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How do you get a website onto search engines. I have a website that is now live and I want to get it onto Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines.
Does anyone have experience with this? Is it easy to do?
Great question. I need to find additional ways to increase my website's search results as well.
Some search engines you can submit your site directly to a directory (yahoo! used to have this, they may still).
The thing though is you have to understand about search engines. There are things called crawlers which visit every link on pages and index the web. Google is kind of based on an algorithm that looks at how many pages link to one page. So for example, TONS of pages link to ESPN.com, so if you look for something, ESPN.com is going to be at the top of your results for a reason.
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UCLA staff members were recognized for their outstanding contributions and encouraged in their career aspirations during a festive celebration June 17 at the Faculty Center. The awards were presented by UCLA Staff Assembly and the Administrative Management Group.
Rhea Turteltaub, vice chancellor of External Affairs, set the stage for the awards — which showcase the diversity and depth of talent that is the hallmark of UCLA staff members — with introductory remarks.
"It's a pleasure to be here and to be able to acknowledge the impact that the staff of this campus — 25,000 strong — has on this university," Turteltaub said. "That we are able to accomplish the kinds of things that UCLA is widely known for is in large measure because of the people here who support our students and our faculty in their pursuits. This institution could not run without you and your colleagues across the campus."
Incoming Staff Assembly President Maureen Wadleigh, associate director of Business Operations and Chief Administrative Office of UCLA Recreation, presented the Chancellor's Excellence in Service Awards. The award, which in previous years was given to a single person, this year went to four individuals in categories that best embody the key priorities of Chancellor Gene Block, including Civic Engagement, Diversity, Sustainability, and True Bruin.
• Margaret Leal-Sotelo, acting assistant provost in the Center for Community Partnerships
• Sarah Madsen, senior research associate in the Department of Neurology
• Earl Weinstein, assistant director of licensing and business development in the Office of Intellectual Property
The winner of this award was Bridget Le Loup, resident director in the Office of Residential Life. She provides leadership to the Hedrick Summit community with its more than 900 undergraduate students, 26 student staff and assistant resident director. Le Loup was recognized for, among other accomplishments, collaborating with Professor David Gere of the Department of World Arts & Cultures and Faculty in Residence at Hedrick Summit. Le Loup and Gere created "The Global Summit" project, in which students were encouraged to pursue the ideals of global citizenship through study and action. Le Loup and Gere led students as they initiated quarterly philanthropic programs in the Los Angeles area and beyond.
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• Tiffani Garnett Brown, SAO at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center
• Emily Le, SAO in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
• Rosemarie Lerma, SAO in the Graduate Division
• Laura Sencion-Mendoza, acting director of the Academic Advancement Program
• Bruce Sanders, adjunct professor and assistant dean in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Office of Student Affairs
• Teresa Valenzuela, SAO in the School of Nursing
The winner of the Chancellor's Excellence in Service Award in the category of Diversity was Ginger Holguin, senior production manager in the Department of World Arts and Cultures. Colleagues who nominated Holguin said that she "creates a welcoming and meaningful intellectual environment within one of the most culturally diverse departments on campus." Her production management credits include, among many others, "Monster," which examined the cultural-meaning of Jewishness; "Dance Under Construction," a symposium on Dance and Dance Studies; and "Cup of Java," a concert that brought the arts of Indonesia to audiences both on and off campus. Holguin also developed a partnership with UCLA Live to present works of historically under-represented ethnic groups on stages at Kaufman Hall.
Award nominees were:
• Joseph Alcocer, administrative assistant in Facilities for the School of Dentistry
• Rob Kadota, assistant director of Residential Life
• Patricia Menton, associate director of communications for Transportation Services
• Keith Steele, finances and resources director for Pediatrics
• Tom Trappler, director of software licensing in the Office of Information Technology
The winner in the category of Sustainability was April de Stefano, assistant director of the Center for the Study of Women. April was recognized for her extensive efforts to advance campus sustainability. Since her appointment as assistant director, de Stefano completely reorganized the Center for the Study of Women office and transformed the center into a flourishing research enterprise. She also implemented environmentally sensitive policies and procedures, an effort that was cited in UCLA Today. After "greening" the center, de Stefano drafted a UCLA Green and Sustainability Policy, "CSW Green Office Practices," which was forwarded to the UCLA Sustainability Committee and became the basis for the Sustainability Committee's recommendations for staff sustainability efforts. This statement served as the precursor for the new web-based Faculty and Staff Sustainability Handbook.
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• Paul Chelf, External Affairs messenger
• Erika Chau Klein, chief administrative officer for the departments of Sociology and Anthropology
• Robin McCallum, graduate adviser in the School of Public Affair's Department of Urban Planning
• Adrienne Thompson, student affairs analyst in the School of Nursing
• Tracey Wong, senior administrative analyst in the Department of Neurology
Winner in the category of True Bruin was Caleb "Q" Na, management services officer for the Rolfe-Campbell Humanities Group. Na, who attended UCLA as an undergraduate and worked here for the whole of his professional career, manages three academic departments: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Spanish and Portuguese. In his three years as MSO, he led significant projects that including department renovation, personnel changes, and implementing major administrative funding cuts. In particular, it was noted in a letter of nomination, Na keeps staff morale high during difficulty budgetary times, leading to a very high level of staff efficiency. "Caleb's unfailing civility, combined as it is with remarkable administrative talent, makes him a most valuable member of our Department and an important contributor to the University as a whole," wrote a colleague who nominated him for the award.
Staff Assembly also presented the Faculty/Staff Partnership Award to Professor Michael S. Goldstein of the School of Public Health, and chair of UCLA's Academic Senate.
Nominees for the award included Clara Chue; David Gere, co-chair and professor in the Department of World Arts & Cultures; Sylvia Hurtado, professor and director of the Higher Education Research Institute; Kathleen McHugh, professor of English and director of the Center for the Study of Women; and Dmitri Shlyakhtenko, professor and graduate vice chair in the Department of Math.
The Administrative Management Group gave two 2009 Excellence in Leadership (EXCEL) Awards. This award is designed to recognize those individuals who have had a significant and lasting impact on the people they lead, exemplify management excellence, and have made broad contributions to the campus as a whole. The winners were Rosemary Chavoya, assistant dean of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, and Kathy Molini, director of the Office of Students with Disabilities.
Nominees for the award were Marsha Brown, management services officer in the School of Public Affairs' Department of Urban Planning; Rory Constancio, chief financial officer in Education; Jacquelean Gilliam, director of the UCLA Parent Program in External Affairs; Elizabeth Gong-Guy, director of Counseling and Psychological Services; Sam Morabito, administrative vice chancellor for Administration; Michelle Popowitz, assistant dean for administrative and external affairs in the School of Dentistry; and Jacquelyn Trang, management services officer for the Department of Electrical Engineering.
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The massacre of striking miners marked a tipping point, with the African National Congress moving closer to becoming just another party in power, rather than a liberation movement.
On March 10 the citizens of a small African country went to the polls to cast their votes for an incumbent with a reputation as one of the continent's most unreconstructed tyrants, a man who used every form of trickery in the book to secure his re-election. Zimbabwe? No. I refer to the equatorial Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), which held its presidential election on the very same weekend as Zimbabwe's. Military strongman Denis Sassou-Nguesso was re-elected by a 90 percent landslide after his major opponent pulled out of the race the day before the elections, citing irregularities and urging his supporters to boycott. One such irregularity was Sassou-Nguesso's refusal to establish an independent election body to oversee the voting.
Observing the results in Zimbabwe and Congo, the respected Kenyan publisher Barrack Muluka has written in the East African Standard that "the continent of Africa abounds with miscarried and defrauded electoral history" and that the vote in Africa, when it happens at all, "can only be described as electoral fiction." Wondering why the West barely noted the Congo results, Muluka asks: "Is it possible for Tony Blair to admit that his concern over Zimbabwe arises first and last out of the fact that Mugabe has been messing up with the White population in that country?" Muluka concludes that he is as sickened by the hypocrisy of the West as he is by "the autocracy of the Mugabes of the world."
Zambia's recent elections were disputed, and Madagascar is in the throes of civil unrest because the incumbent there, Didier Ratsiraka, refuses to leave office after having been voted out. With a few shining exceptions (Senegal, South Africa, Botswana and, perhaps, Nigeria and Ghana), Muluka is right. Why, then, the fuss over Zimbabwe? Muluka provides part of the answer: The fact that there is a sizable white settler population in Zimbabwe and a steady diet, for the international media, of dead white farmers means there's a human interest dimension to the Zimbabwean story that poor Congo can't match. Did you know, for example, that 10,000 Congolese were killed in the civil war that brought Sassou-Nguesso to power in 1997 and that his ensuing repression displaced nearly a third of the country's 3 million citizens?
But Afrophobia aside, there are other, more honorable reasons for the world's current obsession with Zimbabwe's tragic descent into chaos. When Mugabe came to power in 1980, he was to many Western Afrophiles a shining light, a vision of reconciliation (he urged whites to stay and work with him) and a mark of the triumph of pragmatism over ideology (he was, in a nutshell, anti-Soviet). The generation now making policy in the West marched against Rhodesia and then marched for the brave new world Mugabe symbolized. His plummet into kleptocracy and tyranny signifies nothing short of betrayal for the Blair cohort of once-were-lefties.
And then there is Thabo Mbeki. The South African president has spent the past two years circumnavigating the globe peddling his New Partnership for African Development, which has as its precondition the achievement of African self-determination through democracy. When the Organization of African Unity approved the plan last year, Mbeki wrote that this "marked the moment when Africa took its destiny into its own hands for the first time in 500 years."
Mbeki acknowledged that Africans had said this before but explained how things are different from the moment of African independence in the early 1960s: We were no longer pawns in the cold war, and "corrupt and dictatorial leaders [could] no longer count on the patronage and protection of superpowers intent on maintaining a particular global balance of power and influence, which enabled the Mobutus of this world to thrive for decades."
And so Zimbabwe has become a litmus test for Mbeki's own aspirations: for South Africa (which, because of the "Mandela miracle," still carries the world's expectations for this continent) and for the unfettered African future Mbeki so publicly dreams of. Zimbabwe's 2002 election will be remembered as the moment at which Africa needed to make up its mind.
Mugabe has alienated the West, but he does seem to be able to count--with a couple of noble exceptions--on Africa's own ruling elite, including Mbeki's ANC. On March 19, however, Mbeki and his colleague, Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo, joined Australian Prime Minister John Howard in agreeing to suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth. Have they, by doing this, exercised the self-determination Mbeki calls for? Or are they--as Mugabe's apologists would have it--colonial lackeys who have succumbed to racists with checkbooks?
Mbeki is in a tight spot. Chaos in Zimbabwe cannot but affect the whole region, and so, to date, his approach has been conciliatory. He understands, in a way that Tony Blair never could, that a Mugabe defeat would have spelled a bloody civil war. But it does not help Mbeki's case that he has not, at this writing, made any public pronouncement of his own.
Only when--as Mbeki himself has so compellingly put it--Africans really do start policing themselves, will shrill (and possibly racist) voices from the West begin to recede in significance. And only then will the ordinary people of countries like Zimbabwe really have a stab at the self-determination most people in the West take as their God-given right.
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For the first time in five years, home prices edged up slightly nationwide, according to CNN.
The move up was slight, which is good news for both homeowners and home buyers. Homeowners can finally breathe a sigh of relief that things won't get worse. Home buyers can still buy a home at a very good price (as I said the rise was slight) and enjoy mortgage rates that are lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut. That's pretty low, my friends.
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Home prices hit a bottom and are finally bouncing back, according to an industry report released Tuesday.
Nationwide, home values rose 0.2% year-over-year to a median $149,300 during the second quarter, the first annual increase since 2007, real estate listing site Zillow reported. Prices were up 2.1% from the first quarter.
Even though June marked the fourth consecutive month of home value increases, overall home prices are still down almost 24% since April 2007, when Zillow began to track home values.
"[I]t seems clear that the country has hit a bottom in home values," said Zillow's chief economist Stan Humphries. "The housing recovery is holding together despite lower-than-expected job growth, indicating that it has some organic strength of its own."
Last winter, Zillow projected that the housing market turnaround would not arrive until the end of the year.
Seems as though Zillow was off by a few months. I think it's clear that the turnaround is finally upon us. As a homeowner, that certainly puts a smile on my face.
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*exhale* I'm not an emotional person, but as I am writing this… tears are slowly falling from my eyes. They are neither tears of joy nor sorrow… just tears. I'm not even sure why they have been provoked, but there are tears.
I think its a side effect of the pressure. The energy it takes to live in two worlds, with two identities. It takes its toll. Have you ever felt like two different people? Oh, I do. All the time.
It's rather surreal.
As I sit here having just left AU, talking with someone I lived with this summer, working on HOBY stuff, anxiously considering going home in a few days, and eagerly anticipating getting back to DC… I feel like I'm living in way too many worlds.
I'm ready for the worlds to collide… for the crash, the explosion, the aftermath of destruction… I'm ready to be whole again. I'm not sure how I am going to fuse my worlds, but I know that I need to in order to move forward. I need to step out of my boxes and say take all of it … or leave it.
I am what I am… who I am… and that identity, well, it lies in Christ and Christ alone. I need to make that clear… crystal clear. I also need to remember that part of following Christ is being who He created me to be. I have been reserved at AU- that is not me. I've needed to learn discipline, and I'm learning it by holding back… but being silent and relatively inactive isn't necessarily the way to go about living my life either. I need to merge the enthusiastic driven high school persona that got me to college with the people person that I've become in college. I need to stop reminiscing on how I've had my moments as both a good leader and a good Christian and collide the two worlds to be a good Christian leader. I need to embrace my calling. I need to be one of those people, one of my people, one of His people… I need to be me. 100% holistically me and I'm not sure that I even know what that looks like. Thankfully, He knit me together in my mother's womb and knows me better than myself.. So this break, I initiate collusion, knowing that He has it under control…
Or at least I hope to catalyze the fusion- by God's grace- and finally bring my worlds together a bit. Assuming I don't chicken out. I'm at least three days from being home and I already feel like puking… like running.. like crawling into the fetal position….
None of that matters though… because my God is soo much bigger than my fear and my drama, and me…. I need to find myself in Him and in Him alone.
"In the secret, in the quiet place
In the stillness You are there.
In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait,
Only for You,'cause I want to know You more;
I want to know You,
I want to hear Your voice
I want to know You more.
I want to touch You,
I want to see Your face
I want to know You more.
I am reaching for the highest goal,
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Pressing onward, pushing every hindrance aside,
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After two games in St. Louis, the Cardinals and Royals will play the first of two tonight at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Adam Wainwright aims for his ninth win of the year.
Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is the leader among National League catchers in voting for next month's All-Star Game. Molina has... more
Eric Hosmer singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning as the Royals rallied past the Cardinals 8-7 at Busch Stadium.
Five players from Washington were named to the team.
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Washington lost to Wentzville 6-5 at Fireman's Park. Post 218 committed six errors and dropped to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in 9th District action.
The Cardinals clash with the Royals again tonight at Busch Stadium. The teams will then head to Kansas City for two more games tomorrow and Thursday.
Danny Duffy tossed six shutout innings as the Royals blanked the Cardinals 6-0 at Busch Stadium. Shelby Miller was tagged for four runs over seven innings and fell to 6-and-5 for St. Louis.
The Rams begin their first set of Organized Team Activities today. The team will practice 10 times on various days over the next few weeks.
The Los Angeles Kings are back in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Cardinals start a four-game home-and-home series with the rival Royals at Busch Stadium tonight. The game can be seen on ESPN at 7 p.m.
The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Sophomore Lauren Gerlemann from New Haven High School.
She was 15 years old--an accomplished student-athlete from a loving home, the kind of kid of whom it is said "she has the world going for her."
In November of 2015, her father went in to her room to discover she had taken her own life.
Back in their days, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were known for trust-busting. In an era of price-fixing, crony capitalism and corruption their actions helped to create more opportunities in the marketplace by creating competition.


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ST. LOUIS — Sidney Rice normally talks like he runs. He's a quiet and graceful type, a gazelle with laryngitis. You figure nothing can disrupt his suave.
It takes epic absurdity to frustrate the wide receiver. After a month of ineffectual offense, the Seahawks have crossed that line. And in the locker room after a 19-13 loss to St. Louis, Rice was so mystified he almost missed a button on his cardigan sweater.
He went from stately to cranky.
"It's getting kind of depressing," he said of the offense's struggles. "It sucks."
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This time, there was no game-winning inter-touchdown to save the Seahawks. They had to accept the ugly truths from one of the most befuddling losses of the Pete Carroll era. The Seahawks rushed for 179 yards. Their defense didn't allow a touchdown. Their rookie quarterback completed 68 percent of his passes. And they still lost.
The Seahawks stumbled over a winnable game. They committed foolish and ill-timed penalties that exhibit a lack of discipline. Russell Wilson threw three interceptions and failed again to convert on third down. They watched the Rams score 13 points on a 60-yard field goal, a 58-yard field goal and a touchdown resulting from a fake field goal. Though the defense played well enough to win, the Seahawks allowed the Rams to convert five third-down plays of at least 10 yards.
But for all the self-inflicted wounds in this game — including allowing a field goal at the end of the second quarter partly because of clock mismanagement and setting up Greg Zuerlein's 60-yard boot with a stupid onside kick to start the third quarter — the offense remains Seattle's greatest source of disappointment.
The Seahawks now have a month's worth of evidence that they're failing in the passing game and creating an imbalance that could jeopardize the playoff hopes of a team with a postseason-pliant defense.
This is a significant sample size to evaluate, 25 percent of the season, and the numbers are brutal. The Seahawks had a brilliant 80-yard touchdown drive to open the game Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome, but then their problems emerged again. It's a distressing pattern.
The Seahawks have converted only 28 percent of their third-down plays this season. They were 2 of 9 against the Rams.
Wilson, the rookie quarterback, is directing the worst passing offense in the NFL. He completed 17 of 25 passes for a season-high 160 yards, but he threw three interceptions — one on a catchable pass thrown behind Doug Baldwin, one on a play in which Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins hit him as he threw, and the final one, which ended the Seahawks' comeback attempt, came after tight end Anthony McCoy slipped and fell.
It's sobering when you realize that, despite playing stellar defense, the Seahawks would be 1-3 if not for a controversial miracle play. Nothing explains the dichotomy of ineptitude and excellence on this team than one telling stat: The Seahawks have more than twice as many rushing yards as their opponents (603-251), and they still have a middling record.
That's what happens when you're better at convincing replacement referees of simultaneous possession than executing in the red zone. The Seahawks have been inside the opponents' 20-yard line 11 times this season and come away with three touchdowns and six field goals. The two other times, they turned the ball over on downs.
"When we get in the red zone, it should be seven points," said Rice, who leads the Seahawks with 12 receptions for 132 yards. "I'm tired of three points. It's weak."
The Seahawks suffer from three primary ailments: unimaginative play-calling, an offensive line that struggles with pass protection and a quarterback who simply hasn't been productive enough. It's unfair to blame Wilson for all of the woes, but it's impossible to ignore how overmatched he looks at times. For the season, he's completing 60 percent of his passes, which is solid efficiency, but the passing game hasn't advanced past elementary.
After a month of only marginal improvement, Carroll must scrutinize the quarterback's play and answer a tough question: Can the Seahawks stomach this much learning and still meet their team goals? Or is it time to give Matt Flynn, the eight-figure free-agent pickup standing on the sideline, a chance to do better?
"We've got to capitalize when we have opportunities," Wilson said. "We're so close. We've got to figure out how to get the ball in the red zone."
The Seahawks have neither the experience nor the weapons to be a dynamic passing offense. But they're not utilizing what they have. Their starting receivers, Rice and Golden Tate, are capable of more production. So is tight end Zach Miller. To be a functional offense, the Seahawks need them. And with Marshawn Lynch and the run game demanding so much attention, the opportunities should be there.
Panic isn't necessary at this point. But urgency is. The Seahawks can't win in spite of a passing game this ineffective. They'll remain a .500 team until they find some balance.
"Right now, it's not looking too good," Rice said. "We're way better than we're showing on the field."
Not even the team's most mild-mannered offensive player can ignore the issues. A quarter into the season, the Seahawks are desperate for introspection, if not drastic change.
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Studies of biological systems are often facilitated by diagram models that summarize the current understanding of underlying mechanisms. The increasing complexity of our understanding of biology necessitates computational models that can extend these representations to include their dynamic behavior. We present here a new tool we call Synthesizing Biological Theories which enables biologists and modelers to construct high-level theories and models of biological systems, capturing biological hypotheses, inferred mechanisms, and experimental results within the same framework. Among the key features of the tool are convenient ways to represent several competing theories and the interactive nature of building and running the models using an intuitive, rigorous scenario-based visual language. The defnition of the modeling language is geared towards enabling formal verifcation and analysis.}, author = {Hillel Kugler and Cory Plock and Andy Roberts}, booktitle = {Computer Aided Verification (CAV'11)}, month = {July}, pages = {579–584}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, series = {LNCS}, title = {Synthesizing Biological Theories}, url = {http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=146751}, volume = {6806}, year = {2011}, }


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After a year's wait, the casting for the film adaptation of best selling book, "Fifty Shades of Grey" was announced yesterday with Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam cast as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, and disgruntled fans took to Twitter to protest.
But 'Fifty Shades' producer Dana Brunetti, whom irate fans called "an idiot," "a bastard," "a beast" and worse, took the complaints in stride, saying he "knew it would happen."
"You could never meet the expectations of so many who have visualized their different ideas of characters from how they read it in a book," Brunetti told Indiewire. "While some are upset that their favorite wasn't chosen, there has been a massive response and excitement to Charlie and Dakota from the fans. Ultimately we cast who is right for the role on many factors, but most importantly the chemistry between the two, and it is great between Dakota and Charlie."
The book's author, E L James, tweeted the casting news yesterday, writing, "I am delighted to let you know that the lovely Dakota Johnson has agreed to be our Anastasia" and "the gorgeous and talented Charlie Hunnam will be Christian Grey" in the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey."
Some fans complained that Johnson, best known for playing Kate in the now defunct Fox comedy series "Ben and Kate," didn't have enough acting credentials or a big enough name (despite her famous parents, Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith) and that Hunnam ("Pacific Rim," "Sons of Anarchy") is "too old for the role."
The erotic books (which originated as fan fiction for the "Twilight" series) follow the relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and young businessman Christian Grey.
Seems fans had already cast the roles to Matt Bomer and Alexis Bleidel. There is even an online petition over at Change.org to have Bomer and Bleidel play Christian Gray and Anastasia Steele in the film adaptation. More than 6,500 fans have signed so far.
James didn't seem to take the criticism personally, tweeting yesterday, "To all of the supporters, lovers and haters - thank you so much for the passion that you have for this project. You all rock. All of you."
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Not too big, not too small, the Toshiba 32" class L1350U is the perfect sleek, slim and unobtrusive television for use as your primary TV or as an extra TV for your master bedroom. Completely new and elegantly designed with curved corners and a sleek stand, the 32" class L1350U features an energy-efficient LED backlight for bright sharp images and ClearScan? 120Hz technology that doubles the refresh rate for clearer fast motion video. It also features Dynamic Picture Mode for maximum contrast, clarity and color saturation and the versatility of a full set of connections. Beautifully designed and perfectly sized, you can leave it on its stand or mount it anywhere you want a TV that's perfect for any room.
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Pros: First and foremost the picture on this thing is incredible for only being a 32 inch tv. It may only be 720p, but while most 32 inch tvs have a resolution of 1366x768, this one soars up to 1920x1080. Which is a 1080p resolution (See other thoughts). Ultra lightweight, which makes it very easy to move or clean under. 3 HDMI inputs, 1 component, and a usb media port. Not bad for what I paid for it. Compared to what it replaced, it's a killer deal.
Cons: The only con I can think of is how a lot of the descriptions on the Toshiba website and the box are misleading. Ok, so it says it's 720p but the max resolution is 1920x1080....Uh ok. To my knowledge that is 1080p. It says it's 60hz on the website, but it says it's 120hz on the box. The fuhhhhhh......?
Other Thoughts: I bought this to replace another Toshiba tv that decided to take a nosedive off of my entertainment center and spiderweb the whole screen. This tv is so lightweight, when the fedex guy handed it to me I asked him if there was anything in the box at all. Only weighs 16 lbs in the box. something like 12-14 once unpacked. I use this mainly for a monitor for my gaming pc in the living room. Now it says it's only 720p but once hooked up to my pc the display screen on the tv says it's running at 1080p 1920x1080 60hz. So I'm guessing the resolution settings are like this, 720p running at 1366x768 and capable of running 1080p resolutions from 1366x768 all the way up to 1920x1080. As for the box saying it has 120hz capabilities, they're straight out lying. If you want the 120hz version, it'll cost you about 20-30 dollars more. Glad I bought this when I did. Now that I'm looking it went up $100 from when I bought it. Still it was a killer deal with free shipping that got it here in four days, even with the 4th of July being one of those days. And thank you Fedex for delivering on a saturday. Way to show up UPS guys!
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Alfred N'Diaye has departed Sunderland to join Spanish club Real Betis.
The 24-year old French midfielder has signed a five-year deal with Betis after just 18 months with the Black Cats.
N'Diaye initially joined Sunderland from Bursaspor in January 2013 before he was sent on loan to Eskisehirspor for the first half of the 2013/14 Turkish Super Lig season prior to joining Betis temporarily in January this year.
During his time at the Stadium of Light, once-capped Senegal international N'Diaye played just 16 times for the Black Cats.
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They seem to be getting the occasional mention right now and I am wondering if anyone has done any real tests to see if they work better than a conventional chain ring?
My only experience of them was on a bike about 15 years ago. It was an old secondhand bike then so no idea how long they had been around. I did not find any advantage to using them at the time and the bike was passed on to someone else. I rode with him and the only comment I could pass is that he used to throw chains a bit more frequently than to did on his previous bike. I put this down to him keeping pressure on the pedals when changing and with a rear derailler that was constantly moving to keep the chain under tension.
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How to Make Your Own Blog Design
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Trish in Tutorial
I have had a lot of people emailing me questions lately on how to design your own blog. Most people are quite shocked to learn that I did this blog on my own. It's really pretty simple once you get the hang of it. I don't have any training, and 6 months ago, I didn't know a thing about html. Some people are able to hire a blog designer, which is wonderful, but if you don't have the funds, like me, these links with help you learn how to do it yourself.
The first thing I suggest is making a test blog. That way you can mess around and try to change things all you want, and if you completely screw it up, oh well. At least you're not messing up your real blog. Next is to make sure you save your current template as it is. To do this, go into Customize, then under Layout there should be a tab that says Edit HTML. I copy all that and paste it into a word document. Then I know if anything were to happen, I have it saved somewhere else. You need to get comfortable changing html.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that before you start, make sure you change your blog template to Minima. It's easier to work with. I used a free 30 day trial of Photoshop Elements, and did a search on youtube for "How to do digital scrapbooking using PSE" to learn how to use it.
Here are some links to the tutorials I used to learn how to get my blog looking nice, or some good ones I have come across since. (Most of these are for blogger only, however some, such as the "grab our button" would work for wordpress as well.)
For a 3 column template:
- 3 column template tutorial (some people have said this didn't work for them, so try the next one if you are one of those people!)
- 3 column template tutorial #2
For background and header changes:
- Blog Design Tips
- How to Make You Own Background
- How to Get Your Own Custom Colors for Your Blog
- What I did for my header is design it on it's own, save it as a jpeg, then go into customize, and under Layout, I click on edit in the header box. Then you can save your image to go behind the title and description, or instead of the title and description. I have it instead of title and description, so I can have my own fonts, etc in the header. One nice place to design your own is using Scrapblog. You have to sign up, but it's free to use, and they have tons of digital paper, embellishments, etc right there for you to use. No need to download anything else.
How to Add a "Grab Our Button" Box to your sidebar:
- Grab Our Button Tutorial
- Grab Our Button and Other Important Info on buttons (Vertical and horizontal placement!)
Navigation Bar:
(I did mine differently and it's a little complicated to try to explain here)
Comment Numbering:
- How to Number the Comments in Blogger (This one is a little more complicated and I've heard that some people have it work fine when they use Firefox, but it destorts their blog in IE. I used it, however, and didn't have any problems. I don't know why it worked for me, and not for others)
- How to Add a Favicon next to your URL: See that fun little picture up next to my URL in the address line of your browser? That's called a favicon. You can add your own easily!
Comparing Browsers:
- How to See What Your Site Looks Like in Different Browsers (This is awesome! It will take a screenshot of your site and show you what it looks like in different browsers so you can make sure it looks OK in all of them!)
Since I have written this post I have changes over to a self hosted wordpress site, but if you would like to see the design I have talked about in this post it is still available at http://sweetnsassygirls.blogspot.com
I hope this helps get you headed in the right direction! Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or leave a comment. I'd love it if you could help share this post with others too by using the share/save button on the bottom to Stumble and Digg this post.
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08. Jul, 2012
Thanks so much for the tips! I'm wanting to re-design my blog and I didn't feel like plopping down $200 for someone else to do it! I've bookmarked this page in my delicious account and I can't wait to get started!
18. Jul, 2011
These are really helpful hints on design and layout and it is a great resource for those starting out. I posted on my blog about tips for bloggers that compliments what you are saying beautifully. Have a look here http://tinyurl.com/6xqjbhq.
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05. Apr, 2011
I really want to say that you are doing really good job in teaching others on how to make there own blog. I also make blog and I find your article very informative.
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In our Zimbra server, we made the contact book the company in an account of type "resource". We have shared this folder with all users. Via the Zimbra webmail, is fine. But with iphone, with Pushmail or CardDAV, not possible to display this shared contact book.
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Now in its second year, the Illinois Wind for Schools (ILWFS) program is accepting applications from highly motivated middle school and high school teachers in Illinois public school districts. Three to five middle and/or high schools are selected each academic year as ILWFS partner schools for intensive support through on-site teacher training and classroom resources. Those who are sincerely interested in incorporating wind energy into their curriculum and providing outreach to their community are encouraged to apply by March 1, 2013. Eligible disciplines include math, science, agriculture, industrial technology, engineering, and related subject disciplines. An open-enrollment generalized workshop will be available to all schools wishing to incorporate wind energy into their curriculum. Schools selected for the program will be notified by April 2, 2013.
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Any advice on how to get rid of the hole left after the milk blister skin pulls off. I have had the hole and pain associated with it for 5 weeks now.
I have tried salt water soaks, lansinoh, organic virgin coconut oil.
Are you talking about a hole (ulceration) on your nipple/breast? The only hing I've heard referred to as a milk blister is on baby's top lip...
An ulceration on your breast is NOT normal. I had one last baby during a lengthy battle with thrush - it was 1cm by 0.5cm and full-thickness. When I finally went to a derm about it, she was concerned my nipple might actually come off if I didnt stopnursing that side. She prescribed Biafine (often used for burns) and I pumped for five weeks while it healed. If you have an open sore on your breast and continue to nurse, it might not heal.
How big is it? (and for the PP, milk blister = milk bleb http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/nipplebleb.html )
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Yeah, get down on that ice cube, boy. Meow.
I love these photos of Matt Damon on the set of "The Informant" so much. I love the pedophile hair, I love the bulging belly, and I love wire-rim glasses. If I saw him on the train, I would be all up in his cheesy-ass shit.
But I digress.
"The Informant," which is currently being filmed in Hawaii, co-stars Joel McHale, Scott Bakula (he's still alive?), Paul F. Thomkins, and a handful of other VH1 comics. I would love to tell you about the movie's plot, but I don't understand it, so… yeah.


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Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple is an icon of modern architecture and an international treasure. One of the best known works of America's most famous and controversial architect, its innovative form and use of materials had an immensely important influence on the modern movement in architecture. Widely recognized as one of the world's most inspiring sacred spaces, Unity Temple now stands as the oldest Wright-designed structure that is still in the hands of its original owners and used for its original purpose. It was Wright's first sacred space and is the last surviving public building from his prolific Prairie period.


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Spring is a great time to take children fishing. If you haven't been in a while, and don't know where to go or how or what to do, read on.
Where to fish
Shorelines, docks and piers are good places to spend a few hours wetting a line. The Lake Norman State Park, 704-528-6350, in Troutman has a long wooden fishing pier and also allows bank fishing in many areas. Ramsey Creek Park, 704-336-3586, in Cornelius also has a fishing pier.
If you have a boat, anchor it or drift your baited hooks in the back of any cove, and in water from 10 to 15 deep.
What's biting?
A variety of pan fish, along with bass, crappie, perch, catfish and stripers are among the most sought-after fish in Lake Norman. They range in size from sunfish a few inches in length, to catfish up to 85 pounds. Most fish weigh about a pound – the perfect size for kids of all ages to catch.
Fishing tackle
A simple rig is a pole (cane pole), attached to a section of line the same length as the pole, a bobber (float), a small clamp-on weight (split shot), a hook (#6, J-hook) and a worm or minnow. The distance between the bobber and hook will vary depending on the depth of the water. The same rig can be used for bottom fishing by removing the bobber.
A more complicated setup involves the same basic terminal tackle, but instead of a pole, a rod and reel are used. Many children begin fishing with a closed-faced, spin-casting reel attached to a matching fishing rod. Its push-button design makes it easy to cast and almost tangle-free.
Best baits
Artificial lures are preferred by many, but for starters, earthworms, night crawlers and red wigglers will catch just about anything that swims. If you don't want to dig up your garden, worms can be purchased at convenience stores and tackle shops. Minnows are also popular. They can be fished dead or alive and are great bait for bass, crappie and perch. Crickets are good baits for catching sunfish. Other baits that work well for kids are table scraps, including hot dogs, macaroni, corn, peas and shrimp.
Don't forget:
• A personal flotation device (life preserver) for each child under 13 and for anyone else who cannot swim
• A knife and a pair needle-nose pliers
• A cooler filled with ice and lots of food and drinks
• A bucket for odds and ends
• A landing net
• A camera, sunglasses and sunscreen
Upcoming events
The 32nd Annual Dogwood Bass Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, April 2, from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lake Norman's Midway Marina, is open to the public. The entry fee is $100 per boat or team, with a total cash payout of $5,500. The proceeds from this charity event benefit the children at the Shriner's Children Hospital. Registration forms are available online at www.lakenormanshrineclub.org. For more information, call 704-235-5888.
"Using Sonar and GPS to Catch Stripers, Bass and White Perch" – This free two-hour seminar begins at 7 p.m. It promises to be very informative and will help you catch more fish. Join me at The Bass Pro Shops at Concord Mills Mall on Tuesday, April 5, in the upstairs conference room by Archery. For more information, call 704-979-2200.
Free Safe Boating Class – "How to Navigate Lake Norman - Day or Night" will be held at North Point Watersports exit 36, Mooresville, on April 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Topics for discussion include "Understanding LKN's Channel Marker and Buoy System," "Identifying and Learning How to Avoid the Ten Most Dangerous Spots," and "Interpreting Lake Maps". For more information, call me: 704-617-6812 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tips from Capt. Gus
Small minnows will not only trick crappies into biting, but are also great for taking white perch on a small hook and a light split shot weight. It's hard to wait, but when a fish begins to nibble, give it plenty of time to swallow the bait before setting the hook.
Hot spot of the week
Depending on the weather, fishing has been very good to excellent. Best bets are the shallow pockets and coves of Mountain, Hicks and Terrapin creeks. White perch and crappie continue to bite around sunken brush and boathouses. Striper fishing is spotty, but best results are upriver and in the Davidson and Reed Creek arms of Lake Norman.
The surface water temperature varies by location, but is mainly in the 50s and 60s in open waters not affected by the power plants. The water level is about 2 and 1/2 feet below full pond on Lake Norman and 2.5' below full pond on Mountain Island Lake.
Capt. Gus Gustafson, of Lake Norman Ventures Inc., is an outdoor columnist and a full-time Professional Fishing Guide on Lake Norman. Visit his website, www.Fishingwithgus.com or call 704-617-6812. For more information, email him at email@example.com.


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March 14, 2013
With the 79-69 defeat to Utah, Cal was eliminated from the Pac-12 Tournament
The Golden Bears move to 20-11 overall on the season.
The defeat to the Utes snapped a five-game winning streak for the Bears in the series.
Cal is now 12-16 all-time in the Pac-12 Tournament. It is the first time the Bears faced the Utes in the conference tournament.
Cal played its first overtime game of the season and first overtime contest since Feb. 20, 2011 when the Bears defeated UCLA, 76-72. Cal is now 46-50 all-time in overtime games.
With 21 points against Utah, junior guard Allen Crabbe became the 10th Golden Bear in school history to eclipse the 1,500-point mark for his career. He now has 1,510 in his 96-game career.
Crabbe increased his season total to 580 points, moving past Lamond Murray (572 points in 1993) and into 12th place on the school's single-season scoring list.
A pair of three-pointers against Utah, increased Crabbe's total on the season to 61, moving him into a tie with Ayinde Ubaka (2006) and Amit Tamir (2003) for eighth place on the school's single-season three-point field goals list. The junior is one three-point field goal shy of his total as a freshman in 2010-11.
Crabbe recorded his 15th 20-point game of the season and 28th of his career.
Junior guard Justin Cobbs scored a season-high 26 points against Utah, two shy of his career-high total of 28 against Oregon on Feb. 16, 2012.
With five assists, Cobbs has now recorded at least five assists in each of his last eight games. Sophomore forward David Kravish had a pair of blocks against Utah. It is the seventh-straight game Kravish has posted multiple blocks.
Junior forward Richard Solomon posted double-digit rebounds for the fourth time this season with 11 against Utah. The total was one shy of his career-high of 12 against Oregon on Feb. 2, 2013.
Sophomore guard Ricky Kreklow, who has been limited to seven games this season with a right-foot injury, scored his first points since Dec. 18 against UC Santa Barbara. Kreklow missed 16-straight games before returning to action last Wednesday (March 6) against Stanford.


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The Deal: A take on the spaghetti western set in America's Deep South, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" has been heavily anticipated since Tarantino first brought up the idea back in 2007. Featuring an all-star cast including Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz alongside the still-Oscarless Leonardo DiCaprio (in the villian role, no less... which has been a favorite in the best supporting actor category recently), the film is set for release by The Weinstein Company on Christmas Day (but there's rumors it will debut at the Rome Film Festival as a surprise screening next month).
Prediction: Is the Academy ready to embrace Tarantino twice in a row (it's kind of a theme here, with Bigelow, Hooper and Tarantino all coming off films the Academy loved)? They gave "Basterds" nods across the board, despite not being a typical Oscar film... but completely ignored the "Kill Bill" films. Our guess is this one ends up somewhere in the middle, not managing a best picture nom but with Harvey behind the campaign, sending Leonardo DiCaprio to the podium for best supporting actor.
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While watching Cavaliers games this season, it's not tough to notice it's a much different experience than last season. Not only are the players on the court, but the style of basketball is much different from the type of basketball this team played last season. Also, last season the Cavaliers ran away with games in the 2nd half and this year the Cavaliers routinely let teams back into games in the 2nd half. But to keen observers of this team, one of the more noticeable differences is the team chemistry.
In Bill Simmons' latest book, The Book Of Basketball, he talks about the time he met Isiah Thomas poolside at a Vegas hotel and mustered the courage to ask him about "The Secret". You see, back when the Pistons were The Bad Boys, they often talked about "The Secret" to their success. So Simmons naturally wanted to know what it was.
Well, The Secret isn't anything new. It's been around all sports for a very long time. But in basketball, a sport where any individual can affect a team more than any other sport, The Secret is more important than ever. I don't want to ruin anything about Simmons' book (and I would highly recommend it to any basketball lovers out there), but essentially what The Secret boils down to is chemistry.
I think there are two types of chemistry in basketball. One is internal, and one is external. What the Cavaliers showed last year was a whole lot of external chemistry. From the pregame posing and preening to the team jumping around and dancing on the bench to celebrating wildly at any little success the team had. Last year's Cavs showed a form of chemistry that gave them a tangible edge in most games. There's no question talent is important, but would the Cavaliers have been able to have the success they had on the road, against the Western Conference, and in the end games of back-to-backs without feeding off the energy from their external chemistry? I sincerely doubt it. It's hard to put any kind of scientific study on this, or to determine how many wins chemistry is responsible for. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist or that it's not important.
This year's Cavaliers team is different. They don't have the same external chemistry. Part of it is the NBA rule change forcing teams to stay seated on the bench. Some of it is the fact there are five new players on this team (Shaq, Parker, Moon, Powe, and Green). Some of it is LeBron himself. As the leader of this team, everyone follows his examples. Remember last year when LeBron would be hamming it up on the bench? Mugging for cameras, dancing, hugging teammates and encouraging the players who were on the court in his absence. This year, LeBron frequently seems sullen and disinterested when he's on the bench. Sure, he still has the occasional outburst, but by and large he's a very different person on the bench.
I realize this sounds like criticism, but I assure you it's not. It's just different, that's all. Different doesn't have to mean 'bad'. I'm sure some part of LeBron has to be tired of watching his teammates consistently give away leads while he's on the bench, forcing him to come back into games and try to do everything himself. But that's not the overall impression I get from LeBron. I think LeBron was "humbled" by the Orlando loss last year. Humbled isn't exactly the right word, but I think LeBron feels like he needed to learn something from that loss. And what I think he felt he needed to learn was that external chemistry doesn't win games on its own. There seems to be a paradigm shift in focus with the team this year, and I think their eyes are on a different, bigger goal and prize. The regular season feels like it has been rendered moot. This team knows they can skate into the playoffs on their own natural talents. It's the playoffs where this team needs to come alive on the court. And it feels like this team is trying to embrace this mentality.
Remember, though, that there is another kind of chemistry. That is internal chemistry, and this is much of what The Secret refers to. In order to win an NBA Championship, you need players who are willing to sacrifice individuality for the greater common good. The Cavaliers seem to have internal chemistry, or sacrifice, in spades. Remember how JJ Hickson was given Anderson Varejao's starting spot, even though Varejao was healthy and having a solid season putting up near double doubles every night? Varejao hasn't muttered a word about this. Instead, he's accepted it because he realizes it was the right thing for the betterment of this team as a whole. That's a sacrifice in both pride and mentality, and it's an example he set for the whole team.
Has Jamario Moon let it get him down when he has games where he's had to give up minutes for Delonte West to return, despite the fact Moon has been the most efficient bench player for this team? Has Ilgauskas complained about how having Shaq here and starting has negatively affected his production and individual value to the team? He might think it privately, but he's not saying much about it publicly. And will anyone complain about letting Leon Powe get his minutes when he returns from his injury? It seems doubtful.
This Cavaliers team was built on versatility, and a major part of versatility is a willingness to do whatever is asked of you. For all the setbacks we've seen this year in regards to unmet expectations, nobody on this team has panicked. From Danny Ferry (refusing to be rushed into trading for Stephen Jackson) to Mike Brown (sticking to his instincts on defensive principles despite the team being slow to recognize them this year) to the players themselves, this has been an organization unified on this belief in one common goal, and that's what internal chemistry (or, "The Secret", if you will) is all about.
Last year was about talking the talk, this year is about walking the walk. For all my concerns I see with this team, the one thing I feel better than ever about is this team's sense of purpose. Yes, the chemistry is different this year, but the organization as a whole is hoping that when this season is over for the Cavaliers, the end results will be different as well.
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