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Organic Plant Health, Inc., (OTCQB: OPHI), Introduces New and Improved Eco-Cedar™ All-Natural Bed Bug Killer.
Eco-Cedar™ is proven 100% effective in scientific tests to kill bed bugs on contact.
Jul 05, 2012, 08:01 ET from Organic Plant Health, Inc.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Plant Health, Inc. (OTCQB: OPHI), a manufacturer and distributor of organic-based, hybrid and environmentally responsible fertilizers, soil conditioners and pest controls, is pleased to announce that independent laboratory efficacy testing is now complete on the new and improved formula for Eco-Cedar™, the company's all-natural, bed bug and insect control product. The results of the independent scientific testing conclude that Eco-Cedar™ is 100% effective at controlling bed bugs on contact.
"This report shows the quality and effectiveness of our products while staying environmentally and biologically safe" stated Organic Plant Health President and CEO, Billy Styles. Styles goes on to say, "Credibility is critical for our success as we expand into new markets and more retail stores along the east coast. Our retail partners and customers want to know that natural and organic products work as well as their chemical counterparts." Styles continues, "I have personally used this new Eco-Cedar™ formulation numerous times on a variety of insects and I have always been impressed with the results. It is safe for use around the home, children, pets and the environment, which makes it a great alternative to some of the harsh chemical products commonly used today. It's simply a great product. I'd like to see it in every home and on every store shelf in America."
The U.S. bed bug control market potential is approximately $350 Million per year, growing at a rate of more than 5% annually. Some sources suggest estimates of double-digit growth are possible in the near future. Organic Plant Health's Eco-Cedar™ contains a proprietary blend of components that make this particular formula unique. It has specific insect control properties, while posing little or no threat to humans or the environment. As such, the product is exempt from registration by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), according to rule 25 (b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
Alan Talbert, company Vice President and COO, stated, "We're very excited about this new product. We believe there is tremendous market potential for the new Eco-Cedar™ throughout the U.S., and also in Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe. Eco-Cedar™ is a product that can cross all demographic and socio-economic market segments."
Organic Plant Health plans to launch its' new Eco-Cedar™ formulation in the coming weeks and is currently working on a variety of additional new products for the home and garden sector. Billy Styles says, "This new Eco-Cedar™ is only the beginning of the innovative products we are bringing to market as we expand our footprint across America and throughout the world."
About Organic Plant Health
Based in Charlotte, N.C., Organic Plant Health, In. (OTCQB: OPHI), provides organic-based, natural and environmentally responsible fertilizers, soil conditioners, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides for the continual care of residential and commercial landscapes.
Organic Plant Health brand products are currently sold in a variety of independent retail locations across North and South Carolina, including hardware stores, garden centers and plant nurseries. Key customers using Organic Plant Health products include environmentally conscious do-it-yourself homeowners and commercial landscape companies; secondary markets served include real estate development companies, vineyards and agriculture.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and Organic Plant Health takes no obligation to update such statements.
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SOURCE Organic Plant Health, Inc.


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The coarcted aorta is seen as an indentation of the lateral aspect of the vessel giving it a figure of 3 appearance.
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This patient had known aortic coarctation of the aorta, and this x-ray was obtained prior to surgical correction.

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Windows 8 might not be the flavor of the month, but gradually people are taking to it. The Metro UI makes a little more sense to people today than it did when they first experienced the new version of the most popular OS for PC. There have been numerous leaks about the next update to Windows called the Windows 8.1 or Project Windows Blue and the return of what is now the legendary Start Button. There are also rumors about more customizations possible with tile sizes and a newer version of Internet Explorer.
At Wired Business Conference held at New York, Julie Larson-Green told that Microsoft is working on releasing a public preview version of Windows 8.1 as early as June 26th which is when the Build Conference begins. Historically, Build has been the conference of Software Developers of Microsoft, so it makes sense they get the first dibs on the next Windows. The event would also be a big enough stage for Microsoft to make an important announcement like this.
Microsoft definitely must be hoping that the Windows 8.1 is a lot more popular among the masses than how Windows 8 turned out to be. Although, more than a 100 million Windows 8 licences have been sold out, but who is to say Windows 8.1 would not improve on that figure. We still await more concrete details about Windows 8.1 and what changes would it bring to the table.
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Facing Fate by Secret Passion
Format: Novel
Chapter 10: A Hundred Letters or The Howler
Hermione woke in her own bed the next morning. Her eyes stung from all the crying. It was a Sunday, she didn't have school so she didn't really need to be with people for that long. Just breakfast lunch and dinner. Her heart weighed heavy as she showered and let her hair fall loose. She pulled on a pair of dark jeans and a black top before picking up her bag and walking form her room. Ginny and Harry were waiting for her in the common room. Hermione looked around quickly.
"He's still in the hospital wing Mione, you don't need to worry," Ginny said.
"He's the one that needs to be worried not me," she mumbled. Harry pulled her into a hug.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine Harry, can we get down the breakfast, I need to go to the library."
"Yeah, we have Quidditch practice anyway," Harry said.
"We have to keep training if we want to beat Slytherin."
"Harry that match isn't until January!"
"It doesn't matter, we still have to train." Hermione sighed as they walked into the great hall. Everyone instantly fell quiet and stared at her.
"Wow, news travels fast around this place," she said picking up some toast.
"Not just this place," Dean said pushing a paper in front of her. The toast dropped from her mouth as she stared at the front page, the headline reading 'Hermione's Heartbreak.'
Reliable sources from inside Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry last night reported a bust up between the golden trio's golden couple. Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasly. We have been reliably informed that last night after a bonfire spectacular (organised by Miss Granger herself) Hermione walked into Ron's bedroom to find him in bed with another girl. According to our source (who wishes to remain anonymous) Hermione stormed from the room and a loud argument ensued in the seventh year common room. Our source tells us that Ron told Hermione that him cheating on her with this girl (who we have been told is named Lavender Brown) was not as bad as Hermione's alleged cheating with Mr Malfoy (which turned out to be untrue). According to the source Ron's reason for cheating was that Miss Granger had wanted to wait until she was ready to sleep with him but Mr Weasly could not wait and used Miss Brown as a substitute. Apparently the argument ended with a powerful stunning spell from Hermione that broke through Ron's shield and hit him square in the chest. We in the office were obviously shocked by Hermione's sudden outburst of anger and we say to her…good on you girl. Don't let that idiot mess you around anymore. However our source also tells us that non other than the Draco Malfoy added his own injuries to Ron's state and it is said that it was in defence of Miss Granger that he acted out like this. Though our source does remind us that he is still in a very serious relationship with Astoria Greengrass and it was used as a reason for Malfoy to take out pent up anger he has held for Mr Weasly for some years. To Miss Granger we would like to say that we are all behind you and we hope the lying cheater stays in the hospital wing for as long as it take for him to realise what he has lost.
Hermione put the paper down and smiled slightly.
"At least they are taking my side, even if someone in our common room did spill the argument to the papers." she said.
"And so they should, and I would be my broomstick that it was Pansy," Harry said as a large distressed looking owl landed in front of Ginny. It was Errol.
"Mum's read the paper then," she said taking the letter and reading it through.
"What does she say?" Hermione asked.
"She wants to know if it is true or not. Can I borrow some paper and a quill?" Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill from her bag and handed them over.
"Tell me what you write," Hermione said.
"Dear Mum. Yes it's true. Hermione walked in on them yesterday and is completely broken up about it. Mum, I think this is the stupidest thing he has ever done…there am done. She tied the note to Errol and sent him off again. As soon as the owl had left the table students started to converge on them.
"Hermione I am so sorry," one cried.
"Do you want me to jinx him?" asked another.
"If you need to talk I'm always here."
"He's such an idiot for doing that to you."
"I think," Harry said leaning over and whispering in Hermione's ear, "that Ron might have just turned the entire school against himself."
Hermione left for the library not long after Harry had managed to get the students to leave her alone. Ginny and Harry promised to come and find her after practice so they could walk to lunch together. She found a quite spot in a corner of the large room and settled down at a table, spreading out her essay on polyjuce potion and beginning to write the conclusion. She finished it quickly and pulled out her Ancient Runes homework and started to write it out, trying to keep her mind off Ron as much as she could. It was more than an hour before her peace was broken.
"Is this seat taken?" a voice said opposite her.
"No, you can have it," she said without looking up. She heard the chair scraped on the floor and then the person sitting down and getting all their stuff out. The scratching of a quill was heard for a few seconds before there was a deep sigh and it was placed on the table.
"Granger, are you ok?" Hermione's head snapped up to see Draco Malfoy looking at her from across the table. She blinked a few times, she hadn't even realised it was him.
"Yeah I'm fine Malfoy."
"Granger, you're crying."
"I'm not…" she put her hand to her cheek to find small tears that were falling down her face. She hadn't even realised. "Anyway," she said, "what happened to Hermione."
"Granger suites you better," Malfoy shrugged with a smirk. Hermione shook her head and they lapsed into silence, the way it had been for the past two months. Then she realised something.
"Malfoy," she said.
"We need to start organising the Ball."
"We do?" he asked, not seeming very enthusiastic about the idea.
"Yes, we need to put up a notice about it I think, you know so everyone can get…" she trailed off and fresh tears welled. She was going to say dates but it would come out of her mouth. She had never imagined that she would ever have to look for a date again. She had always thought that Ron would be her date.
"So everyone can get permission to go to Diagon Alley and decide if they are going to stay over the holidays for it," Malfoy continued with a small smile. Hermione nodded.
"Yes, that." She turned back to her work and carried on her scribbling.
"I'll get McGonagall to hand them to the head's of the houses," he said as he too resumed his worked.
"Draaaco," a voice purred. Hermione looked back up and saw Malfoy surprise a small groan as Astoria waltzed through the various books and people in her way.
"I thought I had got rid of her," he mumbled, just loud enough for Hermione to hear.
"Draco!" Astoria said coming up to him, "what are you doing with her again? Draco I told you that your father wouldn't like to know you have been conversing with mudbloods." As he did every time Astoria came within a few of him Malfoy changed his posture, his voice and his eyes. He threw up the wall behind them and Hermione couldn't see any emotion coming from them anymore. He stood up and pulled her close.
"You know I have to Astoria, you know it's my job."
"Yes, well…" Astoria said, "you know everyone's talking about her today about how they all feel so sorry for her. If you asked me I would say that it's a good thing that weasel cheated on her." Hermione heart stopped as she listened to the conversation. She stopped writing trying to catch her breath. "He may be a blood traitor but he is a pure-blood and we don't want his blood to be tainted with a mudbloods. You never know, this might bring her down a few notches. She might finally remember her place and realise that she will never be as good as us."
Hermione looked up at Malfoy who's jaw hid tightened but he didn't say anything he just stood there. His arms around Astoria in silence. Hermione stuffed her things in her bag and rushed past the pair, knocking Malfoy into his girlfriend. She heard a tinkling 'I think she heard me' and then a laugh before she rushed from a library and right into Ginny.
"Mione, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Malfoy, I was stupid to think he would ever change!" she grabbed her two best friends and marched them into the great hall for lunch where they sat in their normal space.
"What's he done?" Ginny asked.
"Being Malfoy," Hermione said, slamming her fork down on the table, "oh I would like to take this fork and…"
"Ok Mione," harry said slowly, prising the fork from her hand. She let go instantly.
"I'm sorry, I just, I don't get him. One minute he's ok and the next he's being a complete and utter idiot."
"Who are we taking about?" Dean asked as he walked up to them with Neville and Luna. Instead of going to sit with her house she sat down next to Hermione.
"Malfoy," Hermione said angrily.
"Is he not being nice anymore?" Luna asked shocked.
"No he is not."
"Oh, that's a surprise," she replied in her dreamy voice.
"I expected it from the start," Dean said as he chomped on a sandwich, "I mean, he's been weird this year hasn't he. He doesn't say anything. He just sits there staring into space, was only a matter of time before he snapped back."
"Yeah he's just trying to show the ministry that they didn't make a mistake letting him off. I give it till the end of the year, once he leaves he will be back to his old tricks again," Seamus said as he slid in next to them and caught the thread of their conversation.
The hall went silent instantly and the group turned to see the commotion. Ron stood in the doorway being supported by Lavender. Hermione instantly looked away and started playing with her food. There was no noise as the pair walked through the hall and over to where the group was sitting. He reached them and everyone looked down at their food.
"Harry mate, can I sit?" Harry didn't say anything put a piece of pasta in his mouth and chewed it slowly. Ron seemed to catch on and he and Lavender walked away to sit at the furthest end of the table.
"Harry," Hermione whispered when the chatter had started increase again, "you should have said something."
"No, Mione, he's not sitting anywhere near us until he drops that leach and says sorry to you."
"Harry's right Hermione," Dean said, "he deserves whatever he gets." A loud shout sent all eyes looking back towards Ron and Lavender.
"PRAVATI!" she shouted, "COME BACK!" Pravati sailed down the isle and sat in-between Dean and Seamus reaching over towards Hermione.
"I am so sorry for what she has done to you. If I had known…"
"It's fine don't worry about it. How come you're not sitting with them?"
"Lavender and I had an argument earlier and she told me that I was just as bad as everyone else and I didn't deserve to be her friend," she shrugged. "She says that to me and she expects me to forgive her that quickly."
They all ate their lunch slowly, soaking up the hour and a half they had on a Sunday. Around halfway through the food Ginny pointed upwards at a number of owls that had flown into the hall.
"But we had post at breakfast." They all landed one by one and dropped letters that were piling up in front of Hermione. She spread them out in front of her friends and told them to start opening. Before anyone could even pick up a letter Lavender let out a shrill squeak. The owl that had just dropped a letter in front of Hermione (and the one that was in Ginny's hand) had dropped a second one in front of Ron.
"Ron's got a howler!" Dean said gleefully rubbing his hands together. The group watched as Ron tentatively opened the letter and jumped back as Mrs Weasly's voice boomed through the hall.
The howler burst into flames in front of Ron and fell to the table in a pile of ash. Ginny instantly pushed the letter she held in her hand towards Hermione.
"It's mums writing." She tore it open and began to read it aloud.
"Hermione, I hope you are ok dear. I am sending you a basket of homemade cookies in the evening post. They are still in the oven. I am so sorry for what my son has done to you and I hope you know that no matter what happens you will always be welcome in our house. You are as much a daughter to me as Ginny is and that will never change even if Ron can't quite see just how special you are. Arthur sends his love and tells you well done for that spell, it must have been very powerful to break through his shield charm. Love Mrs Weasly." Tears welled in her eyes again as she put the letter in her bag.
"See Mione," Ginny said, "its Ron that's done wrong, and everyone still loves you." She smiled slightly and started ripping open the letters that lay in front of her.
They all held letters from well wishers and some, like Mr Weasly, had congratulated her on the power of her stunning spell. There were a couple from Ron fans telling her that it was about time but Luna burnt those using her wand. All in all it was a very good lunch and by dinner Hermione was in better spirits. Ron didn't try to sit with them but instead kept to the end of the table with Lavender. Hannah Abbot and Padma Patel even joined them so the group at the Griffindor table turned out to have more than just Griffindors sitting at it.
The cookies from Mrs Weasly came shortly after they had finished pudding and there was a lot more than Hermione had expected. Hermione wrote a short thank you note back and made her way back to the common room. In the end she decided that she couldn't eat them all on their own and so all the girls ended up making the decision to stay in Hermione's room that night and eat them with her.
Hermione entered her room with the girls to find a large bouquet of Cali Lilies sitting on her bed. Pravati, Padma and Hannah gasped as Hermione picked it up.
"Are they from Ron?" Hannah asked. They couldn't be from Ron. Ron was never this romantic. Ginny seemed to have the same idea.
"Ron would never think of something like that," she scoffed, "unless he really has come to his senses." Hermione read the note that lay next to it. 'I'm sorry.' The Y was curled around itself at the end.
"It's not Ron, this isn't his writing, and anyway if it was he would leave his name so that I knew it was him." Ginny bounded up to her.
"They didn't leave a name?"
"No. But I've seen this writing before." It clicked in her head instantly. She dropped the flowers on the bed and rushed to her trunk where she opened the first lock. She pulled out the layer of clothes that hadn't fit into the wardrobe and pulled out Romeo and Juliet.
"Surly not," Ginny whispered. Hermione slipped out the first note and compared them. She sat down slowly on the bed as the stared at the writing. They were the same. Ginny looked at her and Hermione replied very slowly.
"They are the same."
"What is the same Hermione?" Luna asked.
"The writing its, the same. Draco Malfoy sent me the flowers.


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Kuressaare Nooruse Majutus
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Nooruse Majutus offers comfortable family-run accommodations near the sea in Kuressaare, a short walk away from the downtown core and the castle park. The Nooruse Majutus is located in a quiet residential neighborhood and surrounded by ample greenery.
Nooruse Majutus is the ideal stopover for visitors seeking relaxing moments and quality accommodations. There is a separate entrance for the guests.
We offer accommodations for 8 people in four twin rooms.
There is a balcony-equipped common area that has a refrigerator, microwave, electric kettle, toaster, as well as clean dishes.
Enjoy a morning jog in the health park down the street or a 15-minute walk to the beach and the spas. The prime tourist destination, the Kuressaare Castle, is only a pleasant 10-minute walk away. If you're the adventurous type, pick one of our four bicycles, and go for a ride around Saaremaa (10 EUR per day ).
The adjacent Nooruse park is popular for its many quaint trails and a great place to enjoy the sounds of nature or go for a jog.
Sat-TV and WiFi.
Parking is available in a secure yard. We are open year-round.
We look forward to your arrival and wish you a wonderful stay in Nooruse Majutus.
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The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate! Despite being a month away, it's never too early to start planning for a holiday party. Planning in advance gives you the opportunity to add decorative details that make a party go from great, to fabulous!
The 4th is the perfect day to spend with friends and family…whether it's at a barbecue or relaxing by the pool, we have tips to celebrate this patriotic holiday in style. Here at Kirkland's, we have patriotic décor and entertaining supplies to help you throw the perfect 4th of July blow out!
Americana Decorations:
What's a party without decorations?! Kirkland's has great 4th of July decorations to fulfill all of your decorating needs!
Stars and Stripes Americana Pennant Banner:
This burlap pennant hangs perfectly on walls, fireplaces, or balconies and shows off your patriotism.
Rooster Utensil Holders:
Rather than leaving your plastic ware out on the table, turn it into a display! Use red, white and blue painted mason jars to hold all of your utensils.
Glory American Flag Plaque:
Who says you can't have patriotic wall décor year round? With this plaque you can show off your rustic Americana style in any room of the house during any season!
Refreshing Beverages:
Every summer party needs a refreshing drink to help your guests cool off. You can even make red, white and blue beverages! We're loving this patriotic drink recipe from blogger, Pacen's Mom, at http://bit.ly/1pFo1Lg.
You'll need:
Diet 7-Up
Blue Gatorade Frost
Cranberry Juice
Ice Cubes
1.) Fill the glass or drink dispenser with ice.
2.) Pour in the cranberry juice.
3.) Pour in the blue Gatorade Frost. You MUST pour it onto some of the ice cubes or the juice will mix!
4.) Pour in the Diet 7-Up (Also pour onto ice cubes).
TIP: Use beverage dispensers and mason jars for cups to add flare!
Patriotic Recipes:
Those hot summer days always make me crave fresh fruit! These recipes are tasty and red, white and blue!
Fruit Skewers:
These skewers are easy to make and a healthy treat! This recipe is from blogger, Simple Girl, at http://bit.ly/1p6MG91.
You'll need:
16 Skewer Sticks
Mini Marshmallows
Skewers 1-7:
- Place 7 blueberries on the skewer than alternate marshmallows and raspberries.
Skewers 8-16:
- Alternate 7 raspberries and 6 marshmallows, beginning and ending with a raspberry.
Tip: You can opt for cut strawberries and bananas instead of raspberries and marshmallows!
Very Berry Trifle:
We came upon a great 4th of July recipe from blogger, Saving with Shellie, at http://bit.ly/1jQSIFp. This recipe is tasty and red, white and blue all over!
You'll need:
1 C. Sugar
½ C. Butter, softened
2 Eggs
1 ½ C. Flour
2 tsp. Baking Powder
½ C. Milk
2 tsp. Vanilla
Whipped Cream
2 lb. Fresh Strawberries
4 Pints of Fresh Blueberries
Containers for Berry Trifle
1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3.) Pour batter into greased and lightly floured 9×13 baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
2.) Combine sugar, butter, vanilla, milk and eggs and mix well. Stir in flour and baking powder. Mix well.
4.) Place cake in fridge for a few hours to cool.
5.) Once the cake is cool, remove it from the baking dish and cut into small chunks and set aside. Next, rinse your berries and slice the strawberries.
6.) Begin layering your cups. Start with a layer of cake; next add the strawberry slices, then a layer of whipped cream and finally a layer of blueberries. Repeat.
7.) Top with whipped cream and some extra fruit.
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One out of every three crashes in northeastern Ontario involves wildlife. Collisions occur most often in moose or deer habitat such as forested areas and waterways. This impacts cottagers and those of us who own rural property, as our property is generally located within forested areas. Moose and deer cross roads for a wide variety of reasons, several times a year. Most of the time, they want to get to another area of their habitat. Hunting and mating season are also popular times for deer and moose movement.
Traffic collisions involving wildlife are so prevalent and dangerous that the Ministry of Transportation is undertaking special measures in some parts of cottage country. Installing fences and highway lighting, posting warning signs and draining the salty ponds that form near the sides of the highways (moose and deer love to lick the salt off the highways during the winter) are just some of the measures that are being taken.
Along Hwy 540 in Manitoulin Island are reflectors where, when headlights shine on them, they are supposed to emulate a wolf's eyes and startle away the deer.
Just south of Sudbury on Hwy 69 there is a 12 km stretch of highway with high fences keeping the animals off the highway and directing them to specified crossings such as river banks beneath bridges and overpasses.
Despite the Ministry's best efforts, the chance of driving into a deer or a moose is quite high, especially in northern Ontario cottage country. Here is some fairly standard advice to help avoid traffic accidents with wildlife:
1. Avoid dusk and dawn – most wildlife collisions occur then;
2. Slow down – if a deer darts in front of you, assume there are more (they travel together);
3. Scan the road – use your high beams for the best visibility (look for the glowing eyes of animals); and,
4. Brake – if the animal is standing on the road hit the brakes but DO NOT swerve – it could result in a more serious collision.
Deer crossing signs are there to warn you that deer are often present in the area – take them seriously, it is not just your life at risk.
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Hi, everyone. Sorry for being away for so long. Had a lot of things to take care of.
Yeah, its been years since I last wrote my main fic. Here are the summaries / Links:
Series 1: Meet former Team Rocket grunt, Black Jack, the veteran pokemon trainer who prefers smashing heads and drinking beer rather than be a pokemon champion. If you want action, this is the one fanfic you wanna read! Link removed
Series 2: Black Jack returns to make another Impact! This time, he has a better reason, other than to crack skulls. He teams up with his new ally Ash Ketchum on a new adventure in the Orre Region, where a new and mysterious criminal organisation intends to wreck havoc everywhere. Link removed
Series 3: Five years ago, a criminal organisation called Team Dark crumbled at the hands of Black Jack, Ash and others. Now, Black Jack and his niece, Alice, travel around the world, looking for new adventures. As much as fighting new enemies comes as no surprise, Black Jack discovers something new (or old) about himself. Link removed
Series 4: Sometime after Black Jack split away from his niece to look for answers, a new pokemon battling event has been announced as The Tag Team Terror (Triple T Tournament for short). With Alice teaming up with her friends Keith and Jerry, BJ sought partnership from two of his old allies, with suspicions behind the truth of this event. Link removed
And thats all I got. The thing I got on my mind right now is that Ive been thinking about starting over, change a number of things here but still make the story, well, relatable to this, plot-wise. But what do you think I should do? Continue or reboot?


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It's obvious that Jimmy Raye is not the long term solution for us at OC. His offensive schemes are tired and he is not capable of making the adjustments necessary to combat a better team.
It didn't seem like it at first given the quick hook he gave JTO and Mike Martz, but it seems like Singletary is loyal to "his guys" to a fault. He's given Shaun Hill a very long hook, not even giving Alex Smith a chance in the 4th quarter of a blowout game. He's hired all of his Chicago buddies.
If things go less than stellar and Jimmy Raye's head is on the chopping block, will Singletary swing the axe? How long will Singletary stick with Raye if things aren't working out? Will he hold onto Raye to the point where his job might be in jeopardy? Is there anyone who is capable of telling Singletary that he is making bad decisions? In my opinion, it seems like he has too much control given his lack of experience.
What we have is a 2007-era Hostler offense with a much improved defense. Shaun Hill is kind of like Trent Dilfer with fewer turnovers. We saw what happened when our defense ran into a team fresh off a bye week (which I don't think is being mentioned enough), so our offense was thrust into the spotlight and HAD to perform to stay in the game. Our defense actually played pretty well for the first two series. It wasn't until the offense and special teams started turning over the ball that we got into a pickle.
The Yorks have shown a willingness to stick with a HC rather than pull the trigger fast IE Dan Snyder. Sings job is safe for 2-3 years no matter what happens with Raye.


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text: On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:08:53AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:22:35PM -0700, Nick Jennings wrote: > > all fine and well, except I cannot figure out how > > to set LILO to boot the hurd. > > That's still fine and well. use GRUB. > > Lilo is the LInux LOader. > > Marcus Ah, GRUB, ok. Now, Im running LILO on my Master Boot Record. So how do I install GRUB without screwing up LILO? Do I Install GRUB on the HURD partition and somehow tell lilo to run GRUB? or should I put them BOTH on their respective partitions & then use a 3rd party booter (Such as DocsBoot) to boot either partition?


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Melvin J. Ballard
Melvin J. Ballard was born 9 Feb. 1873, at Logan, UT. He was ordained an apostle 7 Jan. 1919, by Heber J. Grant, at Salt Lake City, UT, at the age of 45. Elder Ballard passed away on the 30th of July, 1939, at Salt Lake City, UT.Source
Writings and Publications:
Source: Joseph Fielding Smith, Essentials in Church History (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, UT: 18th Ed. 1963) Appendix, page 700.)


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Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland Scores Animated Short Film Starring Basketball Star Chris Bosh (WATCH NOW)
When he's not giving Fred Durst an injection of credibility by infusing Limp Bizkit songs with a dose of spazzed-out riffery, guitarist Wes Borland is taking on other projects, like, uh, scoring an animated short film featuring Chris Bosh, a member of the Miami Heat who is not LeBron James or D. Wade.
It's a strange and creepy intergalactic cartoon and they even use the word "dingleberry." No, we're not kidding. Not the standard stuff of Saturday mornings, but certainly a strange trip, indeed.
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**warning I was a CARROT when I wrote this sigh**
but I'm not embarrassed, because this is just a remind of how far I've come as a writer and this was really how I got started.
I have gone through and edited out most of the carrot jokes and Kevin and stuff, but just know this was one of my first stories and it is certainly not my best.
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"You spoiled little brat! You and your sister ruined my life!" My horrible step dad Walter yelled as he chased my little sister Ella around the room. He was holding a long, wooden cane that he beat me with before. Would he take it out on little Ellie? He'd never really hit her before, mostly yelling at her. She was crying and running around the room to avoid him. I had tears in my eyes just watching.
Save her, stop him, A voice in my head whispered. Save her!
Finally, I stood up and ran towards them in agony, since my leg had been hit relentlessly by Walter earlier.
"You leave her alone!" I yelled at him, quickly rushing over and standing in front of Ellie, my nickname for Ella, protectively. I was scared out of my mind really, but I refused to let him win this time. I had to be brave for Ella.
"Oh, so now it's Miss Megan to the resuce!" He said sarcastically, a wicked smile on his face. His smile was cold and threatening, making me cringe. Maybe this was the end. I was going to die. At least Ellie would be safe, right? I slowly backed up, Walter's eyes piercing into mine. They were full of evil. Fear was spreading through my whole body as I felt the wall behind me. I felt Ellie behind me, and saw that she was shaking. Poor girl didn't deserve any of this.
"Ellie, shh, it'll be okay." I tried to tell her, but Walter just laughed.
"Okay?! Okay!" He laughed again. his laugh sending chills down my spine. "Not everybody gets a happy ending in life, Megan. You clearly don't deserve one!" He was about to swing at me till I looked over to my right and saw a vase on a bookcase. It'd have to do. I quickly grabbed it and swung it, crashing it over his head, glass breaking and leaving a large cut on his forehead. He felt his forehead after stumbling a bit. He cursed under his breath as he saw that the red liquid seeping through his fingers. "You little -"
"LANGUAGE!" I yelled and quickly scopped my six year old sister in my arms. I didn't want her cursing anytime soon and tried to set a good example when no one else would. I ran up to my room. I had so many memories. I quickly touched my blue and pink bedding, my soft white pillows, and looked at the books on my bookcase. My stepdad had plenty of money, being a business man and all, so he let me decorate my room. Mum helped but, I never really saw her much. She was a lawyer, never really having time to spend time with us. I didn't care. I reached under my bed and picked up the suitcases I packed in advance. Finally, I had enough.
"Meg," I heard my little sister's tear choked voice. I stopped putting our tolietries in the bags and looked into her big brown eyes. She traced her little hands along a small scar on my face and I smoothed out her curly brown hair. "No more?"
I knew immediately what she was talking about. She meant no more pain. No more tears. No more restless nights when Ella would be clinging onto her teddy bear, crying her eyes out.
"No more." I promised her, and looked in my jewlery box where I saved over 500 pounds (about 790 American dollars) for when we finally decided to run away. I showed her 2 tickets to a One Direction signing.
We were going to meet Liam, my older brother that I never met.
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Megan Payne is Liam Payne's younger sister. Yes, the Liam Payne of One Direction. Sounds pretty cool, right? Not exactly. She's never even met her brother. He doesn't even know she exists. Her life without her brother was hard. Maybe if Liam didn't...
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About Mount Everest Restaurant
Located in the heart of Berkeley, Mount Everest Restaurant offers authentic, organic, delicious Indian and Napalese cuisine. Enjoy watching your food be prepared in our open kitchen, where we pay attention to every detail while cooking you the best Indian food in town. Come in and see for yourself! Currently taking online reservations for dinner served daily.
Berkeley, CA 94704
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Indian, Nepalese
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Daily: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
Dinner: Daily: 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM.
Cross Street:
Parker St.
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(510) 843-3951
Executive Chef:
Kesar Thapa
Private Party Contact:
Deepak: (510) 843-3951
Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Outdoor dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Mount Everest Restaurant Ratings and Reviews
It has been several years since I last ate at this restaurant. I had enjoyed it very much in the past. This time the food was simply awful. There was little flavor, even the naan was horrid. I will not be back and would certainly not recommend it to anyone. The one edible item was the Samosa.
This was our first time at Mt. Everest, and we had an excellent experience!
We got our table quickly, staff was very friendly and attentive, and the food was excellent. The tandoori chicken was spectacular. Very moist, very flavorful, and not too spicy.
We'll go back soon.
The food, background music, and motif really set the stage for a wonderful "Himalayan" feast. The service was excellent as was all of the freshly prepared offerings ranging from no hot spice to very hot; your choice. Also great for kids since they can make the dishes not overly spiced. Had a memorable dinner before "The Berkeley Playhouse" showing of "Bridges: The Musical" (also 5* by the way). Try both of them for a perfect night out!
Chicken Momo dumplings were excellent and 8 is plenty for $10, good value.
Lamb Korma was fantastic, incredible flavor from the blended spices and long simmer.
Special deep fried zucchini appetizer was pretty good but wouldn't order again.
Palak Paneer a big miss! Frozen spinach in a watery tomato type sauce (a dull dark green color) and homemade cheese curd was not flavorful. Couldn't get past the nasty stringy frozen spinach taste and texture... not the beautiful bright green and creamy type we expected.
A lot of the dishes are similar to things I've seen at Indian places, but several were quite novel. The beverages were very good, especially the spiced ginger-lime and rose-berry-lemon coolers. The Kukhura Ko Sekuwa (a tandoori chicken dish) and the Malai Kofta were also particularly good. Also, the honey naan is interesting -- having something a bit sweet is a nice counter-balance to the spicy food. Everything was very reasonably priced, given the size of the dishes.
This is a great place to go for authentic Nepalese and Indian cuisine-- all the dishes that we tried were delicious and well-flavored! I have spent months before living in different parts of India, and can say that everything here is quite comparable (and the Nepalese chicken momos are a must to try).
The restaurant is well decorated, and the service was excellent- servers were responsive and accommodating to our tastes. We came early during a quiet evening, hence the restaurant wasn't noisy at all.
Although this restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside, it's a real gem. The inside is decorated nicely, and the servers are friendly and accommodating. But it's really the food that stands out -- it's really great! My friend and I tried that Nepali specialities, and they didn't disappoint. I can't wait to bring my family here the next time we're in Berkeley!
We booked a reservation last minute via open table for 10 people. When we arrived the restaurant was already busy and they seemed surprised when we were there but quickly jumped into gear setting up a large table. The service was excellent, the food arrived was very good and arrived quickly. We had a lovely evening, we would definitely go back if we are in the Berkeley area.
My chicken dumplings were good, but my companions' dishes were lacking in substance; a few small pieces of meat floating in sauce.
The service was poor in that my dish arrived after my husband finished his, I ended up bringing half of mine home. I think the worst part is the poor ventilation; my hair and sweater stank of pungent spices and oil, I ended up washing my cloth and took a shower even after driving home with my window down in the cold night air to get rid of the smell. Though the spices tasted and smelled good while eating, I didn't want to smell like my dinner. More candles or better lighting; we had to use our iPhone to read the menu.
Indian food in the Bay Area has been getting much better in the last few years, and this place is raising the bar even higher. The "Kurauni Jhinge" special (prawns with milky almond coconut gravy) was extraordinary, and the Navratan Korma was rich and flavorful. The special naan (stuffed with coconut, cashew, raisin and cherry) was light, yummy, and crispy with no burnt spots, and the drinks (a lemonade and a lassi) were delicious and as beautiful as fancy cocktails.
The food was good but the portions are so small its disappointing and you can easily forget how good the food is because you're done in a couple of bites. Nothing else notable about this restaurant to comment on. Hope they will read the reviews and improve on the portions.
We were attending a concert nearby and needed a meal in the South Campus area. This restaurant appeared on Open Table and we decided to give it a try. We were surprised at the quality of service and the food. The staff was genuinely welcoming and very attentive. The diners were a mix of students, families and older couples such as us. We found the food to our liking, not spicy but tasty and well-prepared. Service was prompt and attention to detail was evident. We will return to try other items on the menu.
We took my niece there after her nurse pining ceremony and we had a blast. The waiter was awesome and the food was "off the hook". They had tons of vegan options which was great because both of my nieces are vegan. We will go back again, we highly recommend Mount Everest Restaurant.
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Sturrock Happy With Points.
Sturrock said: 'I've got a lot of young players and I am pleased for them - we've got a point. It's been a tussle, but my boys have stuck their head in, stuck their foot in and worked very hard. It wasn't an epic, it wasn't a classic, it was not for the purist, but at the end of the day we will take the point and get back up the road.'
He also admitted his return to Plymouth was not an easy one and that the players were very unhappy with the penalty decision awarded against them.
'The fans were very appreciative, but a win would have been nice,' and 'I have got a lot of disgruntled players in there because of their thoughts on the penalty. I can't say anything about the referee, so we'll leave it at that. But Plymouth did have a couple of chances. They hit the post and the bar.'


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The start of a new year is the ideal time for new beginnings and adventures.
This isn't just a cliché, I really believe that it's an amazing chance to start something in life – and I have a great idea for something that can change your life 🙂
After many weeks of pondering {and many inquiries I got by e-mail and Facebook}, I decided it's time to write a post explaining how to easily start a WordPress blog.
This guide will explain how to start a WordPress blog step by step – all that you have to do is follow the easy instructions and in less than 15 minutes you'll have a corner of your own online!
My blog changed my life and allowed me to work at a job I love, just before I lost hope.
Before I'll explain how to start a successful blog quickly and easily, it is important for me to tell the circumstances that led me to open my own blog. I'm sharing this story not so you will feel sorry for me, but to inspire you to take the first step toward self-realization and a life you can be proud of every morning.
It was important for me to write this guide because I truly believe there is no reason for people to live a boring life, without satisfaction from their job.
A life in which you have to go to your 9 to 5 job every day just to wait to get home from the moment you get there.
A whole life in which you spend your time waiting for weekends, holidays and vacations to arrive – just because you want to escape the routine that you've fallen into, because you did not make sure to pave the way that suits YOU.
I promise you it can be different – you can live differently!
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So how did it all start?
Two and a half years ago I made the biggest change in my life.
I left my hometown, Jerusalem, the place I had known all my life, and moved to the most isolated city in Israel – Eilat.
It was right after I graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and got my bachelor's degree in business administration and communications cum laude, and I decided to put an end to the long-distance relationship with Daniel, who moved to Eilat a year and a half before following a job offer.
You know how it is… What won't you do for love?
It wasn't easy at all – being separated from my family, friends and all that was safe and familiar to me all my life.
Until then my life path was planned in detail… like everyone else in Israel I graduated high school, went to the army {yep, it's mandatory even for girls!}, finished with the Israeli SAT test, traveled to South America and studied in university what I thought would help me achieve my dream job in marketing or journalism.
Then boom, the whole route planned changed in one phone call when Daniel informed me that he will have to move to Eilat for at least five years.
I remember that call as a total shock, completely out of the blue – after all, what do I have to do with Eilat?
I was in the middle of graduate school, but it was clear from the first second that as soon as I finished my studies I would move in with Daniel.
And that is exactly what happened – I packed everything up and moved to the most remote city in the country.
As someone quite pessimistic by nature, I was relatively optimistic when it came to finding a job in the city. After all, I had just finished my bachelor's degree and I thought it would give me some advantage in finding a job.
You can say that I was certainly wrong – not only that it's not easy to find rewarding job after even after receiving a degree {no matter where are}, in Eilat – a city that's mainly based on tourism, most jobs ranged from working in a hotel and waiting tables at a restaurant.
So I was a waitress in a few places and worked in a good position at one of the big hotels in Eilat, but it just wasn't it. Each job there made me feel drained out when I got home and left me with a feeling most people probably know – "I hate my job!".
This was the worst year of my life – I couldn't find myself, I felt like I wasn't taking advantage of my full potential and I was literally stuck at the end of the world.
Then came the enlightenment that changed everything.
I really don't remember where exactly I got the idea to start a blog, but from the second I started dealing with it, it became clearer that this is exactly what will make my life much happier.
Wow – I was definitely right!
I started the HEDONISTIT blog a year and a half ago, just when I started working at a small marketing company in Eilat. Half a year later I got my first job as a freelancer {thanks to this very blog!} and decided to leave my job and become independent and self-employed.
Today, I work from home, my daily schedule is much more flexible {I get up whenever I want to and work hours that are best for me}, I have the freedom to travel whenever I want {without asking for anyone's permission!} and I get to cover things that I really love for my blog – I really love my life!
A lot of people play around with the idea of starting a blog but don't really know for what purpose, and if there's even room for them on the Internet. Many also shy away from writing blogs because they think they must be familiar with programming languages or other technical things in order to operate a blog.
Let me tell you one thing – anyone can start a blog! Starting a blog is much more simple than people think and there's no need to know HTML, CSS or other things that sound like gibberish to you. I have no knowledge regarding these things and you can agree with me that my blog looks pretty good 😉
Secondly – I believe that everyone has a story, so anyone can start an interesting blog that will inspire others. You can start the blog as a hobby {and after a few months find out that you can make a nice amount of money from it, and who knows, you might even be able to quit your day job}, and if you're independent or a small shop owner, you should definitely start a blog to help promote your business!
Three basic terms you should know if you're planning on starting a blog :
Hosting – Websites are built from various computer files {text, images, videos, etc.}. In order for these files to appear on the internet, you need to have a server with a super-fast internet connection which will store all of your files. If this sounds a bit complicated, think about it this way – hosting online is actually like a house that you rent to keep your belongings protected and available at all times. The good news is that unlike the regular rental of property – online hosting is actually really cheap!
Domain – A domain address is in fact the name you choose for your website. If hosting is your home, then the domain is the address of the house 🙂 For example, my domain is: www.hedonistit.com.
WordPress – WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. This system is great for blogs, business websites and online stores {even APPLE chose them!}.
Bluehost is one of the leading companies in recent years to host websites. One of the reasons that that so many people chose to host their website with them is because they allow starting an independent blog with a very low cost and they provide reliable hosting services.
But why is it even worth creating a website that requires payment with wordpress.org, when you can start a free blog through WordPress.com or Blogger?
Like many things in life, sometimes free things end up costing us a lot of money.
There are many reasons why it's worth investing some money and getting a completely independent website :
Domain – If you choose to start a blog with one of the free systems, you won't be able to choose your own domain address and you'll have to use a long and messy sub-domain address instead {instead of .com it will end, for example, like blogspot.co.il}. Not only does it really suck, it also appears less serious and quite childish.
Ownership – With free systems the ownership of the website is the system's, rather than yours {even though the content is yours}. If the system decides that you're violating the site's policy in any way, your blog will be deleted without warning. Moreover, even if your site is successful and you'll be able to make money from it at some point with advertising – the system won't allow it.
Design – Design is one of the most important things on the website, not only does it look good – it also provides a much more pleasant browsing experience. In most free systems, you can't choose a design template, and in the systems that you can – there aren't many options and they're quite unattractive.
If you want to start a website the right way – go for an independent website. A few dollars a month won't make you poor, but an independent blog can certainly give you a lot of money.
Did I convince you that a free blog sucks? Great, then I already saved you future frustration…
Okay, okay, but why you should choose Bluehost and not a different hosting company after all of my searches online?
- It's recommended by many bloggers and websites in the field.
- Like I said – it's very cheap!! Bluehost allows you to build a completely independent website at the cost of a few dollars a month {and if you sign up to Bluehost through my link only you'll receive a very special discount!}
- Bluehost's hosting package includes a FREE domain {saves you $15}.
- It's very easy to use {and my guide makes it even easier!}.
- They have excellent customer service – at the beginning I had some questions regarding the use of their services and they answered quickly and professionally.
- If you signed up for Bluehost and decided that you're not happy with it, you can get your money back within 30 days.
If you got here after this long intro, you definitely want to start a blog! Yay – so exciting!! 🙂
So come on, let's get to the point here…
Click here to start a blog and progress step by step according to the guide I wrote below.
If you decided to sign up to Bluehost and you find something that confuses you even after this guide {how the pricing works, which plan to choose or anything else}, don't hesitate to send me an email and we'll get through this together I have a lot of experience with it and that's exactly why I'm here for!
1. Choose A Plan
You should choose the most basic plan, this is the most recommended plan for bloggers and you can always upgrade the plan when you want {and pay the difference}.
2. Choose A Domain Name
This is the most important step in my opinion since it's your blog's name. Your domain should represent your blog's topic and your style. Try to choose something catchy that will be easy for people to type.
When I chose the name for my blog I wanted to explain the essence of the blog with one word – a lifestyle guide for the good life. Hedonism is self-indulgence and the pursuit of pleasure, and that's why I thought that Hedonistit {the female version of an hedonist in Hebrew} is the perfect name for my blog.
Notice that there are domains that have already been taken by other people – Bluehost will offer you a different name if the one you chose is already taken, or they will suggest you change the domain ending.
You can check if your desired domain address in available in the bar below
Like I already said, Bluehost gives a bonus of a free domain for one when purchasing a package of 12 months or more.
3. Create Your Account
On this page, you need to fill in your personal information and then choose for what period of time you want your website to be hosted on Bluehost. Web hosting on Bluehost is already super cheap – but since a very large community of aspiring bloggers grew around the HEDONISTIT blog, I decided to contact Bluehost and ask if they are willing to give a special discount for my readers – and what do you know, they agreed! The price you get if you buy your hosting through my link is 50% less than on the price list!!
To get the best price you should choose the 36-month plan. Besides saving money, you won't have to deal with your blog renewal every year – and trust me, you really don't want to forget to renew your membership…
If you don't want to commit to a long-term plan {although you should take into account that this is not a Catholic wedding and you can always change your mind and get a refund…}, choose the short plan and leave yourself a reminder for a date you'll have to renew your subscription in case you would like to. Although the price is a bit higher, it's still very cheap, especially considering the fact that you get a free domain for one year.
If you choose to go for the 12-month plan, it will cost you around 60$ per year, and if you choose the 36-month plan it will cost around 118$ for 3 years – it's really worth the price!
Bluehost offers additional services at an additional cost of a few dollars a month – you don't really need most of the. Remove the V mark from all of them, except for the section 'Domain Privacy Protection' which secures your private information.
Now all you have to do is choose the payment method – credit card or through Paypal, accept the terms of use and click on 'Submit'.
4. Install WordPress On Bluehost
Now comes the moment of truth – it's time to open your WordPress blog!
Until now, everything was very simple and understandable, right?
At this point, Bluehost does almost all of the work for you, a few more simple steps and you're there!
>> Go into your email and open what you got from Bluehost, click on the link and it will open a new page.
>> Click on the orange icon on top of where it says 'Install WordPress".
>> On the next screen, choose the domain address you created for the website.
>> That's it, you got to the last stage – it's time to choose a username and password for your WordPress site. It's very important to choose a username and password that are difficult to hack and that are secure {a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters}. Mark the square next to 'Automatically create a new database for this installation' and then click on 'Install'.
On the next screen you'll find the login information to your website – Keep it in a safe place!!
You did it! You have a brand-new blog on WordPress!!
Click on the address you received in the previous screen {'Installed to'}, type in your username and password – and you're in!
What now?
I'm so glad you asked! 🙂
The next step is to find the right design for your blog – a one that will best reflect your personal style.
You can find several free design themes on WordPress – just click on the 'Appearance' on the left side menu when you are logged into your WordPress website and click on 'Themes', then activate whichever one you liked most.
But if you want that your site will REALY pop out – you should make a one-time investment and buy a unique and less generic theme. My favorite site for WordPress themes is themeforest – they have a huge selection starting from as low as 20$.
Take the time to find the one that will make your heart skip a beat
For my step by step guide to choosing the perfect and right design template for your new blog click here!
Tell me in the comments what made you decide to start a blog and what you are going to write about. Don't forget to add a link to your new blog so I can also follow too!
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Palestinians call it their "nuclear option" – the threat to collapse the Palestinian Authority and force Israel and the international community to assume full responsibility for the running of the Occupied Territories.
Senior Palestinian officials are saying this could be one of the consequences of President Mahmoud Abbas's decision not to seek re-election in next January's Palestinian elections. Some have interpreted his move as a tactic to put pressure on the Obama Administration to toughen its dealings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Others are convinced he is serious about quitting.
One such believer is the senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, who told AFP Tuesday, "If President Abbas feels that his project of establishing a Palestinian state is in danger and that Israel wants to destroy the idea of a Palestinian state then I think he will not remain in the presidency."
In a televised address Nov. 5 Abbas bitterly criticized Israel's refusal to implement a settlement freeze and the U.S.'s apparent back tracking over the issue. The Palestinians refuse to restart peace talks unless there is a freeze and Israel recognizes the progress made in previous peace talks.
The threat to dissolve the Palestinian Authority has been made before. But the sense of frustration and anger among senior Palestinian politicians at the current impasse has rarely been so intense.
"If there is not going to be a Palestinian state then there is not going to be a Palestinian Authority, or the institutions of the Palestinian Authority," added Erekat.
The Palestinian Authority was set up in the early 1990's to manage the transition of the occupied territories towards greater Palestinian self government. Once the idea of creating a fully independent Palestinian state gathered momentum, the PA was assumed to be its government in waiting.
Today it administers the civilian government of the Palestinian population, including the payment of salaries to teachers and doctors and the provision of basic public services including security.
Could Peace Talks Persuade President Abbas to Stay?
Critics have long argued the PA allows Israel to continue its military occupation without having to shoulder the burden of running the day to day lives of the Palestinians. The PA is almost exclusively funded by foreign donations totaling more than $1 billion a year.
There are those who believe President Abbas could be persuaded to stay on in his post but only if there is a significant breakthrough in the peace process.
This puts additional pressure on the U.S. and added significance to Monday night's meeting between President Obama and Netanyahu. The absence of photographers in the Oval Office and the cancellation of press briefings all suggesting both men knew of the importance of their two-hour get together.
So far little is known about their discussion or whether President Obama won further concessions from Netanyahu that might make Abbas reconsider.
White House officials meanwhile say there are no plans for special envoy Sen. George Mitchell to return to the region.


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Extension Agent: Preparing your cowherd for winter
By Peter J. McGuill
Sept. 17, 2013 at 4:17 a.m.
The current daytime high temperatures are still in the mid-90s, and the air conditioner is begging for some relief. This doesn't seem like the best time to get ready for winter, does it?
Preparing for those cold and, hopefully, moist conditions requires a few months of effort now to make it through to spring with a healthy cow herd that is in good condition to birth and raise a healthy calf crop in 2014.
It is to be expected that cattle are going to shed a few pounds during the winter and drop at least one body condition score. With this in mind, now is a good time to evaluate your cowherd and adjust your feeding regimen to get them ready. Waiting to do this until the first cool front blows through may be too late.
The drought that we are only recently getting some relief from has taken its toll on cattle, and many are still struggling to reach a preferred body condition level. These thin cattle will need added attention to get them ready for winter.
There is no doubt that the recent rains that many received will provide some relief, however, supplemental feeding may still be required to bring them to a level of condition that is acceptable.
Utilizing cool season annual grasses looks to be a more promising endeavor this year than in 2012. We finally have some soil moisture, and a few more rains through the fall is all many will need to grow a good winter pasture. Oats, ryegrass and wheat are all good options, depending on your soil type, and legumes can be put in that discussion as another option to provide forage through the winter.
Annual ryegrass, a high-yielding, nutritious grass, is the most widely grown cool-season annual forage in the southern and southeastern U.S. It is adapted to most soils and tolerant of wet, poorly drained soils. Ryegrass is very responsive to N fertilization, with the peak growth occurring during the spring. Ryegrass produces forage that is high in nutritive value and, thus, provides excellent animal performance.
Oats and wheat are equally beneficial choices. These seeded annuals prefer a well-drained soil and tend to perform better than ryegrass in sandier soils and under drier conditions.
These grasses are more prone to develop leaf diseases under wet conditions as compared to rye but will outperform ryegrass if we don't continue to receive beneficial rainfall.
Regardless of your decision to plant winter forages, the health and nutritional wellbeing of your cowherd going into the cooler months should be addressed now, while you still have time to fix any deficiencies that they may have.
Peter J. McGuill is the Victoria County extension agent - ag and natural resources. Contact him at 361-575-4581 or email@example.com.


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Editor's note: This is Part Five of a series on climate and energy issues in Germany and Poland that could help inform policy discussions in Ohio and other parts of the United States. Kathiann M. Kowalski's recent research trip to Germany and Poland was made possible by a Transatlantic Media Fellowship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Part One: In Poland, efforts to rescue coal industry will likely come up short
Part Two: Restrictive new law will harm Poland's wind industry, advocates say
Part Three: In Poland, an Ohioan finds a parallel world on climate policy
Part Four: German utilities' clean-energy transition offers insights for Ohio
As policymakers in Ohio and elsewhere look to modernize their aging electric grid, concepts in Germany's changing energy system suggest how today's decisions can set the stage for a greater share of renewables and more energy security.
Almost a third of Germany's electricity already comes from renewable energy, primarily wind and solar power.
That's just over the 30 percent that grid operator PJM has said the regional grid —which includes Ohio and all or parts of a dozen other states — could already handle over the next decade. Yet it's still far below the 80 percent of renewables that current technologies could handle by 2050 in every region of the United States, according to a 2012 study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Nonetheless, as Germany pushes to move beyond its current level of renewables, the country faces challenges.
"We need to have a stable system where you can transport energy from the places where it's produced to the places where it's needed most," said Katharina Klein, an expert on energy, climate and digitalization who has previously served as an advisor for the German Association for Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).
"Expanding the grid is a very important thing," she continued. In her view, battery storage will also play a growing role.
"What's maybe equally important but almost forgotten is that we have to make our grid smarter," Klein added, "which means, on the local and regional level that our business companies need to invest in the infrastructure to make it smart enough to actually take into account renewable energy."
'Baseload is no longer needed'
Germany has committed to reducing its reliance on fossil fuels with a shift known as the Energiewende. The country sees the shift not only as "an important energy project, but also an important economic project," said spokesperson Beate Baron at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy in Berlin. "This of course can serve as a model for other countries as well."
Germany and other countries, including the United States, have traditionally operated their electric grids with the view that some amount of power would always be needed as "baseload" to meet constant demands placed upon the electric system, and additional power plants would ramp up or down as necessary to meet peak power needs.
Twenty-five years ago, coal and nuclear power provided the lion's share of the energy generated in both Germany and Ohio, and those energy sources likewise provided the bulk of baseload power.
That situation might not continue if Germany's shift towards renewables continues. Already, Baron noted, "there are hours of nearly 100 percent renewable electricity in the system."
Consequently, she said, "baseload is no longer needed." Otherwise, it could "block the grid."
In fact, when peak levels of wind and solar energy reached their highest levels, power plants cut prices dramatically. On rare occasions, prices actually fell into negative numbers — so that customers were being paid to use electricity.
Instead of the current system, Germany envisions using an "Electricity Market 2.0."
The system would move away from a capacity market focused primarily on supply-side resources to meet peak power. Rather, entities would make commitments to supply or use energy to balance the grid. And instead of running all the time, conventional fossil-fuel power plants would serve more to meet short-term needs and back-up capacity reserves.
Baron's statements mesh with analyses done in 2015 and 2016 by the Berlin-based think-tank Agora Energiewende. Under that group's models, wind and solar energy would provide the bulk of energy over a regional grid, with flexibility and smart retirement of conventional power plants helping to balance out the system.
Others questioned whether baseload might really be eliminated as a practical matter.
"I think there will still be some need" for baseload, said Christopher Engelmann at EnBW, one of Germany's four large utility companies. "But to what extent? I think you could debate that." In his view, coal-powered plants "may provide capacity markets and may also provide reactive power [for reserves], but it's not as reliable."
Nonetheless, the company has recently adopted a new business model focused heavily on wind power, along with grid services, electricity trading and constructing and decommissioning power plants.
After all, observed Jörg Jasper, also at EnBw, "One day renewable energies will be the conventional energies of the future."
'A focus on flexibility'
In order for the grid to function properly, the electricity being used at any moment must match the amount that's being supplied. Managing that is a delicate balancing act with conventional power, and the job gets more complex with variable sources of generation, such as wind and solar.
"The new power system needs to be very flexible to integrate [the] growing share of renewables," Baron said. "That includes smart technologies, demand-side management and also a very flexible power plant fleet [with an] ability to quickly ramp up and down."
"You can design a system with a lot of flexibility," agreed Stephanie Ropenus at Agora. "One of the options is the grid. You can use it basically for regional balancing." In her view, that includes selectively adding renewable energy.
For example, renewable energy might be fed into the grid at times when it's needed or stored in battery systems for later. Smart inverter technology to make that practical is already spreading in the United States and could lead to greater penetration of solar energy in markets there.
"Flexibility at a more local level" is another important feature for the grid, Ropenus said. When there is a lot of wind energy in the system, for example, customers in cold areas can run heat pumps or run processes that would take advantage of the ready supply in the system.
EnBW sees the need for flexibility as a potential profit center. Its management envisions offering smart solutions for maximizing energy usage, automated data collection and flexible responses to different conditions on the grid, and other services. "I think in the long run that's even the greater opportunity for us," said Jasper.
"And for that we need smart, flexible and adjustable IT platforms," Jasper added. "And it's what we will also be heavily invested in in the future."
Implications for Ohio
Ohio's actual share of electricity from renewable sources is far less than Germany's — only about two percent as of 2015. Yet the overall share of renewables in the United States' energy mix is increasing.
Although the United States is not likely to achieve the levels in Germany in the near future, renewables will catch up to and surpass coal by about 2040, according to the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook 2017, which was released on January 5.
Advocates such as Dick Munson at the Environmental Defense Fund are already calling for a modern grid to be designed for efficiency and a market-based system of generation that would be able to handle a larger share of renewables.
Coupling a modern grid with information technology and flexibility measures could also provide substantial gains in efficiency, Munson noted. For example, real-time energy usage data could lead to efficiency gains of 15 percent, he said.
Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has already indicated an interest in updating the state's electric grid. Grid modernization was one reason advanced by the PUCO in October when it allowed extra charges to prop up FirstEnergy's credit rating without requiring the company to use those funds specifically for any grid projects.
Regardless of what regulators ultimately decide in Ohio and other states, an updated grid will require large capital investments.
That raises the question of how to fairly design rates for an updated distribution grid — a situation that could rekindle attempts to undermine net metering in Ohio and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the situation in Germany is also not fully settled, but some trends are emerging, including the need for an expanded and modernized grid.
"What you could say…is that investing in renewable energies and in grid infrastructure brings you a steady return," Klein said.
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The really good news is that on sunny windy days you can actually get paid to use Germany's renewable power! I mean that is even better than free!
Reality is that managing the grid is going to take a lot of rethinking and reworking. Personally I think re-engineering existing dams and using them for storage makes a lot of sense and is semi easy to implement in short order since it only requires making a water capture basin at the bottom and installing the pumping equipment to pump that water back in to the reservoir during excess power times.
A new Environmental Progress analysis finds that "German emissions increased in 2016 for a second year in a row", blaming the result on "the country closing one of its nuclear plants and replacing it with coal and natural gas". Obviously wind and sun failed to step in and do the job.
Environmental Progress reports the shocking result:
"Not only did new solar and wind not make up for the lost nuclear, the percentage of time during 2016 that solar and wind produced electricity declined dramatically.
Germany added a whopping 10 percent more wind turbine capacity and 2.5 percent more solar panel capacity between 2015 and 2016, but generated less than one percent more electricity from wind and generated one percent less electricity from solar."
Germany's Energiewende has only succeeded in massively elevating Germany's consumer power prices, making its power almost twice as expensive as power in neighboring France, which relies heavily on nuclear
Theory such as above and per AGW can be made to sound convincing but debate pulls back the vail.
Intermittent source power will always be extremely difficult to manage and when its mismanaged wide swaths of people and industry will be damages.
Battery/water storage have physical limits, and are ONLY good for the power gird… Fuel cell and, electricity to liquid fuel conversion techniques match the "battery" or other storage solution, with two great advantages, CAPACITY and alternative use of the stored energy. Overbuilding renewable to insure stability/availability of the grid, combined with electricity ->liquid fuel (or Hydrogen as a step if you need) allows the storage capacity for windless/cloudy days or excessive demand for short term, and allows renewable energy to support transport, (no airliner will run on batteries in the foreseeable future), produce feed stock for chemical processes currently dependent on oil… oh and as at least some of the current energy->liquid technologies capture CO2 we could have a net carbon negative grid.
Nice read, but you've missed a huge difference between Ohio and Germany with respect to market design. Germany's grid is "open access" meaning that an independent power producers (i.e. non-utility) can build a renewable power plant and connect it to the transmission system without issue. Ohio, on the other hand, is moving to re-regulate it's power industry, so that the likes of AEP and First Energy would be the only companies able to build/own/operate power plants – renewable or otherwise. If Ohioans want to get into the renewables game, they better get in front of their legislators ASAP. The vertically-integrated regulated utilities will build wind and solar, but not to the detriment of their existing fossil-fueled power plant fleets, which they want to operate as often as possible to recover their investments. Their shareholders rightly demand this.
No market design is perfect. Germany's certainly has it's flaws. But it's a timely debate. Just yesterday, the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy released a report that found organized (i.e. "liberalized") power markets save about $3 billion annually in generation costs. These savings are mostly attributed to the fact that lowest-cost units are dispatched when needed. Such a construct drives efficiency, which reduces emissions. Isn't that the goal? Re-regulation is not the answer. Ohio is part of the PJM Interconnection, the largest "organized" electricity market in the world (in terms of annual MWH produced/consumed). It has all the tools it needs to build lots of renewables, like it's neighbors in Iowa and Pennsylvania. The regulatory uncertainty is what's holding Ohio back. Call your lawmakers today.
The comments in this article about "baseload" are particularly important. My work on the MISO 2015 wind generation shows that wind can generate nearly 50% of total "baseload" with less than one percent of wind generation occurring above the "baseload" 24-hour-365-day year, whatever level it is. With about 8% of wind generation above the 24-hour per day target wind generates 63% of total power below the mark. Some of that 8% will occur when peak demand exists, but a large opportunity exists for "dispatchable load" which is far less expensive and far more important today than electricity storage.
But one thing which I didn't see mentioned, which must always be part of any story about Germany or other European electricity, is that the average price of electricity in Germany is two to three times higher than the average price in the U.S. It isn't just that Germans are trying harder or are better at it than us. In fact there are arguments that the Germans lag behind several other European nations for carbon cuts. But that's not how we ought to look at it.
What we ought to look at is that they are spending less money than we are on permitting. They are building taller turbines (the 2015 average wind turbine in Europe was 140 meters at the hub, compared to about 100 meters in the U.S.) which costs more, and makes more profits because the higher wind reliability at higher altitudes is worth a great deal more than the additional construction cost.
And we should always bear in mind that Ohio has enough good wind to generate several times as much electricity as it uses at today's average wholesale price of electricity. There is no technological barrier to sustainability, and there is no economic barrier. The barriers are psychological, and informational.
Germany has the highest residential electric rates in western Europe. Higher than electric rates in California! Is that really what Ohio needs??? Look what expensive utilities has done to heavy industry in California over the past 20 years.
When you get the political donors out of the election process and providing benefits to elected officer holders in State and Federal governments. Biomass Digestors , burning methane in generators that exists, the use of Hydrogen fuels will develop. Hydrogen peroxide was the fuel for the land speed record, and the fuel for V2 rockets in WWII. There are solar films that can be used upon the inside of windows that capture different light rays. Think of the square footage of windows in office, commercial, public buildings that could supply low voltage needed for LED lighting.
The key to integrating renewables is a robust transmission system. Please note what China is working on via this recent Economist story. – "China is well on its way to building a "regional" supergrid. If a global supergrid can be built, one which can flexibly carry energy around the planet, it will allow growing cities all over the world to tap much more renewable energy than they do currently."
What this story does not discuss is the extent to which Germany has been using its neighbors grids for balancing. One result is that Poland, for example, is installing devices called phase shifting transformers to better regulate the unscheduled flow of power out of German's grid and into Poland's.
Another thing to consider is that for all the talk about busbar costs for wind and solar that have dropped below the busbar cost of fossil-fired plants, fossil-fired backup is still needed for those days when the wind doesn't blow and/or the sun doesn't shine. As for expanding the grid, it's easier in Europe than it will be in the US, where intense local opposition tends to delay major transmission projects for years.


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Enjoy panoramic water views from the spacious living room, elegant dining salon, gourmet kitchen, screened lanai and master bedroom suite.
The beautifully landscaped Grand Bay complex features private boat docks, reserved covered parking, dockside gas grill, and a private clubhouse.
All this is just a short walk to shops, restaurants, grocery store, bike and boat rentals.
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This exclusive Island Community, surrounded by white sandy beaches and the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, is crisscrossed with canals for boating and sightseeing. Nature lovers will enjoy watching Manatees, Dolphins, Bald Eagles, Egrets, Pelicans, and even Sea Turtles that are part of the Island's wildlife.
Our rented condo had an amazing view of the marina . peaceful relaxing. fully equipped kitchen and beach items. Would recommend it .
One suggestion would be for a TV in the master bedroom
Great spot for my wife and I. Convenient location, well kept, and relaxing marina view. The owner was great, organized, and easy to work with from the start.
We really enjoyed our stay at Grand Bay! The location was close to everything but was still quiet in the Bay! We had everything we needed in the condo and there was plenty of room! Frank, the owner, was very quick to respond to any questions that we had. The pictures don't do Grand Bay justice! Love Marco!! We hope to come back again soon!
We had anamazing experience during our stay in Marco Island. The condo was just perfect. All the comforts of home plus more.
It was the perfect getaway for recent empty nesters. The island too, was incredibly fun. We felt like kids. We rented bike, rode to the beach, paddle boarded, kayaked, jet skied, toured the everglades in an airboat and more...
Thanks Frank, for sharing you excellent place. I personally recommend Jack's Lookout for a good hotdog and beer, the company is great too; Rose Marina for bait; Tigertail beach for shells and gentle paddle boarding; and South Beach for the sun.
We have stayed at this condo for five years and it gets better every year. Frank, the owner, upgrades it each year and he is very helpful in making our vacation the best it can be. The condo is as described and pictured in the listing. The overall property is clean and quiet and the location is close to grocery stores, restaurants and shops. The view over the bay is lovely and a great place to watch the sunset. The pool area is small and lacks some shade, but a great place to cool off. I would highly recommend this condo and will be back again next year.
The standards here are very high, the surrounding areas are spotless as is the accommodation, it is very comfortable and tastefully decorated with every amenity catered for.
Marco Island is beautiful, classy and relaxing, the locals are extremely welcoming and at no time did we feel uncomfortable in the area, there are enough bars and Restaurants to keep you occupied, some within a short stroll, plenty more within the town which is a 15 min walk.
Although we were on a flydrive we found it very difficult to tear ourselves away from relaxing on the screened open air Lanai which is situated overlooking a harbour on the Marco river which flows down into the Gulf, we spent many happy hours here just watching the boat activity in the constant company of Pelican and many other species of wild bird.
We have a holiday home in Spain and therefore appreciate what is required to present accommodation to discerning renters, the owners here have got it spot on, its fabulous.
Frank, the owner is very helpful, we swapped many emails and had several phone calls.
To sum up, would we return, in a heartbeat, don't take our word for it, go and try it, you won't be disappointed.
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