Choices and Consequences Eric Gregg resigned his job as a Major League Baseball umpire not quite three years ago. He was one of 22 umpires who resigned as a bargaining tactic in their contract negotiations with Major League Baseball. The plan, which seemed to be designed to skirt a clause in their contract that prohibited a [...]
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Single Space ENTER Tip From Steve Pilgrim: Did everybody but me know that in your Radio text entry box SHIFT+ENTER causes a single line space? Enormous thanks to Ian McKenzie for the tip.It works!Every time!!
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The Person So Nice I've Linked to Him Twice I've added a link on the left to Patrick Grote's weblog, Internet Yald and Notes. I found it through a link in his CompuNotes newsletter, which was already linked on the left. Among that which he's written recently was a story entitled The Growing Insignifigance of [...]
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Windows XP Administration Tools Great tip from Call for Help to display the administration tools in the Windows XP start menu.
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A Proclamation by President Lincoln David Heddle at HeLives reported the following proclamation today. His pastor read it yesterday. President Abraham Lincoln made it back in 1863. I cannot imagine a president being willing to do this again today – and our country is worse off for that fact. Thanks for the post, David. March [...]
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Sharing Your Faith Jeffrey Collins, of the Joyful Christian fame, ran across this story on defending and sharing your faith. The six key points from this article are: 1. Affirm Common Ground 2. Confess Your Earlier Life 3. How You Became A Christian 4. Acknowledge Help Given 5. Testify To The Change 6. Tell How [...]
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Memorial Day – Follow Up This is the kind of thing I was talking about when I wrote this. Believe me, I don't mean any disrespect to those who were killed in the September 11 attacks, but I also don't wish to see the honor we must give to those who died while defending their [...]
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Memorial Day In the United States, Memorial Day was created as a national day of mourning and rememberance for our fellow countrymen who died in defense of our country. I say “was created” because we've changed it into something quite different over the years. Memorial Day originally was to have been observed on May 30. [...]
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Finding the Right Fragrance Among the plants discussed in this article, from Better Homes and Gardens, is the lilac. Ours are in bloom now and the smell they offer is absolutely wonderful! It is one of the many treats that God gives us in the springtime.
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Displaying the American Flag Good timing on these tips, from Better Homes and Gardens, on how to properly display the American flag.
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