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Library personnel, including faculty, staff and student assistants, are anxious to help patrons locate and use materials. Library orientation is offered online as part of campus Pre-Orientation Class GS 104, via walking tours that begin at the reference desk near the southeast entrance and by frequent showings of the entertaining and informative video "Don't Get Caught in the Web," that explains the research process and shows students how they can best use the myriad resources available to them. Librarians also teach a one credit Library Research Class each block.
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Sunday December 21, 2008
The last meeting between these two teams was at Heinz Field in September of 2005. Willie Parker made his debut that day and was probably the #1 search item on google that afternoon after the performance he put in. That game wasn't much of a game as Big Ben only threw the ball 11 times and completed 9 for 218 yards and 2 TD's, but that was when Ben was efficient and managed the game. Times have changed since that last game, for example, Steve McNair has already put in two years for another team and finally called it quits! The Titans had hoped to rely on Vince Young but he's had nothing but issues the past couple of years although he has shown signs that he could be great. Today the Titans rely on Kerry Collins! Yes, the Kerry Collins who use to lead the Giants which seemed like was many many years ago. Can't really knock Collins though because he has done what the Titans have asked of him while Young works on getting his back into a football frame of mind.
This game is a battle for the AFC's #1 seed for the playoffs and home field advantage throughout the playoffs thanks to the Houston Texans last week who knocked off the Titans. It's fairly simple, if Steelers win their last two games, or beat the Titans this week and the Titans lose the final week, then the Steelers get the #1 seed. If the Titans win this week they clinch the #1 seed with home field advantage throughout the playoffs. At this point in the season the Steelers actually have a better record on the road then at home. The Steelers have lost two at home (Giants and Colts) and one on the road (Eagles). Tennessee has lost once at home this year.
Tennessee is really a mirror image of the Ravens, whom the Steelers played last week. They rely on the run, 142.8 yard per game, and a stout defense. Statistically the Titans number are practically identical on both sides of the ball to the Ravens, which again as last week, favors the Steelers defense who specialize in stopping the run... stopping the pass... preventing touchdowns... getting sacks. I think you get the picture! The Titans have a running back by committee system in place. Not quite sure who the starter really is but Chris Johnson has 1100 yards on the season and Lendale White is right behind him with 700 yards. The duo is better known as flash and dash, not sure who is what but White is a pretty big boy and don't really see him as being a flash or dash. White is the TD specialist though with 14 on the year and Johnson is close with 8 of his own. Stopping these two guys will be key for the Steelers because this puts the game in Collins hands and most teams haven't been able to force him to win games. The teams that have stopped the Titans running game didn't have the secondary to stop the past. Should be a good match-up between the Titans Offense and the Steelers defense.
Let's jump to when the Steelers have the ball, although it's nauseating and boring to watch! They ought to come out have Ben take a knee for 'three and outs' all game and just wait until late in the 4th quarter to turn it on and win the game. Taking the knee early in the game avoids the turnovers in the Steelers territory that leads to FG's and put the team behind. That is a little far fetched but something has to give and soon! The playoffs are right around the corner and there would be nothing better than watching the Steelers Offense hit their stride and start lighting up the scoreboard because we all know what the D can do! Bottom line, the offense needs to come alive or the payoffs won't last long at all for the Steelers!
- Stop the run and put the ball in Collins hands.
- Offense needs to step up and do their part rather than riding the coat-tails of the defense.
- Eliminate the turnovers deep on their own end of the field.
Join us this Sunday as we talk about the game and cheer our Steelers to a victory!


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Australian Court Says Headlines Aren't Copyrightable
from the good-news deptUS courts figured this out a while ago, but it's nice to see that an Australian court has now ruled that newspaper headlines don't deserve copyright protection. The specific lawsuit was over the use of Australian Financial Review headlines in LexisNexis, which also summarized the articles in question. It appears the judge also said that the use of the headlines constitutes "fair dealing," but I'm a bit confused about the combination here. If the headlines aren't copyrightable... then fair dealing shouldn't even come into play. Not surprisingly, the publisher of AFR, Fairfax Media, is not at all happy about the ruling, making the totally laughable argument that copyrights on headlines is necessary:
Gill described the judgment as "disappointing", adding: "It is not consistent with what is necessary to protect intellectual property in the digital media environment... We are considering our appeal opportunities."Seriously. If you're relying on copyright protection of your news headlines as a part of your business model, you've got the wrong business model.
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Deceptively simple and sweet, Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service has still managed to linger in the hearts of movie lovers, and now it's finally gotten the proper DVD treatment it deserves from Disney and Studio Ghibli.
Kiki, voiced by a young Kirsten Dunst in this Western version of the story, is a 13-year-old witch who – as is the custom – is sent to live away from her parents for a year to figure out what her talent is. Kiki eventually settles on Koriko, which resembles a seaside European village in the 1950s, and sets up her titular delivery service.
Hit the jump to find out why I still think the first Ghibli/Disney collaboration is the best one, and what kind of extras make this special edition worth buying.
One of the things that makes viewers of all ages become instantly engaged with Kiki's story is the genuine wonder with which she approaches the world, delivered in both Miyazaki's story (loosely based on the novel by Eiko Kadono) and in Dunst's voice work. He's said in interviews that he modeled Kiki's adventures on the mix of independence and reliance experienced by Japanese girls, and as he did for younger children with My Neighbor Totoro and later Ponyo, he's made a story that fits his heroine's age and outlook perfectly.
And it doesn't hurt that visually this is probably Miyazaki's best work too, and certainly his most mainstream. John Lasseter, who introduces the movie on DVD, is known to be a devoted fan, and you can see the direct link from the stunning sight of Kiki encountering her new seaside home for the first time and when Remy scurries to the rooftop and gets his first glimpse of Paris. Oh if only Pixar hadn't caught the 3-D bug … oops, I won't digress.
As Kiki settles in Koriko and discovers what she can do with her talent for flying, she's always accompanied by her loyal sidekick, a black cat named Jiji, voiced in the Western version by the late Phil Hartman. Though he was never one of my favorite Saturday Night Live performers, he's restrained but seriously sarcastic here, and it's what I most like to remember him for.
Kiki also finds her first love in Tombo, a young boy who looks surely not coincidentally a heck of a lot like TinTin. Like Miyazaki himself, Tombo has a love of flying machines, and it's this signature Miyazaki trait that give's Kiki's Delivery Service its strongest act – the big finale.
The movie ambles along at a leisurely and breezy pace until Kiki starts to lose her two most valuable skills, flying and the ability to talk to Jiji. I don't want to give too much away, but she eventually gets them back with the help of a mysterious hippie artist named Ursula (Janeane Garofalo, yes really), just in time to come to the rescue of poor Tombo, who finds himself – among other things – hanging on to a rope attached to a crashed dirigible. It's a super action set piece that's rivaled in Miyazaki's work only by the finale of Castle in the Sky, and it's what seals the timeless quality of Kiki's Delivery Service.
In the extras, Miyazaki makes a sly dig at Western audiences who don't stick around through the credits (unlike Japanese audiences who, not surprisingly, apparently sit there dutifully until the lights come up), and there is indeed plenty of reason to stick around until the very end of Kiki's credits (which I admittedly didn't do until now.) It completes the story in a humorous and touching way, and just sums it up perfectly.
Though the real treasure among the extras are the original storyboards that allow you to see the movie coming together in Miyazaki's hands, there are also three featurettes which let you hear from the man himself, and it's here that his genuine love for this movie comes through. The animation master hopefully has at least a few more movies left in him, but for now it's a pure joy to see the mischief in his eyes as he talks about "deceiving" Japanese viewers into thinking that Kokiro was based on an actual European city, whereas it's clearly just a hodgepodge of classic European settings, rendered as beautifully as an impressionist painting.
And, most remarkable of all, producer Toshio Suzuki reveals that he pitched the idea of making a movie about an adolescent girl, and at the time Miyazaki said he knew nothing about them (having only sons.) As anyone who's seen Kiki's Delivery Service knows, that didn't keep him from making a movie that not only captures that awkward period in life perfectly but also delivers a tale that manages to cast a still lingering spell on viewers young and old more than 20 years after its original release.


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|This mechanical masterpiece can be performed close-up and even surrounded. The magician displays a beautifully decorated cabinet that measures about 5 x 5 square and about ten inches tall. The cabinet is open at the top, front, and rear, and may even be examined. A spectator inflates a balloon and places it in the cabinet. The performer then smashes it with a plunger, proclaiming that a rabbit will appear as the balloon pops. "Unfortunately" the magician reaches into the cabinet and brings out a flat rabbit! Oh no! The magician tries it again. This time the balloon pops and a live dove appears! Scores of other effects are possible such as the production of silk hanks, candy, a glass of liquid, or anything else that is about the size of the cabinet. This great utility prop is easy to do and allows for some great comedy and fun.
|Balloons are hard for some people to blow-up. A balloon pump can come to your rescue if you are not "full of hot air!" This pump is plastic and works very well. 543nufba00140
|This is a gross bag (144 balloons) of 260 balloon sculpturing balloons. The 260 designation means that these balloons are approximately two inches in diameter and sixty inches long when fully blown up. These balloons are made by Gayla and we believe their quality is superior to those made by Qualatex. These bags of balloons contain an assortment of colors.
LATEX BALLOON WARNING! Choking Hazard. Children can choke or suffocate on inflated, uninflated, and broken balloons. Adult supervision is always required.
|Balloon sculpture is a fun, easy and fascinating pastime. And best of all, it's easier than you ever could imagine. Balloon sculptures are wonderful adjuncts to the performances of magicians and clowns. Souvenirs made of bright colorful balloons are popular with adults and children alike. This broadcast quality DVD teaches you how to sculpt professional images in just minutes. With DVD technology, learning how to make balloon animals is simple. By freezing frames and jumping to specific explanations, mastering the fundamentals of these works of balloon art is easier than ever before. This DVD will teach you how to create over 30 sculptures, including flowers, hats, a butterfly, rocking horse, parrot on a swing, and even a clown! This is a great DVD for both the beginner and seasoned professional. 006nuffi01670
|This video combines three volumes of NEW material totaling over 50 different balloon creations! The teaching is step by step right from the performer's view for the most efficient learning. Included on This DVD course are instructions on making the monkey, elephant giraffe, tiger brontosaurus, moose, reindeer, ram, kangaroo, butterfly, dog weiner dog mouse, poddle, rabbit, horse duck, cat, snake, frog, fish, alligator, sword, parrot, turtle, swan, shark, lobster, octopus, heart, birds, and more! 525MM6490
|A clear latex balloon is blown-up. Next the magician introduces the mortal enemy of the balloon, a long darning needle! The magician proceeds to push the needle right through the balloon but the balloon does not pop! The needle can be pulled all the way out of the balloon and the balloon can then popped with the needle at the performer's discretion! No scotch tape used and yes the needle really does go through the balloon! The effect comes with the needle, complete instructions, and an ample supply of balloons. 055nuflo00060
|These are the extra clear latex balloons necessary for the Needle thru Balloon trick. Ten balloons per pack.
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|The magician displays a beautifully crafted tube. He drops a balloon through the tube and blows up the balloon. Next he takes spikes and pushes them through the tube and right through the balloon! The balloon doesn't pop, squeal, or hiss! The magician removes the spikes, pops the balloon with a pin, and shows how the spikes go right through the tube. This great effect was invented by Robert Gurtler, AKA as the great Andre Kole. 0061FOL63-0005


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What better way to show an enemy that nuclear proliferation isn't in their interest than by … ceding a crucial regional battlefield to them in hopes of getting them to play nice on nukes?
President Barack Obama's reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons…
"I think that the United States has not taken a more active role in Syria from the beginning because they didn't want to disturb the possibility, to give them space, to negotiate with Iran," Javier Solana, the former European Union foreign policy chief, said Monday at a Brookings Institution discussion about this week's talks. Solana, who was a top negotiator with Tehran in the nuclear program until 2009, added, "They probably knew that getting very engaged against Assad, engaged even militarily, could contribute to a break in the potential negotiations with Tehran."…
"Since we are now looking more at a pending regime collapse in Damascus that has a strong potential to turn it into a launch pad for transnational jihadism, Washington is more interested in a negotiated settlement, which involves talking to Iran," said Kamran Bokhari, a Toronto-based expert on Mideast issues for the global intelligence company Stratfor.
At Via Meadia, Walter Russell Mead drops the A-bomb on O:
There are plenty of good reasons to fight shy of involvement in Syria; trying to get on Iran's good side by letting Assad murder his people with impunity isn't one of them. It's a grotesquely immoral sacrifice of the innocent on the altar of a terrible policy idea. Trying to please the mullahs by giving them their way in Syria would be like trying to quiet Adolf Hitler by giving him the Sudetenland. It would be appeasement, and it would be as dishonorable as it is futile.
Here's the problem: the calculation the mullahs are making is whether or not, when President Obama tells them that there will be war if they don't give up on their nuke plans, he really Means It. If they think he's bluffing, if they think he is either unable or unwilling to compel them to comply, there is no reason on earth for them to give way. The mullahs don't like President Obama, they don't trust him, and they want to break his power and his policy in the Middle East…
To the Iranians this hands-off Syria policy, combined with the defense cuts, combined with the retreat from engagement with Iraq, combined with the reversal of course and the dash for the exit in Afghanistan, would amount to clear proof that Obama is as Chamberlainesque as they come: attempting to smooth the reality of inexorable decline with empty, pretty treaties.
If the AP report is accurate, says Mead, this is Obama's Green Revolution failure "on steroids." The question here, obviously, is whether U.S. intervention in Syria would make Iran more or less likely to keep going with the bomb. If you knock out their top proxy, Assad, which in turn badly weakens their other key proxy, Hezbollah, does that damage their strategic position in the region badly enough that then they'll have no choice but to make nice on nukes? There's some reason to think so: WaPo reported in 2006 that Iran reached out to the U.S. with an offer of dialogue, including cooperation on nukes, shortly after the invasion of Iraq. Bush ignored it in the hope/expectation that the regime was ready to collapse, which meant that any engagement from the U.S. might inadvertently rescue the mullahs at the eleventh hour. Syria's an opportunity in theory to run that play again, arguably under even more favorable circumstances. The regime's more isolated internationally via sanctions than it was in 2003; eliminating Assad would remove a key Iranian asset rather than a key Iranian enemy in Saddam; and the rise of Sunni Islamists regionally after the Arab Spring might make Iran a little more paranoid about its position. (Or less. Iran's gotten along just fine with Hamas for years.) But they're also 10 years further down the road in investing in their nuke program — possibly up to $100 billion by now, with endless opportunity costs in the energy sector on top of that — so there's no way to give up on at this point without a potentially catastrophic loss of face at home. Plus, what message is sent if the U.S. and EU decide they'll intervene in Syria but only up to a point (i.e. no boots on the ground)? If, say, a no-fly zone is imposed and Assad holds on, then you have the worst of both worlds — western servicemen in harm's way and a lesson to Iran that U.S./EU resolve in accomplishing their aims militarily only goes so far.
In fairness to O, he might be holding the prospect of intervention over Iran's head privately. There are new reports every week seemingly of covert, non-military aid to Syria's rebels; even if Tehran's not being threatened explicitly, they must worry on some level that further escalation's coming if they don't at least pretend to be interested in nuke negotiations. What I want to know is, has Obama given them a firm deadline? Or is he prepared to be strung along for months more, hoping against hope that Assad collapses sooner rather than later and that that strengthens the west's hand at the bargaining table?


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It's the never ending education topic.
I think we need testing, but probably not to the extent the government is shoving down our throats (and normally our government does a GREAT job!).
One day, it will be readjusted and we will test students just the right amount for their indivdual progress and goals.
Sadly, we aren't there yet.
Everyone complains about the amount of stress testing puts on students and teachers.
Don't even get me started on the billions of dollars being made by faceless companies who are part of the testing process.
It's BIG business. Really BIG.
Then there is the little secret no one ever acknowledges. The intregal part of testing that is left unspoken.
Teachers are powerful.
Very powerful.
Without them, there's no testing.
When teachers in individual schools or states decide they've had enough testing, we will see a change.
Can you imagine if teachers refused to test?
Up to this point, they have been very compliant. Teachers usually are.
But one day, I think they may decide as a group they've had enough.
If that happens, things will change. And change very quickly.


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ESTACADA, Ore.—Central Station Monitoring (CSM), a full-service intrusion and fire alarm central station based here, recently acquired Alarm Central based in Beaverton, nearly doubling the number of accounts being monitored at its central station.
YARMOUTH, Maine—Over the last few years, Security Systems News has covered hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, and it seems M&A in the security industry is still as hot as ever.
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.—General Security, a full-service security company based here, recently acquired New York Merchants Protective Co., based out of New York City, adding 3,500 accounts.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The financial environment for selling a security company is good and stable right now, according to Barry Epstein, president of Vertex Capital.
Every January, Security Systems News asks security finance experts to share their opinions on deals done, valuations sought and won, and prospects for buyers and sellers in the coming year.
As I encounter new theories and projections about PERS valuations, I continue to find a refreshing lack of consensus among the experts. That's not to say there aren't areas of agreement. There are. Those watching the market often cite similar determinants of valuation, such as attrition rates, cash flow and the costs of creating new accounts. But experts seldom invest the same metrics with equal importance.
For example, Barry Epstein, president of Dallas-based Vertex Capital, believes reducing attrition rates to be a critical component of increasing PERS valuations. Conversely, Mark Sandler, a principal with SPP Advisors, downplayed the importance of churn, saying instead that a company's value hinges more on how efficiently they can redeploy their units.
Today I came across a presentation on PERS valuations delivered by Henry Edmonds, president of The Edmonds Group, at the Medical Alert Monitoring Association conference held last week in Orlando. Edmonds' insights reflect another nuanced interpretation of the market. In the presentation, he boiled PERS valuations down to four key metrics: cash flow; churn (attrition rate); growth rate/new account volume; and creation cost.
Just as vital for maximizing value is the ability of dealers to compile solid data on these metrics, Edmonds noted in one of the slides.
Edmonds developed some pretty in-depth calculations that he believes dealers should be cognizant of. For instance, churn rate metrics should account for total lost RMR on a trailing 12-month or trailing six-month basis. That figure should then be divided by average outstanding RMR. With respect to the cash flow, Edmonds advises dealers to focus on adjusted EBITDA and steady state free cash flow.
Edmonds' presentation also offered a trove of information about buyers. He noted that buyers will create finance models for target companies, develop key assumptions based on a target company's past performance and determine a capital structure based on current market conditions.
Edmonds also provided the following aphorism: "Buyers never pay more than they think they have to."
In the coming weeks I plan to speak with Henry Edmonds himself to get a more in-depth take on PERS valuations and the state of the market in general. Stay tuned.
PARK CITY, Utah—Fresh off moderating a PERS Summit panel, Barry Epstein, president of Dallas-based Vertex Capital, expects the PERS acquisition market to heat up as valuations climb.
The projected expansion of the PERS market will be fueled by several realities playing in its favor. First and foremost, the demographics, highlighted by an aging baby boomer population, are compatible with growth in the PERS space. Similarly, PERS devices make seniors better equipped to remain in their homes and possibly reap considerable cost savings. The market is relatively resilient. The technology is simple. One of the biggest barriers to entry may be tapping into the right marketing channel, Josh Garner, CEO of AvantGuard Monitoring Centers, told me in a conversation we had earlier this year on the state of the PERS industry. The marketing hurdle is not to be underestimated. But it also seems far less an obstacle than, say, mastering the technical ins and outs of a product truly difficult to integrate or install.
These are all PERS-relevant realities of which the industry already has a fairy sound understanding. While much is known, many questions still linger with respect to the future of the market. That much became clear in a recent conversation with Barry Epstein, president of Dallas-based Vertex Capital.
One question with many ramifications for the market: what will reduce the annual attrition rates for PERS devices? Will it simply come down to a broader (and younger) customer demographic? Metrics are far from perfect, and the market is still green from an acquisition standpoint, but Epstein says the attrition rate for PERS devices hovers somewhere between 24 and 36 percent. Even at the lower end of that spectrum, these rates are not conducive to huge RMR value, and they could make private equity firms leery about getting involved, at least right now. A huge ancillary question to the one posed above will be what kind of innovations, on either the dealer or manufacturer end, can companies make to reduce these less than sterling rates.
Another question: Can smaller alarm companies do PERS? Or is the market going to remain the province of larger dealers or wholesale monitoring companies who can afford to support a PERS-only division? To what extent will traditional alarm companies have a share in the space at all? Epstein, who recently moderated a panel at the PERS Summit in Park City, Utah, said the conference naturally featured an abundance of PERS dealers, but only a small fraction of them had alarm accounts.
The development of this market will be worth watching closely. When will the acquisition tipping point occur? What will be the force behind it? What factors, as yet undeveloped, stand to drive the market's upward trajectory? And what about mobile PERS units?
In a broad sense, we're mostly sure where the PERS industry is going. But regarding specifics, questions abound.
CARROLLTON, Texas—Securadyne, a startup independent integrator with national ambitions, today announced the acquisition of Advanced Control Concepts, an integration firm based in Pensacola, Fla.
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—Thinking about selling your systems integration company this year? What kind of price can you expect for your business?
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If you do decide to buy, there are some tips to follow:
First of all, set your budget. Set a total budget for your purchase. This means factoring in any repairs or alterations, as well as tax and insurance. Then, you have several options:
You can find good bargains by buying privately:
- Keep the original ad (the campervan must be as legally described).
- Take a witness to oversee the purchase.
- Always check the details of the vehicle against the log book, especially the chassis number and engine number.
- Make sure you check the vehicle's history.
- Inspect the vehicle well. If you are not mechanically astute then consider getting the van inspected by a professional. In Australia, the AA offers a road test and a full inspection with the history check. The cost depends on the size of the vehicle.
- Notice boards in backpackers and hostels are often a good place to look.
You can also buy from a dealer:
- At most campervan and motorhome dealers there will be a selection of used and new vehicles in one place, making them a great way to look around at the types of models available and the typical prices.
- Buying from a dealer is typically more expensive than buying privately, but the trade-off is peace of mind as they have a duty to tell you of any problems and the cost of rectifying them. Most dealers offer at least a few months of warranty, usually 3 months.
- If you're going to buy from a dealer, visit as many as you can to determine which seems to offer the best value for money.
- Many offer buy-back deals which can make life easier for you, but do the sums to see if it's worthwhile.
You can also buy campervans on eBay:
eBay (eBay.com.au) is actually great place to find campervans for sale. You can easily find vehicles in a specific area and price range; most listed vehicles have lots of photos and information, and you can also ask the seller any questions you have about the vehicle.
- Be careful with bidding. Once you make a bid you might win the vehicle and you can't back out (within the last 24 hours of the auction anyway).
- Always check and test drive the vehicle before you bid by contacting the seller and arranging a meeting before the auction ends.
- Bid wisely - once you have driven the vehicle, set a price that you think it is worth. Set a definite limit and don't get caught up in a bidding war!
You can also find campervans at motor auctions:
Traditional motor auctions offer a chance to get a motorhome for the lowest price, but also carry the greatest risk. Most vehicles being sold at a motor auction are there either because they're in an unsellable/unusable state (which should be avoided) or because the owner wants to get rid of it quickly (which can be a bargain).
- Check the details carefully (which will be posted on the windscreen).
- Look around the vehicle, including the underside and inside, before it's driven into auction.
- Wait by the vehicle until it is started to be driven into the auction so you can hear it running. Check for smoke and steam from the exhaust, any unhealthy noises, and whether it drives straight.
- Decide on a price for the vehicle, and stick to it.
- Remember that most auctions required extra fees to be paid on top of the end auction price so keep this in mind.
Things to Check
No matter where you buy your campervan from, you need to inspect and check the same things before making a purchase. This is particularly important if it's a private sale as opposed to from a dealer, as you're buying "as is".
If you don't know much about vehicle mechanics, take someone with you who does.
- Listen for unhealthy noises when the engine is running.
- Oil leaks are generally a bad sign.
- Find the sticker on the engine that says when the cam belt was last changed, or find it in the service book. If it is due for renewal factor this into the price when you negotiate as it's expensive to replace.
- Check the radiator is intact and healthy.
- Check for steam and smoke coming out of the exhaust. Both are a bad sign.
- Check for a blown head gasket by looking for white residue inside the engine head or on the oil dipstick, or steam coming from the exhaust.
- Check all of the hoses and pipes are clean, not cracked or rusty.
- Take the time to look over the whole vehicle (including roof, wheel arches, floor, hinges, chassis etc) to check for signs of rust.
- Check the CV joints are intact and not split
Only buy if you're absolutely sure. Don't buy a vehicle unless you are absolutely sure it is right for you, and the vehicle is sound. If you have any doubts don't buy the vehicle. You can always get someone else's advice before making a purchase, including a professional mechanic.


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Activities are priced at a set cost for 1 - 4 people or per person for 5+ in a group. These are private sessions for your group. All specialist equipment is provided and an experienced instructor will meet you at the activity site to save your fuel and time.
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If you read my wonderful friend Elyse's post last Sunday then you would know she and I were baking recipes inspired by one another. It is not surprising that we both came up with something that has both peanut butter and chocolate. When it comes to food we are almost always on the same page. I decided to make Peanut Butter S'more Bars and let me tell you....they are incredible! Elyse would love them, I love them, and you will definitely love them.
Peanut Butter S'more Bars
recipe from Baked Perfection
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs ( 7 full graham crackers)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 super-sized (5 oz.) dark chocolate bars (e.g. Hershey's)
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 7oz. jar marshmallow fluff
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until just combined. Divide dough in half and press half of the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the peanut butter evenly over the dough. Place chocolate bars over peanut butter . Two 5 oz. bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate (if necessary) to get it to fit in a single layer. Spread marshmallow fluff evenly over the chocolate layer.
Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff. This is most easily done by putting the second half of the dough in a gallon size freezer bag. Use your palms to flatten it out, and then use scissors to cut down both long sides of the bag, so it will open up book-style. Open it up carefully, and the dough will stick on one side of the bag. Then place the bag, dough side down, on the other layers. From there peel the bag up and spread the dough where it is uneven.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars
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CINCINNATI -- Reds shortstop Zack Cozart didn't connect with a huge hit in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Cardinals. Yet, Cozart's contributions -- two nice defensive plays and a sacrifice bunt to set up Chris Heisey's walk-off RBI single -- proved highly essential for the victory.
The Reds' value what Cozart brings to their team on a daily basis.
"I think we've gotten away from appreciating what an everyday shortstop looks like," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It doesn't have to look like [Derek] Jeter and A-Rod and [Nomar] Garciaparra, and especially guys like A-Rod that hit home runs. What you really want is solid defense and a good professional hitter that can do the things that need to be done like yesterday."
In the top of the eighth inning of a scoreless game with Matt Carpenter batting for St. Louis, a runner on second base and two out, there was a soft liner to shallow center field that looked likely to be a bloop RBI single.
"I thought it was going to be a back-breaker," Price said.
Instead, Cozart ran back and made a spectacular diving catch to save a run.
"I've never had a walk-off hit, but that was my walk-off defensive play right there. I like making plays like that," said Cozart, who also made a nice running catch in the outfield to prevent an Allen Craig hit in the second inning.
In the bottom of the ninth with runners on first and second, Cozart perfectly executed a sacrifice bunt to the left side to advance the runners. Two batters later, with the bases loaded, Heisey delivered the game-winning pinch-hit single.
"I love leaving the park helping the team win in any fashion," Cozart said. "To make that play and get the sac bunt down off a tough [Carlos] Martinez throwing that hard and sinking it, it was pretty cool."
Cozart led the National League with 10 sacrifice bunts last season and batted .254 in 151 games after a slow start. Price likes that Cozart can do a lot of little things -- steal a base, hit to the opposite field or drop a bunt when needed. Then, of course, there is his glove.
"More important than anything is to be really solid up the middle with his defense," Price said. "To me, that shows up every day with Zack and could be very easily underappreciated. We appreciate what he does."


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Dear comic fans,
Under Siege is an rts game produced by Seed Studios exclusively for playstation 3, and recently was launched a comic book based on the game... This webcomic gives a global view of the Under Siege´s background story (it´s a prologue). The reader can see for himself how the world was before the time of Under Siege. Seed Studios also announced that will be added more pages to the e-book during the next weeks.
About the comic: 115 x 185 mm; 24 pages; 22 comic boards; Color; paper-backed; Available in two languages: Portuguese and English.
Credits: Story and Production - Filipe Pina; Pencils- Filipe Andrade; Colour - Pedro Pitéu; Co Production - Jeffrey Ferreira; Based on characters created by - Bruno Ribeiro; Based on original art by - André Mealha.
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text: Friday, May 17, 2013 PTNow Adds Functional Limitation Reporting Tests and Measures To help clinicians meet the July 1 functional limitation reporting requirements, PTNow is providing appropriate tests and measures for member use. The tests and measures were identified by APTA section teams and EDGE task forces for the highest-volume conditions in their content areas. Because many of these tests are copyrighted, APTA is securing licenses to offer them via PTNow and will post links to the usable tests as they become available. (New tests are added almost daily.) The tests are grouped by clinical focus and condition, and tests are listed alphabetically within groups. In the coming weeks the tests will be organized and searchable by functional limitation category (Mobility: Walking & Moving Around, Changing & Maintaining Body Position, Carrying, Moving, & Handling Objects, Self-Care, Other PT/OT Subsequent Functional Limitation).


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Friday, April 5, 2013
Funeral Card Friday - Pope John Paul II
I had a memorial card for Pope John Paul II after his death. It used to sit to the table right next to my bed. That and a picture of my grandmother Mary Brown nee Quirk. We moved and I haven't found it since. It's gotta be somewhere though, right? I had wanted to share it on a Funeral Card Friday post, but it seemed like that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
Then I looked through a large box of memorial cards that my mother-in-law had passed on to me over Christmas and there were several memorial cards in there for John Paul II. I was surprised that none of them were like mine. I guess I shouldn't have been. Obviously there were millions made so why just have one style?
I love the one at the top of this post. That's how I think most Catholics remember our beloved John Paul II. Kind and gentle. The church isn't perfect, but I think it's safe to say that a vast majority of Catholics loved our pope. Disagree with him at times...sure, but he was adored, loved and looked up to. Not the same feeling with our newly retired pope (at least not for this Catholic). No animosity toward him, but John Paul II was a tough act to follow.
I remember when Pope John Paul II died. I was a Drill Sergeant at the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center. Some of my colleagues were quite angry that the flag was ordered to half-staff for his death. It certainly showed me that anti-Catholic feelings run deep in some people, but I tried to maintain my composure and pointed out that each Pope is the head of state for Vatican City and that the flag was being lowered to honor the head of state, not the religious leader. I doubt it got through. Hatred can do that to some people, but you can't change facts (or policy).
Another more amusing story from that day was when a Soldier said, "Pope down!" He did some push ups (drop, Bruce!).
Love him or not, Pope John Paul II was one of the longest serving popes in the history of Catholicism. He played an important part in the lived of Catholics from 1978 to 2005. Karol Wojtyla....Pope John Paul II...rest in peace.
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SHOWTIME® DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY MARINA ZENOVICH TO PREMIERE FRIDAY, MAY 31st AT 9:00 PM ET/PT
Will World Premiere at Tribeca Film Fest on April 23rd
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 15, 2013) — George Lopez, Bob Newhart, Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds in RICHARD PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC, the new SHOWTIME® documentary premiering on the network on Friday, May 31st at 9:00 pm ET/PT. Directed by Emmy® winning filmmaker Marina Zenovich (Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired) and executive produced by Roy Ackerman (Food Revolution) and Pryor's widow Jennifer Pryor, it was accepted into the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival where it will make its debut on Tuesday, April 23rd.
While much is known of his rise to fame from a hardscrabble, at times tortured, upbringing, RICHARD PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC uses never-before-seen concert footage, photos and talk show appearances to illustrate Pryor's complex career arc in a newly desegregated America. After a brief early stint honing a more mainstream, non-confrontational style, Pryor changed course and found his true, authentic voice. His brutal, uncanny observations (usually peppered with the 'n' word as punctuation) challenged polite notions on everything from politics to race relations and dared to take on topics some would prefer left alone. In his four-decade career, through meteoric highs and tragic lows, Pryor changed the direction of comedy and paved the road for future comic agitators such as Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Epps and many others.
Marina Zenovich's most recent film, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, premiered at the 2012 Toronto and New York Film Festivals. Odd Man Out is a follow-up to Zenovich's 2008 film Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (TWC/HBO/BBC). Wanted and Desired premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim and considerable media attention. It also won the award for Best Editing and then screened at the Cannes Film Festival as a Special Screening. Soon afterwards, Polanski's lawyers used Marina's film as evidence to re-open the 30-year-old case. The film, which was selected by the National Board of Review as one of the best documentaries of 2008, also won Emmys for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming (shared with Joe Bini & P.G. Morgan). Zenovich's past work includes: Who is Bernard Tapie? about the French former politician convicted criminal turned actor and her fascination with him; Independent's Day about the struggles of independent filmmakers set in Park City, Utah; and Estonia Dreams of Eurovision! about the wacky world of Tallin, Estonia as it prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, FLIX ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND, and the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks™, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.


text: With the removal of a giant pine that obscured the flagpole, the colors are once again flying at Hoxsie School. And to commemorate the occasion, the entire school turned out Thursday – Flag Day – for a program that included patriotic songs, comments from the superintendent and principal and the reading of winning essays on "what the flag means to me" by their young authors. Senator Michael McCaffrey provided the school flag. (Warwick Beacon photos)


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We often hear that music listening can be beneficial in fairly vague ways — making us smile, cry, or feel like dancing. University of Pennsylvania medical student and software developer Tim Soo is building a music app that acts in a far more concrete, life-changing way: to help alleviate chronic pain.
Soo's Heartbeat app, which he demo'd at the recent Music Hack Day NYC, monitors the listener's heartbeat and creates a playlist to help sooth patients suffering from chronic pain with music dynamically selected to affect heart rate. The link, Soo told Evolver.fm, is in the studies that he has come across at Med School showing that high musical familiarity has a measurably calming effect on listeners:
"How the brain treats music varies widely depending on level of musical training, cultural background, age, and much more. However, one constant within all the confounders was this idea of familiarity. That is to say, music that was familiar, or even just music in a familiar style, could serve as a source of comfort — a relaxant. For chronic pain sufferers, the associated
mental stress is half the battle, and thus anything to ease that inner turmoil could improve a patient's health status."
The Heartbeat app plays songs that seek to steadily bring down the patient's
heart rate by matching and then steadily reducing the music's pace, while also
keeping it familiar to the listener. It does this by linking a heartbeat monitor to an API from The Echo Nest (publisher of Evolver.fm) with Cycling 74′s Max/MSP, and grabbing songs from YouTube based on song tempo, "hotttnesss," familiarity, and artist similarity. And a lower heart rate and stress level mean less pain.
At Music Hack Day, Soo included a humorous feature that plays the always energizing "Never Gonna Give You Up" by '80s heartthrob Rick Astley (part of the practice of rickrolling) if a patient's heart rate drops below an acceptable level. This
drew a laugh from the audience (video above), but perhaps undersold the serious potential of an application like Heartbeat. Even the beta version has far-reaching implications for the links between music and listeners' emotional and physical states.
The app seems quite straightforward to use, particularly in a hospital environment, although it could also be helpful in home-care situations. Says Soo,
"One of the biggest potential uses I envisioned with this project was in the hospital. I didn't want to design something that would require extra hardware or be expensive or difficult to implement. I envision this being an extremely small piece of hardware that could be installed onto a nearby [computer] or on a patient's own laptop."
The initial release of the basic Heartbeat app shown at Music Hack Day should appear here in the next few days, after which Soo plans to continue work on a more polished version.


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The First Lady visited East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina today to talk to students about what President Obama wants for college graduates:
"When it comes to giving our young people the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could have attended college—never—without financial aid.
"In fact, what I shared in Charlotte was that when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage. So, believe me, when it comes to student debt, Barack and I, we've been there. And that's why he's fought so hard to double funding for Pell Grants, fought so hard to keep interest rates down. Because you have a President who wants you all to have the skills you need for the jobs of the future—those kind of jobs, the good jobs you can raise a family on, jobs that will drive this economy for decades to come. That's what your President wants."


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Townsville experienced the greatest regional population increase outside south-east Queensland in 2002 (1,873 or 2%) according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
Today's release of Regional Statistics, Queensland 2003 presents a statistical summary of key economic and social information for regional Queensland using ABS and non-ABS sources.
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When the nervous system identifies threat, vibration or shaking in the body is designed to occur automatically. However, negative social constructs and beliefs around what it means to allow ourselves to shake, tremor, or show vulnerability, condition us out of this innate release mechanism at a very early age. Neurogenic Yoga reawakens our body's intrinsic release mechanism for optimal health.
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With hundreds of items to choose from, it's easy to understand why our bulk aisle is the reason that many people choose to shop at Willy Street Co-op. From basic staples like rice, beans, pastas, flours, and nuts; to decadent snacks like chocolate-covered almonds, candied ginger, and chocolate clusters; to a vast array of herbs and spices, we've got your bulk needs covered. We even have an extensive selection of liquid bulk items such as maple syrup, honey, cooking oils, and vinegar. Many of our bulk items are certified organic, and we source locally whenever possible.
Buying in bulk is often cheaper! Packaging costs money, and when you buy in bulk that savings is passed on to you. In a recent price comparison, we determined that on average, buying in bulk at Willy Street Co-op saves $.16/oz over our nearest competitor for certified organic staple foods.
According to the EPA, 40% of America's landfills are comprised of wasted food and food packaging. By shopping in bulk and purchasing only what you need, you can reduce both your food budget and your waste. Do you only need ½ lb of that obscure grain for the recipe you want to make? Instead of buying a 2lb package and wasting most of it, you can purchase exactly ½ lb in the bulk aisle. If you choose to put it in a reusable container, you're eliminating the packaging waste as well. It's a win win!
If you've been in our bulk aisle recently, you know that it's a busy place! Food moves through the bins quickly, meaning a fresher, higher quality product than you may find in a package. This is especially true at the Co-op, where we specialize in selling organic foods in bulk. Larger grocery stores may carry comparable organic options, but chances are they don't move through them quite as quickly as we do.
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Willy Street Co-op staff takes pride in using high quality products and safe food-handling procedures. However, only packaged products with allergen-free claims should be considered safe for those who have extreme food-related allergies. Our re-packaged bulk items ("Willy-Packed" dried fruits, snacks, and other foods) are packed in our Kitchen, where common allergens (nuts, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs) are used daily. Our Bulk aisle also features some products that contain allergens, and airborne transfer of allergens could occur. For more information please ask our staff or see our allergen statement.
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We receive produce deliveries seven days per week and work diligently with our distributors and local farmers to ensure that you'll find only the freshest, highest quality (and tastiest!) produce on our shelves. If you want to make sure what you're buying suits your tastes, feel free to ask a staff member for a free sample. If you're not 100% happy with a purchase, you can bring it back for a full refund.
We believe that organic agriculture is the best solution for ourselves, our families, our environment, and the hard working people who grow and harvest our food. For this reason, on average, about 97% of the fresh produce we carry in our produce departments is USDA certified organic.
For us, local is not just a marketing scheme, it's a way of life. Our produce buyers work with over 30 local farmers to bring the best selection of local produce you'll find anywhere. We've been sourcing local produce for over 40 years and we continue to develop relationships with new farmers as well as maintain and sustain our relationships with more established growers.
To identify local produce items, look for the purple signs. For information about when produce items are likely to be locally sourced, check out our local produce availability table.
Fairly Traded
In an increasingly globalized food system, we believe it's important to think beyond organic and local as we help build a truly sustainable food system. By purchasing certified fair trade products, you are ensuring that the farmers, farm workers, and laborers who grow our food get justly compensated for their work. At Willy Street Co-op, we're proud to offer organic fair trade bananas on a daily basis. We also give buying preference to other fairly traded fruits and vegetables as they are available. In season, you'll find many crops on our shelves with fair trade designation: bell peppers, mangos, tomatoes, strawberries, and more!
High quality local, certified organic, certified Fair Trade, and all-natural groceries at a great value.
You'll find something for every taste and budget on our grocery shelves, from our value priced Co-op Deals items to the best artisan organic Italian olive oil. We do our utmost to ensure that all of our Owners will find what they're looking for on our grocery shelves.
Co-op Basics
We believe that you shouldn't have to choose between nutritious organic and natural foods and staying within your budget. This belief is what led us to develop the Co-op Basics program. Co-op Basics encompasses over a hundred staple items throughout our store that offer our best quality products at our best prices.
Willy Street Co-op has a proud tradition of supporting our local food community, and that tradition continues in our grocery department. Currently, our grocery teams we work with hundreds of local producers, farmers, and distributors to offer over two thousand local items. Look for the purple local tags in our grocery department!
Special Diets
Gluten Free? Vegan? Paleo? Kosher? We have an extensive selection for folks following any of these diets and more. If you need help locating foods that fit your dietary needs, feel free to ask a staff member, we'd love to help! If you can't find the item you're looking for, let us know. There's a good chance we can special order it for you; or if there is enough demand, we'll start carrying it.
Juice & Coffee
The freshest organic ingredients squeezed, blended and brewed to order.
Our juice baristas use the finest organic and local ingredients to create tasty and nutritious juice blends, smoothies, espresso drinks, and teas. If you're in a hurry, you can pick up a grab-and-go juice blend or self-serve cup of coffee. Otherwise, order from our extensive menu and let us make it exactly how you like it.
Beverage menus
Note: In the interest of protecting our patrons with dietary sensitivities, we would like to clarify that all equipment and production space in the Willy Street Co-op Kitchen is shared and common allergens (nuts, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs) are used daily in our kitchen. We cannot guarantee that cross-contamination can be completely avoided, although we are happy to do our best to accommodate dietary preferences and restrictions within standard operating procedures. If you have a serious food allergy, please be advised of this and act accordingly.
The highest quality local and organic ingredients plus our talented cooks equals the best deli food in town.
Hungry? If not, a trip into one of our delis will get you there! We offer a staggering variety of delicious house-made foods to whet your appetite: from-scratch bakery; extensive hot bars and salad bars; made to order sandwiches; grab-and-go entrees, salads, sandwiches and soups; sushi; and more.
Quality Ingredients
Our delis are committed to using the best ingredients we can find. All of our fresh produce and many other ingredients are either organic or locally grown (or both!) and all of our dairy and eggs are locally sourced. Even the flour we use in our baked goods is locally grown and milled.
Visit our Local Ingredients page to find our what local ingredients we are currently using in our delis. Watch a fabulous video about our local fruit pies(link is external) made by Madison College students in the winter of 2015!
Serving the dietary needs of our Owners
We are commited to offering deli foods that are not only tasty, but fit into the diet of as many Co-op shoppers as possible. Whether you are an omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or grain-free, you're sure to find something that fits your needs (and tastes good too!) in our delis.
Note: In the interest of protecting our patrons with dietary sensitivities, we would like to clarify that all equipment and production space in the Willy Street Co-op Kitchen is shared and common allergens (nuts, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs) are used daily in our kitchen. We cannot guarantee that cross-contamination can be completely avoided, although we are happy to do our best to accommodate dietary preferences and restrictions within standard operating procedures. If you have a serious food allergy, please be advised of this and act accordingly
Catering Information
What makes our catering so special?
- All butter, milk, cheese and eggs used are from Wisconsin; all fresh produce used is Organic
- Your food is fresh and made from scratch.
- Many of our recipes can be customized for special diets.
Local, imported; we have it.
Cheese is kind of a big deal here. Whether you're looking for a weekly staple or a special something to impress your guests, our cheese selection can meet your needs. Over 80% of our cheese sales are of local cheeses, so Wisconsin cheese lovers will find themselves awash in local choices from familiar producers like Carr Valley and Hook's to lesser known folks like Creme de la Coulee, Cesar's Cheese, and Dreamfarm. Those looking for classics from across the pond will find many of those as well - we maintain a healthy selection of imported cheeses from Spain, France, Italy, and others.
We know good cheese
We put a lot of work into knowing the cheese we sell. Are you looking for cheese made seasonally from pasture-based animals? Does your family love cheeses made from goat's or sheep's milk? Are you excited to try your first cheeses made from raw milk? Maybe you're trying to avoid cheeses that use animal-based rennet? Our cheese staff can help you with all of these considerations as well as recipe and pairing ideas!
Counter service hours: 7:30am - 9:00pm
Local, grass-fed, pastured, humanely raised
If you want to know that your meat is not only delicious, but raised in a humane, sustainable way by farmers who care; our meat departments are for you. We partner with local and regional family farmers to find the highest quality, most ethical and environmentally sustainable meat we can find. Whether you're looking for pastured heritage pork, grass-fed beef, or organic chicken, you will find what you seek in our meat departments.
Personalized service
Can't find exactly what you're looking for in our case? Our talented butchers and knowledgable staff are here to help. We can help you with suggestions, cooking tips, recipes, and we're always happy to cut things to order while you wait.
Meat Sale Thursdays
There's no denying that quality meat can be expensive. In order to make our meat more accessible to our Owners, every week we pick one staple meat item, drop the price, and offer it as a one-day-only sale for Willy Street Co-op Owners.
The name is simple, and so is the sale: Meat Sale Thursday. See the weekly Owner Rewards flyer or the Meat department counter to get a sneak peek of the sale item every week. Quantities limited.
Seafood Center
The Seafood Center has Madison's best selection of fresh fish. Shipments from both coasts arrive on a daily basis. Sockeye Salmon and Halibut from Alaska to fresh Florida Grouper. Fresh cooked cocktail shrimp is also available, boiled in the shell or peeled and de-veined for your convenience. Order your party platter today!
Hours for Willy East and Willy West locations:
Mon - Sat: 8am - 8pm
Sun: 8am - 6pm
Phone: (608) 294-0116
Health & Wellness
Your trusted source for the highest quality natural health and bodycare products
A healthy lifestyle is about more than the foods you eat! Visit our health and wellness aisles for a full selection of supplements and personal care items to help you be the vibrant, healthful person you want to be. From vitamins and herbal supplements to shampoo and toothpaste, we take care to choose products that give you plenty of options that are free from toxins and harmful additives.
Excellent Service
It can be tough to pick exactly what you want out of a wall of small supplement bottles. Though we are not health professionals and we can't give you medical advice, our knowledgeable staff are always happy to help guide you toward the product that is right for you. All you have to do is ask!
Bulk Wellness
If you're on a budget, but you don't want to compromise on quality, the bulk section of our Health and Wellness department is the place to be! We offer a wide array of bulk herbs, teas, and personal care products.
General Merchandise
Looking for a new kitchen gadget, house plant, cookbook, or that perfect gift? We've got you covered! Come explore the seasonally changing selection in our General Merchandise department.
Wellness Wednesday
Another great way to stretch your dollar in our Health and Wellness department is Wellness Wednesday.
Wellness Wednesday happens on the first Wednesday of each month. On this day, Willy Street Co-op Owners get 10% off all wellness and bodycare items. This includes multivitamins and minerals, CBD products, protein powders, lotions, soaps, bulk teas and medicinal herbs, cold remedies, toothpaste, and much more!


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The Worcester facility for private and corporate training is located within driving distance of our Boston training center where we offer regularly scheduled, live, in-person training courses with an instructor in the same classroom with you.
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With about 7,000 miles between Cairo's Tahrir Square and Oklahoma, residents of the town of Cushing are less likely to be following the Egyptian protests than they are whether the bass are biting out at the lake that gave the hamlet its name.
Yet some think they have found a connection between the current epicenter of the Arab Spring and the small, remote town of about 7,800 that has the distinction of being the busiest pipeline hub for domestic crude oil in the U.S.
The present dramatic rise in crude-oil prices worldwide, which led to a 23 percent spike in the price of crude produced in the U.S. Midwest between mid-April and early July, to $106 from $86, can be directly attributed to those disaffected Egyptians amassing in and around Tahrir Square, said Christopher R. Knittel, an energy economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
Unrest in the Arab world generally, and in Egypt particularly, has instilled fear in traders and other market participants that shipping through the Suez Canal, which serves as a conduit for 4 million barrels of oil every day, could be disrupted, Knittel said. "Egypt made some players in the market very uneasy as to what might happen in the near future with supplies," he said.
A world away from Cairo -- geographically and culturally, at least, if not economically -- Cushing's Joe Naifeh was skeptical of that idea. "You know, I don't think it has to do with Egypt at all, I really don't," said Naifeh, owner of Naifeh's Deli and Grill, where the Friday special was Frito chili pie. "As far as a direct cause of what's going on here in Cushing, Oklahoma, and in the United States as far as oil production, it's not hurting matters, but it's not the cause of it."
In effect, Naifeh and Knittel are both on to something. It is true that increased flow of oil through Cushing involves more than concerns about the Suez Canal. Also in play is vastly expanded infrastructure in the U.S., which enables domestic sources to better respond to shifts in global markets. But experts who spoke with the International Business Times attribute most of the global volume and price changes to uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East.
U.S. oil producers "are seeing an opportunity to get the economic [gain] from the political uncertainty" not only in Egypt but also in Syria, Libya and Algeria, said Charles K. Ebinger, director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
The price of U.S. crude -- the benchmark long called West Texas intermediate, or WTI (INDEXDJX:DJUBSCL) -- is heavily influenced by the price of its European counterpart, a crude known as Brent blend, which is the pricing standard for two-thirds of the world's traded crude. When Brent prices rose over worries about the Suez Canal, the price of WTI went up as well, Knittel said. "Anytime there is a price increase that drives up the Brent price, that is going to affect the U.S. [price]," he said. As Brent prices go up, oil producers in the U.S. Midwest and in Canada have more incentive to sell their oil to Europe, which further drives up WTI prices, Knittel said.
The other major reasons U.S. crude oil prices have soared during the last three months are the expansion of pipelines in the heart of the Midwest, in response to increasing amounts of oil available in North America due to the shale boom and spare Canadian products. Until recently, the U.S. had limited pipeline capacity to transfer the abundance of oil that is stockpiled in Cushing. With new pipelines coming on-line, that glut can begin to be released to take advantage of high prices elsewhere.
Here is a chart showing the increase in the ending stocks of crude oil (in thousands of barrels) at Cushing from 2004 to 2012:
"The longer-run story really is this infrastructure issue," said Hillard Huntington, executive director of Stanford University's Energy Modeling Forum. "We are now in a market which we are slowly chipping away at this difference between the U.S prices [WTI] and prices on the world market [Brent]."
Until recent years, U.S. crude stored in Cushing was shipped north and east, but as more oil was produced in the upper Midwest and in Canada, refineries in the eastern and northern U.S., as well as in Canada, have not been able to keep up with the glut. That created the need for more pipelines to the Gulf Coast, which has led to new construction along the Seaway pipeline between Cushing and Freeport, Texas (which has already started moving crude), as well as the Keystone Gulf Coast pipeline. With greater access comes greater ability to respond to rising prices, such as those occurring worldwide now. In turn, that will create more incentive for expanding access.
The first Seaway pipeline came on-line in June of last year and initially moved 150,000 barrels of oil per day from Cushing to refineries in Texas. In its second phase, completed in January of this year, the capacity increased to 400,000 barrels per day: However, there are no current figures for the number of barrels of oil per day being moved now, a Seaway representative told the IBTimes. Another Seaway pipeline running parallel to the existing pipeline is being built now and will become operational in the first half of next year. Called the Seaway Loop, it will have a capacity of 450,000 barrels of oil per day.
The other major pipeline, Keystone Gulf Coast, is being built by the TransCanada Corp. (NYSE:TRP), the company that proposes to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline awaiting Obama administration approval. A TransCanada representative said the Gulf Coast pipeline, which is 80 percent complete, will extend from Cushing and carry 700,000 barrels of oil per day to Texas refiners by the end of the year.
Now "there is more ability, more capacity, [and] having a pipeline out to the Gulf Coast allows you to sell to a market you couldn't sell to before ... It is like having an increase in demand for your product," Stanford University's Huntington said. As a result, U.S. oil inventories in Cushing are at a seven-month low of 367 million barrels.
The question, then, is why releasing a glut of oil in Cushing doesn't lead to falling prices, owing to the economics of supply and demand. The answer, MIT's Knittel said, is that WTI prices go up in response to worldwide demand, and the volume of oil from Cushing is not significant enough to influence global oil prices directly. Likewise, higher prices for WTI do not automatically translate to higher gas prices at the pump, which are more directly influenced by world oil prices.
Currently, the price of WTI is actually higher than that of Brent: This month, for the first time in three years, the price differential between the two all but disappeared. Brent crude closed at 106.68 and WTI crude closed at 108.02 Friday.
And, for now, domestic oil companies are to some degree profiting from the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. "The oil actually never has to go from the Midwest to Europe for Europe prices to impact U.S. prices," Knittel said. "Just the threat of me [the U.S.] being able to send it to Europe will drive up my price."
Added the Brookings Institution's Ebinger: "The uncertain geopolitical situation is not just Egypt ... there is still very great concern of the Syrian conflict that will increase a Shiite-Sunni war and spread far beyond Syria's border. Potentially disrupting and creating political problems in Saudi Arabia ... if it gets out of hand it can disrupt a lot of oil supplies."
Asked if there is a clear correlation between that instability and oil profits in the U.S., Ebinger replied: "Oh, absolutely. This is not new -- different people always take advantage when they can get more dollars for a barrel."
Finally, in other news, the Cushing Lake fishing report indicated largemouth bass fishing is pretty slow due to high surface water temperatures of around 82 degrees Fahrenheit.


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(1) "Authority" means the West Virginia State Rail Authority created by this article, the duties, powers, responsibilities and functions of which are specified in this article.
(2) "Bond" or "state rail authority bond" means a revenue bond or rate issued by the State Rail Authority to effectuate the intents and purposes of this article.
(3) "Commuter rail" means a transit mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel operating between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Service must be operated on a regular basis by or under contract with a transit operator for the purpose of transporting passengers within urbanized areas or between urbanized areas and outlying areas. The rail service, using either locomotive-hauled or self-propelled railroad passenger cars, is generally characterized by multitrip tickets, specific station-to-station fares or railroad employment practices and usually has only one or two stations in the central business district. It does not include heavy rail rapid transit or light rail/streetcar transit service. Intercity rail service is excluded except for that portion of service operated by or under contract with a public transit agency for predominantly commuter services. Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining commuter rail route miles.
(4) "Heavy rail" means a transit mode that is an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by high speed and rapid acceleration passenger rail cars operating singly or in multicar trains on fixed rails, separate rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded, sophisticated signaling and high platform loading.
(5) "Income" means and includes all money accruing to the authority from any source.
(6) "Light rail" means a transit mode that typically is an electric railway with a light volume traffic capacity compared to heavy rail. It is characterized by passenger rail cars operating singly or in short, usually two-car, trains, on fixed rails in shared or exclusive rights-of-way, low- or high-platform loading and vehicle power drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph.
(7) "Owner" means and includes all individuals, copartnerships, associations, corporations, companies, transportation companies, public service corporations, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, common carriers by rail and railroad companies having any title or interest in any rail properties authorized to be acquired, leased or used by this article.
(8) "Person" means individuals, corporations, partnerships or foreign and domestic associations, including railroads.
(9) "Predominantly commuter services" means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between two stations), more than fifty percent of the average daily ridership travels on the train at least three times a week.
(10) "Rail properties" means assets or rights owned, leased or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person which are used, or useful, in rail transportation service: Provided, That rail properties does not include any properties owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad not in reorganization, unless it consents to such properties' inclusion in the particular transaction.
(11) "Rail service" means both freight and passenger service.
(12) "Railroad" means a common carrier by railroad as defined in section 1(3) of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U. S. C. (1) 3).
(13) "Railroad project" means the initiation, acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair, equipping or operation of rail properties or rail service, or the provisions of loans or grants to or with government agencies, or to persons for such purposes, by the authority.


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You've been looking for that all around high performance shape at the right price? Well the Fuse is here and it is just what you're looking for. The outline is sleek and it is a proven high performance shape tested by our riders in all conditions. It comes standard with an e-glass layup with a carbon stringer for added performance.
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I consider myself to be very lucky and, as my husband often tells me, I am living the dream! Home is the historic market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, the area where I grew up. However I have not always lived here and spent over ten years in Lancashire, and after that fifteen years in Saudi Arabia.
Peter, my husband, and I have two sons. Daniel (who is studying architecture) and Benjamin (who is studying illustration - and plans to be a starving artist). Peter works as a sculptor. See http://www.peternaylor.co.uk
Originally I trained as a clothing designer and worked in industry designing lingerie and then wedding and evening dresses. I began quilting in 1996 and really took to it. I was very fortunate to do well at this from the beginning and now have three quilts in the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
I teach quilting all the time and all over the place - in the UK and internationally. Recently I have begun teaching residential courses in East Yorkshire where I am able to offer what I hope is a special experience for my students. Another plus is that during these courses I get to sleep in my own bed.
I am in the process of writing my second book which should be available in early 2015.
When I'm not teaching I am sewing anything and everything, gardening or digging my allotment, cooking or cleaning out my hens (21 at the moment) or perhaps even doing some cleaning in my own house!


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Japanese owl cupsSunday, March 25th, 2007
Our cute cups with owls on one side and japanese text on the other side. If anyone could translate I would be very happy! :-)
We bought these adorable handmade and handpainted cups in Kyoto on a very hot summer's day last August. Tea and tea cups were the last thing on our mind while we were walking the narrow alleys of Kyoto in exhausting heat, but luckily we couldn't resist the cute owls when we saw them in a display window of a small shop which we found.
If you want your own cute owl cups, the Scandinavian brand Iittala has a new series called Taika with owls which kind of reminds me of our Japanese cups.


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Unique experiences
Some of the world's most remote and exciting destinations are not to be found in dense jungles, on airport-less islands or atop towering mountain ranges, but rather in regions near, or even north of, the Arctic Circle. It might be fair to characterize this part of the Earth as stark and barren, but if you look past the weather, there is a lot going on in the Arctic. Destinations like Greenland, Scandinavia, Alaska and the Russian Far East offer plenty of adventure, beautiful natural landscapes and an abundance of wildlife. The waters of the Arctic Ocean, meanwhile, are home to some of the least-seen marine species on the planet. The cold weather of the Arctic can be a turn-off for some travelers, but the top of the globe is one of the most unique and unvisited places on Earth. Here are eight places to find adventure, nature and completely unique experiences in the Arctic.


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By offering SEO services to offline businesses you can earn lot of moolah. If you have a clear knowledge how to drive traffic to a website and get ranking in search engines, there are various other offline businesses that could actually use your expertise and do well.
It is quite easy to get local SEO clients. You should first start by searching for different types of businesses in your area. You should make use of search keywords based upon area and business type. What will come on the top page of search engine result pages will be those businesses in your area which are getting best SEO. You should create a list of these businesses. Then you should work towards doing similar search on your smart phone.
When you will succeed in doing this, you should narrow your list down to only those businesses that are enjoying a viable online presence but are not getting a good mobile presence. These all are the businesses which you will approach.
The main benefit here is that they fully understand the value of these SEO services which they are offering. They even don't realize that local search is a big thing on mobile devices.
Before knocking the door of any businesses, it is important to know exactly which services you're going to give them. For instance, you may be interested to offer website designing along with SEO. It's entirely your call but it is important to clearly define what you will do for your clientele base. Otherwise, they may ask you to do those things which are beyond your service area.
You must also create a presentation. You should write a small speech to make use as a sales pitch. The chances are high that they won't understand the importance of a mobile website which is SEO optimized, so it becomes important to make them understand. You should dig up some relevant facts and statistics.
It is also a nice idea to put together a demo to show them exactly how your website will look like. You should show them their website on a mobile and tell them how you can help them. Instead of just telling them, it is a nice idea to show them.
Last but not the least, in order to get a positive response, you should position yourself as a mobile marketing expert. In this way, you can project yourself as a credible person on whom the client can completely rely.


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English units of measurement
English units of measurement, principal system of weights and measures used in a few nations, the only major industrial one being the United States. It actually consists of two related systems—the U.S. Customary System of units, used in the United States and dependencies, and the British Imperial System. The names of the units and the relationships between them are generally the same in both systems, but the sizes of the units differ, sometimes considerably.
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