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I enjoy collecting pencils. I hope to have the world's largest collection of pencils one day and break the world record. Currently I have 5,806 pencils.
Here are some interesting facts about pencils:
– America began to mass produce pencils in 1861
– Pencils are made of clay, graphite, and incense cedar wood (there is no lead in pencils)
– The world's largest pencil is 65 feet tall
– Most pencils sold in Europe do not have erasers
– Most pencils sold in the US have erasers
– Henry David Thoreau made his own pencils
I admit it may be weird, but I think pencils are cool.


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Jul 12 2013
Connecting your Smartphone to the HDTV
Quietly lazing on a couch at the weekly family Sunday barbeque with your smartphone and waiting for the burgers to be ready- you would love to take the opportunity to share with everyone about your recent holiday and family photos and videos but realize how your phone just won't cut it by passing it around. How about captivating the moment with photos that your aunts who all forgot their reading glasses can see and followed with videos that your grandparents can clearly hear all at once?
These days with the advancement of technology around every corner from smartwatches to smart TVs, smartphone technology has also stepped towards integration with other media sources. To make the best out of your smartphone's media, imagine having it appear bigger on any TV, even high-def if it's available (to show off every grain of sand of your vacation beach photos)! Here are some connection options to hook up the duo together.
Micro HDMI: Newer smartphones can be connected to the HDMI slot in a television via a Micro HDMI or a Type D cable. By putting in the larger end of the cable into your television and the smaller one into your smartphone, the display of your phone will stream immediately onto the television screen.
DLNA: Easy option for the Wi-Fi lover in you. These days the latest televisions on the market are already packed DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) enabled. This allows the media in your smartphone to play on the TV wirelessly via Wi-Fi. Most importantly relieving you from the file transfer burden and allowing you to continue to live in the wonderful wireless world you've created for yourself.
Also online media streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus now allow for an even easier transition of videos from smartphones to televisions, too. We're always glad to share with you the innovative ways you can enjoy your smartphone's capabilities. Go ahead, hook your smartphone with the TV and entertain the masses!

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Michigan Sugar employees back to work in Sebewaing
A picket organized by striking Ohio sugar employees was lifted late Thursday, and union employees at the company's four Michigan plants in Caro, Carrollton, Croswell, and Sebewaing returned to work for the first time since Monday.
Jerry Sorenson, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union Local 261G in Sebewaing, said while Michigan members were not on strike, they were showing solidarity with their Ohio counterparts.
The Friday return-to-work comes after the company denied all vacation time requests and threatened to take away Michigan workers' health care benefits, Sorenson said. The Sebewaing local represents about 120 workers.
Michigan Sugar Co. Spokesman Dick Leach said the organization does refuse to pay any workers' vacation wages for missed time since Monday, but would not comment about the possibility of denying health care.
"As far as we are concerned, these have been unexcused absences," he said. "We are talking with our lawyers and doing whatever we have to do to continue to meet the needs of our costumers. It's one day at a time."
Sorenson said his union has filed unfair labor charges against the company because a security clause in the local's contract protects the Michigan employees from disciplinary actions or discharge for their
decision to honor the picket lines of other strikers.
"I don't expect to get a paycheck for (time I didn't work)," Sorenson said before returning to work Friday. "That's the price I pay for my decision. But now they are talking about unjustly taking my benefit package away from me and my family. I didn't expect to pay that consequence. My contract is still in full force."
Leach would not comment about the union's charges.
Union leaders at the four Michigan plants will meet Monday to discuss further what to do with their charges, Sorenson said.
"A line is being drawn in the sand," he said Thursday. "We didn't expect it to go this far."
Sorenson said Friday that employee benefit packages were expected to still be in place.
Workers at the company's Findlay and Fremont, Ohio, plants went on strike Aug. 10 and had been picketing outside Michigan's four sugar plants since Monday.
The Ohio workers have been without a contract since the end of May. Sorenson said negotiations are hung up over health care costs.
"The out-of-pocket expense is too much," he said about the most recent Ohio contract proposals. "They are talking about a pay raise, but it all goes into paying for health care deductibles and premiums. That's taking a step backward for those employees."
Sorenson said the 18 to 20 Ohio storage and packaging employees need their Michigan sister unions' support to gain any sort of leverage at the negotiation table.
Sugar company officials are eager to strike a deal, Leach said. The two sides haven't met since last week.
"We want to sit down and work out our differences," he said. "That is how these things get done."
Both Sorenson and Leach said they hope to have the situation resolved before the harvest.
"We want to ease the anxiety of the local growers," Sorenson said. "We are ready and willing to work for them. They've got a really good looking crop this year.
"It is just that this labor dispute has to be solved. It is the management we have issue with not the growers."
Sorenson said the sugar harvest usually commences about the end of September, but workers begin preparing for it in the early half of the month.
He said he hopes the sugar industry doesn't run into a similar problem when Michigan labor contracts close out July 31, 2005.
The Ohio workers picketed the Michigan plants Aug. 10 and 11 but returned to the negotiating table before returning Monday.
Michigan Sugar produces more than one-half billion pounds of sugar each year with a work force of 350 year-around and 1,000 seasonal employees according to the company's website, www.michigansugar.com.
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Every week I receive dozens of emails touting this statistic, that number or one poll or another.
In fact, it�s almost impossible to sort through it all. So usually I don�t.
I�m not alone. I�d say one in five journalists have neither the time, nor the patience to do so. That�s not a fact, by the way, just a random guess on my part.
So don�t take it to the bank.
Some of our skepticism, though, is because a lot of it comes from one politically tinged organization or another. These organizations usually lean to the right or left. That seems to be how things go these days.
With so much leaning from right to left, I almost need Dramamine on an hourly basis.
Speaking of Dramamine, a poll informed me last week that 54 percent of those surveyed say they have either taken a cruise or had a family member who has taken a cruise. That�s a lot of fruity drinks in cups made of fake coconuts. The miniature umbrella is optional.
Full disclosure: I took a cruise after winning a raffle � something that has never happened before or since.
Full disclosure, Part II: Overall, I liked the cruise better than I thought I would.
Still, I never once saw Gopher or Isaac, �your bartender.� There was a version of Julie, �your cruise director,� only he was a hairy guy whose job involved some form of entertainment loosely identified as singing. He also led the lifeboat drill and made general announcements such as, �There�s a hurricane nearby so we won�t be going to the Bahamas. Sorry.�
At least 45 percent of those polled say they are less likely to take a cruise today after unflattering news reports about fires, engine problems, running aground or tortuous musical revues that have plagued the industry for the past couple of years.
Count me among the 45 percent.
Per the right-leaning John Locke Foundation: Alamance County falls toward the middle of all counties in the state when it comes to tax burden for property owners.
We rank No. 35 among 100.
We�re bookended by counties that fall into the category of highest tax burdens � Orange (No. 6) and Guilford (No. 8). Not good news for some in Mebane and Gibsonville.
By the way, where I lived before moving here in 2007 ranks No. 11, Carteret County. Only there it�s not the tax rate really. The property values are absurd.
On the low end nearby is Caswell County. Its tax burden rates No. 95 in the state.
For the record, none of the counties on the low end would ever be confused with economic powerhouses.
According to the right-leaning Rasmussen Poll, 36 percent of people in America rate their personal finances as good or excellent.
Then how come everybody I know is broke?
Per the left-leaning N.C. Policy Watch, 10 North Carolina lawmakers were flown to Florida last year by a conservative education lobbying group. Since that $8,000 trip, more than 20 school choice bills have cropped up in the N.C. General Assembly.
Nice to see that you get what you pay for in politics � if you�re not a taxpayer.
By the way, Policy Watch also reports that more than $90,000 in out-of-state campaign contributions has been funneled to school choice-friendly legislators.
From here, it looks like the school choice crowd gets off pretty cheap compared to what out-of-state sweepstakes operators are paying state elected officials.
The right-leaning Rasmussen poll finds that 34 percent of people surveyed believe more spending will improve public education in America.
But just 13 percent think taxpayers are getting a good return on their investment in public schools. Sixty-eight percent think tons of money is being wasted.
Another 19 percent aren�t sure what a percent is.
They weren�t in class that day.
Those Rasmussen people report that 60 percent rate the balance in their lives between work, family and friends as good or excellent.
I don�t know a solitary soul who is in that 60 percent category. Not a one.
But 73 percent look forward to work every day. Just 16 percent dread going to their jobs while 11 percent don�t know what work is.
Put me in the 73 percent. I like my work.
But I dread all that Dramamine.
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The Soulland Adler Fedora Cap is a remixed version of the classy Fedora hat. Soulland has just released three more color selections for this casually fancy hat. You can now choose between beige, gray and black versions.
Made out of 100 percent wool felt, the Soulland Adler Fedora Cap is a remarkable piece of headgear. The design features the iconic Fedora shape with a contemporary visor brim. These hats, handmade by Andersen and Berner, will definitely add a distinguished style to your summer wardrobe.
The three new colors that the Soulland Adler Fedora Cap is available in are easy to combine with any outfit; you could conceivably wear yours every day of the season.
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