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Industry-Specific B2B/EDI Solutions
for Fast Integration of Business Partners and Processes
Digitally Transform Business Processes with Your Partners
Across all industries, organizations are experiencing rapid growth in their business partner networks. It is necessary to onboard a large number of B2B processes and continuously monitor them.
The SEEBURGER B2B/EDI Solutions ensure efficient electronic exchange and automatic processing of business documents – standardized and integrated, covering all industries.
B2B/EDI Integration Scenarios
Your customers and partners are the lifeblood of your business. To win and keep their business, you need to establish reliable digital connections with them on their terms, process their orders promptly and without errors, and deliver consistent and reliable service.
Benefit from SEEBURGER BIS B2B Solution which is based on 30 years of experience with over 10.000 customers.
The advantages:
- Fast and reliable implementation of a B2B/EDI system with standardized, pre-configured processes – tailored to your industry.
- Integrate any new partner with just a few clicks using pre-configured profiles.
- Continuous low overall operating cost due to consistent standardization.
- Complete, industry specific and proven business partner and mapping library.
- Real-time Business Activity Monitoring with drill-down possibilities to line item level.
Benefit from market-leading B2B competence.
SEEBURGER B2B Standard Solutions
Tailored B2B/EDI Solutions for all Industries.
The integration of smaller partners is achieved quickly and effectively with SEEBURGER WebEDI. This solution supports the processing of all document types from ordering to invoicing and also automates processes with your smaller partners.
The advantages:
- Extend your EDI reach to small partners and thus increase your ROI
- The WebEDI solution is available for all business processes from Order to Invoice.
- Optional extensions for Delivery Schedule, Kanban and VMI processes.
- Simple and error-free EDI data exchange replacing FAX and E-Mail.
- Transparent business processes and standardized documents from all partners.
Your vision becomes reality: 100% automated supplier and partner integration.
Dive deeper with our guidebook about supplier networking
SEEBURGER WebEDI Solution
Efficient and transparent order and delivery processes with small business partners.
The exchange of engineering and product data with partners and service providers for companies with global activities usually consists of various product-defining information from numerous sources and data management systems. The SEEBURGER Engineering Solution ensures secure transfer with components that support ENGDAT, Web-Portal, OFTP2 and CAD/PDM-Integration.
The advantages:
- Integrated, scalable complete solution for secure CAD/CAx data exchange with OEM and engineering partners worldwide.
- Seamless integration of engineering systems such as CAD, PDM, CAD -Converter and CAD testing and validation tools.
- Support of all relevant industry standards, protocols and networks such as ENGDAT, OFTP2 and ENX.
- 100% connection of partners via direct connection (for partners with ENGDAT/OFTP-system) or via easy to use web portal for any other partner.
Retain control over any engineering data exchange – and ensure maximum protection for your business critical intellectual property.
SEEBURGER Engineering Solution
Secure transfer of sensitive engineering data with any partner.
Connect Partners Faster with Self-Service Onboarding
Efficient Trading Partner Onboarding shortens Time-to-Revenue. The most common challenges for onboarding many partners are fragmented communications, a lack of visibility for stakeholders and shaky exchanges of sensitive information. These challenges are often caused by a lack of integration between business systems and disparate centers of file transfer activity.
Offer more and reduce your cost-to-serve with our Community Management Application for B2B onboarding as a part of your BPM strategy. IT can move business partners to self-service for onboarding, while ensuring compliance, as well as safely automate complex processes where information sequence is critical.
The Community Management Application (CMA) enables business partners to onboard themselves and self-test their connections. Automated workflows, including approvals and automated connections with ERP systems are available for business process management workflows. You retain full control and monitoring of onboarding progress without the costs and potential delays and errors of a manual process.
The advantages:
- Efficiently and cost effectively onboard partners, customers or members with no down time.
- Improve overall customer service and meet the expectations of your customers.
- Eliminate the time IT and sales staff spend on manual steps related to onboarding, such as phone calls and follow up emails.
- Focus on growing your customer base, rather than tackling onboarding issues.
- Gain the ability to track all changes to partner data, such as their approvals, aiding in resolving disputed data.
SEEBURGER CMA digitally transforms, harmonizes and improves collaboration with your business partners.
SEEBURGER CMA is also available as a Cloud Service. Companies that do not want to implement and run such a solution on their own can benefit from our preconfigured Cloud solution which is ready to go:
SEEBURGER Cloud Service for efficient B2B Onboarding – Optimize your B2B onboarding process with Self-Service Functions for business partners.
SEEBURGER Community Management Application
Optimize your community management with Self-Service Functions for business partners.
Today's enterprises and organizations face a widening divergence between the IT infrastructure demanded by emerging business needs and the infrastructure they've built up over generations.
The smart enterprise meets these challenges by replacing B2B/EDI legacy systems with digitally enabled, modernized, secure, trustworthy and scalable business integration applications.
The Business Integration Suite migration tools enable a controlled migration within the corporate architecture via:
- Tools to analyze your B2B/EDI situation (partners, messages, volumes etc.).
- Data migration switch for incremental, automated transition of connected business partners, eliminating the need to contact customers and business partners.
- Master data management efficiently transports your configuration into a test environment.
- Compare Tool for comprehensive bulk testing for the migrated configurations and for all mappings.
- Use of standard mappings from the large SEEBURGER mapping repository.
Learn more about our approach for risk-free migration to the SEEBURGER Business Integration as your new central platform for all B2B/EDI business processes.
SEEBURGER Migration Suite
Successful modernization via comprehensive migration best practices - with no down time
SEEBURGER Cloud Services are completely based on the SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite technology. Use the SEEBURGER advantage "Everything from one single source" without operating the necessary technical solutions on your own. You can flexibly buy the necessary SEEBURGER Cloud Services and still individually adapt to your company needs.
Several thousand customers from all over the world already trust in SEEBURGER B2B/EDI Cloud Services.
Here is why:
- B2B Mapping Repository with ready-to-use mappings to connect your B2B partners.
- B2B Communication Network with already existing communication connections to many of your B2B partners.
- B2B Business Tracking: End-to-end visibility with in-depth search features including comprehensive analysis and reporting functionality.
- Highly secure B2B cloud operation and data centers, certified in accordance with ISO 27001 and ITIL-based operational procedures.
- Highest Security & Compliance Standards: Premium-Level B2B/EDI Cloud Service as option include audited ISAE 3402 (SOC 1) Type 2 processes
- Real 24/7 operation of your B2B/EDI processes.
Benefit from our long-term experience in providing B2B/EDI Cloud Services. Each day, we exchange millions of messages for our customers via our Cloud Services. Learn more: SEEBURGER Cloud Services.
SEEBURGER B2B/EDI Cloud Services
Benefit from attractive pay-per-use fees and move your B2B/EDI projects into the SEEBURGER Cloud - in part or completely
Functional Overview of the SEEBURGER BIS B2B/EDI Solution
Onboard, orchestrate and optimize: The efficient implementation and operation of B2B/EDI processes requires a comprehensive B2B/EDI Solution which covers messaging/gateway and management components:
The SEEBURGER BIS B2B Gateway component handles routing and processing of B2B/EDI messages in accordance with industry standards.
The Gateway is supplemented by portal / management applications such as the Community Management Application or the BIS WebEDI Supplier Portal for the efficient management of many business partners.
Don't fear replacing outdated B2B solutions!
Our Migration tools minimize effort and risk of even large scale migrations. See how!
Looking for a B2B Cloud Service?
We ensure highest quality standards with ISO 27001 certification and ISAE 3402 audit.
Gain insights on latest B2B topics in our Blogs
Learn from our B2B experts! Rely on our 30 years of experience in the B2B/EDI field.
Advantages of the SEEBURGER BIS B2B/EDI Solution
Benefit from our 30 years of experience in B2B
- Comprehensive Integration Solution
One platform for all integration requirements:
API, MFT, B2B/EDI, IoT, E-Invoicing and SAP/ERP
- Flexible and Scalable
SEEBURGER B2B/EDI solutions for all industries regardless of company size
- 30 Years of Experience
Market leading B2B/EDI integration platform used by 10,000 satisfied customers worldwide - expertise gained in 30 years in the business integration industry
- Lower Costs
Continuous low overall operating cost due to consistent standardization.
- Modern, Role-based GUI
IT is no longer overwhelmed and bottlenecked as all internal users can use a modern role-based GUI with self-service functionality.
- Complete B2B/EDI library
Complete, industry specific and proven business partner and mapping library


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Unified Data Center IQ Contest : It's All about Intelligent Automation and OpenStack
In case you are still in denial, we entered the 3rd week of our 6 weeks long Unified Data Center IQ Challenge . Since Sunday midnight PST , you can find on www.Facebook.com/ciscodc , a new set of questions , focused this week on Cisco Intelligent Automation and OpenStack .
Don't tell me that you can't answer at least one question ! Remember that only one correct answer makes you eligible to participate to the raffle for the iPAD.
So now , let me help you a little bit more to thank you for being on this blog – Why don't you check the last blog of Rodrigo Flores about the announcement
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud – OpenStack support (And AWS, vCloud, vCenter) – I bet it can't hurt .
Remember also that the sooner you answer the questions, the more points you get to win the Grand Prize, which recognizes the best Unified Data Center IQ.
Finally I would like to celebrate our first winners of an iPad
Richard Barbosa, is a System Engineer from Brazil . He won the week 1 prize in answering correctly to the 3 questions about Cisco Algo Boost Technology and Nexus 3548
"I'm a System Engineer in one Cisco Partner company in Brazil. Today I focus on Cisco Data Center solutions, developing and implementing projects with Cisco's technology and virtualization. Prior to working with Cisco's products I worked with many applications in linux and windows environments besides infrastructure network overall, until finally establish myself in what I do today, and I can say: I love it !.
I live in Brasília with my wife Kelly and I like play computer games, hanging out with my dog Shura and travel around the world. "
Congratulations to Richard for his great performance!
The winner of the week 2 is from Egypt – I will have soon the pleasure to introduce him to you.
Meanwhile , it's time to play !
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Compare cheap flights to Kingston
Kingston is the cultural and commercial capital of Jamaica. It has two districts – the downtown and the uptown, where you can enjoy different brands of adventure that you will both love. Its large land area is packed with touristic appeals.
When is the cheapest time to fly to Kingston?
Flights to Kingston
The Normal Marley International Airport serves as the gateway to Kingston and to the whole of Jamaica as well. It receives international flights facilitated by Air Jamaica, Air Canada, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and other Caribbean airlines.
Bob Marley & Jamaican Culture
The greatest player in Jamaican culture is obviously music icon Bob Marley. So it is no longer surprising to find memoirs of Marley everywhere. The Bob Marley Museum is a must-visit for Jamaican tourists. It is filled with memorabilia and the singer's very own belongings. The site of the museum was once Marley's recording studio and home that was well preserved as a historical site.
Other points of interests when in Kingston include Hope Botanical Gardens, Port Royal, Lime Kay, and People's Museum of Craft and Technology. You may also enjoy live music at Emancipation Park, especially during summer and the Christmas season.
Take a flight to Kingston via Skiddoo and experience Bob Marley and the flavorful Jamaican culture in full.
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For those of you who do not know, I've been invited to do a series of guest posts over on Mari Well's Blog in commemoration of Halloween! As every good Halloween'r knows, Halloween starts LONG before the 31rst of October. Pretty much the entire month is dedicated to orange and black scariness, and it's one of my favorite months! Along with pumpkin spice EVERYTHING and the chance to change out my wardrobe for sweaters and scarves, it gives me the new opportunity, in this case, of writing about my beliefs!
Now, if you wish to remain ignorant about my beliefs, that's absolutely your right. I do not wish to force my religion upon anyone, nor would I want them to force theirs upon me! So please be aware that I will tag all posts with references to my personal beliefs as Personal and Paganism. If you don't wish to know, you can definately avoid these tags! Thank you so much, however, if you do decide to expand your personal bubble, and read these blogposts I'll be sharing!
The First in the series is A Chat With A Kitchen Witch where I explain what it is to be a Kitchen Witch, and how you too can create magic in your everyday life! As always, feel free to leave questions there, or here, in the comments! I'd love to hear your opinion on my words!
The next post will be on Karma, and will include a few cute spells to try out!


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Wedding Photo Song Print or Canvas V
Wedding Photo Song Print or Canvas V
Personalized wedding photo print or ready to hang canvas for that special couple. Any song lyrics, wedding vows, Bible verse, or poetry can be used.
You will be prompted to provide the following information at checkout:
1. Font
2. Song Title/Artist or other
3. Specify color or black and white
4. Personalization (couple's names and wedding date)
Please email a high resolution (300 dpi) image to email@example.com.
You will receive a proof via email within 24 - 48 hours of ordering. Customized items must be approved before shipping. To avoid any delays in your order, please respond promptly. Without your approval I cannot start production on your order.
Prints will be printed on Epson Ultra Premium Luster heavyweight paper using Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss 2 Pigment Ink that will last under glass for over 200 years. Your print will be archival, water-resistant, and fade-resistant.
NOTE: Prints come unframed and unmatted.
The canvas wrap is printed on a thick and luxurious poly-cotton blend canvas to provide great durability. The canvas is pH neutral and acid free and will not yellow over time. Canvas is stretched over kiln dried pine stretcher bars that ensures that it does not warp or bow. Canvases are available in .75 and 1.5 inch widths.
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Subscribe To Dota 2 First Blood Update Will Unleash GLaDOS Updates
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Valve will release a major update for their multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2 on September 23rd. The "First Blood" patch will provide numerous features including LAN support and Portal tie-ins.
When the update goes live, players will be able to create local servers and host matches with up to nine friends on their same network. These local lobbies have the same rules as private lobbies. Replays of the matches will be stored on the computer of whoever created the match.
Captain's Draft is an interesting new way of selecting your heroes. In this game mode, eight heroes of each type (strength, agility, intelligence) will be selected at random. The captains of each team will then ban two heroes from that list, and select five heroes from the remaining list.
Valve has made the Armory easier to navigate as well. You can use a quick search bar in order to locate a specific item. Alternately, you can create filters that will be stored in the Steam Cloud so you can access them later. Players can sort the Armory by type, quality, rarity and other item characteristics.
The in-game store has also been updated with a few new items. Players can expect new armor, mask, hairstyles and more. Portal fans can buy a themed pack that unlocks GLaDOS as an announcer while also providing Aperture Science Wardcores and a new HUD skin.
In an effort to make the game community more pleasant, Valve has made the punishments more severe for misbehavior. Now, if you received a communications ban, you need to behave yourself for three weeks straight to prevent any subsequent violations from drawing a longer ban. Furthermore, Valve will soon ban Dota 2 players for 30 days if they're caught playing external tools attached to the game.
You can read about the smaller nuts and bolts of the update here. There are a lot of tweaks and bug fixes included in "First Blood." For example, black screens after alt-tabs and continuous loops of "received uncompressed update from server" messages should both be a thing of the past.


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This year's Reading and Leeds Festival has just entered its second day. Here's what happened on day one at Reading and we also bring you some pictures from Leeds...
The festival got underway beneath broken sunshine and, despite weeks of rain, it was firm underfoot. A quick circle of the site revealed the additional Alternative Tent featuring poetry yesterday from the likes of the legendary John Cooper Clarke and the hilarious LDN-poet Dockers MC. This year, the Reading site has also been made slightly larger to allow for a much bigger third stage. Now known as the Festival Republic tent, this huge tent (of similar size to the Radio 1/NME tent of five years ago) replaces the Carling New Bands tent and features a mixture of buzz bands, alongside cult heroes like The Kills who'll close proceedings on Sunday.
Highlights of day one included p-funk blog-favourites Friendly Fires, who sang their hearts out throughout their set to a packed tent. Their set climaxed with forthcoming single 'Jump in the Pool' as they brought a Notting Hill carnival vibe to the festival with additional drummers and Vegas-style dancers clad in peacock feathered showgirl regalia cramming the stage and thick clouds of confetti filling the air.
Equally pleasing in the Festival Republic tent were Late of the Pier who, despite competing with Vampire Weekend and a rather lacklustre Queens of the Stone Age, got the whole tent jumping and the sound of glow-sticks snapping in unison.
DiS didn't catch wind of any secret performances but we did hear a lot of people talking about Dizzee Rascal's partial state of undress as he left the main stage...
Biffy Clyro were by far one of the highlights of the day, with their sixth performance at Reading feeling very much like a homecoming as a throng of fans sang-along loudly and proudly, leaving your humble scribe feeling all tingly inside.
Here are some shots from day one in Leeds and Reading. Expect lots of photos and reportage to be with you on Tuesday.
_Conor Oberst at Leeds by Simon Shackleton
Crystal Castles at Leeds by Simon Shackleton
XX Teens at Leeds by Simon Shackleton
Huge Jofo poster beside the Reading main stage, complete with DiS stars by Sean Adams
The new Festival Republic tent at Reading by Sean Adams
Sunset from backstage at Reading by Sean Adams


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Main Departmental Office
Speech and Drama Building, 158
P.O. Box 305010
Denton, TX 76203-5010
(940) 565-2481
Web site: www.sphs.unt.edu
Graduate Faculty: Daniloff, Gopal, Henoch, Larson, Lu, Stream, Summers, Terrell.
The primary goal of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences is to prepare students to work professionally with communicatively handicapped individuals. The department provides course work, laboratory training and clinical practicum experience that enable students to satisfy the educational and clinical requirements for national professional certification and state licensure in speech-language pathology and/or audiology. A second and equally important mission of the department is the professional development of the discipline through research and clinical services.
The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences possesses research laboratory space and state-of-the-art equipment to conduct a wide range of investigations on both the normal and abnormal production, perception, recognition and understanding of speech and language. Research includes studies of auditory evoked potentials, speech perception, language disorders and vocal pathologies. Other ongoing research projects investigate communication assessment and rehabilitation techniques including hearing aids, auditory processing in children and adults, hearing loss in musicians, and the investigation of auditory cortical neuron pattern processing studies being carried out in collaboration with the Department of Biological Sciences.
The graduate programs in both speech-language pathology and audiology are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) [10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852; (301) 897-5700]. Students who earn the master's degree in either area will be provided with the opportunity to meet the academic and clinical practicum requirements for ASHA's Certificate of Clinical Competence in their specialty areas. Those students whose programs of study at the master's level satisfy the ASHA requirements will simultaneously satisfy the requirements for licensure by the state of Texas in the professional area of the student's degree program.
The Speech and Hearing Center, an on-site clinical facility for student practicum experiences, is accredited in speech-language pathology and audiology by ASHA's Professional Services Board.
Admission to the graduate degree program in speech and hearing sciences is competitive. Available facilities and clinical resources do not permit admission of all qualified applicants.
Admission forms may be obtained from the Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies or from the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. All required materials should be filed by February 1 for admission in the following fall semester. Admission is granted in the spring semester for speech language pathology only. Completed applications should be filed by September 1. Audiology students are admitted only in the fall semester. All required material (including GRE scores) must be on file before prospective applicants will be considered for admission. Undergraduates who plan to apply for graduate study should arrange to take the GRE during their senior year.
In addition to the admission requirements of the graduate school, the department requires the following.
1. A grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work or an overall GPA of 2.80 on all undergraduate work.
2. A GPA of at least 3.0 on all speech and hearing sciences course work, including those courses taken to remove undergraduate deficiencies.
3. A score on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of at least 900 with a verbal score of no less than 400. Students will not be provisionally admitted to the master's programs in speech pathology or audiology.
4. Three satisfactory letters of recommendation, including one from the last academic institution attended.
Letters of recommendation should be addressed to: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 305010, Denton, TX 76203-5010. In all cases, the department maintains the right to make independent inquiry of the applicant's references and the faculties of institutions previously attended as well as to deny admission to an applicant who, in its judgment, fails to meet personal or academic admission standards. In all cases the applicant is assured the right to due process.
Individuals without a minimum of 15 hours of undergraduate course work in speech and hearing sciences but who otherwise meet departmental GPA and GRE admission requirements will be required to complete at least 15 hours of course work at the undergraduate level in this discipline before proceeding to graduate study. In addition, one semester of undergraduate enrollment in clinical practicum is required prior to entrance to graduate study. Depending upon undergraduate preparation, additional undergraduate course work may be necessary to meet requirements for professional certification and licensing.
Individuals, regardless of their prior undergraduate major, who do not meet the departmental GPA requirements and who still wish to enter the departmental graduate program, will be required to take a 30-semester-hour program of undergraduate course work in this discipline at the University of North Texas and earn a GPA of B or better. Individuals who successfully meet this requirement must resubmit their application for graduate admission to this program and will still be required to satisfy the departmental GRE requirements.
Students admitted to the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies as non-degree students are restricted from enrollment in the following: (a) graduate-level courses in speech pathology and audiology; (b) 4000-level courses for graduate credit; and (c) SPHS 4060 or 5060 (clinical practicum) courses for either graduate or undergraduate credit.
Non-degree students who do register for any of these courses will be subject to administrative withdrawal. Non-degree students may enroll in undergraduate courses for undergraduate credit only.
The department offers graduate programs leading to the following degrees:
Two options are available:
Each of these options includes 6 graduate semester hours in speech-language pathology for those majoring in audiology. Those with a major in speech-language pathology must take 6 semester hours in audiology.
A final written comprehensive examination is required of all students who do not write a thesis. Those who write a thesis will be examined by the thesis committee about the thesis topic. The comprehensive examination will focus upon the various content areas of audiology or speech and language pathology, including normal aspects of speech, language and hearing, rather than upon specific courses that may constitute an individual degree plan.
1. No grade below B may be counted toward a graduate degree in this department.
2. A course in which a grade below B has been earned may be repeated one time only to earn a grade of B or above.
3. Students admitted to a graduate program should consider a clinical practicum an integral part of
their graduate study. Enrollment in SPHS 4060 for leveling students and in SHHS 5060 for degree candidates
required for anyone taking more than 6 semester hours of course work. Degree candidates may petition the department chair in writing for an exemption from clinical enrollment. Such a petition should be submitted prior to the registration period of the semester for which an exemption is sought.
4. Students are expected to make satisfactory progress in clinical practicum throughout their program. If a student does not receive a grade of Pass in any semester, all work for that semester must be repeated.
5. A student may be removed from a graduate program in this department when failure to make satisfactory progress has been documented. Unsatisfactory progress shall be defined as:
a. a grade of C or below in two or more academic courses. This includes any and every course repeated for a higher grade as well as any course listed as a prerequisite for graduate study,
b. a grade of NP in two or more enrollments of clinical practicum, SPHS 4060 or 5060,
c. a grade of C in an academic course and a grade of NP in clinical practicum, SPHS 4060 or 5060,
d. unsatisfactory defense of a thesis, and
e. failure to pass the comprehensive examination after three attempts within a twelve month period.
6. Students may appeal any decision made upon the basis of these department policies. Such an appeal should be made in writing to the chair of the department. Appeals will be considered by the department according to the procedures set forth in the Student Guide and the Faculty Handbook of the university.
All Courses of Instruction are located in one section at the back of this catalog.
The "Course and Subject Guide," found in the Courses of Instruction section of this book, serves as a table of contents and provides quick access to subject areas and prefixes.
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Have you ever watched a food show where they go into someone's kitchen and open up the refrigerator and cupboards for everyone to see? They always look so neat and tidy - there is no way that was a surprise visit! These shows make me think about my own refrigerator... what is in it right now? Leftovers? Vegetables that I need to eat? I also wonder - how sustainable is my food? Where did it come from? What if someone wants to look inside, am I ready for my TV debut?!
Even if you shop at the farmers' market or the healthiest grocery store in town, how sustainable do you think your kitchen is? There is a chance that chemicals, additives, pesticides, GMOs and many other unsavory toxins are lurking in your refrigerator, cupboards and under your sink.
Let's take a look and see how to make some sustainable improvements. If you know what to look out for, you can start creating a healthier and more sustainable kitchen with each shopping trip.
Get started!
#1. Peek inside the fridge and cupboards... take a quick inventory. Get a sense of what you usually have on hand - veggies, dairy, meat, condiments, bread/grains, processed foods, etc.
#2. Tackle this makeover slowly... one item at a time. Don't start throwing things out, but as you run low on an item that you want to upgrade, start to think about alternatives.
#3. Pick which item you want to makeover (Carrots? Milk? Crackers?). On your next trip to the grocery store or farmers' market, come armed with questions and be ready to read labels to make the best new sustainable choice.
#4. Enjoy the newest sustainable addition to your kitchen! Notice the flavor difference and think about the health implications for you, your family and the producers - relish in the fact that you are contributing to a sustainable world.
#5. Pick the next item. Repeat #3 - #4.
The basics
- Know what questions to ask.
- Read labels. This is very important!
Labels/Certifications for animal products:
Ingredients in processed foods:
Pesticides in Produce:
Beware of factory farmed meat full of hormones and antibiotics, preservatives, nitrites/nitrates.
Replace with antibiotic and hormone free meat (organic if possible). Limit your intake of processed meats, but when you do indulge, look for lunch meats, sausages and other processed meats with no added nitrites or nitrates.
Extra credit:Look for meat and animal products from humanely, sustainably raised animals - check out the product website or ask questions at the farmers market, your local butcher or the grocery store.
Beware of antibiotics, mercury, PCBs, artificial coloring.
Replace with "best choice" or "good alternative" from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch guides.
Extra credit: Look for sustainably caught or farmed seafood - check out Seafood Watch or talk to the fish monger at the farmers market or grocery store.
Beware of rBGH, antibiotics.
Replace with antibiotic and hormone free dairy (organic if possible).
Extra credit: Look for dairy from sustainably, humanely raised animals - check out the product website or ask questions at the farmers market.
Beware of antibiotics, meaningless labels (cage-free, vegetarian feed, etc.).
Replace with pasture raised eggs (organic if possible).
Extra credit: Look for eggs from pasture-raised chickens - check out the product website or ask questions at the farmers market or grocery store.
Beware of pesticides, herbicides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Replace with local, sustainable and/or organic. You can choose which items to buy organic based off of the Dirty Dozen list from the Environmental Working Group.
Soy Products
Beware of GMOs.
Replace with organic and/or GMO-free soybeans.
Processed Foods
Beware of preservatives, additives, coloring, trans-fats, sodium, added sugar/HFCS, GMOs, BPA.
Replace with the least processed items you can find with the least ingredients (organic if possible). Always read the labels! Homemade is a great option.
Beware of preservatives, additives, coloring, trans-fats, sodium, added sugar, HFCS, GMOs, BPA.
Replace with the least processed you can find with the least ingredients (organic if possible). Always read the labels! Homemade condiments are a great option.
Beware of added sugar and HFCS, coloring, additives.
Replace with water or seltzer with lemon or other real fruit juice
Other Items in Your Kitchen
Beware of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Replace with stainless steel, cast iron, ceramic, glass, clay.
Plastic bags, water bottles and containers
Beware of BPA, PVC (Plastic No.3), polystyrene (Plastic No. 6), plastic no. 7, thermoplastic.
Replace with glass containers, BPA-free plastic, corn-based plastic, reusable bags. Use water filters instead of buying water in bottles.
Cleaning supplies
Beware of corrosive chemicals, fragrances, ethylene-based glycolk, terpenes, hypochlorite, crystalline silica, butyl cellosolve (check your current cleaning supplies).
Replace with natural products (read the labels!) and/or homemade cleaning supplies utilizing non-toxic supplies like soap, water, baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice and borax.
Other Ways to Make Your Kitchen More Sustainable
- Buy in bulk - make food from scratch and avoid chemicals, preservatives, additives, BPA, etc.
- Make your own salad dressings and other condiments.
- Learn to preserve food (canning, pickling, drying, etc).
- Eat seasonally.
Take it slowly and make it happen!
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Sindee Jennings (aka Sinde Clear, Cindie Clear, Sin Dee, Syndee Jennings and Sin Dee Jennings) was born in Texas in 1986. She grew up in California and Texas. When she was 20 years old, Sindee made her first appearance in an adult film. With more than 200 movies in her filmography, you'll see many sides of this sexy girl. She had a high-profile role in 2008 as the younger Serra Paylin in Who's Nailin' Paylin, and in 2009 appeared as Mary Ann in the much-anticipated sitcom spoof This Ain't Gilligan's Island XXX. Even though she hasn't won a major award (yet), her work has not gone unheralded. She was nominated for four AVN Awards and one XRCO Award in 2009, and was a finalist for F.A.M.E.'s Favorite Underrated Star Award.
Standing only 5'3", Sindee is a petite treat for sore eyes. In her personal life, she's apparently just as randy as you see her onscreen, because she admits that she has a habit of having sex in public – a piece of news that is sure to inspire some of you to book flights to L.A. any minute now. Sindee is a cat lover whose favorite music includes instrumental techno, Madonna, Coldplay, Gnarles Barkley, and DJ Tiesto.


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Technology company The Linde Group will be presenting the latest advances in eco-friendly energy carriers at Hannover Messe 2013. It will be focusing in particular on hydrogen and liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Hydrogen fuelling technology from Linde in demand
As a leading provider of hydrogen fuelling solutions, Linde will once again be the exclusive supplier of hydrogen for the fuel-cell cars operated by the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) in Hanover. CEP partners Daimler, GM/Opel, Honda and Toyota will be inviting exhibition visitors to take a test drive in their zero-emission vehicles in the open grounds. The cars will be refuelled with green hydrogen supplied by a mobile refuelling unit developed by Linde. The hydrogen will be sourced from Linde's pilot plant in Leuna, where it is manufactured from raw glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel manufacturing. Advanced to industrial scale, this production path has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 50 and 80 percent compared with conventional hydrogen production processes using natural gas.
Linde will also be showcasing the latest developments in stationary fuelling technologies. In the last two years, Linde developed and built three hydrogen stations which generate hydrogen directly on site through electrolysis. These have the potential to generate zero-carbon hydrogen using electricity from regenerative sources such as wind power. The most recent station of this type was opened in March in Stuttgart, built for EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, and is part of the CEP. "These next-generation stations not only contribute to Europe's growing hydrogen fuelling infrastructure," says Dr Andreas Opfermann, Head of Clean Energy and Innovation Management at Linde. "Enabled by power-to-gas technology, they also demonstrate the value of hydrogen as a storage medium in the transition to a cleaner energy landscape."
New applications for LNG
LNG is an economically viable bridging technology in the move towards more sustainable mobility choices. As the most environmentally friendly of all fossil fuels, LNG is a particularly attractive alternative to heavy oils or diesel for shipping and trucking companies. Driven by increasingly strict emission thresholds, demand for LNG is rising in these and other industries. Last year, Linde entered into a joint venture with marine fuel specialist Bomin. The new company, Bomin Linde LNG, is already successfully establishing a maritime LNG infrastructure.
Linde also set up an LNG fuelling station for the Stobart Group logistics specialist in Great Britain. This will serve some of Stobart's dual-fuel vehicles. A new fuelling technology means that virtually no gas escapes during the fuelling process. This innovation greatly improves the environmental balance of this station relative to conventional systems.
Linde masters the entire natural gas value chain – from liquefaction through storage to delivery to the point of use.
All visitors are welcome to visit Linde's stand in hall 27 from the 8th to the 12th of April in Hanover. The company will be presenting a host of clean technologies – including those outlined above.


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The Salt Valley Greenway is a ribbon of open space and greenway links within the Salt Valley drainage basin in Lincoln and Lancaster County. One of the key links is the Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch, linking Pioneers Park and Spring Creek Prairie, important resources for tallgrass prairie and environmental education. The Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch will connect and build upon these valuable community assets with a trail to promote ecotourism and education, and through prairie conservation and restoration to highlight one of southeast Nebraska's most valuable resources--tallgrass prairie. In Summer of 2012, a master plan was completed for the Salt Valley Greenway and Prairie Corridor to provide guidance for a public-private partnership to use in implementing the Prairie Corridor. The partnership is currently working to develop and refine the information for the Prairie Corridor and to seek grant funds for implementation.


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I have a swing-hammock that's hanging from the ceiling (through an I-beam) with some steel wire. Everything is swell except the positioning of the hammock means it should be able to swivel. This can't happen with the current arrangement, the wire would twist and be compromised eventually (think a typical park swing and how you'd twist it up and then let it untwist at high speed).
Thus, I'm looking for the proper fitting to enable this rotation and can't seem to find one. Things like this aren't meant to operate under load, whatever I get needs to be able to handle a 250lb person and the force associated with sitting down in it and pulling out of it.
Something with bearings would be excellent I imagine, as obviously supporting weight while allowing rotation is a lot of force to handle gracefully.
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Looking for HILL family members of Taranaki, N.Z.
Alfred & Julia HILL emigrated to N.Z.with 10 of their children in 1883.
My great-grandmother was their eldest child, Evangeline (Eva, Evelyn) 1862 - 1946.
I have photos and information that I am willing to share.
My great-grandmother was Catherine Sebella TRUDGEON. She was an older sister of Evelyn who was married to William Joseph WAREHAM.
Catherine came to NZ in 1875 with her parents,Thomas Watts TRUDGEON, and Eliza SOLOMON. Evelyn was born in Christchurch,19.10.1895. She was the 15th and last child born to Thomas and Elisa.
I have more information if anyone is interested.
Looking for ALEXANDERS of Lisnagunague, County Antrim, Nth Ireland
My great-grandfather, DAVID ALEXANDER,born 10.03.1855,immigrated to N.Z in 1879. He was from the small village of Lisnagunague in County Antrim. (Near Bushmills.)His father was JOSEPH ALEXANDER 1807 - 1887.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER had 2 known siblings: Matthew and Matilda. I would like to know whether there were any others. I would be interested in any information at all regarding this family.
Looking for CATHERINE STEEL of Tobererkeigh, County Antrim Northern Ireland
CATHERINE STEEL was my great-grandmother. She married WILLIAM ROBERTSON who was born in 1825 in Northern Ireland.
Catherine and William had 12 children, three of whom emigrated to N.Z. My great grandmother, Martha, was one of these. Other children, Hugh and Robert emigrated to and died later in America.
I have no information at all about Catherine. When I visited Toberkeigh (NI) last year I was able to photograph a memorial that Catherine had had erected as a memorial to her husband William and sons Hugh and Robert. I took photos of a number of other Steel tombstones but have no idea if they are connected.
Catherine and William's children were the following: William, Agnes, Lily-Anne, Martha, Andrew, John, Catherine, Hugh, Adam, Mary-Jane, Margaret and Robert.
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Diondre Poole told his quarterback to throw it up and he was going to get it.
Diondre Poole told his quarterback to throw it up and he was going to get it.
New Bern�s senior wide receiver hauled in a pass from Michael Hughes, and raced the rest of the way for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter.
The Bears held on for a 21-13 win over J.H. Rose on Senior Night and Hall of Fame Night at Caruso-Coates Stadium Friday.
�It was a big play. Coach Curlings told us a big play was going to happen, and it happened to be me,� Poole said. �We told the o-line just to block a little bit longer and everything was going to come.�
Poole�s only catch, a 61-yarder, gave New Bern a 14-13 advantage with 11:47 remaining.
Hughes tacked on a 2-yard touchdown run with less than a minute remaining to secure the win and the second playoff seed from the Eastern Carolina Conference.
New Bern (8-3, 5-1 Eastern Carolina) will find out its playoff opponent on Saturday. The win over rival Rose should give the defending 4A state champs a home game in the first round of next week�s playoffs.
�Hopefully this will give them some momentum,� New Bern coach Bobby Curlings said. �We can play football. We just beat a 9-1 team. Hopefully it will springboard us into the playoffs, and get us going on the right track.�
Cody Purdie gained 86 rushing yards on 20 carries and got New Bern on the scoreboard with a 12-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, just a play after J.H. Rose was penalized for pass interference in the end zone.
The Rampants came back with a 58-yard interception return after the ball was knocked out of Hughes� hand and into Copeland Spell�s arms who sprinted to the end zone.
On New Bern�s next offensive possession, Spell picked off another pass. The Rampants took advantage with a Cornell Powell 3-yard touchdown run.
The Bears led 7-0 at halftime, but were outscored 13-0 in the third quarter.
Curlings complimented his team�s resilient attitude.
�That�s the way this team has been,� he said. �They bend but don�t break. They keep playing hard and try to find ways to win.
�Hats off to our kids and their attitudes and for sticking with it.�
New Bern turned the ball over three times � two interceptions and a fumble. The defense took the ball away three times.
�We had three turnovers again tonight and our defense kept us in it,� Curlings said. (Defensive) Coach (Steve Lovitt) had a great game plan and kept them off balance.�
Hughes completed 10-of-20 for 176 yards, and the Bears gained 327 yards of offense. J.H. Rose (9-2, 4-2) racked up 268 yards.
J.H. Rose 0 0 13 0 � 13
New Bern 0 7 0 14 � 21
Second quarter
NB � Cody Purdie 12 run (Josh Htoo kick), 7:38
Third quarter
JHR � Copeland Spell 58 interception return (Asa Alexander kick), 9:05
JHR � Cornell Powell 3 run (kick blocked), 4:21
Fourth quarter
NB � Diondre Poole 61 pass from Michael Hughes (Htoo kick), 11:47
NB � Hughes 2 run (Htoo kick), :57
Team statistics
First downs 13 17
Total 268 327
Rush-attempt 43-183 39-151
Comp-Att-Int 10-20-2 8-15-1
Passing yards 176 85
Fumble-lost 2-1 2-1
Punt-average 4-32.3 5-32.6
Penalties-yards 8-60 9-55
Individual statistics
Passing: New Bern � Michael Hughes 10-20-2 176 TD. J.H. Rose � Khalil Smith 8-15-1 85, Cornell Powell 0-5-1 0.
Rushing: New Bern � Cody Purdie 20-86 TD, Hughes 14-39 TD, Khalil Simpson 4-34, Deauntae Grimes 1 (-8). J.H. Rose � Nick King 20-71, Smith 12-47, Powell 9-67, Christian Pleasant 2 (-2).
Receiving: New Bern � Diondre Poole 1-61, Simpson 3-49, Purdie 1-32, Grimes 4-30, Theron Noble 1-4. J.H. Rose � Ockwan Hart 1-24, Powell 2-23, Micah Hunter 1-18, Marquise Braxton 1-16, Joe Streeter 2-16, King 1-4.
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Grand Boulevard has welcomed a new restaurant to its fold � Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar � a place that is proving to be a destination for locals to meet up.
Located next door to the new Boulevard 10 Cinema and on the main street of the popular Grand Boulevard shopping district, its location could not be more strategically placed.
Jason Justak is the restaurant's operating partner and has only been with the company for three months.
Originally from Indiana, he spent the last five years working at an Italian restaurant in Las Vegas. When he and his wife welcomed a baby girl into their family, they wanted to move somewhere more wholesome and came across the company post about this position at a new restaurant in Destin. They came out in the fall and fell in love with the area.
"This is a great place to raise a child," said Justak. "We are enjoying the community and beaches. We love it. It's beautiful here, even when it rains, it's beautiful. We have met so many nice people. This is a great new beginning for us."
Travinia is a relatively young company started in 2002 and based Greenville, S.C., created by friends who shared a passion for wine and had an idea to open restaurant and pair great food with wine.
Travinia means three vines, said Justak. The restaurant's three vines are food, wine, and friendship.
All dishes are made from scratch and they offer gluten free options.
Following its July 8 soft opening, Justak said the restaurant, which seats 275, is doing wonderful.
"News has spread by word of mouth. We have enjoyed a great start. We have the right staff and people who believe in what we believe in: awesome Italian," he said.
The restaurant's chef is Josh Higgins, who uses local seafood vendors for fresh great flavor.
Open for only about a month, on any given night the coveted bar seats are usually full of locals meeting other locals for a drink and a bite to eat.
The long half-moon shaped bar with three big-screen TVs can seat 20 comfortably inside, and when the temperatures begin to drop, the windows on the bar's south side are opened up to include the outdoor bar, which seats 15.
If you aren't sure which wine you want that is sold only by the bottle, sample upper tier selections such as Silver Oak from the restaurant's Napa Technology wine machine.
Every Tuesday features 25-percent off bottles of wine all day. Wednesday features half-off specialty martinis from 4 - 8 p.m.
While sipping a glass of wine at the bar, if it's only a snack you crave, try the Italian nachos with fried chips, sausage, olives, and peppers.
Menu options are wide, from the classic Italian pasta dishes to pizza, steaks and fish.
Under the "favorites" category, you will find Sinatra Chicken, a dish of grilled chicken breast topped with smoked pancetta, mozzarella and a light semi-sweet Grand Marnier cream sauce with cappellini for $16.
A salad that has proven popular is the Spinach and Goat Cheese salad with lightly fried goat cheese medallions, sliced red onions, diced egg, baby spinach and a warm pancetta dressing for $10.
A favorite among the pasta dishes is the Pasta Mia Nona, with bowtie pasta, grilled chicken, mushrooms and roasted tomatoes tossed in an asiago garlic cream sauce for $16.
On the lunch menu, find sandwiches, soups, salads, and a soup of the day.
The desserts are made in house with tiramisu being the No. 1 seller.
Travinia is open seven days a week: Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Mondays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
"We believe we offer something for everyone, including the kids with their own menu," said Justak.
Take out is available by calling 654-4442 or tell the bartender. A Sandestin discount is offered to resident homeowners.


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Texas Company Sues Homeowners With Foreclosed Second Mortgages
(SUNNYVALE, Calif.) -- Ahmed Abdelfatta, a car salesman in Sunnyvale, Calif., bought a 1,170-square-foot home for $675,000 in 2005. His mortgage was about $540,000, and he took out a second mortgage of $135,000 to cover the down payment.
Two years later, Abdelfattah, now 52, was laid off and could no longer make his house payments. The bank foreclosed on his home.
After a house has been sold in foreclosure, according to California law, owners with loans like Abdelfattah's are protected from being pursued for any other debts on the same property. But Abdelfattah started receiving letters from Heritage Pacific Financial, a debt-collection and consolidation agency in Plano, Texas, that he'd never heard of. The company demanded he pay back the second mortgage.
"They said, 'You owe us this money.' I said, 'You know that must be a joke because the house went in foreclosure,'" Abdelfattah told ABC affiliate KGO in San Francisco. "When I didn't respond to them, they started calling me and calling me. They say, 'You have to pay us.' And they got my wife's cellphone. They start calling everybody. They called my neighbor."
Although a judge has since dismissed Abdelfattah's case, he is still unsettled by the experience. "I couldn't sleep at night, being accused of fraud," he told KGO.
And his credit rating is still negatively affected by Heritage Pacific's claim.
Heritage Pacific is run by Chris and Ben Ganter, identical twin brothers who starred in "PayDirt," a reality-TV show about making money in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market.
When the market tanked, they started their company in 2009. Since then, they have purchased about 40,000 second-lien mortgage notes across the country, including California.
"Heritage Pacific Financial buys mixed mortgage pools from other secondary-market participants," said Ben Ganter, who runs Heritage's legal department. "The mix consists of mortgage loans prior to foreclosure and post-foreclosure."
A large portion of their business involves suing homeowners who have failed to repay their second mortgage loans, even after the bank has foreclosed on their homes. Abdelfattah was one such case: In May 2010, Heritage Pacific named him in a lawsuit that claimed he had used fraud to obtain a second mortgage, California Watch.org reported.
Ganter says California law allows Heritage Pacific to collect on second mortgages where they can prove borrowers committed fraud. "We are suing people for mortgage fraud," he said. "They lied about how much money they made, they bought multiple properties and when they failed to make money, they walked away from the property."
He added, "For all the homeowners who honestly obtained their mortgages and honestly lost their homes, how do you think they would feel knowing that people can buy houses, as investments or personal residences, lie about their income, their intention to live in the house as a primary residence, their employment and-or savings, their intention to pay back the loan, and they can walk away from that house without being held financially responsible to anyone?"
Attorneys for people who are counter-suing argue otherwise. "They must have a business model in which they believe they can make a profit from pursuing people on debts that they've probably purchased for pennies on the dollar," said Gary Neustadter, a Santa Clara University law professor representing three people being sued by Heritage Pacific in bankruptcy court.
"Their objective is to collect money, and they're trying to collect as much as they can as fast as they can," said Will Kennedy, a consumer law attorney in Santa Clara, Calif., who is representing Abdelfattah and parties involved in a class-action lawsuit against Heritage Pacific. "They only sue on second mortgages, which range from $70,000 to $150,000. Twenty percent of that is a lot of money. They get these loans very cheap, so they only have to collect a little bit to make money."
Kennedy argues that most of the mortgage applications were legitimate, and that the only reason homeowners stopped paying their debts was because they lost their jobs and had no income. He also maintains that the bulk of the original mortgage applications were signed by brokers who lied.
And he argues that Heritage Pacific's lawsuits against people with second-rate mortgage debts of less than $150,000 are illegal under California law. "Legally, you can only sue for fraud if the amount is more than $300,000," Kennedy said.
(A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge threw out Heritage Pacific's claim against Abdelfattah in March because the alleged fraud involved a loan for less than $150,000.)
Heritage Pacific does send letters to borrowers, offering to stop pestering them if they pay back a portion of the original loan. But it has also filed more than 220 bankruptcy cases in federal courts in California, including a claim against Oscar Trejo, a San Jose resident who invested in properties and later lost them all in foreclosures.
Shortly before he expected to exit bankruptcy in November 2011, Trejo received a letter from Heritage Pacific saying it had asked a bankruptcy judge not to erase its $88,800 claim against him. The company alleged that he had overstated his monthly income. A judge later ruled that that while Trejo didn't make the $9,500 a month he said he did, the lender had "ignored obvious problems" with Trejo's loan application and couldn't block the discharge of his $88,800 debt, CaliforniaWatch.org reported.
Heritage Pacific has appealed that ruling to a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, arguing that the lender's reliance on Trejo's undocumented assertions reflected "the custom and habit of the mortgage industry at the time."
Trejo's countersuit against Heritage Pacific is scheduled for a jury trial in July.
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Chinese Students Stay Home for Western Education
With NYU opening its first campus in Shanghai this fall, other schools like Duke and Juilliard will be following suit soon. William Vanberge of BE Education tells the WSJ's Wei Gu why students are more willing to stay in China instead of studying abroad.
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For the 11th year in a row the Southern Plains Festival has made a huge impact on the wakeboarding community in state of Oklahoma. Run by Sammy and April Roberts, SPF attracts riders from all over the "Southern Plains" and their surrounding areas including Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and beyond. This past weekend marked my 3rd year as a competitor / fan of the SPF tournament held on Lake Eufala just an hour outside the city limits of Tulsa, OK. The special thing about SPF is that the entire contest is fueled by families with an extreme passion for the sport volunteering their help in any way it is needed whether it be driving the pick up Jet Ski, helping athletes register or providing their own personal boats to tow riders behind. It's not uncommon to find 2 -3 competitors from the same family all riding in their respective divisions as their siblings / parents cheer them on from the shores.
New to SPF in 2009 was the "Open Grom" division in which riders 13 and younger threw some impressive spins and inverts taking several spectators by surprise. The level of riding at this event gets progressively better year after year with riders like Kelton Collins, Todd Forest and the Kress brothers (just to name a few) all making waves in each of their divisions. One of the biggest breakout rides came from Open / Pro men's champion Mitch Bergsma who laid down some huge tricks into the flats including an S – bend and also back to back KGB's.
Saturday night featured a rail jam on the opposite end of the lake with a Huge A-frame, a kicker and flat rail all towed by winch. Several of the top level wakeboarders and wakeskaters rode in the rail jam which took place under the lights and features several solid hits along with some EXTREMELY priceless crashes!
In all the event was a total success thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Roberts family and all of the other volunteers (you know who you are)! Until next yer I'll leave you all with this:
"Nascar. Don't you love it?" (random quote on the billboard of an Oklahoman restaurant near the site).


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ben Scrivens made 37 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Tyler Toffoli's second-period goal held up as the winner as the Los Angeles Kings completed a successful Eastern road trip with a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
Dominic Moore thought he tied it with 2:41 remaining, but the goal was disallowed because he kicked it in with his right skate.
Scrivens, filling in for injured regular Jonathan Quick, followed up a blanking of New Jersey on Friday with one against the Rangers. Los Angeles went 3-0-1 on the trip, winning the final three games.
Scrivens has gone 155 minutes, 2 seconds without allowing a goal over three games. Los Angeles is 5-0-1 in its last six.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots in the hard-luck loss. The Rangers, 7-3 in their last 10, failed to follow up on a 1-0 win at Montreal on Saturday and dropped their second straight at home.
CHICAGO (AP) ? Patrick Sharp scored two goals, including one on a third-period penalty shot, and Kris Versteeg had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago over San Jose.
Jonathan Toews and rookie Brandon Pirri also scored for the Blackhawks, who rebounded with a tidy defensive effort following a 7-2 loss in Nashville on Saturday.
Joe Pavelski connected for San Jose.
Versteeg scored his first goal with the Blackhawks since being reacquired from Florida on Thursday.
Corey Crawford stopped 23 shots and wasn't heavily tested in the win.
WASHINGTON (AP) ??? Alex Ovechkin won the head-to-head matchup between the NHL's two leading goal scorers, getting a pair in the first period to move into a tie with Alexander Steen in Washington's win over St. Louis.
Ovechkin's 16th and 17th goals led the Capitals to their third straight win and seventh in nine games. Mikhail Grabovski and John Carlson also scored for Washington, Nicklas Backstrom had three assists, and Braden Holtby made 46 saves.
Ovechkin and Steen are two of the NHL's hottest forwards playing for two of the league's hottest teams, but the Capitals cruised after dominating early, scoring on three of their first six shots against Jaroslav Halak.
Vladimir Sobotka scored in the second period for the Blues, who had won eight of 10. St. Louis was playing for the third time in four nights, including a back-to-back after a home win over Carolina.
The Blues took a season-high 47 shots compared to 20 for the Capitals.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ??? Ryan Johansen, R.J. Umberger and Fedor Tyutin each had a power-play goal to lead Columbus over Ottawa.
Derek MacKenzie also scored for Columbus (7-10-3), and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots.
Erik Karlsson scored the lone goal for the Senators (8-8-4) in the third period. Craig Anderson made 18 saves.
The ugly game got even uglier after Ottawa's Mark Borowiecki caught Jared Boll with his head down in the third. James Wisniewski quickly came to his teammate's defence and fought Borowiecki. The two were tossed from the game.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ??? Mikko Koivu scored two goals, including the winner with 3:12 remaining, and Minnesota extended its winning streak to four games by beating Winnipeg.
Josh Harding made 21 saves for his 12th victory.
The Wild have an eight-game point streak (7-0-1) and pulled into second place, two points behind Chicago, in the Central Division. They also extended their home winning streak to six and are 10-1-2 at home.
The Jets had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Koivu doubled his goal total for the season. Zach Parise earned an assist and has 13 points in his past 12 games.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ????????? Kari Lehtonen made 42 saves to help Dallas edge Vancouver.
Valeri Nichushkin and Erik Cole scored for Dallas (11-7-2), which came off a 7-3 victory over Calgary on Thursday and extended its road winning streak to six games.
Henrik Sedin scored for Vancouver (11-8-3), which got 21 saves from Roberto Luongo but dropped its fourth in a row.
After Lehtonen kept Vancouver off the scoreboard in the second period in which Vancouver held a 20-6 edge in shots, Cole made it 2-0 early in the third.


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The 31 year old Warren double-bogeyed the 15th, then bogeyed the next two for a one under par 71.
Singh, who on a dream Sunday at Castle Stuart Golf Links also claims a spot in next week's Open Championship, came from five shots back and joint 16th place for the fourth victory of his European Tour career.
"I was just enjoying a cup of tea and some chocolate cake and watching it on television, and suddenly got excited," said Singh - who was three shots behind Warren when he signed his card.
"I think God has been kind, and I think the field came back and I put myself in a to go in for a play-off - I'm very fortunate.
"I would like to thank a lot of people who have been by my side the last three, four years that have been a struggle for me with the injuries: My family, my friend who coaches me, Janet, who was on my bag, my sponsors who stood by me like Callaway, UPS, Societe Generale, golf in DUBAi; all of these guys have been great and supported me through a tough time and I want to thank them all for this.
"It has been really tough - frustrating than anything else. You feel like your game is coming back and another injury creeps up, but I just stuck myself in there and said that you need to work on the physical side, and I worked hard on that. Everything has paid off, and I just want to think about the good things and not what's past and I want to look towards the future now."
After playing the first 14 holes in a brilliant five under par in the first windy conditions of the tournament it all started to go awry on the 423 yard 15th for Warren.
He faced a 15 foot par putt after finding rough off the tee, but three-putted it for a double bogey six.
His next drive found gorse and after a penalty drop led to a bogey five, then he chipped far too strongly on the short 17th and let another shot go.
Suddenly he needed to birdie the par five last to be in the play-off, but into the wind he needed three to find the green and then missed from 25 feet.
"I might need a little help to get to sleep tonight," said Warren.
"It's going to be disappointing watching The Open (an event the former Omega Mission Hills World Cup winner has never qualified for). I had it in my hands."
Noren was equally gutted minutes earlier as he had taken a bogey six at the last - one behind Singh, who had set the target of 17 under par with a bogey-free 67 - the Swede missing a three foot par putt.
Molinari, who started with a course record 62 and led after the second and third rounds as well, required a closing birdie to win and so emulate his brother Edoardo, winner of the title two years ago.
But he left himself having to hole from nine feet to keep his title hopes alive. He made that, but he could not match Singh's four when they played the hole again.
Singh was assured of The Open spot going into sudden death because Molinari was already exempt for Royal Lytham.
It will be only his second appearance in the event after he missed the cut at Carnoustie five years ago.
"I just love links golf," Singh said, although he had a different opinion when he first experienced it as a 16 year old in 1988.
That was for the qualifying rounds of the British Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl and also Pyle and Kenfig. He shot 87 and 84.
"I thought 'My God, this is tough'. I wasn't used to wearing raingear."
Singh's father Milkha was known as "The Flying Sikh", most famous for losing out on an Olympic 400 metres medal in a photo-finish in Rome in 1960.
A Bollywood film is currently being made about his life called "Go Milkha Go", but on the final day in the Highlands it was a case of "Go Jeev Go".
He birdied four of the first six holes, then added another on the 363 yard tenth and parred in.
It looked like three-putting the 337 yard 16th after driving the green and leaving a 14 foot attempt on the last short of the hole would cost him - before those in the final groups started to struggle.
Molinari finished runner-up for the second week running. Victory would have taken him from tenth to second in The Ryder Cup standings, but he is still looking good for a second successive cap.
"It was a good week, positive," said Molinari. "It's obviously disappointing at the moment not to finish it off.
"The two putts at 15 and 16 that I missed made all the difference in the end."
World Number One and defending champion Luke Donald stays sixth on the points table after finishing 16th with, among others, Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington.
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The power of social media truly blows my mind. Amber West wrote about using social media for good here and here and it's not like I didn't believe her. I know it's true. But I've had the opportunity to experience it in a real and profound way myself as of late.
As you know, this Saturday Hubby and I will be joining thousands of Canadians in the fight to end impaired driving by participating in MADD Canada's annual Strides for Change walk-a-thon. The 5 km walk supports MADD Canada Chapters and Community Leaders in their efforts to educate and create awareness about the dangers of impaired driving as well as help victims in their community. Uberlicious or WHAT?!
So far, Hubby and I have raised close to $600 (that I know of…there could be more online donations that people didn't even TELL me about…) A huge amount of that support came from my new-found blogging and writing family. Your generosity and support has been simply outstanding. Most of you I've never met face-to-face and yet…you are there week in and week out reading my Friday's post, sharing an encouraging comment, cheering from the side lines in spirit, ReTweeting my efforts out into the blogosphere and twitterverse…and some even donating your hard-earned cash towards our walk-a-thon. It blows my mind! It leaves me speechless (ok…maybe not quite speechless but you get the drift).
You guys humble me. You honor me. And your support and love touches me deeply. We've really become quite a little family, haven't we?! I had no idea I would achieve this level of friendship and family when I put the pen to this virtual paper nearly two years ago.
All that to say, y'all FREAKING ROCK my world!!! Thank you…each of you…for being YOU because you are truly a blessing in my life and I can't ever put into words adequately how much you all mean to me. Seriously. Coolest freaking people on the planet!
I can't WAIT to see what the next year brings…squeee!!!
If you want to donate to Hubby and mine's Strides for Change walk-a-thon, there's still time (no pressure!!!!)
- If you are located in either Fredericton or Saint John, NB, fire me an email (Natalie at nataliehartford dot com) and I'll make arrangements to pick up your pledge.
- You can send us a pledge via an email money transfer (if bank supports that option) to my email Natalie at nataliehartford dot com.
- Email me your intentions and follow-up with a cheque via snail mail (yip, there's still such a thing). I can cover your cash for Saturday knowing the cheque's on its way.
- Make an online donation via MADD Canada's secure website here and put Hartford in the "I want to make a donation in support of the following Strides for Change participant" box. Be sure to send me an email and let me know you've made a donation because MADD Canada won't be able to tell me donation amounts submitted this way until after the walk.
And if a financial pledge isn't your thing that is totally cool. Seriously. Just knowing you guys are behind me every step of the way makes all the difference in the world!
Oh and one more thing (God help me)…stay tuned for Monday's post. It's that time of the month again…no…not Aunt Flo…but something equally as distressing (just teasing Hubby). It's HUBBY'S CORNER time and he's delving into some of our marital bliss fun. You won't want to miss it!
How has social media and/or blogging changed your world? What positive experiences have touched you? I'd love to hear…
On August 1, 2009, my beautiful mother-in-law's life was cut tragically short by an impaired driver and my stepson's life changed forever. In honor of Donna and Jordan Kennie, please don't drink and drive. Impaired driving is 100% preventable. Think about it.
Support MADD Canada and follow them on Facebook, Twitter (@maddcanada), YouTube, and on the Web.
More blog deliciousness here:
- Fab post by Jody Hedlund with some very good reasons not to quit social media when you feel burned out.
- An incredibly interesting article on The Creative Penn on why author J. Steve Miller gave up trying to build a social media following and concentrates on other ways of promoting his book.
- Marcy Kennedy does a FAB post on factors that could hamper your blog's chances of success. Definitely worth a read.


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Shortly after settling into a new home in South Carolina, Michael Koslow set out west to begin preparing for his hike along the Pacific Crest Trail to raise money for Thrive, while also raising awareness for mental illness.
Shortly after settling into a new home in South Carolina, Michael Koslow set out west to begin preparing for his hike along the Pacific Crest Trail to raise money for Thrive, while also raising awareness for mental illness.
At the beginning of the year, Thrive announced one of their unit leaders would be gearing up for the 2,633-mile hike along the PCT, which stretches from the southern border of California and Mexico all the way to Canada.
Thrive is a local nonprofit that helps people with mental illness on their path to independence through membership at the Clubhouse, offering programs that teach coping, social and vocational skills and helping members with job placement.
After months of preparation and an unexpected move with his wife, Lauren, Koslow is now ready to begin his hike.
"It's been super busy because not only have I been getting ready for the hike, but we also moved from Asheville to Hilton Head, S.C. because Lauren got hired at the public library here, so there's just been a lot of packing and unpacking and setting up, cleaning — at the same time trying to get all of my gear and plans in order for the hike," Koslow said.
In that same time time, Koslow also raised $1,250 in donations for Thrive, along with multiple per-mile sponsorships.
"The wheels are turning and I am so grateful to everyone who has been so supportive in so many different ways, whether it is moral support or financial support, spiritual — all of these things, and I think it is going to continue to unfold like this," Koslow said.
Back at Thrive, Executive Director Kristen Martin said Clubhouse members and staff are excited to follow Koslow's journey.
"I think everybody is excited to keep up with his trek," Martin said. "We have a map that we're posting so that we can kind of track where he is along the way when he does his trail journals, and everybody is really excited that he's reaching his goals because we know this is something that he's always wanted to do."
Koslow will be keeping an online dairy of his journey on Trailjournals.com under the username MountainGoat2014.
"I am going to continue to, in addition to describing my experiences, talk about mental illness and Thrive," Koslow said. "I am going to talk about issues such as the environment and meditation that I will be having along the way; any thoughtful insights that may come to me that I feel can be beneficial, I will share."
After finishing his drive across the country, Koslow's hike will begin at dawn Tuesday. To follow Koslow's journey go to www.trailjournals.com and search for MountainGoat2014.
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The Marines are about to be hit by the same kind of sexual-harassment scandal that rocked the Army, Navy and Air Force. As yet, no Marine has gone on record talking about rape. But someone willand I bet it will be soon. Documents I recently obtained show that the same hostility found in the other services is deeply embedded in the Marines. Worse, this past February, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld purged the committee that reported on the corps' miserable climate, and stripped the committee's charter of key investigative powers. The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, or DACOWITS, long targeted by the radical right, isn't exactly a feminist innovation; it was established by Secretary of Defense Gen. George Marshall in 1951 to give military women (those leftists!) a voice.
According to two DACOWITS reportsdelivered, with spectacularly unfortunate timing, on Sept. 10, 2001women entering boot camp are told "that there are only three kinds of female Marines: 'bitches, lesbians, and whores.'" Both men and women say that male Marines regularly call female Marines "bags of nasties," or use the semi-official designation for women Marines, "WM," to mean "walking mattress." One woman is quoted as saying that her commanding officer told her flatly, "If you don't fuck me I'm going to give you a poor evaluation."
No employer can entirely stop employees from misbehaving, but it can swiftly punish those who do. The Marine Corps flunked that respect-and-respond test. "Senior enlisted men confirmed, laughingly, that sexual harassment goes on," reported DACOWITS in 2001. "The men stated that women do not belong in the Marine Corps. They laughed about the derogatory names the women are called." One of the investigators, Barbara Glacel, says that a group of men explained, "in very graphic terms, that women should not be allowed to go into any frontline situation because they smelled so bad when they menstruated that they would attract the enemy."
If a woman does "request mast," the Navy term for leapfrogging your immediate superiors and reporting to higher-ups, woe is she. "A senior male [noncommissioned officer] confirmed that a woman Marine requesting mast would be 'annihilated,'" according to these reports. The findings were corroborated in a scathing follow-up report by the Marine Corps inspector general's Special Readiness Assessment Team.
Nor have things improved since 2001. This June, Marcella Baker, a sexual-assault counselor at the civilian Onslow Women's Center in Jacksonville, N.C., near where Camp Lejeune's 30,000 Marines are stationed, said that her office gets about one call each month from a female Marine who's been raped by a fellow Marine or officer, a number she thinks is low as not everyone on base knows about the center.
She added that many women "feel they'll get penalized if they report someone of higher rank." As a result, and because they can't legally quit until their term is up, they feel trapped.
The Pentagon public-affairs office rejected a request to interview the post-purge DACOWITS chairwoman, retired Lt. Gen. Carol Mutter, once the Marine Corps' highest-ranking female. The Marine Corps inspector general's public-affairs office issued a statement saying that a Marine Corps Climate Assessment Task Force will soon be issuing a brief about how to, in the statement's words, "Better educate Marines and commanders about the Marine Corps' policies on equal opportunity and sexual harassment."
Let's hope those recommendations are searingly clear. Because here's the real scandal: In practice, the Marine Corps sanctions the idea that only a man can be a real Marine. As the other services have found, that attitude can lead to rape. And according to research cited by the other military services, when women and minorities enter nontraditional jobs, their vulnerability to harassment goes down as their numbers go up.
Women Marines make up just 6 percent of the corps, less than in any other military service. "Most [Marine Corps] jobs are coded as combat jobs and off-limits for women," explained Carolyn Becraft, who under President Bill Clinton was assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs (which oversees the Marines). "Coded as" is the key phrase; it doesn't mean the jobs actually take you into combat. Marene Allison, one of the purged DACOWITS investigators, says, "If any other corporation talked about and treated women this way, they would be hung and sued. But in the military, we say 'boys will be boys.'"


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appeared as the waves pulled back
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taking breaths.
I didn't know that
the purple-edged seashells found
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"Wampum," he said.
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Photographic practice allows Ludwig Favre to record 'slices of life' that he likes to capture in a spontaneous way, in the course of his many travels. His nonetheless sophisticated pictures bear witness to the great care he takes in choosing his framing, emphasising and imposing his subjects' existence. He also pays special attention to the role and intensity of the colours in the representation of space. Significant nuances of tone considerably accentuate the forms and depth of the landscapes photographed. Particularly appreciating the low rays of the evening and morning, the artist applies a somewhat nostalgic soft tonality to his photographs that evokes the passage of time.Read more Read less
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Born in Senlis in 1976, Ludwig Favre now lives and works in Paris. Art history, multimedia and audiovisual studies trained the photographer's eye, sensitive to the reproduction of picturesque landscapes. He has travelled widely, particularly between France and the United States. In New York, he allows himself to be surprised by the stunning infrastructure of the city and, whenever he gets the chance, reveals a vision oscillating between dynamism and serenity. Particularly attracted to life by the seaside, the photographer has also travelled off the Côte d'Argent. There, he photographed all the splendour of the seaside, lulled by the soft morning light and the gentle sound of waves.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Giant helium balloons rose above the treetops along New York's Central Park on Wednesday ahead of the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the largest public event so far in a city still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.
The parade that typically draws 3.5 million spectators and 50 million television viewers will follow a new route this year, skipping Times Square entirely - to the chagrin of business owners there.
Instead, the procession will head down Sixth Avenue, also known as the Avenue of the Americas, before culminating at Macy's flagship store on 34th Street.
"As it has during turbulent times in our history, we hope the Macy's Parade serves as a beacon of hope for all who tune in and gather with friends and family to give thanks this season, as they continue to heal from the devastating aftermath of Superstorm Sandy," Amy Kule, the parade's executive producer, said in a statement.
The parade will feature 16 giant character balloons, many of which are lucrative registered trademarks or brand mascots, including a 60-foot-tall Kermit the Frog, as well as 28 floats, 1,600 cheerleaders and dancers, 11 marching bands, and someone who looks a lot like Santa Claus.
Celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Isaak, Carly Rae Jepsen and the Muppets are due to appear or perform.
Macy's has said it will be providing transport and seats for some 5,000 people affected by Sandy, which last month inundated lower Manhattan with seawater, rearranged the New Jersey shore and Long Island, and tore up neighborhoods in far-flung areas of New York's outer boroughs.
At least 132 people died in the United States and Canada as a result of the storm.
"Coming here is a good distraction," said Chris Tamis, who along with his wife and two teenage kids was in New York to watch balloons being inflated for the parade.
"A lot of people are coming to get away from it," said Tamis, who only recently got power back in his home in Smithtown, New York.
On Wednesday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city, in partnership with local community organizations and businesses, was coordinating 26,500 Thanksgiving meals for people hardest hit by the storm.
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Paul Simao)