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|Redskins | Jordan Reed expected to be key part of offense
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:36:59 -0700
Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Sean McVay said TE Jordan Reed will be a big part of the team's offense in 2014. "He's going be a key player in our offense," McVay told the media during minicamp. "He's an elite route runner for the position, and he still competes with the toughness. He's got great feet, so he can cover guys up in the run game."
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|Redskins | Sean McVay will be QBs coach
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:34:40 -0800
Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Sean McVay will also be the team's quarterbacks coach next season.
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|Redskins | Sean McVay returning as OC
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:10:25 -0800
The Washington Redskins finalized a deal with tight ends coach Sean McVay Tuesday, Jan. 14, to promote him to the offensive coordinator position next year.
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|Redskins | Jim Haslett likely to return
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:14:45 -0800
Washington Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett is likely to be back on head coach Jay Gruden's new coaching staff in 2014, according to beat writer Brian McNally. Tight ends coach Sean McVay is also expected to be retained. Both coaches remain under contract.
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|Redskins | Not saying if three coaches will be retained
Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:29:06 -0800
Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden would not say if defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, secondary coach Raheem Morris and tight ends coach Sean McVay will remain on the coaching staff.
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|Redskins | Sean McVay, Raheem Morris expected to be promoted
Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:59:35 -0800
Washington Redskins tight ends coach Sean McVay is expected to become the new offensive coordinator under new head coach Jay Gruden. McVay worked with Gruden for one year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and one year in the United Football League. Secondary coach Raheem Morris is a candidate to become the defensive coordinator.
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|Redskins | Two could be options for WR coaching job
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:43:38 -0800
The Washington Redskins could look at offensive assistant Richmond Flowers and tight ends coach Sean McVay as candidates to fill their wide receivers coaching positions.
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|Redskins | Sean McVay staying as TEs coach
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:01:39 -0800
The Washington Redskins have decided to keep Sean McVay as their tight ends coach, reports NFL.com. "Sean has impressed me tremendously during his four games as our tight ends coach at the end of this past season," head coach Mike Shanahan said in a statement released by the team Wednesday, Feb. 16.
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|Bengals | Sean McVay could be candidate for WR job
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:21:33 -0800
The Cincinnati Bengals may be interested Washington Redskins offensive quality control coach Sean McVay for their wide receivers coaching position, reports Bengals.com's Geoff Hobson. McVay worked with offensive coordinator Jay Gruden in the United Football League.
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|Redskins | McVay hired
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:16:54 -0800
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the Washington Redskins hired Sean McVay (UFL) as their offensive assistant coach Friday, Jan. 22.
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Comeback Win Sends Phillies To NLCS
For the second year in a row, the Phillies will face the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The Phils beat the Rockies tonight with a 9th inning, 3-run comeback to win the NLDS series 3 games to 1. It was another nail biter; many fans were calling for the oxygen tank, and not because of the Rocky mountain air.
Early on, this was a pitcher's duel with Cliff Lee allowing only 1 run though 7 innings. 2 solo homers by Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth were the only scoring for the Phillies at that point. But Lee ran into trouble in the 8th when he walked Dexter Fowler on 3 straight strikes that were called balls; the Pitch Tracker showed the pitches were in the zone and missed by the ump. Nothing new; he missed calls all night long.
But that walk led to big trouble. Todd Helton hit what should have been a double play ball and Jimmy Rollins dropped the feed from Chase Utley, putting 2 runners on with 1 out. Ryan Madson came in and blew the inning wide open for the Rockies. 2 hits later and the Rockies were going into the 9th, at home, with a 4-2 lead. By the way, that was Madson's second blown save of this series.
In the 9th, Rollins singled and Utley walked to give Ryan Howard 2 runners in scoring position with 2 outs. The Phillies had not had a single hit in the game with runners in scoring position at that point. In fact, they even left the bases loaded twice in the game with 1 out and failed to score. But this team just never gives up and Howard nailed a double to tie the game up. Werth singled to score Howard and, with hearts pounding, the Phillies took the 5-4 lead into the bottom of the inning.
Scott Eyre, seemingly ok after twisting his ankle yesterday, got the 1st 2 outs, but also put 2 men on base. So, Brad Lidge got the call for the final out and faced Troy Tulowitzki, the same batter he got to pop out to end yesterday's game. Lidge struck him out to win the game and send the Phillies back to the NLCS!
Also worth noting, Ben Francisco replaced Raul Ibanez in left late in the game as a defensive substitution. Ibanez dropped a ball earlier in the game and Charlie Manuel was taking no chances. The move paid off as Francisco made an amazing, diving catch in the 8th that saved 2 runs from scoring.
And now the champagne will flow as the Phillies celebrate their first 2009 post-season series victory. And with any luck, 2 more such celebrations shall follow. Go Phillies!
Photo by Jenn
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Wow, what a game! Congratulations. Now it will be the Dodgers and your Phillies. We'll see your team at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
Outstanding… that has to have been the most entertaining 8th and 9th inning of the year….wooohooo
Outside the Phillies Looking In
It was like deja-vu watching the Rockies lose the game last night. I know how their fans feel. Good luck in the next round.
That was a wild one, Jenn! Congrats. Should set up to be a good rematch series. Plenty of beanballs on the way I hope….
I was glued to the TV all night! That was an AMAZING win!
I'm so sorry I missed the game! From your recap, it sounds like it was fantastic (although a big time nail biter). Congrats and now it's on to a rematch with the Dodgers. I'll be watching that series for sure!
Jenn, what a fabulous game. Awesome from the 6th inning to the final out! I have to admit.. I was rooting for the Rockies. The last thing I wanted to see was the Phillies vs Dodgers… it's like deja vu all over again : )
Jenn – what a game (that Phillie Phightin power really packs a punch) go Phils!


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To see Jennifer and Alex Menzel working their 200-acre cattle ranch in Cass County, it's difficult to picture them in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.
Their Georgia home had enough room for Jennifer to raise rabbits and for Alex to raise a few chickens, but they had farming on a much larger scale in mind. They got their chance after moving to the Kansas City area seven years ago.
"I've always been interested in horses and animals, so when we moved to Kansas City from Georgia, we thought, 'let's buy some land and have horses and chickens,'" Jennifer says.
That 10-acre homestead near Raymore, where Jennifer and Alex live with their three young daughters – Emma, Ella and Eva – wasn't enough to calm the farming urges of this couple, though. So in 2009 Alex and Jennifer purchased the first 160 acres of their farm northwest of Archie.
Thus began their lives as tag-team, beginning farmers. Jennifer teaches biology three days a week at Johnson County Community College, and Alex works fulltime in Kansas City. So Jennifer works at the farm two days each week, plus weekends. And Alex gets to the farm when he can. Sometimes they are actually there together.
"Time management is critical with us both working and with caring for the kids," Jennifer says. "The fact that either of us can do things down at the farm has been beneficial."
Generally speaking, Jennifer runs the business side of the operation and handles the veterinary care. Both Jennifer and Alex have undergraduate degrees in wildlife biology and doctorate degrees in agricultural and consumer science. But Jennifer says she honed her veterinary skills through books, videos and trial and error. Jennifer jokes that Alex is her "farm hand" but both share the physical work on the farm.
Jennifer says that has been a good lesson for the couple's daughters.
"It's good for the girls to see that their mom can do the work, too, not just dad," she says. "And it gets them away from the TV and cell phones."
Alex and Jennifer agree that communication is key to making sure all of the necessary farm work gets done.
"We talk daily about what needs to be done, and whichever one of us will be at the farm next takes care of that," Jennifer says.
There has been plenty of work for each of them. When they purchased the farm, it was being used as a continuously grazed pasture that was overgrazed, had very little plant diversity, no adequate interior cross fences, few watering sources and poor fertility. The cattle had access to the ponds and streams and were also grazing and degrading timber areas on the farm.
"We knew that there had to be a better way," Alex says. "The first place we called was NRCS."
Alex attended two grazing schools sponsored by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and immediately made the switch to a rotational-grazing system that features 14 paddocks for 65 head of cattle. He and Jennifer have utilized federal funding through NRCS as well as state cost-share funding through the Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The federal and state programs have helped pay for part of the costs to spread lime and other nutrients as indicated by soil tests; to install electric fencing to create the paddocks and to keep cattle out of the ponds, streams and timber; and to install a watering system featuring tire tanks, ponds and both above-ground and below-ground pipelines. One of the ponds features a solar-powered pump. The Menzels also plans to incorporate native, warm-season grasses into two of their least-productive paddocks.
"They've been very interested in learning about the latest techniques," says Katrina O'Farrell, NRCS soil conservationist.
Alex says their neighbors have been good mentors. However, he says it became clear to him and Jennifer that it can be difficult for veteran farmers to adopt new ways of doing things, including rotational grazing and paddocks with diverse forages.
"Most of our neighbors had heard of rotational grazing, but their thoughts were that it was hard to move cows from place to place," Alex says. "But moving cows is not a problem; they are ready to go to the new grass when you open the gate."
He adds that being a beginning farmer was probably a benefit in terms of adopting the newer techniques.
"We started out knowing nothing, so we didn't have any habits to break," he says. "It's probably harder to talk people into rotational grazing who have been doing it the other way for a long time."
The Menzels credit O'Farrell and Jamie Bokern, a technician with the Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, for helping them plan and develop a good grazing system.
"There are a bunch of ways that we could have divided this place into paddocks, but it's not easy to do it in a way that provides water in each paddock," Alex says.
Alex says the rotational grazing system was invaluable during the summer drought of 2012.
"If we hadn't done the water improvements, we wouldn't have had any water," he says. "We would have been in big trouble."
O'Farrell says Alex and Jennifer have been eager cooperators.
"We've only had the contract with them for a year, and they have most of the work done already," O'Farrell says. "It usually takes people several years."
Alex says the NRCS and SWCD financial and technical assistance has allowed Jennifer and him to do the work to improve the farm.
"We wouldn't have been able to do this at all without their help," he says.
However, O'Farrell and Bokern point out that the Menzels have done a lot of work that isn't part of their contract with NRCS or the SWCD.
"They've cleared a lot of brush and built a pond all on their own," Bokern says. She adds that their efforts to improve the farm's forage base, grazing system, wildlife habitat and to protect the natural resources on the farm led the Cass County SWCD to select them for its grassland farmer of the year award. They also were later selected as Missouri's regional award winners.
The farm's condition has improved so much already, O'Farrell says, that NRCS is looking forward to using it as a future grazing-school location.
Jennifer and Alex aren't finished making improvements just yet, however.
"Our goal is to feed hay less and less, to the point that we feed very little," Alex says.
That fits well with their broader goal of being farmers.
"We would retire from our other jobs and do this full-time right now if we could," Alex says.
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With Daylight Savings Time here, everyone in the U.S. can expect to lose and hour of sleep. For many people, such sleep deprivation is a real problem.
We all know that not getting enough sleep makes us grumpy and feel foggy. Losing sleep on a regular basis, though, can be downright dangerous.
The following slides show 10 surprising and serious things associated with sleep loss.
Sleep deprivation was a factor in some of the biggest disasters in recent history: the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, and others. Being drowsy, though, is particularly dangers on the road. Being sleep deprived can slow down a driver's reaction time as much as if the driver were legally drunk. Officials say 100,000 auto accidents can be blamed on fatigue each year in the U.S.
Sleep is extremely important when it comes to learning and cognitive thinking. Of course, lack of sleep impairs a person's concentration. If you don't get enough sleep during the night, the brain isn't able to consolidate memories during the day.
Chronic sleep loss can put you at risk of heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes. Some estimates show that 90 percent of people with insomnia also have another health condition.
Over time, lack of sleep can contribute to the symptoms of depression. In a study of 10,000 people in 2007, those with insomnia were more likely to develop depression than those who get enough sleep.
Sleep deprivation can lead to lackluster skin, fine lines and dark circles under the eyes. Your body releases more of the stress hormone cortisol when you don't get enough sleep. The hormone can break down skin colagen, which is the protein that keeps skin smooth and elastic.
If you want to keep your memory sharp, be sure to get plenty of sleep. Researchers in the U.S. and France found that brain events called "sharp wave ripples" are responsible for consolidating memory. The wave ripples occur during the deepest part of sleep.
It seems when it comes to sleep, when you snooze, you do lose. A 2004 study found that people who sleep less than six hours of sleep a day were almost 30 percent more likely to become obese than those who get seven to nine hours. Research also found that sleep loss stimulates appetite and cravings for high fat, high carbohydrate foods.
British researchers looked at how sleep patterns impacted the mortality rates of more than 10,000 people over two decades. They found that those who had cut their sleep from seven to five hours or fewer nearly doubled their risk of death from all causes. In particular the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
Sleep deprivation can alter your interpretation of events. That can hurt your ability to assess situation and act on them smartly. Sleep deprived people seem to especially have poor judgement when it comes to assessing what the lack of sleep is doing to them.
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Transfer Student Scholarships
Students transferring to Kent State can apply for all types of aid, including scholarships, grants, loans and work study. Awards are determined by student eligibility and will take into consideration aid used at previous institutions. The Student Financial Aid Office at Kent State provides further information on these types of aid.
Transfer students may receive one of the following transfer awards.
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|Preference will be given to students who have participated in an honors program at the college level.
|Kent State Bound Scholarships
|Incoming transfer students from Cuyahoga Community College, Lakeland Community College and Lorain County Community Colleges. Students must have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) at one of the above institutions and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Selection process is competitive and 25 awards are available each year.
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|$1,000 per year, renewable for up to three years. Full-time enrollment and 3.0 GPA required.
|Awarded on a rolling basis
|Must be admitted to Kent State by the May 1 deadline to be considered. Full-time enrollment and 3.0 GPA required.
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|Incoming transfer students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students must have completed at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hours to be considered. Three awards are available each year.
|Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship applications are available from the Admissions Office, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH44242. Apply Online
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|Part-time students and students with a bachelor's degree are not eligible.
|Transfer Scholarship
|Incoming transfer students from schools other than Cleveland-area community colleges (see Kent Bound Scholarship). Students must have minimum of 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Selection process is competitive and a limited number of awards are available each year.
|Submit complete application for transfer admission (including official college transcripts) by June 1.
|$1,000 per year, renewable for up to three years. Full-time enrollment and 3.0 GPA required.
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Kevin Trudeau's Legal Trouble
Kevin Trudeau has made millions of dollars selling dubious medical products. He started his snake-oil salesman career selling coral calcium through infomercials. Trudeau claimed that this magical form of calcium could cure cancer and whatever ails you. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigated Trudeau, who was making millions off his claims, and found that he was being, let us say, less than honest. As a result the FTC banned Trudeau from selling health products through infomercials.
But Trudeau is tenacious and creative – an innovator. Prior to getting into infomercials he was small time – he was convicted for writing bad checks and credit card fraud and spent some time in prison. I always find it interesting that convicted con-artists seem to hit upon such well-guarded secrets. Dennis Lee claims to have found the secret of limitless energy, if only he were not attacked by Big Oil and a corrupt government. Kevin Trudeau claims to have found the cures for just about everything, but The Man is trying to shut him down.
Undeterred by the FTC ban, Trudeau decided that even though he could not sell health products he could sell information – that was protected under free speech – so he started selling books through infomercial, including Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About. Trudeau claimed he went from writing bad checks to discovering not only hundreds of natural cures but uncovering a government and Big Medicine conspiracy to keep this vital information from the public.


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#18875 - 02/15/01 09:45 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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Valentine's Day is safely passed...
That's what they used to say....
Thus began a great purification ritual. Dressing only in the skins of the newly sacrificed goats, the priests ran about the foot of the Palatine a major part of this rite was the lustration (light flogging or whipping) of citizens by means of goatskin strips, called februa. Anyone the priests encountered on their trek received a smack with these bloody hides. It was the women, however, who got most of the attention
(and yes, Jackie, they were fresh out of goat skins in Cardigan, so I had to just get her flowers )
#18876 - 02/15/01 02:16 PM Re: Heart-to-heart
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I read on another site a few days ago that this week was International Flirting Week. That seems more fun.
#18877 - 02/15/01 06:05 PM Re: Heart-to-heart
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take heart
#18878 - 02/15/01 06:59 PM Re: Heart-to-heart
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take heart
That's happening more and more, as organ donors are in short supply.
#18879 - 02/15/01 07:24 PM Re: Heart-to-heart
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That one made me laugh out loud - briefly but heartily!
#18880 - 02/16/01 05:50 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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> That's happening more and more, as organ donors are in short supply
You didn't happen to read about those cases in Britain did you (I read it in Times). There's been a massive uproar concerning the hospital workers extracting organs from deceased patients (or PC its: negative-patient-output).
Apparently some are robbed of so much, that which is buried is little more than a shell of their former (physical) self. Those heartless swines!
#18881 - 02/16/01 06:44 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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those heartless swines!
Then there are the 'lucky' transgenic pigs - how did they get them to sign those Organ Donor cards?
But you can imagine how it might happen: "Pork chops - ME?! - a sentient warm loving creature! Come on, now - have a heart!"
#18882 - 02/16/01 08:28 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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But you can imagine how it might happen: "Pork chops - ME?! - a sentient warm loving creature! Come on, now - have a heart!"
Oh, Mav, you've been at the video store renting "Babe" again, haven't you?
#18883 - 02/16/01 08:32 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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"Babe" again
Nope. Used to keep pigs - the most intelligent animals I have ever encountered. Some humans gets close, but...
#18884 - 02/16/01 10:27 AM Re: Heart-to-heart
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Sometimes it was hard to tell the swineherd from the swine. My father made a house visit to such an establishment, and the son of the patient felt it necessary to tell my father, "Pa's down yonder, You'll know him, he's got his hat on."
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Image from: Clover Organic Farms It seems like whenever I am in the grocery store, I am more inclined to purchase something organic, over a generic brand. Between stamping USDA certified on a piece of cage free chicken, driving a hybrid and making sure beauty products are not tested on animals; "organic" seems to be a type of consumer, not just a healthy food choice. I decided to look on


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How To Use A Cute Font For Your Blogger Post Titles
Are there any fellow font addicts in the house? :) Have you ever wanted to use fonts to add a cute, personalized look to your blog? Have you seen blogs with cute fonts for their titles, dates, or sidebar headers and thought, "I want that!"? Have you've already tried to do it, only to discover if someone else doesn't have the font installed, they won't see it?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then I have good news for you my friend! This is a tutorial on how to use your own, custom fonts on your Blogger/Blogspot blogs. You can change your post title font, sidebar titles font, and even the date font. And even if the other person doesn't have the font installed, they'll still be able to see whatever font you chose.
Updated: August 23, 2012
{ click image to see this working on Blogger }
Here's how you do it.
1. Choose a font. It can be any font you want. Feel free to browse the selection of free fonts offered here on Kevin & Amanda!
2. Convert the font to SWF. Make sure the font you chose is saved on your computer and is unzipped, then visit the site below to convert your TTF file into a SWF file.
Follow the onscreen instructions to upload your font. When going through the steps, you don't have to change any of the options. Just use what they have. When you get to Step 2, confirm that sIFR 3 r436 is checked. If anything else is checked, it won't work. Download and save your newly converted font (it will be a SWF file).
3. Download and save the following three files. To save, right click on the filenames below and choose Save Target As or Save Link As.
Note: If you are using a new Blogger Designer template, and your sidebar titles are not changing, use this file instead of the one above:
4. Create an account at Dropbox.com. You'll need an account here, even though you already have a Blogger/Blogspot blog. This is where you'll host your custom font file, and the other files needed to correctly display it on your blog. Unfortunately, there's no way to host these on Blogger, so you'll need this a separate hosting account.
- Go to Dropbox.com/register and Create An Account. If it asks you to download a file, just click Cancel.
- Go to Dropbox.com/home to upload your files. Again, it will ask you to Install Dropbox, but just click the X in the top right corner of the popup, you do not have to install Dropbox on your computer in order to upload files.
- Click on the Public folder, and then click on the small Upload icon.
5. Upload the SWF font file and the sifr.css and sifr.js files you just downloaded. We will upload the blogger-sifr.js file next. Once uploaded, click on the SWF font file, and click on Copy Public Link and Copy to Clipboard.
6. Customize the blogger-sifr.js file. Open the blogger-sifr.js file in Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac) and you'll see something like this:
var kevinandamanda = {
src: 'http://username.hostwebs.com/fontname.swf'
Delete http://username.hostwebs.com/fontname.swf and replace with the link to the SWF font file you copied to your clipboard in step #5.
*Careful* This is a common typo area. Don't delete the quotes around the font URL or the code won't work. It should look exactly like it looks in the code above, except with your link.
Now under that you'll see three sections: Post Title, Date and Sidebar Titles. In those sections, you will see something like this:
css: ['.sIFR-root { color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; }'
,'a { text-decoration: none; }'
,'a:link { color: #000000; }'
,'a:hover { color: #000000; }
See those three places where it says color: #000000; ? Change that six digit code, 000000, to whatever color you want. (You will need to know the 6 digit color code.)
The first one changes the color if it's NOT a clickable link.
The second one changes the color if it is a link.
The third one changes the color if it's a link and people hover their mouse over it.
Usually the first two are the same color and the third one is a different color. I personally make all three of mine the same color.
Here's a color slider to help you pick your color and get the code. Or I use a cool Firefox plugin, Colorzilla. It lets you click on any color on any webpage (like a background that's already on your blog) and it'll copy the color code to your clipboard. Then all you have to do is paste the code where it goes. I use this addon all the time! :)
You can also play around with the font size if you want it bigger or smaller. Just change 28 to a bigger or smaller number. (Try 32 if you want bigger, 20 if you want smaller.)
You can change the font color and size for all three sections. *Note* There are ultimately 9 places where you can change the font color: 3 in the Post Title section, 3 in the Sidebar section and 3 in the Date section. Be sure you change them all! :)
When you get done playing, save the file and upload to Dropbox.
This is the final step! Don't skip it! :)
7. Now it's time to implement the code into your Blogger/Blogspot blog. Go to your Dashboard. Click on Layout, then Edit HTML.
Look in that code and find the line that says </head> (Look closely, it's not <head>, it's </head>)
(Quick Tip: Click CTRL-F to search for </head> to easily find it in all that code)
Just above </head>, copy and paste the following code:
On all three lines, delete my Dropbox links and replace them with your own.
***This is another common typo area. Double check your work here!
Save that.
That's it!!! Now go to your blog and see your new, customized look!!! :)
Frequently Asked Questions / Troubleshooting
* Here are the most common problems... and their solutions! :) *
I think I did everything right, but it didn't work.
1. Check to make sure you did the "final step" correctly and that there are no typos.
2. Check your blogger-sifr.js file for typos- this is the most common reason why it doesn't work. Compare your blogger-sifr.js file with mine and see if you can spot your typo.
3. Check to make sure you uploaded all your files to your HostWebs.com account. You should have at least 4 files: blogger-sifr.js, sifr.css, sifr.js, and your SWF font file. If even one is missing, the whole thing won't work.
5. You may need to refresh or restart your browser (or even reboot the computer) for changes to take effect. Any changes you make through Blogger or HostWebs.com will be immediate, but because of browser caching, your browser may still show the "old" blog instead of the "new" blog with the font changes.
6. This code is intended to work on the default Blogger Minima template. If the code for your blog has been modified from it's original template, this code may not work for you. You may need to switch back to a default template for this code to work.
7. If you are using the HostWebs.com links, but it's not working, try changing the links to Webs.com. Everything else will stay the same, just change "HostWebs" to "Webs". There are 4 places where you'll need to change the code. (One in your blogger-sifr.js file, and 3 in your Blogger HTML code.) Not sure what the deal with HostWebs/Webs is, but sometimes if you create an account at Hostwebs, your links will be at Webs. I can't figure it out!
8. If you are getting a weird line of text at the top of your blog that says Read More and has a a link back to this site, go back to the HTML section of your Blogger Dashboard, find the text (just under where you pasted the code) and delete it.
My titles totally disappeared! (Blank Titles)
Blank titles are usually the result of a typo in the blogger-sifr.js file. Double check your work and compare your blogger-sifr.js file with mine and see if you can spot your typo.
There could also be a problem with your SWF font file. Type the address of your SWF font file in your browser. It should look like this:
(click on the address to see what it should look like on your screen)
If it is a blank screen, there's an error with the SWF file and that's why your titles are blank too. You will need to delete that SWF file and try again. You may need to try it from a different computer / browser / ISP.
It worked, but I have two sidebars and it only changed the fonts for one.
Add this code to the bottom of your blogger-sifr.js file:
// Code for Second Sidebar
sIFR.replace(kevinandamanda, {
selector: '#sidebar h2',
fitExactly: true,
tuneHeight: -5,
css: ['.sIFR-root { color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; }'
,'a { text-decoration: none; }'
,'a:link { color: #000000; }'
,'a:hover { color: #000000; }'
wmode: 'transparent',
ratios: [6, 1.93, 10, 1.92, 13, 1.86, 17, 1.82, 21, 1.8, 29, 1.79, 32, 1.78, 33, 1.77, 36, 1.78, 43, 1.77, 44, 1.76, 47, 1.77, 70, 1.76, 71, 1.75, 74, 1.76, 75, 1.75, 76, 1.76, 1.75]
//End of Sidebar code.
Look in the third line and change the word "sidebar" to whatever you named your second sidebar when you added it. Only the word sidebar, don't mess with the # or the h2. For instance, it may look like this:
selector: '#left-sidebar h2',
My fonts are being cut off!
This is a problem with the way the font was made, not with the code. If it's one of my fonts, simply download the newest version of the font from my site. You will need to unzip, reconvert, and reupload the new font file. Be sure to delete all instances of the font from your computer and your hostwebs.com account first. If it's not one of my fonts, you will have to contact the font author for an updated version of their font.
You can also look in your blogger-sifr.js file, and find the line that says fitExactly (it'll be in there three times, once in the Post Title section, once in the Sidebar section and once in the Date section) and if it says true, change it to false. *Thanks to Liene for this info!
The custom font is showing up, but the old font is still there too! (Double Titles)
There's a problem with your sifr.css file.
1. Check to make sure you uploaded the sifr.css file to your HostWebs.com account.
2. Check to make sure you didn't make a typo when you copied and pasted the code above the </head> in the Edit HTML section of your Blogger Dashboard.
It worked, but my titles used to be centered and now they're not.
Whenever I get this comment, I always check, but they always look centered to me. I think it's because I use Firefox and not Internet Explorer.
You can try adding this code, but I've gotten mixed results- some say it works, some say it doesn't.
Find this in your blogger-sifr.js file:
css: ['.sIFR-root { color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; }'
Add this:
css: ['.sIFR-root { color: #000000; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; }'
It's working, but the old font is showing up first, then the custom font loads.
The font is competing with all the other photos, blinkies, widgets, music playlists, etc, on your blog for loading time. Limiting the number of posts that show on your blog to 10 or less will help speed things up. Other than that- the font is just like an image and will always have to "load"- that's just the nature of the internet. (It even does it on my blog.) The original font is there first just in case the custom font never loads, you will still have a post title. How fast the custom font loads will depend on your internet connection speed and the HostWebs.com connection speed.
It worked! Now how can I change the font for my blog header / description / footer / pages / other blog element?
I don't recommend using this method to change the font for any other element on your blog besides your post titles and dates. I normally prefer using images. I only like this method for post titles and dates because they are changing with every post- and it would be a pain to make a new image for every post! :) For elements that aren't changing constantly, like your header, I recommend creating an image and uploading that.
My custom titles suddenly stopped working.
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S3 Summer Showcase set for Tuesday
Posted on July 22, 2014
Jessica Janecke spent her summer monitoring runners on a tricked-out treadmill; Kevin Joffre analyzed reading habits of teen mothers. This is not usually how an average student spends the summer months.
Janecke and Joffre are two of 30 Student Summer Scholars who have worked with a faculty mentor on an extended research project. They will present their findings at the S3 Summer Showcase, set for Tuesday, July 29, from 4-7 p.m. in Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room.
Janecke is a double major in biomedical sciences and allied health. She also runs track and cross country for the Lakers. She said participating in S3 has put running in a new light.
"I'm passionate about running but never have been able to connect it with school," she said. "Now I see running in a different sense and I'm able to connect the pieces of my world together."
Janecke and Kyle Barnes, a movement science faculty member, are measuring the effects of weight support on the metabolic demands of running by using the Alter-G, an anti-gravity treadmill that allows runners to build endurance and leg strength without putting pressure on their joints.
Joffre developed a S3 project that continued work he began while taking a Community Working Classics course. An English education major, Joffre collected qualitative data from teen mothers about their reading habits, perception of reading and whether or not they read to their children. His faculty mentor is Amy Masko, associate professor of English.
He discovered what life is like for a researcher along the way. Joffre said midway through his study, the center where he met the teen mothers closed and some teens were moved to transitional housing.
"What I found was that the girls enjoyed reading books that were similar to their lives, urban fiction," he said, adding the teens also understood the value of reading to their children and wanted them to read educational books to get ahead in school.
The S3 is a program of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship.


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ATI Technologies' marketing chief in
During a press conference dedicated to the launch of ATI's first 80nm graphics processing unit – Radeon X1950 Pro also known as the RV570 – the company said that production using the 80nm process technology is 10% - 15% cheaper compared to 90nm manufacturing process and also announced that "by the [end of] first half of 2007", ATI aims for its complete lineup of its graphics chips to adopt a 80nm node, reports DigiTimes web-site.
The company also said that it was looking to adopt 45nm process technology as early as in 2008. Besides, the firm said that it has been testing 65nm process technology since mid-2006, but did not elaborate when it intends to deploy TSMC's 65nm fabrication process commercially. The firm said that adoption of 80nm process tech – a derivative or the so-called optical shrink of TSMC's 90nm fabrication technology – took ten to eleven months.
It is unclear which series of ATI Technologies' graphics processors will be made using 45nm process technology, but the most likely candidates are the ATI R700- or ATI R800-series.
It is interesting to note that ATI's owner Advanced Micro Devices said that it would use 45nm process technology in 2008 to produce chips that would integrate graphics and general-purpose processing capabilities.


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Ohio Northern University's exercise physiology program re-accredited by CAAHEP
The Ohio Northern University exercise physiology program has been re-accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
ONU is one of only 37 undergraduate exercise science programs in the nation and one of only three programs in Ohio to be accredited by CAAHEP. ONU is one of the few traditional undergraduate institutions without a graduate program in exercise physiology to receive this honor and the only private, liberal arts institution in Ohio to receive this accreditation.
CAAHEP is the largest programmatic accreditor in the health sciences field. In collaboration with its committees on accreditation, CAAHEP reviews and accredits more than 2,000 educational programs in 23 health science occupations.
The peer review conducted by the Committee on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences (CoAES) and CAAHEP's board of directors recognized ONU's substantial compliance with the nationally established accreditation standards in July. The next comprehensive evaluation of the ONU program, including an on-site review, is scheduled to occur no later than 2023.
The accreditation standards are established by CAAHEP, CoAES, American College of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, American Kinesiotherapy Association, Cooper Institute, and National Academy of Sports Medicine.


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My partner got hepatitis B over 15 years ago. Does she still have the virus?
My fiancée was diagnosed with hepatitis B when she was about 10 years old. Her most recent tests (15 years later) say she's negative for the Australia antigen. In fact, over the last decade whenever she's been tested, the results come back negative. Does this mean that she no longer has HBV? I've kissed her many times. Even though her tests come back negative, could I get HBV from kissing her? And after we get married, will our kids be affected by the virus?


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Lake Tahoe Basin > Freel Peak > Climber's Log
Freel Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Freel is free of snow
Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
|Reached Freel in 2hrs 45minutes from the car parked at 8200 feet. Took the Armstrong Pass route. The route was free of snow. The route up the last mile is now well-laid out with cairns and a clear use trail. Hiked Jobs Sister afterwards.
|Posted Jun 25, 2007 11:40 am
|Route Climbed: Trout Creek
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007
|Awesome mountain. It's my tallest climb so far. On the ascent I got slowed down by the sand. But on the way down it was a big help. Next time I will start earlier so I can get Job's Sister and Job's Peak.
|Posted Jun 23, 2007 1:38 pm
|south side routh
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2007
|With my son. Unfortunately my son got a touch of altitude sickness and we had to turn around 600 feet short of the summit. He was fine on Lassen the day before. Probably a good thing that we didn't continue as I bonked harder than I ever have before on the way down. Could hardly put one foot in front of the other when the trail headed up. Should have done Round Top instead. Oh well, next year, and we will bring bikes!
|Posted Jun 21, 2007 5:50 pm
|Great views
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2007
|A lot of bushwhacking....had the trail and summit all to ourselves: Me, my buddy and his 9 year old grandson.
|Posted Jun 9, 2007 5:40 pm
|Long time ago
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1993
|Climbed this with my father a while back. it was a great long hike to get there from South Lake Tahoe but it was an amazing trip.
|Posted Nov 16, 2006 8:29 pm
|Dayhike from Armstrong Pass area
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2004
|Dayhiked from Armstrong Pass area. Twisted my knee on the way up, so decided to pass on Jobs and Jobs Sister.
|Posted Oct 10, 2006 3:43 am
|Labor day hike!
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006
|Great trail and very easy hike from oneidas St. trail head, went around from east side, scree all the way up which made the hike that much more difficult. But the veiw was worth all the pain. 2hr,30min. Reno hangover crew!
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 10:27 pm
|Peak Baguette
|My first double bag
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006
|From trailhead at the end of Oneidas St., double bagged Freel and Job's Sister. My first "double" :)
|Posted Aug 19, 2006 5:35 am
|trout creek route
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2006
|Climbed early from Trout Creek following bob Burd's Rout up the drainage. TON of mosquitoes at the TH. Was appox. 78deg while hiking, got back to Sacramento, 111deg, I think I need to move.
|Posted Jul 24, 2006 12:33 am
|Hiked up south slope from Freel/Job's Sister notch
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2006
|My husband Dan and I hiked this peak from Job's Sister. From the summit, Dan snowboarded the (still) huge snowfield on Freel Peak's eastern side.
One more time with Anita, July 14, 2007 There is almost no snow up there right now!
And again on July 20, 2010. After reaching the top I hiked to the top of Job's Sister then went down the ridge to the rim trail. After a snack break I headed down an abandoned fire road, then all the way back to the house. A great day.
|Posted Jul 8, 2006 6:05 am
|Freeling Groovy
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006
|Made a loop from Trout Creek to Tahoe Rim Trail to Freel Summit (and Job's Sister) then down the Trout Creek trail. Got off trail near the bottom which made for some extra adventure!
|Posted Jun 19, 2006 4:36 pm
|Hapey McHape
|Hat Trick
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
|The snow field on the east side made it easier. Saw the only people all day coming down from the summit. Climbed from Faye-Luther trailhead.
|Posted Jun 9, 2006 12:37 am
|Armstrong Pass
Date Climbed: May 24, 2006
|Climbed Freel, Jobs Sister, and Jobs from Armstrong Pass
|Posted May 26, 2006 8:45 pm
|Matt Worster
|Armstrong Pass
|Aggressive little chipmunks up there . . . they travel in small packs and use diversionary tactics well.
|Posted Mar 16, 2006 9:34 pm
|Route Climbed: Trout Creek Date
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2005
|Great Hike on a Great Trail. I love the TRT. Awsome views from the summit.
Second Summit: July 25, 2008 in route to Jobs sister. It was fun to find my entry from almost 3 years ago in the register.
|Posted Mar 7, 2006 2:08 am
|South Slope
Date Climbed: Nov 19, 2005
|From Jobs Sister.
|Posted Feb 23, 2006 5:25 pm
|Route Climbed: South side route Date Climbed: January 29, 2006
|After pulling sleds down Oneidas St. we benefited from snowmobile trails to reach ~8200' before ever having to carry our packs. Summit day consisted of mucho postholing with snowshoes until we finally reached the ridge. The incredibly low cloud ceiling limited our views, but we could still see into Desolation and down into Carson City. Had there been more time we would have traversed to the summit of Jobs Sister, but the weather and postholing failed to cooperate with that goal!
|Posted Feb 2, 2006 11:53 pm
|Dangers Pop
|Route Climbed: South Route from Horse Meadow Date Climbed: 01Nov2005
|This was my first time up. Went with Jay and Chris. Beautiful day, but extremely windy on top! South side virtually snow free. North side had 6" to 18" covering the trail. Returned to Horse Meadow via the TRT. Great hike!
|Posted Nov 23, 2005 10:43 pm
|Route Climbed: Armstrong Pass? Date Climbed: 10/09/2005
|We hiked this as a bachelor hike for my friends wedding. It was a beautiful day and lake Tahoe looked amazing from the summit.
|Posted Oct 9, 2005 11:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Armstrong Pass Date Climbed: Sept 27, 2005
|Ascended via Armstrong Pass on the TRT. It looks like the road that leads to Trout Creek is on private property and as there were trail crews in the area I didn't want to chance it. I descened via Trout Creek and there were people on the private property at Fountain Place. I took an old dirt road leading west to avoid them so as not to get busted.
The weather was really crappy. Foggy and drizzly. The area got about 2-4 inches on new snow the previous night. Needless to say there were no views what-so-ever. I was planning on continuing on to Jobs Sister but couldn't really get excited beacuse of the weather. Maybe next time.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 9:45 pm


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Table gaming bill passage looking doubtful
WHEELING – Citing a lack of support in the House of Delegates, Jim Simms said the bill to reduce annual table gambling fees by $1 million is "very unlikely to pass."
"If the session ends without us getting relief, will have to evaluate what our business model would look like without table games," said Simms, outgoing president and general manager of Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, while on his way back from the West Virginia State Capitol Monday.
Simms has said Delaware North Companies, parent company of the Wheeling track, may not renew the facility's table gambling license in July if the $2.5 million annual fee remains in place. Even before paying the fee, the track is on schedule to lose $1 million in 2013 by running its blackjack, poker, roulette and other table games. He said 105 track workers' jobs are tied directly to table gambling.
"The decision to keep or eliminate table games will be made by Delaware North," said Simms, who has taken a job with a new Delaware North casino in southwest Ohio. Osi Imomoh will officially be the new president and general manager at Wheeling Island on April 15.
"It is going to be hard for us to continue to support a losing venture," Simms said of the table games.
Monday, Simms said he went to Charleston to meet with Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, Speaker of the House Richard Thompson, D-Wayne, and House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha. Last week, Armstead said he wanted to see financial records from the Wheeling Island track before the House would even consider the bill.
" went to Charleston to answer any questions they may have. I did not want them to think we were ducking anything," Simms said of the legislators, noting he offered to share the financial figures with the lawmakers.
"At the end of the day, there just does not appear to be enough support for it," he added.
Last Friday, Kessler stressed that legislation he introduced would not be officially dead until the session ends this Saturday. He could not be reached for comment Monday. In its current form, the bill would lower the annual table gambling fees from $2.5 to $1.5 million for the Wheeling track, as well as for Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in Chester, the Mardi Gras West Virginia Casino & Hotel near Charleston and the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in the state's Eastern Panhandle.
Bills must pass in both the Senate and House before midnight Saturday so that they can be signed into law by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The still heavily Democrat-controlled Senate passed the legislation early last week by a vote of 23-10, with one member failing to cast a vote, before sending it to the House for consideration.
Last year, Mountain State voters elected 46 Republicans to the 100-member House, which is the largest number of GOP members in many years.
"The Republicans don't want to support it," Simms said. "They seem to feel that we got what we wanted a few years ago – and that now we just need to deal with the circumstances as they exist."
West Virginia Lottery Commission records show that not all tracks are pulling in similar dollar amounts. Wheeling Island generated about $5.3 million worth of revenue from table gambling from July 1 through the end of February. During the same time period, the Charles Town track saw about $104.7 million from table gambling – nearly 20 times as much as the Wheeling facility.
Prior to Kessler introducing his bill, Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons, D-Ohio, and Jack Yost, D-Brooke, joined others to sponsor legislation that would reduce the annual fee from $2.5 million to $1 million for all four casinos – a $500,000 annual difference from the Kessler legislation. This bill would also have reduced the tax rate on table games from 35 percent to 25 percent, but there was no movement on this legislation.