text:
National Testing at its Best!
Employer Solutions
We know that drug testing isn't a priority…until it needs to be. Starting a new drug testing program or changing the one you have can seem like an unnecessary strain on your already overloaded schedule. But with changing marijuana laws, new drugs hitting the streets and the opioid epidemic in full swing, you need a partner who is an expert in the drug and alcohol testing industry.
Let ARCpoint take the burden off of you. We'll handle the entire onboarding program, from developing policies and a random testing program to background screening and all necessary testing.
Individual Solutions
Who has time for healthcare right now? Your time is valuable and finite, as is your money.
It can be weeks before you get an appointment with your provider, and then hours in the clinic waiting for results and a diagnosis. On top of all that, the costs for your visit are likely high and often unclear.
At ARCpoint, we put control of your healthcare back into your hands. With a couple of clicks and 15 minutes in a local ARCpoint lab, you can get the blood work your physician needs to help you make the best choices for your health. Whether you want to lose weight, understand why you are tired or get an annual work-up, ARCpoint provides you the convenience you need at an up-front cost that is less than you would expect.
Legal Solutions
Your clients rely on you to have the skills, information and tools you need to serve them effectively to get the outcome they desire. ARCpoint's national network of laboratories allows you access to the tests and guidance your clients need. We partner with state-of-the-art laboratories that are fully compliant with all federal and state regulations and chain-of-custody requirements. Whether you're looking for a paternity test, drug test, immigration test or other diagnostic service, you can rest assured with ARCpoint that your testing results are both accurate and admissible.
Physician Solutions
As a medical professional, you depend on diagnostic testing to help ensure you are providing the best possible care for your patients. You need a diagnostic partner that's an expert in getting you the right test when you need it. You need to know what tests are available and easy access to the results. Let ARCpoint be your hub…your point of contact for all your diagnostic needs. We partner with quality labs that give you the breadth and depth of testing options you need to effectively treat your patients.
It is our mission to empower individuals and companies to manage their health and wellness through affordable screening programs and lab services
ARCpoint News
Take the Hassle Out of Healthcare
- Nov 29, 2018
How did healthcare get so complicated It used to be you get sick you go to the doctor Now it's weeks before you can get an appointment and you cringe...
Is DNA the New Fingerprint?
- Nov 15, 2018
Written by ARCpoint Labs of Woburn MA owner Matt Pappas There are many different views as to whether or not DNA should be collected from people arrested for a felony...


text:
The two day competition in Brive, France, comprising of the 12 best teams in Europe, is followed by the second leg in Marbella on the weekend of June 15th and 16th.
Wales face a tough ask initially after being drawn in a group with Russia, Netherlands, England, Portugal and Germany.
Nonetheless, after a successful tournament at last weekend's Bournemouth Sevens, Wales will be hopeful of upsetting one or two of the bigger names.
The other pool comprises of Spain, France, Italy, Scotland, Ireland and Ukraine with any points gained this weekend rolling over to the tournament in Marbella.
"These two tournaments are a great opportunity to expose players to international rugby against some of the best teams in the world," said head coach Edwards.
"The key is to do that whilst still focusing on developing the fundamental skills and game understanding of the players in our squad."
Once the pool stages are complete, the tournament divides into a cup, plate and bowl format with the sides finishing in the bottom two places relegated to the Series A competition for next year.
While Wales will be underdogs, they have the chance to shock some of the more established names who are using these two tournaments to prepare for this summer's Sevens World Cup in Moscow.
And after a positive showing in Bournemouth, where Wales won all but one of their games to reach the final, they won't lack for confidence. Captain Elinor Snowswill and Elen Evans both produced standout performances on the south coast and will be key players for Wales again this weekend. Wales will be looking to Snowswill in particular, given her experience and consistent performances in this competition last year.
Young Pencoed playmaker Robyn Wilkins is another who has impressed head coach Edwards recently while Sioned Harries, who is an experienced international in the full form of the game, could be one to watch in the pack in what is her first full season playing sevens.
"It's exciting to have the sevens programme back up and running and to be included in the Grand Prix Series," said WRU Women's Performance Manager Sophie Bennett.
"It's great to see some of our younger players coming through the regional development programmes and using sevens as a stepping stone to the full international programme.
"Hopefully it will help to produce players for the upcoming Six Nations and ultimately, the 2014 World Cup."
Wales Squad: Amy Day (Cardiff Quins), Rhiannon Parker (Bristol Ladies), Elen Evans (Waterloo), Rafique Taylor (Pontyclun), Elinor Snowsill, (Captain - Bristol Ladies), Philippa Tuttiett (Cardiff Quins), Robyn Wilkins (Pencoed), Sioned Harries (Cardiff Quins), Nia Davies (Cardiff Met), Dyddgu Hywel (Bristol Ladies), Charlie Murray (Neath Athletic), Carys Phillips (Cardiff Met).

subset: commoncrawl


text:
1:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "A Bluebird's Paradise, Part 1" Jerry provides step-by-step instruction on how to paint beautiful Eastern bluebirds on a diptych, two separate paintings brought together by technique to create one piece. Two 12x16 canvases are painted side by side with a connecting branch, birdhouse and Eastern bluebirds. To start the diptych, a fun and exuberant mottled background is painted simultaneously on both canvas with multiple colors and blended with a hake brush. D
2:00 pm
Essential Pepin "Game Day" Venison Steaks In Sweet-Sour Sauce; Skillet Duck With Red Oak Salad; Sauteed Rabbit With Morels And Pearl Onions. D
2:30 pm
On Story "A Conversation with Damon Lindelof, Co-Creator of Lost and Co-writer/Producer STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" Damon Lindelof discusses his hand in some of the most celebrated and scrutinized works of science fiction over the past five years, and how much of their success is attributed to writing stories that leave a lot up to one's imagination. Followed by Martin Rosete's allegorical short film, VOICE OVER, about a few extreme situations that literally take your breath away. D
3:00 pm
Dialogue "Sandra Day O'Connor" The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court talked with host Marcia Franklin about her current interests - civic education for children, judicial independence, and fly fishing. O'Connor was in Idaho as keynote speaker at the Andrus Center for Public Policy's conference on women and leadership. Franklin also talks with David Adler, director of the Andrus Center.G
3:30 pm
MotorWeek NULL
4:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Meat and Potatoes with Panache" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen to learn how to create an updated French classic, Modern Beef Burgundy, with test cook Becky Hays. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews potato ricers in the Equipment Corner. Then, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make Braised Red Potatoes with Lemon and Chives. D
4:30 pm
Crafting at the Spotted Canary "Things That Make You Beautiful" There are moments in life when you want to be beautiful; your wedding day is one of those moments. Handcrafting elements for your special day will make you feel more beautiful. Today's show features ideas for how to make a special pair of crystal drop earrings, a delicate hair piece, and a gorgeous bracelet that everyone will want!. D
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Pittsburgh, PA - Hour Three" Host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Arlie Sulka at the Carnegie Museum of Art to explore the colored vases, bottles and jars made by glass master Maurice Marinot. Highlights include a collection of correspondence between members of the Kennedy family and JFK's former personal secretary, and a 1946 oil painting by Rockwell Kent, along with an inherited letter from the artist, valued at $150,000 to $250,000. Part 3 of 3G
6:00 pm
Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe Nashville legend Jason Ringenberg guest hosts and performs on this varied evening. East Nashville's Don Gallardo opens, followed by Grateful Dead-inspired bluegrass from the Volunteer String Band, Southern roots rock from Drivin' N' Cryin' and traditional blues from Joey Morant. D
7:00 pm
Austin City Limits "Bon Iver" The Grammy-winning group performs material from its self-titled second album.G
8:00 pm
Paul McCartney & Wings: Rockshow This concert was recorded during the band's 1976 North American Wings Over the World tour and captures the group at the peak of its career. The set list includes such hits as "Venus & Mars/Rockshow/Jet," "Let Me Roll It," "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Silly Love Songs," "Band on the Run" and the Beatles classics "Lady Madonna," "Blackbird" and "Yesterday."G
9:30 pm
Great Performances "Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell" Comedy legend Steve Martin is also a Grammy-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and songwriter. GREAT PERFORMANCES turns the spotlight on Martin's musical side with a concert performance of his new collaboration with Edie Brickell, who initially burst onto the national scene in the late 80s fronting the New Bohemians. They are backed by the Steep Canyon Rangers.G
11:30 pm
Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe Nashville legend Jason Ringenberg guest hosts and performs on this varied evening. East Nashville's Don Gallardo opens, followed by Grateful Dead-inspired bluegrass from the Volunteer String Band, Southern roots rock from Drivin' N' Cryin' and traditional blues from Joey Morant. D


text:
While the boys are away, the girls will play!
Copyright © CopyRight 2010 All rights reserved. May not reproduce without the author's permission
To link to this sex story from your site - please use the following code:
Poker Night with a Twist
Please tell us why you think this story should be removed.
Becoming a member allows you to:


text:
Graffiti Print Vintage Check and Leather Pouch
€420.00 €420.00
All orders will be fulfilled by Burberry Limited and shipped from the UK. When you place your order, you accept Burberry's Terms and Conditions and confirm that you have read our Privacy Policy.
Size Guide
Use the Size Guide to choose the best fit for your measurements.
In this window, you can find out the shipping and returns options for the selected item.
In this window, you can contact customer service for further assistance.
- A travel pouch in graffitied Vintage check with a topstitched smooth leather handle.
- 24 x 10.5 x 12.5cm/9.4 x 4.1 x 4.9in
- Handle drop: 4.5cm/1.8in
- Outer: 70% cotton, 30% polyester
- Trim: 100% calf leather
- Lining: 56% cotton, 44% polyamide
- Zip closure
- Interior slip pocket
- Hand-painted edges
- Made in Italy
Item 40740341


text:
Posted by Smokey Stover on February 14, 2007
In Reply to: "going short", "going long" posted by Brian from Shawnee on February 14, 2007
: : : : Where do the finance terms "selling short", "going short", "going long" etc. come from?
: : : These expressions are pretty straight forward:
: : :
: : : "Bears usually 'sell short,' selling stocks they do not own in the hope that by the time they must deliver the stock to the buyer, the price will have dropped and they can make a profit on the difference. A bull optimistically believes that the market is going up and so buys stock, taking the 'long' position, and expects to sell later at a profit." Page 57, "Wall Street Slang: High Steppers, Fallen Angels, & Lollipops" by Kathleen Odean (Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1988). And on Page 86 it says, "Most market players take 'long positions,' buying stocks with hopes that the price will go up.if the (market) order goes through and then the price goes down, the position proves to be 'long and wrong.'"
: : : See bull market, bear market at https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/1164.html
: : It is about inadequacy.
: : In the English language, the word "short" is sometimes used to indicate an inadequacy, as in "short of cash" or "short of time." In finance, this usage is applied to situations where a party sells securities he does not possess. Such a sale is called a short sale because it creates for that party an inadequacy--a net negative position--in the sold security.
: : And so it easily follows then that the opposite of a short is the long position.
: I'd like to take exception with the Wall Street Slang book's use of the term "market player" to describe someone with a long position. That type of person would usually be called an "investor" whereas the short seller is the one playing the market. The guy who is "long and wrong" only risks losing his entire investment, but the short seller takes on a theoretically unlimited risk.
And it is often said that it was the number of people selling short that precipitated the stock market crash of 1929, although others point out that the market was in any case ripe for a crash. And gosh, Bruce, nice to hear from you.


text:
Sebastian Toutant wins the title of 2009 Grandmaster at Stylewars, Fall Creek and takes over the #1 spot on the TTR tour. In competition, Toutant was in a league of his own, throwing down several Double Cork 10s, and even stomping a flawless Double Cork 12 – his first ever in competition. In claiming the Stylewars Grandmaster title, Toutant takes home a cash prize of $7000.
Sebastian Toutant wins Grandmaster title and becomes the world's youngest rider to go into the number 1 in the world position on the TTR World Tour and Mikkel Bang wins best trick with a switch back 12.
Charles Reid and Seb Toots Share the Stairmaster 2009 title.
2009 Stylewars Falls Creek Results:
1. Sebastian Toutant
2. Mikkel Bang
3. Charles Reid
4. Eric Willett
5. Sage Kotsenburg


text: Improving access to justice through legal education Share this 19 DEC 2016 DSBA Bar Journal By: Henry duPont Ridgely Access to justice is an international issue. In Delaware, we are fortunate to have a justice system that is considered a role model for other jurisdictions. The fact that Delaware is consistently ranked first among the states for providing a fair and reasonable litigation environment gets attention. More than 10 years ago, DLA Piper established New Perimeter as a nonprofit organization focused on providing long-term pro bono legal assistance in under-served regions around the world.When I recently taught East African judges about commercial litigation through DLA Piper's New Perimeter, I learned about the international interest in, and the importance of, legal education in building and strengthening legal systems abroad. When the seminar was complete, the East African judges made it clear that what they learned from me and other DLA Piper lawyers would help in their daily work. In the words of one judge, "I'm grateful for this opportunity, which has broadened my knowledge!" Read the full article here. This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of The Journal of the Delaware State Bar Association, a publication of the Delaware State Bar Association. Copyright © Delaware State Bar Association 2016. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.


text:
The Ford Hall Forum is the nation's oldest free, public, lecture series. Its mission is to foster an informed and effective citizenry and to promote freedom of speech through public presentation of lectures, debates, and discussions.
The Suffolk University Political Research Center, established in 2002, conducts statewide polls and bellwether survey analyses in Massachusetts, other states, and nationally.


text:
2011-05-25 / Obituaries
Joan Rapczyk, Massapequa resident, faithful churchgoer
Longtime Massapequa resident and faithful Amityville churchgoer Joan Ann Rapczyk was a member of St. Martin of Tours R.C. Church and served as one of the church's Eucharistic Ministers. She died April 30, 2011 at Good Samaritan Hospital, in West Islip at the age of 77. Mrs. Rapczyk loved her church and did her best to help newcomers feel that way too.
You must be an online subscriber to view this story.


text:
Opinion: All the President's Rhetoric
Deputy editorial page editor Dan Henninger on the president's detached response to Syria's chemical-weapons attack and the troubles of average Americans. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... yesterday of a massive attack in the suburbs of Damascus ... hundreds if not more than a thousand people killed by chemical weapons ... were initially a few images here are a warning to viewers they may be graphic ... here's what the White House had to say ... the use of chemical weapons is something the United States finds ... Cluley deplorable and completely unacceptable ... and ... those who irresponsible use of chemical weapons if it's determined that's what happened ... will be open ... the White House called on the United Nations to investigate ... Wall Street Journal deputy editorial page editor Dan Henninger joins the ... tide and the UN ... why this kind of a response from the White House it seems so ... detached ... it does that attaches the word merry and though they obviously are ... trying to keep the Syrian situation if one may use that word the Syrian catastrophe ... at arm's length Palm Josh earnest is the only member of this administration who a step or publicly to say anything about it ... the Secretary State whom one would normally expect to ... make a statement on this is nowhere to be seen I looked on their website they simply have that statement up on their website ... sorry I nation sector of the ... ambassador Samantha powers is not done nothing other than Tweets ... Alta statement of concern and suggesting that the United Nations investigate it ... red lines of an crossed obviously hair over a fell more than a thousand dead aam ... it seems to me that the Europeans are Cr our allies in your for crying out for us we are going to do something French Foreign Minister Laurent Bobby uses said that something must be done he said even if UN Security Council ... is vetoed by the Russians we often find another way around that the Turkish government is saying that something needs to be done ... clearly there waiting for the United States the we you know I'm not going to save the United States should step forward and say we're going to invade Syria ... that's not what's going on here with the need is for the United States to be gathering ... our allies in Europe to at least ... talk about what can be done what steps can be taken to start to mitigate what the Syrian government is doing over there instead ... the United States Barack Obama is doing ... absolutely nothing there's been no reporting of all about the U nine states reaching out to our allies over there ... to at least the Scots away for the club and third there is often in the circumstances rhetoric out of the White House it's not really grounded in reality ... I in ... asking you and intervene in Syria's can do anything ... and ... know it it reminds me of your column this morning Dan and that they came out that talked about ... it than the other side the ocean domestic issues that same problem were the president's coming out ... speaking in the middle class problems but it seems again completely detached from what is actually going on in the country ... boasts the other is a kind of pattern here Mary the president ... talking about problems he's up in Buffalo today Sunday in Syracuse later he's talking about ... jobs and middle-class anxieties ... but what he proposes ... always seems to be not quite ... on the point it doesn't address the immediacy of the problem ... with God we've had unemployment ... seven to nine percent for the three or four years of his presidency ... and the president is talking about long-term plans creating manufacturing sectors of the country that would take years to do ... he even goes so far all the speeches I noted as to suggest ... that there is a future in windmills and solar panel ... you know if your ... kids in the third Buffalo would you suppose to make of that the president just doesn't seem to be ... on point ... on the unemployment problem in this country just as you believe in contrast what's going on in Syria right now much less a joke and when United States presidency thing after all ... would you like the present United States you're expected to wean the problems of the day that's why the American public which are in that position ... and Barack Obama always seems to be a few steps away from the problem that in front of everybody's face when that happens ... in the world as in the Middle East ... awful things happen and that is what's happening right now on the Middle East whether it's Egypt or Syria that's very awful things are happening Wall Street Journal that the editorial page and or Dan Henninger thanks so much


text:
growing up, i have always been a HUGE fan of mighty morphin power rangers. two saturdays ago, i was having lunch infront of the tv, and OMGOSH power rangers megaforce came on! HAS ANYONE SEEN IT!? its pretty awesome yo! its exactly like mighty morphin but new-er!
what do you guys think of the new power rangers? are any of you mighty morphin fans? have you seen megaforce? and if so, were you excited? did it get you back into power rangers ? :)
I loved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Particularly the Green Power Ranger arc.
But have never gotten into any of the re-imaginings like Ninja Force and Samurai something or other. They were just never as good.
I still remember the day the Mighty Morphin film was released on tape. I was so excited I was running to the video shop across the road from my house and ran straight out into the road and nearly got run over by a van. Good times.
Oh yeah this was about Megaforce....
I haven't watched any of that yet. If it is similar to how Mighty Morphin was maybe it's worth a go.
leham wrote:
Oh yeah this was about Megaforce....
I haven't watched any of that yet. If it is similar to how Mighty Morphin was maybe it's worth a go.
no worries, i was talking about both mighty morphin and megaforce. here, ill send you the following link to the opening of megaforce"
even the opening song is super similar! but bascially same idea, theres a giant head (a descendant of zordon) that recruits 5 teenagers to fight evil, and he has a robotic assistant that's very similar to alpha.
the guy playing the red ranger can already fight, the blue ranger is a geek, and the black ranger fights using a soccer ball (instead of hip hop like zack) lol. but wow! so worth watching!!!!
That does look pretty good actually. Similarities to MM are uncanny there's even gonna be a green ranger!
Although I'd hate to be the guy with a shark for a Zord when someone attacks on land....
Good call, I'll definitely check it out at some point
I've watched Megaforce, simply because I'm a Super Sentai fan, and ever since Samurai (Shikenger in Japan), I wanted to see how bad they where going to butcher Goseiger (the japanese equivalent to Megaforce), and what they where planning to harvest from Gokaiger (the series those keys in the cave are from).
From a nostalgic standpoint, I'm not liking it. It's.... too campy, I dare say, worse than the original. Speaking of the original, the first episode of Megaforce? It's like Megaforce wasn't seeking it's own identity. Honestly, I absolutely DESPISE the Red Rangers in Saban's revival of the series.
Like with Jason, Tommy, Tj, Andros, etc they all had leader qualities, but they had a lot more room to improve and get a little back story. With Samurai and Megaforce, the two main Red Rangers just feel so... fake. Like they don't want to give them a personality other than "Friendship is magic" and "believe in yourself". Theres never any room for doubt with them, which I find distasteful in a leader.
A leader needs to question his/herself and attempt to change themselves.
Jason was the original leader, he always knew how to take charge, but his weakness was Tommy. Tommy was his best friend, he was tempted by evil, and prone to becoming evil again. When Tommy lost his powers, Jason blamed himself and needed to discover that "hey, he tried his best, he won't let it happen again".
Tommy... oh man Tommy, while Tommy became "perfect" during Zeo/Turbo. One of the things he struggled with is his Ranger origins (something a little reflected on in Dino Thunder, but hardly brought up), he needed to get over that there was a point in time where he was evil, and he tried to kill his friends. He's also the last original Power Ranger an needed to lead the newer generation, and show no fear, so they can learn when his time comes to retire.
TJ..... is somewhat difficult, given he was only the leader for half of a season. I'd like to think TJ needed to prove himself a leader, that he wasn't Tommy, but his way worked. At least that the best way I can think of it.
Andros was something else entirely. With the near death of his best friend, his sister missing, his mentor/friend Zordon on his death bed (In a way), and with the galaxy about to be ruled over by evil, Andros needed to lead humans he's never met before, and was uneasy working with, while at the same time, fighting with his own inner demons, distrust of other, not wanting to get close (as to not repeat what happened with the Silver Ranger), and at the same time, in love with fellow Yellow Ranger, and discovering his supposed dead sister was alive, and the Ranger's mortal enemy. Then there was the final test of killing Zordon himself, to save the galaxy, but at the cost of bringing harm to someone he cared for, his absolute mission since the beginning.
I could go on with the others, but frankly, other than Leo and his affinity for removing his shirts, and dead brother complex. I never really took the time to watch anything else (with the exception of Dino Thunder, SPD and RPM).
These new guys however... well you kinda get my point by now.
Long opinion short:
If you like the original, don't watch it. If your smoking a little something, then watch it, and be amused.
I'm just passing through
I've been watching it since the season premiered. I'm a huge fan of the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, so with this as the 20th season I'm watching every episode to catch any celebratory episodes they do. I didn't really like the first episode, because it felt like they just copied the original MMPR pilot. It wasn't paying an homage, they literally took some lines from the show, as well as the Zordon-Alpha dynamic.
After a couple episodes the show got on its feet and into the classic Power Rangers feel. It had the friendship theme and the high school superhero feeling while still letting it be its own thing, which was a good thing. But one thing that bugs me is that the Red Ranger is...I don't know. He's the new kid in school, but we don't know anything about him other then that he practices martial arts. He doesn't really know the others and they seem to trust him for some reason. It doesn't make sense. And the singing Pink Ranger thing in the latest episode, even by Power Ranger standards, is pretty weird. It's overall a little too campy for my taste, but I'll check it out each week to see what they do for the anniversary.
Sailor Candy Moderator
Closed due to inactivity. It's been over half a year and no new posts.
Tuxedo Mask!!!


text:
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? It's.... Ruffmanman!" Ruff's nephew Glen has learned that a mysterious villain, Gamma Ray Person, is trying to harness the electromagnetic spectrum for evil. He forces Ruff into a mask and tights to become television's newest superhero. Ruffman Man! Will Ruff and his SuperFETCHers be able to stop Gamma Ray Person from destroying the world? And will Ruff be able to keep his tights from falling down?. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, Procter and Gamble hands the reins of power back to its former CEO. But are shareholders always better off when CEOs return? And beef prices are soaring just as summer grilling season arrives. NBR will tell you how much more your cookout is going to cost. D
5:56 pm
NewsHour Promo NULL
6:00 pm
PBS NewsHour NULL
7:00 pm
Washington Week NULL
7:30 pm
Need to Know JOHN LARSON ANCHORS. As the debate over immigration reform continues in Washington D.C., Need to Know offers an inside look at the lives of Latino farm workers. D
8:00 pm
Masterpiece Mystery! "Foyle's War, Series VI: The Russian House" Three new episodes of the World War II whodunit begin in the aftermath of VE-Day but with the war still ongoing beyond Europe. Inspector Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) is keen to retire but bound to his old job, stumbles upon an international cover-up.G
9:30 pm
Live From Lincoln Center "Audra McDonald In Concert: Go Back Home" The five-time Tony Award-winner and series host takes a turn as featured performer, singing songs from her new album and other favorites in a special spring concert at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.G
10:30 pm
Architect Michael Graves: A Grand Tour Popularly known for the "whistling bird" Alessi teakettle, the architect transforms America's built environment in the 1980s with buildings that take a whimsical approach to classical forms. But in early 2003, a mysterious and potentially fatal illness leaves him partially paralyzed. His ordeal, which includes years of painful rehabilitation, opens a new chapter of Graves' career - designing hospital furniture and homes for wounded war veterans.G
11:00 pm
Charlie Rose NULL


text:
Official Portal for North Dakota State Government
Agropyron smithii, tough native prairie grass, once covered nearly all of the state. The North Dakota Chapter of the Society for Range Management called for adopting an official state grass. Western Wheatgrass was selected for its adaptability to soil conditions, its performance record for hay and pasture, and its role in range management as a species found in all the state's counties.


text:
Cabelas has sales on ammo now with some free shipping too.
I just purchased 450rds of herters 45acp ammo for $102 delivered using my fathersday $25 gift card and free shipping. Its russian made steel cased poly coated and great plinking stuff. All my 45acp's eat this stuff.
http://www.gun-deals.com for a list of the best current ammo prices.
Checkout http://www.cabelas.com for sales
Checkout; http://www.ammotogo.com too.
Don't forget your local gun shops too. The cheapest i fou8nd the 500rd 22lr cci blazer ammo was $16.99 on the net plus shipping. My local gun shop had the same ammo for $15.99 I saved a $1 per 500rds plus the shipping costs so it pays to shop around. Paying $15.99 for 500rds i purchased 3,000rds. with everyone shooting the 22's now it won't last long.
Ammo sales
Farming and rural life discussion forum. Cooking, hunting, gardening, fishing, critters, etc.
Moderator: Team Cub
4 posts • Page 1 of 1
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 6487
- Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:02 pm
- Zip Code: 00000
- Location: in northern usa
Ammo sales
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
- 5+ Years
- Posts: 527
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:41 am
- Zip Code: 46163
- Tractors Owned: 1948 Cub "Moe"
1950 Farmall M
- Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: New Castle, IN
Re: Ammo sales
I stocked up on .22lr about 4 years ago and I'm glad I did. Unfortunately, I have had a fetish with a little .410 lately, and that stuff aint cheap.
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 357
- Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:25 pm
- eBay ID: huntingpal
- Location: southern indiana/ spencer county
Re: Ammo sales
thanks for the update on the amo. Was looking for a reason to look through cabelas
1948 cub
1959 cub
lots of implements
1959 cub
lots of implements
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 6487
- Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:02 pm
- Zip Code: 00000
- Location: in northern usa
Re: Ammo sales
My local gun shop gave me a funny look when i purchased 3k of the cci blazer 22lr for just $15.99 a box. I can't get that low price on the net. I'd like to stash away 20k of 22lr so my family wilol still enjoy shootin after i'm gone.
I'm technically misunderstood at times i guess its been this way my whole life so why should it change now.
4 posts • Page 1 of 1
Return to "Farm Life and Better Half Forum"
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
Police: Officers shoot 2 suspects in exchange of gunfire
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police say officers shot and injured two suspects in northern Ohio after one fired at police and another pointed a gun at them.
None of the officers were hit in the exchange of gunfire.
Police in Toledo say the shooting happened Wednesday night at a carryout while officers were doing surveillance work related to recent gun violence.
Police say one suspect fired at police and then ran away while another ran and pointed a gun at an officer.
The say officers shot both Richard Morris Jr. and Jayvon Wynne. Their injuries are not life threatening. Both have been charged with felonious assault.
Court records don't say whether either man has an attorney.


text:
John T. Zedialis, 89 of New London, Mo., died at his home on Saturday morning, Dec. 8, 2012.
John T. Zedialis, 89 of New London, Mo., died at his home on Saturday morning, Dec. 8, 2012.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at New London First Christian Church. Pastor Tom Day will officiate. Burial will be at Grand View Burial Park, with full military honors provided by Emmette J. Shields Post No. 55, American Legion.
Visitation will be on Monday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Smith Funeral Home & Chapel in Hannibal.
Mr. Zedialis was born in Centralia, Ill., on Dec. 29, 1922, a son of Alex M. and Valeria L. Zinkus Zedialis.
He married Evelyn Louise McKinney on April 21, 1951, in Centralia. She died on July 15, 2005.
Survivors include two sons, John Brett (Denise) Zedialis of Town and Country, Mo., and Timothy C. (Lori) Zedialis of New London. Grandchildren include Ashley and Geoffrey Zedialis, also of Town and Country; and Austin and Blake Curry of New London.
A brother, Alex M. Zedialis Jr., preceded John in death.
John was a veteran and sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II., serving on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Bennington in the South Pacific.
After he was discharged, he went to work for the C B & Q Railroad in Centralia, Ill. He relocated to New London in 1958 and served as a conductor for the Burlington-Northern Railroad when he retired in 1984 after 38 years of service.
John's first passion was quail hunting and fishing. He later became an avid deer and turkey hunter. In his retirement he learned to become a beekeeper and was able to produce multiple gallons of honey each year, distributing to friends and neighbors. He loved gardening, where he specialized in strawberries, cherries and blackberries, which produced buckets of fruit and numerous pies and cobblers which he also gladly shared with his friends. He attended and was an avid supporter of the New London First Christian Church.
He was a loving father and grandfather who entertained his grandchildren with colorful stories and taught them about his favorite hobbies.
Pallbearers will be Geoff Zedialis, Austin Curry, Blake Curry, David Jarman, Don Schmitz and Gaylord Winders.
Memorials may be made to New London First Christian Church, in care of Smith Funeral Home and Chapel.
Online condolences to the family may be offered at www.smithfuneralhomeandchapel.com.


text:
You are hereHome ›
Narrow Search
Now showing results 1-7 of 7
In this lesson students investigate the effects of black carbon on arctic warming and are introduced to a mechanism of arctic warming that is not directly dependent on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: black carbon deposition on Arctic snow and... (View More) ice. It can also be used to introduce the concept of albedo. Prerequisite knowledge: students understand the concepts of absorption and reflection of light energy. This lesson is designed to be used with either an Earth/environmental science or chemistry curriculum. It may also be used as an enrichment activity in physics or physical science during a unit on energy. Includes suggested modifications for students with special needs and low technology option. Requires advance preparation, including freezing ice samples overnight. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students
Learners will build an open spectrograph to calculate the angle the light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating. After finding the desired angles, the students will design their own spectrograph using the information learned. The... (View More) activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
This lesson provides a way for students to determine the relationship between the distance from a light source and its brightness. Once students discover the relationship, they can begin to understand how astronomers use this knowledge to determine... (View More) the distances to stars and far away galaxies. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students
In this activity, students construct an analytical spectroscope and analyze the spectrum produced when various substances are heated or excited with electricity. This activity is part of Unit 2 in the Space Based Astronomy guide that contains... (View More) background information, worksheets, assessments, extensions, and standards. (View Less)
This activity introduces the primary colors of light. Satellites transmit images to us as a series of numbers, and this activity is designed to show how numbers are combined to create images using the primary colors of light. Students work in groups... (View More) to create different colors using flashlights with red, blue, and green theatrical gels. Students create a numerical code to represent colors of light, experiment with building colors using the code, and complete a color mixing table. (View Less)
In this activity, a Whiffle® ball containing a battery-operated buzzer is twirled in a circle to demonstrate the Doppler effect. The demonstration is an illustration of how stellar spectra can be used to measure a star's motion relative to Earth... (View More) along the line of sight. This activity is part of Unit 2 in the Space Based Astronomy guide that contains background information, worksheets, assessments, extensions, and standards. (View Less)
This is a lesson about light in the outer solar system. Learners will demonstrate the effect of the inverse square law of illumination with distance and connect this to the functioning of solar panels at Saturn. Requires a silicon solar cell... (View More) (available at an electronics parts store) and a multimeter. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students


text:
At just four-foot-eleven, Martha Hudson did not strike fear in any of her opponents when they looked over at her from the other lane before a race. But at the end of the race, Hudson would usually be the one standing taller than everyone else while on the winner's podium.
Before attending Tennessee State, Hudson ran track for Twin City High School in Eastman, Ga. It was at a tournament in Tuskegee, Ala. during her sophomore year that TSU track coach Ed Temple spotted Hudson and convinced her to participate in his summer camp in 1955. In camp, Hudson picked up on Temple's coaching pointers and by the time she attended camp in the summer of 1957, she was beating some of Temple's Tigerbelles.
In 1957 Hudson graduated from Twin City as the salutatorian of her class and officially joined Temple's track team. Her teammates that she had raced against the previous three summers nicknamed Hudson "Pee Wee" due to her diminutive stature.
While at TSU, Hudson won the national AAU 100-yard dash and even set the record for the fastest time in the 75-yard dash.
Hudson and three of her teammates set a record to win the 4 x 100-meter relay Pan American games in Chicago, a precursor for things to come. In 1960, Hudson achieved perhaps her finest moments in athletics when she teamed with teammates Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones and Wilma Rudolph to win a gold medal for the U.S. in the 4 x 100-meter relay with a world-record time of 44.3 seconds.
The Tennessee State Sports Hall of Fame inducted Hudson in 1983 and then the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame followed suit three years later.
Hudson graduated TSU in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She used her degree to teach school children in Ga. once she retired from running.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Sports Information Assistant Alex Mitchell contributed to this article.
Follow TSU Athletics at Facebook.com/TSUTigers and https://twitter.com/tsu_tigers.


text:
I'm a custom cake designer and sugar artist. I create custom wedding cakes, grooms cakes, birthday, shower, and special occasion cakes of all types. My hours are are by appointment
Traditional. Contemporary. Elegant. Whimsical. Your wedding cake should reflect your unique style. Together with our delicious cakes, and one of a kind, handmade gumpaste flowers, we will create a centerpiece for your reception that will complete your special day. Every wedding deserves 'the perfect ending'.
A festive way to celebrate your bridal shower, gift opening or wedding day, that's sure to please and impress your guests. Cascading cookie towers, gift baskets or party favors, Special Tee Cookies has what you're looking for!
We are a mother/daughter team that specializes in creating custom wedding and specialty cakes. Whether it's traditional, modern or something simply "over the top" extravagant, we will work with you to create the perfect cake for your special occasion. Each cake is designed with the utmost care and attention to detail.
We can create the cupcake wedding tower of your dreams. Imagine a cupcake tower, exquisitely decorated and in the flavor(s) of your choice. Brides and Grooms no longer have to choose only one flavor.
Since 1992, Mag-Pies unique wedding cakes and quality desserts have pleased many a sweet tooth. For the past few years, wedding and groom's cakes have been our sole focus.
First Fruits Caterings attention to detail requires experience and a professional staff. They have a wide variety of menu options to choose from.
Sugarbuzz offers deliciously beautiful custom cakes as unique as you are.
Brides are our business! Beautiful flowers, cakes, catering, personal Coordinator/Planner for all aspects of your wedding. Let us handle all the details just the way you want them. Serving Knoxville, Seymour, Sevierville, & Maryville. Consultations by appointment.
At Rosa's Catering not only my foods, but also my cakes are homemade and delicious, and we do our own cake decorating.
Daisy Cake Company makes a variety of cakes with creative flair. They have four main categories for flavors with many options in each.
Smoky Mountain Cakes offers a wide variety of beautiful wedding cakes. At Smoky Mountain Cakes we want to provide you with the highest quality cakes with personalized service to every customer.
At Mindy's Bakery quality & fun are our top priorities. We are a family owned & operated shop, so that means we have high standards here, because if Mom doesn't like it, it doesn't make it out of the kitchen!
If your looking for a unique but beautiful bridal, groom, or wedding cake, Piece-a-Cake Bakery offers that and more!
Just Simply Delicious... is simply that. We are special occasion bakers offering wedding and grooms cakes, dessert bars, cheesecake bars, pies and more. Everything we offer is scratch made with the best and freshest ingredients.
At Sweet Promises, we understand how important your wedding day is and we "Promise" to give you the personal service you deserve.
Creating Award Winning delicious works of Art, made from scratch, for over 14 years. Your complimentary consultation awaits..... call us today!
West End Bakery wedding cakes are renowned for excellent quality and outstanding taste...add "yum" to your special day!
The Bake Shoppe, Asheville's most experienced custom bakery, understands the importance of your wedding cake.
Our desire is to bring a fresh, exciting perspective to the Cake world. With the use of professional sculpting techniques, and from-scratch recipes cherished through generations, we guarantee the creation at your event will be loved from first sight to last bite! We cannot wait to design the cake of your dreams!
Cakes by Jane has been in the business of baking and decorating delicious and beautiful wedding cakes, bridesmaid cakes, grooms' cakes and specialty cakes since 1973.
Celebrating? Make your event special with chocolates from The Chocolate Fetish.
Your wedding day will be a once in a lifetime occasion. Embree House Wedding Cakes wants to help you create a wedding cake that is both beautiful and delicious.
At The Baker's Box, We spread Love into everything we create!! We are located in beautiful Hendersonville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.


text:
Date and starting time:
Sun 02/02/2014, 08:30
Join us again on the renowned Ratae Reliability Ride - your choice of routes from either 20, 47 or 70 miles. All grades of cyclists are catered for, so this is the one to test your early season fitness or enjoy a social ride with fellow enthusiasts. Ride out South of Leicester onto the ancient Roman Fosse Way and then East across the rolling Leicestershire countryside towards Market Harborough and the Welland Valley.
Drinks and refreshments at the Start, Finish and Intermediate stops.
Entry on the Day.
Full Details on our Website - www.rataerc.org


text:
Volume 19 Issue 10 | July 21- - 27, 2006
The Lascivious Biddies
Saturday, July 22 at 10 PM
Mo Pitkins
34 Avenue A
(212-777-5660; mopitkins.com)
Photo by Geoff Smith
The Lascivious Biddies, from left, are Deidre Rodman, Lee Ann Westover (back), Amanda Monaco, and Saskia Lane (center).
Lascivious Biddies stir up own blend of cocktail pop
By Gillian Reagan
The scene was typical for the low-lit Makor Café young couples and aging lovers holding hands under sleek, mahogany tables but the performers they were about to see were unlike any girl band in New York. The wine sipping and whispering hushed as four 20-to-30-something women took the stage in black high heels and lustrous red dresses. Lead singer Lee Ann Westover, a sassy, shapely brunette with cat-eye glasses, introduced herself to the crowd of dedicated fans and Upper West Siders. Im going to kick some ass tonight! Woot! she said, punctuating her greeting with a hip shake.
Westover is one-fourth of The Lascivious Biddies, an all-female pop quartet with vivacious personalities and a distinctive pop-meets-cabaret music style. Their classical, airy jazz arrangements; rich four-part harmonies; and salty yet charming lyrics culminate in a sound reminiscent of World War II cabaret performers, jazz greats, and a little Joan Jett attitude thrown into the mix.
With their first sold out international show in at the North by Northeast Music Festival in Toronto last month, an upcoming album in the works and a new booking manager (Marc Baylin of Baylin Artists Management), the ladies are ready to Biddify the world.
Acclaimed jazz guitarist Amanda Monaco, Juilliard-trained bass-player Saskia Lane, and pianist Deidre Rodman round out this spirited quartet. They have been performing what they like to call cocktail pop songs since 2001 and have recorded two full-length albums, Biddi-Luxe and Get Lucky, and one limited edition EP, I Feel Biddy.
We realized we had something special from the first rehearsal, when we played Moon River together, said Lane, a petite blonde with smiling eyes and a wide grin. It was magical. The chemistry and the sound were unlike anything any of us had experienced before.
At least one night a week, the Biddies gather at Lanes East Village apartment, where they gossip, laugh and work out the kinks in their harmonies. Here, in a cozy living room stacked with books and instruments, the ladies recount the formation of the band.
About nine years ago, Westover and Monaco were playing in a swing band, The Camaros. The two reconnected in 2000, and Monaco, who had been listing to the Go-Gos album, Talk Show, joked about forming a Go-Gos cover band. They soon ditched that plan, however, once Monaco brought in her friend Rodman, who had been playing in the Big Apple Circus and with Roy Nathanson of the Jazz Passengers. It was Rodman who came up the bands great name, and after one session together they realized they had something unique. So began the Biddies.
Meanwhile, Lane was trekking across the country on a train ride from San Francisco, her hometown, to New York to attend Julliard. She was living in Harlem above Monaco and the neighbors heard each others music from their apartments. Monaco invited Lane to play in the band, and thats all she wrote, said Monaco, holding out her hands and shrugging her shoulders. A music group and a life-long bond began.
I dont think I knew what friendship was until we formed the band, Westover said, tapping her feet in socks covered in cartoon kitties on the wood floor. Its part of the magic we have on stage and in the music. The ladies have been with each other through sickness (Monaco was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in January 2005) and health (Westover flips through a womens wedding magazine and stops at a picture of three bridesmaids. She labels them Lee Ann, Amanda and Deidre with a pen, and doodles glasses and longer hair on the models: bridesmaids in Lanes wedding in September.)
Since the band doesnt have a drummer, (we just never had a friend who played the drums, Lane says) they rely on a metronomes ticking rhythm to stay on beat during rehearsals.
We should name it something, Westover says. A name youd give a bouncer like knuckles.
How about BK for brass knuckles? Monaco asks.
BK reminds me of Burger King, Rodman replies.
Brass knuckles, those funky knuckles, Westover sings, to the beat of a Beastie Boys song.
The Biddies impeccable comedic timing, chemistry and talent culminate in a radiant stage presence. At performances, the Biddies take joking jabs at each other and inject a yee-haw or a yahoo, unnecessarily. Were all really strong, type-A women, Lane said. Thats what makes it so special and I think people pick up on that when were on stage. A favorite is Office Song, a spunky new tune about working the 9-5 daily grind. I wrote this song because I was working for a total jerk-off in an office, said Westover, who until recently split the songwriting with Rodman. (Now all the Biddies contribute original songs.) On the track she croons, Take your photo copies, and take your watery coffee. Take your take a message please Lee Ann. Because its getting hot in here and Id love to have a beer because its 5 p.m. The other bandmates chime in during a verse with a nagging four-part harmony, I need blah blah blah, yesterday, last week!
But they are storytellers as well as comedians. They bring to life characters in songs like Betty, about a small-town girl taking the bustling New York City by storm and Alice, about an aging widow who gets nightly visits from her postman.
The ladies also use their storytelling talents in their podcasts, or BiddyCasts, which are downloadable MP3 recordings of performances, news updates and humorous reports on their personal lives. The women started recording their rehearsals, shows and stories into a radio-show format in February 2005 and posting them on their website. A recent BiddyCast recounts their trip to Monacos fathers wedding and Westovers blubbering performance during the ceremony. Although their broadcasts increased their audience and they were featured on CBS Evening News, mtv.com and USA Today, the band is still struggling to find success in the city, even as its members continue to do exciting work on their own. Lane, for instance, was recently hired to play bass with Dan Zanes, and last month performed in Jay-Zs Illphonic Orchestra at his Radio City show. Rodman recently finished a record with famous electric bassist, Steve Swallow, and will be touring with him next year. Monaco has a successful teaching studio and just published her first guitar book, and Westover continues to explore her inner tech geek. She is now the webmaster for the Biddies site, and those of several other musicians, and maintains her own travel podcast, thetinyguide.com, along with the BiddyCasts.
But in reference to the band, Westover explains, There isnt a market for jazz cabaret music. People see us as a gimmick or dont think well sell records.
And were all over 22, Monaco groaned. Were not up there to be an anomaly, or to have people be like, wow, an all-girl chick band, how cute!
When they see us live, they start to take us seriously, because they see how talented we are, replied Lane.
Westover said the New York scene is ready for a change. Everybody is just waiting around for someone to take a risk, she said. Were doing it! We just need to let them know we exist, that were out there for them.
The way the Biddies see it, every show is another chance to attract more Biddy Buddies, and they have two new opportunities lined up in town. Their first upcoming show is this Saturday, July 22 at Mo Pitkins, and the second is in September at the world-famous Birdland, which Charlie Parker once called the jazz corner of the world.
We enjoy the challenge of a new audience, whether the venues metropolitan or in the boonies, Lane said. Because at every single show, theres one or two or a hundred who get it, and thats what the Biddies live for.
For more information on the Biddies upcoming shows, and to download their podcasts, visit www.biddies4ever.com.
Email our editor
View our previous issues
Report Distribution Problems
Who's Who at
Downtown Express
Downtown Express is published by
Community Media LLC.
145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 229-1890 Fax: (212) 229-2790
Advertising: (646) 452-2465 © 2006 Community Media, LLC
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Written permission of the publisher
must be obtainedbefore any of the contents
of this newspaper, in whole or in part,
can be reproduced or redistributed.


text:
previous daynext daytoday
Naturalist Guided Night Hikes!
Leave those flashlights at home for this unique hiking adventure. You will be guided by a park naturalist along the park's trails and surrounding green spaces. Wear comfortable hiking shoes, dress for weather conditions and bring water. These hikes are designed for the whole family, but each will average an hour and a half of walking and observing. No dogs please.
Park entry fee applies. All registration close dates are the Monday preceding the hike.
More information 303-697-6159
Use Activity #359945-04
The City of Lakewood received an application from KB Home to rezone the vacant property at 2800 S. Rooney Rd. from Planned Development (PD) to the Mixed-Use Employment with a Suburban context (M-E-S), Mixed-Use Neighborhood with a Suburban context (M-N-S), Two-Family and Small Lot Residential (R-2), and Small Lot Residential (R-1-6) zone districts that allow for residential, retail, and office uses. The adjacent properties to the north and east are zoned PD. The adjacent properties to the south are zoned PD and Agricultural (A-2). The current PD zoning for the surrounding properties permits office, retail, and residential uses. The purpose of the rezoning request is to develop residential uses other than multi-family, which is currently not allowed. The map on the back of this notice outlines the boundary of the area included in the rezoning request.
Section 17-2-2 of the Lakewood Zoning Ordinance provides the review criteria for a rezoning application and also requires the applicant to hold a neighborhood meeting prior to submitting a formal application. The purpose of the meeting is to provide neighbors and nearby homeowners associations with information about the proposed rezoning and an opportunity to ask questions of the applicant and City staff. This notice is going to residents and owners of property within 500 feet of the site, and to neighborhood and homeowners associations that are registered with the City and located within ½ mile of the site.
For more information, please contact the project manager, Kara Mueller, 303-987-7982 or firstname.lastname@example.com
This notice is being sent per the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Town of Morrison and City of Lakewood for a Phase I Final Development Plan (FDP) per Section 2.05(1) of the IGA. This notice is to inform you that KB Home would like to process a Phase I FDP for a 19.18 acre property located in the Rooney Valley at 2800 S. Rooney Rd. The property is zoned Planned Development and abides by the Humphrey Property Official Development Plan with the underlying zone district Mixed-Use General with a Suburban context (PD/M-G-S). The zoning allows for residential development including single-family detached. The proposal is to develop single-family detached residential units.


text:
3D entities / Re: AutoCAD 2011 & VB.net Express 2008« on: April 04, 2013, 08:46:26 PM »
Thank you.
I'll try it and see if this works.
I'll try it and see if this works.
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


text:
Hello everybody ,
can someone help me in macros .
are there any useful books or sites which contains good examples of macros .
Actually , I have some functions about sorted list and binary trees, I have to write the same functions by using macros .
I don`t know how , and my functions are not short (about 9 functions) .
so if there is someone can help me , I will put the code to discuss about it .
Thank you very much .


text:
SAK Comedy Lab has diverted from its usual improvisational programs to present "Better Days," a scripted comedy it bills as a "live sitcom." This means, of course, that the audience has the role of the famed "live studio audience" — and supplier of the show's laugh track.
Thankfully, no one in the audience had the sort of boorish laugh often heard on those recorded tracks — but there was laughter aplenty to be heard.
That's because creators Tod Kimbro and John Valines, who also directed the comedy's "first episode," have tapped into what makes sitcoms — the comfort food of television — succeed: Stock TV characters, the familiar main-plot, subplot structure, the setups that lead to the punchline.
The occasionally slack pacing on opening night sapped some of the show's zing, and at 70 minutes the show felt bloated. (There's a reason sitcoms generally stick to a quick half hour — eventually the human brain starts to ponder the inanity of it all.)
But this pilot episode — TV speak for a series' first episode that sets up the characters' back stories — more than showed the potential of the concept. SAK plans subsequent episodes each month.
Like many a pilot, the first "Better Days" is necessarily heavy on plot. As the show begins, Todd is being dumped by his girlfriend in a long scene of anguish and tears that had me wondering if the writers forgot this was a comedy.
The laughter begins when the audience meets Todd's friends, who work and hang out at the pub he manages. There's inept waitress Sarah (Ana Eligio), her lothario brother Jeff (Chris Dinger) and Sarah's roommate Jocelyn (Jennifer Bonner).
The show gets a needed jolt when a newbie joins the gang. Raymond Isaac Frak, a sci-fi loving, comic-book nerd who might have accidentally wandered onto the stage from TV's "Big Bang Theory," becomes Todd's new roommate. This kind of familiarity is perfect for a sitcom: Within seconds, we know Ray will be a funny, "adorkable" geek, and in the capable hands of Will Hagaman and his shrewd comic timing he is.
As Todd, Mike Carr has a tough time in the pilot — he spends the entire episode angry or depressed over his breakup. When a character says to him, "We don't want to see you whining and moping anymore," I wholeheartedly agreed.
Bonner's Jocelyn has the fuzziest characterization, seeming to be a ditzy receptionist yet also the gang's pragmatic organizer. Sharpening the various personalities will go a long way to giving the show more zip.
And, with all that plot setup out of the way, there should be more time for wacky-sitcom stories — like Dinger's funny attempts to get a girlfriend by using the music of Marvin Gaye.
During a quick video montage at the top of the show, Sam and Diane from TV's hit 1980s sitcom "Cheers" flashed by. And while "Better Days" isn't going to make anyone forget Ted Danson and Shelley Long, it has more than enough charm for its viewing audience to tune in to the next episode.
'Better Days'
• What: An episodic theatrical comedy. New episodes debut monthly and then repeat during the month.
• When: 11:30 p.m. Fridays
• Where: SAK Comedy Lab in City ArtsFactory, 29 S. Orange Ave., Orlando
• Tickets: $10
• Call: 407-648-0001
• Online: http://www.sak.com


text:
We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kennedy Archives
Never-before-broadcast memories from JFK's confidantes recorded just after the assassination. The special is hosted by legendary journalist Robert MacNeil. For background, more from and about the contributors, and to hear the program itself, visit our website: weknewjfk.org
Listeners will hear from JFK colleagues who were with him during his first political race in 1946, until his last days in office.
Famous names and voices wrestle with grief and memory; they provide intimate details on JFK the man, the president and father.


text:
Marijana Fajgl 10/29/2011 2:00:23 PMShe is so cute, Martin! Great capture! #1419076
Ann Coates 11/16/2011 3:27:57 PMAdorable! Congratulations on your finalist. #9809065
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 11/16/2011 3:45:47 PMSimply ADORABLE! Congratulations on your finalist award! #9809249
Sherran Andersen 11/16/2011 10:12:38 PMI love those eyes... congrats. #9811339
Marijana Fajgl 11/17/2011 5:00:57 AMBig congratulations, Martin! #9812317
Ann Coates 11/17/2011 12:53:34 PMCongratulations on your beautiful Gold. #9813930
JO ANN CLEVELAND 11/17/2011 4:57:49 PMBig Congratulations on this awesome Gold 2nd Place Winner Martin ... fantastic!!!
jo ann c. #9814891
Martin J. Wells 11/18/2011 1:44:54 AMthanks for the kind comments #9815756
David M. Montero 11/18/2011 12:48:57 PMCongratulations on scoring gold Martin! Well done. #9817025
Marijana Fajgl 11/18/2011 2:40:04 PMBig congratulations on your well deserved gold! #9817156
Merna L. Nobile 11/18/2011 9:23:28 PMCongratulations!
Rona L. Schwarz 11/18/2011 9:44:35 PMThis is a marvelous capture of your kittie, Martin! And not easy to do, I know - I have a sable burmese who looked very similar when she was a kitten. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GOLD MEDAL WIN! #9818090
f/4 1/60 ISO200
Exif: F Number: 4, Exposure Bias Value: 1.00, ExposureTime: 1/60 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, return light not detected, ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300S
Uploaded on 10/29/2011 12:47:17 PM
Camera: Nikon D300s Digital SLR Camera
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Martin J. Wells. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.


text:
Most people have long since forgotten Feb. 26, 1993, but not me. It was a Friday. I was working for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in their Architectural Division of the World Trade Center, Tower One, on the 72nd floor, facing south overlooking the Statue of Liberty.
It was a beautiful winter day, cool, not cold, with blue skies and puffy white clouds. You could see helicopters and small planes flying below. The temperature was around 50 degrees.
It was 12:18 p.m. and I was reading the New York Daily Newspaper while eating lunch at my desk when I heard a terrific explosion. I felt two explosions shake the south side of the building.
I ran to see what was happening and saw smoke rising from the roof top of the Omni Hotel, below. I saw that the hotel's roof top generators kept smoking as the New York Fire Department trucks came around the corner of the hotel.
Several of us went back to finish our lunch when suddenly, senior architect Elysee Benkler came into our area and told us to leave our work cubicles immediately.
Some of us heeded her command while others waited around to see what was going on. Ten minutes later, Benkler came back, jumped up on her desk - which was quite a feat for this stout woman - and yelled at the top of her lungs, "Everyone get out of here now...go to the stairs!"
We knew she meant business because she not only used construction-site language to make us move and she was the first one on the stairway.
As I started to the stairs, I asked others what was going on. They also did not know why we had to leave and proceeded giggling, as we did during high school fire drills!
The first ten floors were easy...lights on... no crowds.... then things began to get a little dicey. As more people came into the stairwell, we were crushed against the walls; descending became slower and slower. The stair chatter stopped. Concern was in the air. We began to smell smoke. At around the fifty-second floor, we heard people above us shouting, "Move to the right... pregnant woman coming." We moved to the right.
At around the 49th floor, the smoke in the stairs got thick, making it hard to breathe. Fear was in the air. Some people were coughing and using handkerchiefs to cover their airway. The emergency lights went completely out... it was pitch black. I reached out to touch the shoulder of the person in front as the person behind me did the same to me. As fear of the unknown crept into my brain, I silently told my wife, Marilyn, that I loved her. Would I see my wife again?
At around the 42nd floor, the emergency lights started to flicker ...visibility was poor. Someone yelled, "There's light coming from the darkness below." It was the firemen's flashlights as they came up the stairs with their full gear heading toward their unknown. Some of us gave them water, while others applauded their courage. We soaked their backs with bottled water as we moved against the wall to let them pass.
Soon the emergency lights came fully on. The smoke was dense. People crushed against me at the stair landings, breathing was difficult ... air was thick with smoke.
At last I reached the street and the police directed us toward the safety of the EMT's make shift areas. We were given oxygen before they let us go.
It was 3 p.m. I could not believe that it took me two and a half hours to get down from the 72nd floor office. I started to see more people with dirty faces as they emptied out of the building, still not knowing what happened.
I took the train home from Hoboken, N.J., to Nanuet, N.Y., and wondered why the other passengers were staring at me.
When I got to Nanuet, I turned on my car radio and heard, for the first time, that a bomb was detonated in a public parking garage beneath the World Trade Center.
My mother knew it was an explosion before I did. She was watching her soap operas on TV when they interrupted for news about the explosion. Mami telephoned my sisters in town. When they arrived at her home, my sisters found Mami in the living room on her knees, with rosaries in her hands praying for my safety. They didn't know for hours whether I was alive or dead.
When I got home, my wife wasn't there. When I went to bathe and saw my dirty face in the mirror, I finally understood why the train passengers were staring at me. Marilyn came home, and I told her of my adventure - she cried happy tears.
From the minute I got home until midnight, the telephone constantly rang from family, friends, co-workers. This continued for the next two days.
Two weeks after the explosion, I returned to work in temporary quarters and one week later The Port Authority Police allowed us to go back up to our work floor and collect any valuables.
When I got to the 72nd floor where I worked, dust was everywhere. The cleaning crew had taken all the money and valuables left behind in the cubicles.
In my cubicle, was the newspaper I had been reading that day. It was opened to the daily horoscope for Friday, Feb. 26, 1993. It read, "Today you will have an exciting day, you'll go around and around and a little exercise will not hurt."
For years thereafter, I was afflicted with a recurring dream of being in a long dark coffin...the only way out was to go toward the light. Since that day, I've suffer from claustrophobia.
Two months after the explosion, the Port Authority Police had a meeting to answer any questions we had that did not relate to their ongoing investigations. My question was, "I felt two explosions that day. Were there two bombs?"
They said no, what I felt was: the initial bomb first and a couple of seconds later, five floors of concrete slabs covered with parked cars hitting ground zero.
The police said smoke was so thick in the stairwells because the explosion forced the smoke to rise up and return to ground zero in all the stairwells - so we had it both ways. Also, the Fire Department turned off electrical power for safety.
On Feb. 26, 1993, six people were killed and over a thousand injured by a terrorist's truck bomb. The objective was to have Tower One collapse into Tower Two, killing thousands of people.


text:
A Vietnam War veteran, Sam Givhan of Safford, Ala., came home to his family farm in west central Alabama.
He diversified the farm and made it more profitable by adding an impressive catfish farming enterprise to the existing mix of beef cattle and field crops. He also has a strong record of service to farm and community organizations.
As a result of his success in raising cattle, catfish and row crops, Givhan has been selected as the Alabama state winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award.
Givhan now joins nine other state winners from the Southeast as finalists for the award. The overall winner will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show in Moultrie, Ga.
Last year, he farmed 4,200 acres, including 2,323 acres of rented land and 1,877 acres of owned land. A farmer for 42 years, his crops include cotton, soybeans, wheat and corn. Drought last year depressed his corn and soybean yields, but his wheat yielded 42 bushels per acre and his cotton produced 820 pounds of lint per acre.
His beef herd includes about 420 cows and 20 bulls. His catfish operation features ponds covering 250 acres.
In 2000, Givhan returned to Vietnam and visited China to study aquaculture on a trip sponsored by Auburn University. This trip coincided with the large-scale import of fish from China, followed by additional fish coming to the U.S. from Vietnam. "Imported fish are not inspected like our domestic farm-raised catfish," says Givhan. "These imports have risen dramatically. Along with the economic slowdown and slow catfish sales, these imports have hurt our industry. All of our catfish processors have had to cut back on their operations."
Givhan supports cooperatives. He markets his catfish through SouthFresh Aquaculture, a division of Alabama Farmers Cooperative. He uses forward contracts to market corn, soybeans and wheat through Alabama Farmers Cooperative. He markets cotton through the Staplcotn Cooperative. He sells his cattle at the auction market in Uniontown, Ala.
In past years, he was an investor in a cotton gin and a local grain elevator. He also operates Central Alabama Equipment and Supply, selling aftermarket replacement parts and buying and selling used equipment.
He now lives on the farm where he was born and raised. "When I was a kid, we had 14 mules on this farm," he recalls. The home he lives in was originally built during the 1830s, and has been remodeled and refurbished many times over the years.
Decorated Vietnam veteran
In Vietnam, Givhan flew a total of 1,250 hours on reconnaissance missions, and earned decorations such as the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and 25 Air Medals.
After returning from Vietnam in 1969, Givhan worked for a few years at the Bush Hog manufacturing facility in Selma, Ala. There, he was responsible for designing tillage equipment. During that time, he began farming with his father, brother and a friend when the farm was about one fourth of its current size. He also served six years in the Alabama National Guard.
"In 1972, my father, brother and I formed Givhan Land & Cattle Company," he recalls. "In 1973, I went to work full time managing the farm. My father died in 1976, and in 1985 my brother and I divided assets, and I became the sole stockholder in Givhan Land & Cattle Co."
Givhan earned his pilot's license in 1963 and still uses the flying skills he perfected as an Army aviator. He flies his own airplane to agricultural meetings and to various farm events, including the Sunbelt Ag Expo.
His farming plans include adding irrigation. "The idea is to use water from the catfish ponds for irrigation, and then to replenish the ponds with water from a well," he explains. He also plans on using long-term leases that will allow him to improve the land he farms.
He protects the environment by using conservation-tillage planting and by encouraging landlords to put marginal, erodible land into the Conservation Reserve Program. He maintains grass buffers and vegetation along stream banks. "On our catfish operation, we do not allow cattle to get into the ponds, and we use computer sensors to monitor pond oxygen and conserve energy use," he explains.
Givhan has been active in farm leadership. For 26 years, he served as president of the Dallas County Farmers Federation. He is president of Central Alabama Farmers Co-op, serves on a committee for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and is on the board of the Dallas County Cattlemen's Association.
He is a founding member of the Alabama Agribusiness Council and is a member of the Alabama Farmers Federation Wheat & Feed Grains Committee. He has also worked to bring industry to the Black Belt region of western Alabama.
Since 2003, Givhan has served on the board of Alabama Farmers Cooperative and is the current board chairman. He is also a licensed auctioneer and a registered professional engineer. He's also a strong supporter of Marion Military Institute where he went to school.
He and his wife Lynne are members of Safford Baptist Church. Sam and Lynne have two adult sons. Their youngest son David works on the farm where he is responsible for managing the farm's hay and cattle production. Their oldest son Sam is an attorney in Huntsville, Ala., and he helps the farm by serving as the secretary and general counsel for Givhan's farming company.
Givhan gives Lynne much of the credit for the success of his farm. He met her when he was a student at Marion Military Institute and she was attending Judson College in the same town, Marion, Ala. They married in 1964.
"It was very tough for our farm and for many farms during the early 1980s, with drought, grain embargoes and low prices," he recalls.
"Lynne's off-farm job and her income was a big help in paying our living expenses." She taught school for a time, and before retiring, Lynne worked for about 15 years as director of mental retardation services for Cahaba Regional Mental Health Center in Selma, Ala. Her hobbies include gardening, and she was active for several years in the Extension-sponsored Master Gardner program.
Jeff Helms with the Alabama Farmers Federation is the state coordinator of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award.
Givhan was nominated for the award by Robert Utsey, area organizational director with the Alabama Farmers Federation. "I worked with Sam when he was president of the Dallas County Farmers Federation," says Utsey.
Likes the diversification
"I've always liked the diversification on his farm, the catfish, the corn, soybeans, cotton and cattle. The more diversified you are, the more likely you are to be successful in farming. Sam has a long record of being a strong leader for our organization and for other farm organizations here in Alabama."
As the Alabama state winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo award, Givhan will now receive a $2,500 cash award and an expense paid trip to the Sunbelt Expo from Swisher International of Jacksonville, Fla., a $500 gift certificate from the Southern States cooperative, and the choice of either $1,000 in PhytoGen cottonseed, or a $500 donation to a designated charity on behalf of our newest sponsor, Dow Agrosciences.
He is now eligible for the $15,000 that will go to the overall winner. Other prizes for the overall winner include the use of a Massey Ferguson tractor for a year from Massey Ferguson North America, another $500 gift certificate from the Southern States cooperative, and the choice of either another $1,000 in PhytoGen cottonseed, or a second $500 donation to a designated charity on behalf of our newest sponsor, Dow Agrosciences.
Swisher International, through its Swisher Sweets cigar brand, and the Sunbelt Expo are sponsoring the Southeastern Farmer of the Year awards for the 23rd consecutive year. Swisher has contributed some $884,000 in cash awards and other honors to southeastern farmers since the award was initiated in 1990.
Previous state winners from Alabama include: Ricky Wiggins of Anderson, 1990; George Kiser, Sr. of Foley, 1991; Allen Bragg of Toney, 1992; Sykes Martin of Courtland, 1993; David Pearce of Browns, 1994; Glenn Jones of Blountsville, 1995; Raymond Jones of Huntsville, 1996; Dan Miller of Greensboro, 1997; Homer Tate of Meridianville, 1998; Eugene Glenn of Hillsboro, 1999; George T. Hamilton of Hillsboro, 2000; Bert Driskell of Grand Bay, 2001; Charles Burton of Lafayette, 2002; Bruce Bush of Eufaula, 2003; John B. East of Leesburg, 2004; James A. Wise of Samson, 2005; Glenn Forrester of Columbia, 2006; Billy Gilley of Holly Pond, 2007; Lamar Dewberry of Lineville, 2008; David Wright of Plantersville, 2009; Shep Morris of Shorter, 2010; and Andy Wendland of Autaugaville, 2011.
Alabama has had one overall winner with Raymond Jones of Huntsville being selected as the Southeastern Farmer of the Year in 1996.
A distinguished panel of judges will visit the Givhan farm, along with the farms of the other nine state finalists, during the week of Aug. 5-10.
The judges for this year include Charles Snipes, a retired Mississippi Extension weed scientist who is president and research scientist with Stoneville R&D, Inc., from Greenville, Miss.; John McKissick, a long-time University of Georgia Extension ag economist from Athens, Ga.; and farmer Brian Kirksey of Amity, Ark., who was selected as the overall winner in 2008.