Staring at a Blank Page: Ten Sentence Story #118
Sammy fiddled his thumbs as he stared at the blank page before him.
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Reviewing Jeff Beck's Emotion and Commotion
Jeff Beck is a great guitarist and musician. He found his first musical success in The Yardbirds when he replaced Eric Clapton. Beck then brought in Jimmy Page to play bass for the ‘Birds. Jeff Beck didn’t find as much commercial success as Clapton and Page — probably because he didn’t sing or tie himself to a lead singer in a band — yet he still survives and thrives in the music scene as a major force majeure. Jeff Beck’s latest album — “Emotion & Commotion” — was released this week.
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Jimmy Page Gets Loud
I was finally able to find some time to watch — “It Might Get Loud” — the “guitar documentary” starring Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge. I bought the Blu-ray version and it was not worth the extra money. The movie is grainy and not sharply defined. When the boys are inside under proper lighting, the movie looks okay, but all the second and third unit shoots just look awful.
Google Personalized Start Page for Boles University Review
I was thrilled to wake up this morning to find I can now offer a Google Personalized Start Page for Boles University and that thrill was provided by Google Apps for Your Domain! That means you can have a branded Google homepage for all your users. You begin the customization by changing the CNAME record for your domain. Then you can create a start page URL linked to your domain that might look something like this:
http://start.bolesuniversity.com
Now all your users can see their email and calendar on a Google start page! Here’s how you begin to change the CNAME record for your domain:
Here’s where I added that CNAME entry for my domain hosting service Zone File:
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Make Yourself a Blank Page
The task of living is can be difficult as the world in which we spin becomes smaller, time speeds up, and the distance between people and cultures shrink. Now, more than ever, we need to find ways to achieve common ground beyond ideology and narrow value sets.
Rutgers-Newark has one of the most diverse student body populations of any university in the world. In fact, Rutgers-Newark won awards in the past for several years in a row for having the most diverse student body in the nation. The great thing about teaching at Rutgers-Newark is that everyone is a minority.
No one can claim majority rule by culture or ethnicity or regional flavor. That kind of “minority rule” can teach great lessons that cross color lines and cultural obstacles unlike any other place I have previously experienced. One precious thing we are losing in current university experiences is the loss of individuality in favor of the requirement to be politically correct to the point where the world becomes grey and differences and dissent are discouraged so no one will be offended.
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