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CSS, or Cascading Styles Sheets, is a way to apply style rules to HTML content. This help page will cover a few basics about CSS such as selectors and ordering.
You can add custom CSS to the Appearance → Customize → CSS page in your WordPress.com blog dashboard if you have Custom Design, which is a feature of the WordPress.com Premium and WordPress.com Business plans.
Selectors are used to target which HTML to style. Properties and values are used to set the style rules.
There are three kinds of selectors:
|An HTML tag such as
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Sample text.
. Referenced in CSS with a "." before it.
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Sample header.
. Referenced in CSS with a "#" before it.
Here are some examples.
HTML tag selector:

Sample paragraph.

HTML tag selector CSS:
p { color: red; font-size: 200%; }
HTML tag selector in action:
Sample paragraph.
Class selector HTML:

This is a paragraph with a class="warning".

This is a paragraph with id="danger".

Class selector CSS:
.warning { background-color: #ffc; } #danger { background-color: #fcc; }
Class selector in action:
This is a paragraph with a class="warning".
This is a paragraph with id="danger".
ID selector HTML:

Sample Blog Title

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ID selector CSS:
#site-title { font-size: 3em; } #site-description { font-size: 2em; color: #777; }
ID selector in action:
Sample Blog Title
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Order Matters
The "cascade" in CSS refers to how a browser determines which style rules will apply. Each style is applied according to how important the selector is, how specific it is, and the order of the CSS.
ID selectors are more important than class selectors, and class selectors are more important than HTML tag selectors. So, in the following example, the paragraph will show up as red because the ID selector is the most important.
#danger { color: red; } .warning { color: orange; } p { color: green; }
You can override importance by adding "!important" to the value, but it's not recommended unless absolutely necessary because if you start adding too many then editing and debugging can get very confusing very fast.
#danger { color: red; } .warning { color: orange; } p { color: green !important; }
More specific selectors get applied before less specific ones. HTML elements that are the innermost ones are the most specific.

This is a good sample paragraph.

em tag is closer to the inner HTML than the
strong tag, so the
em rule will get used:
strong { color: limegreen; } em { color: tomato; }
But if you use a more specific selector like "
p strong em", it will get used because it's more specific than just a type selector like
em by itself.
p strong em { color: limegreen; } em { color: tomato; }
Finally, the order of the rules matter. If the same rule appears more than once, the last rule is used. In the following example, only the last rule will apply and the WordPress.com CSS editor will remove the first two duplicates.
p { color: indigo; } p { color: aqua; } p { color: teal; }
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To see how your theme looks without any theme CSS applied, open your Appearance → Custom Design → CSS page, temporarily remove everything from the editor, select the radio button option to replace the theme CSS, and click Preview. You should see a bare bones, HTML only, unstyled web page. This will give you a basic idea of the HTML structure of the current theme. Do not save the changes if you just want to preview basic structure. The option to start fresh and replace the theme CSS is an advanced option that can be used to completely restyle any WordPress.com theme from scratch with CSS.
Get Going!
All right then, you officially have some CSS knowledge and you can get started using CSS on WordPress.com! To find out about more WordPress.com CSS editing options and settings, go to the Editing CSS page. If you have specific CSS questions, we can also provide some CSS Support in Live Chat.
You might also like to check out these other awesome CSS resources:
- CSS Beginner Tutorial by HTML Dog
- Hands-on Codecademy CSS Lessons
- An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like
- An Intro to CSS: Finding CSS Selectors
- Intro to CSS: Previewing Changes with the Matched Rule Pane
- Should I Learn CSS?
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Oh, Sorry, Is It 2009?
Oh, what's that? None of that happened to me? That was all other bloggers?
Well, then I guess I was just lazy.
Or busy.
Or a combination of both.
So, what has happened in the past few days?
Brave Sir Robin rested.
A lot.
This was my year to have the kids for Christmas, so I took the last two weeks of the year off. 17 days in a row without going to work.
A guy could get used to this I tell you.
Alas, it ends tomorrow, back to the routine I'm afraid. Luckily, I have had the chance to ease into it. Clinton had a basketball game Friday the 2nd, so school has intruded into our lazy time a bit before work will.
I spent a lot of time in the car, traveling back and forth to Houston, but I don't usually mind the drive. We visited Scottie quite a few times, including yesterday. I'm elated to report that his is progressing. His progress tends to go in spurts. He will make several advances in a short time, then plateau for a week or two, but his overall progress is readily apparent. He is feeding himself now, and can dial a telephone. His speech is getting better, but it is still far from good. His therapy at his current facility is primarily focusing on getting his left arm and leg fully mobile. His leg is showing progress. He isn't walking yet, but I feel certain he will in the next few weeks. His left arm isn't showing nearly so much cooperation I 'm afraid. He still has pretty much no mobility at all in that arm. His spirits, however, were very good throughout the holidays.
Did I mention I rested?
The photo detectives among you may have noticed a pattern in the pics I posted the day after Christmas. Yes, everyone is wearing pajamas. Bee lamented that she didn't spend a couple of days in pajamas watching movies. Rest assured dear friend, Brave Sir Robin's clan more than made up for your lack of sloth, with our excess of same. I let the family open one present a couple of days early so it could be enjoyed all week. Enjoy we did.
Christmas Eve, we awoke early and went to Houston. We visited Scottie, and brought him an order of enchiladas, rice and beans. We then went shopping for Christmas Dinner at the newly opened Wholefoods right across the street from my children's absolute favorite restaurant, (no - not McDonald's) - P.F. Chang's. After stowing away our Wholefoods booty in the ice-chest, we went and feasted across the street. That's about all we did in Houston that day, we drove home and while I prepared Christmas Eve dinner - Tamales, rice, beans, assorted cheese, crackers and finger foods, the kids immediately got back into PJ mode. The entire family remained in PJ mode until Saturday when I had to take them all to their Mother's. I prepared Christmas Dinner in my Pajamas, and it was consumed by all in the same manner. The day after Christmas I watched about 10 hours of TV straight through. All told, while all four kids were here, I watched about 5 movies, 4 seasons of That 70's Show, and as much football as possible.
The Saturday after Christmas, I loaded up the kids and took them to their Mom for her half of the Holiday. I was prepared to stay in Houston for several days and do New Year's Eve out on the town with friends.
Didn't happen.
For some reason, she wanted me to pick them up New Year's Eve morning, so I did. Clinton used the opportunity to attend a party at the home of a young lady he is fond of. Unfortunately for Dad, said young lady lives almost 25 minutes away. There is no way, no how I was going to be on the road after midnight with even a drop of alcohol in my system, so I spent a sober night at home, alone, watching football.
I spent the rest of the week either driving to Houston or working on my redecorating project, which - btw - is coming along nicely.
Yes, I did spend more than a few moments this weekend thinking about She Who Must Not Be Named, but it was more bittersweet than raw and painful.
That, dear friends, is the kind of progress that makes me hopeful for 2009.
14 comments:
- Bee said...
BSR - I'm so happy that you had such a pjammy Xmas holiday! You deserve lots of time in your jammies watching mindless (or mindful) television. (I'm coming to the pj thing kind of late, but I'm happy to report that I'm still not dressed at 11:42 this am . . . and it's snowing!)
Hey, that new Sugar Land Whole Foods is really fancy!
Lots of good news about Scottie. You are such a good brother to visit him so faithfully - not to mention bring Tex-Mex. I know that was healing.
Best, best, best of everything - luck and wishes - for 2009.
- January 5, 2009 at 5:46 AM
- GourmetGoddess said...
Yeah, for resting. Yeah, for healing all around. Yeah, for 17 days off!
Boxer and I spent NYE visiting the beasties at the zoo and having a dinner at a suburban joint. Home by 9, I think....
- January 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
Bee - Are you back in sync yet? Between the travel and entertaining you must be frazzled!
And yes, the Whole Foods is amazing, and only about 2 hours away. I forsee many more trips to that mecca of wonderful things.
btw - I thought of you when I bought that beautiful piece of meat, (although it wasn't Scottish, it was dry-aged and ......)
GG - Happy New Year!! Did you and Boxer stay up 'till midnight?
- January 5, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- SaoirseDaily2 said...
Sounds like a busy but fun holiday. Don't blame you for not wanting to even drink a little and drive, they were out in force here. We never go out. Just watched movies and ate (like piggies)
I want to wish you a wonderful new year. You know, Pido, gave me a new deck of tarot cards. We should do a reading and see what's up for you in 2009.
Have a nice Monday.
- January 5, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Jennifer said...
It all sounds very...normal.
And I say that as someone for whom "normal" is pretty high on the list of my fondest desires. Just normal, everyday life - it's really all I'm after here.
And in that vein: Hooray for bittersweet! Bittersweet is good.
- January 5, 2009 at 6:16 PM
- Brave Sir Robin said...
SD2 - :) The last time someone did a tarot reading for me, it was disastrously accurate.
Proceed at your own risk.
Jennifer -
Normal is good.
Very, very good.
- January 6, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Audrey said...
You had a similar holiday to me in the tv and pajama kind'o way. I too feel totally blissed out but this will completely disappear when I have to get the troops up and out the door on Thursday morning. Dreading it.
- January 6, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- pidomon said...
i take no responsibility for what SD2's reading says!
Such great news about Scottie.
My version of PJS is sweats and not sure I got out of them once on new years day.
Hope 2009 is good to you and your family
- January 6, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- Chris said...
We need a favorites feature on your sidebar so we can follow you!
Whole Foods is all well and good, but there's nothing like a good Trader Joe's...
- January 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- Anne said...
Hooray for Scottie's progress! I'm so glad to hear it.
Hooray also for your luxuriously relaxing vacation! 17 days off... amazing. I am envious!
And another hooray! For Whole Foods! Now if only we could get you a Central Market. :)
- January 6, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- Just a Plane Ride Away said...
BSR, low key that it was, it sounded like 2008 ended on an excellent note. I am ready for a bit of PJ time myself. Actually, I'd love a long country ramble, but it is just TOO cold for me out there. Jammies, Tex-Mex, and a good book will have to do the trick.
Happy New Year! Good wishes and much happiness to you and your kids.
- January 7, 2009 at 3:11 AM
- Lisa said...
That sounds so relaxing and, frankly, perfect. A real holiday. We had a couple of pajama days and I'm already thinking back on the fondly...
I'm so glad to hear that Scottie is progressing. I hope that 2009 brings good things to him, you and the whole clan.
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'''The Hanged Men Dance''' was a punk and literary fanzine by Jim Shedden and Sara Bellum.
'''The Hanged Men Dance''' was a punk and literary fanzine by Jim Shedden and Sara Bellum.
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The Hanged Men Dance was a punk and literary fanzine by Jim Shedden and Sara Bellum.
The Hanged Men Dance was published in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada in the 1980s. At least two issues appeared. The second issue was a split zine with Black Triangle, published in 1985.
The Hanged Men Dance included essays, interviews, articles, reviews, poetry, song lyrics, collages, and art work.
Contributors of art work included John Curry, Michael Hale, and Taral Wayne (DNQ). Comics were by Brat X.
Contributions of articles included "How I Spent My Summer Vacation And Other Stories" by Sara Bellum; "Richard Hell - Christ Symbol?" by David Keyes; "Not Just Another Pretty Face, or Charles Bukowski: A Swell Guy" by Elliot Lefko; "Waylon's Wailin'" by Lisa Shedden; and "Ignorance Speaks Loudly Through Words" by Taral Wayne.
Reviews were by John Curry, Electrolux Delux, k., and Motor City Max.
Contributors of fiction included Dan Druff, and Stuart Ross.
Contributors of poetry and lyrics included Steve Banks, Randall Brock, Sam Carston, Matthew Cohen, and Dave Howard.
Interviews were with Dave Howard, and Fifth Column, a band which included the editors of Hide, Caroline Azar and G.B. Jones.
Issue two came with a cassette tape that included the bands Syd's Kids, William New, Mr. Cale, Polkaholics, EBS, Fifth Column, and BelVoxVicto.
Jim Shedden also published the comics zine Gratis and the science fiction zine This Sure As Hell Ain't DNQ, and was co-editor of This Tiny Donkey Looks Rather Lost.


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All the while, veteran growers knew those prices could go down just as fast or maybe even faster than they went up. Thus, the declines in corn, soybean and wheat futures of recent weeks weren't a big a surprise to anyone who's been farming more than a few years.
Since June, corn, soybeans and wheat contracts have lost nearly half their value. December 2008 corn futures, which traded at $8 in June, closed at $3.84 on Oct. 16. November 2008 soybeans have fallen from $16 in June to $8.67 while December 2008 soft red winter wheat dropped from $10 to $5.55 per bushel.
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Even if USDA does spend more on ACRE, those people Schafer was citing can take heart. With corn, soybean and wheat futures falling 50 percent, prices at the grocery store will be right behind them (smile).
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30. Tyler McNeely, F, RFA25 years old, Bridgeport (AHL)
2011-12 stats: 66G, 9-12-21, +9, 53PIM
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29. Marc Cantin, D, 2nd Year of ELC22 years old, Reading (ECHL), Providence/Bridgeport (AHL)
2011-12 stats: 21G, 0-0-0, -9, 26PIM
Cantin was the other half of the Brian Rolston/Mike Mottau trade from Boston. The Islanders received Yannik Reindeau (#34 on the countdown) and Cantin at the deadline, getting something for nothing. Cantin is certainly the better of the two players and is the kind of physical defenseman that the organization sorely needs. The problem is that there's not a ton of upside.
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28. Mitchell Theoret, LW, 2011 7th Round Pick18 years old, Niagara (OHL)
2011-12 stats: 62G, 12-9-21, 7, 39PIM
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27. Mike Halmo, LW, 1st Year of ELC21 years old, Owen Sound (OHL)/Bridgeport (AHL)
2011-12 stats (OHL): 66G, 40-45-85, 24, 162 PIM
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26. Tony Romano, RW, RFA24 years old, Bridgeport (AHL)
2011-12 stats: 60G, 12-22-34, 3, 29PIM
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25. Ty Wishart, D, RFA24 years old, Bridgeport (AHL)
2011-12 stats: 71G, 5-14-19, -2, 32PIM
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24. Robbie Russo, D, 2011 4th Round PickSophomore, Notre Dame
2011-12 stats: 40, 4-11-15, 14
He's still got a few more years to develop before we'll have any kind of a verdict, but the 19-year old Russo was solid at Notre Dame in his freshman season. Russo is a small (5-11), speedy defender with offensive upside (have you heard this story before?) and he's also got the pedigree of playing in the US National Team Developmental Program. He's still going to need at least another two years before we'll really get an idea of where he is in his development, so for now he's a prospect of the wait-and-see variety.
23. Kirill Petrov, RW, 2008 3rd Round Pick22 years old, Kazan Ak-Bars (KHL)
2011-12 stats: 52G, 16-13-29, -3, 8PIM
Petrov falls way down on this Islanders' list due to the fact that it will be a long time, if ever, we see him in an Islanders' uniform. The 22-year old re-signed with his team in KHL for two years, keeping him off of Long Island that much longer and leaving us to wonder if he will ever want to make the jump to the NHL. He's still a 6-3, 200lb power forward with first-round talent but is not going to be helping the team any time soon.
22. Mikko Koskinen, G, RFA23 years old, KalPa (Finland)
2011-12 stats: 25G, 13-5-4, 2.34, .915
One of the solid players who may simply not get a shot is Mikko Koskinen, who spent the season playing in Finland after the creases in Bridgeport and Long Island were full. With two young studs in the system ahead of him (Kevin Poulin and Anders Nilsson), Rick DiPietro and Evgeni Nabokov, Koskinen is on the lowest rung as far as Islanders' goaltenders go. There should be room for him in Bridgeport this season if the Islanders carry three netminders on the Island again (or you take RDP out of the whole equation). He's a former 31st overall pick from 2009 and has upside but will likely get buried as the current talent pool for goalies stands.
21. Andrey Pedan, D, 2011 3rd Round Pick18 years old, Guelph (OHL)
2011-12 stats: 63G, 10-30-40, -8, 152PIM
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By Alicia H. Munnell
In a recent column in the New York Times, Richard Thaler (a pioneer in behavioral economics) reported on two studies regarding financial literacy – one demonstrating the extent of the problem and the other documenting the lack of success to date of educational efforts to improve financial literacy. The important implication is that we should never have let our retirement system evolve into one where individuals are responsible for all of the complicated decisions of saving and investing for retirement. But given where we are, we need to make the system we have as easy and automatic as possible.
I am going to repeat the questions asked of a nationally representative sample of Americans, which come from a study by Annamaria Lusardi of George Washington University's School of Business and Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
1) Suppose you had $100 in a savings account and the interest was 2% per year. After five years, how much do you think you would have in the account if you left your money to grow? (a) More than $102; (b) exactly $102; (c) less than $102.
2) Imagine that the interest rate on your savings account was 1% per year and inflation was 2% per year. After one year, how much would you be able to buy with the money in the account? (a) More than today; (b) exactly the same; (c)less than today?
3) Buying a single company's stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund. True or false?
The first two questions are aimed at fundamental economic concepts related to saving; the third evaluates the respondent's understanding of risk diversification, a concept crucial for investing. The answers seem so simple: more than $102; less than today; and false. Yet among those ages 51 to 65, the percent answering three questions correctly was 69%, 78%, and 60%, respectively. Only 41% got all three right. (The results were worse for those younger and older!) The findings of this study are consistent with a lot of other evidence showing that Americans lack basic levels of financial literacy.
On first being exposed to results such as these, most people's immediate response is that we need more financial education. Indeed, that was a common response when 401(k) plans first came on the scene. But a "meta" analysis of 168 studies by three business school professors finds that interventions to improve financial literacy have virtually no effect on financial behavior, with particularly weak effects for low-income groups. The problem is that, like all educational efforts, financial education decays over time and has negligible effects on behavior after 20 months. The authors suggest that, given this decay, "just in time" financial education, which focuses on what people need to know when taking on student loans, applying for a mortgage, or making initial 401(k) investment decisions, might be a more effective way to proceed.
For those of us interested in retirement security, the message is clear. People need a simple system. Unfortunately, with respect to Social Security, deciding when to claim benefits has now become a mini-specialty as the options have multiplied. The public needs a clear message to wait as long as possible, assuming they are relatively healthy. And in the 401(k) arena, employees need to be auto-enrolled; they need auto-escalation in their default contribution rate; they need clear guidance that they and their employer should be putting aside a total amount of about 15%; they should be enrolled in low-fee target-date funds; and they need very simple mechanisms for withdrawal.
Given the state of play, better design of retirement systems seems like it will trump education every time.


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TULSA, Okla. (CIRCA) - An Oklahoma business owner running for governor claims someone hacked into his Facebook accounts and posted unsavory messages.
According to KFOR, among the social media posts and comments are: "As the next mayor of Oklahoma, I'm going to enact a mandatory nationwide lottery that euthanizes 1 out of every 100 people in the world," "I firmly believe we should have assisted suicide in the US," "Why should we have to keep up people who cannot contribute to society any longer?" and "If they can take care of themselves without government assistance, great. If not, let them starve and die."
First-time politician Chris Barnett says he never imagined politics could get so nasty.
"I'm reading some of these things and it's appalling. Hitler euthanized people, and I just loved how they've put this together and they're trying to make me into Hitler," he told KFOR.
Barnett says the alleged Facebook hack and death threats he is now receiving won't dissuade him from his gubernatorial run.
KFOR reports Barnett is seeking legal counsel before filing a police report.


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Johan Santana has a fatigued left shoulder, which is better than another tear. Ike Davis is to be re-evaluated, but he already said he doubts he'll play again this season.
Given the Mets' history with injuries, I don't see how anybody can be surprised by any of this, and certainly not feel disappointed about the prospect of not seeing either again this season.
If anything, I don't want to see either this year.
I want Santana to keep working at getting stronger and not worrying about pitching again this year. It's not ideal, but I can live with him not knowing until spring training. Even should Santana pitch again, the Mets should carry on their offseason business with the assumption he'll breakdown again and not reach his former level.
Can you say Chien-Ming Wang?
There's nothing to be gained by pushing Santana. There will be no playoffs, no pennant race. Let him rehab, rest and hope for the best next year.
It's the prudent thing to do.
As far as Davis is concerned, all I see with trying to get him back is what happened with Carlos Beltran. They rehabbed him and had him come back for a few meaningless games in September and he ended up having the surgery anyway and came back late.
Learn from the past. Let the doctors take care of Davis now so at least he'll have a chance to be ready for spring training.
Do you remember one of the vows when Sandy Alderson took over about being smarter with injuries? Well, here's an opportunity to treat and take care of two key players.
Trying to get them back this year is just asking for trouble.


text: First-Ever U.S. Precision Dairy Conference and Expo May 17, 2013 09:47 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: University of Minnesota The first-ever U.S. Precision Dairy Conference and Expo is taking place at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN, June 25-27. The program includes a one-day tour of top farms near Rochester, a two-day agenda packed with the latest research and industry information, and a trade show dedicated to the latest technology in robotic milking, precision management using sensors, activity monitors, computerized solutions and precision feeding. The one-day tour of top managed area dairy farms includes a high producing robot milking farm, automated calf feeding, and two farms with advanced parlor milking systems and cow sensor technologies. During the two-day conference, there will be four producer panels with a total of 14 producers talking about their experiences with robotic milking, individual cow sensors for activity, temperature and rumination, automated calf feeding, and in-line parlor technology that measures components, progesterone and ketones in every cow at every milking, and more. Well known producers on the program include Doyle Waybright of Mason Dixon Farms in Gettysburg, PA, and Jake Peissig of JRP Farms in Dorchester, WI—recently acclaimed as the highest producing DeLaval robot milked herd in the world. Keynote conference speakers include Dr. Jeffrey Bewley who leads research in precision technologies at the University of Kentucky, world renowned nutritionist, Dr. Alex Bach from Spain, as well as Dr. Marcia Endres from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Margit Bak Jensen from Denmark who will be talking about automated feeding of calves. Jack Rodenburg from Canada will share his experiences with robotic milking and what makes it work. Dr. Albert DeVries from the University of Florida, well known for his economic modeling work, will give the American perspective on adoption of precision technology while Dr. Henk Hogeveen from the Netherlands will give the European experience. Dr. Ilan Halachmi from Israel, Dr. Ray Nebel from Select Sires, and Dr. Doug Reinemann from the University of Wisconsin will talk about sensors. Information about the full program including submitted papers on the latest research can be found at the Precision Dairy 2013 website (precisiondairy.umn.edu). Register soon! Early registration deadline ends on June 10th. Register on-line at www.regonline.com/PrecDairy. The conference organizers thank all the sponsors for their support, especially Platinum Sponsors: DeLaval, Artex Barn Solutions, BouMatic Robotics, Lely, AMS-Galaxy/Urban, GEA, and DairyMaster. Back to news


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Huffman coding is a cool way to compress data by using binary search trees.
It lets you use fractional bytes for characters instead of whole bytes.
My program simply outputs the binary string for each character.
I believe it to be accurate from some simple testing...
You could probably make a simple GUI interface for saving and loading strings as bytes.
This was just for fun.
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(defclass node ()
:accessor child-a
:initform nil
:initarg :child-a)
:accessor child-b
:initform nil
:initarg :child-b)
:accessor parent
:initform nil
:initarg :parent)
:accessor value
:initform nil
:initarg :value)
:accessor frequency
:initform nil
:initarg :frequency)))
(defun compare-nodes (node-a node-b)
"Sorts the nodes from least appearing to most freqent"
(< (slot-value node-a 'frequency)
(slot-value node-b 'frequency)))
(defun get-two-lowest-nodes (list)
"Return the two least occuring Nodes in a list"
(let (( a (sort list #'compare-nodes)))
(list (car a) (cadr a))))
(defun make-connecting-parent(node-a node-b)
"Create parent node from children's attributes and attach children"
(let ((child-0 nil)
(child-1 nil)
(f (+ (slot-value node-a 'frequency) (slot-value node-b 'frequency)))
(new-parent (make-instance 'node)))
;; Ensure branch 0 is the lowest of the two
(when (< (slot-value node-a 'frequency) (slot-value node-b 'frequency))
(setf child-0 node-a)
(setf child-1 node-b))
(when (>= (slot-value node-a 'frequency) (slot-value node-b 'frequency))
(setf child-0 node-b)
(setf child-1 node-a))
;; Set up the new parent node
(setf (slot-value new-parent 'child-0) child-0)
(setf (slot-value new-parent 'child-1) child-1)
(setf (slot-value new-parent 'frequency) f)
;; Connect the child nodes to the parent
(setf (slot-value node-a 'parent) new-parent)
(setf (slot-value node-b 'parent) new-parent)
;; Return our little princess
(return-from make-connecting-parent new-parent)))
(defun merge-2-nodes-in-list(nodes node-a node-b)
"Returns a new list of nodes with the lowest appearing merged into one"
(remove node-b
(remove node-a
(cons (make-connecting-parent node-a node-b) nodes))))
(defun find-leaf-values (node &optional path-str)
"This is a naughty function, it is dangerous because it is recursive"
(when (and (equal (slot-value node 'child-0) nil)
(equal (slot-value node 'child-1) nil))
(format t "Node ~a Frequency: ~a Binary Path ~a~%"
(slot-value node 'value)
(slot-value node 'frequency)
(return-from find-leaf-values))
(if (slot-value node 'child-0)
(find-leaf-values (slot-value node 'child-0)
(concatenate 'string path-str "0")))
(if (slot-value node 'child-1)
(find-leaf-values (slot-value node 'child-1)
(concatenate 'string path-str "1"))))
(defparameter *nodes-list* nil)
(defparameter *words*
"Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish Ladies
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain
For we've received orders for to sail for old England
But we hope in a short time to see you again")
(setf *words* (coerce *words* 'list))
(setf *nodes-list*
(sort (loop for i in (remove-duplicates *words*)
collect (make-instance 'node :value i
:frequency (count i *words*)))
(dotimes (i (- (length *nodes-list*) 1))
(setf *nodes-list* (sort (merge-2-nodes-in-list *nodes-list*
(car *nodes-list*)
(cadr *nodes-list*))
(find-leaf-values (car *nodes-list*))


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In getting ready to review Pascal Bruckner's terrific new beatdown on environmentalism, The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse, I was pondering his discussion about, of all things, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and my favorite camp-classic, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and I got to wondering—why don't we have some remakes of classic films within the horizons of today's environmental correctness? How would Psycho's famous shower scene go with a low-flow shower-head? Probably more blood than water going down the drain. And quite obviously Attack of the Killer Tomatoes would be redone with genetically modified tomatoes. Perhaps it would have to be retitled Frankenfood Meets Whole Foods.
How about reshooting the famous car-chase scene in Bullett with Steve McQueen in a Prius instead of a Mustang? Or an electric car whose battery runs dead after 15 minutes?
Put Burt Reynolds in a Nissan Leaf (please—the world would end) and it would have to be Non-Smokey and the Shoplifter. And in the TV version, if we put Boss Hog in a hybrid, will the show have to be downgraded to The Squires of Hazzard?
Other obvious ideas to conjure with:
CHiPs on mountain bikes instead of Harleys.
Driving Miss Daisy . . . in a Tesla.
Casablanca's new script: "Of all the Vegan joints in all the university towns in the world, he walks into mine. . ."
Some other possibilities: Recyclers of the Lost Ark. Dr. Strangedata: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Warming. Gone With the Windmills. Endangered Groundhog Day. A Desire Named Streetcar. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Rail. Van Jones and the Temple of Doom.
But just how would a Network remake work out in today's media landscape? I guess Howard Beale would tweet out that he's mad as hell and not going to take it any more. And then flip over to Fox.
Power Line disclaimer: No actual clichés were harmed in the making of this parody.


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API reference documentation for Gtk2Hs 0.9.11.
Gtk2Hs is a GUI library for Haskell based on Gtk+. http://www.gtk.org/ Gtk+ is an extensive and mature multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
See http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/ for the latest news and documentation.
Gtk+ and Gtk2Hs are Free Software licenced under the GNU LGPL.
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To those who follow the main-traveled road of American experience, as we know it today, the mind of the old South seems curiously remote. It is so archaic, so wholly apart from all present-day ambitions, as to appear singular. Yet the continental highways we now travel so familiarly, it must be remembered, were not the highways of an earlier America. It is the North that has changed, and not the South, and the nationality that sits so easily upon us would have seemed ominous to the simpler world that determined the ideals of the Old Dominion. The southern mind has grown old fashioned, but it is native and of long and honorable descent. It derived its singularity from the eighteenth century in which it took shape; and it retained the clear impress of its origins long after the eighteenth century had become an anachronism in America. It was primarily political, of the French rather than the English school; but it was economic also, out of Quesnay and Du Pont de Nemours rather than Adam Smith, with a frank bias towards the Physiocratic agrarianism that was so congenial to the needs and temper of a plantation society; and this political agrarianism, parochial in its outlook rather than national, suffices to explain the singularity of the southern mind in the eyes of a later industrialized America.
Simple and homogeneous in the early years of the nineteenth century, it nevertheless carried the seeds of disruption within it. Beneath the surface of this common political agrarianism disintegrating forces were at work, that were to produce broad cleavages of thought and lead to sharp differences of outlook and polity. An old South and a new South dwelt side by side, and to the West lay a frontier that took particular form as it came under the determining influence of one or the other. Virginia and South Carolina were the germinal centers of southern culture, from which issued the creative ideas that gave special forms to the brood of frontier states. Kentucky and Tennessee were the intellectual heirs of Virginia; Alabama and Mississippi were the intellectual heirs of South Carolina. Of these two schools of thought that looked in different directions and sought different ends, Jefferson and Calhoun were the intellectual leaders; and the contrasts in their philosophies the rejection by the latter of equalitarian idealism, and the substitution of economic realism-mark the diverse tendencies which in the end disrupted the South. Jackson and Lincoln were followers of the Jeffersonian school; Jefferson Davis finally went with Calhoun; and Henry Clay, lacking an adequate philosophy, wavered between them. The differences between these men were open and patent, and any analysis of the mind of the South, any attempt to understand the conflict of tendencies that marked the development of southern thought between 1800 and 1860, must give due weight to such differences. The problem, therefore, instead of being single is threefold, and involves an examination of the mind of Virginia, the mind of South Carolina, and the mind of the new West from the Ohio River to the Gulf.
Chapter One
The Old Dominion
The history of the Old Dominion is an easy chapter in the textbook of economic determinism. It is a modern instance that exemplifies the law of land distribution and political control as laid down by James Harrington; it is another Oceana seated by the James River, that would not suffer a king to rule because gentlemen held the land and acknowledged no feudal dues or royal prerogatives. On the surface its history seems little more than a bundle of paradoxes. From the raw materials of English middle-class stock it created a distinguished and capable aristocracy, that was restrained from feudal tyranny by a vigorous yeomanry that held its land in fee simple and stoutly maintained its rights. Established on a slave economy, it adopted an agrarian economy, espoused a republic, and accepted the doctrine of democratic equalitarianism. It was generous, humanitarian, independent; parochial in its jealousies, yet farsighted in outlook; tenacious of its authority and quick to defend it, yet never mean or grasping. During the noonday of its power its influence was always on the side of local democratic freedom and the common well-being. It opposed the encroachments of the centralizing state and the spirit of capitalistic exploitation; yet its domestic economy rested on the most primitive of all exploitation.
But these paradoxes disappear when the history of Virginia is interpreted in the light of its land economy. By force of circumstances the Old Dominion became broadly American in its social philosophy, the interpreter of America to herself. Native conditions created there a native psychology, and this native psychology spread widely through the frontier states where a like economics provided suitable breeding places. Virginia was the mother of the agrarian West, as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston were the progenitors of the mercantile and industrial East; and in the frequent clashes between country and town, between agrarianism and capitalism, the ideas of Virginia have commonly opposed the ideas of the northern cities. Between the older colonial America and later industrial America, stand the ideals of the Old Dominion, more humane and generous than either, disseminating the principles of French romantic philosophy, and instilling into the provincial American mind, static and stagnant in the grip of English colonialism, the ideal of democratic equalitarianism and the hope of humane progress. The nineteenth century first entered America by way of the James River.
The renaissance in Virginia began with the transition from middle-class to plantation ideals that marked the last half of the eighteenth century; and it was given intellectual stimulus by the libertarian natural-rights philosophy that in England and France was undermining the old order. There were no cities either mercantile or social, in the Old Dominion, and no industrialism. Life everywhere centered in the plantation. The navigable rivers of the tidewater region were favorable to the development of a decentralized economics, and in spite of royal commands to create adequate seaports, and heavy taxes by the commonwealth, trading towns did not prosper. For two hundred years Virginia refused to create a native middleman group to handle its staples, but preferred to deal through British factors and ship directly, preferably in Dutch bottoms. Each planter insisted on putting his hogsheads of tobacco aboard ship at his own wharf, and receiving his merchandise direct from London. The system was wasteful, and Madison was active in an attempt to limit by law the ports of entry to two, in order to build up a middleman machinery; but the plan broke on the fixed prejudices of plantation masters who had come to share the old English dislike of tradesmen. Virginia stubbornly refused to adopt middle-class methods, even though refusal cost her dear. She preferred to be exploited by British factors rather than create a domestic class to devour her resources.
The system had grown up in earlier times when the merchant spirit was strong in Virginia. It is often assumed that the Virginia aristocracy was descended from emigrant Cavaliers who fled from England during the commonwealth period; but the facts of history do not bear out such a theory. It was descended largely from vigorous middle-class stock-from men who had been merchants in England and in turning planters brought to the business qualities that had been developed in mercantile pursuits. In the seventeenth century Virginia society exhibited few of the usual characteristics of the Cavalier. It was frankly bourgeois, pushing, avaricious, keen in driving hard bargains, with no high sense of honor, canny rather than impulsive, preferring the law to the duel, hating war and only half- hearted in defense against the Indians-a little world of London burgesses new seated on the banks of the James and the Rappahannock. "Beyond doubt," concludes a recent student, "the most numerous section of the Virginia aristocracy was derived from the English merchant class" (Thomas J. Wertenbaker, Patrician and Plebeian in Virginia, p. s8), pretty much the same class that settled Boston and Philadelphia. For a hundred and fifty years these merchant ideals characterized Virginia society. Speculation in land was universal; exploitation was open and shameless; the highest officials took advantage of their positions to loot the public domain, resorting to divers sharp practices from tax dodging to outright theft. One gentleman added a cipher to a grant for two thousand acres, and although the fraud was commonly known, so great was his influence that no one disputed his title to twenty thousand acres. While governor, Alexander Spotswood issued patents for sixty thousand acres to dummy holders, who deeded the land to him after he had retired from office.'
In the third quarter of the eighteenth century such practices came to an end. The merchant spirit died out among the Virginia planters, and the Cavalier spirit took its place. A high sense of personal and civic honor became the hallmark of the landed aristocracy, and for upwards of a hundred years this common code gave to Virginia an enviable distinction. Both in national and commonwealth politics her representatives were clean-handed and jealous to deserve the public faith reposed in them. Among the planters were good businessmen, of course, notably Washington, who under his stately manners concealed a capable mind for speculative affairs. He engaged in various enterprises; speculated heavily in western lands; was president of the Potomac Company, organized to improve navigation and connect his holdings with salt water; and at his death was one of the wealthiest men in America. But such a career was very unusual in Virginia after the Revolutionary War. Washington, indeed, may properly be regarded as the last of the eighteenth century gentlemen, who like Colonel William Byrd was interested in accumulating vast holdings as well as cultivating his plantation. Even more characteristic of an earlier day was John Marshall, the last of the great Virginia Federalists, who was nearer akin to Robert Morris, with whom he had business dealings, than with Jefferson or John Randolph of Roanoke.
The opportunity for such careers in Virginia was passing. Population was draining off into the West and few immigrants came to settle. With no rapidly growing cities the incentive to speculate in unearned increment was lacking and liquid capital was inadequate. The economics of plantation life developed agrarian rather than capitalistic interests. In the midst of a rapidly changing America, a world given over to exploitation, increasingly middle class and contemptuous of the older aristocratic order, the Old Dominion remained static and unchanging. The plantation aristocracy was marooned by the rising tide. It repudiated the ways of trade and industry and sharply criticized the North for its plebeian spirit. "Commerce is certainly beneficial to society in a secondary degree," said Governor Tyler in 1810, addressing the Virginia legislature, "but it produces also what is called citizens of the world-the worst citizens in the world" (quoted in Wertenbaker, Patrician and Plebeian in Virginia, p. 102). Enterprising young men who a generation before would have been strong Federalists and supported the new capitalism, found such an atmosphere stifling and migrated to the new South-to Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, or farther West still, where greater opportunity awaited them. Virginia produced no more Washingtons or Marshalls, but turned whole-heartedly to the school of Jefferson, providing the leaders of states-rights agrarianism. She broke off all intellectual alliances with the mercantile and industrial North, and withdrew within her own plantation world.
Purged thus of its Federalist remnant Virginia became increasingly libertarian in its social and political philosophy. Its mind had taken form at the time when French humanitarianism was in the air, and it discovered much in the new philosophy that appealed to its romantic spirit. A quick and jealous concern for personal liberty and the rights of man was a common passion. The gentlemen of the Old Dominion were bound together by caste solidarity, but they remained strikingly individual, never amenable to group coercion, expressing their convictions freely and ready to uphold their views by the code of the duel. "No people ever lived," said Alexander H. Stephens in 1867, "more devoted to the principles of liberty, secured by free democratic institutions, than the people of the South" (Constitutional View, etc., Vol. I, p. 539). The right of dissent from majority opinion was the imprescriptible right of every gentleman. In no other part of America could the career of John Randolph be parallel-a free-lance critic of politicians and political measures, who turned his caustic wit against whom he would, an arch individualist in opinions as other Americans were in acquisitiveness. Politics was an absorbing game in Virginia. Debarred from commercial pursuits, ambitious young Virginians went in for law and politics, with an eye upon a congenial career at Washington. This serves to explain the long predominance of southern leadership in the national government. For two generations the South provided a surprising number of first-class men whose influence was commanding. Until the problem of slavery became acute, and leadership passed from moderate Virginians to Fire Eaters from further south, the influence of Virginia at Washington was thrown on the side of republican simplicity, low taxes and the decentralization of power. The armed clash over slavery very probably might have been averted if the spirit of the Old Dominion had prevailed.


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Imagine someone pressing a pillow over your face while you sleep. You wake up and struggle for air. After 10 seconds, you're allowed to breathe again. But pretty soon, the pillow goes back over your face.
That's essentially what's happening if you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Your airway gets blocked, perhaps by your tongue or your throat muscles relaxing too much. You wake up a little as you struggle to breathe again. This could happen hundreds of times a night.
The stress of struggling for air throughout the night is bad for your blood pressure and hard on your heart. You're not getting enough sleep, so you're tired and irritable during the day. You might fall asleep at work or while driving.
We could talk statistics and risk factors. For example, one study of men with type 2 diabetes showed that 23% had OSA.
But sleep apnea is not a silent disease. So the question to ask yourself is not: "Do I fit the profile?" but rather "Do I have symptoms of sleep apnea?"
Top Signs of Sleep Apnea
You snore. Often and loudly.
If your spouse has moved into the guest room or your landlord says the people in the next apartment are complaining, that's a big red flag.
Someone has seen you stop breathing for a few seconds or gasp while you're asleep.
It doesn't get much clearer than this.
You're sleepy during the day.
Joe Carnevale, a machinist in Philadelphia, didn't realize that his daytime sleepiness was from sleep apnea. "I just chalked it up to the diabetes," he says. High blood glucose levels can make you tired, but Carnevale's blood glucose levels were not that high. His endocrinologist, Arvind Cavale, MD, suspected sleep apnea. Carnevale snores so loudly that his wife wears earplugs. He caused a three-car accident on his way to work one morning when he fell asleep at the wheel and turned into oncoming traffic. Another time he fell asleep at a red light, his foot slipped off the brake, and he tapped the car ahead of him. Carnevale just got the results from his sleep study: severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Other signs that could mean you have sleep apnea:
- You often wake up with a headache.
- You have a sore throat in the morning.
- You get up during the night to go to the bathroom.
- You have trouble concentrating during the day.
- You're depressed.
- You have high blood pressure.
At Alamo Diabetes Team, a diabetes education service in San Antonio, each patient is asked three questions: "Do you snore? Do you wake up tired? Are you being treated for high blood pressure?" Those who answer yes to any of the three questions are asked more questions to assess their risk. Over half of patients score at high risk for sleep apnea, and their doctors get letters that recommend testing them for sleep apnea. Virginia Zamudio Lange, RN, MSN, CDE, says that screening people with diabetes for sleep apnea should be routine. "It is unacceptable not to screen, given the frequency of sleep apnea and the proven benefits of treatment," says Lange.
Sleep Apnea and Diabetes
Some studies suggest that sleep apnea may worsen insulin resistance. And you can see how sleep apnea may interfere with diabetes treatment. You're dead tired at work, so you keep yourself awake with muffins and coffee. When you get home, all you have the energy to do is sit in front of the television.
Will treating sleep apnea improve blood glucose levels? Researchers in Australia and Minnesota (other research sites may be added in September) are recruiting people with type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea for the GLYCOSA Study. They will treat half the participants for sleep apnea and see whether they have better blood glucose control than the people who are not treated for OSA.
Whether it helps with blood glucose control or not, treating sleep apnea will improve your quality of life, and it will lower your blood pressure, which lowers your risk of heart attack and stroke.
If you have signs and symptoms of sleep apnea, your doctor may order in-home monitoring. If this shows that you are suffering from sleep apnea, you can move right to treatment.
If in-home monitoring doesn't show that you have sleep apnea, your doctor may order an overnight sleep study, which is more sensitive, more expensive, and may not be available in your town. You'll spend the night at a sleep center, hooked up to sensors that detect how well you're sleeping and whether you're getting enough oxygen. Make sure that you jump through all the insurance hoops before you do the sleep study. Your plan may require that you go to a certain sleep center.
If you have moderate to severe sleep apnea, you may be prescribed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP, pronounced "C-pap"). You wear a mask over your mouth and/or nose at night, and a machine gently blows air through the mask. The air pressure is adjusted to be just enough to keep your airway open.
- Dental Device (a.k.a. oral appliance, intraoral device, or mouthpiece)
Breathe through your nose. Now move your lower jaw forward. Does the back of your throat feel a bit more open, making it a little easier to breathe? A dentist or orthodontist can custom make a device for you to wear at night that will keep your lower jaw and/or tongue forward. See photos of different types here. If you grind your teeth at night, ask the dentist if that affects which devices you can consider.
You may want to hear about the experiences of others with this or that device or treatment. You can go to a support group or do an Internet search to find forums on the device you're considering. For example, one entry on www.cpaptalk.com lists the four stages of CPAP adjustment as "intolerable, uncomfortable, tolerable, comfortable." If you know this going in, you'll know not to give up too early.
Home Remedies
Getting diagnosed and finding the right treatment takes time. Starting today, you can try some home remedies that may help:
- Don't drink alcohol or take sedatives or sleeping pills.
These may let your throat close up more. Until you get treatment that eliminates the apnea episodes, you don't want to be drugged at night because you may wake up more slowly during an episode of apnea.
- Lose some excess weight.
After Joe Carnevale lost 15 pounds last year, his wife noticed that his snoring got better. But when he regained the weight, his snoring came back full force.
- Keep yourself from sleeping on your back.
Sew a pocket on the back of your pajama top and put a tennis ball in it. Or fill a backpack with foam rubber and wear that at night.
- Treat nasal congestion.
Try using a neti pot to rinse out your sinuses with warm salt water. You can get a neti pot for less than $20 at your local natural foods store and some mainstream drugstores.
American Sleep Apnea Association
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
Information in Spanish from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Marie McCarren is a medical writer who has specialized in diabetes for 15 years. Her books include ADA Guide to Insulin & Type 2 Diabetes and A Field Guide to Type 2 Diabetes.


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Southeastern shot 49.1 percent from the field, 57.1 percent from long range and never trailed as they pulled away down the stretch for a 79-54 road-win over Arkansas-Monticello on Thursday night in Monticello, Ark.
The win lifted the Savage Storm to 8-12 on the season and 6-8 in Great American Conference play heading into Saturday's matchup with Southern Arkansas at 2 p.m. in Magnolia, Ark.
All 14 suited players saw action in the contest and four reached double-digits, including a trio with 15 points each.
Haley Schaefer turned in a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Bailey Welch and Ronay English each posted 15 points as well.
Welch dished out a game-high eight assists in the contest across from no turnovers.
Welch and English each posted 3-of-5 performances from behind the arch, but were outdone by SE's fourth double-digit scorer as Shelby Hill posted 13 points on the strength of a 4-for-4 outing from three-point range.
I thought Haley and Bailey were really instrumental in building that lead in the first half," said head coach Darin Grover. "I think we really executed our game plan on both ends of the floor."
"I was also pleased we were able to get everybody in," he continued. "We had some people come off the bench and play well like Shelby Hill and Cheree Kiser."
The Storm fired at a 52.0 percent clip in the first half from the field as a whole and was over 50 percent from long range in both halves.
SE finished with 12 threes total, hitting five in the first half and seven more in the second.
Southeastern turned the ball over 17 times, while forcing just 11 UAM miscues, however the Blossoms were unable to take advantage of the difference as the Storm actually held a 22-21 edge in points off turnovers.
UAM out-rebounded SE on the offensive glass by a 15-to-9 margin, but again SE came out on top in taking advantage of those opportunities by a 6-5 margin.
Welch opened the game with a three point bucket and SE proceeded to open with the first eight points of the contest, capping the run with an old-fashioned three-point play by Schaefer.
UAM would cut the lead in half with back-to-back buckets, but the Storm would reel off another 8-0 run powered by the combination of Welch and Schaefer to push the lead out to 16-4 with 12:59 to play in the half.
The Cotton Blossoms would stop the run and twice cut the gap to 10 points before a third SE outburst keyed by Welch's third three of the half doubled the Storm advantage to 28-8 with 9:40 remaining in the first half.
UAM then mounted its own 8-0 run to claw back to within 12 before eventually whittling the Southeastern lead all the way down to 35-29 at the 3:07 mark.
At that point welch would hit a pair of free throws and Kiser would drain a jumper with 27 seconds to play and SE would take a 39-30 lead to the locker room.
The teams would trade buckets out of the break, but SE would eventually mount a 57-39 lead thanks to threes from English and Natalie Ruud.
That lead would grow to 21 on a pair of Schaefer free throws with 6:40 to play.
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"Cory & Topanga 4Ever" is no longer a silly scribble in a notebook. Disney Channel confirmed Tuesday that it's developing a spinoff of the '90s ABC comedy "Boy Meets World" -- and that the original show's central couple will be back.
After weeks of rumors (that had twentysomethings squealing), the network acknowledged that it is working on a pilot called "Girl Meets World," a sequel to the popular sitcom that aired from 1993 through 2000.
"I'm going to be a father! Well, on TV at least. The "Boy Meets World" sequel is officially happening," Ben Savage tweeted Monday. And Danielle Fishel posted a blog on her Tumblr page making her involvement official.
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Here's another true-crime case that's fascinated me over the years. Jerry Bledsoe told this tale in Bitter Blood, the unbelievable tale of the divorce and custody battle from hell.
A Southern belle not only had an incestuous affair with her cousin, who happened to be a doomsday survivalist type who stockpiled an amazing cache of weapons, she got him to kill his own relatives.
Ms Newsome-Lynch's parents, grandmother, sons, her former mother-in-law and former sister-in-law were killed by this woman and her cousin. He pretended to be a physician to appease and win the affection of his domineering father, a prominent physician in the Winston Salem, NC area.
Again, I'm interested in any vintage news stories and pictures. The Bledsoe book contains some pics, but I'm wondering if anything else is in cyberspace.


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Captain's ReportBy Captain Bob SmithTest CaptainThe 243CC showcases Everglades capability of packing in comfort, amenities, and performance in a boat that fits in most budgets, as well as most carports and garages.Fishing FeaturesSeating on the 243CC includes two flip-up seats at the stern, a leaning post seat at the helm and a cooler seat in front of the helm. The forward casting deck is large and the stern casting deck offers good fishability with little interference from the engine. A 36-gallon circulating livewell with light at the stern keeps the bait fresh and lively. The fish box is a 75-gallon monster with pump out. The forward seat combination boasts a huge 94-quart cooler. Every possible space is used for fishing or for storage around the interior which has aggressive grip surfaces for sure footing, wet or dry. Bow FeaturesThe bow locker has plenty of room for the anchor and line and a hanger for the anchor to keep it in the ready position. Padding along the sides at the bow creates a comfortable place to relax up front without having to worry about bumping elbows with a hard surface. The gunwales have pop-up cleats for a clean working surface while fishing, and underneath on both sides are rod racks. Life jackets are stored under the gunwale on the starboard side behind a net, making them easy to stow and easy to throw. Powder-coated low profile safety rails surround the front of the boat to about amidships. Behind the WheelOur test boat had the optional T-top for comfort and utility underway. One of the fine features of the T-top was the sliding forward windshield. Turn two knobs and the whole thing either lifts up to protect you from the wind and elements or goes down to give you a cooling breeze through your hair. Hydraulic tilt steering is standard on this model as well as the stainless steel destroyer wheel. Trim tabs are also standard on the 243CC as well. When it comes time to put her away, you can do a first rinse with the standard raw water washdown.SpecsThe 243CC for 2005 measures 24'3" length overall with a beam width of 8'2". She measures out at 3,100 lbs without the outboard and has a maximum power rating of 300-hp. The 243 carries up to 80 gallons of fuel for a long day of fishing and can slip into skinny water with a draft of only 16". Performance on Test DayWe tested the 243CC on the Intracoastal Waterways of Miami, FL. Our test model was equipped with a Honda 225-hp Four-Stroke outboard. With two people on board and a half tank of fuel, we found she cruised most economically at 3000 rpm traveling 19.6mph. At this speed, she burned 5.7 gph of fuel and had a range of 248 miles on a full tank. She maxed out at 6000 rpm running 42.2 mph and burning 20.8 gph for a range of 146 miles. Sound levels were not bad for a center console with a low reading of 66 dBa at idle and 84 dBa at cruise. The 243's hole shot time was only 4.3 seconds and time to 30 mph was 8 seconds. Handling was good and maneuverability around the docks was simple.The 243CC performed well for us on test day and should be a great choice for your fishing fun as well. She's been in the lineup for several years so there is plenty of proof of her capabilities as a strong fishboat.
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Disappointed in female DU professor Lucy Marsh's treatment
Re: "DU professor files gender-based wage-bias case against law school," July 10 news story.
I find it almost impossible to believe that someone with professor Lucy Marsh's qualifications and seniority has been treated so shabbily. During my time at the University of Denver law school, I found that she was one of two or three professors there who actually taught me something. Most of the rest were egotistical stuffed shirts who couldn't have cared less about whether they were teaching or we students were learning. They were mainly interested in law school games, i.e., the Socratic method, or their public images.
For the money I paid to go to DU, I should have been treated better, and Marsh should have had a far better salary. My hope is that she succeeds beyond her dreams.
Patricia McEahern, Arvada
This letter was published in the July 12 edition.
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The development of this software was a direct outcome of the NHPRC-funded grant project "Digitizing the S. D. Cabaniss Papers" which ended February 28, 2011.
We are posting it under the following copyright permissions:
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The benefits of vitamin D: Weigh less, smile more
As the moment of truth with your bathing suit inches closer, you might be cursing your sweet tooth for the belly bulge you can't seem to shed. But it could be what you're not eating that's actually responsible.
6 Nutrients for Faster Weight Loss
A 2000 study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine reports that 77 percent of Americans are vitamin-D deficient. Numerous studies have shown D's crucial role in strengthening bones, fighting depression, and boosting immunity, but now, after decades of research and thousands of studies, experts may have finally proven that missing out on that one little letter could be a major factor in pushing the number on your scale higher and higher.
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Heavy D, Slimmer You
Unlike most vitamins, D can be manufactured by your body, provided you're exposed to sunlight. But sunscreen—a must for preventing wrinkles and, of course, cancer—reduces your skin's ability to make D by 90 to 99 percent, depending on the level of SPF thoroughness of application. And even if you don't use sun protection (bad girl!), it's tough to catch the right rays. The sunlight you're most likely to get on a daily basis—in the early morning and late afternoon—is too weak to generate enough D. Not to mention that air pollution can filter out some of the UVB rays, so less of them are able to reach your skin at any time of day.
A far safer, saner, and more satisfying way to up your D level is to get more of the vitamin from your diet. A doctor can administer a simple blood test called 25-hydroxy vitamin D, or 25-OH D, which is the most reliable way to tell not only whether you are deficient but also how severe your deficiency is. And as you increase your consumption of D, your waistband could start to feel a whole lot looser. Every cell in your body needs D to function properly—including hated fat cells. Special receptors for D signal whether you should burn fat or simply store it; when D plugs into these receptors, it's like a key that revs your body's flab-melting mechanism.
More on Why You Need More Vitamin D
Meanwhile, receptors in your brain need D to keep hunger and cravings in check, as well as to pump up levels of the mood-elevating chemical serotonin. (Good thing, since dieting often comes with a heaping side of crankiness.) D even optimizes your body's ability to absorb other important weight-loss nutrients, especially calcium. When your body lacks calcium, it can experience up to a fivefold increase in the fatty acid synthase, an enzyme that converts calories into fat. In a 2009 study published in the British Journal of Nutrition, obese women who were put on a 15-week diet and took 1,200 milligrams of calcium a day lost six times more weight than women who followed the diet alone. The end result: By fueling your body with the D-rich nutrients it needs to get out of a fat-storage state and into a fat-burning one, you could potentially speed weight loss by up to 70 percent.


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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Treasure Chest Thursday - 28 January 2010
The deed for the property, shown on the previous posts of the Freeman farm. It led me right to the location!
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Great find! And even better -- legible handwriting!ReplyDelete
Not only legible handwriting, but very beautiful too! :)ReplyDelete
They are really nice when they work so well!ReplyDelete
I have to go back to read your previous blogs on the farm that this document lead you to. Having the actual or copy of old family documents is so exciting.ReplyDelete
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