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I now have the Like button installed on my blog. So if you have Facebook and like a certain entry, please feel free to LIKE it.
If you want this plug-in, you can download it and install it from this site: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/like/.
Filed Under Vols
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
|---|---|---|
| 09/04/10 | Tennessee Martin | 6:00 p.m. | pay-per-view |
| 09/11/10 | Oregon | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| 09/18/10 | Florida | 3:30 p.m. | CBS |
| 09/25/10 | UAB | TBA |
| 10/02/10 | at LSU | 3:30 p.m. | CBS |
| 10/09/10 | at Georgia | TBA |
| 10/23/10 | Alabama | TBA |
| 10/30/10 | at South Carolina | TBA |
| 11/06/10 | at Memphis | 8:00 p.m. | CBS College Sports |
| 11/13/10 | Mississippi | TBA |
| 11/20/10 | at Vanderbilt | TBA |
| 11/27/10 | Kentucky | TBA |
| 12/04/10 | SEC Championship (ATL) | TBA |
I also have this on the sidebar of my Blog. I will update the sidebar with scores as the games are done. Once the 2010 season is over with, I will remove it from my sidebar. Again thanks for visiting my blog and GO VOLS!
While an individual motorist can’t reduce gas prices, he or she may save money by using fuel more efficiently.
Simple steps, such as keeping current on vehicle repair, using onboard oil life technology and changing a few driving habits, can all add up to savings.
Maintenance experts, such as the Goodwrench technicians, say there are several ways to improve fuel economy. Here are some tips:
• Driving 55 vs. 70 mph saves up to 20 percent more fuel. Use cruise control when appropriate to save even more.
• Drive consistently: Jackrabbit starts and hard stops burn more gas.
• Avoid idling: Sitting in the drive-through for 15 minutes for that quarter-pound burger can burn up to a quarter of a gallon of gas. Consider parking and going inside to order.
• Chill out by rolling down windows to cool off in city driving, saving the air conditioner for highway travel, when open windows are a drag—literally–on a vehicle’s aerodynamics.
• Lighten the load: Carrying extra cargo burns more gas. So take the golf clubs out of the trunk when not hitting the links.
• Fill up when it’s cool: Early morning or late evening fill-ups generate fewer vapors.
• Don’t top off the tank, and tighten the gas cap. Topping off the tank can result in spilled gasoline, which creates environmental issues.
• Use the correct fuel grade: Unless the manufacturer requires it, high-octane gas is a waste of money.
• Climb every mountain, but build up speed first, then maintain it on the way up. Coast down to save gas.
• Cargo hauling? Go topless to save gas. About a quarter of each gallon of gas goes toward overcoming wind resistance. Cargo on top of the vehicle drags down fuel economy.
Vehicles are a lot like people—when they’re out of shape, moving around takes a lot more energy. Timely maintenance can help identify hidden and not-so-hidden issues that rob vehicle fuel economy.
“Issues such as clogged air filters, a faulty oxygen sensor, dirty spark plugs and under-inflated car tires make your vehicle work harder and, therefore, use more gasoline,” said Peter Lord, executive director, GM Service Operations.
Checking three simple items listed below could improve a vehicle’s fuel economy by nearly 17 percent or more, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s www.fueleconomy.gov Web site.
• Out-of-tune engine: A properly tuned engine improves fuel economy by about 4 percent, according to the EPA.
• Clogged air filters: An air filter full of dirt makes the engine work harder and can let impurities damage the engine. Replacing a plugged filter improves fuel economy by up to 10 percent, according to the EPA.
• Keep tires properly inflated: Under-inflated tires can decrease mileage by 3 percent, or 0.4 percent for every 1 psi drop in pressure, and they also reduce tire life, which means more worn tires to dispose of. Plus, driving on improperly inflated tires can be dangerous.
Helping the environment is about more than saving gasoline: Used vehicle fluids, particularly motor oil, must be disposed of properly to minimize their environmental impact. The good news is that if you own a GM vehicle, it’s easier to be green: Most 2004 model year and newer GM vehicles are equipped with GM’s Oil Life System (OLS), which uses special computerized algorithms to determine when the oil needs to be changed based on how the vehicle is used, versus the commonly held 3,000-mile myth.
By changing a GM vehicle’s oil based on its OLS, the typical driver will pay for an estimated three fewer oil changes per year, resulting in hundreds of millions of gallons of oil saved a year by all GM vehicles equipped with OLS.
“A driver whose fuel tank is still two-thirds full wouldn’t empty the tank and refill it, or a driver whose tires are half worn wouldn’t replace them,” said Lord. “It is the same idea with prematurely changing oil that still has life.”
Goodwrench is the service brand for GM vehicles. Learn more at www.goodwrench.com.
New technologies now determine when a vehicle’s oil needs to be changed based on how the vehicle is used, versus the commonly held 3,000-mile myth.
Compliments of NAPS.
Filed Under LiveJournal, Writers Block
This is a Writer’s Block that came from LiveJournal. I use to be a LiveJournal user,
bizcards. This question was posted by
balljointed.
Do you have a favorite urban legend?
Yes, My favorite one is the story about Craig Shergold. It was about a boy with brain tumor that wanted greetings cards and it got switched and said business cards.
I posted about this back in 2005. (My post about Craig Shergold.)
When did you first hear it?
I first heard about it from the International Business Card Collectors (IBCC). It was well told, since we all collect business cards.
What’s the story behind the story?
I am reposting my post from 2005 below …
I have been getting a lot of this lately. I have sent off a tons of business cards to this young boy dying of cancer… I hate to tell you this, this has been going on since 1980′s. It started out he really wanted greeting cards, but changed to business cards. If you send any mail to the Make-A-Wish foundation, it will go to lost mail. Lost mail is unclaimed mail. This is what I mention in my web site about it:
This is copy-pasted from http://www.wish.org/home/chainletters.htm web site about it:
If you receive a chain letter…
Craig Shergold, Craig Sheldon, Craig Sheppard, Craig Shelton, and Craig Shelford
In 1989, a then 9-year-old boy named Craig Shergold wanted to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for receiving the most greeting cards. His wish was fulfilled by another wish-granting organization not associated with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
You can also find more information by googling this. You will find a whole bunch of info. I would like to thank the newspapers that are making it public that is a false one. So remember to check things out. Not everything you see or read on the internet is true.
This was taken from http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/shergold.htm:
Claim: A child dying of cancer in England needs your business cards to get into the Guinness World Book of Records.
Status: False
Origins: An urban legend rivaled in tenacity by only the infamous Cookie Recipe (and even that monster runs a distant second), this appeal from a dying child touches the generosity in all of us and taps into our urge to do something — anything — in the face of unthinkable tragedy. In a perfect world, children wouldn’t die of horrible diseases. Our natural impulse upon encountering such cosmic injustice is to look for some way to make up for the tragedy. That such a child would have a final wish — and especially that the wish would be such a simple one — moves us to action. We can do little to alter the harsh reality of young lives snuffed out by incurable disease, but we can collect a few business cards. So we do.
It’s hard to believe that so much good will and fine intentions could wreak havoc, but they have. And they still are.
There really is a Craig Shergold, and he did have cancer. In 1989 an appeal was made on behalf of this then 9-year-old English boy afflicted with a terminal brain tumor. Young Craig wanted to be in the Guinness Book of World Records for having received the most greeting cards. By 1990, 16 million cards had arrived, and his wish had come true. (According to the 1997 edition of that book, by May 1991 he had collected 33 million.)
Ah, but that was then, and this is now. Shergold’s tumor was successfully removed in March 1991, and this lad (born 24 June 1979) is now a healthy young man. However, like the implements in the Sorceror’s Apprentice, the cards and letters have proved impossible to stop — they just keep rolling in. Several versions of the Craig Shergold appeal still circulate, and almost every one of them now asks for business cards, not greeting cards. (In yet another form of the same hoax, compliments slips are solicited.)
The child’s name also gets munged on a regular basis. “Craig Shelford” and “Craig Stafford” and “Craig Sheppard” and “Greg Sherwood” are common variations, but there’s a double handful of similar-sounding names out there too. With some of the names, it’s difficult at first to be sure if they’re Shergold mungings (“John Craig” comes immediately to mind. And yes, it is.) In those cases, a quick look at the address where the cards or slips are to be mailed will settle matters — many Shergold appeals direct mail to an address on Selby, Selsby, or Shelby Road. (The real Craig Shergold did at one time live on Shelby Road in Carshalton, England. The family has since left that address.)
One of the addresses used in the “request for cards” letter is that of the “81 Perimeter Center East” in Atlanta, which before the emergence of the hoax was the office of the Children’s Wish Foundation International. The foundation had to relocate because of all the unwanted Shergold mail. The U.S. Postal Service in Atlanta holds the hoax mailings (now more than 100 million) for a required length of time and, after they remain unclaimed, releases them to an Atlanta paper recycler. So end all those thousands of business cards everyone was scurrying around to gather up and mail off.
A related “dying wish” request goes out in the name of Ryan McGee of Virginia. (His name is sometimes munged as Ron McKee.) Though the child is real and he is battling a form of cancer (for which the prognosis is, and always has been, good), the request being made in his name is not. He never expressed any wish for cards or to get into the record books. Somewhere along the line, someone starred him in a version of the Craig Shergold hoax, transforming him into a dying child with a jones for cards.
Because of the volume of mail being sent to his home, the family halted mail delivery to their address. They also moved. To give you an idea of how specious appeals like these can impact real people, a woman with the same last name who lives in that area is contemplating getting an unlisted number — there have been days when she’s found 18 messages on her answering machine from people looking for information about the boy.
Though the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America has never been involved with this appeal, it became a permanent fixture in the standard chain letter. Kind-hearted souls are invariably directed to mail business card offerings to it. Make-A-Wish has made repeated requests that “people please stop sending business cards or greeting cards to Craig Shergold” but these continue to go unheeded. They’ve set up a special 800 number people can call to hear a recorded message about Craig Shergold and Ryan McGee: 800-215-1333. They also have a Craig Shergold web page.
Having learned its lesson about Pandora’s Box and dying child appeals, Guinness World Records retired the category for the most get-well cards, leaving Craig’s 1992 record of 33 million unchallenged. Cards continue to flow in, though, and the latest guesstimate has it that over 200 million have been received. Years ago Craig’s Shelby Road home was granted the British equivalent of its own postal code.
Guinness explains its position very clearly in the FAQ on their web site, saying of Shergold record:
This record attempt has ceased. Many years ago, a boy fighting cancer started a campaign for people to send him get-well messages in order to set a record for the most items received. Not only was that boy successful in getting a mention in the 1991 edition of the Guinness World Records book, he also made a full recovery. However, since then chain mails have started up with variations on the original story, some requesting business cards or compliments slips rather than get-well messages. If you get any such request, please destroy it, and if anyone asks you about it, please tell them it is a hoax!
Make-A-Wish and Guinness World Records aren’t the only ones pleading for the madness end: both Craig and his parents have granted a number of interviews in an attempt to put an end to this, including an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America on 26 October 1997. No such luck so far though.
Thanks,
Steve Patterson
Filed Under Photography, Web site, graphic design
As most of you all know I am a graphic designer. I have been doing graphic design work since I was in high school. Well, I now have my portfolio Online. I am still in the middle of uploading my design pieces, but feel free to take some time and go visit it for me. Check out Steve Patterson’s Online Portfolio at http://portfolio.cardeologist.com.
I am either planning on adding my photography work on my portfolio page or make me another page that is just my photography.
Filed Under Computers, LiveJournal, Writers Block, vacation
Do you bring your laptop on vacation? Is it to do work, homework or just for the joy of surfing/connecting?
Yes I would bring my laptop with me on vacation, but it also depends on what I am doing for vacation, like for example, in a couple of weeks we all will be camping. I won’t take it camping with me, but if I were to go to the beach, I would. It would be used for personal use. Something to looking up information on what to do, where to go and the such. How about you? Please leave me comments and tell me if you take your laptop with you on vacation.
This writer’s block came from livejournal, but no user was associated with the credit to this question.
Filed Under Christian, LiveJournal, Writers Block
This is a writer’s block question I saw on LiveJournal. It was posted from
adorlee_malfoy.
Do you believe that a higher power controls our fate or that we choose our own destinies?
Yes, I do believe a higher power controls our fate. This higher power is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ along with our Father, God. God gave us all free-will to do what we want. We just have to choose to do right. We all make choices good or bad, but there is a reason we do choose those paths and the only person that knows is God, Himself.
Remember John 14:6 …
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Our fate if we believe in God and that Jesus died for our sins, Accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Confess our sins we will have eternal life. That is our fate! A Golden Gift to be with God and Jesus up in Heaven for eternity.
Filed Under Media & News, military
The Marine Corps continues to reach out to individuals who lived or worked on Camp Lejeune in 1987 or before. To date, the Corps has successfully registered more than 150,000 individuals through its call center and Web site.
Reaching Out
The registrant increase comes from extensive efforts by the Marine Corps to locate individuals beginning in September 2007. The Marine Corps collaborated with the Defense Manpower Data Center and Internal Revenue Service to have notification letters forwarded on its behalf. To further reach potential registrants, the Marine Corps continues to work with local and regional media, veterans facilities and military associations. The project maintains an official Web site and a fully staffed, toll-free call center that has received more than 50,000 calls.
Background
In the early 1980s, trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), benzene and other unregulated volatile organic compounds were found in water systems serving the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point housing areas. When it was determined that specific groundwater wells were impacted, they were taken out of service in 1984 and 1985.
Funding Research Initiatives
The Department of the Navy is collaborating with a public health agency, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, to project when the drinking water was first impacted, who may have consumed the impacted water and whether there is any association between exposure to the chemicals in the drinking water and certain adverse health conditions. The National Academies’ National Research Council released a comprehensive review of evidence regarding potential associations between exposure to contaminated drinking water and adverse health effects. Individuals who register with the official Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water Registry receive the public summary of the NRC committee’s report. The Marine Corps will continue to notify registrants of new research results as they become available.
Register Today
The Marine Corps remains committed to reaching individuals who lived or worked on Camp Lejeune to build a comprehensive registry to notify individuals of results from the research initiatives. If you or anyone you know lived or were stationed on Camp Lejeune in 1987 or before, please visit www.marines.mil/clwater or call (877) 261-9782.
Compliments of NAPS.
I am big on the military, esp. with the Marine Corp. I saw this syndicated information and figured I would help spread the word about this information. SEMPER FI
Filed Under Scouting, WIMZ, WIVK
I was out the other day with my girlfriend, Sandy, and I noticed a flier that said
Bikers for Scouts. I wasn’t too sure what it was. I did some Googling and didn’t find much information on it. I found a few places that had some information on it. This will be the 3rd annual Bikers for Scouts.
Bikers for Scouts is a Bike ride benefit to help the Boy Scouts of America in the Great Smoky Mountain Council. It is to help make restorations to Camp Pellissippi.
Camp Pellissippi is a Boy Scout camp located on Norris Lake in Union County area. It was built in the 1940′s.
I remember as a young scout my troop would always go to that camp for the weekend and often for a week. We would help do some community service, trail clearing and other stuff like that.
Scouting was a big part of my life and I highly recommend Scouting to anyone. Plus, I am an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
The fundraiser will be held at Tommy’s Motorsports just off Exit 122 on I-75 in Clinton, TN (2401 Andersonville Highway). There will be a 62 mile bike ride.
This event is May 22, 2010 and registration begins at 10 a.m. and the ride starts at noon. It cost $20 per bike with a lunch provided. Door prizes, silent auction and a t-shirt are also available for this wonderful event.
Want to know more information please feel free to contact the Great Smoky Mountain Boy Scout office at (865) 588-6514 or visit www.bsa-gsmc.org.
Filed Under DSS-0800, School, Tips
I found an old journal entry I had written from a college class I had. This entry is from March 16, 1996. It was titled Creating Your Study System. I have some more entries that I plan to share in my blog as well. So please come back or subscribe to my blog to keep updated on these entries.
Here is that journal entry:
This chapter thought me how to study a little better and mroe effectively. I learned that the reason we survey a textbook is so you will know what is in the textbook. You should survey it before you attend class. I learned the SQ3R’s is a helpful tool to use. The SQ3R’s stands for: Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review. I also learned that making questions out of heading and boldface words are always helpful. I also learned to put notes in the margin and always read the summeries.
Reading summaries will help you understand more information and helps you lead to know what you need to. I also learned not to over highlight, it is bad for your eyes and makes you have too much information. I learned to survey a chapter before you go to that chapter or take a major test or exam. Any type of surveying will help with comprehension and retaining the information given to you as you learn.
All pictures, photos, graphic charts and any other visual aides are very helpful and are not placed in the textbook for nothing. They server a purpose! More than likely if there is a visual aide in the textbook, it is more than likely to show up on an exam, test and/or quiz. Always make goals as you read.
PREP is another way to help one study better. PREP stands for Preview, Read, Evaluate and Practice. I always believed practice makes perfect. The more you practice, the more you learn. Going over all we have learned so far in this class, we have gone a long way. I have to say I learned a lot out of this course. I am glad I had a chance to acquire more knowledge from this course.
Footnotes:
1. This was from Chapter 7, Journal 6.
2. This is the final one I am posting from that class, DSS-0800.
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