It’s always illuminating to review what happened the previous week, especially in light of how you expected things to turn out. The sports world doesn’t always follow a script, which obviously contributes to its popularity.

Who was awesome? How about UCLA over Utah, 31-10? A friend of mine called Quarterback Ben Olson UCLA’s “secret weapon.” It’s so hard to believe that a kid who hasn’t played a competitive game in four years is that good, but apparently a soccer ball was full on the LDS mission he took a few years ago. Olson looked like an NFL quarterback in the first quarter as he completed the first nine passes from him. Utah replaces its starting quarterback in a series with Oklahoma transfer Jeff Grady. Grady immediately throws a TD pass, unfortunately for him, it went to a UCLA defensive back. It was a long day for Ute sponsors.

Do you think the players at the University of California have already memorized the words “Rocky Top”? What will the beating the Bears took in Tennessee do to the psyche of CAL players? They have a big game against Minnesota, a team that has gone 18-4 against the spread for the last seven years or more in the first three games of the season. Cal seemed very surprised with Tennessee’s size, strength and speed, things that can’t always be determined on tape or recreated in practice. The Bears still have running back Marshawn Lynch, unfortunately they still don’t have quarterback Aaron Rogers, who is sitting on a cold bench in Green Bay. California’s hopes rest on the shoulders of two very unproven quarterbacks.

Tennessee QB Erik Ainge received a huge confidence boost with four touchdowns and nearly 30 yards completion. The return of offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe may save Philip Fulmer’s demotion to tour guide at Dolly Parton’s amusement park, Dollywood, in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.

Obviously, it’s just my opinion, but I think Oklahoma is really going to struggle with Paul Thompson leading the way. You can only give so much to Adrian Peterson. This is going to be a team to look to go against.

There was a lot of talk on the radio Tuesday about how boring the Florida State-Miami game was and how neither of those teams had a chance to go very far in the BCS chase this year. It reminded me of all the talk about what a nap is to watch the Detroit Pistons play basketball. I don’t understand why so many people don’t appreciate a good defensive battle. Watching the amazing play of Seminole LB Buster Davis and the Miami secondary stalwart was highly entertaining. Of course, it could have been biased as he had a good bet in the UNDER for the game. Still, a great defensive matchup, whether it’s Clemens pitching against Schilling, the Bears battling it out on the gridiron against the Panthers, or Moe versus Larry in a pie fight, is a beautiful thing. Appreciate a strong front seven against the run, a stifling man-to-man defense, or full-court pressing pressure.

There were no general trends that emerged in the first week. Totals were even at 22 over and 22 under. The favorites were 23-19-2 against the spread and the home teams were 22-20-2 ATS. One trend that appeared was the Big Ten against the Mid-American Conference, 6-0 in the first week.
Division 1-AA teams slay Goliath! You have to believe that perennial Big 12 title contender Colorado took Montana State as seriously as I would if Rosie O’Donnell was getting me moving at Pure, the super club at Caesars Palace. With Montana State’s 19-10 victory over the Buffs, people might know that their team’s mascot is the Bobcats. Or is it the Grizzlies?

While Richmond beat Duke, the Blue Devils have an excuse that Coach K was out of the country with the US basketball team.

It’s probably a good idea when you’re “ushering in a new era” with a new coaching staff to play a Division 1-AA team to ensure an easy win, a team you can crush. Well, that has been the philosophy of the state of Kansas every year under the figure of recently retired grandfather Bill Snyder. K-State now has a coaching staff that everyone could describe as Snyder’s grandchildren, that’s how young and inexperienced they are.

Even though they lost, 24-23 on a late two-point conversion botch, Illinois State actually went all out! KSU managed only 44 rushing yards against a tough Redbird defense (can something called Redbird be tough?) and were outscored 346 yards to 207. However, the Mildcats had the good fortune to score touchdowns on a punt return and a fumble. Recovery.

Colt McCoy, a redshirt freshman quarterback at the defending national champion University of Texas, looks like the kid in his seventh-grade gym class who could climb the ropes better than anyone. How can he replace a superb physical specimen like Vince Young? Doesn’t it seem more likely to see a pair of plastic flags around McCoy’s waist than this baby-faced recruit behind a row of 300-pound behemoths? Maybe I have the classic “what’s wrong with this picture?” attitude, but if this guy leads the Horns to a win over the Buckeyes, I’ll have a whole new respect for red-shirt freshmen with peach hair. .

A bulletin just came in: New York State has replaced the death penalty with the punishment of having to watch a replay of the Temple-Buffalo football game that Buffalo bravely won in overtime, 9-3. Buffalo’s first-year head coach Turner Gill has decided to legally change his name to Greg Robinson to avoid tarnishing his accomplishments on the field in a glittering career at the University of Nebraska with future coaching plagues at New York State. .

A couple of notes from the NFL. When was the last time you saw a player miss a season after being shot by police? Even Andre Rison avoided that fate. (even though having your girlfriend burn down your house qualifies on the honorable mention list). And, for you 40+ folks, is ESPN NFL analyst John Clayton morphing into Hollywood Squares icon, the late Wally Cox?

Good luck this week!

Here are some quick and easy cold rice salads. These are great recipes to use with any leftover rice you may have on hand to make perfect summer salads and meals and because of their easy preparation, you’ll be in and out of the kitchen in no time.

Enjoy these easy cold rice salad recipes anytime. They are a great addition to a healthy diet and create quick and tasty rice dishes in minutes.

Rice Salad with Tomato and Avocado

Makes 2 to 3 servings

Combine in a bowl and mix well:

• 2 cups of cooked and cooled wild rice

• 1/2 cup sliced ​​water chestnuts

• 1/2 cup avocado (cubed)

• 1 spring onion (thinly sliced)

• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes (in oil, drained and chopped)

• A dash of red wine vinegar (to taste)

To serve: Serve the salad on a bed of romaine lettuce leaves.

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Wild Rice Artichoke Salad

Makes 2 to 3 servings

Combine in a bowl and mix well:

• 2 cups of cooked and cooled wild rice

• 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts (drained and chopped)

• 3/4 cup sweet red bell peppers (chopped)

• 1/4 cup pickled peperocini peppers (drained and chopped)

• 2 tablespoons of pine nuts

• 1 to 2 tablespoons olive tapenade

• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

• 1 tablespoon of liquid from the artichoke hearts (or to taste)

To serve: Serve this cold rice salad on a bed of fresh spinach leaves.

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Egg and Rice Salad

Makes 2 to 3 servings

Here’s a different take on egg salad, but it’s really delicious and filling.

Combine in a bowl and mix well:

• 2 cups of brown rice cooked and cooled

• 1 hard-boiled egg (chopped)

• 1/2 cup celery (chopped)

• a few slices of pickle (chopped)

• 1/4 cup plain yogurt

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise

• 1 tablespoon fresh dill (chopped)

To serve: Try serving this chilled rice salad over some chilled steamed asparagus garnished with a little fresh-squeezed lemon juice.

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Mexican Brown Rice Salad

Makes 2 to 3 servings

Combine in a bowl and mix well:

• 2 cups of brown rice cooked and cooled

• 1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers (coarsely chopped)

• 1/4 cup pitted black olives (chopped)

• bottled jalapeno slices (to taste) (chopped)

• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander (coarsely chopped)

• 1/2 cup sauce

• 1/4 cup sour cream

To serve: For each serving, arrange the salad leaves on a plate, then layer the salad on top of the vegetables, and finally take some baked tortilla chips and tuck them under the salad leaves around the edge of the plate. Finally, crumble up a couple more fries and sprinkle over the top of each salad serving.

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Summer Basmati Rice Salad

Makes 2 to 3 servings

Combine in a bowl and mix well:

• 2 cups cooked and cooled brown basmati rice

• 1/2 cup canned cannellini beans (rinsed and drained)

• 1/2 cup snow peas (raw or lightly steamed)

• 1/2 cup sweet red bell pepper (medium dice)

• 1/4 cup pitted black olives (sliced)

• 4 cups of baby spinach leaves

• 2 tablespoons olive oil (or to taste)

• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (or to taste)

To serve: Serve this salad cold in bowls or on plates.

The Joneses have a very friendly golden retriever named Sparky. But they let him loose in the common areas of the community of owners and the pooch jumps towards the neighbors and jumps on them to greet them. The neighbors like the Joneses and Sparkys, but they’ve asked you to remind them to follow HOA rules and leash their dog.

Or maybe you’re in a condominium association that allows cats, but residents have complained that Mike in unit 249 has 13 of the feline critters, and the smell is becoming noticeable.

If your community association allows pets, but with restrictions, you need a plan to deal with violators. Here are five rules for dealing with negligent homeowners at your homeowners association.

1) Enforce the rules. Although you may like pets yourself, people have accepted your HOA in part because they liked the rules that governed the behavior of owners. It is your job, and fiduciary duty, as a board member of your homeowners association to enforce those rules. It doesn’t matter that Sparky is friendly. If the Joneses are breaking the rules, and your neighbors’ ability to live in peace has been diminished, put on your enforcement hat and do your job as a HOA board member.

2) Document the problem. If the Wilson family lets their dogs out at 6 am every day and allows them to bark until they leave for work at 7:30 am, start taking notes. Create a log of incidents and document them in as many ways as possible. Take pictures, record the barking, and ask your HOA’s disgruntled neighbors to write a complaint. Only when you have solid evidence that a problem exists should you approach the owners to resolve it.

3) Ask for compliance. Before falling like an anvil on your HOA owners who don’t realize the stress their pets cause, try honey first. Either in person or by letter, explain the problem and ask that it be corrected. It’s hard for owners to get angry or put down if you’re standing in front of them, so a personal discussion can resolve the issue more quickly. However, if you go that route, document the discussion immediately afterwards. Be specific in explaining the problem and the actions you need owners to take, and don’t threaten them with fines or other punitive action. The time for threats may come, but at this stage, they could backfire.

4) Tracking. After letting the owner know there have been complaints and requesting a solution, check back to see if the problem has been corrected. If not, get tough. Now is the time to remind homeowners of the rules and the penalties for breaking them. Check your government documents to make sure you know your options. Then write a letter explaining the problem, your efforts to resolve it, and the fact that it has not been resolved. Explain that if the problem is not corrected within a certain time, the HOA process will begin to deal with non-compliant owners. Keep that promise and take whatever steps are necessary to make owners deliver.

5) Be compassionate. If owners are in a tough position, maybe they have too many cats or dogs but don’t want to give them up because they’re afraid they’ll be euthanized, volunteer to help. You might be thinking that it’s beyond the call of duty, and you’re probably right. But if you don’t have the time or temperament to help owners, ask an animal lover at your homeowners association to speak up. The job may require phone calls to local shelters or posting information about the pets on adoption websites, but the outcome is likely to be positive. If you take that route, everyone wins.

If you are going to install Pergo flooring yourself, here are some quick tips from an owner like yourself.

Installing Pergo flooring in your home can be a great low-cost home improvement decision. It is quite durable, extremely easy to clean and installing Pergo flooring is easy. The look is inviting, giving any area of ​​your home a warm look and feel of wood. It has a wide range of colors and styles to choose from, so you’re sure to find something to suit the needs of your home.

To get started, you’ll need specific tools and supplies to begin installing Pergo flooring in your home. Two types of flooring are offered, adhesive and non-adhesive. Regardless of the type of flooring you choose to install, you’ll need a plastic vapor barrier, saw, and padding. If you choose the glue model, you will need other supplies such as adjustment straps and tapping block.

Before you start installing Pergo flooring, there are numerous home improvement classes that are regularly offered for free at home improvement stores. It is highly recommended that you take a class to familiarize yourself with the common issues and problems you will encounter. You will be able to learn first-hand how to install the floor and you will be able to consult an installation expert with any questions you may have about installing Pergo flooring. Plus, all the supplies you’ll need to install Pergo flooring are available in the class.

You can plan to install Pergo flooring over concrete, tile, vinyl, or instead of carpet. Planks should be installed over special, specific padding to help with noise, as well as a vapor barrier (especially if installing over concrete) to prevent moisture ingress. These are all things you need to discuss with your home improvement provider.

Measure rooms and get your square footage before going to a class or choosing material. You will be able to take home samples to help you decide on the color of your new floors if necessary. At this time, plan the direction in which the wooden planks should be laid. When installing Pergo flooring in a narrow or long room, lay it lengthwise; Or, if you are installing the flooring in a room with a large window, position it toward the window.

One of the first steps you should take after bringing your materials home is to leave the open boxes in the room where you plan to install Pergo flooring for at least 48 hours. If you live or are installing Pergo flooring in an extremely high or low humidity area, you should allow the open box to sit for up to 96 hours to expose the wood materials to the room environment. Allowing the box to settle allows the material to acclimate and will lessen the chances of it swelling or shrinking once you complete the job.

When you install Pergo floors, you are creating a floating floor. Planks should not be glued or secured to the subfloor in any way to allow movement with moisture and temperature. (Expansion distance is 1/4 inch in normal weather.) It is important to keep this in mind in the areas you are installing such as corners, angles and openings such as doors.

Two essential installation supplies when using a glue system are the impact block and adjustment straps. These are used to make sure the flooring pieces are connected tightly and smoothly with fewer gaps. Before adding glue, lay out the first three rows to see how the flooring will look and if the pieces will fit together. If you have a board close (less than 2″) to the wall (or at the end of the space area), rearrange the first few pieces so they all fit.

Installing laminate flooring in your home is a big task, but a very rewarding one. Surface maintenance is easy and there are specific details and instructions on maintaining and repairing damage to this type of flooring once you have it installed. For more information, see the information below.

1. Find a team with a lot of speed and choose it. Historically, teams with a lot of speed have always been the teams that most players choose. With the new acceleration rating really relevant and significant this year, you may want to find players that have good speed and good acceleration. Players like Tennessee Titan running back Chris Johnson are ideal. Speed ​​is important at every position, but the most important thing is running back, wide receiver and cornerback. If you’re lucky enough to have a mobile quarterback on your team, that’s an added bonus.

2. Defense, Defense, Defense. The key to winning at high levels in Madden 11 will be defense. If you can control the ball and play defense well, you will win 90% of your online games. Learn some max cover defenses, as well as some great bombardments. Have some man defenses and zone defenses that you mix up to keep your opponent on their toes. The key to a good defense is deception. Whether you’re bombing 8 players or just bombing 3, you want it to look the same. You want to hide whether you’re in a man defense or a zone defense because revealing that information will give your opponent a clear advantage. That brings us to our next point of emphasis…

3. Read your opponent’s defense. The key to a good Madden 11 offense is knowing which defense the opposition has called. Peyton Manning is so good in the NFL because he usually knows what defense the other team is on just by looking at them. One trick to tell if your opponent is man or zone is to move a wide receiver back and forth. If the defender follows him to the other side, you know the defense is man to man. If the defender follows him for a bit and then stops, he will know that our opponent is in zone defense. You should practice plays in Madden 11 that work against the zone 100% of the time and do the same for man-to-man defense.

4. Control the game. If you win the opening coin toss, you must choose to start first. Madden 11 will have shorter games than previous years. It’s more this year than ever to put yourself in a situation where you score right before halftime and exactly at the end of games. This limits your opponent’s chances of getting the ball, and they will usually give you two more touchdowns than the other team. Sometimes it’s best to wait a bit before deciding to score so you can spend more time off the clock and get the game closer to halftime or late game.

5. Choose a good team. This may sound like a no-brainer, but it’s very difficult to compete against dominant teams in Madden 2011 with a team that doesn’t have good players. Choose a team with high ratings and good players and you will start the match with an advantage. Make sure they have a good defense and a good offense. It is difficult to play with one-dimensional teams. Teams like the Titans, Colts, Jets, Chargers, Saints, and Vikings are some good Madden 11 teams.

The average American worker uses almost 10,000 sheets or about two boxes of paper a year depending on the Resource Conservation Alliance in Washington DC, this number does not include any paper used for magazines, newspapers, and personal use. while according to international digital edition we use over 786 million trees just to keep the world on paper for one year. Over the years, studies have shown that paper consumption continues to grow. ForestEthics.com indicates that consumption increases by 20% year after year.

Many companies don’t even include paper as a line item in their annual budgets; this may be a mistake, as these same companies do not recognize the true cost of paper. When evaluating the true cost, we must also consider storage, lost documents, waste, and labor costs. Let’s take a closer look at these pieces of the puzzle, storage, for example; in an average office with 50 people on site and average document flow, approximately 200 file cabinets, taking up an additional 2,400 square feet of office space (based on 12 square feet each) to contain what is in flow today and more than $40,000 in additional costs for the cabinets. Those same documents could fit on a single server and significantly reduce cost. In fact, they could reduce your physical footprint along with costs. With prime real estate costing more than $2.00 per square foot, even in these tough times, the monthly savings would be $4,800 per month or almost $58,000 per year. For many small and medium-sized businesses, this could be the cost of an additional employee, which could mean little or no reduction in their workforce.

Next, we need to look at the cost of labor. We will use the same office in this example. These same 50 people spend approximately 1.5 hours a day generating, archiving, and accessing paper, which includes having to recreate documents that also go missing. These employees earn an average of $30 per hour, with some executives earning significantly more. They spend a combined total of 75 hours a day playing paper. This is costing the company $2,250 a day, $49,500 on the low end a month, or almost $600,000 in salary a year to play the part. Beyond the cost of labor and storage, the cost per print (CPP) should also be considered. Average CPP is $0.015 and includes toner, paper, and minimal maintenance. This does not include the cost of the printer or major repairs like battery kits, etc. With an average of 10,000 sheets per office worker, this office generates 42,000 documents a month or just over half a million sheets a year. At $0.015 CPP they are spending $630.00 a month or $7500 a year.

If we could cut each of these costs in half, this company would be saving $332,750 per year on real estate, salary, and CPP or $27,729.16 per month. With the introduction of digital document management in their environment, this company would begin to see an immediate ROI and could reduce costs and increase productivity.

Additional investigations of pricewaterhousecoopersshows the time spent on paper in a typical organization today:

o 90% of all pages handled each day in the average office are simply shuffled.

o The average document is copied 19 times.

o 7.5 percent of all documents are lost, 3 percent of the rest are misfiled.

o Professionals spend 5 to 15 percent of their time reading information and up to 50 percent of their time searching for it.

o There are more than 4 trillion paper documents in the US alone, growing at a rate of 22 percent per year.

Taking these numbers into account with the others mentioned above, it is vitally important that companies begin to analyze the cost of paper in their organizations and what they can do to reduce it, not only to align their budgets but also to help our global customers. . situation too.

If you’re looking for something to have for lunch, try the peaches and banana. Not only will they fill you up, but you’ll consume vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and still not gain appreciable weight. Not bad if you’re like me, not so young and watching everything you eat.

Why not? After all, the body is no longer what it once was, the food-grinding machine of a sixteen-year-old, or a twenty-six-year-old, for that matter.

Cheeseburgers or egusi/melon soup with mashed yams are delicious foods, but you don’t always need to eat them, unless of course you’re lucky enough to be into manual labor.

But I’m not so lucky as I mostly do sedentary work. It’s not that I don’t like my job, but I wish it came with some real physical activity, just enough to get you sweating and keeping the weight off constantly, but not so much that you tire your ankles, knees, and bones. I’ll need them when I’m ninety, like my nonagenarian friend. Well that’s for sure.

For starters, peaches and bananas go together like water and cement. In combination, they will satisfy your hunger and satisfy your appetite.

If you’re wondering where to get fresh peaches and bananas, stores like Big Y, Stop and Shop are my favorites. Locate a store near you where you can easily get your supply of fresh peaches and bananas.

Until I started writing this article, I never knew that peaches could refresh the body, face, skin appearance, and could even slow down the aging process. You don’t need any more reasons to include peaches on your menu, do you?

One particular afternoon I was looking for something to have for lunch instead of almonds. I usually skip lunch because I don’t think lunch is important, especially if you’re like me with a sedentary lifestyle. I sit all day, occasionally getting up to stretch out a hand, but quickly sitting back down in a chair.

The point is that I don’t do much and therefore I don’t deserve much food. Some days, however, when she was hungry (not without a sense of guilt), she would drive to a nearby store and buy a bag or two of almonds. I’d immediately go back to the car, my finger opening the little plastic bag and decanting nuts, three or five at a time, until I was done. After that, I would face the other pack and take a hit like I did the first. Each bag contained 130 calories, so this little snack gave me 260 calories.

Most of the time my hunger would fade, allowing me to continue my sedentary lifestyle of sitting on my stool throughout the day, occasionally standing up if I need to emphasize a point when talking to parents and their children, doing the best I can. I can to alleviate, even temporarily, their physical and sometimes mental afflictions.

Do not misunderstand. There are times when I go from one consulting room to another, down the short hallway to the refrigerator to select a shot or reach out to rummage through the wall cabinets for a needle, syringe or gloves.

No one in their right mind would call any of these activities anything but sedentary, for which a heavy load of food, such as mashed yams or Garri, or rice, goat meat, soup, chips, hamburgers, or sandwiches, would be unnecessary. That’s why I tried to keep my lunch very simple and limited to walnuts and almonds.

So that afternoon, when I was looking for what to eat instead of walnuts and almonds, my mind turned to bananas and peaches. Well, not that I’ve never eaten bananas or peaches, but I never knew they could be such a great replacement for my two pack of almonds at around 260 calories. Somewhere in my brain, the banana and peaches had been hiding in plain sight ever since I saw my son Jermane bite into a slice of banana and my daughter Amy bite into a piece of peach.

“Is that all the peaches you bought?” He had asked Amy when I saw her eating a large peach. “Yes, dad, I’m sorry,” she said.

The next day at lunch, instead of buying two packets of almonds at the corner store, I went to the ‘Stop and Shop’ grocery store and selected two firm but ripe peaches and a bunch of four ripe bananas and firm.

Back in my car I reached under the seats and found a half-full bottle of water with which I washed the peaches. I placed one peach on a clean napkin on the front passenger seat and held the other, re-examining it for dents and soft spots, which I don’t like on fruit.

Satisfied, my teeth bit into it and I took a piece of juicy peach. What a delicious, refreshing and slightly spicy flavor! The velvety feel of the skin made me want to hold the fruit a little longer, but hunger was getting the best of me.

Peaches are nutritious, packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. I don’t think they are given the respect they deserve among the fruit family.

The banana is a very popular and ubiquitous fruit, so there is no need to discuss it in detail, just to say that I take the time to choose my banana as I want it exactly the right way, not overripe or underripe, just ripe. , and strong and easy to peel from the top, not soft. Like peaches, bananas contain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

As usual, the plantain did not disappoint and I ate two of the four. Shortly after my hunger passed, I began to suffer from post-gluttony despair.

Perhaps I have overindulged in food, sweet food that I still remember my grandmother warning me about when I was a child. I had run away to stay with her in my village in Akokwa, because I wanted to escape the scrutiny of my parents. My mother in particular used to come to my room very often to see how she was doing and she would ask me: “Are you alright, my son?” even though all she wanted to know was who he was dating. Grandma never worried about any of that; she brought bitter leaf soup with dried fish to me, her eighteen-year-old grandson: bitter leaf soup, cooked with dried fish.

Oh, I miss grandma. Forgive me where I’ve gone astray, but I thought you should understand the kind of person I am, at least a little bit of what I was as a child.

Compelled by the kind of person I’ve become, I added up the calories and cost of two peaches and two bananas. One peach, the size I ate, was about 70 calories, two of them 140 calories. Let’s say one giant banana contains 150 calories, two would contain 300 calories. Together, two large peaches and two huge bananas add up to about 440 calories; It’s not that expensive either, all for the price of just $2.00.

Peaches and bananas fill the stomach better than two small packets of almonds. The next time you’re wondering what to have for lunch, try two peaches and two bananas. I promise you will enjoy them. If you’re a weight watcher, don’t feel guilty; you will have had a healthy meal and only consumed about 500 calories.

FINAL

Every good Christian is familiar with the story of the Passion of Jesus Christ. If you are not a Christian, but have seen the movie, Passion of Christ, it’s hard to forget the gruesome parts: his brutal punishment, the arduous walk to the cross, and the horrific crucifixion. Most media, from early medieval paintings to modern movies, depict a weary, hunched-over Jesus carrying the wooden cross to Golgatha (the site of the skull) where he was crucified. However, many scholars believe that Christ only carried the crossbar to which his wrists were nailed. Many others are traditionalists who agree that art confirms the “total” cross-cutting vision. Incredibly, the Bible never says that Jesus carried his own cross, except in the Book of John.: Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (called Golgotha ​​in Aramaic) (John 19:17, NIV). All the other gospels include Simon of Cyrene as the reluctant man who helps Jesus on the way to Golgatha. However, I believe that Christ carried the full or partial weight of the cross.

In my opinion, the Shroud of Turin is the famous large cloth that is the true linen on which the temporarily dead body of Christ lay for three days. It bears the imprint of the body of Jesus. Through careful analysis of the biological and forensic evidence, we can learn about how Jesus suffered.

Jesus was so weak from the scourging that he could barely carry the crossbar. Two large straight and diagonal abrasions are marked on the back of the Shroud from the right shoulder blade to the left. Jesus’ arms and hands were tied to the crossbar. He would have to be heavy for a person who had not been severely beaten, like Simon of Cyrene, to carry Jesus’ crossbar. According to Dr. Pierre Barbet, one of the first innovative authors of A Doctor at Calvary: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Described by a Surgeon, the crossbar called pittabulum would have weighed about 125 pounds and the large upright pole, the stems would have weighed 250 pounds. (Rent 861, Kindle)

To make matters worse, Jesus’ arms and hands were tied to the crossbar. Therefore, he could not have walked half a mile to Golgatha without falling because he walked barefoot over rough and uneven ground. The Shroud reveals evidence that Christ’s nose appears to be broken and his right cheek swollen—injuries consisting of one or more falls while he carried the crossbar for as long as he did. Under microscopic analysis, the Shroud shows dirt and lime particles on his face.

When Jesus and Simon arrived at the crucifixion site, the Pitabbul and Jesus were placed on the ground. Roman soldiers then hammered nails into his wrists. Afterward, they hoisted the Pitábulo and Jesus onto a wedge placed in the middle of the estípites (sticks) that had already been driven into the ground. They then hammered a nail into his feet. This type of cross is known as a “T” shaped “tau” cross.

On the other hand, many of today’s Shroud scholars believe that Christ carried the entire cross. According to Andrè Marion and Gerard Lucotte, French authors of the groundbreaking 2006 book, The Shroud of Turin and the robe of Argenteuil, Jesus carried the whole cross. Using computer models, which analyzed the back of the Shroud, they discovered that there were more than two abrasion marks on the Shroud; there were nine blood marks that correspond to the robe that Jesus wore (John 19:23-24). The markings on the tunic indicate a cross pattern, created by the pressure of the entire withers (pitabulum and stipes) on his back, even though the tunic cushioned the bruises.

What about the two diagonal bruise marks on his back? The new computerized data clearly shows more bruises forming a perpendicular criss-cross pattern from his bruised shoulders to where the stipes meet the pitabulum between and below both shoulder blades. Marion’s analysis of the Shroud and the Argenteuil Robe suggests that the top of the vertical beam was carried over the left shoulder, while the entire weight of the horizontal beam fell on the right shoulder. This could have dislocated his shoulder.

But Jesus could not have carried a cross that weighed 350 pounds. However, for Jesus to have carried the entire cross, the stipes (vertical post) and the pitábulo (crossbar), it would have weighed much less. According to legend, in AD 326, Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine of Rome, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to find the location of the cross of Christ. Witnesses commented that she not only found the cross of Jesus in an area under Golgatha, but also the crosses of criminals. She could not determine which cross belonged to Jesus, so a terminally ill woman touched each cross until she placed her hand on which she miraculously made her illness disappear.

Helena brought the relics related to the crucifixion to Rome. In the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, the pitábulo of the good thief is exhibited. It measures 180 cm long x 13 cm wide x 13 cm high. His weight is 20 kg or 45 pounds. It is estimated that the stipes measured 250 cm long x 11.5 cm wide x 11.5 cm high. His weight is 25 kg or 55 pounds. So the total weight of Jesus’ cross would be about 90 pounds. (From an anonymous article, Why Jesus carried the whole cross and not just the scaffold.) Interestingly, this evidence supports the fact that the bruise marks were the same size, between 11 and 13 cm long.

Jesus would have had serious problems walking, confined to a 45-pound scaffold mounted only on his shoulders with his hands and arms tied to him. By carrying the entire 90-pound cross, he would have had his hands free, while dragging some of his weight behind him. So if Jesus carried a much lighter full cross, it would have been the traditional “Latin” cross: a “t”.

It has also been speculated that Jesus had to carry the entire cross, because the dirty, used stipes covered in blood and feces were dug out of their holes in the ground and stored. This was probably done because in and around a holy place like Jerusalem, religious law prohibits anyone from touching anything unclean. So, Jesus and the two thieves crucified with him had to carry both the stipes and the pitábulo. In more secular parts of the Roman Empire, the foul stipes lay on the ground waiting for their next victim. So, traditionally the tau cross was used and not the Latin cross, exclusive to Jesus.

Early experts who analyzed the Shroud of Turin believed that the doomed Messiah only wore the Pitabule because only two abrasion marks were visible on the upper right back and lower left back. Today, using the latest computer technology, more evidence that Jesus carried the entire cross has emerged by re-examining the Shroud of Turin, the robe of Argenteuil, and the good thief’s cross. The robe worn by Jesus at the crucifixion overlapped the markings on the Shroud. Measurements of the good thief’s crossbar indicate that it weighed much less than previously thought, as did the stipes. With this evidence, it is more likely that Jesus carried the entire cross, with the help of Simon of Cyrene, to the crucifixion site, validating the traditional artistic view of Jesus carrying the entire cross.

In China, Google enjoys only a 27% market share; very second fiddle to (Baidu) with 55%. Similarly, in Russia, Google is in third place, with (Yandex) the undisputed leader. More than 50% of the growth in Internet users between 2007 and 2010 is likely to come from these huge countries. Isn’t it time to consider a listing on your major search engines? This short article discusses what is required to get your site crawled.

The growth of the Internet in China and Russia

Russia is one of the world’s fastest growing economies and the most densely populated country in Europe. Internet penetration in Russia currently stands at just 19.5% (compared to 69.9% in the US). In China, penetration is just 10.9% (in a population more than four times the size of the US). Penetration levels in Western Europe and North America appear to have stabilized and are unlikely to grow significantly in the future. Most of the new Internet users worldwide will come from India and China. Most of the new European users will come from Russia. A wave of change is sweeping the net as we speak, and within 18 months, China will overtake the US as the largest online internet community.

Is Google nearing the height of its powers?

He poses an interesting question; Is Google indeed at its zenith? Most commentators put Google’s current underlying market share (in advanced Western economies) at about 75%. However, what will its global market share be five years from now? Even if they slightly increase their presence in Russia and China, their overall world share will fall, simply by the law of averages. It would be very unwise, at this point, to discount the growing importance of these new entrants!

Get listed in Yandex

Yandex does not accept submissions from sites hosted outside of Russia. However, this does not mean that domain names have to end in .ru (Russia) or .ua (Ukraine). In fact, any site with an IP address in a Russian-speaking country or with pages in Russian will eventually be indexed by the search engine. Try comparing a search for “Intel” to a search for “Amazon”. You’ll notice that Intel, which has a portion of its site in Russian, performs better than Amazon. Take a look at this page from Ice Graphics which, unlike Amazon, achieves (only) a top 10 result for the search phrase “books” on Yandex (despite being an English site, hosted in the US). . USA). This is due to the presence of Russian-language text on the page (including text that is not correctly tagged as Russian in HTML or meta-language tags).

So the first rule to learn for Yandex is to have some Russian text for your Russian customers. In general, it will be better to include any Russian text with the correct W3C markup. For example, the following Russian phrase (roughly equivalent to “the early bird catches the worm”) would be encoded as follows:

The second rule that you need to learn is that Yandex will index your page faster if it is linked to sites hosted in Russia. For example, Ice Graphics is linked from computerra.ru, ebdb.ru and more. I personally recommend clients to look for listings in 5-6 quality bilingual directories based in Russia. Visit my blog to see some examples.

Get listed on Baidu

The first point to note is that Baidu, unlike Google, merges your organic results with the paid results from their paid listing service. As such, the fastest way to achieve a top ranking on Baidu is to participate in their paid service. Since there is no Baidu ad interface in English (yet), the best way to achieve this is to use an agent.

To rank well organically, you must first realize that the Chinese search audience is very Sinocentric. Your destination landing page must be entirely in Chinese and presented in Chinese style. This inevitably means using the services of a Chinese translator (and quite possibly a web designer as well). Please note that while Traditional Chinese is used in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Simplified Chinese will be sufficient to serve all markets. The entire web page must be encoded using a Simplified Chinese declaration in the page metadata:

You may find some guidance on the web suggesting the use of “zh-Hant”, which is the correct markup for Simplified Chinese. However, I’d stick with zh-CN for now, as it supports a wider range of web applications. When you are ready, you can submit your site to Baidu from the following page:

Baidu URL Submit Page: http://www.baidu.com/search/url_submit.html

Please note that Baidu does not guarantee that your site will be crawled and your site must comply with their listing guidelines.

Once listed on Baidu, you can improve your position by getting high-quality inbound links from Chinese directories. Many of the best directories (to target) are the ones in Taiwan and Hong Kong (where Internet penetration has been highest for the longest time). Once again, there are some suggestions on my blog. Good luck with the campaign and let me know if you need any help.

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Remember, time and tide wait for no man and the early bird catches the worm, so get to work with Yandex and Baidu before your competitors do!

Small business owners with bad credit find almost every door to financing slammed in their faces. No one wants a bad business risk. He is vulnerable and the vultures take advantage of him by offering him cash but on Shylockian terms. A trader who finds himself in this unenviable position must be patient and refrain from making rash decisions that he will regret at a later date.

never be in a hurry

Because the situation is so bad, the business owner with bad credit may be tempted to go with the first lender they come across without knowing that there are options. With patience and a bit of searching online, one can easily find a lender with the right approach to helping people with bad credit.

Do not agree to pay the application fee or processing fees in advance

Just because one is in a bad position due to bad credit does not mean one should pay exorbitant processing fees and application charges when applying for small business loans with bad credit. Look online and it is possible to find a lender that will not charge such fees.

I do not agree to set up a new merchant account

If a business owner already has an existing account, there is no point in agreeing to the lender’s terms that the borrower must open a new merchant account. Lender must be willing to offer financing and work with existing card account. The creation of a new account implies the payment of fees and charges to the service provider, an additional charge that the borrower can do without.

Do not agree to install new card processing terminals

If a small business owner already has card processing terminals, there is no reason to agree to the lender’s terms of the borrower purchasing, leasing, or renting additional card processing terminals. If such terminals are required, the lender should be able to provide them at no additional cost to the loan process.

You do not agree to provide warranty

There is no reason for a borrower to agree to provide collateral when applying for bad credit small business loans. As it is, the borrower has to pay a higher interest rate than usual. One can find a lender capable of offering small business loans without asking for any personal guarantee or property mortgage or collateral.

Disagree with a high factor rate

Lenders can take advantage of situations and ask for a high factor rate of 1.5. What this means is that you pay 1.5 times the amount borrowed or a whopping 50% interest rate. One should select a lender that offers a rate of around 1.2 to 1.3, which is fair given the situation.

Making the right decision in selecting a loan provider is absolutely imperative for people with bad credit if they want to get out of their situation. A wrong decision could make things worse. Finding a lender who also provides advice and the loan is like finding a lifeline.