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A lot of people bury their head in the sand when it comes to things like this — they make simple conclusions, saying prejudice exists because bad people exist. Most people will eventually make the first leap and understand that the reason why the prejudices exist is because of an initial idea which has some truth to it — common ones being that blacks and latinos have higher incidences of criminal behavior, or in Korea, that Chinese are rude and have terrible hygiene, that the Japanese are perverse or the American Soldiers all morons with poor intentions.
Two groups of people are immediately born: those who accept the conclusion and those who reject it, but neither group puts that much thought into it by and large. Both groups are largely made up of either those who are too ignorant to look past the stereotype or those who pretend the stereotype is completely wrong and should never exist, and that those who hold the stereotype themselves are an evil.
I think there is a middle ground and that we do more harm in the fight against prejudice by bleating like a herd of goats the same stupid battle cries.
The easiest example for me to relate to you is one that involves me personally as of now. My girlfriend is Chinese, and I spend a lot of time with her and her friends and have studied extensively alongside Chinese nationals. When I first began studying with them I was very careful to pay attention to something strange — how often they change their clothes. Why, you ask?
Well, I have tattoos down to my wrist and I was self-conscious in a higher education environment to not expose them — having only three or four long sleeved shirts/cardigans/sweatshirts to wear, I wanted to make sure I recycled them appropriately. I noticed within the first few days that many wore the same clothes… A lot.
There were two of 14 students who seemed to always wear the same jacket over whatever they changed underneath, though the temperature in-doors was barely appropriate for it. There were about 5 or 6 that would go three days without changing clothes. The remaining would change their clothes fairly regularly, sometimes repeating once in a while but that was it. It was relieving in the sense that now I didn't have to worry about having essentially only three or four articles to rotate… But now I was wondering what was up with this.
Soon thereafter I met my current girlfriend and went over to her apartment and I learned why, exactly, many Chinese students here were not changing their clothes that often and had worse hygiene than others…
She lived in a 10 foot by 10 foot room, roughly, with one other girl, sharing a bathroom with two similar rooms each with two other girls living in similar standards. All of them had part time jobs in addition to full time school, and were essentially going to school from 9 AM to 4 PM then working from roughly 6 PM to anywhere from 10 PM to 2-3 AM. They had no access to a washing machine or dryer nor did they have spare money. They used an old fashioned washing board and hung up their clothes on a clothesline outside, and at any given time it was full.
They were struggling to get adequate amounts of sleep and complete their homework, not to mention as girls in their late teens to mid twenties, struggling to maintain a social life and keep in touch with home.
They lived out of necessity — why change your clothes if they are not dirty? They scarcely had the luxury of any time to themselves and until my girlfriend quit her job I would usually simply go to the bar she worked at and stay there until she got off of shift and spend an hour or two eating lunch at school.
Now, of them, none of them smelt bad. However, none of them upheld the standard of young, college aged Korean girls pampered by their parents who went to college smelling like Bath & Body works. Their wardrobes were also comparably very shabby.
I am sure on one occasion, a Korean smelt randomly a Chinese person who was quite rife; they then told their friends about the smelly Chinese person, and their friends maybe a few months or a year later also smelt someone apparently of Chinese origin that was also 'stinky.' In the future, as Koreans saw Chinese people who were dressed in more faded, more proletarian clothes they wore for the second day in a row it immediately confirmed the stereotype and the only reason why there was not smell was because they weren't close enough.
And more than this, the Chinese do not bow as much; the Chinese students were sleepy in class from putting in 6 hours at school and then 4-8 hours at a job; their Korean was not good enough to use all of the honorifics to their seniors and their teachers and Chinese, like English, having fewer honorifics the nuances and when to use them were more lost on them — add on political prejudice and 800 years of Korean hermitage and suspicion of foreigners, you now have the perfect stereotype: smelly, rude Chinese who fall asleep in class and don't even show respect to class elders.
It gets even better when you put forward the fact that the Chinese are a proud people and when they began to pick up on the insults of the Koreans, like any rational people, they become tough skinned and dished out their own brands of disrespect.
I think when you look at it, it makes total sense why the prejudice exists.
It would be an outright lie to say that the prejudice is completely false as it is based on very true statements, irrefutable statements in fact, but the conclusions were entirely wrong and entirely out of place.
Most people have good senses of right and wrong, and I know that if I were to show them, personally, the conditions that many of the Chinese face in Korea it would change the perspective immediately.
Very quickly something goes from being a prejudice to a sympathetic feeling.
I think the same applies to essentially every single prejudice you have, and that if we investigate our own prejudices we will only become sorrowful that we ever had them.
Seeing this all as a third party, as someone nowhere involved in the ranks of the Koreans and the Chinese, both sides registered quickly. I love both the Korean and Chinese people that I know, and it would be foolish to say that some of these Koreans are just prejudiced idiots against them being that I had own friends who thought this of Chinese — they simply were grossly misinformed as to the reasons why these things happen.
I think there would be a profound sense of shame if it was understood by them that it is very easy to criticize when you do not face the same problems.
Prejudice often stems from a profound ignorance of the whole situation. But I think something that is equally ridiculous is the way that the anti-prejudice people bleat on like sheep about the evils of prejudice. It does something ridiculous and it is almost dangerous.
I could have spent the last 7 months telling Koreans off, calling them prejudice and bigots because they view the Chinese as dirty, but that would have done nothing. So many of these anti-racist, anti-prejudice types go about the whole situation in a way that hurts their cause profoundly — they shame everybody as opposed to educating them.
A lot of friends asked about my girlfriend, asking if she was rich — I explained no, and I knew the reason why they were asking as much is because in their minds, me saying I have a Chinese girlfriend would be like a white guy in the 1950s saying he has a black or latino girlfriend, and asking if she was rich was like asking if she was dirty or not. As opposed to reacting poorly, I explained the circumstances in which they live, and through an explanation other than a senseless scolding I think these people are more enlightened.
There are so many people in the world who make ridiculous statements without understanding the full picture — it is too shallow to say that 'Chinese smell and are rude,' and it is also far too shallow to say 'That's racist and wrong,' but rather, people have to connect the dots and then connect the points together to draw a full picture.
If we understand why a group receives prejudice we can then understand how to defeat that prejudice by simply describing the circumstances which they face.


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On the professional side, I've always prided myself on being a closer. Up until last year, I'd led at some point during seven tournaments and won them all.
But Guntersville ruined that for me last year. I led in it, but didn't win. In short, I didn't close the deal. My record was no longer 100 percent. That really bothered me.
This was proof -- mostly to myself -- that I was still a closer. I know I can't win them all, but I'd like to think I can win them when I put myself in a position to win. This makes me feel that Guntersville was a fluke, an aberration that really doesn't define me.
The other professional factor is the Classic spot for next year. That's huge, to say the least. The Classic is the championship of our sport. It's the place where we shine and where our sponsors get a lot of bang for the bucks they put into us all year.
I want to fish every Classic as long as I'm active in this sport -- for me and for my sponsors. This makes that a guarantee for next year.
On the personal side, I can say that my youngest son brought it home to me. When I was leading, I saw the look on his face. I was truly his hero.
You could see him beaming with the knowledge that Davy Hite was his dad. He was really proud. There's no way I can repay that in full, but I at least made a down payment with this win. It's the greatest feeling in the world.
I've been asked if this will change the way I fish the rest of the year. The answer is simple -- You bet it will.
This takes a lot of tough decision making off my back and lets me fish the way I like to fish. I'm a home-run hitter. I don't like to fish for weight or for a check or for a place on the final day. I want to fish for the win, and I'm willing to take my lumps if things don't work out.
But, here's the reality. Sometimes you have to compromise. If you're close to making the Classic, you have a lot of pressure on you. Your fans and sponsors want to see you in the biggest event in bass fishing.
And, if the truth be told, you want to be there, too. I'd like to say that doesn't affect me, but we all know the truth. Sometimes you have to compromise.
This win takes that problem away from me. I don't have to compromise. I can fish for the win in the next five Elite Series events knowing that if I don't win, it's OK, that I'll still be on the Red River next February giving my family, my sponsors and myself what they want.
So, yes, it'll make all the difference in the world. I'll go for broke in every event from now on, and I'll bet you I make a good run on a win somewhere along the line. And, if I have a really low finish in that run, so be it.
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Well, here's the latest on the family since mom hasnt let me at the puter in a while. Since my last entry, we lost another feline pal, Toby got very sick in october and is now in kitty heaven with Max. Mom felt bad that Cherokee was the last cat so they brought home a kitten named Millie for us all to play with. I still dont like cats much, but I cant seem to scare her no matter how hard I try, so I guess I kinda like her some. Ok, so I let her sleep on my bed sometimes, but dont tell the other dogs ok. Then after thanksgiving when I was happy and full from turkey they bring another butterball, a puppy named Crystal and they tell me she's my new little sister! Well, of course I had to bark and howl at her and let her know that I'm the big dog here. But the next day I already liked her and played with her some. I couldnt let my people think I'm going soft on them! Sheesh! Two girls have moved into my house, what's a guy to do? She is cute, and does kinda grow on ya after a bit tho, but I wonder if I'll get something good for Christmas since I've been such a good boy and let all these new pals into my home. Woof!
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This content is excerpted from "Dropbox In 30 Minutes" by Ian Lamont, part of the In 30 Minutes™ family of technology guides.
Here's a common scenario. You're working on an important file on your desktop computer in your cubicle. Let's call it "NCAA_Office_Pool.xls". But you're traveling next week, and want to take the file with you on your laptop to continue your "work". Up until now, you may have transferred NCAA_Office_Pool.xls using the office network or USB drive, or even emailed the file to yourself to download and open up on the laptop.
Dropbox handles things differently. It's nearly effortless. As long as the Dropbox application is installed on both computers and linked to the same Dropbox account, the transfer takes place in the background, thanks to *automatic synchronization*. Setup is explained below.
How To Do It
1) Make sure the Dropbox app is installed on both computers (Note: For office computers, check with your IT department to determine whether Dropbox is a permitted application).
2) Log into the same Dropbox account from the Dropbox app on both computers.
3) Create the file and save it to Dropbox on the first computer.
4) Make sure the automatic sync takes place on the first computer (look for the green check mark on the Dropbox icon in the Windows System Tray/Mac Menu Bar).
5) Turn on the second computer, and check to see if the automatic sync has taken place there as well (the Dropbox icon in the System Tray or Menu Bar will have a small check on it).
6) You can now open the file on the second computer!
Any edits you make on the file will be updated on Dropbox as long as you are connected to the Internet. This means you can immediately shift back to working on the same file on the first computer, without having to manually update the file. If you add a third computer to your Dropbox account, a copy of the file will be created there as well.
There's not much else to say about transferring files between multiple computers, except to make sure the *automatic syncing* takes place on the second computer. This is a real concern if you're traveling, because you may not have easy access to a fast Internet connection to sync the latest version of the file(s) you want to edit.
More tips on using multiple computers with a single Dropbox account is explained in Chapter 2 of Dropbox In 30 Minutes.
Ian Lamont is an award-winning journalist who launched the In 30 Minutes™ book series after graduating from MIT Sloan. Follow him on twitter at @ilamont.


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any way to squeeze something extra in to the default setup?
sorry for the vague title, couldn't think of a better way to state it. here's the quick story:
all posts in my blog are of a similar format
1) post title
2) large picture
3) a single paragraph of text
4) misc (could be another image, a swf, more text paragraphs, a few related links, etc.)
i'm trying to squeeze a "digg" button around just the first paragraph of text, #3 above. i've tried a few ways, but just can't figure out a working way.
my first attempt used CSS to place the digg button using "position: absolute" to plop it in beneath the title and picture, 1 and 2 above. i got the digg button in the proper spot, but because it wasn't actually "there", the text wouldn't wrap around.
my second attempt tried to use CSS to style just the <P> tag for item #3 above. i figured i could make that column narrower, then place a column for the digg button at its side. however, i couldn't figure if it was possible to style just a single P tag (and because i don't want to retroactively add a named div to my thousands of older posts, i had to play with just the default code)
for my third attempt… i came here! 🙂 any better ideas?
if it helps, here's a page to give you a general idea of the overall format: http://toonbarn.com/2009/10/disney-and-marvel-are-bff/
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Operation Fast and Furious Scandal
For over a year now, U.S. Attorney General Holder and Department of Justice officials have been stonewalling, misleading and in some cases outright lying to Congress over the "Fast and Furious" scandal.
Last week, I voted to ensure that taxpayer money cannot be used to obstruct this critical Congressional investigation any further. (Roll Call Vote #226)
It's entirely unacceptable for the Attorney General, our top law enforcement official, to ignore a Congressional subpoena to turn over all documents related to Fast and Furious - documents that could likely uncover the truth about what happened and who is responsible. This is the arrogance of the Obama Administration on full display.
At least 300 deaths have been linked to Operation Fast and Furious in the United States and Mexico -- including U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry -- yet not a single high-ranking official has been punished or held accountable in any way.
I was one of the first members of Congress to call for Attorney General Holder's resignation over his disgraceful lack of leadership in allowing this to happen on his watch. Today I want to reiterate my calls for him to resign or be fired immediately and to let you know I will not stand down until the American people get the answers they deserve.
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is there a web sit that will help we with. What does a manager have to do to get an employee's needs met at one level of Maslow's pyramid so they can progress to another level of the pyramid.
I don't know of any site that specifically addresses that question.
Study Maslow's pyramid and apply it to businesses you know or have read about.
From productivity501
"Maslow said that people start with the lowest level of this hierarchy and that their basic motivation comes from trying to meet their needs sequentially at each level. Any time their needs aren't being met, their motivation always reverts to meeting the needs at the lowest unfulfilled level. So, someone who doesn't have food will not be motivated to try to get esteem and respect.
Let's say we have a man named Smith who finds himself in a new city with no money, no job, and clothes that are barely adequate for the climate. Smith's first priority is going to be finding a place to stay and getting something to eat. He is also going to start looking for a job in order to meet his physiological needs on an ongoing basis. At this point in his life, he is unlikely to start looking for a girlfriend or try to become a leader in the community. While both fulfill human needs, they aren't motivating for Smith until he has the lowest needs met.
Smith finds a job at a chemical plant, gets an apartment and buys some decent clothes. He has enough money for food. His physiological needs are being met. Now the second level of needs becomes a priority. At the chemical plant, Smith realizes that he is working with very dangerous chemicals. After witnessing a few accidents, he becomes concerned for his safety. Eventually, Smith finds a job or different position where he feels safe. Maybe he also buys some locks for his door, or gets an apartment in a different neighborhood. While he is concerned with and focused on safety, Smith isn't going to go out and join the Rotary Club. His need for esteem takes a back seat to his need for safety.
As Smith moves up the pyramid, he gets married, joins some social community organizations, and begins to think about the meaning of life and whether or not he is really achieving his potential.
If, at any point, one of the lower levels is missing, Smith's focus will change to concentrate on that level. This explains why people often do things that will ruin their reputation (their esteem) when they feel that they aren't being loved by their spouse. The need for love and to belong overshadows the need for esteem.
When managing people, you use the hierarchy to make sure that they are being rewarded in a way that enables them to meet their needs. When managing yourself, you need to do the same thing.
If you want to be productive, you need to be concentrating primarily on the self actualization tier. Situations where you are constantly needing to deal with lower tiers will sap energy from the upper tiers. Here are a few things that will help do that:
* Don't over-extend your finances. If you have to worry that, you won't have the money for housing and food, and you are forcing yourself to deal with the lowest tiers.
* When making decisions, be sure to factor in safety. Don't buy an incredible apartment in an area of town where you won't feel safe.
* Find and marry someone who will make a good spouse. While marriage is work and you should never take your spouse for granted, many people put all of their energy into short term relationships to try to fulfill mid-level needs.
* Invest in friendships with people you respect and who respect you. Recognize that you need people to respect you. Deep friendships can provide for the need to be esteemed.
Obviously this isn't any type of a formula for meeting all of your needs. However, if you recognize that you want the bulk of your energy to go into self actualization, you can make decisions that will help you focus on achieving as much as possible.
Make sure that your work isn't constantly being interrupted trying to "fix" things on lower levels. If you find yourself constantly worrying about lower tiers, look for ways to change those tiers. Often, these will be lifestyle changes. It may mean downsizing so you aren't worried about finances. It might mean getting a safer vehicle.
Being highly productive is unlikely to happen by chance. By recognizing your needs and making a conscious effort to meet them proactively, you will be setting yourself up to succeed."
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The Olympus Titans won the Class 4A Region 7 title outright in 2011 and shared that title in 2012. But both seasons ended in first-round playoff losses.
Coach Aaron Whitehead feels like this will be the year that his team finally breaks through and makes it to Rice-Eccles Stadium. He has four returning starters on offense, seven on defense and a group of young players that has experienced success on junior varsity.
But he also knows the road won't be easy.
"I'm excited for this group, but the competition is so stiff this year," Whitehead said. "Any other year, this might be a group you're really excited about, thinking you might go pretty deep. But the competition level, I don't remember it this stiff in recent years."
Whitehead was complimentary of the other teams in his region, but his squad looks very strong as well.
On offense, senior running back Coleman Meier returns after a strong junior season in both football and track, where he ran the 200 meters in 22.19 seconds to win the region championship. Robbie Borden and Jeff Day return on the offensive line.
But Whitehead is most excited about the defense and the job his defensive coordinator, Brandon Burt, has done with those players.
Connor Haller is a 6-foot-4 free safety who also will play wide receiver.
"He's a ball hawk," Whitehead said. "The kid lays the wood."
Two of the Titans' linebackers return, including Michael Ninivaggi a tall and lanky but extremely athletic player.
"I think our strength this year will be our defense," Whitehead said. "I'm excited about our offense. I'm an offensive-minded guy, but the strength is our defense."
Olympus Titans
ASSIGNMENT • Region 7
LAST YEAR • 6-5 overall, 4-1 Region 7
KEY RETURNER • Coleman Meier, sr., RB. Meier is extremely fast and agile but also a hard hitter. Coach Whitehead expects colleges to recruit him this season.
PLAYER TO WATCH • Tosh Wilcox, sr., WR/S. Wilcox is on the wrestling team, too, and Whitehead said he bench presses more than 300 pounds and is one of the fastest players on the team.
BIGGEST HOLE • "This year we're nervous about who the kicker will be," Whitehead said. He has soccer players trying out, but he's unsure how effective they'll be or who will win the job. "There's not a position that keeps me up at night … except for kicker."
NEED TO KNOW • If the Titans manage to win or share the Region 7 title this season, it will be the first time in the school's 60-year history that they've won three straight region titles.


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(Paso Robles, CA)-Heritage Oaks Bank is pleased to announce Linda Koman as the new Vice President and Regional Manager for their branches located in Northern San Luis Obispo County. Linda brings with her more than 14 years of experience in retail banking, including regional operations and sales supervision.
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Linda holds an Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis on Business Administration and has lived on the Central Coast for over 20 years.


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Microsoft has been very vocal regarding the hardware specifications of its next-generation Xbox 360, and it's even been promoting other software, namely games, for the game console. But the software giant hasn't been so outspoken on the operating system behind the box (this was also true of its previous-generation console, the Xbox.)
This led to some speculation that perhaps Microsoft had taken the Penguin out for a walk, or that it was picking Apples for its new console.
As dramatic as those scenarios could have been, it was not to be. WindowsForDevices.com says the new consoles are based on the previous-generation Xbox's OS, which was a stripped-down derivative of the Windows 2000 OS.
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Price Wars Power Up QualityBy
In the early days of personal computers, it was depressingly common to pull a brand-new computer out of a box, set it up, turn on the switch--and see absolutely nothing happen. It's been several years since I've seen a dead-on-arrival machine. The rash of failures that used to plague PCs--from crashing hard disks to dying keyboards--have all but disappeared.
Remarkably, the improvement in hardware quality has come during an unrelenting price war that has kept manufacturers under a constant cost squeeze. In the fiscal year ended last January, for example, Dell Computer Corp.'s operating margin was a slim 7%. But far from prompting manufacturers to cut corners, the pressure is forcing them to get it right the first time and save money on returns and technical support calls. "It's a lesson the Japanese taught us," says Webb McKinney, general manager of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s home-products division. "Quality results in lower total cost."
SMALLER CHIPS. In short, the price wars have brought about more than just lower prices. Improvements in quality are likely to continue, thanks in large part to better technology. Ever smaller, more powerful chips are an example. A five-year-old network interface card I found in my office contained 39 chips. The entire system board of a new Macintosh Performa 5200 carries just 19. Fewer components means fewer points of potential failure and less chance of errors in assembly. "There's a direct correlation between simplicity and quality," says Rick Smith, director of quality for Compaq Computer Corp.'s desktop operations.
Factors as mundane as soldering technology affect cost and quality. Early circuit boards were made by inserting components through holes, and the solder joints were prone to weaken or short-circuit. Now, automated machinery solders the chips directly onto metal traces on the board, a method that is both cheaper and more reliable. Intel supplies some new Pentium chips on spools of film that can be bonded directly to circuit boards by ultra-precise assembly machines. "Our industry has moved faster than most," says Mal D. Ransom, vice-president for marketing at Packard Bell. "We've done in five years what took the auto industry 50."
Manufacturers report that returns due to defects have become rare. Acer America Corp., which sells its machines mainly through mass-market retailers, gets about 5% of them back, but inspection shows no defects in the overwhelming majority. Steve Garcia, product manager for Acer, speculates that most of the machines are returned because customers found a better deal at another retailer or they simply changed their minds. Dell, which sells directly to generally more sophisticated customers, reports only about 1% returns for all causes.
SOFTWARE SLIPS. Of course, computers have room for improvement. The biggest area for further quality improvement is disk drives. Unlike solid-state chips, mechanical devices wear with age and disk drives remain the most trouble-prone component. Another area ripe for improvement is product support and advice. Judging from the grumbling I hear from readers, it's harder than it should be to get help over the phone, and getting a broken machine fixed is worse.
Even so, the whole quality picture for computers is better than in the much more profitable software industry. It's the only business I know of where manufacturers routinely sell products they know to be defective--and customers accept "We'll fix it in the next release" as a response. Windows 95, for example, was shipped out with dozens of glitches that won't be fixed until a November "tune up." It's too bad that consumers can't expect their software to work as reliably as the hardware it runs on. Then the personal computer would be a lot closer to what many industry executives say, with some hyperbole, is their goal: A product that's as easy to use as a toaster.


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Minerva has named Heather Frigyes as its new head girls basketball coach.
Frigyes replaces Bruce Wright, who resigned after the 2010-2011 season.
Frigyes, a 1990 Minerva graduate, played four years with the Lions and was elected to the high school Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
She graduated from the University of Akron in 1994 after playing four years with the Zips. She has been an assistant coach at all levels for 17 years.


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Food and nutrition are important programs conducted by all 4-H and Cooperative Extension Offices. We all need to eat right and it's not always easy to do, especially when we have all of the leftovers from the holidays!
Dear Editor,
To whom it may concern, especially residents of Rizer Avenue and Neal Street. Cats are being caught in 'Have a Heart' cages and taken out on the highway and turned loose with no water, food or shelter.
This is inhumane and is being reported to the Humane Society.
Also, it is against the law to dump animals on the road.
If your cat goes missing, you can be sure this is what happened. I hope this doesn't happen to you.
Cecilia Warner
Editor's Note: Bob Lochte is a professor and chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Murray State University.
His opinions are his own and do not represent the official view of the Kentucky Press Association, Murray State University or any government agency in the Commonwealth.
Lately, as I traveled the country towns of central Kentucky, I've noticed a gradual shift in the names of the churches along the highways.
"Then they scoffed, He's just the carpenter's son."
Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 55
If only those people knew what we know now.
Christmas is a celebration of a promise made and of a promise kept by God Almighty when He sent down His only Son.
It's a time to be grateful not for what you get, but for what you already have.
We received the following article from the Alison Smith, Director of Marketing with the Kentucky Beef Council. We are excited to hear this about eating beef again.
"A Special Event for Special Needs" was held on November 19, 2011 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Springfield Ky. This event was a poker run, chili and hotdog dinner, auctions and a dance with live band featuring a local teenager "Sticktight"Akins as lead singer.
This event was a fund raiser with all proceeds going to "A Special Place."
"You'd better get what's left of your garden in; we're going to have a hard freeze tonight," Glen, my gardening mentor, warned me several weeks ago. And so I carried in the tomato vines, picked the peppers, and salvaged what okra was left. In the garage, they are now ripening so fast that some are beginning to rot before we can get them eaten. My wife tolerates my boastful proclamation: "It's November, and we still enjoy the garden," as if this justifies the time devoted to working the ground this past summer.
Every year at this time, no matter which newspaper, a request comes in to take pictures of someone's Christmas decorations.
Sometimes, multiple requests come in.
This year and this newsroom are different, except for one thing.
This year, I invite you to photograph your Christmas lights and decorations and send them in.
If I get enough high-quality photos, I'll run a picture page highlighting your lights and decorations.
If I don't get enough, we'll run a slideshow online.
Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing.
- Little Elf Judy
Every now and then, I hear somebody question the existence of one of the Lord's right hand men, namely Santa Claus. Children, true believers, are too smart to make such a preposterous error. They have the sacred trust of true knowledge that comes from pure hearts untainted by a grownup world.
Dear Editor,
November is Adoption Awareness month. In recognition of this unique way in which to become a family, white ribbons will be worn. I ask that all of you who are touched by adoption to please wear a white ribbon during the month of November. If you see someone wearing a white ribbon, please ask him/her how adoption has affected their life. If you are interested in learning more about adoption, call (800)928-4303.
The two old men sat on their usual bench in the afternoon sun, sharing stories and opinions from years of friendship.
"You know, I went to my grandson's house for supper last week. Dangest way of doing things nowadays. When I was young, we ate supper in the kitchen, and went to the outhouse for our business. Now they eat supper outside and the toilet is inside, bigger and fancier than most kitchens. Maybe I'm getting old, but it just seems backwards to me. "
Believe it or not, we strive to do our jobs well here at The Springfield Sun. My goal each time I walk into the building is to provide fair news coverage for the readers of this newspaper.
A phone call last week prompted me to verify my approach.
If you truly know me and Cindy, then you can understand the phrase "opposites attract." Actually, that is a misinterpretation. The phrase should be "opposites attack."
Cindy and I are just not on the same sheet of music. We disagree on almost everything, even small things, and it leads to some pretty bazaar arguments that resemble old "Abbott and Costello" comedy routines.
We had just left the Hindu temple when I noticed the red dot on my mother's forehead. It was the "tilaki," the third eye or mind's eye, associated with many Hindu gods, also symbolizing the idea of meditation and spiritual enlightenment. I, a recent graduate of a high school education, feeding on my scholastic possibilities, feeling strong in my evangelical superiority, upbraided my mother: "You let them mark you! And, that's a false religion."
. . . and their grandsons.
More about that in just a minute.
Washington County High School does a lot of things well, but do you know what they do great?
It's their Veteran's Day program, which they have been holding for the past several years.
I've been told by many people that I ought to stop in and see why so many veterans look forward to attending this program every year.
My curiosity was piqued, and I attended it early on this past Friday, Nov. 4.
Last weekend was a first for me, as I traveled to my alma mater to check out the state marching band finals.
Being back on Western Kentucky University's campus always stirs up memories, as you might expect.
I have never been to a marching band competition, but I have heard a lot about them over the years.
I couldn't take it any longer. Fatigued at the end of the work week and convinced my St. Louis Cardinals would not survive game six of the World Series, I turned the light off and was fast asleep by 11:15 p.m.
Early the next morning, Lori asked me who won.
"Oh, the Texas Rangers did," I mournfully informed her. "I stayed with the Cardinals until they left the bases loaded and fell behind 7-4."
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~Susan Diane Murphree
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This fascinating set of 8 colorful Kachina pictures comes with 8 brochures describing each print and the Kachina character depicted. Each picture is titled, and each is signed "Hoyesva Oraibi." These pictures would look great framed in your home, and would also make an educational display for a classroom studying the Kachina people.


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" Brand: Lush / Type: Bath Melt "
I'm a huge fan of Lush, the natural cosmetics store, and try and get hold of every product they produce. To celebrate the Royal Wedding earlier this year, they brought back a bath ballistic from many years ago - the Street Party ballistic.
***What is Lush?***
Lush is a store that makes toiletries and cosmetics, using natural and organic ingredients where possible and minimising packaging where they can. It started out as a mail order company called Cosmetics to Go, but this failed and the new store, Lush, opened in Poole, Dorset. Later branches of the shop opened in London and beyond, and there are now Lush stores all over the world. As well as in store, you can also buy products from the website, www.lush.co.uk. There are similar websites for many different countries including the USA, Japan and Germany.
Lush buy ingredients only from companies that do not test on animals. All of their products are suitable for vegetarians and many are suitable for vegans.
Lush say: "We believe in happy people making happy soap, putting our faces on our products and making our mums proud.
"We believe in long candlelit baths, sharing showers, massage, filling the world with perfume and in the right to make mistakes, lose everything and start again."
***What's a bath ballistic?***
A ballistic is a bath bomb that you drop into a previously run bath - it will dissolve, fizzing away while releasing colour, scent and essential oils into the bath. Ballistics don't produce bubbles, but are an entirely different bathing experience.
This particular ballistic, suitable for vegans and priced at £2.95, has a herbal citrus scent of lavender and litsea cubeba (I have no idea what this is). It also contains confetti hearts and tons and tons of glitter! The ballistic has a little flag sticking out of the top - according to the picture on Dooyoo this used to be a Canadian flag, but now, naturally enough, it's a Union Jack.
***My Experience***
When I first bought this bath ballistic, I could smell the lovely strong citrus scent and it made my bag smell lovely! I took it home and used it around the time of the bank holiday weekend.
As with all ballistics, I ran the bath first then got in so I could watch the ballistic fizz. After dropping it in, I was pleased to see that it fizzed very dramatically and dispersed the glitter and the confetti thoroughly around the bath. The delicious citrus aroma wafted into the air and was really refreshing and reviving.
The water didn't change colour, but I didn't expect it to seeing as the ballistic was white, and in any case the glitter certainly made up for it. There was tons of the stuff - red, blue and silver, presumably to represent the Union Jack (I pulled the little flag out of the water and left it on the side). The heart shaped confetti was pretty too, and altogether the bath looked absolutely lovely.
I remained in the bath for a while, enjoying my book and the smell surrounding me. Eventually, I got out and pulled the plug. Though there was loads of glitter in the bath, it was easy enough to remove this by turning the shower on and directing the hose at it.
While it was easy enough to remove the glitter on the bath, it wasn't so easy to remove it from me! It stuck to my skin and went absolutely everywhere - on my towel, pyjamas, clothes... I was covered in the stuff! I had to go to work after the weekend covered in glitter - at least it brightened up my day! It took a couple of days to remove the bulk of the glitter, and at least a week to remove the remnants which were still hanging around. Luckily the glitter didn't irritate my skin, which felt quite soft after my bath although I did need to apply moisturiser.
I did enjoy using Street Party, which smelled lovely and looked very pretty, but I have to deduct one star for the sheer amount of glitter which got absolutely everywhere!


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On March 29, the EEOC issued a final rule amending its regulations regarding the "reasonable factors other than age" defense under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The final rule, published in the Federal Register on March 30, will make it more difficult for employers to defend age-bias claims brought under the ADEA.
Addressing previous cases
The ADEA prohibits employment discrimination (whether intentional or by disparate impact) against people age 40 or older.
Disparate impact claims involve a policy that, while neutral on its face, adversely affects a traditionally disadvantaged group on a statistically significant basis. When an employee claims disparate impact, the employer may refute the charge by showing that the practice was based on "reasonable factors other than age" (RFOA). The final rule applies only to disparate impact claims and the RFOA defense.
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