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Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)
The last update to this was on May 24, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initiatives that legal scholars, journalists, and watchdog groups have flagged as authoritarian, unconstitutional, or corrosive to democratic norms since President…
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510 W. Smith Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 Real Estate Listing – My mom’s house
You all know my mom’s house is for sale right? Well, check it out here: 510 W. Smith Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 Real Estate Listing – My mom’s house
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Local Akron Area Groups
I want to join a group in the area. These are some that I’m giving consideration to: Young Professionals of Akron (YPA) – a non-profit organization dedicated to providing young professionals in the greater Akron community the opportunity to enrich their careers through social, philanthropic, and educational activities. Art Cetera – a project of the…
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Inspirational Quotes
I found a good site of quotes. I pulled out some of the ones I particularly liked. But you can see the full list here: World of Inspiration – Inspiration, Motivation, Inspirational & Motivational Quotes / Quotations “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” William Feather “Far…
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Relationship Assessment – Do you have a healthy relationship?
Here’s a site that was recently put up from a friend of ours at SageRock. I haven’t taken the assessment yet. But I plan to. Check it out: Relationship Assessment – Do you have a healthy relationship?
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YOGA – What I learned today
Calm, Centered, Present-ness Effort and Surrender. Of the two, Surrender is much more powerful. I’ve learned that in other days practicing Yoga. I learned today, surrender means being in the present. Effort is living in the past and future.
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Wal-mart History
Sam Walton Author: Sam Walton How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and W… Author: Bill Quinn Sam Walton was the shrewd businessman behind the world’s largest retailer. After working his way through the University of Missouri as a newspaper delivery boy, he got a job in Des Moines, Iowa as a management trainee…
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Ford Motor Company History
Ford Motor Company entered the business world on June 16, 1903, when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company’s articles of incorporation. With $28,000 in cash… As with most great enterprises, Ford Motor Company’s beginnings were modest. The company had anxious moments in its infancy. The earliest record of a shipment is July…
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Goodyear Corporate History
The 38-year-old founder, Frank Seiberling, purchased the company’s first plant with a $3,500 down payment – using money he borrowed from a brother-in-law. The rubber and cotton that were the lifeblood of the industry had to be transported from halfway around the world, to a landlocked town that had only limited rail transportation. Even the…
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Kinko’s History
In September 1970, Paul Orfalea, just out of college, borrowed enough money to open his first photocopy shop in Isla Vista, the campus community of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Instead of calling it “Paul’s Copies,” he called it “Kinko’s” after the nickname given to him by his college buddies because of his…
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FedEx History
In 1965, Yale University undergraduate Frederick W. Smith wrote a term paper about the passenger route systems used by most airfreight shippers, which he viewed as economically inadequate. Federal Express was so-named due to the patriotic meaning associated with the word “Federal,” which suggested an interest in nationwide economic activity. At that time, Smith hoped…
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John Deere History
As a small business owner, I’m often curious how other companies began. When you think of a big company that’s been around for a very long time, it’s hard to imagine them as small. But they all were. And often it took a long time for the company to become a success. I thought I…
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FranklinCovey > Focus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities
FranklinCovey > Focus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities I recently listened to this seminar. It was surprisingly helpful. The topic is basically time management. But the interesting angle of this seminar compared to other time management courses I’ve taken is that they have you understand what is really important to you first and then build out…
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Accident
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Allegory of the Cave and God
Indiana is now in his sixth month. Within this time I have been able to reflect on a couple different thoughts. First, I have thought a lot of Plato’s The Cave recently. Allegory of the Cave The basic idea in this allegory is that people are only seeing shadows of what is truly happening in…
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Star Wars: Episode III Digital Cinema List
It took me a while to find this list. I was searching on phrases like: digital projection system see star wars in a digital theater digital theater star wars DLP Digital Projection Theater Listing I finally found it by going to Google and typing this in the search box: site:www.starwars.com Digital Projection Theater Listing That…
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Big boy
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Blogger: Blogger Mobile
Blogger: Blogger Mobile My phone picture blogging is back on. I was having some trouble with it for a while. But moblogging has given this section of my site a new lease on its life. This is the first picture I uploaded using that service: Sage Lewis: Jesus talking with Indiana
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Jesus talking with Indiana
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MENAFN – Middle East North Africa . Financial Network
The extent of that blog article of mine just keeps rolling. It is now in Africa: MENAFN – Middle East North Africa . Financial Network
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Fear and Loathing in the Business World
Walt Disney: Long Biography: By the time Walt had started to create The Alice Comedies, which was about a real girl and her adventures in an animated world, Walt ran out of money, and his company Laugh-O-Grams went bankrupted. Instead of giving up, Walt packed his suitcase and with his unfinished print of The Alice…
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Thom Shue – Do you Mean Thom Ruhe?
So, today’s Akron Beacon Journal article was very nice about JumpStart. But all I could keep thinking about was Thom Shue. Did he move from Optiem and change his name? Was it actually Optiem intellectual property? Was he doing some sneaky covert marketing tactic by pretending to be Thom Shue? Is he maybe doing a…
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New Places That Link To My Name
I posted about this over at the SageRock.com weblog, but man, I’m freakin’ everywhere! 🙂 Newspaper still apparently drives a major engine… including online content. This has been a lesson to me that newspapers are far from dead. 19. Salt Lake Tribune – Business … Sage Lewis does. The president of Akron's SageRock.com swears by…
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TNS/CMR: Ad Spending Grew 9.8% in’04
TNS/CMR: Ad Spending Grew 9.8% in’04 I’m always curious to know where people are spending their money. This article covers that and also points out the change from ’03 to ’04. Did you know that local newspaper advertisement ruled the ad buying roost? Amazing! I’ve also taken the liberty of putting their numbers in a…
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Indiana
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Connections in N.E.O.
Now here’s why I love Northeast Ohio. I just got back from a great meeting with Tim, who I had never met. He happens to be a blogger here: Gee k ZEN – sit down, shut up, create something that matters He mentioned that he had drinks last week with George Nemeth of here: Brewed…
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AOL Television: Greatest American
Discovery and AOL have launched a 100 Greatest American series. If you were upset at the greatest videos of all time I’m sure this contest will really get your goat. Greatest American is a seven-hour primetime program to be telecast this summer, Americans nationwide will vote for their #1 choice for the person who has…
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free wi-fi Ohio hotspots wireless internet access list
These are free spots in Ohio where you can use the internet: free wi-fi Ohio hotspots wireless internet access list Then check these out at RubberBuzz.com: Surf RubberBuzz at These Akron WiFi Hotspots Cleveland had more than Akron. Now I’m on a mission. I’m going to start promoting these in Akron. If you are interested…
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Peter B. Lewis Does Fast Company Interview
I just came across a good article at Fast Company about Progressive and Peter B. Lewis Did you know he has one leg? Facinating. As it pertains to Peter, here are some out takes from the article: When Progressive employees describe how their company approaches the auto-insurance business — and business in general — they…
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Andy Birol Slams Youth Follow Up
George over at Brewed Fresh Daily found my blog and commented on this article. Consequently, it has generated a bit of response. Check it out out and let us know what you think: Sage Lewis: Andy Birol Slams Youth
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Nobel laureate Saul Bellow dies at 89
I’ve always had a very soft place in my heart for Saul Bellow’s Herzog. The “Reality Instructors” of that book haunt me to this day. I often ask if I’m becoming one and how best not to become one. Paglia recently reminded me that Artists never die. This will be true for Mr. Bellow. He…
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