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10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery
- Shandong,China (Mainland)
- 1 Set/Sets coco oil refinery
- US $5,000 - 5,000,000/ Set
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- 20 Set/Sets per Month coco oil refinery
Product Details
|coco oil
|oil refinery qie, coco oil refinery
|Automatic Grade:
|Production Capacity:
|Place of Origin:
|Shandong,China (Mainland)
|Brand Name:
|Model Number:
|According to customer demand
|According to project
|According to project
|According to customer demand
|After-sales Service Provided:
|Engineers available to service machinery overseas
|Production condition:
|One to three staffs
|Carbon steel, stainless steel
|Raw Material:
|Suitable for soybean, castor seed, peanut, etc.
|Export markets:
|Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, etc
|Work principle:
|Mechanical principle
|Warranty period:
|One year
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Product Description
10tpd-500tpd coco oil refinery
1.Palm Fruit Processing Line parts use high quality of imported bearing and oil seal to ensure high efficient driving, stable and low niose operation.
2.Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd.Independent research and development of large air shaft without hoop equipment, overtuns the traditional process, make 10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery more stable and reduce the cost maintenance time of Palm Fruit Processing Lineusers.
3. Add 10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinerynon-stop refueling system, automatic system for the butter, air cooling system, high efficiency, low energy consumption, smooth operation, the Palm Fruit Processing Line quality is stable and reliable.
4. Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd. product with high automation which can save labor, and 10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery is also easy to maintain which save lots of maintance time.
10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery
coco oil refineryProduct Description
1, coco oil refinery introduction
What kind of palm oil refinery plant we can supply ?
1. Batch type palm oil refinery plant: 1-30tons per 24hrs.
2. Semi-continuous type crude oil refinery: 20-50tons per 24hrs.
3. Continuous type crude oil refinery: 30-600tons per 24hrs.
What kind of crude vegetable oil can be refine?
Crude soybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, sunflower oil, canola oil(rapeseed oil) ,peanut oil,
seCARRIEe oil, conttonseeds oil etc.
2, coco oil refinery main procedures
Hydration Deguming & Alkali Refining Deacidification
The crude oil is output by the oil feed pump from the oil tank, and next enters the crude oil heat
exchanger to recover part of heat after metering and then is heated to the required temperature
by the heater. After that, the oil is mixed with the metered phosphoric acid or citric acid from
phosphate tank in the gas mixture (M401), and then enters the conditioning tank (R401) to make
the non-hydratable phospholipids in oil change into the hydratable phospholipids.
Add the alkali for neutralization, and the alkali quantity and alkali solution concentration depend
on the quality of the crude oil. Through the heater, the neutralized oil is heated to the temperature (90℃)
suitable for centrifugal separation to remove the phospholipids, FFA and other impurities in the crude oil.
Then the oil goes to the washing process.
In normal situation , there is pigment in the crude oil , we need to using the active clay to absorb the
pigment away , after 20 mins , we use the vibrating filter to filter the waste clay away . If you want
to get light color oil , you need to add more active clay . That is mean , the customer can accord to his
requirement to control the oil color. This process is carried out under the vacuum condition.
Usually ,there are some odors in the crude oil , it affects the quality of the edible oil . About our
refining process , we usually use the direct steam to take odors away in the vacuum condition .
General speaking there is about 0.5% water in the alkali refined oil, in the deodorization pot,
thetemperature is very high , it also can finish the dehydration section.
This process can remove off the small amount of unsettle gum soluble impurities in the degummed
oil, after oil dehydrate cooling (60 °C), filtering again, to ensure the product oil quality. Then pumping
the final oil into the oil tank.
Automatic control
3, coco oil refinery functions of main parts
(1) Refining section: used to P-acid de-gumming, alkali refining de-acid and water rinsing.
(2) Decoloring section: used to remove off pigments, bleaching oils and grease dehydrate.
(3) Deodorizing section: to remove off the odor components in oil.
(4) Dewax: used to remove off the wax in the oil, in order to get the high quality oil.
(5) Heat-transfer oil stove: supply each device production needing heat energy, temperature reach
above 280C.
(6) Steam generator: produce the needing steam for de-odoring and distillation.
(7) Vacuum pump: supply needing vacuum for dehydrate, de-color, de-odor. Vacuum degree
can reach above 755mm Hg.
(8) Press filter: filter clay, filter out clear oil.
(9) Air compressor: blow dry bleached clay, blow empty the leftover oil in the press filter.
Company Information
Company Information
Our Strength
1, Established in 1982, we have more than 30 years experience. Our goal is to be pioneer in global grain and oil
2, We have deep cooperation with Henan Machine Design Research Institute and Henan University of
Technology. Our professor often go abroad attending grain and oil conference and forum.
3, We have completed service line including technical department, engineering department, project department,
electronic commerce department, domestic trade department and foreign trade department. After signing
contract, we will set up special team including engineers, installation technicians, drawing designer,
business person, after-sales service person, and so on. We will provide one-to-one service.
Our Service
Whole set of equipment for production line.
Motor and power control system.
Installation material.
Installation and test-run.
Drawing of process description, equipment layout, foundation and
hole, construction.
Drawing of power control.
Isolation and painting for equipment.
Water recycling and cooling system outside the plant (i.e. supplementary device).
Staff training and long-term technical service.
Main Business Field
- 10-500T/H oil material primary cleaning,drying and storage section turn-key project.
- 100-3000 T/D oil pretreatment, shelling and pre-press workshop turnkey project (soybean hot dehulling, bean skin crushing, the soybean extrusion, high oil contained pre-pressed cake extrusion and high oil contained flakes puffed directly). Rice bran turn-key project.
- 100-3000 T/D leaching workshop turnkey project (towline extractor, rotocel extractor, loop type extractor,
- DTDC separated machine, the full negative pressure evaporation,
- Paraffin wax recovery, leaching workshop degumming, phospholipid concentration).
- 30-1000T/D continuous physical (chemical) refining line.
- 20-3000T/D sunflower oil, rice bran oil, corn germ oil dewaxing turnkey project.
- 10-200T/D fatty acid esterification edible oil production line.
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Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd.is a Palm Fruit Processing Line factory specializing in the production of 10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery, scientific research,manufacturing,installation, commissioning.Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd.can provide Palm Fruit Processing Linecustomers with design and services of 1-2000 tons 10TPD-500TPD coco oil refinery. Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd. have finished hundreds of successful projects Palm Fruit Processing Lineover the years: peanut oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, seCARRIEe oil, animal oil,grape seed oil, acer truncatum oil, peony seed oil, walnut oil, hemp seed oil, pine oil, tea seed oil, papaya oil, milk thistle seed, and other special type Palm Fruit Processing Lineoil. Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd. have independent import and export department. Shandong Microwave Machinery Co.,Ltd. Palm Fruit Processing Lineequipment has been successfully exported to more than ten countries: Russia, Australia, India, Afghanistan, Cameroon,and so on.
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- AddressNo. 225, Huangqiao Village, Beiyuan, Tianqiao District, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Phone(Working Time)+86 0531 85064681
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In the search for business software, companies have a habit of turning to the 800-pound gorillas in the room. Gorillas, however, do not have the motor skills to create applications that meet highly specific needs. Today, companies are more likely to find unique capabilities and achieve greater productivity by turning to niche software developers.
The search for niche developers and specialized products is a trend we see not just in software, but in a multitude of industries. Beer lovers turn away from national beers in the search for the best craft breweries. Music lovers forgo the radio's top-10 lists in favor of Indy bands. Foodies turn to farmer's markets and independent restaurants for ingredients and dishes that cannot be found anywhere else.
Consumers demand greater personalization, quality and singularity in their products, and the same is increasingly true of companies.
The problem is that, by nature, large software companies can leave their customers behind. The freelance developer in a café can only survive by responding attentively to the customers' needs. In contrast, the mega-corporations have had the scale and clout to tell consumers here's what you get and you better like it.
By not addressing many of their customer's requirements, large software corporations have created opportunities for niche developers who can produce enterprise-quality products with small business responsiveness. They win market share by fulfilling needs unmet by the Microsoft, Apple, and many others.
This does mean that Microsoft and other tech giants have anything to worry about. Beer snobs still drink Bud Light, music aficionados still know the words to Justin Beiber songs, and foodies still eat McDonalds. In fact, smart corporations will benefit from paying attention to how smaller developers challenge their products.
Niche software developers are here stay and flourish, and their products will enable greater productivity than brand-name solutions. Here's why:
Choice in Corporate Environments
Forward-thinking organizations realize that employees love choice and do better work when they get certain freedoms.
Cisco, for instance, lets employees use a Mac or PC and to use whatever software they prefer. They hire smart people who know their needs better than the IT department.
This democratization is incompatible with the command, "Thou shalt only use this or that." Liberal software policies make niche software a viable and desirable choice.
The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) revolution has been a mixed bag for corporations. In some cases, it motivates workers to do more work at home or on the road, and it lets employees configure work devices to their specific needs. In other cases, it creates security headaches.
Either way, BYOD is here to stay, and in lightly regulated BYOD environments, one can find people who will select Evernote over OneNote, Google Docs over Word docs and Prezi over PowerPoint. Great applications that begin as the forbidden fruit (i.e. Dropbox) can now become mainstream in BYOD organizations.
Bundled but Bungled
Big software companies try to make the equivalent of your shampoo-conditioner combo, crossovers, hybrid bikes and multi-tools. However, we all know that separate shampoo and conditioner is better, a Jeep will fare better off road than a crossover, a road bike is faster than a hybrid, and some jobs call for a real screwdriver.
Someone out there has a good reason for running MS Excel, Thunderbird, Google Docs, SlideShare and Safari on the same computer.
Not every chocolate in the box tastes good, and not every program in a software package works well.
Real Integration
The supposed integrations between in brand-name software packages are underwhelming. Ever tried syncing your Word documents to Windows Live SkyDrive? It's integrated into Word 2010, but it's slow and not as convenient when compared to Dropbox, Box and Google Drive.
Niche software developers have the advantage of integrating with the best available software.
The automatic feedback we provide to Microsoft, Apple and other large developers is probably used to correct some bugs. However, if you think you can get on the phone with one their developers and convince them to create this integration, add that feature or bring back some button, good luck.
Inside many big software companies, there is a healthy top down and bottom up dialogue, but client feedback is secondary to that conversation. Ultimately, the immediate incentives within giant corporations encourage engineers to please coworkers and superiors before customers.
The interests of niche software companies closely align with the needs of their customers. They exist because they fulfilled a need unmet by big developers, and they know they can drive repeat business and new revenue if they maintain that goal. Therefore, feedback from clients has far greater potential to influence updates and new products at niche development firms.
By dogmatically using big name software, organizations can stifle productivity, creativity, and the frontline wisdom of their employees. Like craft brewers, Indy musicians and foodies, small developers have benefited from the advancements, best practices and the mistakes of larger organizations. Indeed, it is the shared experience of using mainstream software that gives smaller developers an ambient awareness of problems and a target audience for solutions. In a sense, big software companies created the problems that niche developers solve.
Microsoft, Apple and other large developers may have climbed the mountain first, but non-brand names will continue to find better routes.
Olin Reams is the General Manager for the Americas at CS Odessa.


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Procedurals are found in TRON 2.0. They are used to convert memory and subroutines into a usable form. By upgrading the processor, they will get faster.
When the player gets hit by a ball type weapon some of their memory gets corrupted and cannot used to place subroutines in memory sockets. These can repaired by pulling the fragged memory block into the de-fragger. It takes several seconds to finish the work. After it's done the memory socket can used again. (If the de-fragger is not finished yet the memory can't used)
Some enemies drop subroutines when they derez. If these are downloaded they can't used instantly. Instead the player must use the port procedural in order to be used. Like the other two, it takes some time to use. When it's finished the unusable subroutine will get converted into a usable form and it gets identified. Now they can be placed in memory sockets.
If the player downloads subroutines from somewhere, there's a chance, that the subroutine is infected with a virus. This can cause the subroutine to work on a lower quality or does not even work. This is unnocicable by the player. Using the sanitize procedural players can get rid of the virus. There's a subroutine callad virus-scan. It's obtainable in the very early stages of the game. It detects viruses. On alpha level it warns the player that a virus is on the place they want to download from, but doesn't say which subroutine is infected, so it's a good idea to sanitize every subroutine downloaded. On beta level it will exactly tell the player which is infected. On gold level the virus-scanner will automatically sanitize the downloaded subroutines and they no longer require manual sanitizing. Until a player can acquire a virus-scanner, it's a good idea to sanitize every subroutine before use, since the infection can spread. (note:an infected virus-scanner can't identify a virus)


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I could ponder creating an unnecessarily complicated algorithm... but I would have to stop there, as I'm quite sure I wouldn't be able to follow through.
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If you haunt a certain point in the rigging, you can get a great view down Niferbelle's shirt. The More You Know...
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Recipe: Delicious Christmas elf cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Line a 12-section muffin tray with muffin cases. Put 150g of the butter, the sugar, vanilla, eggs and flour in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy. Divide into the cake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and just firm to touch. Cool.
- Beat the remaining butter with icing sugar to make a buttercream. Melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a pan of hot water.
- Spread the buttercream over the cakes. For each hat, take a small piece of red icing and roll into a log with a point at one end. Flatten using icing sugar-dusted fingers, and position on each cake. Place a Smartie, slightly off centre, for noses. Use red icing to shape curved red mouths and press in position.
- Roll little balls of green icing and place at the ends of the hats, then roll out small triangles for the beards.
- Spoon the melted chocolate into one corner of a small, new plastic food bag and snip off the merest tip so the chocolate can be piped in a thin line. Use to pipe the hair.
- Roll ovals of white and black icing into eyes. Leave in a cool place to harden.
Makes: 12
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 25 mins (plus cooling)
Total time: 1h 25 mins plus cooling
- 225g unsalted butter, softened
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 100g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 50g milk chocolate, chopped
- Smarties, to decorate
- Red, green and black icing from 500g pack of ready-to-roll coloured icing
- Small piece white ready-to-roll icing
Recipe courtesy of: Waitrose
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3 goals: Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandzukic (Croatia), Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
2 goals: Vaclav Pilar (Czech Republic), Petr Jiracek (Czech Republic), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fernando Torres (Spain), Francesc Fabregas (Spain), and Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Who will be the top scorer in European Cup 2012 ?
Euro 1960
Heutte Francois (France), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Viktor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union), Milan Galic (Yugoslavia), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) : 2 goals
Euro 1964
Jesus Maria Pereda (Spain), Frenc Bene (Hungary), Dezso Novak (Hungary) : 2 goals
Euro 1968
Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) : 2 goals
Euro 1972
Gerd Muller (Germany) 4 : goals
Euro 1976
Dieter Müller (Germany) : 4 goals
Euro 1980
Klaus Allofs (Germany) : 3 goals
Euro 1984
Michel Platini (France) : 9 goals
Euro 1988
Marco van Basten (Netherlands) : 5 goals
Euro 1992
Henrik Larsen (Denmark), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands), Tomas Brolin (Sweden) : 3 goals
Euro 1996
Scorer: Alan Shearer (England) : 5 goals
Euro 2000
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands), Savo Milosevic (Yugoslavia) : 5 goals
Euro 2004
Milan Baros (Ceska Republic) : 5 goals
Euro 2008
David Villa (Spain) : 4 goals
Who will be the top scorer in European Cup 2012?
Within hours, the European Cup 2012 will begin. Warsaw National Stadium to witness the start of the European Cup in 2012. Tonight, Warsaw national stadium will be the center of attention of football lovers around the world.
The stadium has a seating capacity of 58,500 which makes it the largest association football arena in Poland. Its construction started in 2008 and finished in November 2011. It is located on the site of the former 10th-Anniversary Stadium, on al. Zieleniecka in Praga Południe district, near the city center. The stadium has a unique retractable PVC roof which unfolds from a nest on a needle suspended above the centre of the pitch. The retractable roof is similar to BC Place in Vancouver, BC, Canada and Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.
The National Stadium is due to host the opening match (a group match), remaining 2 group matches, a quarterfinal, and a semifinal of the UEFA Euro 2012 co-hosted by Poland.
The stadium is equipped with a heated pitch, training pitch, façade lighting, movable roof and an underground parking also is a multipurpose object providing organization of sports events, concerts, cultural events and also enables sales, conferences and gastronomic functions.
Official stadium opening took place at 19 January 2012. First football match was played on 29 February 2012. The match between Poland and Portugal national football team ended with a 0-0 draw.
Do not miss the opening ceremony of the European Cup 2012 will take place at 18:00 Polish time. You can watch it directly on the Warsaw National Stadium, or it could be seen through a television station that became the official TV European Cup 2012.
Enjoy to watch and support your favorite team.
European Cup 2012 will start on 8 june and 16 teams ready to compete and fight over the prestigious trophy in European football continent. Do you know, trophy is contested every four years name was Henri Delaunay trophy.
European Cup trophy is named the same as the name of the person who gave the idea to hold a football championship in continental Europe are now known as the European Cup.
However, the Henri Delaunay trophy this time is a new edition of the trophy and have a little difference with the old trophy. The old trophy made by Arthus Bertrand with weight 8 kg and height 60 cm. Meanwhile, a new trophy created by Asprey London with a weight of 10 kg and height 78 cm.
The old trophy used untill European Cup 2004, while a new trophy in use since European Cup 2008. Iker Casillas, the Spanish national team goalkeeper, became the first player to lift the new trophy.
And a few more days, Henri Delaunay trophy will return contested by 16 countries to determine who the king of European soccer.
Be ready !!!
European Cup 2012 opening ceremony live 4 days left
The opening ceremony of Euro Cup 2012 in Warsaw on June 8 will present the elements of innovation and heritage of the combination of sport and culture. Opening ceremony will be held 20 minutes before the beginning of the match between Poland and Greece, as reported by the UEFA website.
Drafter opening ceremony of Euro 2012 is Marco Balich, producer and president of the Olympic events and ceremonies from Filmmaster Events company. Balich conceptualize opening and closing ceremonies at the 2006 Turin Olympics famous in Ukraine, as well as creating the opening ceremony at Donbass Arena, Dontesk in 2009.
This ceremony will be the sign first Euro Cup in eastern europe
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Restaurant business owners and operators must meet the ever-changing expectations of their customers. The rise of digital and mobile channels has increased consumer demand for food delivery options, prompting the rise of a viable food delivery software market.
Are you enjoying a piece of the restaurant delivery pie? Imagine if your restaurant could do what it does now and also rake in additional revenue from deliveries.
There's likely one major factor standing between you and this additional revenue stream: a lack of food delivery software. That's why we've developed this buyer's guide to help restaurant owners and operators get a grasp on the food delivery software market.
Here's what we'll cover:
What Is Food Delivery Software?
Common Features of Food Delivery Software
Restaurant Delivery Software Deployment Options
Benefits of Implementing a Food Delivery Platform
Food delivery software enables and supports the delivery of menu items from your restaurant to your customers' locations. Sure, you could probably get by managing deliveries without any restaurant delivery software. But how many delivery drivers do you think you could manage with pen, paper and maybe an Excel spreadsheet?
Food delivery software automates much of the delivery management process, including:
Food delivery platforms also record and analyze delivery order data for reporting. This provides operational insight which helps you make informed decisions about your delivery business and determine the resources necessary for its success.
Restaurant delivery software provides improved experiences for delivery customers, drivers, kitchen staff and management. The following list of common features explains how it does this.
For the most part, food delivery software offers customer-facing, back office and driver-facing capabilities, including:
|Online menu
|Features restaurant food items on a website for customers to review. Can be easily and frequently updated for specials and other necessary modifications.
|Online ordering
|Enables orders to be input and sent to the kitchen for preparation. Orders can be entered either by a server at a POS station or by a customer using online ordering.
|Kitchen management
|Notifies kitchen by printed ticket or digital screen when new orders come in. Kitchen can track menu item counts and notify front-of-house staff if certain items are running low.
|Driver routing
|Directs drivers to customer locations to complete the delivery order. Most systems account for traffic and offer optimized routes based on customizable settings.
|Delivery team management
|Gives managers insight and transparency into the whereabouts and upcoming delivery locations of all delivery drivers.
|Delivery zone management
|Allows users to set and adjust the area in which they deliver. This can include multiple zones with increasing delivery fees based on distance from restaurant.
In addition to these food delivery management capabilities, fully functional restaurant point of sale (POS) systems typically offer these main features:
|Mobile POS
|Growing use of tablets in the consumer space has driven down POS prices, making it realistic for restaurants to equip servers with tablets for taking orders and processing payments anywhere in the restaurant.
|Inventory management
|Restaurant inventory rotates every day and many items are highly perishable. A sufficient tracking system is required to manage food spoilage and deal with vendor deliveries and relationships.
|Customer relationship management (CRM)
|Customer contact information and order histories are highly valuable data for all restaurants in order to build repeat business. CRM capabilities help restaurants gather, store and act on this valuable information.
|Employee management
|Restaurant employees require clock-in/clock-out capabilities to record their hours. Digital scheduling and trading shifts is also a necessary function, and there are tax implications for servers, who must report income from tips.
|Food costing
|Food costing features manage the value of the combined ingredients into a succinct menu item. Food costing capabilities enable restaurant operators to set appropriate costs that balance margins with reasonable prices.
Here's a detailed look at the three main restaurant delivery software options available to your business:
Restaurant POS system with food delivery functionality. Many restaurant POS systems offer integrated online ordering and food delivery capabilities. (You may not know this, if your restaurant falls into the 63 percent that aren't currently using a POS system. If so, you should be exploring formal restaurant management systems instead.)
Stand-alone food delivery software. If you already have a POS system and only need to add delivery capabilities, there are specialized software options targeted solely toward restaurant deliveries.
As an alternative to these specialized software options, many restaurants are opting to surrender their delivery business to third-party online delivery platforms.
Third-party food delivery platforms. Over the past decade, third-party platforms have flooded the online ordering and food delivery space. We've written about the potentially egregious and inflated cost of partnering with online restaurant ordering systems such as GrubHub, Eat24 and others.
The decision boils down to either paying these food delivery platforms a percentage of every order (and even a service subscription fee) or purchasing and implementing your own food delivery software and hiring drivers.
While each has their own advantages depending on your specific needs, we'd strongly recommend building your food delivery platform out of a formal restaurant POS system. Such an integrated system will simplify management tasks such as reporting and analysis.
The benefits of implementing a food delivery platform mostly depend on your current software usage and which delivery platform option you choose.
For restaurants that already have an established POS system. Adding a food delivery system will bring you the benefits of having a systematic approach to your delivery business. Rather than managing delivery orders on an ad hoc basis, formal food delivery software will provide increased visibility into the status of your delivery orders. You'll be able to track the order from the time of entry through preparation and driver pickup and delivery.
For restaurants without a POS system. You'll benefit from the added delivery business mentioned above, but your overall restaurant business will also be elevated by automations, improved processes and increased visibility. With a proper implementation, you'll see immediate returns from improved order accuracy, more efficient employee communications and detailed reporting and analysis.
Our service is simple and 100% free to customers like you because software vendors pay us when we connect them with quality leads. You save time and get great advice. Vendors get great referrals. It's a win for everyone!


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Transfer Students
Why are more students transferring to Evangel University? For starters, our academic reputation is one of the highest of Christian universities nationwide. On top of that, EU offers an uplifting Christian atmosphere, a gorgeous campus, unrivaled technology and countless career opportunities.
Of course, the most important reason might be the fact that our transfers are treated as if they've been a part of Evangel since day one of their college careers.
Need more reasons to transfer to EU?
- No application fee for transfer students
- Faculty advisors help pre-plan your academic path to graduation
- Admissions counselor available just for transfers if you have any questions
- Low tuition for a four-year, private university
If you're considering a transfer to Evangel University, there's no better time to make it happen than right now. Apply online today.
We can't wait to see you on campus at EU!
Transferring College Credit
- Only courses with a letter grade of "C-" or better may transfer into Evangel University.
- Proficiencies earned at other institutions are not accepted.
- A maximum of 64 semester hours of credit are transferable from a community or junior college.
- You must complete the last 30 credits of your degree at Evangel University.
Planning College Credits to Transfer
If you're planning on transferring future courses to Evangel, make sure that:
- The college you take classes from is accredited
- Evangel offers an equivalent course to the one you are taking
- The class you are taking is required for your major at Evangel


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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Astros are not the Marlins
Gammons tweeted early this morning that:
It's awfully hard for Bud Selig to come down on the Marlins for slashing payroll when the Astros are at $21M.
There's your typical national journalist, who simply looks at numbers, and not the reason behind them. The Marlins are a totally different animal than the Astros. How so?
1. "Slashing payroll?" Come on.
The Astros have not slashed payroll. They cleared out dead weight.
In 2010, the Astros' payroll was $93.2m. In 2011 it was $71.1m. In 2012, they closed the season at $37.7m. That's a decline of 59.5%, before you get into the possibilities of 2013's payroll (which looks to be in the $25-30m range). But you look at the salaries of whom they were ridding themselves: Brett Myers' $11m contract. Wandy Rodriguez's $34m contract. Brandon Lyon's $5.5m. No more Carlos Lee at $18.5m per year. Just stopping there represents an impressive amount of money. Yet when each were traded, the response was either "It's about time," or "Luhnow is a genius."
Does Gammons want the Astros to replace all that payroll, especially after his September 2012 column in which he wrote:
What Crane, Postolos and Luhnow inherited was a team that was in the World Series seven years ago but was drained of talent because former owner Drayton McLane did not invest in the Draft.
You simply cannot retroactively blast the Astros for doing what everyone agreed should have been done at least three years earlier.
The Marlins have a special case. They dumped $181m in contracts in one day. That's not slashing payroll, that's 1929 on Wall Street. Their Opening day payroll in 2012 was $107.7m. Baseball-Reference estimates their payroll in 2013 to be $45m - a 58.8% decline in three baseball months.
Nobody wrote about how the Astros' rebuilding plan was "a baseball tragedy" as Jeff Passan did regarding the Marlins. Nobody wrote about the Astros disgracing baseball, as Time Magazine did. Nobody called the Astros' actions "inexcusable," as the Sporting News did.
2. The Astros didn't commit fraud.
Late in 2011 the SEC opened an investigation into the Marlins' ballpark deal.
CBS Sports wrote at the time:
The city and county are paying for nearly 80 percent of the $634 million stadium. The subpoenas focus, the report says, on the Marlins trying to determine the team's ability to pay for the financing of the stadium. Last year, the Marlins' financial records were leaked and they showed that the team had received the most money in Major League Baseball from its revenue-sharing system, while not investing it back into the team. The team said it was financial strapped and needed help from the city and county to build the stadium, which it ultimately received.
And then they went out and signed those $181m in contracts, wooing Albert Pujols, promising to put a competitive team on the field, a promise which didn't make it to the All-Star Break. Passan wrote in the above-linked article that, by the time the balloon payments are due on the ballpark, it will cost Miami-Dade taxpayers $2.4 billion.
Of owner Jeffrey Loria and president David Samson, Passan wrote:
And these were two men who for years lied about their finances, lied about their intentions, lied all to get Miami to build them a $634 million ballpark that was supposed to end this wretched cycle of turning a major league franchise into a swap meet.
For Peter Gammons to mention the Marlins' long-term plans with the Astros' long-term plans is, at best, lazy. At worst, it's ignorant.
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The Astros also won't be pocketing revenue sharing payments. That's the real issue. Houston isn't spending their own money. Miami isn't spending money that MLB is giving them. Coming down on the Marlins has no connection with not coming down on the Astros.
- January 23, 2013 at 8:48 AM
- Andrew said...
The Astros don't need to be spending their money right now on expensive free agents and they dont have any players right now who are deserving of long term multi year contracts. Just spending money to say you are spending money is a reckless way to build a baseball team. I have faith that when the time comes to hand out large multi year contracts that the ownership will do so. Right now there is no need to do so.
- January 23, 2013 at 9:13 AM
We're still hosed with little hope in sight.
- January 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
If you think there's no hope in sight you haven't read anything about the farm club that I've written.
Hope for this season, ok I agree, there's little hope. But we'll start seeing some of our best prospects arrive in Houston late this summer and things should start looking up shortly thereafter.
- January 23, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Sure, they are not the marlins, but this idea that 20 million is perfectly acceptable is wanting, IMO. The rationale is that players making money would only block prospects. What? Crane couldn't pay some decent starting pitchers, or some decent bullpen arms. Just who is being blocked?
I'm not expecting big names, or even a league average team salary, but this shoestring budget shouldn't be reflexively dismissed. It's freakin Houston, not Oakland or Tampa Bay.
- January 23, 2013 at 9:50 AM
- wmartin said...
If we did sign a middle-of-the-rotation starter or a decent (not great) free agent, how much better would the team be? Maybe the Astros win 70 games instead of 65 this season but are still a long way off from the playoffs. I like what Crane is doing and I think giving the young guys time to develop with no immediate rush for perfection is just what this team needs at this point.
- January 23, 2013 at 10:37 AM
For one, they would show the community that they at least care about winning and they care about their own product and brand. That is more important than wins at this point.
Rightly or wrongly, Crane is viewed as one who values his bottom line over the product. I for one suspect that to continue well into the years others expect him to open his pocketbook. Some people are what that they appear to be.
- January 23, 2013 at 10:48 AM
- hooksfan said...
Anonymous, did you attend any Houston Astros Minor Leagues games last season? I'm a season ticket holder for their Double-A affiliate, Corpus Christi Hooks. I've been attending games since 2008 and I can tell you as a fan our family has endured four years of a farm system that was pretty barren with the exception of a few bright spots. Look at our 2011 record, 50-90, which was the worse record for full season Minor League teams. Fast forward to 2012 our roster had close to 10 players acquired through trades made by Wade and than Crane. Add the players that were acquired by Cane and Co. Before the deadline and you had a farm system that performed superbly compared to the year before. 2012 saw Tri-City lose in the Championship game, Corpus Christi lost in the divisional playoff and Lancaster won the Cal League Championship. OKC wasn't eliminated from the post season until the last game of the season. The Houston Astros care about winning, product and brand.......you ask we're the proof is.......look at the farm system. Just be patient.
- January 23, 2013 at 1:04 PM
I have attended numerous minor-league games, for years. I know the team, and its system very well. This isn't about patience. I have an abundance of that. This is about showing your fanbase that you care, that Houston is a major market, not some backwater place forced to cheer an opening act pieced together on the fly.
AC's post above is an example of a team sacrifing no long-term development, yet at least aspires to respectability. Well within the means of a franchise in a major, wealthy metro area.
- January 23, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Uggg, I think the point of the above post was to prove how average this team could be if we sacrificed all long term development. Playing those pitchers, outfielders, and Lance Berkman proves how mediocre this team could be if it spent $40M and desired absolutely no long term development. I'd much rather see young OF, pitcher, DH types get a chance to play and see if any of them could provide future value, rather than watch a bunch of old veterans play for their retirement fund.
79-83 in the AL West is celler dwellar, not respectability.
- January 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM
- Juvenile Court Clerk - Bryan Trostel said...
Terrance gets it.
- January 23, 2013 at 5:22 PM


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Head injuries on the rise in sports
Head injuries resulting in concussions occur more frequently than previously thought. We're learning more about the problem and the important consequences.
Each year, more than 300,000 U.S. athletes suffer some form of traumatic brain injury. High school athletes comprise 60,000 of these injuries. The consequences can be physical, emotional and intellectual.
Traumatic brain injury can result in short-term symptoms and more serious problems, which may not surface for several years. Problems that develop depend on what portion of the brain is affected, the severity of the blow, the number of repeated blows to the head, pre-existing conditions and personality traits of the injured person.
The more blows that occur — even small ones — increase the risk for mental deficiencies. Significant head trauma to an individual occurs hundreds of times a week during practices and games.
A study in 2000 surveyed 1,090 former NFL players and found more than 60 percent suffered at least one concussion in their careers. Twenty-six percent had three or more. The survey revealed that players who had concussions reported more problems with memory, concentration, speech impediments, headaches and other neurological issues than those who had not. Because these professionals spent many years playing football in high school and college, the frequency of head trauma likely is under-reported.
Other common medical problems being linked to football concussions are depression, insomnia, attention deficit and personality changes. These problems have been found to be more frequent in those who had even one episode of head trauma.
It's widely accepted that concussion symptoms can reappear hours or days after the injury, indicating the player hadn't healed properly from the initial blow. This requires strict guidelines that conservatively allow adequate time for healing.
Immediate symptoms that require removal from sports activities include amnesia, poor balance, headaches, dizziness and other neurologic deficits, regardless of how quickly they subside on the sidelines. Long-term problems may take several years to develop.
But the question remains – how much healing time is enough? A health care provider should be involved in examining and investigating these head injuries to ensure the best outcome. One episode of head trauma puts an athlete at risk for serious consequences and more vulnerable for the next episode, which in many contact sports is inevitable.
Professional and college authorities are changing their recommendations regarding contact sports. Foremost is reducing the numerous head blows by enforcing rules that involve more no-contact practices.
Research has shown the number of head blows during a college football season totals in the thousands for an individual player. Many collisions have forces comparable to driving a car into a concrete wall at 40 mph.
Repeated head trauma is a serious issue for football players of all ages and needs to be more closely monitored. A good start would be teaching better techniques to reduce leading with the head while tackling and blocking, and making equipment changes to help reduce the possibility of head injuries.
Dr. Bruce Kaler, M.D., is a family practitioner with U.S. HealthWorks.


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Same-sex couples share hopes for the future of the freedom to marry in Arkansas
May 06, 2014
(Updated May 9, 2014 • 6:00pm)
On a Thursday afternoon three weeks ago, attorney Cheryl Maples stood before circuit judge Chris Piazza in a packed court room in Little Rock, Arkansas.
"These couples only want to exercise the exact same privileges that everybody else in Arkansas has," Maples said, gesturing to the dozens of people who say behind her, representatives of the diverse group of more than 40 plaintiffs in Wright v Arkansas, a mix of unmarried same-sex couples, families seeking respect for their out-of-state marriages, and children of gay and lesbian Arkansans. The plaintiffs challenged Arkansas' Amendment 83, a constitutional amendment restricting marriage to different-sex couples.
On Friday, May 9, Judge Piazza announced his ruling declaring the state's anti-marriage constitutional amendment unconstitutional. He did not stay the ruling, meaning that effective Monday, same-sex couples have the freedom to marry in Arkansas. The state has said that they will appeal a favorable ruling.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling in Windsor v. United States striking down the core of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, state and federal judges have ruled in favor of the freedom to marry 15 times now, even in historically red states like Texas, Kentucky, Utah and now Arkansas. The plaintiffs - and attorney Cheryl Maples, who has led a moving, trailblazing case for marriage in her home state - are celebratory in their win, and hopeful that if the victory is appealed, the Arkansas Supreme Court sees the momentum for marriage nationwide and rules on the right side of history.
Earlier this week, Freedom to Marry caught up with families across Arkansas, including four plaintiff couples from Wright v. Arkansas, the named plaintiffs in a separate case filed in federal court, and others.
If you are an Arkansas couple who wants to share your story with Freedom to Marry, click here.
Kendall and Julie • El Paso
Last year, Kendall and Julie Wright were determined to make a change in Arkansas law for couples like themselves who wanted to jointly adopt their children: In their state, second-parent adoptions are not permitted for same-sex couples, and so Kendall and Julie wanted to set a precedent for families like theirs to live securely and without question.
The women knew that in Arkansas, two people must be married in order for a stepparent to legally adopt children - and so they traveled to Iowa in March of 2013 to receive a marriage license. As they began to mount their case to strike down anti-gay second-parent adoption laws, they learned of an attorney, Cheryl Maples, looking to challenge laws that denied same-sex couples the freedom to marry in the state. Friends approached them about joining the lawsuit - and they agreed. They wanted to challenge the anti-gay laws in Arkansas, the state they love, so that their family can have a safe, comfortable future there.
Kendall and Julie have been together since 2007, ever since a mutual friend set the two up. They had a commitment ceremony on March 8, 2008 at Open Door Community Church, officiated by a family friend and pastor in Sherwood, AR. Since then, they have been raising their family together in Beebe.
"We had already started a family by 2007," Kendall explained. "And Pastor Randy said he would bless our union when we said we wanted to be brought together under the eyes of God. That was the most important thing to us - we wanted to make our family a family unit in God's eyes."
Five years after that first commitment ceremony - in which they said "I do" in front of 170 people - they made it official in Iowa - and now, as the named plaintiffs in Wright v. Arkansas, they're fighting for the legal respect for their marriage and the freedom to marry.
"I hope that other couples are able to marry in their home state instead of having to drive for 14 hours with a carload of children to Iowa like we had to," Kendall said. "It was great when we finally got there - but really, with four kids, my mother, and my wife, and 14 hours in the car (28 on the way back), it was the worst, most unnecessary road trip ever."
Kendall explained that she and Julie are a part of the lawsuit because of their children.
"I want all people to be raised with open minds," Kendall said. "My 11-year-old and 13-year-old look at me and say, 'Why do people care what happens at our house?' They know that all people should be able to have their bliss - and that's what we're fighting for here."
Kelly and Alyssa Ross-Journey • Little Rock
This February, just a few days before Valentine's Day 2014, Kelly Ross and Alyssa Journey nervously sat in an airport in Dallas, Texas, anxiously watching to see if their flight to New York City would take off: A wicked snowstorm had torn through the east coast, and flights were being canceled left and right. Kelly and Alyssa were nervous that their special plans for the week - to fly to New York, get legally married one year to the day that Kelly proposed to Alyssa at the top of the Empire State building, and enjoy a weekend honeymoon in the nation's largest city - would be spoiled.
Their flight to New York was canceled, and with no clear alternative in the near future, they took a leap of faith by rerouting their destination to San Francisco, California. They canceled their New York plans and decided to figure everything out once they arrived in the Golden State, where same-sex couples have the freedom to marry.
"We arrived, and it was as if someone had planned everything for us without telling us," Kelly explained, marveling as she recounted stumbling across a free Valentine's Day event that allowed any couple - same-sex or different-sex - to marry or renew their wedding vows in Berkeley.
They went to the celebration - and not only did they get married, but they also won a special honeymoon package for later that weekend, complete with extravagant dinners, spa packages, and live theater. What could have been a disappointing weekend turned into an amazing, special celebration of their love for each other.
"It was an awesome weekend - an example of how things can work out amazingly if you're positive," Kelly said. But she acknowledged that there's a reason she and Alyssa had to fly to California (and, initially, New York) to get married: It's because in Arkansas, same-sex couples do not have the freedom to marry. "It shouldn't be this hard to get married to the person you love in the state were you love," she explained.
Just last month, on April 5, Kelly and Alyssa celebrated their love and commitment back at home in Little Rock, along with 200 friends and family members. Kelly's father walked her down the aisle, while three of the most important men in Alyssa's life - her father, stepfather, and grandfather - took turns walking her down the aisle, too.
"We have a fairy tale life together - and we had a fairy tale wedding story," Kelly explained. "We really have been very, very fortunate. Now, we need to have the rights that come with marriage here in Arkansas. We want all families to have that same chance at a fairy tale right here at home."
Pam and Rita Jernigan • Little Rock
In addition to the Wright v. Arkansas lawsuit in state court, in which a ruling is expected this week, an additional legal challenge, Jernigan v. Crane, is pending before a federal court in Arkansas seeking the freedom to marry and respect for marriages legally performed in other states. The named plaintiffs in this case are Pam and Rita Jernigan, who have been in a committed relationship for more than six years.
"We believe in love and equality for all. Our hopes are that marriage will be legal for same-sex couples nationwide."
The women met six years ago at church and quickly fell in love and began building a family together. At the time, Pam was raising her daughter Cory, but very soon after Pam met Rita, Rita became another member of the family.
"Rita has enjoyed becoming Cory's other mom," Pam said.
In December 2013, after attending Cory's college graduation from Mizzou, Pam and Rita crossed into Iowa in order to legally marry. Now, through their lawsuit, they're seeking legal respect for their commitment.
"Our main concern is to leave this world a better place for our daughter, who is also gay," Pam explained. "We believe in love and equality for all. Our hopes are that marriage will be legal for same-sex couples nationwide and that the LGBT community will soon have the same rights and responsibilities as our heterosexual counterparts."
Arlis Young & Jamon Baker • Fayetteville
Arlis Young and Jamon Baker both can pinpoint the moment that they knew they loved each other: It was December 6, 2012, the first anniversary since the untimely passing of Arlis' younger sister, and Jamon was determined to ensure that Arlis had an easy, comforting day.
The men had become close in the last year, building a friendship in their city of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
"I love the people in this area. People aren't disposable, and neither are homes - just because I don't like the way the laws are structured in my state doesn't mean I can't have faith that things will change."
"He came over for dinner that night, and looking back at it, that's the point where we really made things concrete," Jamon said. "That was such an emotionally challenging day for him to deal with, and I think that was when he saw that I would be there to comfort him, to stand beside him and make things a little easier for him."
Over the next few months, Jamon and Arlis grew closer than ever, falling in love and truly becoming members of each others' families. Jamon was introduced to Arlis' nephew Tanner (now two years old) and bonded with Arlis' sister and niece. They moved into their home together in May 2013. And in November, Arlis proposed.
Earlier this year, Arlis and Jamón traveled to Iowa to receive a legal marriage license - and they plan to host a reception by their home to celebrate with friends and family.
Arlis and Jamon like living in Arkansas - it is their home, and they know that if they continue speaking out about their love, commitment, and marriage, the things they don't like about Arkansas - namely, the laws that preclude same-sex couples from marrying and adopting - can change.
"I have roots here," Jamon said. "Even though I was born in Oklahoma, I call Arkansas my home. I've been here for 18 years. I love this area. I love the people in this area. People aren't disposable, and neither are homes - so I can't just give them up."
"Just because I don't like the way the laws are structured in my state doesn't mean I can't have faith that things will change," he continued. "I just don't give up easily. We have a great community here, and I look forward to having my rights as a same-sex couple. I look forward to change. I have such great hopes that things will continue to change for the better." (Read Arlis and Jamon's full profile by Freedom to Marry here)
Linda Meyers and Angie Shelby • Vilonia, AR
For Linda Meyers, being able to marry - and have that marriage respected in her home state of Arkansas - is about making a legal, official commitment to the person she loves.
"I can do that without a ceremony and legal papers - but having the freedom to marry is the best way to make everything 'official' with my partner and to the rest of the world," she explained. "It would be something I could proudly claim instead of being faced with the uncomfortable feelings that inevitably come when someone asks if I'm married or I have to choose which box on the form is the most true or least untrue."
Linda and her partner, Angie Shelby, are raising their family in the small Arkansas town of Vilonia, where they live the life of a happy family. They attend services every Sunday at the Vilonia United Methodist Church. They encourage their kids - 17-year-old Justin and 13-year-old Alli - to follow their dreams, like Justin's aspirations to play in a band after high school graduation. And they have built their lives in Arkansas, where they someday soon hope to marry. Although they have a domestic partnership from Eureka Springs, they know that they need the freedom to marry in Arkansas to grant them the same rights and responsibilities as all other families in the state - and, more importantly, the respect that comes with that.
That's why Linda and Angie are plaintiffs in the landmark state marriage lawsuit Wright v. Arkansas, which could see a ruling as soon as this week. And that's why they're speaking out about why marriage matters in "the Natural State."
"Our love and commitment is not something to be ashamed of or kept hidden," Angie explained. "I don't think I should have to run away to some other state to marry - and I shouldn't have to keep explaining my 'situation' to people when it came to legal matters, being in the hospital, taxes, the home we share, insurance, and other things."
"Part of why I want to be involved with this lawsuit is that I want to do my part to make this state a better place for all LGBT people," Angie continued. "For too many years of my life, I've been silent about who I am and who I love. For us to speak up and let people know our stories will help educate others." (Read Linda and Angie's full profile by Aljazeera America here)
Stephen & Eddie Inman-Crawley • Hot Springs
It's been a busy year for Stephen and Eddie Inman-Crawley: Since October, they've been working hard to raise their daughter, Rhetta Joane Inman-Crawley, born on October 15.
The proud fathers have more than 20 years of friendship behind them - even spending several years together as roommates in the early 1990s. But it wasn't until they reconnected in 2011 that they realized their feelings went deeper and that their love was more romantic than platonic.
In May 2012, in front of more than 300 family members and friends, Stephen and Eddie declared their commitment to each other at the Athony Chapel on the grounds of the Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, AR in a ceremony that Stephen called "magical."
Now, they're cheering on the plaintiffs in Wright v. Arkansas as they fight for the freedom to marry in their home state.
"We applaud all of the plaintiffs and the legal team for their heroic efforts," Stephen said. "What an inspiration and testament to love and devotion! Love truly does conquer all."
Angelia Buford & Katherine Henson • Benton
When Angelia and Katherine saw the news about Cheryl Maples' filing of a lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry in Arkansas, they jumped at the chance to get involved.
"If we aren't willing to stand up and fight for our rights and the social injustices affecting our lives, then we don't feel that we can honestly look our clients in the face."
"As social workers, we fight on a daily basis against injustice and wrongs being done in society," Angelia said, explaining how she and Katherine got involved as plaintiffs in Wright v. Arkansas, the case where a judge is expected to rule on or before May 9. "If we aren't willing to stand up and fight for our rights and the social injustices affecting our lives, then we don't feel that we can honestly look our clients in the face and tell them to do the very things we aren't doing for ourselves."
Angelia and Katherine have been friends for nearly 20 years. They met back in 1999 while Angelia was studying at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Over the years, they developed a strong friendship, even as they moved away from Arkansas - Texas for Katherine and Missouri fro Angelia.
Eventually, they reconnected, and by 2009, their friendship had blossomed into something more: They declared their love for each other, and in 2011, Angelia proposed. Now, as one of the plaintiff couples in Wright v. Arkansas, they're working toward a future where they can finally make good on their engagement and marry in Arkansas.
"Marriage matters to us because we are a couple that have made a commitment to one another," Angelia said. "We love each other and want to grow old together and be able to protect and provide for one another throughout the rest of our lives."
Robert Loyd & John Schenck • Conway
If you drive down Robinson Avenue in Conway, Arkansas, it'd be hard not to notice the home of Robert Loyd and John Schenck. The bright pink paint on the walls, the rainbow-colored fence behind the house, and the large banner that welcomes guests by reminding them to "Teach Tolerance," is a local landmark. It's where activists and salon owners John and Robert have lived together for over a decade. It's a signal to gay and lesbian people across the community that being out, proud, and honest is a path toward bridging connections between people. And it's the launch pad each year for the annual Conway Pride festival.
"I have been waiting for over six decades for good things to happen. And now, finally, we're starting to see some light."
Every year since 2004, John and Robert have organized the Conway Pride parade, a celebration of the spirit and community of LGBT people in the city. The men have watched as their community has stepped forward, bit by bit, in the ten years since they've been organizing the parade. At the first parade in February 2004, the 35th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, marchers were greeted with more than 1,000 protestors, some of whom vandalized Robert and John's property as a message of disapproval. Last year, 1,100 people marched in the nearly protester-less celebration, and the couple said at least a third of the Pride marchers were straight allies.
Robert and John joined together in domestic partnership in 1999 in Los Angeles, and in 2004, they held their own ceremony declaring their commitment to each other on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol building. "I was never that political," Robert said about the ceremony. "I never stood up for decades." But with their action on the steps of the Capitol, they brought visibility to same-sex couples in their community - making the political personal and demanding respect from their state. Shortly after, they married legally in Canada.
Now, Robert and John are continuing to raise their voices in support of the freedom to marry and explain to their neighbors in Conway and beyond why marriage matters. That's part of why they've signed on as plaintiffs in Wright v. Arkansas, which seeks the freedom to marry and respect for out-of-state marriages between same-sex couples in Arkansas.
"I've been fighting this for decades," John said. "I have been waiting for over six decades for good things to happen. And now, finally, we're starting to see some light." (Read Robert and John's full profile by Freedom to Marry here)


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SteelSeries Siberia V2 Special Edition Pink
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Published: 31st August 2012 | Source: SteelSeries |
Regular readers of OC3D, and if you're not regular you should be, will know that the only thing we are more passionate about than technology is a good cause. Few causes are better than Breast Cancer awareness, one of the most common types of cancer around. Our American readers will be aware that many major sports regularly change their gear for pink ones in support, so if wearing pink is good enough for Tom Brady and Joey Votto, it's good enough for us.
What has this to do with today's review I hear you cry. Well SteelSeries have produced a special edition of one of the best all-round headsets on the market, the Siberia V2, and if you purchase this Pink Special Edition via their website they will donate 10% of the purchase price towards the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. There has never been a more important reason to get your hands on one of our favourite headsets.
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The Pink edition comes in the standard excellent SteelSeries packaging, with the classy black and grey highlighted only by the model name in orange.
This is definitely not on of those token efforts. Every part of the Siberia V2 is pink except for the headband and the ear cushions. Rather than a USB connection these come with the regular 3.5mm jacks, allowing you to use the headset with a variety of sources.
We've always been big fans of the SteelSeries Siberia V2 here at OC3D.
The open back design gives a wonderful sense of space to your audio, whether you are gaming, watching films or just pounding your ears with the latest tunes. Of course this does mean that those of you who demand nothing but thumping bass at the expense of clarity might be disappointed, but for everyone else who wants a headset that can handle any source with aplomb, then you can do much worse than the Siberia V2.
The microphone can be placed wherever you desire and, although it isn't active noise-cancelling, it does a great job of making you heard clearly whether you're shouting at your team-mates or talking to your mum.
Comfort is, as always, exceptional. The ear covers are soft and the extremely light weight of the Siberia V2 as a whole mean you can wear them for long periods without suffering from fatigue or sweaty ears.
If you've been looking to buy the Siberia V2 then now is definitely the time as you don't just get the excellent headset for your money but also help the eternal fight against breast cancer. As one of the most well rounded audio solutions at a very affordable price-point, we're happy to award the SteelSeries Siberia V2 Special Edition Pink our OC3D Silver Award.
Thanks to SteelSeries for sending the Siberia V2 SE Pink Edition in for us to see. Discuss your thoughts in the OC3D Forums.


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Photos by Sandy Driscoll
Sandy Driscoll was taking photo of a tree on the west side of the Silver Lake Reservoir that was bursting with color when a woman in her car pulled up and issued a warning:
"Don't even think about planting one of those … they're so messy." I commented on how beautiful it was, and asked her what kind of tree it was. "It's a pain in the ass!" she replied, and she drove off.
What kind of tree is it? Looks to be a Chinese Flame Tree, which can be colorful but have also been the subject of blog posts titled "Worst Tree I Have Ever Planted."