text:
Giving up coffee or sugar? Have a creamy Yerba Mate Latte. Skipping chocolate? Try a Treehugger!
Lots of our customers have been telling us about what they're giving up for Lent. Frankly, many of you look a little lost without your morning coffee or afternoon cookie. The good news? We have lots of ideas for replacing whatever you've given up with another option to make your Lenten sacrifice just a little less grim.
No Caffeine
No Dairy
No Sugar
No Desserts
No Coffee
No Chocolate
By Sri Koduri
For years, many of us went regularly to local coffee shops and to get our cup of coffee in Birmingham, until the early 2000 when coffee chains stepped into the scene. They had the glitz and glamour that attracted most of us to frequent them, sometimes forgetting our local coffee shops. But, the local flavor, personalized approach, loyalty, coziness, and the community-feel has drawn us back, and now there's a widespread return to our own local coffee houses.
A couple of things to consider …
These are good enough reasons for me to think as an informed customer to make intelligent choices to buy coffee from local roasters that support the local economy!!!!
Coffee News …
A couple of weeks ago, El Salvador was hit by historic floods, and almost all coffee farms have been impacted by them. Let's show our care and support to the farmers and their families who depend on coffee beans by buying a bag of El Salvador. This is another way we can impact small economies in big ways by buying coffee!!!!
In Conclusion …
We at Church Street Coffee & Books serve and sell coffee roasted at Primavera Coffee, a local roaster in Cahaba Heights. Most of Primavera's Coffee selections are lightly roasted (Guatemala, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Colombian, and, of course, El Salvador), although they do offer stronger coffees like Sumatra and French Roast.
Stop by today and buy a bag of these exquisite coffees and be proud of shopping local.
Sri Koduri is coffee guru and barista extraordinaire at Church Street Coffee & Books.
Until next time … Cheers!!!!
We were hugely surprised and honored yesterday to see that Church Street Coffee & Books made it onto B Metro's 10 Spots: New Restaurants for the New Year! The list is quite an impressive group, if we do say so ourselves, with restaurants like El Barrio, already among our favorites, and Paramount, which we can't wait to try. Thanks to B Metro for including us!
The other big news yesterday? Our coffee supplier, Primavera, will merge with Atlanta-based Octane. This is news we've been excited about for a long time, so we're so happy we can finally tell you about it. Octane, like Primavera, is a company dedicated to the very best in coffee. The fact the two are working together now means a more diverse supply of beans and roasts, more opportunity to hunt down and bring home amazing tastes, and more creativity and dedication to making sure your morning cup is the best you've ever had. Read more about Octane and Primavera in Sunday's The Birmingham News.
What comes into your mind when you hear someone say "Sumatra"? Well, for some, it's their first cup of dark roast being served at their favorite coffee shop on 81 Church St … for a few others it's a vacation spot where you can run into some of the world's finest flora and fauna, and it reminds still others of the deadly Tsunami of 2004. Considering our focus is exploring Sumatra as a coffee, it only makes sense to know more about the land of Sumatra to gain knowledge and perspective.
A Little Background:
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia. Settler colonies began arriving in Sumatra around 500 BC, and several significant kingdoms flourished there. I Ching, a Chinese Buddhist monk, studied Sanskrit and spent four years of his life here. The explorer Marco Polo visited Sumatra in 1292. Sumatra has a huge range of plant and animal species, but has lost almost 50% of its tropical rainforest in the last 35 years, and many species are critically endangered.
Sumatran Coffee:
Arabica coffee production in Sumatra began in the 18th century under Dutch colonial domination. Indonesian coffees are usually processed through a unique semi-washed method. Semi-washed coffees are best described as "wet-hulled" with heavy body and often more of that "character" that makes them so appealing and slightly funky. In this process, they are marginally dried, then stripped of the outer layer, revealing a white-colored, swollen green bean. Then the drying is completed on the patios.
Historic Tsunami of 2004:
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega earthquake that occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Most coffee farmers lost their crops and are still recovering from the after-effects. This natural disaster made Sumatran coffee a rare and expensive commodity. Every bag of coffee that we buy and every cup of Sumatra that we consume will help support the farmers that are slowly building their lives back to normal.
Sumatra @ Church St.:
We brew Primavera's Sumatra Mandheling which is a strong and bold Indonesian coffee. It lives up to the tradition of coffees from Indonesia having an earthy aroma. It is best when you pair it with our Best-Ever Bran Muffins. Grab a bag today and when you do, be proud of being knowledgeable about your coffee journey with me!!!
Sri is a barista extraordinaire and coffee guru at Church Street Coffee & Books.
By Sri Koduri
It is the season of giving!!! Giving includes coffee beans. I see a lot of customers choosing coffee as a gift idea, but they have a lot of questions: For how long will this coffee be good? Should you freeze it or just refrigerate it? Store it in jars, paper, plastic bags, or single valve bags? Does it really matter if it's whole bean or ground? Over the years, I have heard a lot of different opinions and suggestions, so here are some basics when storing your favorite coffee beans.
Certain factors do harm to the freshness of your coffee, but if we can protect our coffee from these factors we should be able to enjoy a fresh cup of coffee every time!!!
• Moisture
• Air
• Heat
• Light
The most direct and simple way to combat these problems is to buy your coffee in small quantities as needed, buy WHOLE BEANS instead of ground coffee, and store it in an airtight container in a cool, shady spot.
SO! Proper Coffee Storage Mission Accomplished? No Worries? Well, these measures are enough if you are buying it in smaller quantities. But what if you bought a giant bag of coffee on sale, or every single friend gives you a bag of coffee for the holidays? How do you keep it fresh?
To freeze or not to freeze?
First and foremost, the fridge is a major no-no. In the first place, it's not cold enough to keep your coffee fresh. Secondly, your coffee will deodorize and dehumidify your refrigerator — just like baking soda, especially if its ground. That can't be good for the taste of the coffee!
Freezing is optional. Some experts say that coffee is never quite the same after freezing. True or not, what's important is what works for you.
In my experience, if you have a quantity that can't be consumed within 10 days to 2 weeks, freezing becomes a reasonable option. Just make sure to wrap it well, as there can be some damaging exposure to moisture and light from constant the opening and closing of the freezer door.
So if coffee storage in the freezer becomes necessary, here is my advice:
1. Store your coffee in the original packaging.
2. Put each one in its own freezer bag.
3. Then put them all into a brown paper bag to keep out the light.
This may seem a bit much, but it will protect your investment from being damaged by moisture and light. Now you can withdraw your coffee in the proper quantity as needed and let it thaw before grinding. Your coffee should only be frozen and thawed once. With this awareness, you don't have to worry about stocking up on your favorite coffees for holidays.
At Church Street, we offer beans from local roaster Primavera. Guatemala, Sumatra, Colombia, Ethiopian, French Roast are a few of the popular ones. We offer these coffees in 12 oz bags, and we grind it for free if you want!!!
Happy Holidays everyone!!!
Sri Koduri is barista extraordinaire and coffee guru at Church Street Coffee & Books.
Buy a gift card in any amount and we'll wrap it (as shown above) for free!
Lords a leaping? Swans a swimming? Get real. Who needs four calling birds when we have Facebook and text messages? What we really want for Christmas is coffee abrewing and books aplenty, and that's what makes a Church Street gift card the perfect choice for all 12 days of Christmas. Our gift cards are good for anything in the store, from coffee to books to journals to beans.
The Family Fang is not a vampire book. (I'm not sure if it's awesome or sad that vampire literature is so popular that I have to start that way.) It's a novel about Caleb and Camille Fang, famous performance artists who involve their children, Annie and Buster (Child A and Child B, as they refer to the kids) in their art. The trouble is, that art is weird, disturbing and often dangerous. The bulk of the book is about Buster and Annie learning to deal with the ways their parents screwed them up.
The book is a fun, and sometimes sad, story about art and fame and growing up. The Fang dynamic is extreme, but the family and sibling relationships are real and relatable. After all, we're all a little (or a lot) messed up by our parents, and we all look for ways to sort through which ideas are ours and which belong to Parental Unit 1 and Parental Unit 2. (Bizarrely, those are not monikers from the book … it's how my dad sometimes referred to himself and my mother. Talk about weird families.)
The parents in the book sometimes behave pretty horrifically, but author Kevin Wilson wisely paints them neither as jesters nor as villains. Their dedication to art is extreme, but they say important things with their work (sometimes, anyway). Their obsession with creativity and social commentary borders on psychotic, but they do raise two children who become artists in their own right. And the ways Annie and Buster deal with the abuse aren't perfect, either — and they shouldn't be. Wilson's story is real and honest, and it leaves us free to make our own moral conclusions, or to leave them out altogether. And you just might say, that's the definition of art.
Carrie Rollwagen is co-owner and book buyer at Church Street Coffee & Books.
We top our Gingerbread Latte with homemade whipped cream and a little bit of cinnamon — sooo comforting and delicious!
By Sri Koduri
Over the last two decades, enjoying coffee has gained more and more popularity. More coffee shops, chains have come into existence than ever before. Every one of them has some offering of coffee to please your palette.
What is really sustaining the coffee business is not just brewed coffee, but the espresso-based beverages. Latte and cappuccino have become household names. However you take coffee — black, decaf, flavored, espresso, iced or blended —there's a form of coffee drinking that will pleasure your senses.
In addition to choosing the form, you can also add flavor to your coffee, and food-inspired flavors have gained a lot of momentum. Vanilla, hazelnut, caramel, cinnamon, etc. have become the choice of customers. As much as I advocate enjoying the coffee beans for their true flavor profile, I equally enjoy flavoring them up sometimes to maximize my coffee experience.
Your barista should be able to suggest a flavor depending on what you like and enjoy. More than the regularly available flavors, I tend to enjoy the seasonal offerings. Here are my favorite picks from our line-up at Church Street!
Season's greetings from Church Street:
Stop by to enjoy these beverages and more and flavor up your coffee experience.
Sri is a barista extraordinaire and coffee guru at Church Street Coffee & Books.
By Sri Koduri
The urbanites and the coffee house culture of the last 40 years or so made coffee a common sight at every street corner and restaurant. From breakfast to dinner, a lot of urbanites have a cup of coffee either before or after, or even while dining. Fine diners have worked with roasters to develop specific blends to compliment their food.
With Thanksgiving kicking off the official holiday season, every household has gatherings, and every office has a holiday party. How do you bring the right kind of coffee to your table?
What I have learned in the last 12 years is the fact that coffee has subtle flavors based on where it grows and it can easily enhance the food flavors and/or compliment them. Something like two people getting married!!!
Most popular coffees come from the following three regions:
So, this holiday season, Jolt up your holiday gathering at home or at your work place with the right kind of coffee. A knowledgeable barista at your local coffee shop should be able to point you in the right direction.
Sri Koduri is barista extraordinaire and coffee guru at Church Street Coffee & Books.
Take a look at these beautiful Primavera beans — along with a doppio espresso we create from them!
We will wrap up our discussion on espresso this week by exploring the type of beans that are used in extracting the espresso in various coffee houses around the world. First and foremost, the important thing to recognize is the fact that there are two kinds of coffee beans — Arabica and Robusta!
These beans are very different, and they have to be roasted a different levels for espresso extraction. Here's a breakdown of the different levels of roasting:
Before you march out of a coffee house thinking their coffee doesn't taste good, you might want to spend time in investigating what roast level they use to check it against your palette. It might help you enjoy their coffee more, and it will at least help you discover what you like or don't like about it and make the intelligent choice. On average, Americans spend five to 15 dollars a day on coffee and coffee house products. You don't want that coffee do taste bad, do you??? So I would, as a smart consumer, do some taste tasting to continue justifying that expense and get the right flavor every morning.
You can try our coffee out for yourself by picking up a bag of espresso beans to roast at home, or by ordering a doppio espresso from us at Church Street. See how it suits your palette — we feature Primavera's Espresso Roast, which is roasted between a full and medium city roast (using Arabica beans, of course). So, what are you waiting for — get caffeinated!!!
Sri Koduri is a barista extraordinaire and coffee guru at Church Street Coffee & Books.


text:
Mic Check
Shure Artist Relations narrations from the road
Filtering Posts By: "skillet"
02.28.2014| By Ryan Smith|
Skillet – Revisited
Back in December, I posted about my trip down to Memphis with my son to see Skillet and Shinedown. I posted the Shinedown interview then, now I have the Skillet /John Cooper interview for you. At the current time, they are out on the road with another Shure Artist, TobyMac. I …
01.31.2014| By Ryan Smith|
February…Bring it on!
Fresh off our highly sucessful Grammy Awards trip, I'm scanning over the month of February…plenty to keep me busy! See if you can keep up: Two days ago, I conducted a wonderful interview with country artist and Shure endorser Sara Evans. I'll be editing that. She's been a Shure Artist …tagsBrad PaisleyBuddy GuyJonathan DavisJonny LangKeith UrbanKornLeAnn RimesLittle Big TownLuke BryanMercyMeSara EvansSkilletThe Wild Feathers
12.20.2013| By Ryan Smith|
A road trip with my son to see Shinedown & Skillet – PRICELESS!
How many times have you left town to go see a show a few hours away? I've seen some pretty cool shows both out of town and out of state. I remember going to see the first Monsters of Rock tour in 1988 with Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken and …tagsBeyonceChad SmithChickenfootDestiny's ChildJoe SatrianiMetallicaMichael AnthonyPaul NatkinSammy HagarShinedownSkilletVan Halen
09.06.2013| By Ryan Smith|
Tennessee loves METAL…so do I!
This week in Tennesse was Metal week for me and Shure. What better way to kick it all off than with a road trip to one of the places where Rock & Roll got it's start…Memphis, TN. The "Carnival of Madness" tour is hosted by Shure Artists Shinedown. Before the groups …tagsBrent SmithDave MustaineDierks BentleyEric BassIron MaidenJohn CooperKSM9HSLuke BryanMegadethMetalShinedownSkilletULX-D
07.19.2013| By Ryan Smith|
Skillet – "Rise" and Connect
This was a new, cool experience! Christian Rock Artists and newly signed Shure Artists Skillet recently released a new concept album called "Rise." A week beforehand, the group held 2 VIP events, the first in Nashville and the second in Chicago. Fans had the opportunity to purchase tickets to a …

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics
Year of publication
Document Type
- Part of a Book (72)
- Article (58)
- Working Paper (33)
- Conference Proceeding (3)
- Other (1)
- Preprint (1)
- English (168) (remove)
- Englisch (37)
- Semantik (34)
- Syntax (32)
- Metapher (27)
- Bedeutungswandel (18)
- Informationsstruktur (12)
- Deutsch (10)
- Prädikat (9)
- Satzakzent (9)
- Bedeutung (8)
- When 'stay' and 'become' are the same verb : the case of 'ficar' (1999)
- In this paper I investigate the properties of the copula-like verb 'ficar' in Brazilian Portuguese using Pustejovsky's generative lexicon (GL). The verb 'ficar' can be translated as 'stay' or 'become', depending on its complement. With locatives, only the STAY reading is possible. With adjectival complements, both BECOME and STAY readings are possible. I propose that 'ficar' takes an eventuality as its complement and I argue that there is no need to create multiple lexical entries for it, since the readings are the result of the possible combinations between the transition denoted by 'ficar' and the properties of the stative complements. I argue that the BECOME reading with adjectival predicates is the result of combining part of the qualia of the adjectival predicate with the TRANSITION of 'ficar'. The STAY readings of 'ficar'+adjective are the result of shadowing the transition. In the case of 'ficar'+locative, the BECOME reading is unavailable. Departing from the hypothesis that subevents have to be linked to arguments in order to be able to be modified by certain types of modifiers or be selected by certain types of heads, I argue that the transition, in the case of locative complements, is not associated to any argument because nothing in the qualia of the locative complement is compatible with a transition, given that there is not motion component in either 'ficar' or the locative. Unlinked to any argument, the TRANSITION can only be part of the 'constant' meaning of the verb, which explains why it is not available for modification.
- The morphological and semantic classification of 'evidentials' and modal verbs in German : the perfect(ive) catalyst (2000)
- This paper draws a link between the typological phenomenon of the paradigmatically supported evidentiality evoked by perfect and/or perfectivity and the equally epistemic system of modal verbs in German. The assumption is that, if perfect(ivity) is at the bottom of evidentiality in a wide number of unrelated languages, then it will not be an arbitrary fact that systematic epistemic readings occur also for the modal verbs in German, which were preterite presents originally. It will be demonstrated, for one, how exactly modal verbs in Modem German still betray sensitivity to perfect and perfective contexts, and, second, how perfect(ivity) is prone to evincing epistemic meaning. Although the expectation cannot be satisfied due to a lack of respective data from the older stages of German, a research path is sketched narrowing down the linguistic questions to be asked and dating results to be reached.
- Nominalizations and Temporal Prepositions (2002)
- In this paper, we deal with the semantic interaction between ung-nominalizations of different event types and temporal prepositions like wiihrend 'during', vor 'before', nach 'after', bis 'until' and seit 'since'. According to the two-level-approach to selnantics (Bierwisch 1983, Bierwisch / Lang 1989), we will argue that the meaning of ten~poral prepositions is determined on the level of semantic form (SF). When combined with an event nominal, the period in time required by the preposition has to be inferred on the level of conceptual structure (CS). Very often, the exact nature of the period in time is determined by pragmatic factors. There are, however, some important restrictions to this inference procedure which rely on the event noun's Aktionsart. In Ehrich/Rapp (2000), it was claimed that eventive ungnominals inherit the Aktionsart of their base verb. This assumption receives strong support by the data presented in this paper.
- Nominalization and Argument Structure in Early New High German (2002)
- Recent work on argument selection couched in a lexical decomposition approach (Ehrich & Rapp 2000) postulates different linking properties for verbs and nouns, challenging current views on argument inheritance. In this paper, I show that the different behavior with respect to verbal and nominal linking observed for Present-Day German does not carry over to ung-nominals in Early New High German. Deverbal nouns and corresponding verbs rather behave alike with respect to argument linking. I shall argue that this change is motivated by the growing rift between ung-nominals and their verbal bases both focussing on different parts oftheir lexicosemantic structure in Present-Day German. Evidence for the verb-like behavior of ung-nominals in Early New High German comes from the regular meaning relation between verbs and corresponding derived nouns, the actional properties of event-denoting nouns, and the patterning of ung-nominals with nominalized infinitives. Even their syntactic behavior reflects the verbal character of ung-nominals during that period of the German language. The diachronic facts can be accounted for in a straightforward way once we adopt a lexical decomposition approach to argument selection.
- Descriptivity grading of finnish body-part terms (1975)
- Three quantificational approaches to the measurement of lexical descriptivity are proposed, based on: the semantic sum of the parts of a lexeme is equal to the whole, paraphrase-term and term-paraphrase congruence, explicitness of semantic elements of a construction. Combination of all possible values into tripartite sets and then into equipollent groups results in a system composed of 12 grades. This system was tested with a semantic domain of the Finnish lexicon: body-part terms. The descriptivity indices for each lexical item were correlated with natural divisions of the body, construction-motivation types (form, function, location), grammatical construction types (endo- and exocentric compounds, derived forms, metaphors), and loanwords. These comparisons result in a number of grade profiles whereby specific descriptivity grades are characteristically associated with one or more types of body section, construction motivation, and grammatical construction. Diachronic and synchronic evidence points overwhelmingly to a process of semantic narrowing in the development of descriptive words and labels from phrases or sentences.
- Two systems of Cahuilla kinship expressions : labeling and descriptive ; [to appear in the Festschrift for Madison S. Beeler] (1977)
- The language of the Cahuillas shows two systems of expressions referring to kinship, which could be termed, respectively, as labeling-relational and as descriptive-establishing. […] Descriptive terms show two properties: 1. They are analysable into constituent elements so as to recognize the connection between the term and the proposition. 2. They are distinguishable from the proposition: a. by a special formal element […], in Cahuilla the absolutive suffix. b. by a narrowing or specialization in the meaning. A term which is not descriptive, i.e. which is not connected with a proposition, I shall call "label", "1abeling": It does not say anything about the object but is assigned to it just as a label is attached to a thing […].
- Two types of Cahuilla kinship expressions : inherent and establishing (1980)
- In my Cahuilla Grammar (Seiler 1977:276-282) and in a subsequent paper (Seiler 1980:229-236) I have drawn attention to the fact that many kin terms in this language, especially those that have a corresponding reciprocal term in the ascending direction – like niece or nephew in relation to aunt – occur in two expressions of quite different morphological shape. The following remarks are intended to furnish an explanation of this apparent duplicity.
- Posession as an operational dimension of language (1981)
- In this study I want to show, above all, that the linguistic expression of POSSESSION is not a given but represents a problem to be solved by the human mind. We must recognize from the outset that linguistic POSSESSION presupposes conceptual or notional POSSESSION, and I shall say more about the latter in Chapter 3. Certain varieties of linguistic structures in the particular languages are united by the fact that they serve the common purpose of expressing notional POS SESSION. But this cannot be their sole common denominator. How would we otherwise be able to recognize, to understand, to learn and to translate a particular linguistic structure as representing POSSESSION? There must be a properly linguistic common denominator, an invariant, that makes this possible. The invariant must be present both within a particular language and in cross-language comparison. What is the nature of such an invariant? As I intend to show, it consists in operational programs and functional principles corresponding to the purpose of expressing notional POSSESSION. The structures of possessivity which we find in the languages of the world represent the traces of these operations, and from the traces it becomes possible to reconstruct stepwise the operations and functions.
- Possessivity, subject and object (1982)
- The basic question is whether POSSESSOR and POSSESSUM are on the same level as the roles of VALENCE, two additional roles as it were. My research on POSSESSION has shown (Seiler 1981:7 ff.) that this is not the case, that there is a difference in principle between POSSESSION and VALENCE. However, there are multiple interactions between the two domains, and these interactions shall constitute the object of the following inquiry. It is hoped that this will contribute to a better understanding both of POSSESSION and of VALENCE.
- Possessive constructions in Tolai (1982)
- Possessive constructions are grammatical constructions which contain two nominals and express that the referent of one of these nominals belongs to the other. The kind of relationship denoted by possessive constructions is not only that of ownership (1), as the term "possessive" might suggest, but also that of kinship (2), bodypart relationship (3), part/whole relationship (4) and similar relationships [...]. The following investigation will start with possessive constructions on phrase level, i.e. possessive phrases, and then deal with possessive constructions on clause level.


text:
Blakes's Traveler Profile
I have traveled to 33 countries, posted 575 pictures and written 97 entries in 9 travel blogs
About Blakes
- Profession
- Retired, at last!
- Favourite music
- Rock, R and B, some country
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Favourite movie
- Out of Africa
- Languages
- English
- Favourite quote
- Say yes to life, even though you know it will devour you
- Interests and hobbies
- Reading, traveling, crocheting, decorating, and, most import, my grandchildren.
- One thing I want to do before I die
- Go on a safari
- Favourite book
- Gone with the Wind
- My friends describe me as
- Fun, silly, adventuresome
- The most amazing moment in my life so far
- The day I met Randy. Sounds corny but it's true.


text:
Jiu Jitsu GearMMAWarehouse.com understands the significance of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/grappling community and the importance of Jiu Jitsu in MMA. All of our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gear is designed and built to the high standards of professional grapplers in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA fighters who train in No-Gi and BJJ Gi. We seek to provide the best products specifically designed to improve and optimize performance so you can perform at your best.
Take a look at our bjj/grappling gear from the best brands in the world and equip yourself with excellent Jiu Jitsu and grappling gear from MMAWarehouse.com.
Showing 1 - 8 items
$89.99 - $94.99
(6 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcVPoiaaiyBkgaaadgJU7Xlifg", id:"tat-1076", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
Spend $100+ in Fuji and get a free Go Rin Elements Tee!
(32 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcA7EiaaiyTY2aaadgMU7Xlifg", id:"fuj-1009-0005", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
Spend $100+ in Fuji and get a free Go Rin Elements Tee!
(81 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebct52iaaiySSaaaadgOU7Xlifg", id:"fuj-1002-0004", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
Spend $100+ in Fuji and get a free Go Rin Elements Tee!
(61 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcV8ciaaiywaMaaadgQE7Xlifg", id:"fuj-1003-0004", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
(8 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcdrIiaaiyMEMaaadgVa7Xlifg", id:"com-1002-0005", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
(1 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcca6iaaiyocQaaadg0E7Xlifg", id:"bkp-1028-0005", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
Free pair of handwraps with purchase of $100+ in Adidas!
(0 ratings)
{boxId:"comparebcDsIiaaiynhkaaadg4o7Xlifg", id:"adi-1005-0004", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}
(14 ratings)
{boxId:"comparecd16IiaaiykscaaadgebbXlifg", id:"sfc-1003-0004", catId:"jiu-jitsu-gis"}


text:
Get a FREE Essential Birth Report Sample now to start your personal journey through Astrology. Find out your Sun, Moon, and Rising signs!
Today's Horoscope by Rick Levine
We are able to separate the extraneous noise from the useful information now that the Moon is visiting discriminating Virgo. We strive to achieve efficiency today by avoiding situations that might possibly distract us from our purpose. However, cerebral Mercury connects with visionary Jupiter to complicate our thoughts. The key is to balance our dreams with reality. Watch today's video horoscope!
Already a member? LOG IN NOW
Your Free Horoscope Is…
Whoops! We can't calculate your personalized horoscope without your birthdate. Login or create your profile to get your horoscope and advice for today!create my profile
Already a member? LOG IN NOW
What's on your mind?
Top Stories
Glad You Made It!
Embark on a journey of wisdom! From daily horoscopes and free Tarot readings to Astrology, I Ching, Numerology, and more...
Get Fresh Perspective on Love
Happiness is ALL about how you look at things ... especially in matters of the heart! Open up your heart and change your outlook with a Happily Ever After Tarot reading.
Welcome the Fall!
Embrace the change in seasons with a change in your life! We've put our super popular Personalized Feng Shui Report on SALE for 40% off through September. The possibilities are endless!
The Abundance of Fall Abounds...
Autumn inspires us to turn inward and reflect on where we are -- and where we are going. Set positive intentions for fall with a Timeline Tarot reading today!
Weekly Astrology: Sept. 22-28
Lighten up, take a risk, and open yourself up to new partnerships this week! There is plenty of incredible cosmic energy in store, and you don't want to waste it!
Today's News
New Moon in Libra Horoscopes
Libra Lessons
The Gift and Curse of Natal Astrology
Death, The Devil & The Tower: The Truth About Spooky Tarot Cards
Planet Tracker
Moon in Libra
Sep 23, 2014 to Sep 26, 2014
Sun in Libra
Sep 22, 2014 to Oct 23, 2014
Mercury in Libra
Sep 1, 2014 to Sep 27, 2014
Venus in Virgo
Sep 5, 2014 to Sep 29, 2014
Mars in Sagittarius
Sep 13, 2014 to Oct 26, 2014
Jupiter in Leo
Jul 15, 2014 to Aug 11, 2015
Saturn in Scorpio
Oct 5, 2012 to Dec 23, 2014
Uranus in Aries
Mar 11, 2011 to May 15, 2018
Neptune in Pisces
Feb 3, 2012 to Mar 30, 2025
Pluto in Capricorn
Nov 26, 2008 to Mar 23, 2023
Free Readings & Reports
There's an easy way to get readings & reports for FREE!GET A FREE READING


text:
Share your comments
Bones of the lost : a novel
Kathy Reichs
Adult Fiction REICHS
Kathy Reichs
Adult Fiction REICHS
What other readers are saying about this title:
Laura P. said:
Kathy Reichs's latest novel about Temperance Brennan is a good one. I thought there was less "lecturing" than usual which was great. Her last couple of novels are more action-packed. There's still science but not so much and not so dry. Maybe she has accepted that her loyal readers have learned a bit about what she does. This one has some interesting stuff about the US military in Afghanistan and nicely pulls together all the cases Tempe is juggling.
posted Dec 31, 2013 at 11:57AM
Add a Comment
|Submission Guidelines
Find this title in the Library Catalog
Tempe (Temperance) Brennan
Investigating the murder of a teenage girl and her connection to a prominent businessman who died in a fire months earlier; also investigating a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs; her daughter impulsively enlists in the army after the recent death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan; reluctant to finalize her divorce.
Forensic anthropologist


text:
Welcome to the Library Resource Guide for HEALTH OF HISPANIOLA
BC0003_01 (BioMed-Community Health)
Two developing countries, Dominican Republic and Haiti, have widely differing health outcomes despite centuries of shared experience on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. This course will examine the history, politics, economics, culture, international relations, demography, and geography, as well as epidemiology and health services, to demonstrate that multiple factors, both recent and long-standing, determine the present health of these populations.
» Course Web Site | » Go to MyCourses
Prof. Timothy Empkie (email)
» Find Articles in Selected Databases
Special Topics:
» Country Reviews
» Dictionaries
» Newspapers
» PubMed Tutorials
» Search Strategies
» Statistics
Image: Map of Hispaniola.


text:
Atlantic City visitors sure love a good burger, and they will have another great option this spring when Ark Restaurants opens Broadway Burger Bar and Grill inside The Quarter at the Tropicana Casino and Resort.
Construction will start soon on the 225-seat space formerly occupied by the fabulous Red Square. Broadway Burger will be a totally different experience than the former luxurious Russian-themed restaurant as it will offer visitors an approachable, casual option that will focus on great burgers but serve much more.
It will be the third restaurant in the city for Ark, which also owns Gallagher's Steakhouse and Gallagher's Burger Bar inside Resorts Casino Hotel. It will be the second Broadway Burger; the original is located in Las Vegas' New York — New York Hotel & Casino.
"It all started after a meeting with (Tropicana CEO) Tony Rodio last March," says Donna McCarthy, director of operations for Ark Restaurants, Atlantic City. "We were just chatting about business and talking about how well Gallagher's Burger Bar was doing and he said, 'I would love to have a burger bar venue for The Quarter. And it just took off from there."
"Who doesn't like a good burger? " Rodio says in a statement. "Opening Broadway Burger was a no-brainer for us. Up until now, the Quarter has been missing a casual, straight-forward option like this. It will be a draw for anyone and everyone, including families."
Tropicana's Broadway Burger will have a very similar menu to its Vegas counterpart, but will have more offerings.
"It will definitely be more extensive," McCarthy says. "We are adding more appetizers and just some funky stuff like homemade, warm pretzels at the bar and mac and cheese and mashed potatoes with different toppings. It will be a fun place."
The centerpiece of the menu, however, is the distinctive burgers, which include meat ground fresh daily and then cooked over an open flame. Diners can then choose from an array of 15 toppings. One of the signature burgers is the 24-ounce Hubcap Burger on a brioche roll.
There will also be healthier options such as organic, grass-fed beef, salads, jumbo shrimp and crab cocktail, chicken sandwiches, turkey burgers and vegetarian options such as the barley and lentil burger and the sesame tuna burger. And dessert options will include warm chocolate chip cookies, bread pudding, milkshakes and smoothies.
"It's about comfort food at great prices," McCarthy says. "The burgers are about $10. And the menu has a lot of options in case you aren't in the mood for a burger. I think it's perfect for that location."
The bar will feature live acoustic entertainment Thursdays through Saturdays, but the main draw may be an amazing selection of craft beers. McCarthy says there will be 60 crafts offered, including 20 on tap.
"The idea is that we can be a place for everyone," McCarthy says. "So if you want to come in and just sit at the bar and have guacamole and a beer, you can do that. And we won't just have beer. We will have an extensive bourbon list that is a step above what you are used to seeing."
The decor will look similar to Broadway Burger in Vegas and feature hardwood floors, wood ceilings, a spacious bar area, tables and banquette seating, mosaic glass, three large flat-screen TVs in the bar area and a private dining room.
Broadway Burger is expected to debut in April and will be open 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Wednesdays, and into "early morning hours" Thursdays through Saturdays."
"I think the location of this burger bar is important because it can be all things to all people," McCarthy says. "There's a movie theater upstairs. So what's better than a burger and a movie? There are bars everywhere, so what's better than a late-night cocktail and a burger? Plus it will be a perfect draw for convention business with the private room. We have high expectations."


text:
Texas Hotel Reservations
Hotels in Perryton, TX
One of the northern most Texas cities, Perryton is a quaint destination known as the Wheatheart of the Nation. Nearly spilling into Oklahoma over 100 miles northeast of Amarillo in the Panhandle region, visitors to Perryton have convenient access to Highway 83 and the Wolf Creek Park & Lake Frye.
Enjoy outdoor Texas in Leatherman Park, or head to downtown Perryton to see what's playing at the Ellis Theater. The nearby Wolf Creek Park & Lake Fryer is for outdoor lovers. Try your hand at canoeing, surfing and hiking. Keep and eye out for wildlife, or head to the park in the summer for the Ochiltree County's Celebration of the 4th of July.
BEST WESTERN Perryton Inn
3505 S Main Street (Hwy 83), Perryton TX 79070-5302
Phone: (806) 434-2850 | Fax: (806) 434-2378 | Hotel Details | Reservations
Local Area Favorites
Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Nova Scotia | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Quebec | Saskatchewan | Yukon | Caribbean


text:
The skinny: Rene Bourque scored three goals, including the game winner and an insurance goal early in the third period as the Canadiens survived their third elimination game of this year's playoffs with a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. The Rangers, who never led in the game, lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 3-2.
Back and forth: The Canadiens emerged from a wild second period with a 5-4 lead after the teams combined for six goals. Max Pacioretty and Rene Bourque put the Canadiens ahead 4-1 but what seemed like a comfortable lead evaporated over a five-minute span. The Rangers' comeback started when Rick Nash's harmless-looking shot from the corner went in off Josh Gorges at 9:48. Derek Stepan cut the lead to one when he scored his second goal of the night off a goalmouth scramble at 12:06. Chris Kreider tied it with a power-play goal at 14:12. Dustin Tokarski came out to challenge Ryan McDonagh and that left Kreider wide open in the middle. Bourque put the Canadiens back in the lead when he created some room for himself and beat Henrik Lundqvist at 15:10.
Quick strike: The Canadiens scored what has become the all-important first goal when Alex Galchenyuk deflected a P.K. Subban blast from the blue line during a power play at 1:48 of the opening period.
Match game: The Rangers got on the board at 10:34 of the first period when Stepan scored with a shot off the rush. Stepan, who returned to action after missing Game 4 with a broken jaw, found the inside of the post on Tokarski's blocker side. The Canadiens regained the lead at 12:24 when Tomas Plakenec beat Lundqvist from 40 feet out. The scoring featured some slick passes by Galchenyuk and Brian Gionta and, while Subban didn't get an assist, he put the play in motion with a quick pass out of the Montreal zone.
No more Moore: The Rangers' John Moore was handed a major penalty and agame misconduct after he levelled Dale Weise with an elbow midway through the third period. He'll be talking to the NHL Department of Player Safety Thursday.
Wrapping it up: Alain Vigneault elected to pull Rangers backup goalie Cam Talbot, who replaced Lundqvist after the Canadiens' fourth goal, with a shade under five minutes to play and David Desharnais scored an empty-net goal.
Changing of the guard: Alexei Emelin, who was not in the picture when St. Louis scored the overtime winner in Game 4, participated in the morning skate but did not take part on the pregame warmup. The Canadiens said he was injured and he was replaced by Nathan Beaulieu.
What's next: The series returns to Madison Square Garden for Game 6 Thursday night (8 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN-690 Radio). Game 7, if necessary, will bump Corey Hart's farewell concert off the schedule at the Bell Centre Saturday.
twitter: zababes1


text:
SAN JOSE- When San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson signed Scott Gomez shortly after this season began, the hope was to revive the career of a once-stellar set-up man. But the veteran center struggled out of the gate of his Sharks tenure and was quickly in the proverbial dog house of head coach Todd McLellan.
One would of thought a player of Gomez's stature, a player whose recent primary assist rates still ranked amongst the best set-up men in hockey (despite not living up to his big contract), would have gotten a bigger benefit of the doubt from the coaching staff. Not to mention current Sharks associate coach Larry Robinson coached Gomez during his prime years with the New Jersey Devils.
Shockingly, and in a move that befuddles yours truly to this day, the Sharks staff scratched Gomez in three out of four games in late February with just eight games under his belt. In his place were such players like Matt Pelech.
If you're asking yourself who is Matt Pelech? Nobody would blame you. He's a former 2005 first round pick who had appeared in just five NHL games prior to this year, all coming during the 2008-09 campaign with the Calgary Flames.
If you were to ask me, even a struggling Gomez gives the club a better chance to win than the best efforts from a guy of Pelech's caliber. But for whatever reason, the Sharks felt otherwise.
Recently however, Gomez has gotten back to playing on a nightly basis and he's reaping the benefits of finally getting comfortable in his surroundings.
With his power play assist in San Jose's 4-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup Champion LA Kings on Thursday, Gomez now has five points in his last six games. He's playing some great hockey in the third line center role we all thought he would fill when he was first brought in.
"I've played against Gomer a lot in New Jersey, I always thought he was a real competitive guy, skates real well and sees the ice real well," commented Sharks captain Joe Thornton. "So [at the time he signed] I thought we were getting an elite center and [that he's] definitely going to help out this squad and he is."
"Yeah he's a skilled player," confirmed Logan Couture referring to Gomez. "He's been on the power-play, [he's] good through the middle. When we got him we all said he's gonna help us and that's what he's doing."
Had Gomez not been a healthy scratch, it is this writer's opinion that the two-time All Star, Stanley Cup champion and U.S. Olympian would have found his game much sooner. And in the compressed schedule, with every little detail so magnified, scratching Gomez may have cost San Jose some ground in the standings.
After the victory Thursday coach McLellan talked about what Gomez has done better in his current hot stretch that he wasn't doing early.
"He's skating more [than he was], he's more involved in the middle of the rink, he's not playing on the outside. He's another one who seems to be enjoying himself a little bit more now, consistently playing night in and night out, having some consistent linemates has certainly helped him. But he's skating and playing on the inside of the rink, not just playing on the exterior."
The definition of a set-up man, Gomez has always had the ability to dish the puck. And despite the way things ended in Montreal, most believed Gomez still had the skill to be an extremely effective NHL player. He may no longer be a $7 million per year player at this stage of his career, but he's proving to the hockey world he can still produce at a high level.
As McLellan noted, Gomez is using his skating ability to generate offensively and his tremendous on ice awareness has allowed him to keep numerous pucks alive for wingers James Sheppard and Tommy Wingels.
Simply put, the biggest question facing the Sharks before and during this season has been where will the secondary scoring come from? And as of late Gomez is starting to deliver the answer with an resounding "me."


text:
Dawn's Valentines Gift I made for her. 11"x17" poster, going to print it next week.
Julie Tipton & Chandler Martin - Things You Wanna Say
These two wonderful people make me happy for a variety of different reasons. Today, it's because of the music they make together. Check out their latest recording, and then proceed to the links below for some more.
I could listen to this on repeat for the rest of my life.
(via ntotheina)
Source: julietipton
The hardest thing about being a parent is telling your own parent(s) they're wrong.
My morning/afternoon thus far. Son is napping so I thought my time would be better spent continuing my html/css studies rather than sitting on the couch playing video games. Here's to a productive 2013.
Maybe I'll start using tumblr again in 2013……not.
This made my day…. unfortunately I'm not sure who created it.
I think Aaron maybe forgot to mention something to me.
I kindof want to do this IRL.
Co-workers awesome sense of humor.


text:
Email jugforathug
Best Climbing Experience
Queersville- Stanage. Onsighting First HVS 5a
Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
Recent Postings
List all my recent posts.
Interests Outside Climbing
Music, Exercise
Been Climbing For
4 to 10 years
Best Onsights
Trad - E2
Sport - 6c
Worked Grades
Bouldering - V6
Sport - 7a+
Main Sport/Activity
Trad Rock Climbing
Favourite Crag/Rock
Favourite Wall
Leeds Climbing Wall
Best Magazine
Climber (UK)
I Climb...
Several times a week
In the UK & Europe
Latest Climbs
... hidden
Ticklists BETA
... not setup
Climbs Wishlist
... not setup
Read more about user profiles and how to set up your own.


text:
GoingOutGuide Movies
Subscribe: Home Delivery | Digital
I love a feel-good story about faith- with a scary twist. This movie really captivated me. I can't imagine what these boys and their parents went through in this true story - the worry and fear. I loved their courage and faith. Go see this movie and send a message that this is exactly the kind of movie Hollywood should be producing!


text:
Vaughn Edward "Ed" Merillat, 96, died Wednesday. Among survivors are two daughters, Donna (Roy) Heatwole of Harrisonburg, Va.; and Jeannine (Mark) Starks of Centerville, Ohio.
Funeral services will be at noon Monday in the Swiss Village Chapel, with visitation from 10 a.m. to time of services. Burial will be at MRE Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home.
The local Shrine lodge will host area Shriners as they participate in a parade in Decatur on Friday.
The parade, due to start at 8 p.m., will feature antique vehicles, tractors, mini-cars, etc.
The parade will form at and also end at the Krueckeberg building (formerly Adams Lumber) on Adams St. The parade will go east on Adams St. to Five Points, north on Second St. to Madison St., west on Madison to Seventh St., and south on Seventh back to Adams St.
True E. Myers, 66, of Monroe, went to meet the Lord on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at the VA Hospital in Fort Wayne.
He was born in Decatur on April 27, 1946, to the late Melvin D. and Anna A. (Liechty).
On April 10, 1966, he married Barbara (Brubaker).
Aldine B. "Deany" Holle, 90, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at her residence.
Deany was born on Thursday, November 10, 1921, in Adams County, the daughter of the late George and Lydia (Eickhoff) Bultemeier.
She married Donald F. Holle on May 11, 1941, in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Preble; he passed away on December 11, 1999.
Decatur City Council moved forward Tuesday night on redistricting for post-2012 elections.
After each census, cities (and states, etc.) must redraw voting lines to keep something of an even balance in terms of population, with no district having more than 10 percent greater population than any of the others.
Seeking to come into compliance with orders set forth by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), the city of Decatur has informed some downtown businesses and a few residences in other areas that they will have to disconnect their downspouts from the city's sanitary sewer system.
Approximately 25 businesses and homes have received letters spelling out the needed change, according to Ann Butcher, who heads the city's sewage treatment plant and wastewater department.
True E. Myers 66, of Monroe, died Tuesday at the VA Hospital in Fort Wayne.
Arrangements are pending at Haggard Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home.
Adams County resident Brice Hoffman addressed the county commissioners Monday regarding the golf cart ordinance covering their use on county roads.
The Indiana Legislature passed a bill in 2009 allowing cities and towns to regulate golf carts on their streets, but not allowing golf carts to be used legally on county roads and state highways.
John J. Pease, 87 of Bluffton, passed away at 2 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at River Terrace Estates.
John was born on October 4, 1924, in Wells County, Indiana, to Lester R. Pease and Evelyn D. (Speheger) Pease. He married Esther L. (Ginter) in Wells County on April 14, 1946. She preceded him in death on July 27, 2001. John married Phyllis (Barnett) Langel in Adams County on September 24, 2002 and she survives.
A major project is due to begin in Decatur in another week or so: the replacement of some 2,500 street signs.
Michiana Contracting of Plymouth was awarded the contract with a bid of $16;7,472.63. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) administers the federal grant awarded the City of Decatur for the project.
Decatur received $261,900 in federal funds, and with the city's $29,100 match, the total grant amounts to $291,100. The grant covers engineering, inspections, and all other aspects.


text:
By Kristin Beerman | email
Edited by Jon Bush | email
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Jessica Corser, 17, seemed perfectly healthy, she had no symptoms and her doctors never noticed blood pressure trouble, until she fainted one day in school. They discovered her blood pressure had skyrocketed to 201 over 198.
Jessica was part of a study at Johns Hopkins, which found more and more children have high blood pressure today, but many doctors are not looking for it in kids. Part of the problem is in kids, blood pressure also depends on age, gender and weight.
"For a three year old of normal height, 110 over 60 is probably way too high. But to you and me that sounds pretty good, and in a very busy clinic setting, it may be that the physician looks at it and thinks, 'ok, that's normal," said Tammy Brady, M.D., a pediatric nephrologist at Johns Hopkins.
"High blood pressure in kids is something that we're seeing more and more. 25-35 years ago we were seeing it in 1% of kids, and now we're seeing it in 5% of kids," said Susan Furth, M.D., a pediatric nephrologist at John Hopkins.
The Johns Hopkins study followed more than 2,000 kids who checked into clinics. Turns out 1 out of 4 had elevated blood pressure and in 90% of those cases, the condition went unnoticed at that first visit. By the way, Jessica has her blood pressure under control now, but she's taking medication to help her do that.
©2010 KCBD NewsChannel 11. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
5600 Avenue A
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2014 Worldnow and KCBD. All Rights Reserved.
For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


text:
Renewable Energy
Over 47 per cent of all energy that is used in Sweden comes from renewable energy sources. Biomass and hydropower makes up the largest share, but wind power is increasing and is expected to become a larger share of the Swedish energy system. Sweden's share of renewable energy is by far the largest in comparison with other countries in the EU.
Targets for renewable energy
Sweden's target for the share of renewable energy in the year 2020 is 49 per cent according to EU's Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 2009/28/EC. Furthermore, Sweden has a national target for the share of renewable energy in the year 2020 of 50 per cent. Sweden also has, as all other EU member states, a target for renewable energy in transport by 2020 of at least 10 per cent.
Sweden is expected to fulfil the overall target for the share of renewable as well as the target for renewable energy in transport. According to projections from the Swedish Energy Agency the overall share for renewable energy by 2020 is expected to be 50.2 per cent and for transport 10.4 per cent.
- Sweden's National action plan for the promotion of the use of renewable energy
- Swedens's first report on the development on the development of renewable energy according to article 22 of the renewable energy directive at the European Commission
Policy instruments
Sweden has a long tradition of promoting renewable energy. Energy taxes were introduced already several decades ago and a special carbon dioxide tax was introduced in the 1990s which has had a strong impact on promoting the use of biomass in Sweden. A green electricity certificate system was introduced in 2003 in order to promote electricity from renewable energy sources.
The green electricity certificate system
The green electricity certificate system is the main support scheme for renewable electricity production in Sweden. It is a market-based support scheme for the expansion of electricity production based on renewable energy sources and peat. The system was put in place in Sweden 2003 and has been a national system up until 2011.
In 2010 the Riksdag decided on a higher target for the green electricity certificate system and on the extension of the scheme to the year 2035. The current target will increase the production of renewable and peat-based electricity production with 25 TWh by 2020 compared with 2002 years production. So far it has been biomass based electricity which has got the largest share of green electricity certificates, followed by wind power and small scale and refurbished hydro power. Wind power is increasing rapidly from a production of 1 TWh 2006 to a production over 6 TWh 2011.
- Download publication: Electricity certificate system 2011, at the Swedish Energy Agency
- More information on the Swedish Electricity Certificate system on Swedish Energy Agency
A common green electricity certificate system between Sweden and Norway
Since the 1st of January 2012 the Swedish electricity certificate system has been expanded and has become a common Swedish-Norwegian market for electricity certificates. This means that certificates issued in Norway can be used for the fulfilment of the quota obligation according to the Swedish Law on electricity certificates and vice versa. The target for the common market is to increase the electricity production based on renewable energy sources in Sweden and Norway by 26.4 TWh from 2012 to 2020. The result in form of new renewable electricity production is for accounting purposes split evenly between the two countries regardless of where the new production is located. The joint Swedish-Norwegian support scheme is the first example of the so called cooperation mechanisms under the EU Renewables Directive.
You will find the agreement between Sweden and Norway on the right hand side of the page.
Other policy instruments
Besides general and market based instrument some other measures have been used in Sweden in order to increase the use of renewable energy. For example financial support for the physical planning of wind power, financial support for wind power projects which has special relevance for bringing down establishment costs and gaining experience and support for the installation of PV installations.


text:
(WMC-TV) - A Shelby County mother sits in jail while her infant fights an addiction to cocaine.
The child is a year old. Investigators arrested his mother for giving birth while on cocaine.
Police say they filed a warrant for Sophia Jackson's arrest last year but that she managed to elude arrest until Monday.
Next door to bulldozers and backhoes stands a single apartment building where deputies arrested a woman one neighbor described as goodhearted.
Authorities locked Jackson up without bond. She is charged with reckless endangerment and accused of giving birth a year ago to a baby that had cocaine in his system.
According to the Shelby County Health Department there is no historical statistical analysis locally because it was prenatal cocaine exposure a reportable factor until this year.
The health department is still gathering cases reported thus far in 2013.
Hospital officials at The MED say under five percent of their deliveries per year test positive for maternal substance abuse of any kind, not just cocaine. Also, they are required to report any case of infant withdrawal symptoms to the state.
A Google search of prenatal cocaine exposure offers countless results with varying conclusions and some agreement that it is not as harmful as prenatal alcohol exposure.
As for Jackson she has a long history of arrests including some that are drug related in Shelby County.
Court documents indicate the child is now in Department of Children's Services care.
Copyright 2013 WMC-TV. All rights reserved.
1111 Bull St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-1010
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Briefs not published in one of the Institute's publications round out the Institute's research library are also available online. These include conference, symposium or forum briefs, awards presentations and briefs resulting from Institute Grants.
Recent Articles
Joseph Quinn
Boston College
Kevin Cahill
Boston College
Michael Giandrea
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert Costrell
University of Arkansas
Michael Podgursky
University of Missouri – Columbia
Fellow, George W. Bush Institute
Southern Methodist University
Katherine Baicker
Harvard University
Amitabh Chandra
Harvard University
TIAA-CREF Corporate Governance
Jason S. Seligman
John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow


text:
Kendra and Danny had a warm, summer evening wedding incorporating the nature that surrounded their venue in Spokane, Washington. Running with a whimsical, soft and romantic look they also incorporated a rustic, shabby chic feel with their decor choices. KYLIE MARTIN'S photos of the day have captured the romance of the occasion perfectly.
TELL US ABOUT FINDING YOUR WEDDING DRESS: My sister, mom, and me took a day to find "the one". We visited four boutiques before I tried on the winner at Marcella's Bridal. I walked out and the girls were in tears. There was no doubt I would be walking down the aisle in it!
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR WEDDING? The theme of our wedding was whimsical, soft, and romantic. We wanted to blend a rustic tone with the burlaps and a dreamy, shabby chic feel in the garden venue.
ANY DIY ELEMENTS? All of the wedding décor was DIY. We had a HUGE helping hand from a crafty family friend, Debbie Cook. She designed most of the décor by hand and helped stage the entire venue! We invested in larger vendors for catering elements and flowers but the rest was help from family and friends. We were also able to cut corners on hiring a wedding officiate and brought in Danny's cousin who was ordained.
DESCRIBE YOUR WEDDING FLOWERS: Erica's Expressions did a fabulous job with the flowers! We combined soft blush tones with mint greens and ivory. The centrepieces were an array of English roses, mums, and tulips in burlap wrapped mason jars. Baby's breath also played a huge roll in the wedding flowers; not only because of the romantic look they gave but also because they were so affordable. The bridesmaid's bouquets were made of baby's breath, as well as the groomsmen's boutonnieres.
FAVOURITE DETAIL OF THE DAY: It had to be the venue for the ceremony and reception. We went off the beaten path from the typical ceremony set up and arranged the aisle right down the middle of the reception tables already set up in the garden. It could have been a disaster but we pulled it off and it worked great for the space! Our guests were comfortable in their chairs and having the wedding party on the ledge overlooking our family and friends was the cherry on top!
WHAT ADVISE WOULD YOU GIVE OUT TO A COUPLE PLANNING THEIR WEDDING? Planning a wedding get's stressful at times but I would say to always bring it back to the both of you. Incorporate personal elements in your décor and touches to make it scream your personalities and be all about each of you and what you want in your special day. Make it a time to celebrate each other and bond with friends and family, not a time to stress and compare your plans with others. What got you there in the first place? True love and that's what matters; not how much you spend on a chocolate fondue.
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT? The most memorable moment for me was the time we got in between the group pictures and the ceremony to do our couple's portraits. It was a time that we had to just be with each other all dressed up for our day. Even though Kylie was there shooting us, I remember a few shots that were so intimate looking out over the cliffs of the venue taking our day in before the madness started. The feeling during this time was overflowing with joy anticipating what was to come.


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Quidamtyra said...
Minjee, Rob and Elathil: you all missed the part where it uses Mend Pet and a Bandage... it's not telling you to heal the pet, it's just a yell before the hunter does it him/herself.
chill out
You are right about the bandage and the Mend Pet... but the article does say
"This macro will yell out asking for a healer in your raid to heal your pet."
Heal your pet yourself. Using Mend Pet. And a bandage if you like. Just don't bloody yell it, say it or emote it first. Nobody except you cares that you are healing Fluffy.
Same goes for players who think anyone gives a shit that they are mounting up, making a campfire or eating some pie.
I think the biggest problem a healer/anyone in a raid who hates /yell has a problem with is this sentence, "This macro will yell out asking for a healer in your raid to heal your pet." It's all fine and well if you mend pet after. However, don't yell for me to heal you if you're already healing your own pet, and definitely don't expect the healer to take care of your pet when there are players who need healing.
Chill out.


text:
Publication: The Times
Montville - The town will continue its push to place restrictions on where registered sex offenders are allowed.
The Town Council voted last week to refine the language in two separate ordinances that create so-called child and senior safety zones. The council crafted both with the intent to notify registered sex offenders they are being watched by the town.
The council set public hearings for Dec. 10 for people to weigh in on the restrictions. Councilors Dana McFee and Rosetta Jones continued to voice concerns Wednesday that the town is moving closer to setting itself up for a lawsuit.
"Certainly, there are concerns about fundamental, constitutional rights," Jones said about the senior safety zone ordinance. "I don't want to see the town get into some type of unnecessary litigation because someone has a suspicion."
The child safety zones are intended to keep registered sex offenders from town-owned places, such as beaches, parks, playgrounds and swimming pools. The senior safety zones restrict offenders from the senior center, senior buses, town-owned elderly housing and other elderly town functions.
Both ordinances have drawn criticism from some in town and the state American Civil Liberties Union. The state ACLU argued the restrictions violate basic rights. The ACLU also took exception with the town's belief that seniors were the targets of sex crimes.
Town Attorney Bryan Fiengo told the council Wednesday the senior safety zone measure mirrors a proposed law that reached the state legislature but never came up for a vote.
McFee questioned Fiengo on the town's liability in the event that a sex offender or the ACLU moved to sue the town for a violation of civil rights. Fiengo said he crafted the senior safety zone ordinance based on federal and state precedents. The explanation was not enough to allay McFee's fears.
"Are you going to represent the town of Montville free of charge if the ACLU sues us?" McFee quipped when questioning Fiengo.
The two ordinances were tweaked slightly to allow for new exemptions. For example, an offender who needs to enter either a child or senior safety zone to work may do so with the permission of a probation or parole officer.
If not on probation or parole, the offender would have to receive permission from either the mayor - technically the town's police chief - or the town's resident state trooper.
Other exemptions exist for offenders who wish to visit relatives in elderly housing. They must have permission from a probation or parole officer or the town.
"I understand people have issues with this, but our town has asked me to move forward on this, and we're going to protect our seniors," Councilor Billy Caron said.
The roots of both ordinances stretch back to the town's fight against the state's plans to open a residential sex-offender treatment facility in town.
The January Center opened Feb. 14 on the grounds of the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Institution.
Tri-Town iPad mini ContestEnter for a chance to win an iPad mini
Flat StanleySubmit your Flat Stanley photos for a chance to win!
40 Under Forty 2014Nominate a deserving professional in our region for recognition in our special section.
Connecticut Family Magazine Fall 2014Tell us your favorite children's books, board games, and more. You might be featured in an upcoming issue.
Pro FootballPredict pro football winners each week for a chance at local and national prizes, including a trip to Hawaii.
Photo Calendar ContestSubmit your photos for Southeastern Connecticut for our very popular annual calendar.
Freaky FridaysEnter now! We're giving out 13 trick-or-treat bags full of goodies every Friday from Sept. 26 through Oct. 17.
How far from home will you travel for Thanksgiving this year?
No current items found


text:
Blessed John Angelo Porro
Servite at Monte Senario and Milan, Italy. Hermit. Priest. Noted for his love of nature.
- 1504 of natural causes
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
- "Blessed John Angelo Porro". Saints.SQPN.com. 12 November 2013. Web. 23 September 2014. <>


text:
Filter by vocabulary: issues (multisite):
- Disease (20) Apply Disease filter
- HEALTH (20) Apply HEALTH filter
- Infectious Disease (20) Apply Infectious Disease filter
- Viral Disease (18) Apply Viral Disease filter
- HIV/AIDS (17) Apply HIV/AIDS filter
- Bacterial Disease (4) Apply Bacterial Disease filter
- Medical Action (4) Apply Medical Action filter
- MSF ACTION (4) Apply MSF ACTION filter
- HUMANITARIAN CRISIS (3) Apply HUMANITARIAN CRISIS filter
- Tuberculosis (3) Apply Tuberculosis filter
- Forced Displacement (2) Apply Forced Displacement filter
- Internally Displaced Person (2) Apply Internally Displaced Person filter
- Man-made Disaster (2) Apply Man-made Disaster filter
- Refugee (2) Apply Refugee filter
- Disease Prevention (1) Apply Disease Prevention filter
- HIV Coinfection (1) Apply HIV Coinfection filter
- HIV/TB Co-infection (1) Apply HIV/TB Co-infection filter
- Malaria (1) Apply Malaria filter
- Malnutrition (1) Apply Malnutrition filter
- Maternity (1) Apply Maternity filter
- Measles (1) Apply Measles filter
- Medical Condition (1) Apply Medical Condition filter
- Mental Health (1) Apply Mental Health filter
- Mental Healthcare (1) Apply Mental Healthcare filter
- Natural Disaster (1) Apply Natural Disaster filter
- NUTRITION (1) Apply NUTRITION filter
- Parasitic Disease (1) Apply Parasitic Disease filter
- Pregnancy (1) Apply Pregnancy filter
- Vaccination Campaign (1) Apply Vaccination Campaign filter
- Yaws (1) Apply Yaws filter
- Access to Essential Medicines Campaign Remove Access to Essential Medicines Campaign filter (-)
Join MSF for a preview and discussion of Fire In The Blood and current U.S. government trade and global health policies with expert panelists as they examine this history and explain how the battle for affordable medicines and equal access for all patients continues today.More >
In order to prevent the diseases that killed many refugees in Yida camp, South Sudan, in 2012, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a water and sanitation program and begun a vaccination campaign for children. The campaign was pushed back to start now, during the logistically difficult rainy season, because MSF had to engage in lengthy negotiations to get the vaccine at an affordable price.More >
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is proving two local health centers in Chiradzulu district, Malawi, with machines that test the blood of HIV patients. The machines will allow health workers to see how effective treatment has been and to make decisions based on those results. Up to now only large regional facilities could provide results like this.More >
Have you heard about the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact (TPP)? No? You're not alone. Negotiations are being conducted in secret, behind closed doors. But it's slated to become the most harmful trade agreement ever for access to medicines. It's not too late to act. Ask countries negotiating the TPP to protect people in developing countries. Click here for details.More >
On April 1, 2013, a landmark ruling by India's Supreme Court ensured continued access to affordable HIV medication for the millions affected by this disease, including the 220,000 patients that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treats with generic HIV/AIDS medication. This access has been under threat for the past seven years by pharmaceutical company Novartis, which challenged a section of India's Patents Act that prevented the practice of "evergreening," or extending the patent of an existing medicine by modifying it slightly. By extending patents, pharmaceutical companies prevent the manufacture of generic drugs. The ruling by India's Supreme Court is a victory for those fighting for access to affordable medicine—at least, for the time being.More >
This short video report details a conference co-hosted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Global Health Program in New York by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) that brought researchers, global health experts, and donors together to discuss the profound need for research and development initiatives in the field of neglected diseases. Since these diseases usually affect poor populations, research for finding better drugs and diagnostics for them is scarce. Click here for more details on the conference.More >
The first new drug approved to treat tuberculosis (TB) since 1963 could result in shorter treatment with less side effects and the opportunity to treat more people. For people with drug-resistant TB, it could present a new lifeline.More >
The January 2013 Month In Focus features brief reports on the following Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities: assisting destitute civilians in Syria; a positive report on treatment of tuberculosis; an international conference in New York on fatally neglected diseases; monitoring the situation in Yida refugee camp in South Sudan; and preventing a measles epidemic among displaced children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.More >
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), VII Photo, and UNION HZ present FATAL NEGLECT, a six-part documentary film project, that tells the stories of millions of patients left behind by the global health revolution. In Fatal Neglect: The Global Health Revolution's Forgotten Patients, VII photographers Seamus Murphy, Venetia Dearden, Ron Haviv, and John Stanmeyer document the impact of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the three deadliest neglected tropical diseases—(visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar), Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), and Chagas—and vaccine-preventable diseases. The award-winning photojournalists traveled to Mali, Paraguay, South Sudan, and Tajikistan to capture the stories of frontline health workers trying to fight diseases that affect millions of people and kill hundreds of thousands each year yet garner little attention from drug developers, policy makers, or the mass media.More >
The lawsuit brought against the Indian Government by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis began in New Delhi on September 11. This new offensive follows the failure of a previous court case six years ago. Novartis is contesting part of Indian law on patents that enables Indian manufacturers to produce affordable generic drugs. Learn more.More >


text: Stock Market Boot Camp Workshop is a 4-week course presented by Zach Breverman, Financial Advisor with Merrill-Lynch. You'll learn key terminology used in financial discussions, understand levels and types of investment risks, understand financial statements and create your own investment objective and corresponding portfolio. You'll select 3 companies and apply what you've learned!


text:
Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo
Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo was born on March 18th 1965. She was the second visionary to see the Virgin Mary when she first appeared in Medjugorje on June 24th 1981, Ivanka being the first.
Mirjana is a rare combination of impressive spiritual strength and charisma on the one hand – and a great sensitivity on the other hand. She has often explained how coming back to earth from the blissful state of the apparition is very difficult, and that she has to spend at least an hour alone in prayer after each apparition to be able to accept this destiny. Mirjana is deep, very intelligent and has gone to great lengths in her attempts at telling all that she is allowed to tell – without revealing too much.
While the daily apparitions have continued to this day for the visionaries Vicka, Marija and Ivan, Mirjana was the first among the group to lose her daily apparition. Mirjana's last daily apparition took place on Christmas Day 1982 when the Virgin, according to Mirjana, told her that she had understood her message well, and that time had come for her to live on faith alone like all other believers.
Mirjana was told that, for the rest of her life, she would have an apparition every year on her birthday, and indeed this has been the case ever since. According to Mirjana, the Virgin Mary also told her that she would appear to her to console her and guide her through times of special troubles. On August 2nd 1987 Mirjana started to receive an apparition on every second day of the month. Prompted by the Virgin, these apparitions have been open to the public since February 2nd 1997.
Mirjana's troubled times have to do with her knowledge of the 10 prophetic secrets entrusted to her by the Virgin. She knows a great deal about the future of the world and of Medjugorje's future, and while in recent years she has more or less refused to talk about the secrets, interviews from 1983 and 1985 made it perfectly clear that the last four secrets are grave events while at least some of the first ones are joyful ones waiting for mankind. A very well-developed sense of humour has helped her keep too curious questions from interviewers and pilgrims at bay. To everyone she recommends to live the Virgin's message: People who do so have nothing to fear from the secrets, Mirjana has repeatedly said.
Instead her worries have to do the many unbelievers, people living without faith or "those who have not yet experienced the love of God" as Mirjana, inspired by the Virgin, prefers to call this group of people. Referring to her knowledge of the secrets, Mirjana has said that "every time I see an unbeliever, I know what awaits him". She urges prayer and fasting for people without faith to convert, and praying for the unbelievers is her special call, entrusted to her by the Virgin. Her monthly apparitions, usually attended by thousands of people, serve the same purpose.
The first visionary to receive the tenth and last secret, Mirjana will also have a key role when the time of the secrets draws close. Since the mid-1980s she has repeatedly said that, for each of the secrets, she will alert the Franciscan priest Fr. Petar Ljubicic ten days in advance. Along with the priest she will then pray and fast on bread and water for a week before Fr. Petar announces each secret to the world three days in advance.
In 1989 she married her childhood friend Marko Soldo. The couple live in Medjugorje with their two daughters, Marija and Veronika.


text:
Family Series Sponsors:
Stay in Touch!
The story begins with Professor Henslow, a famous scientist with magic powers who is in the process of bringing to life his newest creation and dinosaur friend, Darwin. The story tells of Darwin's experiences as he explores his new world, encountering many different types of creatures—Verla, the gangly ostrich; Peche, the beautiful fish; and Brutus, the menacing red dinosaur. In the end when Brutus threatens Professor Henslow, Darwin is forced to make a decision. A decision that will alter his life forever, an ultimately, lead him to discover the true meaning of love.
Corbian Visual Arts and Dance combines the telling of a heart-rendering story with a truly unique and innovative theater experience where electroluminescent crayon-like creatures light up the stage in a blackout setting. A performance that the family will talk about long after the show ends!
Darwin the Dinosaur +PLUS+
See the performance and then participate in an activity the next day! Sangamon Auditorium is proud to partner with Lincoln Land Community College Community Learning to present these workshop opportunities for children and adult family members and friends. Click to learn more!
"FANTASTIC! One of the best kids shows out there..." - Gena Buhler, Vilar Performing Arts Center
"Darwin" is a truly unique and innovative theatre experience" - Detroit Music Hall
Corbian Visual Arts and Dance Official Website - Click to view.
Sangamon Auditorium ~
University of Illinois Springfield ~ Tickets 217.206.6160 or 800.207.6960


text:
Change is coming to the Mac App Store. On Wednesday Apple announced that as of March 1, 2012, all apps submitted to the Mac App Store will have to implement a security system called sandboxing in order to gain approval. The result will be safer apps, but some developers fear that sandboxing may force them to strip out certain features.
Wednesday's announcement to developers is actually a reprieve: When Apple first unveiled the sandboxing requirement at June's Worldwide Developer Conference, it was supposed to go into effect this month.
[ Get the best iPhone and iPad apps for pros with our business iPhone and iPad apps finder. | Keep up on mobile developments with InfoWorld's Mobilize newsletter. ]
Sandboxing is a security system that regulates the power individual apps can wield on your Mac. More technically, "sandboxing" means limiting an individual application's access to your computer; rather than allowing it full access to, say, your Mac's memory or file structure, a sandboxed app is instead confined to its own dedicated space.
Gus Mueller of Flying Meat Software compares it to the playground sandbox from which the computing concept takes its name. "We were handed a couple of toys, and if we wanted out of the box, or wanted to [use] something not given to us by our parents, then that's too bad," he told Macworld.
That ensures an application "does only what the user allows and expects it to do in response to the user's wishes, and no more," Rich Siegel of Bare Bones Software explained via email. Requiring apps to employ sandboxing ensures that those apps can't act too maliciously. If an app can't get at other data on your Mac, it's much harder for that app to perform evil tasks without your permission.
When developers submit apps that adhere to Apple's sandboxing restrictions, they can request specific "entitlements" for their apps, like read/write access to the user's Music, Downloads, or Pictures folders, interaction with USB devices, printing, access to the built-in microphone, and others. Unlike other platforms (including Windows and Android), which display a list of features that apps will be able to access and ask for a user's approval, Apple will determine whether an app should be granted the entitlements the developer requests as part of the Mac App Store approval process.
You already encounter sandboxing on a daily basis -- if you use an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. iOS apps can't see other apps' documents, can't adjust your device's settings, and essentially can control only themselves. It's an approach Apple wants to bring to the Mac App Store side of things.
Potential pitfalls
Apple's sandboxing rule, as currently outlined, affects only new apps and updates to existing apps submitted on or after March 1 of next year. But that puts some developers in a tough spot. Some will have to make changes to their apps in order to continue offering existing features. Others fear that some features may simply not be allowed in the sandbox and might have to be removed entirely.


text:
FABBS is a coalition of scientific societies that share an interest in advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior. Understanding the human element of many of society's challenges in healthcare, conservation behavior, human conflicts, economic decision making and more is a key component to improving the welfare of individuals and our society.
Advocating for our Sciences
Updates on the NSF Reauthorization
Statement in Support of Senate COMPETES Act »
Behavioral & Brain Science Contributions
In order to highlight the contributions of our sciences, FABBS has developed a collection of policy-relevant examples to show how the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior are being used to benefit individuals and our society.
Learn how our sciences are making an impact »
News from FABBS and the FABBS Foundation
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Research "Extraordinarily Important" »
The National Science Board (NSB), an independent body which advises the President and Congress on policy matters related to science and engineering and sets policies for the National Science Foundation, was briefed at its August 13, 2014, meeting on the research portfolio of NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate. Given the role of NSB and the challenges faced by the social and behavioral sciences on Capitol Hill, the overview of the SBE Directorate (part of a series of briefings to familiarize NSB members with the range of research across NSF and within each of the seven Directorates) is timely. Two starkly different bills to reauthorize NSF programs await further action in Congress. According to Anneila Sargent, Chair of the NSB Programs and Plans Committee, a goal is to help NSB members be "better ambassadors for NSF."
- FABBS Foundation Honors James J. Jenkins »
James J. Jenkins, fondly known as J3, was one of a group of World War II era psychologists who changed psychology. He began as an I-O psychologist at the University of Minnesota, but was drawn to more experimental endeavors. Jenkins helped to foster psychology's "cognitive revolution." His role in this started with the Social Science Research Council's 1953 summer research conference that helped establish psycholinguistics as a discipline. Then in 1964-65 as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Jenkins became convinced that the concepts of the "mediation theory" of language that he had been promoting would not suffice to explain language development and that a different conception of "how the head works" (a favorite phrase) had to be found. He was flexible in his approaches, always trying to solve the problem rather than advance a particular theory. His work advanced multiple research areas: learning, memory, sentence processing, aphasia, speech perception, and perceptual organization.
FABBS Mission Statement
FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior. As a coalition of scientific societies, we communicate with policy makers and the public about the importance and contributions of basic and applied research in these sciences.


text:
Game of Thrones Quotes - by Klarence Tolosa
Game of Thrones Quotes - by Klarence Tolosa
Poor Statue of Liberty [Click for full gallery]
If the apocalypse is indeed happening, make sure to avoid the Statue of Liberty. That shit is always going down. Here's proof: in chronological order, a list of disaster movies (and television miniseries) featuring Statue of Liberty getting destroyed (..so many from 2008):
Remember that Loot Crate we unboxed back in October? Well, Loot Crate hooked us up with an extra one and we're now giving it away! One winner will be selected at random and to enter all you have to do is:
- Follow OTL Gaming (if you do already then you're halfway there!)
- Reblog this post (Only one reblog per person)
Winners will be chosen on Friday night and we will message you to get your mailing address so be sure to have "Ask" enabled otherwise you may miss out!
*If you want an additional entry, follow us on Twitter and tweet the following in its entirety:
I'm ready to win some rad stuff from @LootCrate and @otlgamingpdx
Washing Machine Has Sperm Washing Setting
How else are you going to get your sperm clean?
Polly wants a refill. Last call is when Polly says last call is.
Halloween Weekend Police Report
To be fair Batman was saving a dog in a car. Unfortunately, the dog turned out to be Chewbacca.


text:
As the official lobster season begins, the Coast Guard is issuing a warning to South Florida boaters: use flares in case of emergencies only.
The warning comes after a series of false alarms have cost the Coast Guard thousands of taxpayer dollars.
Since Friday, the Guard said, there have been five instances involving flares that have been answered by the Coast Guard's Seventh District; none required the massive response.
In one case, a C-130 aircraft and small boat search crew were used at the whopping cost of more than $43,000.
"Flares are lifesaving visual signaling devices that can be used day or night to alert emergency responders and fellow boaters to an emergency," the Coast Guard said in the release. But "the improper use of flares can divert valuable search assets from an actual distress case and place rescuers unnecessarily in harm's way while responding to the false alarm."
The Coast Guard detailed the staggering costs of operating its high-tech equipment:
• An H-65 Dolphin helicopter costs $11,061 per hour.
• An H-60 Jayhawk costs $14,318 per hour.
• An HC-130 Hercules aircraft is $17,866 per hour.
• And an HC-144 Ocean Sentry Aircraft coast $15,354 per hour.
An individual who knowingly and willfully communicates a false distress message to the Coast Guard, when no help is needed, is guilty of a class felony and is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000, and liable for all costs the Coast Guard incurs as a result of the individual's action.
For more information on boating safety and required and recommended safety equipment, please visit www.uscgboating.org.


text:
EMX Movie Converter Download
|Home | Submit | Privacy | Contact Us | Sitemap | Top 100 | New Software | Advertise with us
MP3 & Audio
Free Downloads > Multimedia & Graphics > Video Tools > EMX Movie Converter 1.2
EMX Movie Converter 1.2
Best tool to convert media files between popular formats! EMX Movie Converter is a powerful yet easy-to-use video file format converter. Open and preview any of your video files, select a new video format, and - save your video! EMX Movie Converter does the rest! To convert your videos even faster and easier, save your settings as a preset and simply select it next time. You can also config output settings to extend the power of this converter. It enables you to easily extract audio from video for audio editing. With the batch mode, you can convert all your video files just in minutes! You don t have to figure out the purpose of many different buttons. It features a simple interface that is clear to everyone.
Relate Software Downloads
Full Convert Access Edition - Full Convert provides powerful and comfortable way to convert data of many ...
PDF Encrypter - Do you want to encrypt your PDF documents? New PDF Encrypter is the thing y...
ContactsCollector - ContactsCollector adds people you correspond with to your Address Book of ...
Star Quotes - Star Quotes is a simple yet powerful program used to make the process of ty...
Recovery for Outlook Express - Recovery for Outlook Express fixes corrupted Microsoft Outlook Express fold...
7art Amur Clock ScreenSaver - 7art Amur Clock brings you merry Amurs flying around a heart-clock with ang...
TubesMIX Light - TubesMIX is a new, free, amazing game by SplineGames.com. The aim of the g...
AcronymGenie - A searchable database of computer acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.
Banzai Caribbean Poker - Relax and listen to music, get pleasure from excellent graphics and the game!
Rainbow piano for kids - Look at the pannel and press the same note....
More Publisher's Products
Family Spy Software - Family keylogger, email and messenger spy software.
Facebook Spy Monitor 2011 - Facebook profile monitoring and parental control software.
Keylogger Spy Monitor Free Edition - Best free keylogger spy software that logs chats, emails, passwords.
Employee Monitor Spy 2011 - Monitor your employees' exact PC usage during work hours.
Facebook Activity Spy 2011 - Logs Facebook activities, chats, emails, web sites and more.
Keylogger Spy Monitor 2011 - Best keylogger spy software that logs all keystrokes typed on a PC.
Power Spy For Office 2011 - Power Spy For Office logs keystrokes, chats, emails, web sites and more.
MySpace Activity Spy 2011 - Logs MySpace activities, chats, emails, web sites and more.
Computer Spy Pro 2011 - Professional PC and internet surveillance software!
MySpace Spy Monitor 2011 - MySpace profile monitoring software and parental control software.
SPOTLIGHT Software
|Copyright 2007 5StarShare.com All rights reserved.


text:
VALPARAISO – Metro Recycling is partnering with 1st Source Bank and Opportunity Enterprises to give community members a way to safely shred their confidential documents. On Tuesday, April 30th these organizations can help take shredding off consumers' to-do lists with a free shred day.
The event will be hosted at the 1st Source Valparaiso Downtown Banking Center in the South Parking Lot from 11am – 2pm. Shredding confidential documents is an important part of one's financial security. Items such as paper, CDs, file folders, and credit cards can be safely shred at this free event.
"We are happy to help community members in their efforts for safe financial practices," said LaRae Dykstra, Metro Recycling's Marketing Director. "Shredding is also beneficial from a recycling standpoint and therefore helpful in terms of our community and environment."


text:
Don't be fooled by offers of a "FREE" AC when you buy a furnace.
Compare our installed price with their "FREE" price before you buy.
You'll be glad you did.
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Taylor, MI After a flood, homeowners need to take several precautions before attempting to salvage or restart heating and cooling equipment.
"It's important to remember not to immediately restart heating and cooling equipment after a flood because in can be dangerous and could cause further damage," said Mary Lavack of R&L Heating & Cooling in Taylor. "Water affects electrical equipment and machinery in several ways. For example, water will short-out electrical equipment if electricity is on when water reaches it. This is one of the many reasons why it's best to have a qualified service technician inspect your heating and cooling equipment before it is started up after a flood."
Homeowners should not be too anxious to get things back to normal after a storm because improper maintenance and preparation can cause problems years later.
To ensure your safety and prevent further damage to equipment, you should take the following steps after a flood before power is reestablished in your neighborhood:
Homeowners should also be aware that the following factors will determine if their heating and cooling equipment is salvageable or needs to be replaced:
To find out more about protecting your heating and cooling equipment after a flood, call R&L at 734-287-3330. R&L Heating & Cooling was established in 1979 and services all of Wayne County.
Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.
©2007-2013 R&L Heating and Cooling | 21159 Goddard Rd.
Taylor, MI 48180 | 734-287-3330
Website Design by Lavack Design


text:
|Current Team
|Birth Date
|Place of Birth
|Afinogenov, Maxim (RW)
|Moscow, RUS
|Antropov, Nik (C)
|Ust-Kamenogorsk, KAZ
|Video ›
|Armstrong, Colby (RW)
|Lloydminster, SK, CAN
|Video ›
|Artyukhin, Evgeny (RW)
|Moscow, RUS
|Belanger, Eric (C)
|Sherbrooke, QC, CAN
|Bergfors, Niclas (RW)
|Sodertalje, SWE
|Bogosian, Zach (D)
|Massena, NY, USA
|Video ›
|Boulton, Eric (LW)
|Halifax, NS, CAN
|Video ›
|Brunette, Andrew (LW)
|Sudbury, ON, CAN
|Byfuglien, Dustin (RW)
|Minneapolis, MN, USA
|Video ›
|Chelios, Chris (D)
|Chicago, IL, USA
|Christensen, Erik (C)
|Edmonton, AB, CAN
|Clark, Brett (D)
|Wapella, SK, CAN
|Video ›
|Coburn, Braydon (D)
|Shaunavon, SK, CAN
|Video ›
|Crabb, Joey (RW)
|Anchorage, AK, USA
|Video ›
|Dawes, Nigel (LW)
|Winnipeg, MB, CAN
|De Vries, Greg (D)
|Sundridge, ON, CAN
|Donovan, Shean (RW)
|Timmins, ON, CAN
|Dupuis, Pascal (RW)
|Laval, QC, CAN
|Video ›
|Dvorak, Radek (RW)
|Tabor, CZE
|Video ›
|Eager, Ben (LW)
|Ottawa, ON, CAN
|Video ›
|Enstrom, Toby (D)
|Nordingra, SWE
|Video ›
|Exelby, Garnet (D)
|Craik, SK, CAN
|Foster, Kurtis (D)
|Carp, ON, CAN
|Video ›
|Hainsey, Ron (D)
|Bolton, CT, USA
|Video ›
|Havelid, Niclas (D)
|Stockholm, SWE
|Heatley, Dany (LW)
|Freiburg, DEU
|Video ›
|Hedberg, Johan (G)
|Leksand, SWE
|Video ›
|Hnidy, Shane (D)
|Neepawa, MB, CAN
|Holik, Bobby (C)
|Jihlava, CZE
|Hordichuk, Darcy (LW)
|Kamsack, SK, CAN
|Video ›
|Hossa, Marian (RW)
|Stará Lubovna, SVK
|Video ›
|Kaberle, Frantisek (D)
|Kladno, CZE
|Klee, Ken (D)
|Indianapolis, IN, USA
|Kovalchuk, Ilya (RW)
|Tver, RUS
|Video ›
|Kozlov, Vyacheslav (LW)
|Voskresensk, RUS
|Krog, Jason (C)
|Fernie, BC, CAN
|Kubina, Pavel (D)
|Celadna, CZE
|Kunitz, Chris (LW)
|Regina, SK, CAN
|Video ›
|Ladd, Andrew (LW)
|Maple Ridge, BC, CAN
|Video ›
|Lavallee-Smotherman, Jordan (LW)
|Corvallis, OR, USA
|Lehman, Scott (D)
|Windsor, CAN
|Lehtonen, Kari (G)
|Helsinki, FIN
|Video ›
|Lewis, Grant (D)
|Pittsburgh, PA, USA
|Little, Bryan (C)
|Edmonton, AB, CAN
|Video ›
|MacArthur, Clarke (LW)
|Lloydminster, AB, CAN
|Video ›
|Machacek, Spencer (RW)
|Lethbridge, AB, CAN
|MacKenzie, Derek (C)
|Sudbury, ON, CAN
|Video ›
|Mannino, Peter (G)
|Farmington Hills, MI, USA
|Mason, Chris (G)
|Red Deer, AB, CAN
|Video ›
Watch NHL players pull off hilarious pranks on each other. WATCH NOW ›
One player does not make your team. One player can help your team, but one player does not make your team. We're not a bare-bones organization.