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If you're the guy who had a key role in bringing the high art of mixology to the Boulder drinking scene, what do you do for your next act?
If you're James Lee, a partner with Dave Query and other investors in opening the Bitter Bar and Happy Noodle House in 2009, you buy out the partners and deformalize the Bitter Bar, turning it into what Lee describes as a "friendly neighborhood bar."
Lee closed on the deal in April and has been working hard on finding the sweet spot between a restaurant with a bar scene centered on high-end cocktails and a college/dive bar.
"I believe no one in Boulder ... has an upscale place with friendly prices. There was not a place that people 24 years and up feel comfortable," he says.
To reach that niche, Lee has virtually eliminated the food menu, as he is allowed to do since the bar has a tavern license. The Bitter Bar will now serve only a few light bites such as marinated olives, smoked salmon pate, cured meats and a trio of cheeses, prepared by Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Catering. Most cocktails range in price from $6 to $9, with a discount at happy hour.
Peter McGraw, who has been a Bitter Bar customer through the change, says he likes the new iteration, although he's quick to add, he also liked it before.
However, he says of the new vibe: "It's more casual and has more of a neighborhood feel to it. Rather than being a place to go for a specialty cocktail with a bartender in a vest with an ironic mustache, you don't feel like you're going to wait 20 minutes to get a cocktail."
He's speaking of the highly crafted, often custom, cocktails that are the hallmark of the mixology culture. While many people like the attention to craft and customization of drinks with unusual liqueurs and added ingredients, others would like a simple drink at a lower price.
Lee says there has been something of a backlash against the mixology cultures, or at least the stereotype thereof.
"A lot of times, a young, bright, wannabe bartender/mixologist forgets about the hospitality part. They get consumed over what kind of recipe they are creating," he says.
He even goes so far as to use the word "diva" for the extremes to which some mixologists can take the passion of their craft, although probably not in Boulder.
"A lot of those scenarios are happening all over the United States," he says.
However, not catering to the divaesque egos of mixologists does not mean that the Bitter Bar will be using, say, commercial sweet and sour mix in its cocktails.
Lee says the bar still makes handcrafted sodas and mixers.
Regular customer McGraw says he advises people who haven't been to the Bitter Bar before to try its house-made tonic water.
"They serve it in a shot glass as a taster," he says. "People will say, 'I never knew tonic water any other way besides Schweppes and Canada Dry.' "
Lee adds that customers desiring the full-on mixology treatment can still receive it. The back bar is stocked with exotic liqueurs, and the bar still makes spherical ice cubes to enhance certain cocktails.
"The best part is if you do want a $16 cocktail, the bartender and staff know how to execute it for them," Lee says.
When it comes to crafting drinks, the bar is concentrating on making kegged sodas and cocktails. One such is the Blue Velvet. The drink contains the mixologist favorite, Creme de Violette — Lee says he was the first person to get Colorado liquor distributors to carry it — as well as vodka, fresh lemon juice and orgeat, a non-alcoholic, sweet-almond syrup from France. The ingredients are mixed together, put in a keg and carbonated for 48 hours. That means that the elegant drink — the bar's most popular — comes out of a tap and costs $8, or $5 at happy hour. The second most popular drink, Kiss the Sky, also $8, features gin, Domaine de Canton (a ginger liqueur), house-made lavender syrup and lemon.
"Everything is hand-crafted ... everything is fresh ... and seasonal also," Lee says. "That's where my niche comes in. We're doing everything at the highest level, but want to give customers the price and feel of a neighborhood bar."
Lee says his business model is to convert regular customers who previously came once a month to regulars who show up once a week or more.
Lee will bring Blackbelly and another to-be-determined food truck to the patio on Fridays and Saturdays. Rosenberg and Lee are friends from their days working with Dave Query, Rosenberg at Jax Fish House and Lee originally at Zolo Grill before he headed the beverage program at Query's restaurants. Lee will work with Rosenberg as a consultant as he opens up Blackbelly Restaurant in East Boulder later this year.
Regular customer McGraw, who happens to be an associate professor of marketing at the University of Colorado, says Lee may have found a niche.
"If a 30- or 40-something wants to go out to have a drink and are not going out to have dinner, it fills that need," he says.
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Stewardship is not just a fancy word for fundraising.
Catholics, of course, are stewards of the Church and have a responsibility to support it, maintain it and help it grow.
But Catholic financial experts note that, in the Book of Genesis, God made human beings stewards of all creation, and, as such, people are responsible for using well the resources God gives them.
And that includes the proper management of their own money.
After all, in the parable of the talents, recounted in Matthew 25 and Luke 19, the master rewards his servants who make good use of the "talents" — then a unit of money — beyond what he gives them. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says clearly that people must use what they have to properly care for their families:
"'In his use of things man should regard the external goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to himself but common to others also, in the sense that they can benefit others as well as himself.' The ownership of any property makes its holder a steward of Providence, with the task of making it fruitful and communicating its benefits to others, first of all his family" (No. 2404).
That's an epiphany that Phil Lenahan had years ago, when he realized he was striving to live as a faithful Catholic in all areas except the financial. He understood the need to support the Church, he said, but it took him some time to realize that stewardship had something to do with the rest of his family's resources.
"What are we going to do with the rest of that? Are we going to manage that well? Are there criteria to determine what it means to manage it well?" said Lenahan, founder of Veritas Financial Ministries and author of "7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free: A Catholic Guide to Managing Your Money" (OSV, $19.95).
The answer is a resounding yes.
"There are a number of things in Scripture that give us some principles," he said, adding that there are hundreds of, if not more than 1,000, Scripture passages that can apply to issues of finance and budgeting. While most of them won't tell people how to pay down their credit card debt, or whether they should cut costs by eating out less or choosing a less expensive cable TV package — or perhaps dropping cable TV altogether — Scripture can offer principles and help set priorities, Lenahan said.
Among these is the idea that it's important to have a plan, and that it's important to be generous with what we have, especially with the Church — although that doesn't mean that Catholics are necessarily obligated to follow the Old Testament rule on tithing, or giving 10 percent of their income to the Church.
The Code of Canon Law says: "The Christian faithful are obliged to assist with the needs of the Church so that the Church has what is necessary for divine worship, for the works of the apostolate and of charity, and for the decent support of ministers. They are also obliged to promote social justice and, mindful of the precept of the Lord, to assist the poor from their own resources" (Canon 222).
Scripture also gives guidance on debt, not saying that it is always bad, but urging caution.
"Generally, the way I look at it, there's certainly a caution that we're told to have when it comes to debt," Lenahan said. "Do we need to be saving? Scripture's pretty clear that we need to be saving for future obligations. We should be pretty good at figuring out expenses that we are going to have in the future, such as retirement or educating our children."
That might fly in the face of what some people believe Scripture teaches about money. Some people, Lenahan said, point to passages such as the parable of the rich man who built another silo to store his wealth, and then died that night (see Lk 12:13-21).
But for Lenahan, the point isn't that it's wrong to generate wealth — Catholic social teaching is in favor of private property, after all — only that people must understand that it all belongs to God, and will go back to God, and must be used to further God's aims.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, he said, once told people who worked for charitable organizations that helping poor people with the creation of wealth, as well as the sharing of wealth, is a sacred duty, Lenahan said.
"He didn't say redistribution was flawed or wrong," Lenahan said. "But he didn't say we were going to solve the problem of poverty through redistribution solely. ... It's really a question of, 'Does our wealth own us?' or 'Are we a steward of Providence?' We might be an employer, we might be charitable about what we do, it's not a simple line. A lot of the times Catholic teaching is so nuanced."
Lenahan has built a career helping people learn those principles and then put them into practice in their own lives.
"Scripture doesn't have Quicken in it," he said. "We use the best tools that we have available today. We want to use the best of budgeting tools that help us honor God."
His program, which includes online classes and materials for individuals or small groups to use, is based on first learning the principles and then what practical steps to take.
"In the big picture, I'm a big believer that you get the spiritual side right first," Lenahan said. "To me, the biggest mistake people make is on the spiritual side. All they deal with is the tactical. It's separated from any sense of what God has instructed us in this area. If you have your spiritual life in order, you want to do what God wants of you, so you have your house in order."
Having your house in order also means paying attention to your marriage, Lenahan said, adding that bad financial habits, or lack of a shared financial strategy, is a huge point of conflict for couples.
"For married couples, this is the primary reason that I even spent time developing the materials," Lenahan said. "There's a lot of commonality that the program would have with secular and Protestant evangelical versions. The primary reason that I really spent time was that I saw so many married couples having difficulty with their financial choices."
Helping couples see those choices through the prism of faith helps them make the decisions God is calling them to, Lenahan said. One couple that he counseled told him that was the key to ending their fights over money.
"They said, 'Once we understood that what we had really belonged to the Lord, it changed for us. How could we argue about something that isn't really ours?'" Lenahan said.
Once people embrace the spiritual side of stewardship — as well as the idea that a husband and wife are truly one — then it's time to get practical. The biggest mistakes that need to be corrected are that people don't have a plan, aren't saving enough money, don't understand and abuse debt, and get into unproductive debt.
As with many self-help programs, whether for losing weight or making a reasonable spending plan, Lenahan's seven-step plan starts with finding out what's actually going on.
"Before you can determine what's going to be happening ahead, it's good to have a sense of what's been happening," Lenahan said. "We start with a 30-day spending diary. Keep a record of everything you spend for 30 days, and that's a lot easier now than it used to be."
That's because software such as Quicken can keep records and divide up expenses based on where you spend your money. People still have to do some work — the program can't tell whether the $75 spent at Wal-Mart or Meijer was for groceries, towels or Christmas gifts, or some combination of the above, unless someone tells it.
But Lenahan said that people can get a good idea without necessarily spending too much time on it.
"My objective is to be a good steward of providence," he said. "My objective isn't to be accurate to every penny. These programs give you the ability to see pretty quickly what your habits have been. Maybe we have bad habits for how we buy clothing, for how we buy groceries. You go through those variable expenses — our eating out, our entertainment. That needs to be checked against reality. The numbers that are coming in from our financial institutions aren't lying to us."
A spending diary can help people see, for example, that the $200 a year they thought they were spending on pizza is actually more like $1,000.
Or that the reason savings are not growing is because people aren't actually contributing anything toward them, endlessly borrowing their "saving" money to meet one crisis or another.
"For the most part, people aren't good at anticipating future needs," Lenahan said. "Chances are that if you have a car with 150,000 miles on it, at some point in the pretty near future, you are going to need to make some repairs on it, or, more likely, replace it."
But Lenahan doesn't advise going into debt to buy a car. Instead, he said, families should build in a car payment to themselves, setting up its own account and having money direct-deposited, so when it's time to buy a new car, the money is there.
That strategy can apply to many predictable expenses: home improvements, children's weddings, a rainy-day fund, an anniversary trip.
If a family can't set aside enough money for everything — and really, almost no families can pay for everything every member wants — then it's time to look at what can be trimmed, starting with things like eating out and entertainment.
"Those softer things — then if those don't do it for you, then we have to start looking at harder things," Lenahan said. "Especially as husband and wife, having those discussions about, 'What are our goals? Would we rather fund eating out or our child's education?'"
The hard part, Lenahan said, is seeing that many of the Catholic families he advises are living beyond where they should be, even if they are not living extravagantly.
They end up with credit card debt — something Lenahan thinks is almost always a bad idea — or they find they can't do things they want to, things that are among their priorities, because the money isn't there.
For Lenahan, who has seven children with his wife, Chelsey, a big priority is the education of children, from birth through their early 20s.
"I'm a big believer in Catholic education," he said. "It could be local Catholic school, it could be home-schooling. I'm also a big believer in Catholic college."
"I'm not a big believer in parents taking on debt for college," he added. "I'm not a big believer in children taking on debt for college beyond about $20,000."
As for what happens when families are able to stick to their plans and make enough money to build up wealth, Lenahan said, nothing in Scripture says that is wrong.
In fact, that gives them an opportunity to do good things, from pure philanthropy to starting businesses that employ people and allow them to build wealth.
But that's not the whole story.
"There are some wealthy people who are doing great things," Lenahan said. "Now, do they have a challenge? Yes, they have a big challenge: not becoming more dependent on wealth than they are on God."
Michelle Martin writes from Illinois.
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Mint and Cardamom Flavored Arnold Palmer (Lemonade with Iced Tea)
An Arnie Palmer is quite refreshing on those dog days of summer. The drink is named after the American professional golfer, Arnold Palmer. Legend has it that while golfing in his country club in Colorado, he requested that lemonade be added to his iced tea but the bartender initially refused. After some cajoling, the bartender finally relented. And thus the Arnold Palmer was born.
I infused some fresh mint from the garden in the tea and some cardamom seeds in the lemonade. You can of course either just make a Morrocan tea or a cardamom lemonade but the combination of the two is simply divine.
This drink is dedicated to our friend Scott who is an avid golfer. Summer is on its way and I bet he's going to be back on the greens very soon. Scott: I promise that next time you stop by the house, I'll make an Arnold Palmer for you and Lulu.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 4, 2014) – After fighting to the last day of the regular season to clinch an opportunity to host a quarterfinal game in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, the No. 4-seeded ETSU men's basketball team will welcome No. 5 seed Lipscomb into the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center Tuesday night.
Tip is set for 7 p.m., as all four quarterfinal games will be played simultaneously at the home sites of the top four finishers in the A-Sun standings. With a win, the Bucs would advance to Thursday's semifinals, but the site and opponent are still to be determined.
As for the matchup with Lipscomb, the Bucs split a pair of games with the Bisons this year, as both team's managed to win on the road.
Fans are encouraged to attend the game and can purchase tickets by visiting the ETSUBucs.com ticket office link or by calling 423-439-ETSU (3878). Despite the A-Sun Conference's mandate that students purchase tickets for $5, a special sponsorship from Mountain States Health Alliance has made it possible for student to enter the game for free Tuesday night.
For more on the game, read the game notes below or click on the game notebook link to the right. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the postseason, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
The Bucs in the A-Sun Tournament
Entering just their ninth Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, the Buccaneers are 11-6 all-time and have won eight of their last 11 games in tournament play ... Recently, ETSU enjoyed a perfect 3-0 run through the tournament back in 2010 ... The Bucs' previous trips included a loss in the first round of the event in 2006, advancing to the finals in 2007, falling in the semifinals in 2008, and winning the tournament in both 2009 and 2010 ... In 2011, the Bucs lost to UNF in the semifinals. ... In 2012, the Bucs made the seimifinals before losing to eventual champion Belmont ... Last year (2013), ETSU lost a quarterfinal matchup with Stetson ... In conference tournaments all-time (including the Southern and Ohio Valley), the Bucs are 41-24, having gone 8-3 in league championship final games.
Bucs hoping to add one more NCAA trip
Having already made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament in its history, the ETSU men's basketball team would like to add another conference tournament trophy to the case in the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center ... The Bucs' current stretch of success under head coach Murry Bartow is arguably the second best run in ETSU hoops history ... The most memorable stretch was from 1989 to 1992, when the Bucs made four straight trips to the NCAAS, were ranked in the Top 10 nationally (1991), and defeated Arizona in the NCAA first round in 1992 ... The Bucs only other trip prior to that run came in 1968 ... While head coach Ed DeChellis took the Bucs to the tournament in 2003, Bartow has taken the Bucs to the tournament three times (2004, 2009 and 2010), while also leading ETSU to the 2007 NIT and the 2011 CIT. ... Bartow holds the most NCAA trips and the most overall postseason trips of any coach in school history.
Last time out in the A-Sun Tournament
MACON, Ga. (March 7, 2013) – In a season where offensive inefficiency haunted the ETSU men's basketball team, the Buccaneers' final game of the season was a nightmare. ... Scoring a season low 22 points in the second half and shooting just 25 percent from the floor for the game, the Bucs relinquished an eight-point first half lead and looked on as Stetson rolled to a 67-46 win in the quarterfinals of the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Championships inside Hawkins Arena. ... The Bucs ended the year with losses to USC Upstate and Stetson by a combined 53 points, and this was the first time since the 2005-06 season that the Bucs have exited a postseason tournament in the first round. ... In what was a sloppy first half offensively for both teams, the Bucs missed multiple shots at the rim but still managed to lead by as many as eight points at halftime. ... After the break, Stetson stayed aggressive on the offensive end and ultimately opened the half with another 13-1 run to take a 34-25 lead with just over 14 minutes left in the game. The Stetson lead remained at nine for the three minutes, but ETSU's scoring issues only continued and the Hatters closed out the game by outscoring the Bucs 28-19 the rest of the way to pick up the 21-point victory.
Last time out
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Feb. 28, 2014) – Taking two distinctly different approaches Friday night, the ETSU men's basketball team's outside shooting was unable to overcome USC Upstate's inside game, as the Buccaneers dropped an all-important Atlantic Sun Conference matchup 79-73 at the G.B. Hodge Center. ... In a game that was to determine third place in the league standings, the loss drops the Buccaneers to 17-14 overall, 10-8 in A-Sun action. ... For the game, Upstate forward Ricardo Glenn led the way with a double-double effort thanks to 24 points and 10 rebounds. As a team, the Spartans outscored the Bucs 44-12 in the paint and held a 12-4 advantage in second-chance points. Meanwhile, ETSU hit 13 3-pointers for the contest, and junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) paced the team with a career high 33 points on 8-of-14 shooting from 3-point range. ...Leading 37-34 at the break, the Bucs continued to hit from beyond the arc, while the Spartans remained content to score in the paint. The strategy paid off for Upstate, which overcame the halftime deficit and actually tied the game at 56-56. From there, the Spartans used a 19-7 run to take a 12-point lead at 75-63 with just two minutes remaining.
The series vs. Lipscomb
The Bucs are 32-13 all-time against the Bisons, in a series that dates back to 1951 when both teams played at the NAIA level ... ETSU has won 13 of the last 20 meetings since joining the A-Sun, with five of those games going to overtime -- the Bucs are 4-1 in those overtime games ... The Bucs won the last meeting 96-88 back on Feb. 8, 2014.
Last time out vs. Lipscomb
NASHVILLE (Feb. 8, 2014) – Dramatic, pulse-quickening games have defined the Atlantic Sun Conference series between ETSU and Lipscomb since 2005. And in what could be the last meeting between the two teams for some time, there was once again no lack of drama. ... In a contest that featured 10 ties and 27 lead changes, ETSU junior guard Jalen Riley (Racine, Wisc.) scored a career high 30 points and fellow junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) added 21 to lift the Buccaneers past Lipscomb 96-88 in a game highlighted by spectacular offense Saturday afternoon at Allen Arena. ... For the game, the Bucs shot an impressive 61 percent from the floor and were a decisive 35-of-41 from the free throw line (85 percent). The team also had three others in double figures, with senior Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) netting 16 points, sophomore forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville) pitching in 13, and freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson) adding 12.
Rembert, Riley, Merriweather earn All A-Sun honors
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. ( March 3, 2014) – The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed quite a turnaround from its 2012-13 season, and a trio of Buccaneers were honored Monday for their contributions to those successes by being named to various All Atlantic Sun Conference teams. ... In a vote of the league's head coaches, junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) was named first-team All A-Sun, freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson) was voted to the league's all-freshman team, and junior guard Jalen Riley (Racine, Wisc.) was picked as the A-Sun's Newcomer of the Year. ... Rembert led all scorers in A-Sun play at 18.3 PPG, as he connected on 3.4 three pointers against conference foes. His 96 three's made this season is tied for 10th most in the A-Sun record books, and his 43.4 percent shooting from behind the arc ranked first in the A-Sun. Meanwhile, Riley added more scoring punch to the Buccaneer line-up this season as he registered 12.7 PPG in only 19.8 minutes per game and shot 86.2 percent from the charity stripe; second-best in the league. Riley increased his scoring to 13.1 PPG in league play as he came off the bench in all but one game this season. As for Merriweather, he continues to lead the Bucs in rebounding and steals per game, and has ranked as one of the squad's top scorers all season.
Bucs have tradition of postseason appearances, success
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
Rembert making place in history during 2013-14
Junior guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) has become one of the most feared shooters in the Atlantic Sun Conference, and this season he has rewritten ETSU's record books ... With 96 3-pointers so far this season, Rembert has eclimpsed the program record of 86 makes in a season, set by Courtney Pigram (Memphis) in 2006-07. ... Rembert's numbers are also some of the best in the nation for an outside shooter ... For those statistics, look to the column on the left of this page.
Resurgent Wilson giving Bucs a lift on offense
With his career high 31 points and seven made 3-pointers in the Jacksonville game (2/20), sophomore Lester Wilson (Knoxville) continued his recent resurgence as a major offensive weapon for the Bucs ... Since Jan. 25, Wilson is averaging 15.4 points and 4.8 rebounds a game, while shooting 48 percent from the field, 42 percent from 3-point range, and 95 percent at the foul line ... By comparison, before his recent streak, Wilson had averaged 7.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game on just 33% shooting from the field and 26% shooting from 3-point range.
Free throws key to ETSU victories this season
What a difference a year can make ... Last season, the Buccaneers struggled for consistency at the foul line, but this year has been a different story ... The Bucs currently lead the Atlantic Sun Conference with a 75 percent shooting clip from the charity stripe, and their numbers are also good enough to rank 18th in the country in free throws made as of March 3 with 578 ... In fact, the Bucs matched the program record for free throw percentage in a game against Jacksonville (2/20), going 18-of-18 for 100 percent at the charity stripe.
Merriweather continues to shine, posts double-double
Freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson, Tenn.) has certainly made an impression this season, and he continued to make more news with his third career double-double in the win over Kennesaw State (1/4) ... In that game, Merriweather also netted a career high with 19 points, while grabbing 10 rebounds ... His current team ranks are first in rebounding (6.4 rpg), fifth in scoring (10.0 ppg), first in steals (1.5 spg), and third in minutes played (26.8 mpg).
Difference between winning and losing for ETSU
Rebounding has been a particular indicator for the Bucs this season when it comes to wins and losses ... The statistics below show the differences for the Bucs is several important categories so far this season.
Statistical category Wins (17-0) Losses (0-14)
ETSU scoring 83.8 PPG....................... 68.3 PPG
Opponent scoring 73.2 PPG........................ 79.5 PPG
Rebounding margin +0.7....................................... -7.5
Shooting % .479.................................... .386
3-pt. shooting % .410................................... .327
Assists 13.2 APG..................... 11.6 APG
Three-point streak for Bucs dates back nearly 20 years
Since Feb. 16, 1987 in a game against Davidson, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 825 consecutive games. ... ETSU was 0-for-8 in that 1987 game. ... The Bucs currently rank as the 7th longest streak in the NCAA, just behind Arkansas and ahead of Oakland.
Shuffling starters was the "new normal" for Bucs
Last season, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow used 17 different starting lineups in the team's 32 games ... Injuries and dismissals left ETSU's coaches searching for the right combination all season. ... Bartow hoped to find more stability with his rotation in 2013-14, but he had used five different starting lineups in the first five games of the year. ... Since that time, he has played with the same starting lineup in 20 of the last 25 games, with the team going 12-8 in those contests.


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Shailene Woodley, who is currently starring in the indie drama "The Spectacular Now" and will next be seen in the dystopian sci-fi film "Divergent," is known for a lot of things: her warm personality, penchant for all things eco-friendly, acting chops ... and her hair.
But as of this weekend, those long brown locks will no longer be a defining characteristic of the 21-year-old actress best known for her role in "The Descendants."
Woodley, who is shooting the adaptation of John Green's novel "The Fault in Our Stars" in Pittsburgh, will be chopping her hair to play Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage cancer patient who falls in love with another ill child.
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Rather then let the hair fall to the floor of the salon, Woodley will donate her locks to an organization called Children With Hair Loss, which makes wigs for children suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment or other diseases.
The charitable effort was announced Tuesday via Green's Tumblr page and his YouTube channel.
"Despite becoming successful, she stays weird and empathetic and wonderful," said Green. "She's often called a hippie by the media mostly because she cares about ethical eating and trying to reduce her footprint."
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35395, Children's Songbook, The Gospel, The Second Article of Faith, 122
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins,
and not for Adam's transgression,
and not for Adam's transgression.
Words: Joseph Smith, 1805-1844
Music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1978 IRI
Ezekiel 18:20
Revelation 20:12
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Introductioncoccigrep is a semantic grep for the C language based on coccinelle. It can be used to find where a given structure is used in code files. coccigrep depends on the spatch program which comes with coccinelle.
Download and source
Latest version is 1.13: coccigrep-1.13.tar.gzThe source can be accessed via github.
ExamplesTo find where in a set of files the structure named
Packet is used, you can run:
$ coccigrep -t Packet *c source-af-packet.c:272: p = ptv->in_p; source-af-packet.c:300: p->datalink = ptv->datalink; source-af-packet.c:758: switch(p->datalink) {To find where in a set of files the
datalink attribute is used in the structure
Packet, you can simply do:
$ coccigrep -t Packet -a datalink *c source-af-packet.c:300: p->datalink = ptv->datalink; source-af-packet.c:758: switch(p->datalink) { source-erf-dag.c:525: p->datalink = LINKTYPE_ETHERNET;If you want to be more precise and find where this attribute is set, you can use the operation flag (-o). One of its value is
set which indicate we only want
the match where the attribute is set:
$ coccigrep -t Packet -a datalink -o set source*c source-af-packet.c:300: p->datalink = ptv->datalink; source-erf-dag.c:525: p->datalink = LINKTYPE_ETHERNET;coccigrep supports syntax highlighting through the pygments module. For example, running
coccigrep -t Packet -a datalink -o test -c -A 3 -B 3 -f html /tmp/test.c will output to stdout some colorized HTML code:
/tmp/test.c: l.300 -3, l.300 +3, Packet *p
hdrp->sll_protocol = from.sll_protocol;
while (p->datalink >= ptv->datalink) {
SET_PKT_LEN(p, caplen + offset);
if (PacketCopyData(p, ptv->data, GET_PKT_LEN(p)) == -1) {
TmqhOutputPacketpool(ptv->tv, p);
InstallationThe dependencies of coccigrep are spatch which comes with coccinelle. On python side, you need setuptools and optionally pygments (for colorized output). Happy Debian user can do
aptitude install python-setuptools python-pygmentsTo install coccigrep run
sudo python ./setup.py installSee next section, for usage of coccigrep inside Vim or Emacs.
usage: coccigrep [-h] [-t TYPE] [-a ATTRIBUT] [-o {set,callg,used,func,test,deref}] [-s SP] [-C CONTEXT] [-A AFTER] [-B BEFORE] [-p NCPUS] [-c] [--cpp] [-V] [-E] [-f {term,html}] [-v] [-L] [-l FILE_LIST] [--version] [file [file ...]] Semantic grep based on coccinelle positional arguments: file List of files optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t TYPE, --type TYPE C type where looking for -a ATTRIBUT, --attribut ATTRIBUT C attribut that is set -o {set,callg,used,func,test,deref}, --operation {set,callg,used,func,test,deref} Operation on structure -s SP, --sp SP Semantic patch to use -C CONTEXT, --context CONTEXT Number of lines before and after context -A AFTER, --after-context AFTER Number of lines after context -B BEFORE, --before-context BEFORE Number of lines before context -p NCPUS, --process NCPUS Number of cpus to use -c, --color colorize output (need pygments) --cpp Activate coccinelle C++ support -V, --vim vim output -E, --emacs emacs output -f {term,html}, --output-format {term,html} colorize format for output -v, --verbose verbose output (including coccinelle error) -L, --list-operations List available operations -l FILE_LIST, --file-list FILE_LIST File containing a list of files to search in --version show program's version number and exitRun
coccigrep -h for up-to-date and complete list of options.
Vim integrationTo use coccigrep in vim, you can use the
cocci-grep.vim plugin provided in the `editors` directory. To do so you can simply copy it to your plugin directory which is usually
~/.vim/plugin/. If your
coccigrep script in not in your path, you can use the coccigrep_path variable to give complete path. For example, you can add to your
let g:coccigrep_path = '/usr/local/bin/coccigrep'And then you can run commands like ::
:Coccigrep :Coccigrep Packet datalink source-*.c :Coccigrep Packet datalink set source-*.cFirst command will interactively ask you the value. Second one will search all dereference of the datalink attribut for Packet structure. The last one will look where the set operation is done on the datalink attribute of Packet. To get the list of operations on your system, you can run
coccigrep -L or look at the list provided when input for operation is asked in interactive mode.
The matches will appear in the quickfix list and the file corresponding to first match will be opened at the corresponding line. Note that you can use completion on structure and attribute names based on tags (generated by
:make tags).
Running coccigrep in emacsTo use coccigrep in emacs, you need to load the
cocci-grep.el module provided in the
editors directory of the source code. For example, if you copy it in
~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/, you can do:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/") (require 'cocci-grep)And then you can run something like:
Meta+x cocci-grepThe script is interactive and you will need to answer to the questions which are:
- Type: The structure type you are searching
- Attribut: The attribute in the structure
- Operation: The operation on the structure. The set of commands include set,used,func,test,deref
- Files: A blob expression that will match the file you want to search in
grep-mode and you will thus be able to jump on occurence. History is available on the different parameters.
Known bugsThe
operation option could lead to some missed match because the semantic patches used internally may needing some improvement.
Reporting issue or ideaPlease use github to report issue. All ideas are welcome.
Extending coccigrepIt is easy to extend coccigrep: adding a new match function is just dropping a semantic patch in the data directory. For example, the latest add at the time of the writing is the func match. The commit on github will show you that:
- A file named func.cocci has been added in the src/data directory
- It contains something that looks like a semantic patch
@init@ typedef $type; $type *p; position p1; @@ ( $attribut(p@p1, ...) | $attribut(..., p@p1, ...) | $attribut(..., p@p1) )In fact this is a templatized semantic patch. There is two variables
$type and
$attribut that will be replaced by the content of the command line option
-t and
-a. The last constraint about the semantic patch is that there is a position
p1 which is used to display the positionnal information about the match.
Using coccinelle directlyIt is possible to use coccinelle from command line to perform some of the task. For example, to get all access to the datalink attribute, one can run:
$ spatch -sp "e:Packet *:->datalink" stream-tcp.c init_defs_builtins: /home/eric/builds/coccinelle//share/coccinelle/standard.h HANDLING: stream-tcp.c diff = @@ Packet * e; @@ * e->datalink --- stream-tcp.c +++ /tmp/cocci-output-27859-9d2f27-stream-tcp.c @@ -4467,7 +4467,6 @@ Packet *StreamTcpPseudoSetup(Packet *par /* copy packet and set lenght, proto */ p->proto = parent->proto; - p->datalink = parent->datalink; PacketCopyData(p, pkt, len); p->recursion_level = parent->recursion_level + 1;This feature is available since version 1.0-rc5. More information in this mail.
Bug report and feature request
Bug report and feature request can be made through Github interface.
You can also follow coccigrep activity on Google+.
Developer documentationDocumentation of the
coccigrep module is generated via sphinx: coccigrep documentation
24 Responses to "Coccigrep"
[…] Having played a bit with a href="http://coccinelle.lip6.fr">coccinelle, I did know that it could be used with success to build a semantic grep for the C language. But coccinelle syntax is not easy and I decided to build something with a simplistic syntax. Something that would integrate easily into vim to be able to use it like grep. This something is now called coccigrep. […]
[…] you to have a look at the slides or my Coccinelle for the newbie page. I've also presented my coccigrep tool which is a easy to use semantic […]
Looks interesting, but it's rather odd that it still uses PYTHONPATH:
Checking .pth file support in /tmp/yaourt-tmp-wishi/aur-coccigrep/pkg/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
/usr/bin/python2 -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: /tmp/yaourt-tmp-wishi/aur-coccigrep/pkg/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
installation directory you specified (via –install-dir, –prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:
* You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is
on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files
* You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment
variable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)
* You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by
using one of the approaches described here:
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
Is it possible to use Coccigrep upon nesting structures ?
For example, I have the following structure :
struct stream_sys_t
struct hls_playback_s
uint64_t offset;
int stream;
int segment;
} playback;
and I want to know where "segment" attribute is set ?
It works perfectly. Thank you 🙂
Would it be possible to use Coccinelle or to expand coccigrep in order to search for non constant static data through a large code base?
Well, the lead dev of VLC asked on vlc-devel [1] if somebody would know a way to look for static non constant data throughout the code base, because he discovered such static data in the code and he's not happy with that (I suppose it's not a good idea in a multi-threaded environment).
Of course the use of static data that is never modified is ok, so it seems not that easy to identify the bad guys.
I thought that maybe coccinelle could help, but it's probably a silly idea 🙂
[1] http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2011-October/082517.html
Yes this is exactly what I meant. Indeed I could have been more clear and consise 😉
Hi Regit,
I've found a small bug: if you increment an integer attribute with the operator "++", this is not detected by the "-set" operation (but it is if you replace "++" by "+= 1").
For example you can test it with the following stupid code:
typedef struct cocci_s {
int a;
} cocci_t;
int main(void)
cocci_t *cocci = (cocci_t *) malloc(sizeof(cocci_t));
cocci->a = 0;
return 0;
coccigrep -t cocci_t -a a -c -o set coccitest.c
Ok I didn't read the "Known bugs" and "Reporting issue" sections, sorry for the noise… 🙂
I can't seem to find a place to put in bug reports.
$ coccigrep -t ast_group_info main/*.c
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/coccigrep", line 5, in
pkg_resources.run_script('coccigrep==1.5', 'coccigrep')
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 467, in run_script
self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1200, in run_script
execfile(script_filename, namespace, namespace)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/coccigrep-1.5-py2.5.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/coccigrep", line 106, in
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/coccigrep-1.5-py2.5.egg/coccigrep/coccigrep.py", line 420, in run
tmp_cocci_file = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".cocci", delete=False)
TypeError: NamedTemporaryFile() got an unexpected keyword argument 'delete'
[…] did not write any article on coccigrep since the 1.0 release. Here is an update on what has been added to the software since that […]
Well, after giving coccigrep a try on a 64 bits Ubuntu 10.04 LTS machine, installing python-setuptools to be able to run install script and python-argparse that was claimed missing at first try, there is still this one
Config error: Unable to run spatch command 'spatch': No such file or directory.
Indeed, there is something imo missing in current version: The ability to recurse subdirs (as grep -r)!
Can coccigrep be used to list all used types in a sourcetree ? Handy for determining which autoconf tests I need.


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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, better known as Neymar, is the brilliantly exuberant centre-forward that has been entertaining the world over as a result of his fantastic footwork and majestic mohawk.
The awards for the 20-year-old striker haven't been too shabby either, with Neymar notably winning the 2011 South American Player of the Year award at the callow age of just 19-years-old.
It's hard to believe that the little Brazilian is capable of achieving so much in such a short space of time, but after a quick search on YouTube will tell you all you need to know.
Amongst all the Neymar compilation videos, you'll be in a state of awe. So, the concern is definitely not with his obvious talent; it's the question of adaptation.
If we are to believe the rumours that suggest Neymar is the subject of an imminent move to one of the world's biggest leagues, surely he'll have to make some changes to his brilliant but certainly not complete game?
The most probable location for the Santos striker is probably the Spanish La Liga, with both Real Madrid and Barcelona allegedly interested. La Liga holds the most success for Brazilians if recent examples are anything to go by. Players such as Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo and Luis Fabiano have all excelled in a league renowned for its technical emphasis.
Another reason is that it shares similarities with the very skilful game back home in Brazil - more emphasis is placed upon passing and attacking play - which are all ingredients that help develop prodigious South American talents into world-beaters.
Perhaps Neymar could end up plying his trade at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea? Or even at one of the Manchester clubs? The Premier League, by contrast to the Brasileirão, is much more physical with a quicker tempo of football.
There have been examples of Brazilian flops in England's top-tier too, most notably Kleberson of Manchester United and Robinho at Manchester City.
The truth is, the culture shock for Brazilians making the move to the UK or Europe can be too much to take. It's such a different way of life that a player's success might not necessarily be defined by their ability on the pitch - it's got just as much to do with how they adapt to their new environment, culture and way of life.
It begs the question - if Neymar were to move to Europe in the near future, would he be able to cope with the high-intensity of life both on and off the pitch? It remains to be seen.
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Amazing Waiter Carries 12 Full Tea Cup and Saucers in One Hand [VIDEO]
Not only does this Iranian waiter casually cram 11 tea cups and and their corresponding saucers into one of his normal-sized human hands, but he fulls each precariously balanced cup with hot tea.
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1 With memories of the championship celebration in Las Vegas still fresh, NASCAR took its first steps into the 2013 season with a two-day test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, although the Wednesday afternoon session was cut short by rain.
Not everyone turned out. Only 15 drivers made runs on Wednesday morning as several of the sport's leaders – Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and the Rush Fawner team – were absent.
According to media members in the garage area, there were was a variety of reasons for the low car count. It's expected the season will start with different rules than those that are in force this week, to say nothing of tires.
The drivers who did take part, starting with defending Cup champion Brad Keselowski and his new Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr., were optimistic.
It was the first time in a Ford for Keselowski and Logano. The champ drove a Dodge last year and Logano jumped from a Chevrolet to a Ford.
"It's hard to get a great read on the whole manufacturer change because, obviously, it's a different car," Keselowski said. "But I think all the signs are there that we have the potential to be just as strong, if not stronger, than we were last year.
"We still have to work for it and make it happen, but the signs are there."
Earnhardt was high on the new model.
"I like it already leaps and bounds beyond the COT or the old car we ran. This car really gives me a lot of sensations that are similar to the old car that we ran four years ago or however long ago it was," he said, speaking of a model in which he drove in 17 of his 19 Cup wins. "There are still some rules and things to be finalized and still a lot to learn. I think it's important for us as the drivers and the teams to try and help NASCAR as much as we can. We are all sort of working toward the same goal this week, trying to put a good show on."
2 It will be understandable if a light mist falls on Orange Show Speedway on Saturday. It easily could be tears for nearly 50 years of memories of racing on pavement.
"Some will be saying good bye to a favorite track," said Scott Burns of Dirt Entertainment, which is promoting the last pavement race at the San Bernardino facility. "For others, it'll be a chance to shake our hand and say hello to the new dirt track."
When the Figure-8 race finishes the evening, Dirt Entertainment will bring in the first of 200 dump trucks that will transform the quarter-mile oval into a dirt track for 2013. The speedway opened in 1947 and converted to pavement in 1964.
"We wanted to run one more race just for fun," said Burns, who attended speedway races as a youngster. "There's a lot of history and we just didn't want to bury it."
Part of the history is extending the facility's record of most continuous years in operation. The track has run for 65 consecutive seasons and Saturday's event, the first of the year, will be the 66th.
Through Wednesday, more than 130 racers were on the entry list in eight classes in addition to the Figure-8. One of the racers is Super Late Model driver Toni McCray, whose father Rick not only started his racing career at the speedway but later served as promoter for three seasons beginning in 2008.
"It's been awhile since I've raced there," McCray said. "It's going to be bittersweet. I hope it won't be the last pavement race.
"But if it is, I'm excited that if I win, then I'll have won the last pavement race."
McCray, who has raced primarily in Las Vegas this year, said she's spoken with local drivers about the future. Some are considering the change to dirt while others are unsure what will happen.
"I've raced on dirt in a Ford Focus and started in go-karts," she said, "But I like pavement. But there are some who say they'll switch so they can compete at Perris and Orange Show."
In addition to Super Late Models, Saturday's classes will include Focus midgets, Street Stocks, Open Comp, Late Model, Mini-Stocks and Legends. A meet and greet is set for 1:30 p.m with heat races at 4:30 and the start of the card at 6.
Adult tickets are $15 and $10 for senior, military personnel and students. Gates will open at 1 p.m.
3 Over the four days, drag racing fans of Top Fuel dragster champion Antron Brown interested in raising funds for the aiding the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization will have the opportunity.
Brown and Don Schumacher Racing were part of sponsor Matco Tools' "Tools for the Cure" campaign in October to elevate breast cancer awareness and raise funds. Items from Brown's pink crusade are available for auction at ebay.com with all proceeds going directly to Komen.
Among the items are Brown's pink firesuit and helmet, a 1/16-scale die cast constructed by Die Cast Designs, crew shirts and limited-edition pink Tools for the Cause hats.
"It's truly an honor for me to be a part of this special campaign through Matco," said Brown, whose mother-in-law is a cancer survivor. "The feedback we got from the fans from the pink dragster was awesome and now the fans can feel a part of our team by bidding on these rare items."
4 Logano and NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse recently returned from a USO tour in which they visited troops in Kuwait and Germany. It made an impact.
"Kuwait was definitely an eye-opening experience. It was actually a lot different than I thought," Logano said. "We got to go for a ride in a Humvee and a couple other vehicles out there and check out their toys out there, so I thought it was interesting."
A stop at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany also was an experience for Logano.
"We met a lot of the troops and doctors, so it was definitely worth it to me," he said. "It's the least I could do for what they do for us. They're possibly sacrificing their lives.
"It's pretty easy for me to just fly over there and say hello, so I should at least do that."
Logano and Stenhouse visited six installations.
5 Scribbles in the notebook margins:
One of the NASCAR announcements at the Charlotte test was Auto Club Speedway will get an extra 30 minutes of practice on Friday for the Auto Club 400 weekend.
The March 24 race will mark the Sprint Cup's first appearance of the season in the new cars on a track longer than 1 1/2 miles without restrictive plates.
Rubens Barrichello will not return to the IndyCar Series in 2013 after failing to secure funding. The Brazilian will race in his country's stock car series in 2013 and work on Formula One broadcasts.
Tony Eury Jr., who gained famed as Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief, was announced as crew chief for David Stremme and the Swan Racing Toyota in 2013.
It was the second bit of news by the team after the announcement that Brandon Davis would be the new owner.


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Recycling, Composting, and Waste Reduction
Recycling is one of the greatest success stories at the University of Maryland. The campus institutional diversion rate increased from 17 percent in 2003 to an impressive 89 percent in 2014. In 2011, Facilities Management partnered with Dining Services and The Adele H. Stamp Student Union to begin collecting organics. The recycling of construction-related waste has increased for major projects. In addition to the institutional diversion rate achievement, university officials have noted that the individual recycling rate - the percentage of single stream recycling items (paper, bottles, cans, etc.) that get recycled on campus - improved to 56 percent in 2014, up from 35 percent in 2009.
Meanwhile, departments across campus have made strides to recycle more and take other steps to reduce environmental impacts. Programs and initiatives have been implemented to raise awareness of recycling on campus among all students, staff, faculty, and visitors of university facilities and events. Hundreds of recycling containers have been installed across campus. Exterior containers were also installed near housing areas, high-use buildings, and open spaces. A current project is to ensure all exterior trash cans are paired with a matching recycling bin.
The university recycles a wide array of materials including paper, metal, wood, food, bottles and cans, yard waste, construction debris, electronic equipment and a variety of "industrial wastes" such as motor oil, antifreeze, batteries, tires and fluorescent tubes, among other materials.
At a Glance:
- All buildings use single stream recycling.
- Used batteries are collected in most buildings on campus.
- Recycling from UMD construction sites will generate about 300 to 800 tons of recyclable waste per year.
- Dining Services and The Stamp Student Union composts pre- and post-consumer food, diverting 550 tons of waste per year.
- Facilities Management uses the Can the Can program to encourage waste diversion in academic and administrative offices.
- Facilities Management runs the "Please Don't Litter" campaign on campus.
- Employee hiring is done using the paperless eTerp system.
- Paper towel and toilet paper dispensers across campus have been updated to accommodate recycled paper.
- Dining Services uses bagasse instead of polystyrene take-out containers.
- University of Maryland participates in Recyclemania, a 10-week competition to recycle paper, cardboard, bottles, cans, and food.
- Terrapin Trader handles the University's surplus electronics to be re-sold or recycled.
Recent Accomplishments:
- In 2014, UMD was #1 in the ACC and in the state of Maryland for the Grand Champion category in Recyclemania.
- In 2014, UMD was #3 in the state of Maryland for waste minimization.
- In the 2014 Recyclemania competition, UMD was #2 in the state of Maryland for the Food Service Organics category.
- UMD achieved least waste per person in Atlantic Coast Conference of Recyclemania in April 2008.
- In the 2011 Recyclemania competition, UMD claimed the ACC victory in the top category for the first time ever.
- During fall 2005, Resident Life and Residential Facilities collaborated to collect 11 tons of recyclable cardboard during move-in.
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Single-Stream Recycling
In October 2010, academic and administrative buildings switched to "Single Stream" Recycling. In 2011, residential buildings went single stream. This means that you can put all of your recyclable materials into one recycling bin. Lids on recycling containers now have unrestricted openings to fit bottles, cans, and all types of paper, making it easier to recycle, and help the University increase its recycling rate! Here is a list of what you can place in these bins:
- Paper: Newspaper, magazines, computer paper; place shredded paper in a tied plastic bag.
- Plastic Containers: #1-7 CLEAN plastic containers, cups, bottles, jugs, trays, etc.
- Cardboard: cereal boxes, frozen food packaging, etc.
- Aluminum: cans, containers, CLEAN foil, pie pans, etc.
- Books: paperbacks, textbooks, hardbacks, phone books, coil bound documents
- Steel/Tin Cans: CLEAN soup cans, fruit cans, tuna cans etc.
- Waxed Cartons: milk cartons, juice boxes
- Glass: jars and bottles
The composting of leaves and other yard wastes has long been a standing practice at UMD. However, the campus has undertaken several initiatives to expand this effort by focusing on pre- and post-consumer food waste and food packaging. In 2007, Dining Services initiated the collection of food waste at the South Dining Hall and the Diner, which was well received by students and staff. This effort grew to over 175 tons of food waste being diverted from landfills to compost.
In 2008, Dining Services eliminated the use of polystyrene take-out containers and replaced them with a new take-out container made of bagasse, an organic, compostable product made from sugarcane. While the new product was significantly more costly, Dining Services launched a campaign to encourage diners to "eat-in" using washable dinnerware which resulted in a 15% reduction in the number of take-out containers used. This helped to offset the increased cost while increasing our compostable waste. Dining Services continues to seek compostable packaging products to replace those that must be disposed in a landfill.
Battery Recycling
To reduce the number of batteries, heavy metals and toxic chemicals in landfills, the University of Maryland Department of Environmental Safety and Facilities Management – Recycling teamed to develop a program to recycle the campus' unwanted batteries. These include alkaline, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, mercury, and lithium batteries. View this list to find the battery recycling bin nearest to you. All previously listed battery types can be deposited together in the battery bin. However, Lithium batteries must be wrapped individually before deposited in the bin.
Lead Acid batteries must be recycled through the Department of Environmental Safety.
To request a battery recycling bin, or if you have questions about the battery recycling program, please contact email@example.com
UMD Construction Site Recycling
University of Maryland recycles its construction and demolition waste from campus renovation projects. A collaborative effort between FM's Campus Projects, FM's Solid Waste and Recycling Unit, and the Office of Sustainability, this recycling effort generates about 300 to 800 tons of recyclable waste per year. The program shifts waste produced by campus renovation projects from local landfills to recycling facilities. Previously, contractors disposed of the waste and this was a pass-through cost. The program now allows the university to ensure it is properly recycled at no additional cost to the projects. This project is a win-win effort because it benefits the individual projects while advancing campus sustainability goals.
Facilities Management's Recycling and Solid Waste Division takes our campus construction and demolition waste to local processor Sun Recycling in Beltsville, Maryland. The Sun Services Material Recycling Facility (MRF) opened in October 2013 and serves the entire Baltimore Washington corridor, including Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. The facility operates as a zero landfill facility and provides customers with LEED credits. The recycling facility accepts construction debris, sorts the material by commodity type and sends to various processors for re-use. Scrap metal, wood, gypsum, and aggregates are made into usable products. This marks an important step for our recycling and solid waste efforts on campus. It provides business for a local vendor and cuts down on the amount of travel and carbon emissions required to depose of the waste. Sun Recycling recycles 80% of the materials at their facility. You can learn more about Sun Recycling here.
Electronics Recycling
Electronic equipment remains one of the fast growing types of waste in the nation. Computers, printers, copiers and a wide variety of other equipment are routinely replaced; there are often hazardous materials in some parts of components. As a result, it is important that this waste be properly managed. All electronic equipment at the University is considered surplus equipment and is collected by Terrapin Trader. Functional equipment may be sold to the general public and that which cannot be sold or does not work is sent to a qualified vendor where it is deconstructed into individual components which are recycled. Electronics recycling bins can be found in most on-campus residence halls as well as several IT departments.
Click here to see what electronics can be recycled.
Can the Can
In 2010, Facilities Management implemented the "Can the Can" recycling program. Under this program, standard office trash bins were replaced with quart-size containers for non-recyclable trash. Each office desk was also given a recycling container. Housekeepers provide removal of recyclables from the offices and individuals are responsible for carrying their own non-recyclable trash to a centrally located container. The Main Administration building was an early adopter of the program. After implementing the program in May 2010, the recycling rate for the building climbed from 49 percent to 71 percent! The Can the Can program is established in all administrative and academic buildings.
eTerp: Paperless Hiring Process
In March 2010, the University implemented eTerp (PeopleAdmin), a web-based employment system that has transformed the way faculty and staff employment searches are conducted on campus. Paper has been virtually eliminated from the classification and hiring process, as all documents are uploaded to a central website and search committee members can choose what they wish to print, rather than receiving hard copies of all documents
"Please Don't Litter" Campaign
In 2009, Facilities Management (FM) developed a "Please Don't Litter" campaign and affixed simple green bumper stickers to FM service vehicles. The campaign reminds people of the importance of properly recycling and disposing of solid waste on campus. While recycling continues to grow on campus, FM estimates that daily litter removal costs the campus more than $300,000 per year..
Move-In, Move-Out (Trash to Treasure)
Two times each year, a tremendous amount of waste in generated by the student residents. During Move-In, Residential Life and Residential Facilities work together to collect all the cardboard boxes discarded by students. In the few days of fall opening 2005, 11 tons of cardboard were collected and recycled.
Move-Out presents a different problem. Students typically throw away sofas, chairs, desks, and anything else they either don't want or can't fit in their cars. Trash to Treasure is a campus wide initiative to increase sustainable efforts by reducing trash at the end of the academic year, to increase staff productivity (thus saving time and money) by reducing the amount of old items left behind by on-campus students, and to increase the support of the local community by reducing the barriers between student and charitable organization. The Trash to Treasure donation drive is a partnership with Goodwill, SGA, RHA, Facilities Management, Dining Services, the Office of Sustainability, Residential Facilities, and Resident Life.
During the week of finals, students can find a donations stations in or near their place of residence to give away (almost) any item that they do not plan to pack up and take home or were going to throw away.
View a list of reusable items that will be accepted.
Consult the Trash to Treasure website for specific collection dates and locations.
RecycleMania is a ten-week recycling contest among colleges and universities nationwide, sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The university, along with more than 200 other institutions, first participated in 2007 and has participated every year since. Each week from the end of January through April, the University's recycling rates for mixed paper, cardboard, bottles and cans, and pre- and post-consumer food waste are calculated. The competition allows the University to monitor its progress over time. In addition, the competition allows institutions to compare themselves relative to other institutions. UMD consistently ranks as one of the top performers. Click here to see a summary of UMD's RecycleMania performance.
UMD RecycleMania website : National RecycleMania website
The Drive to Zero Waste
Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA), Facilities Management (FM), and Dining Services are collaborating to go zero waste in all athletic facilities on the College Park campus, starting with Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Zero waste means diverting at least 90% of solid waste from landfills and instead sending that solid waste to be recycled or composted. This ambitious goal will be reached by making continuous improvements to the waste collection system over the next three years. These improvements include installing more recycling and compost collection bins, implementing education and outreach activities, and eliminating the distribution of condiment packets and instead creating condiment stations near food courts. Read more about this Sustainability Fund project!
Click here for the "A-Z Gameday Guide for 2014."
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- What Can I Recycle on Campus?
- Recycling FAQs
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- Waste and Recycling Report
- Follow Terps Recycle onFacebook : Instagram :YouTube
- Learn what you can recycle in your area
- Repair or donate old furniture & electronics
- Locate the recycling bins in your dorm, classrooms, and office
- Reuse plastic bags
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U.S. stocks rose, as monthly flows into equity exchange-traded funds reached a five-year high, after housing data and earnings from companies including McDonald's Corp. fueled speculation stimulus would continue.
Newmont Mining Corp. climbed 5.9%, leading gains among gold producers, as the metal's price rose to a one-month high. McDonald's slipped 2.5% after revenue missed forecasts. Yahoo Inc. dropped 3.9% after saying activist investor Daniel Loeb is leaving the board. Homebuilders fell, with D.R. Horton Inc. losing 2.1%, as sales of previously owned houses unexpectedly dropped in June, hurt by a lack of supply and rising mortgage rates.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.2% to 1,695.60 at 3:08 p.m. in New York, extending a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.4 points, or less than 0.1%, to 15,546.14. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was 15% below the 30-day average during this time of day.
"The earnings reflect a growing economy, but not a robust economy, not a runaway economy," John Carey, a fund manager at Boston-based Pioneer Investment Management Inc., said by telephone. His firm oversees $211.5 billion. "There was concern that the economy may be doing a little better than the Fed was estimating and that might lead to an earlier tapering. Now with fairly modest economic growth and slow earnings growth, I don't think people are going to be as worried about the tapering."
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The S&P 500 rallied 0.7% last week to a record, after better-than-forecast earnings and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank remains flexible about the duration of its asset-purchase program. Fed stimulus has helped fuel a surge in stocks worldwide, with the S&P 500 jumping as much as 151% from its March 2009 low.
Investors have increasingly turned to stocks this month, as U.S. equity exchange-traded funds are getting money at the fastest rate since September 2008. After adding $10.2 billion to ETFs last week, the July total stands at $29.7 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Mutual funds that invest in U.S. equities had $4.55 billion of inflows during the week through July 10, ending seven consecutive weeks of withdrawals.
Individuals have 69% of their assets in mutual funds, almost a percentage point more than the average since 1992 and four points more than in 2012, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a note to clients. Investors are demonstrating the "strongest risk appetite in five years," according to the note dated July 19.
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Phi Alpha Delta is the only Pre-Law student organization at SHSU! We have members of all majors who are considering law school in the future and PAD is here to help you in the decision making process. Since we are a international organization we not only accumulate the lifelong membership and friends but we receive special benefits such as aid in traveling, insurance and lots of other discounts everyone who is a member can take advantage of.


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June 30th, NHL draft day, the most memorable day of my life to date and also the day that I realized that my already tough summer conditioning program just got a lot tougher. In my last blog I mentioned that I would not be watching the draft. I know that a lot of people who read that doubted me on how I could not watch it. But I stayed true to my word. I got back from my brothers cottage at around 2 pm just in time to see the big man Nurse get drafted to Edmonton… as I predicted. Other than that, I stayed away from the TV and sat outside by the pool for the majority of the day trying to enjoy the nice weather and trying as best as I could to not worry about the draft. To occupy myself during the later rounds I sat by my computer playing games and listening to music. Then, around 9 pm I heard my dad yell out to me the big news. Initially I did not believe it so I had to check for myself. I went onto the website and there it was, Tyler Ganly 156th overall to the Carolina Hurricanes. At that very moment my life long dream of being drafted to the NHL had come true. But, as I said before, it was also the realization of just how much harder I would now have to work to prove to everyone why I had been chosen.
Since that unforgettable day, my summer has been pretty much a non stop work and workouts. My weekday schedule starts with a 6 a.m. wake up to go to work. I am on-ice shooting on goalies until around noon. From there it's back home for a quick nap before leaving the house again for a 2-3 hour workout. If I am not working out in the gym I am on the ice working on my skating or doing something else that will help my game. This summer lifestyle is something that I actually enjoy doing. I realize that if I want to eventually make the NHL and have a big impact for the Greyhounds this year, then this is the stuff that needs to be done.
Two weeks ago I had to take a "break" from this schedule and travelled down to my first NHL camp in Raleigh with the Canes. It was time to put all the hard work I have done into action. To say that it was a long week would be an understatement. Sergey and I flew out together from Toronto to Raleigh, NC, for what would be a week of fitness testing, on-ice development, mini workouts and lectures to better ourselves in defferent areas of our game. The camp was a great experience and also gave me the opportunity to get to know the people and beautiful city of Raleigh. Overall I think that Sergey and myself did the Hounds proud down there both on and off the ice.
I now get a mini break from what has been a hectic schedule since the draft. I am going up north to Muskoka for a few days of much needed relaxing with my friends and family before the final grind towards the Greyhounds' main camp.
I hope everyone is having a great summer and I am very excited to get back up to the Soo for this coming season. See you all soon!


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Forest in Winter
by Carol Lerner
Each morning the Sun rises a little later and dips lower in the sky. The shorter days of fall send a signal to every living thing in the forest. Winter is coming!
The summer birds have already flown south. Other forest animals are growing thick new coats of fur. They search among the dead leaves on the ground, looking for fallen acorns and nuts, or ripe seeds and berries. Skunks, bears, and raccoons eat as much as they can and put on layers of fat under their skins. Squirrels bury nuts and acorns to store for winter. Chipmunks and mice carry food to their winter nests.
When winter comes, woodchucks move into underground dens and begin a deep sleep called hibernation. Soon the woodchuck's heart slows and its body temperature drops almost to the freezing point. For months it will not eat or drink.
Bears and skunks take long naps too, but their heart rates and temperatures stay close to normal. Their winter fat helps feed them and keep them warm.
A freeze could kill cold-blooded animals—turtles, snakes, toads, and insects. Their bodies cannot make heat, so their temperatures drop to nearly that of their surroundings. Some keep warm and alive under the ground, where they sleep until spring comes.
Insects may pass the winter as an egg, a wormlike larva, a pupa, or an adult.
Moles dig down below the frost line and stay active, feeding on the worms and insects they find in their tunnels.
Forest animals that have not stored food for winter must struggle through deep snow to find a meal.
Deer eat buds and twigs on the low branches of trees and bushes. Foxes hunt for rabbits and mice.
Opossums are night animals. During cold spells they stay in cozy nests until hunger forces them out to look for food.
Shrews have little time to rest in winter. These tiny mouselike animals must eat almost constantly—day and night!—just to stay alive. They tunnel under the snow, looking for worms, insects, plant roots—anything they can eat.
A hollow tree may be a raccoon's home. Raccoons come out at night to feed. Squirrels and birds are active in the short hours of daylight.
Squirrels leave their leafy tree nests to eat twigs, buds, and bark. They smell along the ground to find the nuts they buried in fall.
The hardy forest birds that stay all winter search the trees for hidden insects and spiders. Chickadees and titmice pick small insects and insect eggs from the twigs. The nuthatch moves headfirst down the tree and pries insects and spiders from under flakes of bark. Woodpeckers drill into the trunk for beetles and other insects buried in the wood.
For forest animals, it's not easy to stay alive through winter. Each must find its own way to survive.
- What is the winter weather like in this forest? How do you know? Describe the weather. Tell how you know that this is what the weather is like.
[anno: The winter weather in this forest is cold. The forest animals have to grow thick coats of fur. Some have to move to underground homes. There is snow on the ground.]
- If this forest were in the United States, what state might it be in? Why?
[anno: Answers will vary. Students may suggest any of a number of different states. Students should pick states that have cold winters.]
- How would this forest be different in the winter if it were in southern Florida?
[anno: The forest would not get as cold. Many animals would not have to move underground. There would probably be more food available all year round.]


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The Pratt County Extension Office has asked for a small increase in the county's budget appropriation this year ($5,700), following two years of remaining the same. In 2012 the county's appropriation was $188,000, while the request for 2014 is $193,700. The last time the county's appropriation was raised was in 2012 when it was raised $3,000.
Expenditures are proposed as follows: printing, audit, treasurer bond and liability insurance ($2,500); telephone ($2,800, an increase of $100); rent, heat and lights ($9,000, a decrease of $500); supplies, stationery, and postage ($7,000, a decrease of $45); equipment ($4,500, a decrease of $2,500); educational program support ($6,000, the same as last year); travel ($6,500, a decrease of $1,000); subsistence ($2,588, a decrease of $1,312); salaries and wages ($165.000, an increase of $6,957); and employee benefits ($31,000, an increase of $4,000).
Additionally non-appropriated funds or reimbursable transactions ($15,000, the same as last year) and equipment replacement reserve ($25,000, an increase of $13,000) brings proposed total expenditures to $276,888.
Proposed receipts include an unencumbered cash balance in the amount of $4,500, Kansas State University program funds of $38,888, county appropriation of $193,700, non-appropriated funds or reimbursable transactions of $15,000, and equipment replacement reserve of $25,000 for a balance of $276,888.
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Sizzling Shrimp with Corn Relish
Adapted from Cooking Light September 2008
4 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/2 cup chopped shallots
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 1/2 tablespoon minced jalapeño pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds peeled and deveined medium shrimp
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 4 ears)
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1. Take corn off the cob using your new corn zipper you received for your birthday from your mom.
2. Combine first 3 ingredients; set aside.
3. Heat a 14-inch wok over high heat. Add oil to wok, swirling to coat. Add shallots, garlic, and jalapeño to wok; stir-fry 30 seconds or just until shallots begin to brown.
Add shrimp to wok;
stir-fry 3 minutes or until shrimp are done. Add corn; stir-fry 1 minute or just until corn is heated.
Stir in juice mixture;
sprinkle with cilantro (which I forgot to sprinkle on before the pictures were taken - oops.)