text:
Tena Durrani is appearing in the fashion industry with her breathtaking designed summer collection 2015. Recently Tena Durrani has launched its new summer digital prints collection 2015 for girls Tena Durrani is one of the most well-known and gleaming fashion designers. Tena Durrani new summer digital prints collection 2015 for girls has decorated with attractive colors, heavy embroidery and tremendous stitching styles. Tena Durrani has introduced so many other collections that get huge response from fashion lovers. These dresses are designed according to traditional trends and modern era. Tena Durrani is not new for any creation, she is a very well reputed fashion designer because she have always designed a dress with full of looks.
This summer pints collection 2015 is containing of long shirts with beautiful churidar pajamas or tights. Tena Durrani summer digital prints collection 2015 for girls has deliberated with charming colors and modern designs. The dresses of this summer prints collection are ideal and wonderful looking for wedding factions and part events. Tena Durrani is young fashion designer of Pakistan fashion industry. Tena Durrani fashion house is offer with the pret dresses, formal wear, evening dresses and bridal wear. This summer digital prints collection will be your first choice if you are attends a evening party because the collection contains of so excellent, attractive and elegant summer prints collections that have been designed with an motivation of summer dresses. Hope you will like all the images of Tena Durrani new summer digital prints collection 2015.
Tena Durrani Summer Collection 2015
Please add circle on Google+, like ourFacebook page, connected with Twitter, follow us on Pinterest and leave your precious comments…! Keep in touch with us on Clothing PK to change your life style


text:
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman has been arraigned on charges of improperly disposing of a body after her 89-year-old mother's corpse was found under blankets and snow behind a southeastern Michigan thrift store.
The St. Clair County sheriff's department says 49-year-old Kelly Rhodes of Salem, Ore., appeared Wednesday in Port Huron District Court.
Sheriff Tom Donnellon says Rhodes stood mute to the charge and the judge jailed her with a $10,000 bond. Rhodes' preliminary examination is April 15.
The charge can bring up to a year's incarceration. The court says it has no record of whether Rhodes has a lawyer.
A worker found the body of Mary Gertrude Grenia of Salem, Ore., March 12 behind a Goodwill store in Port Huron Township.
Authorities arrested Rhodes at relatives' home in Belleville, Ill.
(© Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Class::Base => Badger::Base
While installing SQL::Translator I noticed, that Class::Base, one of its prerequisites, is printing the raw TAP to the screen.
I asked Andy Wardley if I could modernize the tests. He agreed, so after almost 10 years break and 20 minutes hacking, there is a new version of Class::Base on CPAN. He also suggested that people should rather use Badger::Base which is effectively its successor.
So now Class::Base recomme…


text:
[only part 1 will be posted on this listserve]
It is not a matter of the possibility of such a thing as a 'perfect (e.g. 'skidrow-less') society' because we are, all humans, 'born in ignorance' and therefore subject, all of us, to being raised into some one kind or another of 'ignorance-warped imperfection' -ergo 'The Human Condition'; it is a matter then, only of off-setting ignorance with 'knowledge' -science-based, there is no other- as much and early as possible.
October 16, 2005 Los Angeles Times
Points West
Demons Are Winning on Skid Row
Columnist Steve Lopez is spending the week on skid row. His five-part series takes you there.
The call comes in at 11:18 in the morning. Possible overdose on skid row, just half a block from one of the busiest firehouses in the United States.
(Francine Orr / LAT)
The woman is 25 and says she shot up 10 hours ago. Right here in the open, where heroin is easier to buy than a quart of milk and crack pipes light the night like fireflies.
"I think it's syphilis or gonorrhea," says Sporty, a bony addict who calls the distressed woman his friend. "It's driven her mad."
No, says a female junkie. She got some bad heroin and the needle prick got infected. They'd all been telling her to go to the hospital, but she wouldn't listen.
Chavez examines her with hands encased in white rubber gloves. She looks young and old at the same time, with broad cheekbones and haunted eyes. She squirms and wails, jerking too wildly for Chavez to get a blood pressure reading or a good EKG.
"What's your name?" he asks, trying to calm her.
The answer is mush. She tries again and again, rubber-mouthed.
It sounds like she's saying "Kristina," which Chavez writes down.
Her tongue is dry and caked, and she says her eyes are burning. It doesn't add up, says Chavez, who thinks she's "got some other things on board" besides heroin. He wants to tap a vein in case he needs to run an IV line, but she's got nothing left for Chavez to work with.
"You can see the track marks in her neck," he says, pointing out the chicken-footed etchings. Twenty-five, and she's destroyed herself, drugged out and curled up on wretched streets.
Chavez finally gets a blood pressure reading and a pulse rate of 75. She's stable, or so it seems. The siren parts traffic as the ambulance starts off on the well-worn route from skid row to County-USC Medical Center.
The firefighters call it the Big Screen. It's Station 9's gaping front door, through which they sometimes watch the show outside: the platoons of wounded vets, the mumbling hordes haunted by voices, the doe-eyed children of skull-faced addicts.
At night, crack-addled prostitutes trick in and out of Porta-Potties down the street. Amputees roll by in wheelchairs. Dealers brazenly peddle slow death. Chavez once watched an argument turn into a knife fight directly across the street from Station 9. The loser, his throat slashed, crossed the road for help, then collapsed and died in the firehouse driveway.
Skid row exists because we've created it — although until now, with the downtown renaissance approaching its borders — we've mostly been able to ignore it.
By shutting mental hospitals, adding thousands to the rolls of medically uninsured, skimping on rehab and keeping social services out of respectable neighborhoods, we've guaranteed this teeming human landfill.
Paramedics like Chavez are left to deal with the wreckage. He delivers babies on sidewalks and treats open sores crawling with maggots. He can tell you about Naked Man, who strolls about in the buff and carries on erudite conversations as if he were in coat and tie, and about the once-esteemed professor who wandered the streets in a death spiral after his family perished in a car crash.
Chavez knows the rain will bring bogus 911 calls from those trying to scam a dry night in the hospital. He knows shoplifters in handcuffs at the local police station will fake an overdose to get out of jail.
"I try to treat everyone the way I'd want to be treated," Chavez says. "You meet some of the nicest, most interesting people out here."
On my shift with him, I saw Chavez move like a dancer under the most stressful circumstances. He gently questioned a middle-age woman who was robbed, badly beaten and dropped next to a dumpster in a skid row alley, her left eye swollen shut and her hair a stringy, bloody mess.
"Are you with me?" Chavez called to her when she seemed to be fading out. Then, straddling her gurney, he perfectly tilted his patient sideways at the precise moment she vomited a stream of blood and mucous, knowing full well she might have choked on it if he hadn't.
He was nonstop motion, quick, nimble, calm. It was battlefield ballet.
Kristina has taken a turn for the worse on the way to the emergency room at County-USC. By the time Chavez and Penuelas pull her out of the ambulance, she's rigid, her eyes are wide and blank.
"Circling," Chavez calls it. As in going down the drain.
"Let's get her in," Chavez says. "I've got a pulse of 32 on her."
Chavez is running as he pushes the gurney through double doors. Kristina takes what sounds like a last breath as she flies into the yellow light and constant chaos of the emergency room. The sick and wounded watch her go by, waiting their turns by the dozens, witness to the endless horrors that race in off the street and crash through the door.
It's in the hands of doctors and nurses now. A team of 10 closes in around Kristina, with four students peering down from a balcony to see how it's done. Chavez hangs around in case they've got questions for him and because he still can't figure out why things went south so quickly.
Another overdose victim lies next to her, along with a guy who fell off a forklift.
"They've got a stabbing victim coming in too," Chavez says, and a young man comes through the doors flat on his back and covered with blood.
"He's got no pulse," someone yells as another team goes to work on him.
Kristina is bad and getting worse.
"Clear," says a doctor, trying to jump-start her with a current.
The jolt lifts her off the gurney.
"Three hundred," says the doctor. "Clear."
Another jolt.
Three-fifty. Another shot.
How many times has Chavez seen this? Too many to count, and it all runs together in the end, as much of a blur as the ride from skid row to the hospital.
"We have a rhythm," a doctor says, but when I look to Chavez, he isn't ready to celebrate.
He's seen them come back for an instant and then fade just as quickly.
"Is she back?" I ask him.
Chavez looks at Kristina and then at the emergency staff.
He turns back to me and shakes his head.
"She's gone," he says.
Her eyes are still open, looking at nothing. Kristina's clothes are removed and her body is wrapped in white plastic. They make the last fold and she's gone, and the stabbing victim next to her isn't far behind.
Chavez leaves the emergency room with heavy steps. Over coffee a few minutes later, he's still wondering why Kristina turned so quickly and what did her in, besides the obvious ravages of heroin.
"I just hate that helpless feeling," he says. "You're standing there watching, and there's nothing you can do."
But the calls keep coming, so there's no time to dwell on it. Besides, Chavez has probably saved more skid row people than he's lost.
"You can't let it get to you," he says. "If it gets to you, your career is over."
Chavez should have moved on from Station 9 by now, worn down by the endless wail of 911 calls and the psychological toll. Others deal with it for a few years and then, jumpy and jaded, bounce back to firefighting. Or they transfer to quieter stations and the relative comfort of ordinary disaster.
Not Dave Chavez. He has kept this same job — a young man's job — for 10 of his 23 years with the Los Angeles Fire Department. He keeps at it because he's good and because he likes bringing along the younger talent.
And maybe, too, because there is no better way to honor his father, a retired firefighter, than to work in the busiest station and handle the job like a pro. At the end of his shift, Chavez often stops at the Cerritos home where he grew up. He and his dad sit there with their coffee and their stories, and the day begins.
Back on San Julian Street, I break the news.
"Who's dead?" Sporty asks, hyped up and jittery.
Kristina, it turns out, wasn't her real name. But nobody knows what it was. No one knows her last name, either. They think she was from El Monte, but who could say?
All they know is that she slept here among them when she wasn't in jail. They say she had a baby recently. No one knows where the baby is. No one knows anything out here, except where to get heroin. She wet herself regularly, too far gone to bother getting up, no strength left for anything but the needle.
Those are her things, someone says, pointing to a black garbage bag that contains everything the dead woman owned. No one wants to open it. It wouldn't be respectful.
The bag is still there at midnight, under three bouquets of flowers and a sign:
"We Miss You Homegirl."
Sporty is still there, 34 and a former gang member. So are most of the others who live in this encampment. A woman of 20 is sitting on a blanket, calmly lighting a crack pipe.
"We treated her like a leper," Sporty says of his fellow addict, suggesting a social order among junkies.
Even as drugged out as he is, it's eating Sporty up, the way he and others gave her such grief for not taking better care of herself.
"I feel sorry I didn't treat her a little better," he says. "I wish I had treated her with a little more humanity."
I wonder if what's really bothering Sporty is that he's dying too, killing himself the way she did. Right here on San Julian, a half block from the firehouse where Dave Chavez is waiting for the next call.
Follow Steve Lopez's experience on skid row and ride with paramedics at latimes.com/skidrow. Reach the columnist at firstname.lastname@example.com
[-back to options at the top(*1)]


text:
2-way surround speaker: 2.5-in BMR driver, 3.50-in woofer
Out Of Stock
find a dealer
online retailer
Upgrade your home theater system and enjoy exceptional surround sound with the MSurround
Loudspeaker from Boston Acoustics. Along with a 3.5-inch polypropylene cone woofer,
the MSurround features a 2.5-inch Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) driver for consistent
sound across a wide audio range. The speaker is short enough to fit easily on shelves
and walls and has ports on top to limit proximity effect and optimize performance
over a wide range of placement options.
Balanced Mode Radiator Driver for Optimal Surround Sound
The MSurround Loudspeaker features Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) driver technology,
designed to improve dialog and surround effects across a broad listening range.
The 2.5-inch BMR driver uses a flat panel diaphragm that operates in two modes simultaneously.
To reproduce lower frequencies, the diaphragm moves in and out like a piston--similar
to how a traditional driver works. To reproduce higher frequencies, the diaphragm
These two modes of operation significantly extend the usable range of the driver,
resulting in enhanced high-frequency dispersion for more consistent surround sound.
A low crossover point delivers clear sound reproduction in midrange frequencies
where the human ear is most sensitive. The speaker also contains a 3.5-inch polypropylene
cone woofer for dynamic bass.
Short Cabinet for Easy Placement
Because it uses a BMR driver, the MSurround is shorter than typical speakers with
a stacked tweeter and midrange. As a result, it can more easily fit on a shelf under
a display or hang on a wall. In addition, the MSurround is equipped with four-way
brackets to facilitate easy mounting.
Product and Warranty Information
This product measures 9.5 by 6.56 by 4.44 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 5.5 pounds.
It is recommended for use with a 50- to 150-watt amplifier.
The MSurround Loudspeaker is backed by a five-year limited warranty, subject to the full warranty terms and conditions.
What's in the Box
MSurround Loudspeaker, rubber standoffs, and owner's manual.
Mark Fleischmann , Home Theater "That's why the Boston Acoustics M Series is a speaker system for the times we live in now. It will do anything—and I mean anything—to get your attention. It wants to be the tail that wags the dog, the component that makes you need the other components that make up a system, the tipping point of temptation, square one on the path to a real system. It wants you to take one look and say, 'I want that."
Lawrence Devoe , Blu-rayDefinition.com
"The M Series has been the beneficiary of BA's long legacy and bears testimony to the fact that good things can come in small packages. After living with these little fellows for nearly two months, and enduring the tedious but essential break-in process, I was rewarded with surprisingly big sound belying their modest size."


text:
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) � Missouri hospitals have eliminated about 1,000 positions and put a hiring freeze on more than 2,100 vacant positions in the past six months, the state hospital association said yesterday while pushing for an expansion of the state's Medicaid program.
The Missouri Hospital Association said its members also have canceled or delayed more than $100 million of capital improvements, and some hospitals are now considering where to pare back services such as oncology or hospice care.
The association said the cutbacks are in response to federal funding cuts, high costs of treating the uninsured and changing hospital utilization patterns by patients.
Both University of Missouri Health Care and Boone Hospital Center announced staff cuts last year, citing changes in federal payments. Boone Hospital announced the elimination of the equivalent of 26 full-time positions in June. MU Health said in June it planned to lay off or cut hours of 35 employees and eliminate 90 unfilled jobs.
Hospitals have teamed up with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry to support an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to thousands of lower-income adults, which would bring in billions of additional federal dollars under the terms of President Barack Obama's health care law.
They contend that the additional federal Medicaid money is needed stabilize the hospitals' finances.
Chamber President and CEO Dan Mehan said the hospital job reductions are the start of "a very real and dire trend."
"We're starting to see medical deserts created in parts of the state," added Herb Kuhn, president and CEO of the hospital association.
Missouri has 155 hospitals. The state association surveyed 118 full-service, acute care facilities and received responses from 84 of them. Of those, 41 had eliminated the equivalent of 998 full-time positions, and 49 hospitals had implemented a hiring freeze affecting the equivalent of 2,145 full-time positions.
Those eliminated or frozen positions amount to about 2.5 percent of the roughly 126,000 full-time-equivalent hospital jobs in Missouri.
The survey found that 37 hospitals, including 26 from rural areas, were delaying or canceling capital investments totaling more than $100 million.
Mehan said yesterday that "quiet momentum" is building among lawmakers for a Medicaid expansion plan that would be paired with other changes that would make the program more similar to private-sector insurance.
But many Republicans remain opposed to it. Yesterday, several GOP senators again took to the Senate floor to express their firm opposition to any Medicaid expansion.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, said the offer of extra federal money in exchange for Medicaid expansion would have a "heroin effect" � hooking the state and making it hard to quit the enlarged program if costs rise too high. He said he expects the state's share of an expanded Medicaid program to rise to more than $1 billion a decade from now. He said that would limit the money available for other government programs.
"There is no way to do it without devastating what we spend on public education," Schaefer said.


text:
Okurukuru Winery Flight - Helicopter Flight
- Duração: 120 Minutos
- Código de produto: NP3
Flight duration approximately 40 minutes.
This flight is for those who want to taste the finer things in life.
Fly over New Plymouth City, via the Port and Sugar Loaf Islands before heading out to Oakura. We land on the cliff top at Okurukuru Winery, allowing you the time to eat a beautifully prepared meal, with the Kaitake Ranges as your background, and the Tasman Sea as your horizon.
Please Note: Meal not included in price of flight. Winery booking essential.
One stop off. Allow 2 hours.
The price is for the helicopter to do the tour. It seats a maximum of 4 passengers, so up to 4 people can go for this cost.
If the flight cost was shared, it would cost:
1 passenger $1200.00
2 passengers $600.00
3 passengers $400.00
4 passengers $300.00
If you wish to book for more than 4 people, it is not a problem, we can simply arrange more helicopters.
From their base in New Plymouth Airport, Taranaki, PHL provide superb scenic flights over most areas of Taranaki's natural beauty. All PHL pilots have good local knowledge. All PHL helicopters have forward facing seats so every passenger can see through the front. In many cases, the helicopter can hover or land to allow you to take in the breath-taking sights and surroundings. Some windows can also be opened for you to capture some amazing unobscured shots from the air.
Experience a whole new world and thrills that you've never experienced before!
Before boarding your flight, you will be given a comprehensive safety briefing. Safety is paramount to Kiwi Tours Ltd & PHL.
PHL operate under a CAA audited exposition. All PHL helicopters are safe, modern and reliable and maintained by two external accredited maintenance providers. PHL pilots are highly experienced. Besides passenger air transport, each pilot is also involved with our industrial and agricultural helicopter based services.
Rest assured you will be flying in very safe hands!


text:
South Africa's Pistorius awarded bail in murder case
The decision by Magistrate Desmond Nair drew cheers from Pistorius' family and supporters at the Pretoria magistrate's court, although the athlete appeared unmoved as the decision was read out.
The decision followed a week of dramatic testimony about how the athlete shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his luxury home near Pretoria in the early hours of February 14, Valentine's Day.
Prosecutors said Pistorius, 26, committed premeditated murder when he fired four shots into a locked bathroom door, hitting his girlfriend cowering on the other side. Steenkamp, 29, suffered gunshot wounds to her head, hip and arm.
Image: Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock
Photographs: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
South Africa's Pistorius awarded bail in murder case
Pistorius' defence team argued the killing was a tragic mistake, saying the athlete had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder. They said he was too famous to pose a flight risk and deserved bail to prepare for a case that has drawn worldwide attention.
The full trial is unlikely to start for several months. Olympic and Paralympic star Pistorius, a double amputee who ran races on carbon fibre blades, faces life in prison if convicted of murder.
The shooting and allegations that have emerged at the bail hearing have stunned the millions around the world who saw his track glory as an inspiring tale of triumph over adversity.
Image: Relatives of Oscar Pistorius hug each other
Photographs: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters


text:
Barstool. Beech. Open back. W 540 x D 495 x H 1115/800 mm W 21.50 x D 19.75 x H 44.00/31.75 in
Collection including chair, armchair, stool and easy chair references made integrally in solid beech wood and upholstery, all characterised by their large oval backrest. This backrest comes in four different finishes: upholstered, wickerwork, on-upholstered or plexiglass in the chair, armchair and barstool version. The collection adequately combines high durability with notably light looks.
A philosophy of life Over nearly 60 years we have evolved in tune with the times, offering the practical solutions and aesthetic that people around the world demand.


text:
Whether you agree the county commission made a wise decision when the board decided to keep Boston Red Sox Spring Training in Lee County or argue that the "bed tax" money used to fund the $77.8 million facility on Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers could have been better spent, the economic impact of baseball on the state's economy is quantifiable.
According to a prepared statement released Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott's office, more than 1.6 million fans attended the 233 games offered at 14 locations throughout the state during the Florida Grapefruit League's 2012 Spring Training season. This set a new per-game attendance record, the release goes on to state, with a record-setting average of 6,965 fans attending games during the month of March.
The new home of the Boston Red Sox, JetBlue Park, got top billing in the highlight's portion of the release, which touted that, with more seating than City of Palms Park, "total attendance increased by more than 30,000 fans and added nearly 2,000 fans per game."
Red Sox attendance "totaled 151,417 fans in 16 games for an average of 9,464 per game," according to the numbers provided, which also state that the largest crowd was 10,002 when the Sox took on the Washington Nationals on April 2.
Those are good numbers with other teams throughout Florida posting strong attendance tallies as well.
Five Florida Spring Training teams - the Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins and Minnesota Twins (whose Spring Training facilities also are in Lee County ) - surpassed the 100,000 total attendance mark while another three - the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies - each topped 150,000.
The Governor's Office, citing an analysis by Bonn Marketing Research Group of Tallahassee, puts the economic benefit to the state at $753 million a year.
Just some peanuts and Cracker Jacks for thought.
- Eagle editorial


text:
Sales Have Ended
Sales Have Ended
Welcome to V22 Workspace Crèche, a place for parents to work, whilst their children learn and play.
The crèche is run by experienced childcare professionals, who have over 25 years of experience in childcare between them.
During our flexible daily routine, the children have the freedom to explore a wide range of fun activites whilst learning through play. The crèche has dedicated access to the lovely Dalston Eastern Curve Garden which we visit every day.
Whilst your children are being cared for you will be able to focus on your work, your business, admin or have time for yourself in a light and spacious co-working environment. There are 15 self-contained studios in the building, as these become available they will be prioritised for parents using the créche.
We offer a fixed desk contract or pay as you go individual sessions.
Come along to a taster session with your child to see the space, meet the team and join in with our activities.
If you would like to attend without your child please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange a seperate viewing.
Crèche taster sessions run Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 11.30am.
For more information visit: http://v22collection.com/creche/
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook/Twitter: @v22workcreche


text:
Christophe leans over the bowl, meets the wooden spoon with his lips and tastes the sauce. The class holds their breath
"More… thyme," he finally declares, and sends the nearest student to the door and out to the garden to pick more.
Seeing the journey from garden to kitchen to plate – all of 10 metres in this case – is the ethos behind the organic cookery school in the Clare Island Retreat, County Mayo. For dinner, workers on the farm (wwoofers) climb over rock pools, knives between their teeth, lean into the sea and cut some "spaghetti seaweed". One hour later they're in the kitchen learning to chop it; two hours later and it's a Chinese stir-fry with an Irish seaweed twist. Chef and co-owner Christophe Mouze explains:
"Our cooking classes are about fresh, seasonal food. We grow all our vegetables, which means we have to eat seasonally. It all starts in the garden."
The success of cookery schools in Ireland seems effortless. For years visitors have begged local chefs for the secret to their seafood chowder, or left their B&B with the family's famous soda bread recipe in their pocket. But in fact, the Irish cookery school has worked very hard to get where it is. Liz Moore, who ran Belle Isle Cookery School in County Fermanagh for 10 years and has cooked for the Queen of England, reckons the school's great reputation is simply down to "great ingredients and passionate tutors."
Farm to fork
Chef, author, and TV presenter Darina Allen has been credited for an Irish food revolution. Her Ballymaloe Cooking School, with its 100-acre organic farm, restaurant and guesthouse, is an international brand in itself. Allen was always convinced of the vital connection between farming and cooking, and this belief passed easily from master to pupil. Former student of Allen, Catherine Fulvio has appeared on US TV channel NBC's Today Show demonstrating recipes, and continues the ethos of Allen in her own Ballyknocken Cooking School in Wicklow: "People especially enjoy the farm and surroundings, from the sheep in the field to the herbs in the herb garden – it is a full food experience."
Think a friend might enjoy this article? Click to save and share
The Tannery in Waterford, meanwhile, has won Cookery School of the Year for three years, and its Glanbia organic garden supplies as much as is physically possible for the restaurant and cookery school. Eat Like a Girl blogger and cookbook author Niamh Shields is a huge fan of the place: "The Tannery's Paul Flynn is a very talented chef and passionate about local produce. That combination of a world-class restaurant and cookery school with the great local produce really puts the area on the map."
Local suppliers, fresh produce
Chefs are quick to acknowledge the importance of producers and suppliers. Liz Moore, former director of Belle Isle Cookery School (which now rests in the capable hands of Joe Kelly), cites the quality and sustainability of our beef and the purity of our fish, and how the EU has granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) to a number of Irish products as reasons for why these schools attract foodies all through the year.
So, we had to ask: what's the easiest Irish recipe to start with? That would have to be the quintessential Irish brown bread, according to The Tannery's Paul Flynn…
Back in Christophe's kitchen on Clare Island, the students are hoping the same as they leave with the recipe and jars of starter culture for his spelt bread. And if they don't, it's just an excuse for another course.
Know anyone whose kitchen could do with a little more love and attention?
Save this page to a Scrapbook:
Save this page to your Scrapbook:
You have Scrapbooks created. Click below to see all of your saved pages.
Create a new Scrapbook:
This page has been save to your Scrapbook
We've got some of the purest waters in all of Europe. No wonder Ireland's latest food trends are coming straight from...
Eating out can weigh heavily on your wallet, but it needn't be that way on the island of Ireland
Colourful stalls, recipe swapping and a cheeky haggle over fresh fruit – the Irish farmers' market isn't just...
A country should always save space for the classics. In Ireland's case, that classic is soda bread!
We know Ireland's food is great; after all we grew up with it
Halloween isn't your typical traditional celebration. And Halloween food isn't exactly 'normal' either. We investigate...
The ship was lost over 100 years ago, but people are still enjoying a taste of Titanic
4 unmissable chocolate experiences in Ireland (and one VERY tasty recipe)
Food festivals are serious business in Ireland; we almost have one for every local ingredient, from cider to seafood.
How long does it take to make the perfect whiskey?
In Ireland, traditional music and the pub are a match made in heaven
The most determined Dublin Fringe Festival fans might power through the 17-day festival without a single stop for food,...
Craft beers are taking the brewing world – and Ireland – by storm. So join other beer lovers in tasting the delicious...
Corinthian columns, wood panels carved by Italian artisans and gas lights overhead. Belfast's Crown Bar is the ultimate...
Since being taken over by boxer Bobby Blackwell in 1980, De Barra's has been about two things: beer and folk music
A family pub with star quality, Dick Mack's in Dingle has had plenty of famous faces prop up its bar over the years
If food trends are telling us anything, it's that fresh, raw ingredients is the next big thing. In this lakeland region,...
"Glenarm Shorthorn fillet. Make a note of those three words. They'll change your life"
Dublin's been crawling with poets, playwrights, novelists, dreamers and schemers for centuries
Forget kitsch theme pubs. The Bulman in Kinsale, County Cork, adds an authentic mariner's touch that locals love
That chill you're feeling in Grace Neill's pub isn't just cold beer. Welcome to the most haunted pub in Ireland
"We wine you, dine you and bury you", boasts McCarthy's pub. This is multitasking with a difference
You'll find Titanic clues in many places in Northern Ireland. But in a pub?
A pub, a place of pilgrimage and a greengrocers, M O'Shea wears its multitasking hat with pride
The Wild Atlantic Way earns its name from places like the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher. It is in a particular family-run...
Wake up to a beachside view, breakfast in a country house, or the bustle of the city.
Want to know more? Ask a question in our Community, they're the people who know Ireland best.
For more information on travel, accommodation and attractions have a look at our brochures and maps.
If you're a visitor from the island of Ireland you may want to visit one of these sites… Otherwise proceed to Ireland.com
Share this link


text: Globally health officials are warning that advances in technology are rendering employees immobile and at greater risk of developing heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes despite advances in modern medicine. The health hazards of sitting all day alarmingly are now equated with those of smoking. While the increasingly sedentary nature of technology is unlikely to change course, our work environments need not follow suit. TrekDesk Treadmill Desks and BodyMedia are teaming up at New York's BlogWorld & New Media Expo (June 6th –June 7th) to showcase their solutions to combat this escalating health challenge through motion and metrics.


text:
|Skychi at Sun Moon Palace in Cancun, Mexico
At the airport in Cancun I met two American Airlines flight attendants who were also headed back to Chicago. While we were boarding the flight I overhead them talking about Global Entry, so I asked them about it. They told me they were international flight attendants so they cleared customs and immigrations at Chicago O'hare Terminal 5 on a regular basis. They recommended getting Global Entry to save time on the line to clear customs. Global Entry is $100 for 5 years.
|Vendors' children eating in Mexico
After we departed the aircraft and went down the escalator towards customs we encountered a line that was at least a mile long in the hallway before we even reached the customs hall. I had never seen the line that long. Now I understand the need for Global Entry. That line was at least a two hour wait. I can only image all the passengers who missed their connecting flights because they were stuck in that line not to mention they had to collect their luggage and recheck to their luggage to its final destination.
|Museum of Art Ottawa, Canada
I just visited the Global Entry website at http://www.globalentry.gov to learn more about it. It seems that the government program is for U.S. citizens who are low-risk. There is a background check, fingerprinting and a interview. You do not need to travel a certain number of trips internationally. Families can apply for Global Entry and schedule their interviews at the same time.
|Crew Eats at Sahib's in Montreal, Canada
Once you are aprroved and receive Global Entry you can enter the U.S. at major airports by using automated kiosks thereby passing the long lines for customs and immigrations. Global Entry users also have free access to other border entry programs such as NEXUS of Canada and SENTRI of Mexico.
|Skychi in Chinatown at Victoria Island, Vancouver, Canada
There is also a FLUX (Fast Low Risk Universal Crossing) border entry program for the Netherlands which allows Dutch and U.S. citizens to travel through fast lanes internationally. The Privium FLUX is a limited program with fees of 220 Euros. The Privium Plus membership is an additional 66 Euros. These fees do not include the $100 Global Entry fee. The Privium Plus allows its members to have club lounge access, priority parking, and business class check-in even if you have coach ticket.
|Arc de Triomphe Paris, France
My observations of travelers that use the fast lane at the automated kiosks that the process is faster than a flight crew line clearance.
|Flight Crew heading to airport from LAX Sheraton
Next time you are waiting in line at Customs and Immigrations watching passengers zip through at the automated kiosks consider the pros and cons for yourself. Is the Global Entry program for you?


text:
A place to talk about adoption. Call our confidential free helplines: 0800 0 568 578
Skip to content
In order to login you must be registered. Registering takes only a few moments but gives you increased capabilities. The board administrator may also grant additional permissions to registered users. Before you register please ensure you are familiar with our terms of use and related policies. Please ensure you read any forum rules as you navigate around the board.
Terms of use | Privacy policy


text:
Today we drove a stake into the ground in our dogged fight against patent trolls – we sued one of the most notorious patent trolls in America.
Last week, a patent assertion entity (PAE) called Parallel Iron sued Rackspace and 11 other defendants in Delaware for allegedly infringing on a trio of patents that Parallel Iron says cover the use of the open source Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). This is the newest in a series of 23 similar suits Parallel Iron has filed in Delaware since last June, which is when Parallel Iron was forced to dismiss an earlier set of lawsuits on another patent it could not enforce. Parallel Iron is the latest in a string of shell companies created to do nothing more than assert patent-infringement claims as part of a typical patent troll scheme of pressuring companies to pay up or else face crippling litigation costs . At least that is what it looks like on the surface.
In actuality, it is a bit more complicated. Our dealings with this particular troll reach back to December 2010 when IP Navigation Group (IP Nav), as agent for a supposedly secret patent owner, now known as Parallel Iron, accused Rackspace of patent infringement. IP Nav told us that they could not divulge the details of their infringement claims – not even the patent numbers or the patent owner – unless we entered into a "forbearance agreement" – basically, an agreement that we would not sue them. IP Nav was worried that as soon as we found out what their patents and claims actually were, Rackspace would sue to invalidate their patents or for a declaration that Rackspace does not infringe. We were unwilling to enter into such a one-sided agreement, so we negotiated a mutual forbearance agreement that required either party to give 30 days' notice before bringing suit.
IP Nav has used this trick before. Sending a letter like the one IP Nav sent Rackspace – and trying to pressure the target into a forbearance agreement – got IP Nav into hot water with a Wisconsin federal court in late 2011. The court decision, as reported by Techdirt, describes the tactics that IP Nav deploys, and uses literary references to Shakespeare and Chekov to excoriate IP Nav. It even cited the "Duck Test" – if it quacks like a troll, it probably is a troll. Search online for "IP Navigation Group." You will find that this group's only business is acquiring patents and suing companies.
Once again, the Duck Test holds true: walking, swimming, quacking, everything. True to form, Parallel Iron sued Rackspace in Delaware without providing any notice, breaking the agreement they insisted upon.
We aren't going to take it. We have sued IP Nav and Parallel Iron in federal court in San Antonio, Texas, where our headquarters is located (see the complaint here). We are asking the court to award Rackspace damages for breach of contract, and to enter a declaratory judgment that Rackspace does not infringe Parallel Iron's patents.
Meanwhile, IP Nav wears its designation as a patent assertion entity, or patent troll, as a badge of honor. It makes the laughable claim to be a "white hat" patent troll created to "give the little guy a chance." This is tragic comedy at best. There are few trolls more notorious than IP Nav, and there is no such thing as a patent troll that has the best interests of small businesses in mind. Instead, IP Nav and Parallel Iron are acting in their own selfish interests and suffocating innovation, while stripping capital away from businesses both large and small. Everybody knows they are a duck – or should we say, a troll.
Patent trolls like IP Nav are a serious threat to business and to innovation. Patent trolls brazenly use questionable tactics to force settlements from legitimate businesses that are merely using computers and software as they are intended. These defendants, including most of America's most innovative companies, are not copying patents or stealing from the patent holders. They often have no knowledge of these patents until they are served with a lawsuit. This is unjust.
At Rackspace, we have seen a 500 percent spike since 2010 in our legal spend combating patent trolls – we recently fought one and emerged victorious. To put the scope of the problem into perspective, a Boston University study of patent trolls, conducted last year, found that they cost the U.S. economy about $29 billion in 2011, up from $7 billion in 2005.
Until Congress reforms the patent laws, companies of all sizes and industries could – and likely will – find themselves in the crosshairs of a greedy patent troll looking for a quick cash-grab. No company is immune, and, sadly, small companies can't afford to fight. If they don't succumb to the troll's demands by settling, they face certain ruin.
Our goal with this lawsuit is to highlight the tactics that IP Nav uses to divert hard-earned profits and precious capital from American businesses. This time, the patent troll should pay us.


text:
50 Cent's Beef With Alicia Keys "I Dont Like Alicia Keys No More"
50 Cent, in this interview with the members of G-Unit, takes a recent Alicia Keys statement about gangsta rap very personally. Courtesy Of TheShowBuzz
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Commercial, Military, Products, Public Service, Services
By Staff Writer | April 1, 2010
Send Feedback
L-3 Electrodynamics is introducing the SRVIVR family of Cockpit Voice Flight Data Recorders (CVFDR), a state-of-the-art crash survivable recorder designed to meet the new FAA mandate for flight recorders. Offering the smallest and lightest CVFDR on the market today, SRVIVR is available with a variety of air vehicle interfaces providing flexibility for its use on a broad range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It is available as a CVR, FDR, or Combi unit and complies with EUROCAE ED-112. It provides up to 2 hours of audio, 25 hours of flight data at 64 to 2048 wps, TSO-C177 data link recording, and a rotor speed interface. SRVIVR was also designed to interface directly with digital cockpit display systems via ARINC-429, RS-422, or Ethernet, potentially eliminating the need for a separate Flight Data Acquisition Unit. SRVIVR is scheduled to be approved to TSO-C123b, TSO-C124b and TSO-C177 by mid-2010. Contact L-3 by phone at 1-847-660-1790 or visit www.l-3com.com/edi/srvivr.htm
Waldenburg, Switzerland-based Revue Thommen has unveiled its new TSL-1600 helicopter searchlight. The company obtained a licensing agreement early in 2010 from Transas, a Russian company that designed the searchlight. Under the agreement, Revue Thommen will sell and market the TSL-1600 worldwide, except in Russia, and hold the technical and design data for the unit, as well as full production authority. To find out more about the TSL-1600, contact Revue Thommen at 1-972-588-1811 or go to www.thommen.aero
New features are available for the Absolute Fire Solutions (AFS) FASTTrack event logging hardware and PCTrac software platforms. FASTTrack can now log belly tank, fixed-wing tanker, drip torch, and health and usage monitoring (HUMS) data, in addition to its standard features. "Fire agencies worldwide are beginning to request accurate fill and drop data to improve their own capabilities and efficiencies," says AFS President Steve Matthews, adding that FASTTrack "can provide this data across the wide spectrum of buckets and tanks currently in use." For more information about FASTTrack, contact AFS at 1-403-291-2044 or visit www.absolutefire.ca
German electronics maker Becker Avionics has started delivering its new MR510 personal locator beacon (PLB), which features an extractable three-band VHF/UHF antenna and integrated GPS antenna in a single unit. Other highlights include COSPAS-SARSAT certification, multiple emergency bands (121.5, 243.0 and 406 MHz), two-way VHF/UHF voice communication, remote voice activation and the ability to send omni-directional transmissions for 24 hours at temperatures reaching -20 C, per Class 2 standards. A Class 1 version (24 hours at -40 C) is also available. In addition to aircraft applications, the MR510 can also be used in ground and sea operations. Becker Avionics, 1-954-450-3137 or visit www.becker-avionics.com


text:
Main navigation | Main content
|Dan Dahlberg
|Richard Anderson
Professor Dan Dahlberg of the School of Physics and Astronomy will receive the 2017-2018 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University. Recipients of the award are made members of the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers and are conferred with the title of "Distinguished University Teacher." Dahlberg will also receive a $15,000 award to go toward toward research support.
Professor Dahlberg has mentored over 25 PhD graduates since joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota. These physicists have gone on to careers in academia as well as a wide spectrum of industrial environments, including their own companies. Dahlberg was honored for his "unique advising style, which is based on establishing an intellectual partnership with his graduate students while developing a full portfolio of technical and communication skills."
Since 1998-1999, the University of Minnesota has recognized a select group of faculty members for their outstanding contributions to graduate and/or professional education. This honor is awarded annually to exceptional candidates nominated by their colleges in their quest to identify excellence in graduate and/or professional education. In addition to honoring individual faculty members, the award contributes to the improvement of graduate and professional education at the University by publicizing their work to serve as resources to the whole faculty.
Dahlberg will be presented with his award at a special ceremony in April and his name will join other recipients on the University's Scholar's Walk.


text:
Asian shares slipped on Tuesday after a plunge in U.S. manufacturing activity hit American stocks and the dollar, while the euro hovered near a six-week high on optimism over Greece's plan to buy back debt.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> fell 0.3 percent to 450.79, backing away from a nine-month high reached on Monday.
Continue Reading Below
Australian shares eased 0.5 percent, while Japan's benchmark Nikkei share average fell 0.2 percent, declining further from a seven-month intraday high of 9,525.82 struck on Monday.
The losses in Asian stock markets were suggestive of some caution after gains in the past few weeks, with some of the negative bias seeping over from weakness in the American economy and continued gridlock in the U.S. Congress over proposals to avert a fiscal cliff - $600 billion worth of tax increases and spending cuts that will be automatically triggered in early 2013.
"Investors are cautious about the market's sharp rise in the past few weeks, and as soon as the Nikkei hit the 9,500-mark, trading has slowed down. Investors started taking a wait-and-see mode," said Hiroichi Nishi, general manager at SMBC Nikko Securities in Tokyo.
Global share indexes had risen on Monday after manufacturing surveys showed signs of a recovery, albeit an uneven one, in China's economy and a slower contraction in Europe. But sentiment toward equities soured after data revealed U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly contracted in November to its lowest level in more than three years.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Monday that its index of national factory activity fell to 49.5 in November, the weakest since July 2009, as companies worried about whether lawmakers in Washington could reach a budget deal in time to avert a fiscal crisis that may lead to a recession.
Heading into next week, even a hint of progress in the fiscal cliff negotiations could spawn a modest rally, said Vishnu Varathan, regional economist in Singapore for Mizuho Corporate Bank.
"Overall the euro zone noises are coming out positive and I don't see any turning around there. The only real deal-breaker, whatever will send the dollar spiking up and risk really off the table, will be if there is a complete breakdown in the Congress negotiations," he said.
"Right now there is some disappointment here and there, but overall still the consensus is that negotiations will result in some kind of acceptable compromise," Varathan said.
The Australian dollar recovered from initial weakness on Tuesday after a widely expected interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The rate was trimmed by 25 basis points to 3.0 percent, matching an earlier record low.
The RBA said the full impact of rate cuts in the past had yet to be felt, and that recent data confirmed the peak in resource investment was approaching.
The Aussie rose 0.3 percent on the day and last traded at $1.0445, not far from a two-month peak of $1.0491 touched last week.
The euro was flat at $1.3060, hovering near the previous day's high of $1.3076, the single currency's strongest level in about six weeks.
The euro gained as Greek bonds rallied on Monday after Athens announced better-than-expected terms for its planned debt buy-back, boosting chances it will succeed and lead to the release of fresh aid funds.
European stocks and peripheral bonds were also buoyed by news eurozone finance ministers have approved aid to Spanish banks, alleviating the tail risks of a banking crisis in Spain.
The U.S. fiscal cliff issue remained in the minds of many investors.
The White House dismissed a proposal from congressional Republicans on Monday that included tax reforms and spending cuts, saying it did not meet President Barack Obama's pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
The Republicans proposed overhauling the U.S. tax code to raise $800 billion in new revenue over 10 years. Obama's opening bid, outlined last Friday, seeks $1.6 trillion in new revenue by allowing the expiry of tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush for the top two tax brackets.
(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa in Tokyo and Vidya Ranganathan in Singapore; Editing by Richard Borsuk)


text:
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie wasn't worried when her team struggled early on against Central Michigan.
She knew that the second-ranked Blue Devils would eventually get going.
Tricia Liston scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half and added 11 rebounds to lead Duke to a 97-64 win over Central Michigan at the Paradise Jam on Friday.
Duke trailed 24-21 midway through the first half before scoring 18 of the next 20 points to take a 39-26 lead with 5:37 left.
"Those things will happen," McCallie said. "We just had to shore up our defense, continue to execute and do the things we need to do. It is a long 40-minute game and you have to play all the way through it. I thought our team was very poised and focused. We did what we needed to do and got a good result."
Freshman Oderah Chidom had season-highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds.
"To have double-doubles by Tricia Liston and Oderah Chidom were outstanding. For Oderah being a first year student-athlete, she was rebounding the ball beautifully and scoring with her 10 rebounds and 16 points."
Elizabeth Williams and Alexis Jones added 14 points each for the Blue Devils (7-0), who will play Kansas on Saturday. Duke outrebounded Central Michigan 53-33 and had 24 assists.
After its run, Duke led 49-30 at the half and cruised through the final 20 minutes against the Chippewas (1-4), who were playing the highest ranked opponent in team history.
Niki DiGuilio scored 17 points to lead Central Michigan, which will face Xavier next.


text:
Just completed my presentation at IBM Connect 2014 along with my co-presenter (Hiro - Hiroyuki Okamoto), and I think we had a great attendance and response from the customer. Bumped into a few people who had good things to say about the session. Thanks for those who attended.
Here's my presentation that you can view on SlideShare -> http://www.slideshare.net/rajeshpatil/id111
I will try to post the examples which Hiro covered around customization at a later point.
--- Raj


text:
IUCN Member GoodPlanet will be running a Film Festival during the Rio+20 negotiations in Rio de Janeiro in June. Find out what GoodPlanet's founder, the world-renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, has to say about the event and what it hopes to achieve:
Dear friends,
I recently heard the following from Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations conference on sustainable development Rio+20 (from 20 to 22 June): "Of course, international negotiations are complicated. But actions and solutions don't come only from diplomats and Heads of State – they also come from you (the citizens). There is nothing more splendid, more exciting, than our cause, that of humanity as a whole, that of the planet. We must inspire a new enthusiasm, a new desire to change the world."
This is something I believe profoundly. It is why, with my foundation GoodPlanet, we have decided to organize a big GoodPlanet Film Festival, from 16 through 21 June, at the prestigious Odeon cinema in Rio de Janeiro. Some of you may remember our Copenhagen festival in 2009, the many films shown and the quality of the speakers. The 2012 GoodPlanet film festival promises to be just as exciting!
Every day of the festival will be devoted to a specific sustainable development theme. For the opening on June 16, you will discover a whole series of fascinating documentaries on sustainable development challenges in big cities with Cities on Speed, and on the 17th a whole day devoted to water with the projection of Carbon for Water, Rainmaker and A Thirsty World. June 18 will be devoted entirely to forests, with the preview of the superb Amazona Eterna and Jane's Journey, the film of my dear friend Jane Goodall. On June 19, I will have the honor of showing the première of my latest film Planet Ocean / Ocean Planet, produced with Michael Pitiot and with the generous support of Omega (invitation enclosed), just after The End of the Line, a fantastic film on over-fishing. The combat against climate change and citizen engagement will be highlighted on the 20th, with the moving They Killed Sister Dorothy, Severn – the voices of our children, and Himalaya Meltdown.
Finally, we will conclude the festival on the 21st with our project 7 billion Others on the Millenium Development Goals and the film The Man Who Stopped the Desert. Every evening, experts, well-known NGOs and committed personalities will do us the great honor of taking part in discussions with the public. Among our guests will be Severn Suzuki, who in 1992 moved the whole Planet with her speech to the United Nations, at the age of 12 (for those who are not yet familiar with this incredible speech, click here), Prince Albert II of Monaco, Tara Expeditions, the WWF, and also the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Global Fund for the Environment, the United Nations Development Programme, the US Environmental Protection Agency and many others.
I was particularly touched by the commitment of our partners, particularly the AFD, the main partner of the festival, and also the Global Environment Fund and O'Globo, our media partner, who are helping us make this festival a unique, free, awareness-building event during Rio+20.
For me, Rio+20 marks a very important stage in my life as a photographer and activist, because it was during the first Rio Summit , in 1992, that the Earth From Above adventure started, and with it, my commitment to ecology. It was the ideal opportunity to offer the inhabitants of Rio the exhibition "Earth from Above, 20 years later», which they have visited in their thousands since April and which will remain in Cinelandia Square, right next to the producer Christian Boudier. Thanks to both of them. Its success testifies to the crucial importance of Rio+20 for the planet. I will be really very happy to meet up with you at the GoodPlanet 2012 Film Festival.
For those of you who cannot be with us, you can follow day-to-day events at the Summit thanks to the GoodPlanet Info news bulletins, to which you may subscribe in French and in English on www.goodplanet.info We will also be publishing a book on the challenges of Rio+20 on June 14, to help people understand the stakes of this extraordinary rendezvous, and we will do our best to let you share as many aspects of the festival as possible on www.goodplanet.org
Let us mobilize around this shared challenge, so that each one of us, in his or her own way, can contribute to putting ecology at the heart of our conscience for a better world.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand


text:
Court records help people to get hold of many valuable specifics related to family members, ancestors and others. Search divorce, adoption, land and property evaluation, last will and testament assessment or probate authentication, naturalization and citizenship data that are helpful in carrying genealogy research.
Various data about great-great grandparents and grandparents can be retrieved from the Adams County, ID Public County Records Index. One can locate legacy or property and land information from the lawsuit information. Apart from obtaining court data to resolve legal issues, genealogical research can be carried out greatly.
Information of civil court matters can be easily accessed through the updated repository of Adams, ID court records. To make your search easy the database provides information on county civil court cases as well as birth records, marriage license and registered volume number, death certificate information, county divorces, adoption, county obituary burial and cemetery, census and family history, immigration and naturalization, military services, Civil War of America, First and Second World Wars enlistment data, county land registration documents data and last will or probate deeds. Start obtaining useful information and facts from the collection of different public information and vital statistics.
To obtain the Idaho Adams County Records, please provide the information below. When you fill-up the form, make a note : The more fields you fill in, the more detailed result you will get.
Please Provide
I wish to receive updates and additional information from this website.
Our Database is loaded with over 400 million county records which include United States Nationwide Vital Records, Public Record and Information. We offer 24x7x365 Search Expert Support. We are working day and night to collect, authenticate and deliver up-to-date County Records in an easiest way.
Our 24x7 Dedicated
Search Expert Team
Will Search The
Record For you From The
Different Sources in The Web.
- 24x7x365 Dedicate Support Team
- Free Search Expert Support
- Cross verification of individual record.
- 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
1. Easy and Instant Search Facility
2. Vast Collection of Vital Records - BMD Birth Marriage Death
3. Variety of Public Records USA Nationwide
4. 24x7x365 Search Support along with Special Search Experts to Assist You Anytime
County Records API | Public Records API | Background Check API
Copyright © 2019 county-record.net . All rights reserved.
By using the website (county-record.net), you are complying with the privacy policies & terms of services. Further using of the website (county-record.net), or database or data please refer to our privacy & terms of service pages..


text:
By John Goralski
Sports Writer
More than three decades have passed since Gary Solomon sat at the head of his kitchen table to celebrate his second state title in wrestling, and the story of that party has become a sort of legend in the Solomon family.
The high school senior had finally arrived. He'd finally stepped out from under his older brother's shadow. He'd finally proven that he was a better wrestler than Brian Solomon could ever hope to be.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the front door…
"I heard this rustling. I didn't know who or what it was, but through the darkness comes Brian with all this hardware," Gary said. "He had his duffle bag and all these trophies. When my parents left him at the college championships the day before, they didn't know if he would place or how well he would do. Not only did he do well. He ran the table. He won the New England championship. He won the most outstanding wrestler and the most pins in the least amount of time. Listen. If my party is going to get rained on, there's no better way for that to happen."
Brian Solomon had raised the bar again.
"That might have been the one time that I overshadowed him," said Brian with a laugh, "…slightly."
Few families have dominated the sport of wrestling as much as the Solomons, and Brian Solomon was the clear leader of the pack. He was the first to try his hand at the sport. He was the first to place at the Class LL championship, and the first to go on to college. He was the first to win the New England championship in college, the first to be named as an all-American, and the first to claim academic all-American honors.
If there was an award to be won, Brian Solomon was the first to get it.
"When it comes to doing anything, he only knows how to do it one way, and that's a disciplined, methodical approach," said his brother. "When it came to wrestling, it was always no-nonsense. He was in it. He's made a commitment to this, and he's going to do it only one way—all out. That really set the bar for Ricky and me. He set it really high with the way he approached it, his work ethic, his discipline, his passion. We wanted to be like him."
Solomon was one of the pioneers of Southington wrestling. The program was just a few years old when he came to the high school as a sophomore. He wasn't varsity in his first season, but he was on the roster as the Blue Knights rallied for their first and only state championship.
He cut his teeth in practice against state-level wrestlers. He served his time as a practice dummy for defending champion Jeff Lee in the 126 pound division. He'd wrestle up a weight class to face another defending champion or down a weight to face yet another. But Brian Solomon wasn't about to give up. In fact, he was studying the game and waiting for his chance.
"Brian just absorbed everything that he learned," said former Blue Knight coach Bob Wittneben. "He was very talented, very athletic, and he wanted to succeed. He picked things up really quick, learned things from matches, and just kept getting better and better. You couldn't ask for a better wrestler. He was always striving to be better."
So when an injury struck Lee in Solomon's junior season, Brian stepped in to cut his teeth on the varsity mat. He struggled to an 0-5 start before things began to click, and he entered the postseason with a .500 record. He upset a few kids in the early rounds of the Class LL meet, and went the distance against the top seed in a hard-fought loss.
Solomon wasn't happy with a moral victory.
"I couldn't do anything, but he couldn't do anything on me either," he said. "I walked off the mat a little discouraged that I couldn't score on him, but I remember Coach Jack Alkon coming up to me and saying, 'You did great.' Did I? I kept it close, but I couldn't score."
The loss fueled his off-season workouts, and he returned to the gym, pushed himself in practice, and rallied to a 19-2 record as a senior on his way to a third place finish at the Class LL championships. That momentum carried through graduation as he walked onto the mat at Western New England College (WNEC) the following year.
"It was starting to click for me," he said. "I wrestled a guy named Mike Daniels from Bristol [for a spot on the WNEC roster]. He beat me 15-3 as a junior in high school. He let me up three times, and that's how I scored. When I wrestled him in college, I beat him and he couldn't touch me. Mike was a good wrestler and a good friend, but I was on the up-swing."
As a freshman, Solomon rallied to a 19-8 record in dual meets and it broke the school record first victories among first-year wrestlers. He set the record for most dual meet victories by second year wrestlers (40), third year wrestlers (58), and fourth year wrestlers (82) before he was through.
"Brian is probably the most intense kid that I've ever, ever coached. Man, he is focused. He was focused academically. He was focused off the mat, on the mat. He worked hard and really took it to task," said former Golden Bear coach Bob Skelton. "I would tell him something on a Tuesday, and on Wednesday night he'd be doing it in a match like he was doing it his whole life. He made me look good for a long time. He was doing stuff on the mat that just blew me away."
It was his sophomore year in 1982 that Solomon charged into his brother's celebration with his first New England Division III championship (His second came in 1984). He went on to finish fifth at the NCAA division III tournament to claim his first to two all-American awards. He was the team's MVP in each of his final three seasons and earned all-American honors in all three years. He earned the nod as captain in his junior and senior seasons, and has already been inducted into both the WNEC and New England College Conference halls of fame.
"He had a sense of quiet, internal leadership qualities," said Skelton. "He led by example. He was the first guy to practice and the last one to leave. He was the first guy to run sprints. He was the first one to do anything. He was an inspiration to everybody, and it was just contagious."
As a junior, Solomon welcomed his younger brother Gary to his team and the sibling rivalry carried onto the mat. Their practice sessions would spill off the mat as teammates gathered to watch the brothers fight for the last point long after the whistle was blown. Those practice bouts were often more intense than their varsity matches.
"I wouldn't even go over to their side of the mat when they were training together," said Skelton. "They'd be slapping each other, kicking each other, and yelling at each other. Really? It was bloodshed."
The work paid off. Gary fought his way to all-American honors. Brian almost captured a national title. As a senior, officials waved off two takedowns in the championship round of the NCAA tournament. The match went to overtime, and Solomon finished as the runner-up.
"It was a terrible call," said Skelton. "He got the takedown, got on top, put the kid to his back, but didn't get any points. He ended up losing in overtime for a national championship match, but he should have won."
"It still haunts me," Solomon said. "I remember who I was wrestling. I remember the move. I lost my patience. Instead, I went for a move that I shouldn't have tried. I gave up a takedown and I lost in overtime. I tilted the guy twice. One ref gave me two points. The other one waved it off both times."
Perhaps that's why Solomon stepped in when a controversial call ended his son's high school career. To help him end on a better note, the two registered for the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association (MAWA) championship. Solomon hadn't been on the mat in more than 15 years. He lost his first match, but he battled out of the loser's bracket to finish third against a strong field of college athletes.
"I remember my last match. I wrestled a kid that had just graduated from college. I was totally gassed. I was old and out of shape," he said. "I was talking to a father, and he told me that his kid was really good. He was in the 215 weight class. 'Oh, no,' I told him. I think I'm wrestling him in my next match for third and fourth."
Solomon won.
It was no surprise that the Southington Sports Hall of Fame selection committee chose Solomon to be inducted into the local hall of fame. He was a leader in his generation and the next. On Thursday, Nov. 14, Solomon will be honored in an induction ceremony at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville.
"I think this is a tremendous honor because Southington has such a huge history with sports," he said. "To be mentioned with some of these athletes is an honor."
To reserve tickets, contact Jim Verderame at (860) 628-7335. To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.
King Solomon; Brian Solomon launched a Southington wrestling dynasty
By John Goralski


text:
Southwestern Flavored Potato Chips Turns Up The Heat
Salem, Ore.-based Kettle Foods* turns up the heat with the rollout of Kettle Brand Jalapeño Potato Chips.
As always, Kettle Brand Potato Chips are made with only the finest potatoes and delicious blends of all natural seasonings – no trans fats, no artificial colors or flavors and no preservatives. Only non-GMO ingredients are used, and they are cooked in small batches by hand in pure, healthy oils under the watchful eye of dedicated chip cooks.
Available in 2-oz. 5-oz and 9-oz bags, Kettle Brand Jalapeño Potato Chips strike the perfect balance between fresh, well-rounded flavor and the simple heat of green, spicy jalapeño peppers. A fiery, festive flavor with a twist, these all-natural chips are easy to eat with a satisfying heat that sneaks up on you.
"We've known for a long time that our fans wanted a Jalapeño flavor but we had to get it just right," says Carolyn Richards, Kettle Foods chief flavor architect. "Using only the best ingredients, we deliver the flavor our fans expect with absolutely nothing artificial. Try them yourself and taste the all natural difference."
Suggested retail price is $1.19 - $3.99 depending on the size


text:
Emerging market ETFs are pulling back sharply from gains that they had achieved in recent months. The countries with the largest drops in the past few days are those that are most dependent on foreign capital to finance their super-sized deficits. In essence, speculation that some of the world's central banks may pare back the printing of money is adversely affecting funds like WisdomTree India Earnings (EPI) and iShares MSCI South Africa (EZA). The broader-based Vanguard Emerging Markets (VWO) is not faring particularly well either.
Similarly, fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve is preparing to slow down its ultra-accommodative easy money policy (a.k.a. quantitative easing or "QE") is slamming precious metals and miners. Funds like iShares Silver (SLV), ETFS Physical Precious Metals (GLTR) and Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) are experiencing the double whammy of tax-loss harvesting and "taper tantrum" selling. Indeed, more and more investors are beginning to fret that the Fed will reduce its $85 billion per month bond-buying program.
From my vantage point, the shorter-term speculation will fizzle out. The near-term concern that the Fed may curb its enthusiasm for electronic money creation does not alter the longer-term trend of extremely slow growth across the world's developed economies. Europe, Japan, and yes, the U.S. — expansion in developed regions is extraordinarily fragile. It follows that central banks around the globe are unlikely to tighten the reins in a meaningful manner and risk soaring yields that would adversely affect their ability to pay the interest on massive debts.
What does it all mean? It means that cheap money via "QE" is going to be around for many years to come. It also means that any effort to wind down emergency stimulus will be abandoned at the first sight of recessionary struggles. Keep in mind, in every instance over the last five years where the Federal Reserve attempted to curtail a QE program, they started another. It follows that the investment community will continue viewing stock setbacks as opportunities (e.g., "buying the dips"), at least until the day when investors lose confidence in central bank stimulus.
My suggestion? Use near-term sell-offs to fill gaps in your current allocation with ETFs that thrive on central bank stimulus bounces. The most recent and best example of this phenomenon is the one that occurred when Bernanke's Fed decided not to put the brakes on its $85 billion per month this past September. The market had to contend with a government shutdown, but once investors were able to buy the dips on shutdown concerns, stock assets were off to the races.
Here are some of the ETFs that performed exceptionally well over the previous 10 weeks:
|ETFs To Consider For The Reality That Any Tapering Will Be Tiny
|Approx 10 Wks
|iShares DJ Aerospace (ITA)
|SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE)
|S&P SPDR Pharmaceuticals (XPH)
|iShares DJ Transportation (IYT)
|PowerShares Dynamic Industrials (PRN)
|S&P 500 SPDR Trust (SPY)
Perhaps ironically, a number of relative strength outperformers are the same ones that have been less affected by the possibility of tapering one way or another. These include defensive assets that are less tied to business cycles such as aerospace and pharmaceuticals. For these sectors — segments that I have recommended throughout 2013 — performance chasers may simply be "dressing the windows" for clients. Momentum is still likely to carry them further, but make certain to have your sell discipline intact should lofty valuations tempt profit-takers early in 2014.
The run-up in transportation stocks, regional banking shares as well as industrials tell a different story. Mainly, energy prices have dipped and the Fed will likely succeed in its quest to keep interest rates in check.
Granted, some folks will tell you not to fear the "taper" because they believe the U.S. economy is close to sustaining itself without emergency level stimulus. I'm not one of those folks. On the contrary, most of the economic growth can be directly tied to Fed intervention and any genuine move away from the rate manipulation would likely stoke recessionary flames. That said, I do not believe our central bank or others around the world are willing to let their economies sink or swim on their own. The answer the developed world has come up with is to continue printing money electronically. Stock market corrections notwithstanding, the trend higher is likely to remain until the world's investors begin to lose faith in the very notion of QE intervention.
You can listen to the ETF Expert Radio Show "LIVE", via podcast or on your iPod. You can follow me onTwitter @ETFexpert.
Disclosure Statement: ETF Expert is a web log ("blog") that makes the world of ETFs easier to understand. Gary Gordon, MS, CFP is the president of Pacific Park Financial, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser with the SEC. Gary Gordon, Pacific Park Financial, Inc., and/or its clients may hold positions in the ETFs, mutual funds, and/or any investment assetmentioned above. The commentary does not constitute individualized investment advice. The opinions offered herein are not personalized recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities. At times, issuers of exchange-traded products compensate Pacific Park Financial, Inc. or its subsidiaries for advertising at the ETF Expert web site. ETF Expert content is created independently of any advertising relationship.


text:
BuildDirect needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
TBD - This is part of the job ;)
BuildDirect is the world's largest online manufacturer-wholesaler of building materials. We sell flooring, roofing, siding, decking, landscape and kitchen & bath products at manufacturer-direct prices. Since our launch in 1999, satisfied customers in every state in the U.S. plus over 60 countries around the globe have helped us become one of the fastest growing building products companies in the world.
BuildDirect's primary audience consists of DIY (customers who install the product themselves) or BIY customers (customers who buy product and have an installer perform the installation). Our audience for this particular brand of laminate flooring is budget conscious but still looking for high quality when it comes to their laminate flooring purchase. Even though they are on a budget, they don't want to sacrifice on looks or style. They feel that a European-made laminate floor is higher quality and therefore worth paying a bit more for than a Chinese-made laminate.
We need a name, logo & packaging design developed for our European Line of Laminate Flooring.
Name Requirements:
The name must be trade-mark free and also not conflict with any industry-related companies after conducting a web search.
European Laminate Flooring has a higher perceived quality than Chinese-made laminates therefore the branding must reflect this. For some European brand mark treatments that I really like, check out Ikea, Miele, Bosch. All very clean, simple, modern with bold color.
We are looking for an original name that is easy to pronounce given our target audience is North American. However, the name needs to immediately evoke the sense that the product is from Europe. We need to pretty much hit people over the head with this so it is abundantly clear that this is a European-made product. Preliminary name ideas that we considered were names such as Europa...this unfortunately is taken but as you can see it is obviously European in origin.
The mark needs to be clean, modern and chic. This is a leading-edge laminate manufacturer so the look and feel of the logo needs to reflect this. We're open to different color options but we want to ensure it reflects a modern look with clean lines.
Rough packaging layout is encouraged. It should incorporate the brand mark and colors. Laminate flooring boxes are typical long and narrow. Dimensions would be 48"L x 8.5" W x 2.5-3" D.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
Stay clear of this place. Major issues with they way they treat customers. Owner is the worst. No concern or remorse for employees mistakes or lies. I ordered a certain style fence and got another. But should not complain because owner says its better. N0, Im sorry lets work something out. They get around these errors because they intentionally write up a very limited contract, so that they can not be held accountable at the end, REALLY. Also note, they calculate square footage wrong but blame you for this too. Worst treatment and experience ever. Did not even install fence on correct property line
Fence in New Smyrna Beach, FL
YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. These factors are similar to those you might use to determine which business to select from a local Yellow Pages directory, including proximity to where you are searching, expertise in the specific services or products you need, and comprehensive business information to help evaluate a business's suitability for you. "Preferred" listings, or those with featured website buttons, indicate YP advertisers who directly provide information about their businesses to help consumers make more informed buying decisions. YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page.
1. Dave's Fence Co
220 Benson Junction RdDebary, FL 32713
From Business: Welcome to Dave's Fence Inc., your premier commercial and residential fence company. We have had the pleasure of serving cities from Deltona to Palm Coast to Orla…
2. Anchor Fence Wholesale Of Miami
Serving the New Smyrna Beach Area
From Business: With more than 30 years in business, Anchor Fence Wholesalers has developed the most extensive line of fence related products to fit all your needs. Its huge inve…
3. Budd Severino Advance Home Exteriors
1360 N Nova RdDaytona Beach, FL 32117
I couldn't be more pleased with the work completed by Budd Severino's staff. Their response to my needs is very much appreciated. The work was do…
4. Allphases Fence and Pavers
1300 Canal StNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
Stay clear of this place. Major issues with they way they treat customers. Owner is the worst. No concern or remorse for employees mistakes or lies.…
5. Smyrna Fence Supply
1611 Canal StNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
6. Jim's Hauling Fencing
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
7. Boundaries and Barriers Fence
1020 Clermont StNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
We received some pretty hefty quotes from multiple fencing companies in Volusia. This company beat them by $1000...for better quality!! To be hone…
8. Vinyl & Gates
1020 Clermont StNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
9. Luznar Feed And Farm Supply
3645 Watermelon LnNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
From Business: Quality feed at excellent prices. Manufacturing of all types of feed daily.
10. Cowboy's Fencing of Deland
301 Flagler AveEdgewater, FL 32132
cowboy is not a man of integrity will take your money and not do as promissed he will keep telling you that he will fix it but trust me he does not!…
11. Jims Hauling and Fencing Inc
104 E Knapp AveEdgewater, FL 32132
12. Fences by Design Inc
709 W Park Ave Ste CEdgewater, FL 32132
13. Boundaries & Barriers
Serving the New Smyrna Beach Area
14. Built Well Fence
331 Pine Breeze DrEdgewater, FL 32141
15. P & K Tree & Landscape llc.
720 Oliver DrNew Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
16. ACI Supply Company
Serving the New Smyrna Beach Area
From Business: Please note we do not install, but don`t worry we provide you with qualified installers in your area. Call to see if you qualify. We strive for excellence in all …
17. Aluminum Fences Direct
Serving the New Smyrna Beach Area
From Business: The address above is our mailing address and not a physical location. Our website at www.aluminumfencesdirect.net is our store.
18. Starplex Fencing
616 N Ridgewood AveEdgewater, FL 32132
19. Fences and Pavers By Design
5347 S Ridgewood AvePort Orange, FL 32127
Great driveway installation job at my house. Would defenetely recommend V's crew to any of my friends and family. Very happy customer !
20. Art Of Fencing
797 Foxhound DrPort Orange, FL 32128
21. Fence Installation & Repairs
1007 Palm View DrDaytona Beach, FL 32119
22. Arrow Fence Concepts
909 Hamlin DrSouth Daytona, FL 32119
23. Suncoast Fence & Supply
2362 S Nova RdDaytona Beach, FL 32119
24. Superior Fence & Rail of Daytona
3629 W International Speedway BlvdDaytona Beach, FL 32124
25. West Volusia Fence
1040 Fishermans DrOsteen, FL 32764
26. Fence Master
2125 Howland BlvdDeltona, FL 32738
27. Pete's Al-Tona Fence
2999 Fifer DrDeltona, FL 32738
28. Fence Master
2360 Jackson AveDeltona, FL 32738
29. Fence Services Inc
302 Lockhart StDaytona Beach, FL 32114
30. Dependable Fence Co
302 Lockhart StDaytona Beach, FL 32114
Homes are among the most expensive purchases you'll make in your lifetime, and it's important to make it your own, both inside and out. A fence can serve a number of purposes, including keeping a rambunctious pet or child from straying too far, creating privacy for your yard, improving the value of the house or simply making your home more secure.
More than 99,000 businesses offer fencing services and products in the United States, and the industry generates about $51 billion in revenue a year. With all of these options, homeowners can team up with a fencing contractor that meets their budget and requirements.
Types of Fences
No fence is one-size-fits-all. Each home is different, with its own character and charm, and homeowners should expect their fence to reflect this aesthetic. Fortunately, there are a number of fence materials that you can choose from to add to the look and function of your home.
When people dream about a house with a picket fence, wood is often the material that comes to mind. Wood is the most popular fencing type in the U.S. because it provides privacy thanks to its build and height options, looks attractive, and will likely last for the lifetime of the home. The downside of this option is that the height and size can impact the price, and it can take time to install.
Aluminum may not provide the type of security that wood and other options might as it would need fill-in panels. It requires little maintenance and can be decorated any way you want. However, this type of fencing is not ideal for areas with severe weather.
If you like the look of a wood fence, but not the price, PVC could be a good option. PVC is much cheaper and can be used to replace wooden stakes and pickets. While it's not as sturdy as wood, it can significantly cut down on material costs and comes in a variety of heights and colors. A PVC fence can last for years and has a high resistance to the elements.
Vinyl is one of the cheapest and most durable fencing types on this list. A vinyl fence has four times the flexibility and five times the strength of comparable wood fences. Although it has a high upfront cost, it requires no maintenance and is overall less expensive than other options.
Homeowners that are looking to be green may find bamboo fencing to be an appealing option. Bamboo is grown naturally, rising up to a foot a year, and can be planted to create a fence. Rolled bamboo and bamboo cane options will be the sturdiest choices and are optimal for colder climates.
If you think that fences are an eyesore, an invisible electric fence might be the optimal choice. These are especially beneficial for homeowners with pets. A trench is dug along the fence's boundary, and a wire is buried within. A wireless transmitter can then interact with a pet's collar to warn the animal when it is near the edge. Pets will stay within your yard, and you won't have the bulky structure of a fence.
How to Know if a Fence Works for Your Yard
Now that you know what materials are available, you might have an idea of what type of fence you'd like. However, there are a few considerations you'll need to address to verify that a fence will work for your yard:
Check Your HOA Regulations
Before you can begin planning for a new fence, you'll want to double check the rules for your neighborhood. Some homeowners' associations have stipulations concerning fences including standards for what materials can be used, as well as height requirements. Using this information, homeowners can thoroughly assess their options and stay in line with HOA regulations. You'll want to refrain from building excessively tall structures unless permitted by the HOA and municipality ordinances. Without this allowance, your fence will end up costing more.
Draw the Lines
Now that you know what guidelines are in place for fences in your area, it's time to determine if a fence will work for your yard in particular. You'll need to confirm your property lines to ensure that you stay within your established boundaries. A fence consultant will need to come out and locate utilities and other obstructions that could interfere with construction. The slope and contour of the terrain can affect the measurement of your fence as well. Understanding these elements will help determine if your yard is a good candidate for a fence and make planning run more smoothly.
Lay out Your Reasons
Establishing a fence takes some time and investment, so it will be important to consider why you're installing a fence in the first place. If you have kids or pets, safety might be your main reason. You might put in a fence for privacy if your landscaping isn't enough to provide your desired level of seclusion. For those selling their home, a fence can add visual appeal and increase property value. These considerations may guide you on what type of fence will be best for your home.
Common Issues
To properly maintain your fence, you must first learn about what problems you may face:
Damaging Utilities
Utility lines must be marked before fence installation to prevent any damages. A simple visit from a professional can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Overlooking Standards
If you build a fence that doesn't adhere to ordinances, it can cost you a lot to address. Be sure to check with your HOA and municipality for regulations concerning what is required to build a fence in your area.
Leaning Fences
If you don't maintain your fence properly, you can expect it to come down with a few problems. You may notice that your fence is leaning or sagging, and this can be a fairly expensive problem to fix. If you don't close the gate properly, your hinges might sag and prevent your gate from closing securely. Homeowners can prevent these situations by performing regular maintenance on their fences.
Fence installation often occurs in stages. First, the fence company will mark the utility lines in your yard. Then, a crew will dig posts and set them in concrete. About a week later, the company will come and install the stringers, gates, fencing material and everything else. The average installation cost is slightly more than $4,500, but it will largely depend on the materials used. It's inadvisable to try to make this a DIY project, as a high degree of skill is required, and many costly problems can result from a bad fence installation.
Aluminum, vinyl and PVC fences all require little to no maintenance. Homeowners may use soap and water to clean off these materials, but they generally don't require much more than that. These options can be good for those that want a sturdy but low-touch fence.
Wood fences, on the other hand, require a little bit more work. With exposure to the sun and the elements, wood fences are prone to cracking, warping and cupping. To prevent this, homeowners are encouraged to clean, seal and stain their fence at least every three years. Clean the fence with a specially formulated cleaner. After 15 to 20 minutes, use a pressure washer to remove any mold, mildew and debris from the fence. From there, you can seal and stain the fence to protect it and help the wood look good as new. An oil stain is recommended, as it penetrates the material and can maintain its condition for years.
Choosing a Service
With tens of thousands of fencing service companies to choose from, how do you know which one will be the best for your needs? Here are some considerations to help you make a decision:
Are There Portfolio Examples?
You'll need to do some homework on your potential contractors. First, see if they have a website and a portfolio of samples. These can indicate the provider's level of experience and highlight their capabilities.
What's Their Reputation Like?
You'll want to have a contractor that has a good reputation. Look at customer reviews as well as how long the provider has been in business. If a contractor requires an immediate decision, asks you to pay cash or doesn't provide an estimate, it should serve as a major red flag. A friend or family member may also be a good source for recommending a contractor.
Is the Work Guaranteed?
Some organizations may offer a variety of promises, such as time to completion and discounts, simply to get you in the door. It's important to question the validity of these guarantees and research whether the contractor has delivered on these commitments. If it's clear that the contractor constantly misses deadlines or doesn't meet obligations, you'll want to renew your search.
Is There a Warranty?
No matter how good a contractor is, there may be an issue with the fence a year or two down the road. You should ask about what type of warranty is offered. A warranty could help offset repair costs if you have a sagging fence, while enabling you to fix any warped or cracked panels that may occur after exposure to the elements.
Trade Associations
Homeowners should work with a fencing contractor who is certified by or a member of one or more trade organizations. Some of the biggest associations in this industry include:
American Fence Association
Since 1962, the American Fence Association has grown to be the largest and most comprehensive resource in the industry. The group aims to benefit fence-industry professionals and customers by promoting professionalism, education and certification of its members while keeping up with the latest developments, materials, standards and tools.
The AFA has created a rigorous certification program and requires recertification every three years. Professionals must prove a history of service in the industry prior to taking the certification exam and complete the multiple-choice test.
North American Fence Contractors Association
The NAFCA is a group of fence professionals who look to bring contractors and vendors together for better affordability and accessibility to educational opportunities within the industry. It's run by a number of volunteers and encourages all contractors who want to develop their skills to join.


text:
Chrysler Group's namesake and Dodge brands recorded strong sales last month to give the auto maker its best January sales since 2008.
Continue Reading Below
Chrysler said its U.S. auto sales for January climbed 16% to 117,731 vehicles, up from 101,149 a year earlier. Sales were down 23% from December's total of 152,367 vehicles.
Truck sales rose a modest 2.8%, while care sales soared 50% higher. Sales for Chrysler's namesake brand increased 18%, compared to a 37% jump for Dodge and 4.4% drop for Jeep.
The company said it ended January with an 87-day supply of inventory, estimating U.S. sales for the month at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 15.5 million units across the industry.
On Wednesday, Chrysler reported its second profitable year since emerging from bankruptcy in 2009. Profit for 2012 soared to $1.7 billion from $183 million a year earlier, while revenue climbed 20% to $65.8 billion.
Competitors General Motors (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F) and other auto makers are also slated to report January sales Friday.


text:
Mascot Roofing have served Haywards Heath with quality roofing services since the company was established in 1995. Over the years we have earned a reputation as one of the most well respected roofers in Haywards Heath.
Our experience, professionalism and versatility means we are fully capable of providing customers in Haywards Heath with a wide range of roofing services including, repairs, tiling and the installation of flat or stone roofs.
Roofing Contractors serving Haywards Heath and the Surrounding Areas
If you require the services of skilled roofing contractors for commercial or domestic projects in Haywards Heath and the surrounding areas, then Mascot Roofing have the expertise and a proven track record of successfully completed projects of varying complexity. Furthermore, we are fully equipped to handle roofing installations of new builds as well as older buildings. We have carried out roof repairs and renovations for listed buildings in the Haywards Heath area.
Please view our portfolio page to view recent examples of roofing projects we have carried out in and around Haywards Heath.
Contact Mascot Roofing today for further information about our full range of roofing services available in Haywards Heath and beyond.
Areas we Cover
Roofers > West Sussex > Roofers Haywards Heath


text:
The Learning Lab aims to assist students in understanding course material and available educational technologies by providing instructional facilitators, computer facilitators, student tutors, and study skills tutors that are prepared to meet the needs of individual learning styles, and through computer-assisted instruction. By providing these services, we hope to imbue students with a sense of self-reliance, self-esteem, a desire for life-long learning, and the drive and abilities to succeed both academically and professionally.
The Learning Lab is part of the Division of Arts and Sciences and is under the direct supervision of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Assistive Technology (AT) is available for students to increase functional capabilities. Disability Services attempts to insure that the AT is available to meet the needs of students with documented disabilities. The following Assistive Technology is available at CFCC by clicking here.
Check out our Tutor Talk & Study Skills Videos here!!


text:
K. Guillard needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 124 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
K. Guillard – Custom Apparel for Every Unique Woman is a lifestyle clothing company that provides women with the ability to purchase high-quality, custom-fitting, and fashionable apparel in a convenient shopping experience. We are looking for a fresh new logo that fits our brand image.
K. Guillard
K. Guillard – custom apparel for every unique woman provides women with the ability to purchase high-quality, custom fitting apparel in a convient shopping experience. Using three dimensional body scanningtechnology, we customize every piece of clothing to perfectly fit eachexceptional woman. The process isextremely convenient and focused on the individuals needs and desires. With the K. Guillardbrand, she no longer needs to worry about the hassle and frustrations ofshopping for new clothes. We believe every woman deserves clothing the flatters her figure and makes her feel like the beautiful and confident woman she is! Our target customer is 35-60 and we focus on professional attire.
We are looking for a fresh new logo that will elevate the K. Guillard brand. We are looking for a logo with a high-end and high-fashion feel that inspires women of their own unique beauty and confidence!
- K. Guillard name we evision to be in a script font
- Tagline of "custom clothing for every unique woman" is optional and we are open to other taglines if they fit our brand image
- Our current logo has an avatar of a woman in a suit, even though we use avatars for each of our clients, this is not necessary, but an option for the logo
- High-end and special feel
- Couture fashion
- Elegant
- Inspires women of their unique beauty and confidence!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.