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Business Monday: Naples inventor wants dry lanais for everyone
A retired entrepreneur isn't letting the summer weather rain on his parade — or rather, his lanai.
The summer clouds are no match for ruining the time Paul Johansen and his wife Judy spend on their lanai in Pelican Bay in Naples.
Johansen is the creator of DryLanai, a product that works in conjunction with electric storm shutters to protect outdoor living spaces from rain.
"People don't like soggy cushions," Johansen said. "And people don't like a mess."
DryLanai is a product of PJNF Technologies Inc. with roots and plans to expand in Collier County. The next phase of the business plan is to look for manufacturing in Southwest Florida.
Sensors are placed strategically on any patio with electric storm shutters. When a drop of rain lands on the sensor, the shutters automatically close, protecting the patio and everything on it from the wet weather.
"I think a lot of people would use their lanais more if they weren't worried about ruined furniture and mess," Johansen said.
The system includes a wall controller for manual operation, sensors to detect the rain and an optional remote control.
PJNF Technologies was incorporated in 2005. The first unit sold last August. The average cost for each set is about $1,000.
"Starting from scratch, I am happy with the ways things are going," Johansen said. "We have experienced virtually no problems since then."
The business began in Collier County and Johansen wants to keep it focused here but expand to different parts of Florida as the business grows.
"This is the kind of business that Collier County has to embrace," he said. "It is a regional business."
This type of market is indigenous to Florida, Johansen said.
The local sales have an extra perk for the retired product developer.
"Every customer I have met has been really interesting," Johansen said. "It is a whole different way of meeting people."
Warren McHale of Naples was one of the first people to use DryLanai. His property became a "kind-of" test site, Johansen said.
"I can't imagine anyone having automatic shutters and not having this," McHale said. "We love it."
McHale and his wife, Carol, have been using the DryLanai for about five years. They have three sensors on their porch, which faces the Gulf of Mexico.
"We have a rug in the middle of the porch and there is never a time that there has ever been a drop on the thing," McHale, 78, said. "In a place like we have I believe it is a real asset to the unit."
Johansen believes that the unit will add value to any home. Once the wall unit is installed it becomes a permanent unit in your house.
"It is as much a part of your house as your plumbing," Johansen said.
Most of the sales have been in high-rises and apartments. Single family homes create for a more unique design, Johansen said. All DryLanai sales have been in Collier and Lee counties so far.
The sensors are designed to know the difference between actual rain, fog and dew. Other things may deceive the sensors into thinking there is rain, Johansen said. "We have a solution for that," he said.
The wall unit has two settings: manual and auto. Auto allows the sensors to identify rain and close the shutters. Manual mode turns the sensors off for one hour. After 60 minutes, the wall unit automatically sets itself to auto again.
Curious pets with wet noses, gardening and cleaning can cause wetness on the sensors. By changing the mode to manual, the homeowner has the power to do these things without lowering the shutters.
The Johansen's use their porch daily. "We have virtually every meal there," he said. "We like to keep the lanai open all the time, as most people do."
The goal of DryLanai is to keep outdoor living spaces fresh, dry and functioning so customers can use their space like the Johansens.
"This is not another toaster," he said. "This is a concept that people don't know they need, because they don't know it exists."
Televisions, smart phones and remote controls were the same way, Johansen said.
Staying local gives Johansen the opportunity to work with his customers personally, which is important, he said.
"I can oversee every single sale," Johansen said.
Overseeing the sales is sure to be an easier task than the patent process. DryLanai received a patent in March 2008. The product is also trademarked and approved by Underwriters Laboratories, a global independent safety science company.
"I went through that (patent process) before, but never with my wallet," he said. "It adds a lot of status to the product I think," Johansen said.
He is hoping that status will allow him to continue to support the local market as the business grows.
DryLanai is currently made in Tampa. The product is 100 percent made in the U.S.
"We are not in a position for this to be a worldwide product," he said. "We are uniquely positioned to serve this community."
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Former NFL quarterback and University of Texas standout Vince Young is out of work and broke. Young is dying for an opportunity to come back to the NFL and play the game he once loved, but what team wants to take a chance on a player that loves to boasts and at a time was considered a player that suffers from depression.
Young played five seasons under Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans to which he was coming into his own as a running quarterback that could also throw the ball down the field when he wanted. Young was supposed to be the next Michael Vick of the league because he was a versatile player that could run the ball. Things just got out of hand in Tennessee when Young couldn't handle the pressure of being an NFL player it seemed.
Off the field Young was a spender and loved to squander his money. I know this is his personal preference and decisions that he makes and who are we the media and writers out there to judge him on this. But history does repeat itself as to where the way you're off the field can hurt you on the field.
In Young's NFL career numbers, it's nothing to make you faint or anything like that but I just feel that he should get some calls for teams that are looking for a backup quarterback position because if you ask me, he's serviceable. No question about it! Young's numbers show that he was an average quarterback but you started to see that he had a promising career if he stayed on the right path.
Also Young was selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team not once but twice in 2006 and 2009. So him not being on a NFL roster at 29 years old is just a bit crazy to me. When he played with the Philadelphia Eagles back in 2011 he was quite serviceable behind Michael Vick and you can see some of his past come into play where he looked good at times on the field. I would call Young a game manager.
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Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in September for unemployment insurance benefits due to mass layoffs was in the West with 25,539.
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The Midwest had the second largest number of initial claims among the regions with 17,273, followed by the South with 15,913, and the Northeast with 8,660.
The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs decreased over the year in all four regions—the South (-8,077), the Midwest (-8,075), the Northeast (-3,791), and the West (-371).
These data are from the BLS Mass Layoff Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Learn more about mass layoff actions and workers filing for unemployment insurance benefits in "Mass Layoffs in September 2007" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 07-1642. Initial claimants are persons who file any notice of unemployment to initiate a request for compensation. Mass layoff events involve at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits filed against a single establishment.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Layoffs by region in September 2007 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2007/oct/wk4/art03.htm (visited October 13, 2015).
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker, widely viewed as a Democrat rising star and candidate for United States Senate, has completely botched the numbers on murders from gun violence. As documented by Bridget Johnson, Booker went from saying "thousands" die a day to the actual statistic of approximately 30 deaths due to gun violence:
"Shame on us, because the tragedies haven't stopped," Booker said of a new CBS poll that shows support for new gun-control legislation at just 47 percent, down 10 points from December.
"There are still thousands of Americans that are being murdered every single day. We had an innocent man in my city injured by a handgun that didn't come from our — the handguns in my city are not coming from within our state. And so this is very problematic. When you have the majority of the people, 90 percent Americans, 80 percent of gun owners agree on sensible gun reforms that would stop the carnage," the mayor continued.
As Johnson notes, Booker ended up having to take to Twitter to correct his grossly inaccurate statement, and even there he had to correct himself after getting it wrong. It turns out that Booker wasn't off by a little bit. He missed the boat on gun-related murders entirely:
Just caught myself miss-speaking on ABC. Its hundreds being killed everyday not thousands. Sorry about that.
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That tweet was quickly followed by this correction…
Sorry again, officially it is approximately 30 people murdered every day due to gun violence.
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) March 31, 2013
This is why the American people don't take liberal Democrats seriously on gun control. They overstate the problem (which is very real), attempting to make it sound like a massive epidemic that only further gun control measures can combat. When liberals take the time to understand the problem, I'll take the time to measure the seriousness of their solutions.


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My boyfriend and I ordered a high-end accent table from Bob Mills after the pushy salesman, Steve, unsuccessfully tried to get us to take the chipped floor model. We were in no rush as our house is being built, so we chose to wait the 3 weeks it would take to have a new one shipped. The order was placed on September 10th, and was supposed to arrive on October 1st. On October 7th I called the store and left a message regarding the status of the table. I waited 5 hours for a return phone call before calling the store and speaking with customer service. The CSR "Shannon" was rude and unhelpful and I eventually had to request to speak to his manager at which point he hung up on me. I immeadiately called back and was incorrectly transferred. I called back again and left a message for his supervisor regarding both my order and Shannon's behavior. After 2 hours I still had not recieved a call back from anyone and called the salesman's cell phone number at which time I was told he had "already called my boyfriend" and couldn't understand why I was upset and that the table was ready. I explained I was not upset over the table status, but by the way I was being treated and asked why he hadn't called sooner. He stated that he had called and "left a message" a week earlier, but my boyfriend's phone records do not reflect this at all. Steve then said he would forward the complaint along and I received a call about 30 minutes later from a manager who was very nice and apologetic and said she would personally speak with the CSR and gave me her cell phone number if I had any additional problems. I thanked her and planned to pick up the table the following day. Before I could leave to go get the table the following morning, however, I recieved a call from the supervisor explaining that our table was in fact NOT at the store and that there was a "computer glitch" and she would "look into it" and get back to me. I waited 2 days before calling and leaving a message on her voicemail. She never returned my call. The next day I called the store and explained the entire situation and was ASSURED they were looking into the matter and to give them a "few hours" and they would call me back with an answer. It is nearly 48 hours later, and I have called the company who makes the table and found out for myself that it was shipped on September 30th, 2010 and was expected to be recieved by Bob Mills on October 13th, yet no one from the store has called me back. I am going to the store tomorrow and demanding a refund as I don't do business with rude, unhelpful people such as these. The level of incompetence is so astounding it's laughable. As I am in the process of building a new home and furnishing every room, they have lost thousands of dollars of sales as I will NEVER step foot in Bob Mills again! Thank you Galleria for your AMAZING customer service and for holding my bedroom set these past months while our home is being completed, something else Bob Mills refused to do as their policy is nothing is held for the customer over 30 days.
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When Somali Airlines stopped its services in early 1991 due to the consequences of the civil conflict, some local entrepreneurs thought over starting air transportation business. They leased planes with and without crews from Russian or western European countries.
The private sector currently manages more than 6 air carriers namely Daallo Airlines, Jubba Airways and African Express, East Africa 540, Hajara, Central Air who makes both domestic and international air services, and two foreign airs such Turkish Airline and Uganda Airways They provide flights to and from Djibouti, Nairobi, Dubai, Aden, Jeddah, and Kampala for twice thrice a week. They have also domestic flights to major cities of the country. Ticket prices of those companies are relatively low compared to other international carriers. Airport services and handling are provided by local companies.
There is no data on the number of boats or ships owned by Somali companies, but the traders hire ships and boats from Dubai for imports and exports. Poor road networks are the major constraint to introduction of modern transport networks. This could have eased transfer of goods and people across the country. There is a potential business opportunity in this area.


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Tomatoes, garlic and red chilies made the bath for the olive oil-seared black grouper in "acqua pazza."
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In the second game, the Lady Eagles started the game strong by scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. But the Lady Harvesters responded by scoring 12 runs in the bottom of the first inning on their way to the 2-15 win.
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The Bulldogs held a 2-1 lead and were playing well enough on defense to hang on for the 2-1 win and turn to scoreboard watching the outcome between the Canyon and Amarillo Palo Duro game.
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Tonight the Borger Bulldogs Soccer team enter a must-win situation against the Randall Raiders at 6:30 p.m. in District 5-4A play tonight in Borger.
With two games left in the regular season, the Bulldogs are two points behind the Canyon Eagles for the fourth and final playoff berth from District 5-4A.
On Friday, the Eagles pulled off one of the biggest upsets in district play this season by beating Dumas 1-0, giving the Demons their first loss in district play, but more importantly giving the Eagles the two point lead in the standings over Borger.
On Monday evening, the Borger Lady Bulldogs came out focused in order to have a good defensive game against the district leading Randall Lady Raiders.
The Lady Bulldogs did a good job slowing down the Lady Raiders attack, while Borger goalkeeper Emma Wood came up with 16 stops through 80 minutes of play.
Unfortunately one corner kick goal in the 25th minute by Randall proved to be the difference in the game, as the Lady Raiders won 1-0 in District 5-4A play.
On Friday, March 9th, Borger High School senior Brett Cummings qualified for the state powerlifting meet by coming in first place in the 220 weight class at the Boys Region 1 Division 2 powerlifting meet in Sundown.
Cummings earned his state berth with a 575 lb. squat, 285 lb. bench press, and 520 lb. dead lift for a total 1380 lbs.
The state powerlifting meet will take place on Saturday, March 24th in Abilene.
After getting the split in the first two games of the series on Sunday, the Frank Phillips College Plainsmen and the Odessa College Wranglers did the same thing on Monday. With the Plainsmen winning game one and Odessa College game two in WJCAC baseball action in Odessa.
In game one, freshman lefty Brad Wieck shut down the Wranglers bats by limiting them to one hit, while striking out four batters, in the Plainsmen 12-0 win in five innings.
ODESSA-After a two-day delay, the Frank Phillips College Plainsmen and the Odessa College Wranglers began their four game WJCAC series on Sunday with the Wranglers winning game one, 4-13, and the Plainsmen winning game two, 11-7.
In game one, the two teams were in a tight 4-5 game until the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings where the Wranglers scored a combined eight runs to take a 4-13 lead.
Alfonso Aguilar had a triple in the game, while Sam Martin got the loss on the pitcher's mound for the Plainsmen.
FRITCH-On Friday afternoon, the Dalhart Lady Wolves built a big lead early in their 17-3 win over the Sanford-Fritch Lady Eagles in non-district softball action.
The Lady Wolves wasted little time getting on the scoreboard by bringing in five runs in the top of the first inning.
The Lady Eagles responded in the bottom of the first inning by scoring a run on a passed ball at home plate.
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In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, National Review Online (NRO) published comments from several self-avowed "conservatives." John Boehner, for example, alludes to Mandela's "'long walk to freedom" while praising him as "a champion of peace and racial harmony." Marco Rubio went even further. Lamenting that "the world has lost one of history's most important figures," Rubio reassures us ...
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Music video director and veteran celebrity photographer Devin Pense is embarking on a unique journey as he attempts to tell the story of his good friend Regie Hamm in the documentary One More Song . For the average music fan, Hamm's name may not be terribly familiar. But to those within the industry, he has been a consistent hit songwriter and at one time was an up-and-coming pop star. By ...
With her new series about to be "Delivered", Martha Williamson reflects on how TV has changed since "Touched by an Angel"
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Martha Williamson still has the touch. After reportedly testing through the roof, Signed, Sealed, Delivered has been given a full 10-episode series order by Hallmark Channel even before its movie-length pilot airs this Saturday night (10/12) at 9:00 PM ET. The film -- and soon-to-be weekly series -- is created ...
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Social media outlets have been ablaze with buzz about the gross and shocking "performance" of Miley Cyrus on MTV's Video Music Awards. I watched and was deeply saddened. While Miley bopped around the stage like a porn star, others were also pushing the envelope of decency. You know I love Lady Gaga's talent, but her clam shell thong focused attention more on her naked bottom. And she sat in that ...
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Be sure to tune into PBS tomorrow to see the annual " Capitol 4th" concert in front of the Capitol Building. This year's "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS welcomes back host Tom Bergeron, the two-time Emmy Award-winning television personality ("Dancing With the Stars"), and stars music legend Barry Manilow. Back by popular demand following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009, Manilow wi ...
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American Idol star Brooke White talked to me about her role in " Banner 4th of July ," premiering on the Hallmark Channel this Saturday at 9/8c. White plays Desiree Banner, who once was in a successful band called The Banner Project with her brothers Mitchell (Christian Campbell) and Johnny (Michael Barbuto). She left the group, and had not seen them for ten years when she comes home to help ca ...
God and Hollywood: Notes from the Variety Family Entertainment & Faith-Based Media Summit
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Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A Common Purpose. For the second consecutive year, Variety (in coordination with the P.R. firm Rogers & Cowan ) held a day-long gathering of distributors, producers, writers, directors, actors and others who are the faces behind the current boom in uplifting entertainment -- which, BTW, is the actually slogan of ...
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A couple more clutch hits might have done the trick.
The New Bedford Bay Sox had their season terminated on Tuesday night. Shut down and out through the middle innings, the Sox couldn't climb out of a five-run first-inning hole and lost to the Newport Gulls 6-3 in the New England Collegiate Baseball League East Division finals at Walsh Field.
The East regular-season champions, the Gulls completed their two-game sweep of the Sox after the teams split their eight regular-season games. The Gulls will face Danbury or Keene for the league championship.
New Bedford scored once in the first inning and was not heard from again until a two-run eighth.
In the ninth, Peyton Hart (2-for-5) socked a two-out off-field single to right, and Zack Graczyk followed with a promising ground ball up the middle. Shortstop Joel McKeithan, who had a superb 6-3 double play to his credit back in the second inning, made a diving stab of the ball and flipped to second baseman for a game-ending force out on a close play with cleanup batter Alex Baldock (2-for-4, triple, 2 RBI) in the on-deck circle.
"It was close. It was a bang-bang," Hart said. "I wasn't sure if the guy was on the base or not. I was just trying to beat it out, get Baldock up there again one more time and give us a shot to tie it up right there in the ninth.
"But we had a great season, had a great run. Newport's a good team and best of luck to them."
Newport out-hit New Bedford 7-6 and collected four of those hits in the five-run first inning. Four of the runs were earned, and the big hit was Conor Keniry's one-out, three-run, opposite-field double over the head of left fielder Brian Eggleston.
The rest of the way, New Bedford pitching was terrific, limited the Gulls to three hits and a sixth-inning run.
The Bay Sox, meanwhile, did little with the bats. After Baldock's RBI single in the first inning, New Bedford managed one hit over the next six innings.
In the eighth, a Baldock off-field triple into the right-field corner and an Andy Lalli sacrifice fly made it 6-3.
The Sox stranded nine runners, two each in the first, third and eighth innings. Newport pitching issued a leadoff walk in each of the first four innings.
Lefty Ryan Pennell, the second of four Newport pitchers, got the win. He throw four innings of one-hit shutout ball, fanning five.
For New Bedford, starter Donald Murray pitched five-plus innings and Jonathan Massad followed with 3 2/3 shutout innings.
Bay Sox manager Rick Miller, the former Boston Red Sox outfielder, sounded pleased with his first season at the New Bedford helm.
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1. Preheat the oven to 450°F, preheat the broiler or a gas grill, or start a charcoal or wood fire. If you're roasting or broiling, place the asparagus in a roasting pan and drizzle with a tablespoon or two of oil; sprinkle with salt. If you're grilling, brush the asparagus with oil and sprinkle with salt. Place in the oven, under the broiler, or on the grill.
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Brian Leiter Headed for Chicago
Brian R. Leiter tracks the comings and goings of high-profile scholars in philosophy and law, writing a couple of popular academic blogs that offer details on who is taking a job where.
But this time it is Mr. Leiter who is moving on, leaving his post as a professor of law and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin after 13 years to be a professor at the University of Chicago's law school. In fact, he plans to blog about it all today at his law-school blog and his philosophy blog.
The move isn't exactly a surprise. Mr. Leiter, who is 44, visited Chicago in the fall of 2006 and has been weighing a change since then. Top on his list of reasons for the move: Chicago is creating a Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values, which he'll direct and which he says will make philosophical work "a more central part of the law school." Chicago's primary focus is law and economics.
In addition, Chicago's law school is ranked higher than Austin's — something Mr. Leiter should know. He produces regular reports ranking both law and philosophy programs. The rankings often rile college officials but attract widespread attention in both fields. Mr. Leiter's latest law-school report ranks schools according to the number of citations their scholars receive. It puts Chicago second and Austin 10th.
Of course, Mr. Leiter says he'll miss his Austin colleagues but is eager to work with those at Chicago, including Martha Nussbaum, a philosopher who teaches at the law school.
Mr. Leiter was also drawn to Chicago for personal reasons. It has one of academe's most generous tuition benefits for faculty children. Chicago covers the college costs of faculty children up to 75 percent of the value of Chicago's tuition. Mr. Leiter has three young children, who will also attend the lab school on the campus.
Saul Levmore, the law dean at Chicago, says Mr. Leiter's blogs might give some scholars a misimpression. "You think all he cares about is law-school gossip," he says. But Mr. Leiter, he says, "is a great intellectual entrepreneur, and we like the energy he brings. He's a most valuable player at Texas, and where he goes, students get very interested in his subject matter."
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Brandt Dotson: you have the floor:
Thank you! During my own personal journey I was discovering more and more about what was wrong about Protestant faiths. I grew up going to many denominations (Wesleyan, Evangelical, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist) and as an adult was actively involved in Pentecostal ministry (non-denominational and Assemblies of God.)
However, the more I read my Bible, the more disconnected I was becoming with other Christians, yet more connected I was becoming with God. Intellectualism and reason is discouraged in non-Catholic Christianity (something I never understood) and the more I was seeking to learn the more discouraged I was becoming. My desire to deep theological training led me to Bible School, but I decided not to attend any because they all had used-car salesman pressure tactics to get me to enroll and they wouldn't answer questions I had about theology, or help with any direction to find what it is I need to be doing for God.
I just kept reading and reading the Bible. I've read it cover to cover many times (I stopped counting at 8) and I began to realize that I had so much willy-nilly doctrines that I had been told from various different places. And the more I studied the Bible, the less I was seeing the truth of God in the Christian Culture. I kept coming to my own conclusions about scripture that wasn't lining up with what I was taught, yet I was still concerned that maybe I was getting something wrong with my interpretations. All I wanted was a single voice to guide me, and I could not find it.
So I was curious why the Culture was so different than what I was experiencing when reading Paul, John, James, and Peter's letters. I began researching 1st century Christianity and discovered the Didache. I was amazed at how simple and straight forward it is. I went back to the origins of the Pentecostal movement, and was amazed to find that it was less than a hundred years old! I started researching the early Protestant theologians, particularly Luther and Calvin, and it was easy to see that they were false teachers.
Wait a minute! If these guys were coming up with wacky doctrines, how is it that so many people follow them, considering all you have to do is read the Bible and see they were wrong! It doesn't take a scholar, either, not divine revelation. Just a basic understanding of Scripture shows it!
So I looked into Catholicism, something I realized that I knew nothing about. All I had was a culture of anti-Catholic behavior that I was raised with. It was easy to see that the criticisms of Catholic beliefs are so off-base that it's downright comical. I was also amazed at how reasonable the Catholic Faith is! And I could see that many interpretations of my own that I got from the Bible lined up with Catholic beliefs perfectly!
So I read the Catechism, studied the Sacraments, studied the Mass, and it's all Biblically based! All the while the Holy Spirit was leading me. My eyes opened and realized that countless different contradictory denominations that can't even agree on simple Gospel couldn't be right, and a Church that was still standing after two thousand years with the same unchanged belief couldn't be wrong!
So I started going to Mass and I fell in love. I wept the first time I saw the Eucharist presented and heard the bell, even though I could not yet partake. I joined the RCIA, but I've already learned most of what they are teaching (plus I already have Biblical knowledge from my life as an active Christian.) I just need to learn terminology, and there's a few things here and there that I haven't quite come to full understanding and belief yet. So here I am with a heart for God and a head like a sponge.
They (Other Christian groups) say you don't need reason because you have
spirituality, but I realized that what they call spirituality is really just manufactured surface emotion, and real spirituality is so much deeper than that. Anyone can feel warm and fuzzy listening to positive music and hearing encouraging words, but it's just emotion (not that positive emotions are a bad thing, because the aren't.) However, one can encounter the same experiential feelings at a secular concert or watching a good movie with a large crowd. It's no different than what you feel listening to praise music or a motivational sermon in a packed church. Charismatic worship services are entertainment. Basically, they're all about pleasing man, and not at all about pleasing God. (Of course, anybody in those services who really do have a heart for God are pleasing Him, but it's about their own heart, and not about the music.) When the word 'worship' is used in the Bible, it involves someone on their knees or flat on their face, completely surrendered to God. Worship is NOT pogo dancing, no matter how fun it is. I struggled with that for a very long time, and I even thought something was wrong with me, and I thought I was horrible because I just couldn't express myself to God in that way, no matter how hard I tried. It really grieved me, especially when others would say I was being prideful for not waving my arms in the air and having a good time. It wasn't that at all, though! And I'm a musician with a creative mind, so it's not like I'm some fuddy-duddy who's scoffing at the kids. But going to mass made me see than church isn't about me, church is about God. God says multiple times to love Him with all your heart, all your MIND, all your strength and all your soul. Our hearts let us love Him. Our minds let us meditate on Him and praise Him with our tongues, our strength lets us serve Him, and our soul connects us to Him. If you take one or more of those out of the equation you'll never fully experience Him!
Thank you for everyone who read that long note!
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Texas Tech Head Coach Outlaws Twitter from Team
Unless you are a college football fan (hang in there social media geeks, we'll get to your stuff soon enough ) you probably wouldn't even have a clue what this post is about. Honestly, unless you are a Texas Tech student or fan or resident of Lubbock, TX you may not know what a Red Raider is. One thing for certain though that more folks in the social media world will know about them because their coach, Mike Lynch, has banned Twitter usage from his team completely.
That's right – banned. Not limited or restricted – just banned. Oh, you say, there can't be any teeth in that policy. How could he possibly enforce that? Fear might work since he has already suspended one player indefinitely from the team because of breaking the rule. If there is any question, Mashable reports
Following a few suspect tweets by team members, Coach Mike Leach has announced that Texas Tech players are now banned from Twitter altogether. SportingNews also reports that one of the offending Twitterers, offensive lineman Brandon Carter, was "suspended indefinitely for violating team rules and his Twitter page was nowhere to be found."
Honestly, I am at a loss on this one. Here is one of the tweets that Carter floated
My hope is that there is more than this tweet used to suspend someone like this kid indefinitely. There was no finger pointing except at himself so that seems to be harsh. I will say that there could be more to this since this was the only tweet from Carter that was shown.
All of this points back to the need for organizations from companies to sports teams and all stops in between to understand that the world has changed. Whether it's for the better or not is not the debate. Right now, it is just a fact that it has. Everyone is going to have to be definitive in their stance but there may need to be a little flexibility moving forward like the SEC (Southeastern Conference) did recently regarding the use of social media in any form as it relates to the events that are in a college stadium in the league. I did a double take on that one because it is just asinine to even think it let alone say it.
We have seen social media in sports be addressed by the NFL and other colleges in other sports. We have seen social media addressed in a variety of ways by companies and organizations worldwide as well. My question is are we any closer to actually understanding what the implications of using or banning social media will be in the near and long term?
Go ahead, Pilgrims, take your shots (or your swings or –insert sports cliché here-).


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I am a huge fan of Captain America movies. OK, the most recent movie, and then 'The Avengers.' This new trailer for 'The Winter Soldier' looks incredible, despite the fact I don't really understand what's going on (haven't read any of the comics). But it still looks awesome!
It stands to reason a super hero with a big star on his outfit gets a movie with some really big co-stars. There's Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow), Robert Redford (as cool-looking but possibly evil government guy) and Samuel L. Jackson as ol' one-eyed Nick Fury.


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It's the first long-term study to measure the link between PTSD and heart disease, finding Vietnam veterans were twice as likely to develop heart problems.
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"Over the long-term, if your heart is constantly exposed to increased heart rates and high blood pressure, because of your anxiety, that is going to have some impact on the long-term health of your heart," Schanzer said.
Schanzer says it's important for vets to deal with the physical and psychological affects of PTSD.
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Re: 7 Of 9's Costume?
I agree with the ferengi. There is much pleasure in taking off nd imaing how you will take off a womans clothing.
In TNG, that's just what peopel wore. The style or lack of or 80s style they used was, hurpmf,
DS9 changed that. layers. Lots of civilians. Loo-ooking good.
here's a thought.
What if if the Doctor just wan't hip?
he was twenty years behind the times.
Unless he was being retro or backward on purpose, as he wasn't dressing Seven like a sex worker, he was dressing seven like a grandma to AVOID the gal being drooled over and preyed on?
I'd also address the points that she was a child and had no practice or talent for dresing herself, and a few episodes of her looking like she was playing dress up in mommies closet would have been as Hilarious as Ivanova teaching Delenn about haircare. Child or not she had a huge empty space in place of this basic human activity.
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Welcome to the Etiquette Daily
This open thread is your space to use as you like. We invite you to discuss current and traditional etiquette. Feel free to ask questions of each other and the community moderators here.
This open thread is your space to use as you like. We invite you to discuss current and traditional etiquette. Feel free to ask questions of each other and the community moderators here.
I am a young adult who wears an alternative fashion and I would like to know how I can politely deal with some of the negative situations this causes for me. I don't wear this to work or to places like churches where it might be considered disrespectful but on my own time I see no problem with it. I am well aware that the way I dress draws attention to me because it is clearly atypical. In the past I have had people yell things at me from cars, whisper and laugh, take pictures of me without asking, and even touch or lift up my skirts or other pieces of my clothing.
With situations where people are generally rude or insulting to me I want to know a way to tell them that the way I dress doesn't give them the right to invade my personal space and privacy and insult me. I often simply ignore them but I feel like I should have a way to let them know what they are doing is rude and upsetting.
Hello Kathryn,
I believe that the best way for you to handle this situation is to ignore it. You are in control of yourself, your emotions, and your behavior. Most men are not. They are simply reacting of impulses of ingroup and outgroup. Your mode of dress is eccentric and therefore distinguishes you as outgroup. I personally think that what they are doing is wrong, however in the real world I think you have three civilized options. Option 1 is to no longer continue dressing the way you do, or find a way to contextualize your dress in a manner that is not so provocative. Option 2 is to learn how to see events and people coming. You can usually tell when you are not welcome. Learn when to leave. 3. You can become a strong and intimidating woman and learn to accept this behaviour as one of the flaws contrasting and containing human perfection as the higher creature.
Everyone deserves civility, even the rude, insulting, and violent. Do not attack them and do not be cowardly. If you do not like someone taking your picture, tell them promptly. If you begin to be "subtle" in your approach you are inviting them to continue. Do not play their game. Just leave. Please understand that the law will not help you in these matters. They will continue to harass you, maybe even more after you assert yourself. People see assertiveness as competitiveness. If you truly do not like this behaviour, think about my advice. There are very many simple ways to solve this problem.
I believe it is also up to you to recognize that you like attention (not this kind of attention). I dress eccentrically as well. I advise you learn to use your fashion as a weapon. You can sum up your audiences personality, values, ethics, uses and very history soley by judging their reaction to your appearance.
Sspider: Your third sentence is highly insulting, and incorrect as a matter of fact. (Unless you meant that "most men are not [in control of Kathyrn's behavior]." That assumes some men are in control of Kathryn's behavior, which makes very little sense.) Please also check your spelling. The word "behavior" does not have a "u."
Jerry, it depends on whether Sspider is using British/Canadian English or American English. The British spelling for words ending in "or" takes a u, thus becoming our ending (ex: colour, neighbour) where the American spelling does not. Both are equally correct.
I've been following your posts for a long time and while you make many good arguments, I'm not always a fan of the tone that you use. Because of that, I must admit that I'm taking great pleasure is pointing out your error regarding the spelling… Sort of a "put you in your place" opportunity..
Rebecca: I'm well aware of the difference in American and British English. Given that this website generally focuses on American customs, I figured I'd help Sspider out a little bit. Only one spelling of "color" and "neighbor" is commonly accepted (or, in other words, "correct") in the United States.
With respect to your second paragraph, I am very flattered that you think of me. I wish you better luck in your future attempts to point out my errors or to put me in my so-called "place."
Jerry you missed pointing out "solely" being misspelled as "soley".
Actually I have a question. My problem is my newly married 32 year old stepdaughter (Dad is a widow I'm his 2nd wife) married outside of our faith (we are Jewish). My 61 year old husband is a chef & has always made a big deal about Thanksgiving. My stepdaughter announced that she & her new husband (he's 35) will be going to Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years & Easter/Passover to her new in-laws. They are a much bigger family and our son-in-law was adopted in his 20's by a woman named Nina only a couple of years younger than me (I'm 53 and a registered nurse) Nina has 3 year old twins with a 40 year old stay at home husband. Her father is a wealthy MD and her career has been enhanced greatly by his connections in her chosen field working with "youths at risk".
Although Nina & I are close in age Nina acts much younger, choosing to hang out with "the kids" during the engagement party, rehearsal dinner & wedding. She and her husband (and her elderly parents) were downright rude at the wedding (leaving without saying goodbye, not thanking us, etc) and even asked me if I was an LPN at the wedding.
My husband is hurt by this but refuses to speak to his daughter directly. In fact when she showed him the wedding invitations they stated "the families of Lindsay & Andres would like you to attend their wedding" making it seem as if Nina & Jay had contributed financially (which they had not).
All he would like is for them to come to Thanksgiving-they celebrate both Christmas & Hannukah but he only wants them here for Thanksgiving . Lindsay states this is Andres' decision but I think it has more to do with her new mother in law.
BTW she has never welcomed me to the family or regarded me as her Dad's wife.
I appreciate any & all feedback!
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1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp dried chives
3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
2 tsp crushed red pepper
pinch of salt
2 green Mangoes, peeled diced 1/2 in.
1 med bulb Fennel, sliced very thin
1 grapefruit, sectioned, all pith removed
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by Paula L. Novash
EXPECTATIONS can make the holidays ho-ho-hum. The
holiday season can be magical, filled with festive celebrations and
special times with family and friends. But for many, it's also a
time of frantic activity. Fitting in extra tasks like shopping,
decorating and entertaining as well as attending many social gatherings
in just a few weeks can seem overwhelming. Here are five strategies to
help put the joy back in the season.
Adults who are dealing with the challenges of AD/HD can feel even
more pressure at holiday time.
"I often say that living with AD/HD is like being in the height of
the holiday season all year round," says Sari Solden, MS, LMFT,
author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder. People
feel embarrassed when they can't cope well, she continues.
"We tend to have high expectations during the holidays, and if we
can't meet them, we feel like failures."
And coping strategies may not be as effective when familiar routines are
disrupted, says Arthur Robin, PhD, professor of psychiatry and
behavioral neurosciences at the Wayne State University School of
"The holidays tend to bring two major categories of stress for
people with AD/HD: executive functioning deficits, when we have
twenty-five things to do when we usually have ten, and interpersonal
challenges, when we have to deal with people we may have limited contact
with the rest of the year," says Robin.
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"One mistake we make is comparing ourselves to other
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some unrealistic standard."
Matlen shares one of her own holiday stories. She once ordered a catered
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day. By that evening it was inedible.
"In the past I would have panicked," she says. "But I
called everyone and told them we were having a potluck smorgasbord of
what we all had on hand. It turned out to be a great evening."
2. Simplify.
Child psychiatrist James Van Haren and Beth Ann Hill, co-authors of
The AD/HD Book, think you should consider relaxing your
standards a little—or a lot. Instead of striving for elaborate
decorations and gourmet meals, display one or two cherished ornaments.
If you bake Grandma's famous pecan pie, don't worry if
it's a little lopsided.
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helping your family form their own memories of the holidays with
you," Hill points out. "Do you really want them to remember
how stressed you are?"
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"plan, plan and plan some more." He says shopping early,
making copious lists, scheduling time for tasks on paper or in a
personal digital assistant (PDA), and deciding on a budget in advance
makes tasks more manageable.
And try breaking chores down into manageable bites: Buy three presents a
day online, visit a bookstore for multiple gifts, mail two packages.
4. Give yourself a
At holiday time it's especially important to build in time for
de-stressing activities: sufficient sleep; exercise; and calming rituals
such as a yoga class, meditation, or taking a walk.
Our experts also recommend trying to anticipate situations that may be
difficult and seeking support. Tell a coworker that you'd
appreciate being able to circulate along with her at the company party,
for instance, or volunteer to supervise the little cousins if joining in
the group dinner preparation makes you feel overloaded.
5. Delegate tasks.
Delegate tasks when you can. Besides enlisting the help of family
members, those in service industries consider it a gift to have your
holiday business. You can have groceries delivered, presents wrapped,
food prepared, and your home cleaned.
"I think of the holidays as an opportunity to reframe our
expectations of ourselves," says Matlen. "We may even help
our neighbor with the perfectly decorated house to relax a
Paula L. Novash is a freelance writer.
An earlier version of this article appeared in the
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i have heard those power supplies cause radio interference.... i dont know if its actually true but you might try using say an a/c inverter to power a household type supply to see if it changes anything.
I've searched through the forums trying to find a solution to my issue, but to no avail. The problem i'm having is that i'm getting a stable whine through my speakers when my amp is connected to my carpc from the lime line-out plug. It doesn't fluctuate with rpms. After reading some threads on the forums, I hoped that my grounds were causing this. So I set out to double check. I even went so far as to change the grounds to hopefully rule them out, but the whine remains. For craps and giggles, I disconnected the 1/8 mini plug from the carpc and connected my iPod shuffle, and the whine is GONE! Of course, as soon as I plugged the carpc back in, back came the noise. I was hoping that if I posted my setup and this info, someone could lead me in a new direction to hopefully solve this issue. My setup:
-VOOMPC2 case
-M3-ATX power supply(I purchased this because I read that the M2-ATX was causing interference with the front panel audio connections on my case)
-KINO-690S1 mobo(I was hoping to be able to use the front audio outputs on the case, but I cannot with this mobo because there is no audio out header, so I am now using the lime output on the back panel)
-Monster 200 series stereo RCA to 1/8 mini interconnect
-Alpine PDX-4150
Please let me know if I can provide anymore info, and thanks for attempting to help me out.
i have heard those power supplies cause radio interference.... i dont know if its actually true but you might try using say an a/c inverter to power a household type supply to see if it changes anything.
It's all about the wiring.
It's entirely possible that the issue stems from unshielded wiring inside the case. There's a lot of cabling crammed into a small space, so it would be admittedly difficult to track down.
It's also very possible that the PSU needs to be grounded better. I don't know if that's one of the grounds you've examined or not.
if you plug in headphones in your carpc, do you still hear the whine?
Thanks to all 3 of you for your suggestions. I will look into all of them and get back with the results.
i made a SINGLE earth point, at the bottom of the dash area, I use on of teh BIG bolts that hold the dash framing in,
took that wire to a distribution point / block, then ran EVERYTHING from that point.
LCD, PC amp, and cd changer hack box, the HD is earthed to that same bit of metal too, via its screws. also check proximity of video cables to audio cables.
having said that my current install has everything cables tied together and is dead quiet (bad noise wise).
also having just typed that, i would check that the m/b is earthed to the case where it should be. and that nothing inside the pc is wrapped around the psu..
also check if mic or line inputs are turned on in the sound mixer.
whine means you have a source that is osculating at a certain frequency. Most of the ground loop issue picks up the alternative and hence you will hear whines that changes with RPM. Since you say this is stable, this is likely to be within your setup, likely your PSU.
Try hooking your carpc to a stable power source (eg external battery) and see if the whine persist. if it does, it's not a grounding issue already.
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Okay, after looking into this, here are my findings:
-the PSU ground was one that I redid. After reading about grounding the case as well as the psu, I twisted two wires together, soldered them to a ring terminal, and grounded that to a single point. The whine existed before I did this as well as after.
-the lime line-out connection does indeed whine when I connect headphones to it.
-i re-routed the psu wiring in the case to take a different path, however it still exits the case right next to the audio output on the back panel. Could their proximity to each other be my problem?
-could the fans cause interference? The Voom has two front fans, and I have a cooling fan on the processor.
-i am going to check the amp turn-on wire. There are other ways for me to have the amp turn-on, so maybe this is the issue?
-i have not tried any type of alternate power yet. What do you suggest?
since the whine is still there with headphones...it's something inside your PC picking something up. You can try grounding the case or moving the PC.
Bad quality soundcards or power supplies can also pick up some EMI. You can try putting in another soundcard or power supply and see if it goes away. I'd start with a soundcard.


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|Panthers Rally For 6-3 Win Over Bobcats
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The Adelphi University softball team rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Lees-McRae College by a tally of 6-3 on Tuesday on the second day of the Rebel Spring Games, after the Bobcats' first game of
the day against Ashland University was canceled due to inclement weather. The teams combined for 16 hits, including seven base knocks by Lees-McRae (4-19), as Adelphi pushed across six runs on nine hits. Brooke Sheridan (Rosman, N.C.) and Kristen Oakes (Lenoir, N.C.) both went 2-for-4 on the day, as Hanna Huckabee (Oak Ridge, N.C.), Lauren Lewis (Concord, N.C.), and Alison Armstrong (Bellingham, Mass.) each picked up a base hit. Oakes drove in two runs, while Sheridan scored twice.
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