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L.A. Area Students Learn About Healthy Eating and Recycling with New Gardens
Fruit and vegetable gardens to be part of LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program activities
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Dec. 14, 2012 06:00 PM
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LA's BEST, the American Chemistry Council, Senator Ricardo Lara and Assemblymember Mike Gatto joined forces this week with students, faculty and volunteers to install school gardens at Los Feliz Elementary and Hooper Avenue Elementary. The gardens are designed to teach the importance of healthy eating and recycling. The Hooper Elementary garden was installed on December 13 and the Los Feliz garden, December 14.
Students in kindergarten through fifth grades worked alongside partners and volunteers to assemble garden boxes and plant a wide variety of fruit and vegetable seeds to be harvested in the spring. Many of the garden materials used—from tables to garden beds, watering cans and bird feeders—were made with recycled plastics, like plastics from milk jugs and water bottles.
"The garden will be a long-lasting example of healthy living and sustainability," said Edith Ballesteros-Vargas, director of BEST Fit at LA's BEST. "It will serve as a catalyst to foster healthy eating among our afterschool students, who can benefit from more fruits and vegetables in their diet. And it will teach young people to help protect the planet by recycling the items they use every day."
The American Chemistry Council is sponsoring the installation of the "green gardens" at the two LA's BEST school sites as part of a pilot program to teach students about the importance of recycling plastics at home and school.
"We're honored to partner with LA's BEST to bring gardens into elementary schools," said Steve Russell, vice president of plastics for the American Chemistry Council. "By showing students that many things used in gardening can be made with recycled plastics, we can remind them of the importance of recycling everyday items like water bottles, yogurt cups, wraps and bags, and making waste reduction a regular part of a healthy lifestyle."
Senator Lara and staff from Assemblymember Gatto's office were on hand to help unveil a dedication plaque at the school in their district during a ceremony celebrating the installation of the gardens. "I'm thrilled to be involved in an effort that helps keep our community healthy and fosters better nutrition for our children," said Senator Lara. "It's partnerships like this that help meet students' needs as well as teach the value of sustainable living and taking care of our environment through recycling plastics and other materials."
As part of the "green gardens" program, all of the 28,000 LA's BEST students will receive educational materials about healthy eating and how to live a sustainable lifestyle through actions like recycling. "I am proud to be a part of this great effort that partners directly with the students to help them build good habits from eating well to recycling. This hands-on experience will help them learn how to take care of themselves and the environment. It's a great triumph for everyone," said Assemblymember Gatto.
LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program is a partner in the statewide recycling awareness campaign, Plastics. Too Valuable to Waste. Recycle.TM The campaign launched in 2008 when representatives from the California Department of Parks and Recreation, ACC and Keep California Beautiful initiated a beach recycling program at State Parks sites in the Los Angeles and Central Coast areas. The program soon spread to State Parks beaches in San Diego, Monterey, Santa Cruz, the City of Brentwood and the City of Woodland. For more information, see www.2valuable2waste.com.
LA's BEST – Better Educated Students for Tomorrow – is a nationally recognized after school education, enrichment and recreation program serving more than 28,000 children with the greatest needs and fewest resources throughout the City of Los Angeles. LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program provides a safe haven for children ages 5 to 12 at 186 elementary school sites each day during the critical hours after school — at no cost to parents. Established in 1988, LA's BEST is a partnership including the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the private sector. LA's BEST is part of Beyond the Bell, whose mission is to ensure that all children and youth in LAUSD have access to high quality, safe and supervised academic, enrichment, and recreation programs that inspire learning and achievement beyond the regular school day. For more information, please visit www.lasbest.org.
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Margaret Irene Loyd Burns was born on August 1, 1923. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 6, 2013.She is survived by her husband of 71 years, Lloyd Burns of Amarillo. She is also survived by sons Ray (Donnell) Burns of Houston, David (Cindy) Burns of Amarillo, Marvin (Becky) Burns of San Antonio and a sister, Alice Kirk of Redondo Beach, California. She was preceded in death by her son Richard Burns, her parents Roland and Bessie Loyd, brothers Kenneth, Lewis, Donald, and David and sisters Mary Louise Loyd and Geneva Loyd Lindsey.Margaret was blessed with seven grandchildren; Aaron Burns, Chad Burns, Whitney Robinson, Allison Askew, Matt Burns, Andrew Burns, and David Burns.She is survived by nine great-grandchildren. A public viewing will be held at Brown's Funeral Home in Borger on Friday, November 8, from 5:00 to 8:00p.m. Services are scheduled for Saturday, November 9, at 2:00p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church (of which she and her husband were founding members) in Borger.


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Ravens 24, Browns 10
3. The majority of Billy Cundiff's misses this year have been pushes to the right from the right hash mark, and now it seems like those kicks are in his head. Obviously, Sunday wasn't the kind of day Cundiff will remember fondly. It's been a pretty magical ride for Cundiff the last few years, and it's actually not that surprising that he hasn't been able to duplicate that same magic this season. Kicking a football is an art, not a science, and there are going to be seasons when you're just not striking the ball perfectly and you can't figure out why. It's a lot like golf, actually. Cundiff's driver hasn't been great this year, but his mid-irons and wedges have been as good as ever. That was true prior to Sunday, at least, but not after Cundiff pushed a 34-yard attempt wide right from the right hash, then pushed a 41-yard attempt wide right minutes later. He also yanked an extra point and nicked the upright in the game. In fairness to Cundiff, the weather was pretty miserable in Cleveland on Sunday. But the fact that Cundiff seems to be consistently pushing kicks wide right whenever he's kicking from the right hash mark seems like the problem should be correctable. Don't overlook the snap and the hold too when you criticize Cundiff. I've seen a couple less-than-perfect snaps this year that led to misses. Either way, he needs to get some of the kinks worked out over the next four weeks because he's going to be extremely important come playoff time. I do find it somewhat laughable that a small contingent of Ravens fans seems to think the Ravens should "get rid of Cundiff" because the kickoff rule change has taken away some of his value, and they don't trust him in a big moment after a few misses this year. (Cundiff is still 14-for-14 in the fourth quarter, by the way.) For starters, anyone the Ravens could get at this point off the free-agent scrap heap isn't going to be an upgrade. Second, Baltimore can't light money on fire every time a player has a stretch of mediocre games. It's another example of why Ozzie Newsome makes football decisions and you don't. He doesn't overreact, or get emotional the way fans do. (Or Dan Snyder does.) The Ravens signed Cundiff to a 5-year, $15 million deal prior to this season. It's unclear how much of that was guaranteed money, but whatever it was, you can't just eat it based on a few bad games and start trying out new kickers, especially when you might end up with a worse player. A lot of Ravens fans were spoiled by Matt Stover, I think. Stover was the most accurate "outdoor" kicker in NFL history. Just because Cundiff has missed a few kicks this year -- most of them from beyond 50 yards -- doesn't mean he's no good anymore.
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Molecular Models of Products and Reactants from Suzuki and Heck Syntheses
William F. Coleman
Our Featured Molecules this month come from the paper by Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Elton Chan, Amanda R. Edward, Isabel Jarosz, Vicki Lee, Leo Mui, Sonya S. Thatipamala, and Andrew P. Dicks (1), in which they describe the synthesis of 4-phenylphenol using an aqueous-based Suzuki reaction. The authors describe the various ways in which this reaction addresses concerns of green chemistry, and point out that their product bears structural similarity to two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), felbinac and diflunisal. A number of molecules from this paper and its online supplemental material have been added to the Featured Molecules collection. Students will first notice that the aromatic rings in the molecules based on a biphenyl backbone are non-planar, as is the case in biphenyl. If they look carefully at diflunisal, they will notice that the carbon atoms are in a different chemical environment. One way in which to see the effect of these differing environments is to examine the effect of atom charge on the energies of the carbon 1s orbitals. Figure 1 shows this effect using charges and energies from an HF/631-G(d) calculation. A reasonable question to ask students would be to assign each of the data points to the appropriate carbon atom. As an extension of this exercise students could produce similar plots using different computational schemes. Are the results the same; are they parallel. This would be a useful problem when dealing with the tricky question of exactly what is meant by atom charge in electronic structure calculations. Students with more expertise in organic chemistry could explore extending the synthesis of 4-phenylphenol to produce more complex bi- and polyphenyl-based drugs. This may well be the first time that they have seen coupling reactions such as the Suzuki and Heck reactions. Students in introductory and non-science-major courses might well find the NSAIDs to be an interesting group of molecules, and could be asked to find information on the variety of molecules that display the anti-inflammatory properties associated with NSAIDs. Do they find structural similarities? Are there various classes of NSAIDs? Are they familiar with any of these molecules? Have they taken any NSAIDs? If so, for what reason? Is there any controversy about any of the NSAIDs? As with all of the molecules in the Featured Molecules collections, those added this month provide us with a number of ways of showing students the practical relevance of what they sometime see only as lines on a page. Molecules do matter.
Molecular Models of Ruthenium(II) Organometallic Complexes
William F. Coleman
The featured molecules for this month come from the paper "Experiments in Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phosphine Substitution in (p-Cymene)RuCl2(PR3)" by Ozerov, Moura, and Hoffman in which they study the reactions of a number of "piano stool" complexes of ruthenium(II). The synthesis of compound 2a offers students an alternative to the preparation of ferrocene if they are only preparing one metal-arene complex, and the use of the (p-cymene)RuCl2 dimer as a starting material introduces them to a compound that has become important for the synthesis of a number of ruthenium catalysts. Two structures are found for the dimer in the gas phase, one with the chlorides cis to one another and a more stable form with the chlorides trans. DFT calculations using the LanL2MB basis set and the B3LYP functional in Gaussian 03 (1) show the trans form to be about 90 kJ/mol more stable than the cis form. The structures of the trans form of the dimer and of compound 2a are presented in 2 formats with bonds from the ruthenium ion to all of the carbons in the aryl ring and with a single line to a ghost atom in the center of the ring. These are the two common ways of representing such structures but students should be made aware that the overall coordination about the ruthenium in both the dimer and in compound 2a is octahedral, and should look at the structures to convince themselves of that fact. It is also instructive to look at compound 2a, and the other piano stool complexes that are made in the paper, to see how deceptive representation of the triphenylphosphine moiety as PR3 is in terms of the stereochemical bulk of that group.
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Molecular Models of Plant Hormones
William F. Coleman
The paper "Synthesis of Plant Auxin Derivatives and Their Effects on Ceratopteris richardii" by Corey E. Stilts and Roxanne Fisher describing an experiment begun in the organic labs and completed in a biochemistry cell biology lab provides the featured molecules for this month. The molecules in Figure 1 of that paper have been added to the collection. There is nothing particularly surprising about their structures, but students might be interested in seeing whether they can determine any structure/regulating effect relationships as the number of synthesized auxin derivatives grows. Additionally, students with little or no biochemistry background might wish to explore other systems that act as growth regulating hormones in plants, as an introduction to the variety of molecular structures that can display such bioactivity. Such molecules range from the very simple, ethene, to the adenine-derived cytokinins (an example of which, zealtin, is shown here) and the brassinosteroids. Brassinolide, a commonly occurring brassin, is also shown. These latter two structures have also been added to the molecule collection. All of the structures have been optimized at the HF/6-31G(d) level.
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Update on Fall 2010 Undergraduate Enrollment
Dear Members of the Saint Mary's College Community,
The beginning of July provides a useful marker for progress on fall undergraduate enrollment. By this time, most wait-list activity is past; the majority of summer orientation programs have been held, "summer melt" (the number of deposited students who subsequently decide not to enroll) has begun in earnest; summer transfer activity is at its peak, and many returning students have received their financial aid renewal awards. Commitment deposits, orientation program attendance, registration totals, summer melt and financial aid packaging totals continue to suggest that the College will substantially exceed its new undergraduate student enrollment, net tuition revenue budget and total undergraduate enrollment targets.
First-year students
Given the large number of deposits received by the National Candidates Reply date (May 1) and limitations on first-year student housing, the Admissions Office has taken steps to restrict additional deposits. Waiting list students were not offered admission, late-arriving deposits were not accepted, and deadline extension requests were severely curtailed. Even with these unusual steps, deposits totaling 730 as of July 1 and lower than normal melt as of this date suggest that the fall 2010 class will reach between 650 and 680. Quality indicators continue to project a first-year class of unprecedented academic strength and diversity.
New transfer students
Transfer student admission activity since May 1 has been at unprecedented levels. Applications, acceptances and deposits since May 1 substantially exceed any previous year in College history. These tracking data suggest that new transfer student enrollment for fall 2010 will likely approach 200.
Total undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate registration data indicate that retention of continuing students is in line with budget targets. As a result of the higher-than-anticipated size of the new student cohort, total undergraduate enrollment is projected to be 2,575, exceeding the original budget target by approximately 200 students.
Net tuition revenue
Financial aid tracking data suggest that new student net tuition revenue will exceed the budget target by approximately $900 per student. Expressed in terms of non-athletic discount rate (proportion of tuition revenue expended as grant aid), this means that the discount rate of the new class will fall substantially below the budget target of 37 percent. This compares with 42 percent for last year's new student class.
We continue to see student enrollment behavior that reflects unprecedented economic volatility (at least in the past half-century). Conversations with new students and families this summer, particularly transfer students, indicate that access to and perceptions about the quality of public higher education in California are heavily influencing enrollment behavior.
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The threat of rain has postponed Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park until Thursday.
The weather was clear at 8:07 p.m. (et), the time the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees were scheduled to start Wednesday's tilt, but an impending thunderstorm forced a delayed start that never materialized.
Thursday's first pitch is set for 4:07 p.m. (et), when the Tigers try to finish off a sweep with Max Scherzer on the hill. CC Sabathia, who has won seven of his last eight postseason decisions for New York, will toe the rubber for the Yankees, who have scored a mere one run off starting pitchers this series.
That run came off Justin Verlander in the ninth inning on Tuesday, but Detroit held on for a 2-1 win to move within one victory of its first World Series appearance since 2006.
The Yankees' starting lineup again looked different Wednesday, as Curtis Granderson, the owner of 43 home runs in the regular season, was the latest regular to be benched by manager Joe Girardi. Nick Swisher moved back into his usual spot in right field after sitting out Tuesday's loss.
Three-time league MVP Alex Rodriguez, who has hit just .130 with one run scored and no RBI in the playoffs, was replaced at third base by Eric Chavez for the second straight game. Chavez has yet to record a hit in 14 at-bats, tying the longest streak by a Yankee at the start of a postseason.
The Tigers ousted New York during their AL pennant run in '06 and again in the Division Series last year.
If the Yankees win Thursday, the teams will play Game 5 in Detroit on Friday, which was scheduled to be a travel day. Game 6, if necessary, will still be played in New York on Saturday.


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In 2008, one million people were rendered homeless in Bihar when the Kosi River over- flowed its banks. We pledged $465,000 USD in relief. Our medical teams remained on the ground for more than two months, treating 50,000 people. We also distributed thousands of tents, blankets and tarpaulins along with cooking stoves and vessels, food, clothing and school supplies. A government official there commented about our volunteers, "I wonder if they are even sleeping at night! We are very thankful to them for accepting our appeal and rushing to help us in this time of need."
Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, more than 100 Embracing the World service groups throughout North America responded by delivering food, clothing, school supplies and other essential items to the refugees. Our volunteers visited relief sites and provided medical care and emotional support. We also helped the displaced to locate one another via a dedicated website we built for the survivors. In December 2005, we donated $1 million USD to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
The relief and rehabilitation work conducted by Embracing the World in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami stands today as one of the most multi-faceted, comprehensive and sustained disaster-relief projects ever undertaken by a nongovernmental organization. What made our work unique was its holistic nature—every aspect of the tsunami survivors' lives was considered and improved. In the end, many survivors stated that in terms of their quality of life and economic independence, they were better off after the tragedy than they had been before.
In 2001, Gujarat suffered a devastating earthquake. 20,000 people lost their lives. Amma dispatched a disaster relief team of 12 doctors, two ambulances and 100 student volunteers from Amrita University. Ultimately we adopted three entire villages, rebuilding 1,200 homes from the ground up, as well as community centers, a church, a mosque and a temple.
In 2005, torrential floods displaced millions, especially slumdwellers, whose makeshift houses were washed away. We immediately provided food and blankets for the refugees. Medical teams treated more than 50,000 patients and distributed $1 million USD in medicines.
In May 2009, Cyclone Aila hit West Bengal and Bangladesh, leaving 330 people dead and one million homeless. Medical camps ran for 10 days, with our doctors treating approximately 3,000 people, dispensing more than 2,000 USD worth of free medicine. Our volunteers also distributed approximately 800 articles of clothing and blankets, served 6,000 free meals and gave away two tons of rice.


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Shipping Rate StrategiesDo you want to offer free shipping? A flat rate? A variable rate? Or even combination of these? Which one should you choose? The answer depends on two components: Your margins and your customers experience. Here are four different shipping rate strategies for you to consider:
1. Free ShippingThis reassures your customers that they won't be charge excessively for shipping at checkout. It's also very easy for you to setup in Shopify. This strategy works great if your store has a limited number of products that only you sell, and where shipping cost is no more than 20% of the product price.
2. Flat Rate ShippingFlat rate shipping shares the same advantages of a free shipping strategy. Customers know exactly what they will be charged and it's also easy for you to setup.
Consider this approach if all your products have similar shipping costs, like for a t-shirt store. In the United States, USPS now offers "Priority Mail Flat Rates", one standard rate for whatever fits in their boxes. If you can take advantage of this, you should consider flat rate shipping.
3. Variable Rate ShippingVariable rate shipping charges your customers a different rate based on what they purchased. This method is commonly used and favored by retailers as it gives you more control on how much to charge based on your customers order.
If you sell many products with variable weight and dimensions or/and customers buy more than one at the time, you should favor a variable rate strategy. In other words, your shipping cost varies a lot order to order.
4. A Combination of These StrategiesA lot of online store owners choose to use a combination of all the above shipping methods. For example:
- Free shipping for orders over $75 and everything $10 shipping flat rate.
- Free shipping for orders over $100 and a variable rate for anything under.
- $10 shipping for orders over $100 and a variable rate for anything under.
This a great way to offer special promotions and increase your average order by encouraging customers to spend more to save on shipping.
Here are instructions on how to set your shipping rates
Quick Advice About Shipping
- To estimate your shipping cost use carrier calculators such as USPS's.
- Make it easy for customers to understand your shipping fees by stating them on your website. Include the destinations you ship to.
- Be careful using carrier calculators for packages that aren't standard dimension. Visit your local carrier's office for an accurate rate.
- Charging the exact rate is tricky. You will win on some orders and lose on others. Over estimate by 10% and continuously adjust, adjust and adjust.
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43 comments
February 19 2013, 05:47PM
Will Shopify ever implement shipping profiles. Some of my items can only be shipped to the U.S. and Canada.
April 06 2013, 07:36AM
We are thinking of moving our online store to Shopify as we believe your shipping support may be better for your product.
Our carton sizes are all the same although clients will most likely order between 1 and 5 before it will be cheaper to have them delivered on a pallet. Can we do this through your customised shipping page?
Do you use Australian based shipping companies such as Australia Post.
All our sales are within Australia and mostly to country areas.
Our cartons weigh 8kg however dimensions are 37×47×29 which I think equates to 22kg package
Looking forward to hearing from you
April 17 2013, 05:10PM
AGREE WITH GINA!!! Man on man when are we going to have the ability to apply shipping profiles to specific products or collections.!! that would be a massive improvement to shopify.
April 21 2013, 06:32PM
Here's a workaround I use, if you are fed up of being shut out of auctions because the eBay seller does not ship to your country. The same goes for online retailers who refuse to ship to your destination.
When you sign up with BPM, you get local shipping addresses in 6 countries.
Drop points include: USA, UK, Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg. You then use these for buying from whom you want, regardless of where the seller ships or not.
You then have all your purchases combined into one, even from the different countries, and use the parcel mail forwarding service to have everything sent home in only one shipment, wherever you are in the world!
Membership for renting these addresses and using the service is only 5€ per month.
You can check it out on http://www.bpm-lux.com
June 08 2013, 02:08AM
Ok. So, If I've 10 suppliers that distribute to my different customers from different locations around the world, how could I do to offer them a real shipping rate? Is there a solution?
September 21 2013, 11:21AM
Here is my solution to manage the rates. I have different suppliers for diverse products, so for each supplier I have a specific shipping rate based on weight, example:
Supplier X: 0kg to 1kg; 1,1kg to 2kg…
Supplier Y: 100kg to 101kg; 101,1kg to 102kg..
Supplier W: 200kg to 201kg; 201,1kg to 202kg..
This is a good solution if you have light weight products.
December 11 2013, 04:15PM
This is really good general info, but here in New Zealand (and I'm sure this applies around the world) we have to pay considerably more to ship to RURAL addresses.
Currently I'm loosing a small fortune off my bottom line as I cannot identify this at the Time of Check-out and legally I cannot make a one-off charge after the fact either to recover.
Does ANYONE know of a Shopify App that can collect/handle the shipping info better and recover these extra charges please?
February 10 2014, 12:58AM
I like just about everything about shopify, except when it comes to shipping. For any real online seller where shipping is an important part of their business (not someone shipping extremely light or digital goods)the ability to customize your shipping rates is essential. Shopify's approach to shipping is pitiful. Shopify recommends first and foremost free shipping… If you don't want to use this model, you either assign some junk catch all rate with a ridiculous range for example 1 to 20 pounds or make a general flat rate. The only other alternative is to pay $179 a month for real time rates, a feature offered free from Volusion or Big Commerce on their base plans. Sadly ancient ecommerce platforms like Yahoo have more shipping customization than this. Gotcha sales?
February 26 2014, 06:56PM
I'm with Dave – i like just about everything about shopify except for the shipping. My online store is based in Melbourne Australia and I need to ship everything from furniture to concrete statues to very lightweight items. As in NZ, our shipping rates vary enormously for rural areas so this is a hurdle we need assistance with.
I am very concerned i am not getting sales purely because of my pathetic shipping function. Can anyone suggest a solution please? Oh, from what i can glean, even if i paid the $179 for real time rates, that only applies if you live in the US and countries near the US.
I am about to open a new store and don't know whether to use shopify or to go with someone else.
March 07 2014, 01:25AM
Having the same problem as Grant and Janine! We would like for our customers to use real time calculator for shipping our irregular size and weight products and feel we are losing sales due to not providing this. It seems people do not want to fill contact forms out for a quote these days. Is there a way we can improve this issue?
March 12 2014, 02:31PM
We setup our Shopify site a few months ago, and so far, we love everything but the shipping. We sell lots of different products with various weights and prices – neither option of setting rates by weight or price seem like good options. I had planned to use the real-time shipping with USPS, but the price is way too high! Now I may look for another solution.
May 19 2014, 09:45PM
The extra $100 per month for real time carrier calculations is really high. We only use UPS, and only ship to North America. Simple needs. Why aren't there any Shopify Apps that provide an interface with carrier calculators?
July 01 2014, 04:52PM
I agree! I am re-launching my website from a Wordpress site to Shopify and am disappointed in the shipping options. I was able to set up each item or category of items with its own shipping fee. Also, I would love to see the weight option in oz and lbs. I use USPS and the rate changes at 13 oz. My customers often buy in multiples so it could get pricey if the weight of a single item is 3 oz and they are charged a 1 lb price for each one.
Are there any changes to this being planned? We would like to hear a that a solution is being worked on.
July 16 2014, 02:28PM
Janet, Janine, Dave – have you come up with any alternatives, or found any apps that address the shipping issue?
July 30 2014, 02:23AM
I am about to launch my site next week and am really disappointed with the shipping options available, and the upgrade is way too expensive.
Could someone from the Shopify team please get back to some of these comments in terms of what the future is for the shipping options on the site.
It would be greatly appreciated.
August 06 2014, 02:14PM
I agree with all of the above. The only reason I haven't yet committed to Shopify for my E-Commerce needs is the fact that is way too expensive for real time shipping in comparison to many other popular sites.
If anyone has a solution to this problem I'd love to hear it.
August 19 2014, 07:44PM
I agree with other posts about the shortcomings of Shopify's shipping setup.
I'd really like to find a way to offer a flat rate shipping to only one product for a promo (free product w only $x shipping) while keeping all of my other products at real time carrier rates. Its seems you have to choose one or the other.
Does anyone here or from the Shopify team know of any apps that allow you to set flat rates for shipping to individual products while keep all the rest at real time carrier rates?
September 21 2014, 02:23PM
I want to echo what has been said by previous posters. I have been thinking of moving my existing store to Shopify. I signed up for the free trial and love everything about it except the shipping. Why do I have to pay $179/month for something Bigcommerce provides on their basic plan. Shopify needs to address this issue!
September 22 2014, 03:49PM
If 0.1kg = £1
Say you have an item that you want £6 p&p
then you set its weight at 0.6kg
Yes, you will need to add a lot of shipping rates – i.e 0.0 to 0.09 = £1 0.1 to 0.19 = £2.00,… but in my book until shopify sort this, its an ok solution no?
October 03 2014, 11:03PM
Shopify: your refusal to allow real-time carrier shipping rates on even your mid-level plan ($79/month) is a deal breaker for me. The $179/month premium package prices out a ton of small business owners.We were on a custom platform before and I've been wanting something with more features but I'll be going with Volusion ONLY because of shipping rate thing that you don't offer and Volusion does. I suspect many other people feel the same way. If you changed just this one thing about your $79/month plan, I think you'd have an amazing package to offer. An honestly, how much can it cost to look up a shipping rate on a public USPS database based on weight/location??
Adios for now, I hope we can work together sometime in the future though!
October 07 2014, 02:13PM
we are a new shop with Shopify. Will will be shipping glass bottles of oil and vinegar only in the US. I am concerned because don't know how or what to charge yet, but I thought about the following:giving two different flat rates, one for orders under $50 (7.99) and the other for orders over $50
Would that make sense? our margins are good.
October 14 2014, 11:03PM
Hi Everyone, I am in desperate need of direction.
I am setting up an online retail store selling internationally, focusing primarily in Korea.
What do you recommend as far as shipping? Do I bulk ship items to Korea? Is there an affordable and reliable company anyone can recommend?
Or would you use some type of parcel forwarding?
Any thoughts, recommendations?
October 15 2014, 07:04PM
For anybody needing Real Time Carrier Shipping on the cheaper Shopify plans, you can add it for $20/month by emailing customer service.
November 10 2014, 08:02PM
U nerds have not one word of profanity between you all…" Material lends thy way to the five sense " Lancej fbook
November 12 2014, 10:27PM
I have been reading reviews of shopify (currently with bigcommerce) and the shipping calculator seems like a no-brainer – it's basically the only reason I haven't switched – I use shipstation with bigcommerce and shipping is always dead on… if you add an add-on like shipstation to your shopify account, does it provide the real-time stats? I don't think it will help the shopify calculate since typically it's a one way relationship (e.g. orders in shopify are exported to shipstation and shipstation has no way to pass shipping data back to shopify…. ugh.
December 10 2014, 09:13PM
I would also love for shopify to comment on this. I am new to shopify and am about to make my site live. The shipping is the last piece and I haven't figured it out yet. I am a small shop and would love to have the real-time carrier option available to me. Are there no apps that offer this?
December 15 2014, 01:58AM
Informative post, that! The mad holiday retail and shipping rush is here. I am looking to pick up a couple of tips here and there. And I have also signed up for a webinar on this. Check it out if you are also interested in shipping cost optimization- ShipTalk @ http://blog.lateshipment.com/post/105000081010/shiptalk
November 03 2015, 07:40AM
Shopify has been great for me over the last year but now i am growing and diversifying i need a better shipping solution. Having shipping based solely on weight or flat rate is a very blunt instrument, I ship magazines and now parcels, they weigh very similar amounts but the parcels are more bulky and more expensive to ship.
I'm moving over to Kong
January 06 2016, 12:10AM
Greate blog , i have supplied to 10 peoples from diffrent diffrent locations , how can i supply in once time ? have you any solution of this problem ?
February 25 2016, 06:17PM
I must be configuring my shipping page incorrectly because it does not show up at checkout. I want to do a "flat rate" of $1.99. Does anyone know the precise steps?
March 06 2016, 05:03PM
Has anyone from NZ or Australia received any feedback as to how to deal with postage costs to rural areas – the surcharges in fees are way to big to absorb as it will cost me to send my product. About to launch my store and need this sorted ASAP..
March 07 2016, 12:52PM
I couldn't figure out how to define shipping times… as in 2-3 days, 4-6 weeks?
August 04 2016, 04:49PM
Kris, Dave, Janine – has anyone yet found a solution to rural delivery? I too am in NZ and struggling with this – its sometimes double the cost of regular delivery!
October 04 2016, 02:38AM
The very least you can do to have a decent margin and offer free shipping or minimal shipping costs is to automate shipping refunds. You can do that through a service like LateShipment. In fact, there is a webinar happening this week- ShipTalk that echoes the issues discussed here. You can raise questions related to shipping there at https://smart.lateshipment.com/webinar
June 19 2017, 07:33AM
Shipping from India to USA, PPOBOX have cost estimator to find actual cost of your shipping of your various product.
the link is http://www.ppobox.com/web/cost_estimator
June 25 2017, 09:35PM
Kris – We use a flat rate courier to help us solve the issue. Fastway is in Australia and New Zealand.
August 21 2017, 09:44PM
@ Karen
In New Zealand Fastway Couriers charge extra for a rural ticket, how have you overcome this?
October 16 2017, 08:29AM
lots of suppliers charge on number of days to ship so why can't we set rates based on number of days in shopify seems a total miss match. Yet it should be soooo easy to sort????
March 25 2018, 02:26PM
Shopify is an excellent platform with a very good reputation – but there is a major point of concern around the way in which shipping is handled. Let me tell you a secret : some very successful stores ( all over the world ) want to move off Etsy – or have already closed their Etsy stores – and they want to open up on Shopify – but as soon as they see the shipping arrangements, they see a problem.
A far more flexible approach is needed. Store owners want to set a shipping rate for each item separately, depending on the issues involved with that particular item. Shopify management really need to start listing to their customers !
Shopify needs to adopt the Etsy model for shipping – which has proved to be very successful for stores all over the world. At the moment, Shopify is too USA/Canada focused. Be more flexible – open up to the rest of the world as Etsy has done – and use the Etsy approach to shipping – you won't be sorry.
You will find Etsy store owners moving to Shopify in droves !!!
April 13 2018, 02:06PM
Hey guys thanks for all the information about shipping, its very helpful! I wanted to know the best carrier from USA to New Zealand. It is a guitar than weighs about 10 pounds.
April 16 2018, 09:54AM
I found a parcel forwarding company that cost me around 75 dollars with DHL compared to over 100 dollars in other places. Its called Shop2Ship.
April 19 2018, 06:12AM
Great strategies for Online Store! if are you looking for a simplified shipping option so processweaver.com is one of the best shipping management software that can help.
May 11 2018, 05:36AM
Well written article on shipping rate strategies! If you are planning to import products from China to India, with the help of transportation and logistics services oyeexpress.com is one of the best option. They provides door to door delivery of products. Probably you may like to use the service of OyeExpress.


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University of Central Missouri
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WARRENSBURG, MO (June 25, 2013) – GetEducated.com, an organization that conducts independent rankings of college and university programs, has named the University of Central Missouri a "Best Online College" for nursing.
The GetEducated.com "Best Online College" ranking is the result of a comprehensive national survey that collected data from 29 regional schools that have attained national accreditation and offer a combined 30 different online bachelor's degrees (RN to BSN). The rankings highlight the top 18 affordable online nursing degree programs for RNs nationwide, with UCM ranked 11th.
To appear on a Get Educated Best Buy ranking list, the online BSN degree profiled must objectively cost less than the average of all the online BSN degrees reviewed in the comprehensive national data set. According to the GetEducated .com survey, the average cost of an online bachelor's in nursing (RN to BSN) nationally is $44,211, about $10,000 more than what it costs to complete an online nursing degree from UCM. Cost comparisons are available on the GetEducated.com Web site.
Vicky Phillips, founder of GetEducated.com said, "The University of Central Missouri is a national leader in developing critical educational lifelines for nurses. Its online nursing degree programs are delivering high-quality, affordable healthcare education where it is needed, when it is needed, to seasoned RNs and nurse educators."
She added, "UCM enlists online learning to allow practicing RNs to achieve their degrees faster while remaining productive caretakers in their home communities. The university has developed an innovative localized system for supervised clinical practice that can and should be emulated by other online nurse education programs."
The "American Journal of Medical Quality" has forecast a critical shortage of RNs across the country through the year 2030. The RN shortage is expected to be most intense in rural areas where educational opportunities are limited, therefore UCM is filling a tremendous need.
"The affordable online nursing programs offered by this university are a win-win for both the students and local communities where they provide critical healthcare coverage," Phillips said.
UCM's Department of Nursing is pleased with the ranking, which is a reflection of a quality program that utilizes best practices in the education of nursing professionals. As Barbara Baker, assistant professor or nursing, noted, "The ranking is special because UCM is a 'best buy' which is more than mere affordability."
At least 1.5 million students visit GetEducated.com annually, seeking advice on which of more than 3,817 accredited online degree programs best meet their unique needs.


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I stepped over the line recently in suggesting, rather strongly, that Peter Lucas and Charles Krauthammer be eliminated from the Opinion page. I offended the good sensibilities and responsibilities of the editorial staff as well as at least one reader, Diane Tomeo. I would appreciate an opportunity to 1) eat some well-deserved crow, and 2) articulate a better version of my position.
To the many I must have offended, I am sorry. I agree with both the editor and Ms. Tomeo that the Opinion page should offer a wide variety of opinions from a broad spectrum of writers.
I would like to respond to Ms. Tomeo who said that if I did not like reading Mr. Lucas and Mr. Krauthammer, then I should not read them. I do, in fact, read both sides of issues from a variety of sources so that I can clarify, in my own mind, where I stand. I especially like to read pieces that are diametrically opposed to my own views, expecting to garner a balanced view of the issues and to learn how other people feel. For that reason, I plan to continue to read Mr. Lucas and Mr. Krauthammer, as well as many others across the political spectrum.
I am both frustrated and afraid. Our country is in crisis. Americans should stay informed. I appeal to writers of all persuasions to steer away from divisiveness and to offer persuasive solutions to our growing problems. That way, people of differing views can read opinions from both sides without feeling belittled or marginalized.


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Accused of raping and killing a fellow sailor, Thomas Solheim sunk deeper into depression and prayer as the weight of criminal allegations tarnished his reputation and pulled him down.
Saddled with an ankle monitoring bracelet and mostly confined to his New York home, the 56-year-old suspect had nothing but time to ponder his fate as he awaited trial in the 1992 killing of James Horton in Berkeley County.
"He constantly reached out to our office just to talk," his Charleston lawyer, Andy Savage, said. "All he had was 24 hours a day to think about this."
When Savage got the call in January that Solheim had died after collapsing in his Long Island church in an apparent suicide, the news seemed deeply ironic. Faith had become Solheim's primary refuge; his church, a harbor of peace and solace, one of the few places he could venture outside his home.
The Rev. Mike Reider, pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Montauk, N.Y., said most people in the church were aware of Solheim's legal troubles, but the allegations just didn't square with the man they'd come to know.
"I can't imagine this man I knew for almost four years could have done anything near what he was accused of," Reider said. "He was just a wonderful, simple, prayerful man."
Savage thought so too, and Solheim's insistence on his innocence echoed in his attorney's head. So Savage and his staff set out to rectify what they considered to be an injustice and a case of wrongful arrest.
After the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office posthumously dismissed its case against Solheim, Savage successfully petitioned the court to expunge the charges from his record to clear his name.
"For me and for our office, he had become one of those special guys you look out for above and beyond the legal ramifications," Savage said. "So we did this to give some peace to his family."
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, whose office did not oppose the request to expunge Solheim's charges, said state law on expungements bars her from commenting on the matter.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which broke the cold case, also had no comment on the development.
It remains to be seen what effect, if any, Solheim's death will have in the proceedings against two of his former co-defendants in the case. A third codefendant has already been exonerated, and attorneys are pushing to get a key confession tossed out.
Wilson said only that she is waiting an order scheduling the case for trial.
In 2010, Solheim was one of four people accused of participating in the beating, gang rape and killing of Horton in Berkeley County. Horton, 22, was stationed at the former Charleston Naval Base, assigned to the ocean minesweeper Exultant, when his body was found in a drainage ditch off Sheep Island Road on Nov. 14, 1992.
Horton lay face down in about 4 feet of water with his hands tied behind his back. He had been shot in the chest, struck on the head with a blunt object and sexually assaulted.
Solheim was a gunner's mate who served aboard the Exultant. A former codefendant in the case, Doug Emery, told investigators that Horton had walked in on Solheim having gay sex, which at the time was potentially career-ending conduct, and Solheim was angry.
Another co-defendant, Konnie Glidden, later gave a confession implicating herself, Solheim, Emery and Charles Welty in the grisly killing. That led to the arrest of all four, though the charges against Emery have since been dropped.
Glidden has maintained that her confession was coerced after a grueling interrogation led by an NCIS agent, and that it was all a pack of lies brought on by an emotional meltdown.
Her attorney, Kate Landess, said she recently learned that the lead investigator, NCIS Agent Stanley Garland, is slated to be reassigned outside the country at the end of June, which could further undermine the prosecution. She said she is hopeful the case against Glidden will be dismissed soon.
Garland did not respond to an email seeking comment on his status.
Savage said the government's case was weak from the start, based on "pure conjecture and speculation" rather than hard evidence. Tests of DNA found on rope used to bind Horton excluded Solheim, and prosecutors still hadn't sought to indict him in the killing three years after his arrest, he said.
Still, the allegations haunted Solheim as he struggled with the stigma of being an accused murderer and sex offender, Savage said.
"He was clearly depressed," he said. "And he became very obsessive about his religious beliefs, with saying the rosary every day and saying his Catholic prayers."
Reider, his pastor, said Solheim was under suspicion in the case when he first came to the church about four years ago looking to reconnect with God. For a while, Solheim just silently sat in the church for long periods before he finally approached an elderly parishioner with a request, he said.
"One day, he just went up to her and said 'Can you teach me how to pray?'" he said.
Solheim learned that and much more, becoming a devoted parishioner and a member of the church choir, Reider said. "He said 'I just need to find my relationship with God,'" he said. "And he did so with a fervor."
When a detective came to the church to ask Solheim for a DNA sample, he readily agreed, though Reider reminded him that he was in a sanctuary and had the right to refuse.
"He said 'I want them to take the sample because it's going to clear me,'" Reider said.
Instead, in July 2010, investigators arrested Solheim and he spent months in the Berkeley County jail before he was granted bail. During that time, his mother died. When he returned home, he regularly visited her grave and prayed for her and the people buried around her, Reider said.
The day he died, Solheim was at church awaiting choir practice. He collapsed and became unresponsive, reportedly from an overdose of pills.
East Hampton Town Police Lt. Chris Anderson said Solheim's death was determined to be a suicide.
Reider said he has doubts about that finding, particularly after one of Solheim's relatives explained that he had been having problems with the dosage of some medication he was on. The priest has even greater doubts that Solheim had anything to do with Horton's murder.
"As far as I'm concerned, he's clear. There is no way the man I knew could have done the things he was accused of," he said. "No way."
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The MAVA Foundation and IUCN today signed a three-year 'framework' agreement in support of IUCN's 2013-2016 Programme as well as a five-year project agreement to help implement the Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) in West Africa.
The PRCM represents a vast coalition of organisations from the local to the regional level, including civil society organisations and government agencies. The new phase of PRCM, co-funded by MAVA and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dakar, will reinforce its role in facilitating the exchange of experience and information between partners, coordinating their actions and initiating advocacy work. "MAVA's support is key to this process," said Dr Aimé Nianogo, Regional Director for IUCN's Programme in Central and West Africa.
"Given IUCN's presence and membership in regions of interest to MAVA, we are pleased to continue our cooperation on the PRCM," said Lynda Mansson, Director General of the MAVA Foundation. "IUCN plays a key role in this important partnership which has produced some impressive results over its previous two phases of implementation. This new phase builds on those successes and takes the partnership in a new and exciting direction. We look to IUCN's steady hand to guide the initiative in this new phase."
IUCN and the MAVA Foundation have collaborated since the Foundation's establishment in 1994 by Dr Luc Hoffmann, a long-standing supporter of IUCN. Ongoing collaboration between the two organisations covers conservation efforts in West Africa, North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Balkans.
"IUCN is uniquely placed to play a key leadership role in the conservation movement and this renewed support is meant to enable them to play that role effectively," Mansson added.
"The MAVA Foundation joined IUCN as the first non-government Framework Partner in 1997 and we are delighted to see this important partnership renewed," said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. "MAVA continues to support both the IUCN Programme and many important products such as the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Red List of Ecosystems, as well as our important work on World Heritage."
MAVA's support has also helped establish the IUCN Science Advisory Board which will integrate new areas of relevant science into the Union's work and will be an important complement to the extensive biodiversity conservation expertise already embodied within the IUCN Commissions.
The signing ceremony took place between Lynda Mansson and Julia Marton-Lefèvre at the IUCN and MAVA Foundation-shared headquarters near Geneva.
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The sale brings the Resurgence Pack and Stimulus Package DLC packs down to the far more reasonable price of $7.49 apiece. Each contains five multiplayer maps--three new and two based upon maps from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
With Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops due out on November 9, publisher Activision is no doubt attempting to spark one last flurry of sales before the multiplayer community starts investigating a move towards the new hotness.


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Date(s) - 04/17/2013 - 04/19/2013
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Health Information and Translational Sciences (HITS) Building Room 110
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TaSkR is part of the Indiana University-Moi University Academic Research Ethics Partnership (IU-Moi AREP), a program supported by a recently renewed grant from the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health. The TaSkR workshop is an annual highlight of IU-Moi AREP and is designed to build research ethics capacity at both universities.
The overall objective of TaSkR is to enable participants to enrich their knowledge of intellectual foundations, pedagogical methods and skills for teaching international research ethics. Typical participants have been faculty and graduate students involved (or intending to become involved) in teaching and mentoring students in international research settings. TaSkR instructors are experts in international research ethics. Different pedagogical approaches have been used at TaSkR itself, including group work, panel discussions, light lectures, debates, and other formats.
Woven throughout each TaSkR program is a theme in international research ethics selected for its relevance. The theme allows participants to augment their knowledge in the field as they acquire pedagogical skills and allows for previous TaSkR participants to gain exposure to novel content each year. The theme for this year is "Individuality, Community and Personhood in International Research Ethics: The African Context." This theme is of central importance in international research ethics, having implications for such issues as informed consent, community engagement, privacy, and perception of risk and harm. Speakers presenting on the theme will include Segun Gbadegesin (Howard University), Isaac Mwase (Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics (2004-2008), National Cancer Institute (2008-2010)), Joseph Kahiga (Moi University) and Rachel Vreeman (Indiana University).
Although there is no cost to register for TaSkR V, we urge you to do so promptly. There are a limited number of spots available on a "first come, first served" basis. Please register online at
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BUGARACH, France — The peacefulness of the Sals River Valley at the foothills of the Pyrenees in France belies its violent, enigmatic history. Once the place of ancient marauding Visigoths, its small villages were also home to the mystical Cathars and to the protectors of the cloth, the Knights Templar – both eliminated by inquisitions and despotic rulers.
Roughly two years ago, the peace of this land was broken once again by strange rumors surfacing online about Bugarach Mountain, a rocky beacon presiding over the landscape.
According to some reports, the peak of the mountain conceals an alien spaceship. Other sources say it is part of an alien space-time portal. The origins of the UFO stories have been difficult to trace, but have generated a response bordering on hysteria. Under normal circumstances, probably, such bizarre claims would have slunk away unnoticed or been relegated to the crazy bin. But, as they say, timing is everything.
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For years, doomsayers warned that the end of a 5,125-year cycle in the Maya timekeeping system, which culminated on Dec. 21, would also signify the end of the world. In recent months, the UFO story has taken over the public imagination. Instead of being passed off as nonsense, Bugarach and its "resident UFO" became star European players in a global doomsday pantomime. And when it was announced that the regional authorities were calling in police and paramilitaries to prevent cultists from ascending the peak on doomsday, the village became the center of a media storm — a different kind of pantomime altogether.
Driving into the village on the morning of Dec. 19, a number of elements met the eyes: telltale blue uniforms and police vans peppering the sides of the roads, smoke rising languidly from stone chimneys, the looming figure of Bugarach Mountain. Other sights included columns of SUVs and satellite trucks snaking their way along the country roads. Roving packs of groomed-yet-rugged types with press passes and hungry looks were busy claiming positions within cordoned-off areas in the village.
No sight of cultists, or for that matter, anything more otherworldly than a mass of waterproof jackets and the hardened boots of teams waiting for their scoop. Soggy fields bordered with caution tape were reserved for vehicles, and over the course of the day the fields became emblazoned with acronyms and company crests, resembling an army of knights from different royal houses, awaiting battle.


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During hurricane Isaac--7 years after Katrina. The idea i went out with was to capture eerie/haunting images by over exposing the film on the bulb setting without using a tripod. Used the fisheye submarine for protection and intentionally did not wipe the case off once it was covered in rain drops. Winds were calm at the start of the shoot and picked up shortly thereafter.
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Hmmm, he's so hot, especially with another hot boy like this pic
More of him here
Hmmm, he's so hot, especially with another hot boy like this pic
More of him here
Great pic. Thanks for sharing. Very hot.
You know if Toms not getting plowed something is wrong in the world
... or Jensen..... or both....Originally Posted by lazycrockett
Jensen is spectacular
I love his nipples.....
He's GORGEOUS and gotta say I like the show, has echoes of Buffy, can definately see it being a huge cult hit.
The website has photos from Dawson's Creek but I can't remember him in that.
Who did he play?
not sure caveman - but I guarantee you - he was the best thing on the screen
younger Jensen
more recent Jensen
Am I a perv if I think these guys look hotter with these clothes than shirtless ?....
Yes - as long as we were having sexOriginally Posted by DAVIDW35
He's gorgeous
I want him
I hate green eyes and pretty boys in general, especially when they are over six feet tall, but Jensen is so damn cute...
i just wnt him and jared to fuck on supernatural lol. jensens manly, but little nd i could see him being a bottom lol.
Well, maybe by his attitude, but not by his face.Originally Posted by latinoboi166
Stop raggin on my man! lol Jense is so unbelievable gorgeous you gotta love him.Originally Posted by belamy
he is the hottest thing i have ever seen but btw jareds mine
Jensen rocks - the guy is gorgeous - gotta have him
This picture makes me drool
Him and Ryan Phillippe could be lost brothers. Oh, thats HAWT btw. LoL.
Prepare yourself boys... you're about ot loose control a lil
Ok does he have another half in real life are they male or female whichever they maybe, they are lucky shits.
Are you people seriously serious? Jensen, Tom... I mean they are cute but... such a fuzz...
Jensen is fuckin GORGEOUS. It's impossible for him to be overated because he's the heighest available tier. And Tom, though no Jensen, is pretty damn hot.
he's damn hot and good looking.much better than Tom Welling by 1000x.I can wait for the new season of supernatural.
He´s got green eyes, green eyes are ugly
Imagine fucking someone with that couple of green flies, such a turn-off!
Ugly..???Originally Posted by belamy
green eyes are sexy
You can't just apply a litmus test. Something look good on some people and not on others I'm telling you the boy is fuckin gorgeous lolOriginally Posted by belamy
Sure, I bet a big black wart on Tom or Jensen´s nose would look gorgeous.Originally Posted by falconfan
love green eyes
dig Jensen
he looks great in all pix for me
great eyes, great jaw, real handsome
even looks great with schmutz on his face - what do you think that is anyway????? I wish
All right I'll admit you have me there but green eyes ain't the same as a wart.Originally Posted by belamy
Wow, there he makes you think in ten years he may become another Faye Dunaway-face.Originally Posted by chance1
no!..you can't have him.he's mineOriginally Posted by DAVIDW35
I forgot to add: "... without all the diet and facial care"Originally Posted by belamy
I don't know what episode that was from but I really don't think they made him up to look his prettiest for that scene based on the gak on him.Originally Posted by belamy
It was obviously aimed at gay cummers.Originally Posted by falconfan
I wonder how would they come up with a similar image related to fudge-packing.
I don't think it was. I think it was just involved in some sort of storyline where something explodes.
seem like you hate him so much.I wonder why?
Me??!!! No!! I hate that people consider him a god of perfection, that´s allOriginally Posted by freekyguy
He´s very cute, obvious.
that's the 1st thing that came to my mind!Originally Posted by chance1
Wow I was unaware that there was any hate involved I thought it was a friendly disagreement.
Originally Posted by belamy
Originally Posted by falconfan
"Hate" like the "kill" in "if you use my mug I will kill you".
Let´s put it like "I don´t like people thinking of him as" blablabla
lol I kid I don't give a damn if you hate me or not I don't even know who you are but I assumed it was said kiddingly
well I don't know about everyone from Austin but he sure is
baby jensen >>>so cute .I'm so in love with him
Well, he certainly improved with age... A LOT!!
There's something we can agree on
Originally Posted by falconfan
thanks for that , i wish that would really happen!
Maybe if we all think hard enough, it could turn true.
Damn I want Jensen to marry me. Oh wait, I don't, he reminds me too much of my freaking older brother.
Welll in the end it's for the best because I'm marrying Jensen not you lol NOw you won't be heart broken because of his resemblence to your brother.


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Q: We're struggling to get our children to be organized and keep their rooms clean. Do you have any tips that would help?
Jim: As the father of two boys, I know how you feel! Every parent has his or her own method of handling such challenges. It's fair to say that "discipline" isn't usually the best way to deal with a situation like this. As a matter of fact, a hard-nosed approach could prove counterproductive. You could end up transforming thoughtless irresponsibility into premeditated rebellion.
We recommend you take full advantage of "natural consequences." Use masking tape to mark off a boundary at the doors of your kids' rooms, between their personal "messyzone" and the rest of the house. Then say, "Inside the messyzone, you can do as you please. But if you want anything that's been left on the floor outside the messyzone, make sure you pick it up before bedtime. After that, it will be confiscated and placed in quarantine until you have enough money to buy it back. The going price is $1."
If nothing else, this is a good way to reduce clutter in the house. It can also provide you with a handy fund for a family pizza night. The mess inside their rooms will likely disappear when they get tired of it and when they realize you're not going to hound them into doing the job.
If these strategies don't work, consider whether there might be something more serious going on. Our counseling team notes that there can be physical or emotional causes, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), for a child's inability to follow through on simple tasks. In that case, you should see a family counselor who is trained to diagnose and deal with such conditions.
More than likely, your kids are just being kids. Best wishes as you help them take responsibility for keeping their rooms presentable!
Q: How can I find age-appropriate movies for my teens? So many movies are not family-friendly, and the current movie ratings can be misleading.
Bob Waliszsewski, director of Plugged In: I'm glad you asked! And I feel your pain. Here at Focus on the Family, we often hear from parents who feel "sucker punched" when they take their kids to a PG or PG-13 film, only to encounter content that is entirely inappropriate.
That's why nearly 15 years ago we began offering content-oriented reviews online. We believed (and still do) that parents needed more than MPAA ratings. They needed to know for themselves what's actually in a film, so they could make wise choices for their children. As such, our Plugged In website (www.pluggedin.com) can be your one-stop destination for anything playing at your local theater. Each review contains information about a film's overall themes and messages, as well as details about sexuality, crude language, violence, drugs and alcohol. There's also an archive of past reviews of movies that are now on DVD or streaming online. We offer similar evaluations of music, TV shows and video games.
From our website you can also access our blog, Facebook page, podcasts (available via iTunes) and other great tools. My favorite is the Plugged In app for iPhone or Android, which offers the same analysis in the palm of your hand.
I know it sounds like we're tooting our own horn here, but we're convinced this is an essential service for families. Your time and money are limited. Why waste them by attending a movie that ends up assaulting your senses with inappropriate content? We won't tell you whether to go or not (thankfully!), but Plugged In will equip you with the information you need to avoid those pitfalls.
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In Due Season: A Catholic Life
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In In Due Season, Paul Wilkes unpacks his story with a searing honesty that reveals a life filled with the cycles of finding and then losing God. Here the reader gets a personalized story of one man's faith played against the backdrop of changes transpiring in 20th-century American Catholicism.
In this memoir Wilkes describes himself as the anti-Thomas Merton. Whereas Merton found God after an admittedly ill-spent youth, Wilkes was raised a staunch Catholic who contemplated the priesthood only to drift away from the faith and embrace a hedonistic lifestyle.
Still, one can see the thread of Merton's words slowly weaving its way into Wilkes' soul. The closest he came to catching Merton in person was a possible glimpse of his idol at the Trappist Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. Following a night of drunken revelry, Wilkes and some pals drove to the abbey but were only able to catch a glimpse of the monks heading off to chapel dressed in their signature white robes and tonsured hair.
Even though he never met Merton face to face, a quiet voice kept calling Wilkes' name, leading him to start walking down some rather unexpected paths. But as soon as he seemed to find his faith footing, Wilkes would venture off again down some self-destructive avenue.
As founder of Christian Help in Park Slope (CHIPS) in Brooklyn, Wilkes lived among the homeless and met Catholic social justice icon Dorothy Day. But then unexpected literary success propelled him to party with New York's literary and artistic elite, including Kurt Vonnegut and Andy Warhol.
As Wilkes writes of his desire to serve God despite his admitted failures, he illuminates our own weaknesses as we try to follow God's will in our own lives. In his story we also catch the glimpses of God that are always calling us on.


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MRR Movie Review: Lincoln
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Movie Review: "Lincoln"
-- Rating: PG 13 (Intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage, and brief strong language)
Length: 150 minutes
Release Date: Nov 16, 2012
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Biography, Drama, and History
"Lincoln" opens to bleak scenes of men killing each other in the muck. As he did in "Saving Private Ryan", Spielberg does not attempt to glorify war and its consequences, but prefers to highlight the suffering that the war brought to the nation as a whole. We see Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) riding through the battle's aftermath, and this helps establish the movie's context and tone very quickly. We quickly understand how slavery was an issue that divided the entire nation, and how abolition of slavery was a truly stupendous achievement.
Lincoln realizes that the Emancipation Proclamation will not prevent the South from perpetrating slavery in the country. Hence, he decides to amend the Constitution to ensure slavery is abolished forever. This brings him in conflict with the Confederate States of America and his own Congress.
Virulent Democrats and vacillating Republicans oppose his move until the last scene. Democrats oppose the abolition of slavery while Republicans fear that the drastic and revolutionary move may backfire and offend the masses. This conflict is beautifully etched in a scene where Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) bluntly asks his President to choose between abolishing slavery and ending the war.
Spielberg cleverly introduces a deadline to the passage of the Amendment by quickly establishing how it would be impossible for Lincoln to abolish slavery once the South rejoins the Union. Lincoln charms and shames his opponents into supporting the end of slavery through folksy anecdotes, and turns a blind eye to the Secretary of State's attempt to use congressional horse-traders W.N. Bilbo (James Spader), Robert Latham (John Hawkes), and Richard Schell (Tim Blake Nelson), to trick, convince, plead, and even bribe Congressmen into supporting the Amendment.
This shows the pragmatic politician in Lincoln, something we tend to ignore when deifying him as a saint. The movie regales us through the scenes where the pragmatic President tempers his idealism and relies on methods that belie his general image as an honest and idealistic President. Thankfully, the director does not sermonize or moralize, but prefers to let the audience decide for themselves whether Lincoln's ends justified the means he adopted.
The movie also highlights how Lincoln's pragmatism and ruthlessness was tempered by his strong moral views. We instinctively understand that Lincoln chose to act against slavery, not for some selfish political gains, but because he found it morally reprehensible and indefensible.
Instead of focusing on Lincoln's life in general, the movie focuses on the weeks following his 1864 reelection. However, this movie is not about politics alone. We see Lincoln as a caring father who does not mind indulging and spoiling his sons, young Tad (Gulliver McGrath) and Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The movie also focuses on his strained relationship with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field). Already burdened with the huge responsibility of abolishing slavery, he finds it difficult to sympathize with his unstable and grief-stricken wife. Sally does a terrific job of portraying a mother who desperately wants her children to be safe at all costs.
The movie could have easily only focused on Lincoln's positive aspects. Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner deserve credit for resisting the temptation. The ensemble cast lives up to the pre-release hype. Daniel Day-Lewis does a magnificent job of portraying the most popular and revered President in the history of the country. He slips into the character effortlessly, and the audience quickly forgets that they are not watching the real thing. Day-Lewis wisely underplays his role and brings his mannerisms to life.
Day-Lewis' efforts are supplemented by fantastic performances by the likes of Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Pace, David Strathairn, and Bruce McGill. While it is impossible to overshadow Abraham Lincoln in a movie named "Lincoln", the supporting cast comes close to achieving this impossible task. Tommy Lee Jones plays radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens with sheer aplomb and élan. Stevens seems more enthusiastic about abolishing slavery than the President himself. However, he has his own reasons to support the move and comes off as the perfect foil for the graceful and stately Lincoln.
The movie never seems boring even when it focuses on backroom discussions, lobbying, and Senate and Congress debates. The movie keeps the audience entertained until the very end.
Overall, this movie is probably the most entertaining history lesson yet on how slavery was abolished by Lincoln.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The U.S. Navy has awarded San Diego shipbuilder General Dynamics Nassco $11.2 million to design a variant of its Mobile Landing Platform ship, according to a statement from the Defense Department.
The design work, to be completed by November, would be for the third and fourth Mobile Landing Platforms of the series. The design work would create a variation called an Afloat Forward Staging Base.
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Maryland's Vernon Davis has no comparison among draft prospects at his position, and even wide receivers envy his speed and athleticism
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By Mike Triplett
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NFL defensive coordinators will be working overtime this season.
The early part of this draft is filled with offensive players -- Vince Young at quarterback, Reggie Bush at tailback and Vernon Davis at tight end -- who are redefining the way their position is played.
Davis, a physical specimen at 6 feet 4, 254 pounds, already was projected as a middle to late first-round draft choice when he left Maryland after his junior season.
He turned heads by catching 51 passes for 871 yards and six touchdowns.
Then at the NFL combine, he dropped jaws.
Davis ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds, which is thought to be the fastest time run by a tight end at a combine.
Scouts and offensive coordinators are drooling over the prospect of landing Davis, who is expected to go higher than any wide receiver in this year's draft.
Davis plays physical and is an aggressive blocker. But teams can also line him up as a receiver or send him in motion.
"I feel good about being labeled the new breed of tight end," Davis said. "That's what it is when you've got a guy who can do more than catch the ball, to get extra yardage after catching the ball and make guys miss. That pretty much speaks for itself."
Davis is not short on confidence. When asked about comparisons to San Diego Chargers Pro Bowler Antonio Gates, Davis said he likes the way he plays.
"But there are some things when I look at the guy, he does a little better than myself and things I do better than him as far as speed, things like that," he said.
Davis has also been compared to some of the best tight ends in NFL history, such as Keith Jackson, Shannon Sharpe and Tony Gonzalez.
Gates (a basketball player who didn't play football in college) and Sharpe (a seventh-round draft pick in 1990) were late bloomers. Jackson and Gonzalez were drafted 13th overall, in 1988 and 1997.
But Davis likely will top that. If he cracks the top 10, as expected, it will be the fourth time a tight end has been selected among the top-10 picks in the past quarter century.
The highest a tight end was drafted was fourth, where the Green Bay Packers selected Ron Kramer in 1957. Mike Ditka went fifth to the Chicago Bears in 1961.
Kellen Winslow Jr. went sixth to the Cleveland Browns in 2004. Rickey Dudley went ninth to the Oakland Raiders in 1996, and Kyle Brady went ninth to the New York Jets in 1995.
Dudley and Brady have carved out decent, if unspectacular, careers. Brady, primarily a blocker, still is a starter for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The jury is still out on Winslow, who has played two games in two seasons. He broke his leg early in his rookie season, then tore knee ligaments in a motorcycle accident last summer.
Teams won't shy away from drafting Davis because of his tremendous upside. The only problem will be coming up with different ways to use him.
"Well, my coach, he tried to find different ways to get me the ball," Davis said of his college offense. "Options, coming up with creative plays. But they were normally the seven routes, the post corners and the digs. You've got a tight end who can make moves like a wide receiver, when there is a linebacker on you, that's kind of a mismatch."
Beyond Davis, no other tight ends is expected to flirt with the first round.
UCLA's Marcedes Lewis, Colorado's Joe Klopfenstein, Georgia's Leonard Pope and Notre Dame's Anthony Fasano could all be second-round picks.
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WHO, International Labor Organization, UNAIDS Release Guidelines to Prevent Transmission of HIV, TB to Health Workers
November 29, 2010
A new set of guidelines developed by the International Labor Organization, the WHO and UNAIDS "aim to protect health workers" from contracting HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, VOA News reports (Schlein, 11/25). "The 14 action points provided in the guidelines are based on respect for workers' rights as well as practical workplace health and safety programmes to ensure a safer work environment, active participation of health workers as well as public and private health services employers. The guidelines also address challenges such as the high level of stigma and discrimination associated with both diseases," according to a WHO press release. The organizations used "systematic literature reviews, international consultations and an assessment of current practices in 21 country-based studies" to create the guidelines, which also consolidate existing recommendations (11/19).
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National Public Health Improvement Initiative
Currently in its third year, the National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) is a program supported by the Office of State, Territorial, Local and Tribal Support at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that provides funding to state, local, territorial and Tribal public health agencies to improve the delivery and impact of the public health services they provide by improving how they track the performance of their programs; fostering the identification, dissemination and adoption of public health's best and most promising practices; building a network of performance improvement managers across the country that share strategies for improving the public health system; and maximizing cohesion across states' and communities' public health systems to ensure seamless and coordinated services for residents.
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The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross
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Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in this groundbreaking six-part series. Written and presented by Professor Gates, the series explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, politic strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed.
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Examine the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled within the confines of segregation.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — It's been the question of the offseason.
After a year off, following microfracture surgery, will VMart be VMart? Will Victor Martinez be back to the form he displayed for the Detroit Tigers in 2011, after a year off following microfracture surgery on his left knee?
"That's a great a question. That, to me, is the question of the day," said manager Jim Leyland, the day he was re-signed to a new one-year contract, three days after the conclusion of the World Series. "Everybody is just assuming. I want to make sure I say this right, because I don't want to put a negative thought in anybody's mind: I don't really know the answer to that."
Thirteen games into spring training, and that still hasn't been answered definitively.
It's still the question of the day.
Almost EVERY day.
Especially when Martinez misses three games, like he did before Wednesday's game. And even more so when he leaves after one at-bat like he did in the Tigers' 4-1 win over the Blue Jays.
Every eye is on Martinez's every move, making sure he's OK, making sure that he hasn't regressed, no matter how much he protests that he's fine.
But the problem now is his back, not his knee, he said.
"A little sore. A little tight. Maybe call it tight," said Martinez, who encountered the tenderness in his back only when swinging right-handed.
"I'd rather take a couple more days, two, three days, let it get better. From the left side, nothing. I feel pretty good. ...
"It's not even close (to what) I got with the oblique in 2011 during the playoffs.
"I've been swinging a lot, and they've had to be like, 'Take it easy, take it easy.' I've been out a full year. I just want to go out there and get ready. I'd rather be ready early than be rushing to get ready late. But everything's good. Nothing to worry about."
He'll be back in the lineup Thursday, when the Tigers play a night game at the Braves' facility in Orlando, Fla.
Rest assured, the issue is not his knee, anymore.
The hurdle there was being able to swing left-handed, when most of his weight shifts on to the left knee.
"The knee is not a ... it's not even ... you know, honestly, I'm not worried about the knee. The biggest challenge for me was to hit lefty. That's when I put all my weight — I gotta put all my weight, 75 percent of my weight, when I'm hitting, on the bad knee. So that's not it, not even close. I'm putting good swings, I'm letting it go. I'm swinging the bat pretty ... you know, normal for the regular season," Martinez said.
"It's a little tough when you've been out a year, and I've been out there every day, swinging and swinging and swinging. It's nothing to worry about. I guess you could call it maintenance. It's just a little thing. I feel pretty good. Maybe just a couple more days from the right side. I'm going to go out there again, keep playing, keep getting ready for the season."
Martinez walked in his only at-bat against Jays starter Brandon Morrow, helping keep alive the first inning, when the Tigers scored without the benefit of a hit, taking advantage of two Jays errors. He left the game after the Jays brought in lefty Brett Cecil to start the fourth.
Getting a chance to catch Justin Velrander in a game for the first time, Bryan Holaday did well calling pitches, as Verlander allowed just one hit in four innings, striking out three.
"It's obviously a learning experience for both of us. But he's caught a lot of my bullpen, so he knows what I like back there. He did a great job today. The main thing for me is just how guys set up, and learning tendencies," Verlander said, noting that he was in synch with his new catcher. "Yeah, for the most part. There were a few occasions where we weren't, but that happens with anybody."
Holaday contributed with the bat, as well, his two-run double in the fourth — his first hit of the spring — making it 3-0.
"They did a good job. I thought Justin was pretty sharp. Holaday got a big hit; good for him," Leyland said. "I think he's in the category of the other kids we sent down (James McCann and Curt Casali) — maybe a little more advanced. See if he can hit. That's basically what it's about. I know he can catch and throw, call a good game, block the ball. He's a good-looking player. Catchers are a lot the same: Are they going to hit?"
Torii Hunter would add a solo home run for the Tigers in the fifth, which would be matched by a ninth-inning homer by the Jays' Jim Negrych.
Matthew B. Mowery covers the Tigers for Journal Register Company. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @matthewbmowery.