackson), Betty Sanders Sproles (Kingsport) and Patsy Sanders Clonce and husband, Sammy, (Kingsport).
The family would like to thank the ICU staff at Holston Valley Hospital; ETSU physicians Dr. David Guinn and, especially, Dr. Shadi Nakhla for never giving up on John; ICU RN Hester Burns for the care and attention given to John; Holston Valley Chaplain Jeno Smith for his beautiful spirit and for listening to Anna Ruth's stories for hours on end; and Wellmont Holston Valley Hospice nurses, especially Jennifer Cox, for their compassion and commitment to serve families of the dying.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Wellmont Holston Valley Hospice House or Hale Community Ministries, Backpack Ministry, 1301 Arney St., Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643 in memory of the John Little Family. You may call Becky Brummitt at 423-547-2560. This ministry feeds children at risk of going hungry on the weekends.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 1238 Pine St., Kingsport, with the Rev. Dennis Wilson, Lynn Valley Baptist Church, Elizabethton, officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the Fellowship Hall of Calvary Baptist Church; light refreshments will be served.
As in life, John was always giving to anyone in need; he donated his body to ETSU Quillen Dishner College of Medicine with the hope that someone will be saved with the knowledge gained from John's earthly body.


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Real Housewives' Camille Grammer Dishes on Boyfriend Dimitri: How She Tricked Him Into Appearing on Camera — Exclusive
Although Camille Grammer is now a recurring Housewife on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we'll still excited to see the blond beauty pop up in Season 3. When Wetpaint Entertainment spoke with the reality star at the premiere party on October 20, she told us about tricking her boyfriend, Dimitri Charalambopoulos, to appear on camera; her famous ex; and missing her co-stars.
Wetpaint Entertainment: Even though you make guest appearances on the show this season, do you miss being a bigger part of the show?
Camille Grammer: Of course I miss Housewives. When the girls are getting along, there's nothing like it. We have a great time together, and those are the moments I miss. I love that.
You recently put your house on the market, have you found anywhere new to live?
I think it's going to be a while because the market has to turn a bit. I'm happy living in my house for as long as I can. But I've been looking for the last two years online … for a new house and a fresh start. But I'm very, very comfortable in my home; I love it. It is my dream house, so it will be very sad when I have to leave it.
How are Mason and Jude?
Mason and Jude are great! They're both little athletes! I'm so impressed. My son is playing guitar and my daughter is playing soccer; it's all about soccer.
How do you stay positive and take the high road when your ex Kelsey Grammer makes a spectacle of your divorce on TV and in the press?
Well, because I don't believe it's true. I don't know why he's saying the things he's saying, I'm not him. But I believe that he loved me very much and of course it's hurtful when he says such things like when he did his interview on Oprah.
I was in that marriage for 13 years, I know what happened and I know there was a lot of love and we shared some great, happy moments together. We did share a life together; we had great times. There were bad times too, but we did have some really great times.
How about Dimitri? We'll be seeing him on Season 3, right?
Yeah he shows up, he makes his appearance. He was nervous.
Did you give him any advice?
I kind of had to almost trick him into it. I was like, 'So we're going to go look for condos with Mauricio [Umansky].' He was like, 'Are the cameras going to be there?' And I was like, 'Oh you won't even notice them!'
I'm guessing he noticed them?
He did, he was like, 'Don't ever do that to me again!' No, he was fine after a while. Some people get stage fright and he's one of those.
Would you say you're in a serious relationship?
Well, we're together! It's been a year and three months, and we're happy. I'm not seeing anybody else, he's not seeing anybody else, and we're just in a good place. He lives in Texas, he comes out and visits me every other week and it actually works out perfect. It's a perfect set up.


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Table of Contents for StudioPress WordPress Themes Series
- Buy StudioPress WordPress Theme or Themes – Is it a Good Idea?
- How to Set Up SEO in the Genesis Framework WordPress Theme
- How to Set Up StudioPress' Genesis Theme Simple Sidebars
- How to Build Great Home Pages with Genesis Theme's Featured Posts Widget
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- 2 Excellent Business Website WordPress Themes by StudioPress
- Genesis Theme User Profile Widget – This is Fantastic for Website Conversion
In my article "Tips for Business Website Conversion: Based On a Real-Life Business Site" I set out several very simple techniques and features I added to my business websites which dramatically improved my conversion rate (rate of website visitors who contact me).
One free and extremely simple step I took was adding a profile photograph of me with a brief bio write-up on every page of my site (in the sidebar).
My business websites operate on the Genesis Framework by StudioPress. Had it not been so simple to add a profile photo on every page with a brief write-up, I probably wouldn't have bothered. I'm certain I would have missed out on some new customers.
I don't mean to say I'm some great looking guy – because I'm not. I did, however, choose a professional-looking photo. I credit the improved conversion rate to the simple fact that now there is a personal touch to my sites.
Business websites often seem sterile and void of personality. Simply adding a profile photo gave my business sites personality.
3 Easy Steps for Adding a Profile Photo in the Genesis Framework on WordPress
Step 1: Insert your e-mail address affiliated with your website in your User panel (I use the default "admin" user):
Step 2: Open an account and upload your chosen photo at Gravatar.com. Be sure to use the same e-mail in Gravatar as the e-mail you used in your WordPress User panel.
WordPress and Gravatar.com integrate so the photo you upload into Gravatar.com will be pulled into your Website.
Step 3: Place and configure your User Profile in the widget page. The Genesis User Profile is managed as a widget – which means you can place it anywhere.
Then configure your User Profile Widget as you wish. Here are your configuration options within the Genesis – User Profile widget.
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In Genesis, you can also opt to have your User-Profile show up below every post. Here's how:
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Walmart fight ends in injuries, arrests
A five-person brawl at the Broadway Walmart Express on Thursday night left two people injured and at least four people charged with assault.
James Noeth, of the 100 block of Romas Drive, Broadway (Harnett County), was LifeFlighted to UNC Hospital at Chapel Hill for a head injury after a verbal dispute escalated into a full-blown donnybrook outside of Walmart Express, located at 112 N. Main St., according to Broadway Police Chief Todd Hinnant.
Others involved in the fray were Andy Hicks Jr., Robert Noeth and Skylar Windham, all of the 100 block of Romas Drive, and Darrell Buchanan, of Buckhorn Road, Hinnant said.
The police have warrants to serve Buchanan for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious injury and assault by pointing a gun, according to Hinnant. Buchanan was taken to Central Carolina Hospital for a head injury and then transported to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Both James Noeth and Buchanan were in stable condition Friday afternoon, Hinnant said.
Robert Noeth and Windham both were charged with simple assault, and Hicks was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious injury, according to Hinnant.
The fight stemmed from an ongoing argument about a woman, Hinnant said.
The Broadway Police Department responded to the incident with assistance from the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Cape Fear Fire Department and emergency medical personnel.


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Nonprofit honors Williams,' carries out his mission
ONA — For his 90th birthday, World War II Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams is getting a 501©3 in his honor.
His grandson, Brent Casey of Barboursville, said the family has launched the Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation in his grandfather's honor. The foundation launches for Williams' 90th birthday, which is Wednesday, Oct. 2, and it will carry out his vision of honoring Gold Star families.
"Gold Star Families are families that have lost one or more family members in combat," Casey said. "It could be a mother, father, brother, sister or cousins. A lot of families have had service members that have paid the ultimate sacrifice and given their life in combat. … There's a whole family that grieves." Williams was honored at a 90th birthday celebration in Charleston on Tuesday, attended by a number of state dignitaries. At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the foundation will dedicate the first Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at Donel Kinnard State Veterans Cemetery in Dunbar, W.Va.
Funding and installing the monuments is about a $60,000 project, which is why the foundation was founded, Casey said.
"Woody's vision is to honor and pay respect to those individuals through a monument," he said. "We have five more locations now, in Georgia, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana." To donate or for more information about the foundation, visit www.hwwmohfoundation. org or email hwwmohfoundation@g ma i l .com .
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Bruce is in the market for new signings this month and reportedly retains an interest in West Brom striker Shane Long.
In the meantime he has persuaded Aluko, whose previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season, to commit to Hull until the summer of 2016.
The Nigeria forward is close to a comeback after almost three months out with an Achilles injury, and Bruce said: "If Sone gets fit over the next couple of weeks, he's a top player as we've seen time and again.
"(His new contract) could be the most important piece of business we do this month.
"He's a special player for us, I've said that all along, so let's hope we see him doing what he does best in the next month or so."
Aluko said: "I need to focus on getting back playing and getting back playing well.
"The manager and the owners have shown a level of faith in me and I have to repay that by playing well on the pitch. That has always been my priority.
"I'm trying not to set any deadlines and I'm just taking it day by day but so far it's gone according to plan and I think I'm maybe even ahead of schedule so hopefully I'll be back playing soon.
"I believe that when I get back playing, I'll hit the ground running and recapture the form I was in before."