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Yours. All yours. No hoomins allowed, they can sit on the floor.ReplyDelete
Stretch out and be comfy.ReplyDelete
Especially when the sun is shining ;)ReplyDelete
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
That's right, Flynn, One must be as comfortable as possible. :-)ReplyDelete
We totally agree, Flynn.ReplyDelete
Purrs ... Rainbow
You are one handsome Chairman cat Flynn!ReplyDelete
Ya deserve all da chairs!ReplyDelete
Why one, when you can have two?ReplyDelete
Well, they're both yours, aren't they?ReplyDelete
Go ahead...stretch out, Flynn.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2016 at 2:24 AM
Follow that sun puddle, Flynn, where ever it leads! You look nice and toasty there. : )ReplyDelete
That's right FlynnReplyDelete
It's true, Flynn. A mancat's gotta do what a mancat's gotta do. Right?ReplyDelete
No! One chair is very limiting. Two gives you so many more options, like when you need it just for your paw. There's never a good reason to have to share, specially not with a Human. XOXOXOXOReplyDelete
TOO CUTE. One needs to maxify use of the sunpuddle!ReplyDelete
Two chairs is always better than just one. Then you can stretch out. You all have a great day.ReplyDelete
you're right, Flynn, it's more comfortable than sitting on a fence ! Have a nice day.ReplyDelete
I's totally agrees with you!ReplyDelete
Rose ~ The adult kitten
Your Mum should push them together a little for you :) Cute photo. XOReplyDelete
How dare that sun puddle move away to the other chair!ReplyDelete
Good job claiming both chairs! You look like you are enjoying the sun.ReplyDelete
Ha! One's not enough when the sunshine is spread over two, eh, Flynn?ReplyDelete
Because, why not? MOL!ReplyDelete
You're making absolutely sure of that, aren't you, Flynn?ReplyDelete
The Chans
Toby agrees with you!!ReplyDelete
That's right, you need a second one for your paw. Now you're comfy ! PurrsReplyDelete
dood....tell yu mum ore dad ta moove that chair ther; or de other one clozer two that one ther ore vize versa sew ewe haza....lounge chair ~~~~~~~~~~ ♥♥♥☺☺☺ReplyDelete
We have that problem here, too. However the other two aren't happy about it!ReplyDelete
MOL, too true!ReplyDelete
Mom loves it when I stretch out my arm like that for anything. NO idea why she thinks that is so cute!ReplyDelete
Looks like you are saving that chair for your mum, Flynn.ReplyDelete
Are you saving a chair for me? I'll be over soon.ReplyDelete
Well, you rule all chairs. So take one or both.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2016 at 6:34 AM
MOL :D Pawkisses for a Happy Day :) <3ReplyDelete
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Flynn I do so agree...and you are such a good stretcher tooReplyDelete
Hugs madi your bfff
Good for stretching out those front legs which feels soooooo good! Such an adorable pawsie. Are you holding that seat for your mum?ReplyDelete
Of course not, always better when you can take up more space and inconvenience the humans who might want a seat. Good job! XOCK, Lily Olivia Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista JoReplyDelete
We think it seems you are testing the temp of the other part of the sunpuddle to know if you need to move over to that side, MOL!! Sweet picture!ReplyDelete
We like to take a bit of extra territory too. You never know when you will need it MOLReplyDelete
Is yous reaching out to touch mes?ReplyDelete
Just look at those gorgeous sun puddles with a extra gorgeous man cat in it.
Sending yous all my loves and kisses
Your Nellie Belie


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AccueilThe State, Government, Politics and Rural Society
Appel à contributionHistoire
The State, Government, Politics and Rural Society
Workshop in Berne on 3-5 June 2008
Publié le samedi 03 mars 2007 par Christelle Rabier
Call for papers for a Workshop in Berne on 3-5 June 2008
This will be the last of three conferences to be held by the working group 4 on the historical dimensions of "The State, Government, Politics and Rural Society", within the wider framework of the project for the study of European rural societies of the European Science Foundation (COST action A 35 "State Agricultural Policies: Causes, Implementation and Consequences").
The aim of the workshop is to produce a deeper insight into the complex process of change and continuity in European agriculture and rural society of Europe before and after World War I. The time to be covered in this third conference will therefore be the period of modern European statehood, beginning roughly in the late 18th century and proceeding right up to the present day. World War I stands out as a crucial turning point because in many respects it fundamentally changed the character of state intervention in agriculture. State intervention before World War I was selective and mainly geared towards encouraging self-help within the agricultural sector so as to improve adaptation to the requirements of the newly established worldwide division of labour between producers. After the 1914/18 war state agricultural policies in Western Europe became much more comprehensive with the introduction of production regulations, price-fixing and delivery obligations. Many of the core features of the new policy regime introduced during the 1914/18 war would survive intact up to the 1990's. It was therefore the experience of the threat and reality of food shortage during the First World War that would fundamentally shape the agricultural policies of most western European states in the 20th century.
The spatial focus of the conference will be on Europe. In the period up to the foundation of what would evolve into the European Union, the experience of countries in the south, west, north and east of Europe will all be looked at. For the second half of the 20th century European Union countries, eastern European ones and a small number of non EU-member states will have to be looked at closely in a comparative framework.
Attention must further be paid to the development of international organisations, especially the OECD and GATT/WTO, which could exert enormous (if, until the 1980/90's, seldom discussed) influence on the nation-states and on EU-agricultural policies since the 1950's.
While nation-based case studies will be very welcome, comparative approaches - comparing at least two countries or two different "models" with each other – will be especially encouraged.
The conference will last for three days. The first two days will be devoted to the work of the four planned sections of the third workshop (see below). The business of the third day will be to draw conclusions from all three of the workshops convened so far by working group 4 of COST action A 35. In the interests of continuity, a small number of key participants of the two earlier workshops will be invited to participate on the third workshop as well.
Workshop Sections
The workshop in Bern shall be divided into four sections. All participants will attend each section. The reason for this is to encourage participants to form an overview and to acquire a common knowledge that will stimulate further research in the themes of the conference.
Section I: The State and Agricultural Policy
In this section the motives behind the "old" and the "new" agricultural policies will be identified and analysed as will the forms and extent of state intervention in production agriculture and in food processing sectors. Attention will further be paid to emerging 'market orders' as well as to the question of how central agriculture has been to public policy in the 20th century.
A special question posed in Section I will ask how different states influenced agriculture's greatly increased uptake of fossil fuel-based mineral resources in the 1950/60's, a development that would revolutionize agricultural production, changing input, production methods and output fundamentally.
A third focus of Section I will consider the relationship between nation states/the EU and international organizations like OECD and GATT/WTO in the area of agriculture. What aims did these organisations pursue, who implemented them and how were/are they legitimised?
Section II: Actors
Even though the state became something of an "authoritarian mediator" between consumers and producers in the 20th century, the whole process required the participation of a range of different actors. Section II will therefore focus on the questions of who shaped and who implemented the new agricultural policy. Here the role and impact of the state's administrative apparatus shall be examined as well as that of (agricultural) scientists and the cooperative movement (consumer and producer cooperatives).
The impact and influence of interest groups (producers, consumers, industrial organisations etc.) must also be examined. Why, for instance, were these included in the decision-making process in some countries and excluded in others? What impacts did that have on the political behaviour of the farming population?
Another topic for Section II concerns the issue of what alternatives to mainstream agricultural policies were propagated and why these failed to be implemented.
Section II will further regard the gender aspect of agricultural policy formation and implementation to be of basic importance, given the way policy had in many ways different implications for men and women who, accordingly, have tended to react differently.
Section III: Economic and Ecological Impacts
The links between food production, landscape creation and the development of biodiversity are not alone a feature of agricultural societies, but surfaced as issues in most European states in the years before the 1950/60's. From the 1950's on, as farmers were forced and/or induced to base their production more on the consumption of mineral resources, the relationship between food production, landscape management and biodiversity underwent fundamental change. In the process of replacing labour by mineral resources the costs of production sank dramatically and led – even though food became ever more processed and refined – to an ever declining percentage of household income being expended on food. The price for this "cheap food policy" was ecological degradation that led – in a parallel movement to the liberalization of food production – to a new wave of state intervention in the agricultural sector, this time aimed at the protection the environment.
A number of questions will be dealt with in Section III. How have the EU/states sought to strike a balance between the requirements of "cheap food" production and the necessity to maintain and restore environmental integrity? How have farmers tried to combine conflicting trade and environmental policies on the farm level? And what implications has the "split" of human beings into consumers and taxpayers had for observable patterns of behaviour?
Section IV: Agricultural Policy in the early 21st century
Although the agricultural policies of the European states and the European Union have been criticised by groups both within and outside the agricultural sector for a long time, this criticism has intensified since the late 1960's and has eventually led to a number of contemporary reforms. One aim in Section IV will be to take a close look at the various motives and strategies of the different groups to understand why certain reforms have been approved and why others have been ignored or rejected.
Since much of the new policy is guided towards a rural space rather than a rural society or even agricultural population, one specific point to be discussed in Section IV is: who is implementing the new "environmental" or "rural" policy? And what does the pattern of implementation mean for the many agricultural organisations whose main purpose has been the implementation of the "old" agricultural policies? Are, along with the peasants, the farm labourers, the family members and the farmers, the agricultural scientists and economists to also disappear in the future? Who, in other words, is to decide and implement the new "environmental" or "rural" policy of the future?
Dates and deadlines
July 31, 2007: deadline for abstracts (300-400 words)
March 31, 2008: deadline for finished conference papers (15-25 pages)
3-5 June: Workshop
We invite scholars to propose papers from all parts of Europe. After the evaluation of the proposals by the scientific committee, 12-16 contributors will be invited for a presentation (in English) of approximately 25 minutes. All presentations will be pre-circulated to the contributors two weeks before the workshop. Reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs is possible for contributors from any one of the 21 signatory states of COST A35 (listed here).
Proposals for contributions should be sent to Peter Moser until July 31, 2007.
Peter Moser, Zollikofen/Bern, Switzerland
Socrates D. Petmezas, Rethymnon/Crete, Greece
Tony Varley, Galway, Ireland
- Histoire (Catégorie principale)
- Sociétés > Histoire > Histoire économique
- Sociétés > Histoire > Histoire rurale
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXIe siècle
- Berne (Suisse)
Berne, Confédération Suisse
- mardi 31 juillet 2007
- State Agricultural Policies: Causes, Implementation and Consequences
- Peter Moser
courriel : peter [dot] moser [at] agrararchiv [dot] ch
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Source de l'information
- Peter Moser
courriel : peter [dot] moser [at] agrararchiv [dot] ch
Pour citer cette annonce
« The State, Government, Politics and Rural Society », Appel à contribution, Calenda, Publié le samedi 03 mars 2007, https://calenda.org/192769


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STATESVILLE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bebida Beverage Company (OTC markets: BBDA) (BeBevCo), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of liquid relaxation and energy products, announced today that BeBevCo CEO and part time NASCAR competitor, Brian Weber, will continue their support behind NASCAR Camping World Truck series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb for the next two events. KOMA UNWIND, one of the most rapidly growing relaxation beverages in the world, and BeBevCo will be the primary sponsor for Cobb in the WinStar World Casino 350 on November 2nd at the Texas Motor Speedway and at the Lucas Oil 150 on November 9th at the Phoenix International Raceway. Both events will be covered live on the Speed Channel.
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Braces Friendly Foods Restaurant Series | Olive Garden
I'm not sure why but it is common to see long lines outside of Olive Garden almost on a daily basis – even my family loves coming here too. Since Olive Garden is a perennial favorite for many people I thought this would be a good place to start blogging about the availability of braces friendly foods.
What I ordered:
I ordered the 3 course Italian dinner for $12.95:
- Bucatini with Meat Sauce—"a hearty meat sauce layered with Italian cheeses and drizzled with alfredo. Served over bucatini pasta."
- Chicken Gnocchi & Pasta e Fagioli soups.
- Amaretto Tiramisu mini dessert.
I also ordered the Chicken Alfredo fettuccini and Dark Chocolate Cake for dessert.
The Chicken & Gnocchi soup is quite tender and tasty, the shredded chicken needs a little chewing but overall braces friendly. Similarly, the Pasta e Fagioli soup is also braces friendly although the ground beef may need a little chewing.
I've never heard of the Bucatini—it is actually a thin long hollowed pasta. The hollowed middle is meant to pick up the sauce. The first time I ate the pasta, I was expecting it to be hard and chewy but was surprised that it is actually very soft, soft enough to mash it up with my tongue against the roof of my mouth. This is definitely braces friendly. The ground beef is broken enough to be braces friendly too but may not be soft enough for those who just had an adjustment or those who just had braces put on.
I was a little disappointed with the taste of the Amaretto Tiramisu, it doesn't taste like the original Tiramisu.
- The Chicken Alfredo is tasty partly because the chicken was grilled. The chicken breast may not be soft enough for those who just had an adjustment or those who just had braces put on. Otherwise it is considered braces friendly.
- The Dark Chocolate cake was too rich for my taste, I personally wouldn't order it again.
- Bucatini with Meat Sauce: Braces Friendly.
- Chicken & Gnocchi soup: Braces Friendly, borderline Extra Soft.
- Pasta e Fagioli soup: Braces Friendly.
- Amaretto Tiramisu: Braces Friendly, Extra Soft.
- Chicken Alfredo: Braces Friendly.
- Dark Chocolate cake: Braces Friendly, Extra Soft.
- Breadsticks: Not Braces Friendly, I wouldn't risk it
PS: Please cut up food into small bite sized pieces with the pasta and bread.
PSS: Please brush teeth well especially after eating desserts, and prevent the formation of white scar decalcifications and cavities on your teeth.
Bon Appétit,
Your friendly local Tucson orthodontist, Dr. Leo Toureno


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text: Tech Tuck-Ins (Part 1)Here are some key considerations for smaller — but critically important — buy-side strategic tech acquisitionsOct 13, 2017by George S. Takach Lexpert Magazine October 2017 Issue Tweet TODAY, all companies are tech companies — or at least they need to be. It doesn't matter what your "real" business is; if you don't hypercharge your supply chain, marketing channels and internal processes with digital and artificial intelligence (AI), you simply will not succeed in the 21st century. It's really just that simple. You will therefore do two important things to become a better tech company. First, you will organically hire more tech-savvy staff, and augment your internal digital teams with external service providers. But second, you will make acquisitions of small, but incredibly critical, tech teams that currently operate a business in the vertical or horizontal digital space that you desperately need to get better at. What follows is a brief guide to some important issues in doing these deals. Let's imagine you're a major Canadian financial institution (but what follows applies equally if you're a retailer, a manufacturing concern, a telco, a transportation company, or just about any other business operating in the North American economy). You have identified a real need for acquiring some AI expertise. And it just so happens you've found a young AI company (let's call them the Target), with seven staff, who have just launched an AI-based customer relationship management (CRM) software product for the financial institution market. The product is just what you are looking for, but you have very big plans for future follow-on additions to it — and you don't want to be sharing those with your competitors. You have discussions with the CEO and the other key team members of the Target, and they are ready to join you, provided their office stays separate in the funky, digerati part of town (no offence, but they do not want to be seen as becoming a part of a big bank). And you're fine with that. So the lawyers are called, and the acquisition process begins. Phased Disclosure of Confidential Information The legal activity will start with signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). This one should be mutual, because in addition to receiving non-public information from the AI company, you will be letting them in on a bunch of your sensitive material as well, such as your aggressive plans for AI applications in the CRM space. Equally, however, even though you have signed a mutual NDA, you should both be motivated to disclose your respective crown jewels in a phased manner. In essence, instead of one big data dump of all that is secret and valuable, you each should dribble it out to the other, in smaller pieces. All the while, as you roll out bits of information and receive it, you are looking for deal breakers; that way, if you discover an issue that blocks the deal from proceeding, you have been wise to have limited the release of your non-public information. Equally, you are just as wise to have limited yourself to receiving as little information as possible from the Target before you broke off discussions. This is because you don't want to contaminate your company with the secret information of the Target if you don't end up buying it. Remember, anything of a confidential nature that you learn from the Target cannot be used for your own purposes. This is why you also want to be very careful about the distribution of the Target's information within your organization. In short, you must approach the exchange of confidential information in a very thoughtful and strategic manner. Don't involve your key technical people until you are quite certain that a deal is doable with the Target; there's no need to infect your R&D people with information that, if the deal falls apart because you can't agree on price, they may not be able to replicate in the future and will then become an impediment for them in the AI space. The Science — And Art — Of Tuck-In Pricing This all brings us to the finicky matter of price: what should you pay for the Target? For deals in which more established tech companies are being acquired, when the company has a solid customer base and profits, valuations often drive off a multiple of sales or earnings. But that's where you really are buying a balance sheet, or more specifically the profit and loss statement. With very early-stage tech companies (often they are "pre-revenue"), sometimes the pricing metric is based simply on a dollar amount per engineer, plus a premium for the software already developed (or the software may be still in development, as even a first version has not yet been completed). Whatever the pricing formula will be for the acquisition, I suggest agreeing to it early on. Then, later, no matter what you may find during the due diligence phase, the actual price derived from the formula will fluctuate with the actual data unearthed, but the pre-agreed metric will drive the final price regardless. This can avoid the otherwise awkward process of re-trading on price part way through the diligence exercise, which is not pleasant for either you or the Target; and remember, you have to live with the staff of the Target after the acquisition, so they need to be treated well and with respect. An Important Milestone: Signing the Letter of Intent Once you have agreed with the Target on price (or, more specifically, the formula by which price will ultimately be determined), you are ready to sign a letter of intent (generally known as the "LOI"). The LOI is a short document, written in plain English rather than in legalese, which sets out the major terms of the deal such as what you are buying, who is joining you from the Target, and what you're planning on paying. The LOI is generally non-binding, except for one very important provision: a clause in your favour that says that the Target and its shareholders, and its staff, cannot solicit any other bidders for the Target for a period of time, usually in the 45- to 90-day range. In other words, during this exclusivity period they may only talk to you about doing a deal. Uncovering Truth Through Due Diligence Once the LOI is signed, what ensues is an intensive period of kicking the tires of the Target. In small tuck-in deals a few items are researched very thoroughly by the prospective buyer, and none more so than the Target's key people. Frankly, you can almost think of a tuck-in deal as a recruiting exercise for a number of software engineers, data scientists, and a range of other "techies" and analysts, but in a group setting (which presumably will allow them to work better together once they join you). Especially if the Target has been around for only a matter of months (rather than years), one of the issues you will want to research carefully is where each of their key staff came from before they joined the Target. You'll want to make sure that they are not subject to a problematic non-compete provision of a prior employer that is competitive with your organization. Equally, you'll want to be sure that whatever intellectual property they worked on at the Target was not first "invented" for a prior employer, which might give that earlier employer ownership of it. Owning the All-Important IP This brings us to the critical issue of determining if the Target indeed owns the intellectual property it says it does (including, for example, the key AI software that you plan to use for your new CRM platform). It would be devastating if, a few months after closing the deal to acquire the Target, another company approached you to indicate that they own the Target's important software code — what an expensive mess that would precipitate! The challenge in determining ownership of software code (or any other copyrightable material, such as documentation) is that there really isn't an effective central registry of ownership for these sorts of assets; there is a voluntary register for copyrights, but practically its use is limited. Therefore, as the purchaser of intellectual property you must do a "title search" by tracking actual authorship of the software code, because the first human creator of it (or that person's employer, if the person was an employee who developed the material in the course of their employment) is the first owner of the copyright under black-letter copyright law. As you do your due diligence (your rigorous review of the Target's materials, people and software code), you should therefore be on the lookout if the Target used any third-party consultants to prepare any portion of the software code or other materials. Ideally, in such circumstances the consultant has assigned their intellectual property rights to the Target by means of a written assignment. In the absence of such a signed document, you (and the Target) may have a material issue regarding ownership. Another area for due diligence review involves privacy law. For example, in building their AI capabilities, did the Target collect and use data sets that included personal information of any type? And, ideally, if they have such data, did the Target anonymize the data in a manner such that the material is no longer identifiable back to specific human beings? That would be good. Otherwise, you might make it a condition of closing the deal that such an anonymization process is carried out on the data. Again, you don't want to inherit any problems created by the Target, even if you will receive an indemnity from the sellers in the purchase agreement. And that is our segue into the purchase agreement, which we will discuss next month.


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You know what Gail_Jordan?
"You are trashy" and rude af. I'm not sure why you even posted your hate message in the first place. It's true, Rich is a dad, and he tours and is on the road a lot. But from what I've seen in his music and elsewhere, is that he loves his daughter dearly and helps pay for her way in life like real men do. He may not do it working behind a desk like you might invision, but he does. Hes not the only person in the world who has chosen to make a living doing what he loves while also raising a child at the same time. If he regrets anything in the future that will be between him and his daughter. You've got a lot of nerve coming around judging other's lives, telling them what they needa be doin. One day you will look back and be completely ashamed of the narrow minded, racist-ass comments you've posted on here. Rich knows how to love his daughter, while also having love for others in this world, some he has even helped through his music. He is able to see people for who they are and not for what they look like, unlike yourself. That is rare these days, and I cherish it. So please, just STFU.
Trashy music - MGK is cute - why does he try to look like a thug? He has a daughter and needs to grow up and act like an adult. One day he will look back and be so ashamed of the people he now hangs out with and the disgusting lyrics of some of those songs - usually when he's paired with blacks!! And he will most certainly regret covering his body with hideous tattoos.


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I heard they are currently touring north america and they are going north by east, west north by east, back east towards the south then expanding the view out west heading back north east towards snow dog, then crossing the pond.
Their in a space ship, anybodys radar have them in sight?
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Davies grabs double as Revolution crush Crew
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Charlie Davies scored twice as the New England Revolution beat the Columbus Crew 4-2 in their Eastern Conference, first leg playoff match on Saturday.
An injury time penalty from Federico Higuain gave Columbus a glimmer of hope for the Nov. 9 second-leg but the home team were outclassed for large stretches of the game.
Justin Meram hit the bar for the Crew in the 29th minute with a drive from inside the box after good work from Waylon Francis but that served to bring New England to life.
The visitors grabbed the lead five minutes later with Davies stooping low to head in at the back post after a superbly timed-run to spring the offside trap and meet a Kelyn Rowe free-kick.
The Revolution doubled their advantage with a superb curling free-kick into the top corner from Chris Tierney six minutes after the interval, before Meram pulled one back with a side-footed effort from inside the box in the 64th minute.
Columbus's defence then fell to pieces against New England's counter-attacks.
The impressive Lee Nyugen ran, unchallenged, with the ball from inside his own half to the edge of the Crew area where he confidently slotted past Steve Clark to make it 3-1.
Davies added his second and New England's fourth when the Crew defence again backed off to give him space and he delivered a fine finish from 20 yards out.
The Revolution, however, left themselves with some work still to do in eight days after Jose Goncalves handled in the box and Higuain, brother of Argentine international Gonzalo, cheekily chipped his penalty into the net.
Real Salt Lake host LA Galaxy in the Western Conference playoffs later on Saturday.
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Discussion in CS:S Zombie Escape started by Burnout, Oct 4, 2011
We need better players on ze -.-
One player out of 30 with a positive kill:death ratio.
I am definably up in the fail right there, but yeah...Quality of players has gone down and the regulars aren't appearing as much anymore.
I deleted steam and everything yesterday.
Let's see how long I can hold out until I reinstall everything. -___-
Actually its really 0 players out of 30. That 100 doesnt really count as KD. Its just additional added score. You actually have no kills if im correct?
Anyways, its commonly known across ZE that the plaguefest server is the domain of the fail, so i guess this was kinda expected.
List of possible fails across ZE as a whole:
custom map items spammers/fail users
door humpers
awp/scout users users
The many various ways of introducing a zombie (by knifing him in, or becoming a zombie a the edge of the group just to kill others intentionally)
List is far from exhaustive
Sadly plaguefest achieves most these fairly regularly, hwoever the server is often mostly full so its not so bad. But i admit that if i actually want to play ZE with a chance of human victory i dont tend to play at plaguefest
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[@burnout]Also, getting 100 points on SG missions isn't a real achievement, I mean you can get it by getting the special weapon 5 times, how hard is that?
You don't need better players just need some people to bark out orders to players so they know what to do. I've done it when playing after they whine about losing. On a side note lawls at the fps
You are correct that some of it is added score, 80 points are from objectives on the map, I did however accumulate 20 points from kills as either a human or more commonly a zombie (2 human kills 6 points, 14 zombie kills 14 points), still the only positive KD and still leading by at least 15 points :/
Objectives on Sg missions only give 10 points, only 80 of my points are from objectives, mind you unlike element and others I only played 1 round as starter zombie and never became zombie on purpose and still managed to round up 14 zombie kills, along with 2 kills as human (6 points).
You do know there's a multiquote button so you can quote many people at once . Also K/D? What is this COD? lol
Every1 always laughs at my fps, truth is allot of you have like 400+ and there's not that big of a difference between the 2, not only that but my lower fps that every1 laughs at makes it easier to bhop, not on the ze server anymore but I still keep it that way for other servers, it gives me the ability to do limited bhopping on 33tic servers a massive advantage on any server.
Yea I remember good how you helped in sorrento triggering the boat earlier so no cts could get it^^
Actually that was Deto. I wait for the team to get there. Oh and where have you been haven't seen you in a while lol.
I can second this, in some cases.... deto can be a real douche. :3
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I wish i could play but at the moment my computer has gone bad on me.
it is not that we need better players we need to teach the ones we have
Yeah... no I rather enjoy watching them die, ragequit, come back, get lost, fail at typing !zspawn, go to spectate and rejoin a team, spam cades do the plaguefest then complain about others doing nothing when they themselves weren't helping to begin with.
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This article is going to include some spoilers for Super 8, but the picture to your right is not one of them. No, that's not the alien from the new J.J. Abrams movie ... it's the alien from the movie Abrams produced three years ago, Cloverfield. You'd be forgiven for getting them confused, because although Super 8 spends the bulk of its running time trying to keep its rampaging alien out of sight, even before you finally lay eyes on the monster, you've kind of already seen it in a whole lot of other movies.
See if this rings any bells: Can you think of a movie alien that looks like an anorexic, oversize insect, or a delicacy you might gingerly rip apart in a new ethnic-food restaurant? Does it have a mouth like the Predator that curls in all sorts of intimidating ways? Can you watch it scuttle and hear it shriek? More than likely, you can think of quite a few cinematic aliens that fit the bill, since all these qualifiers could describe extraterrestrials from Starship Troopers, Battle: Los Angeles, the Alien movies, District 9, and countless other recent films, including Super 8.
Verisimilitude seems to be the new guiding factor when it comes to crafting a movie alien. It's important now for the alien to resemble something that could feasibly be alive, to have a complex, realistic biology, and to contain the kind of carefully thought-out exoskeleton that would make for a great image in the making-of art book. All those articulated joints aren't simply a selling point for the tie-in toy: They're a product of the creature's evolution, dictated by the terrain of its harsh planet, and agreed upon by three scientists hired to consult on the production.
Verisimilitude is a terrible guiding factor for crafting a movie alien.
Throw out the playbook, filmmakers! If you're going to withhold your alien for the majority of the film, make sure that when we finally see it, it comes as an actual surprise. At this point, giant space bugs are the furthest thing from alien, since we've seen them in so many other films and they're essentially grasshoppers on steroids. Why not think totally outside the box and give us character designs that are practically beyond our comprehension? In Cloverfield, we see bits and pieces of the monster at first and have to fit them together; how thrilling would it have been if we'd been unable to, because the design was too original for us to make heads or tails of? How oddly unique would it have been to finally see the entire monster and have no freaking idea how its digestive system works, or why it has teeth like that?
I know that Abrams has it in him for a super-weird creature, and he doesn't have to go too far to find a great example of it. When Abrams co-created Lost, there was a famously off-screen monster that roared in the jungle and ripped apart trees. Was it a dinosaur? A rampaging insectoid beastie? No. When we eventually got to see the monster, it was something that no one could have predicted because it was just too out there: a giant, pulsing cloud of black smoke. It was a little bit weird, it was more than a little risky, and it was instantly iconic. Even after the show wrapped up, we'd be hard-pressed to explain how exactly that smoke monster worked, but compared to the overdone movie insects we've had to deal with lately, that doesn't bug us one bit.


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ASHLAND, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Baseball Team (7-15, 5-4 ODAC) split a pair of Old Dominion Athletic Conference contests with Randolph-Macon College (10-12-1, 5-3 ODAC) Friday afternoon at Hugh Stephens Field. The contests were moved to Friday due to the forecast of rain on Saturday in Ashland. E&H pounded out 24 hits in game one, winning 19-13, while R-MC claimed a 4-3 victory in game two.
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Emory & Henry exploded for 19 runs, its highest offensive production since a 24-0 win over Roanoke on April 17, 2002.
The Wasps scored in every inning except the ninth, putting 11 runs on the board in the first four innings, including five in the third frame alone. After Randolph-Macon closed the gap to 13-9 in the bottom of the sixth, Emory & Henry put another four runs on the board in the seventh to extend its lead to 17-9. E&H would hang on for the 19-13 win, its seventh of the season, eclipsing last season's win total.
Senior right fielder Remington Hedgepeth (Winston-Salem, N.C.) went five-for-six on the day with three runs and three RBI. Senior second baseman Josh McMillian (Amelia, Va.) was two-for-five at the leadoff spot, but drove in five runs and scored two of his own.
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Freshman Colby Gardner (Kingsport, Tenn.) picked up the win in relief for the Wasps, moving to 3-0 on the year. Jamie Hendrick took the loss for R-MC allowing eight runs in three innings of work.
Game Two – Randolph-Macon 4, Emory & Henry 3
The nightcap couldn't have been any different than game one. After both teams lit up the scoreboard, game two saw steady pitching and defense on both sides.
Randolph-Macon broke open a 1-1 game in the bottom of the fourth inning with three runs including a RBI double by Macon Heikes.
A leadoff home run by McMillian in the top of the fifth and a single through the left side by junior first baseman Logan Ball (Honaker, Va.) that plated senior catcher Collin Metz (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the eighth.
The contest was called after eight innings due to darkness. Micheale Helbig picked up the win for Randolph-Macon while Ryan Wood earned the save. E&H junior Jessup Lambert (Fries, Va.) suffered the loss despite going the distance with four runs on eight hits and eight strikeouts.
Heikes was three-for-four at the plate for the Yellow Jackets while McMillian and Ball each went three-for-four in the game for Emory & Henry
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Standards For Charity Accountability
Board Oversight
Standard 1 (Oversight of Operations and Staff)
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fund raising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Size
Standard 2 (Number of Board Members)
Soliciting organizations shall have a board of directors with a minimum of five voting members.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Meetings
Standard 3 (Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings)
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Compensation
Standard 4 (Compensated Board Members)
Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.
The organization meets this standard.
Conflict of Interest
Standard 5 (Conflict of Interest)
No transaction(s) in which any board or staff members have material conflicting interests with the charity resulting from any relationship or business affiliation. Factors that will be considered when concluding whether or not a related party transaction constitutes a conflict of interest and if such a conflict is material, include, but are not limited to: any arm's length procedures established by the charity; the size of the transaction relative to like expenses of the charity; whether the interested party participated in the board vote on the transaction; if competitive bids were sought and whether the transaction is one-time, recurring or ongoing.
The organization meets this standard.
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Effectiveness Policy
Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
The organization meets this standard.
Effectiveness Report
Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.
The organization meets this standard.
Program Expenses
Standard 8 (Program Service Expense Ratio)
Spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.
The organization meets this standard.
Fundraising Expenses
Standard 9 (Fund Raising Expense Ratio)
Spending should be no more than 35% of related contributions on fund raising. Related contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a result of fund raising efforts.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 10 (Ending Net Assets)
Avoid accumulating funds that could be used for current program activities. To meet this standard, the charity's unrestricted net assets available for use should not be more than three times the size of the past year's expenses or three times the size of the current year's budget, whichever is higher.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 11 (Financial Statements)
Make available to all, on request, complete annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When total annual gross income exceeds $500,000, these statements should be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $500,000, a review by a certified public accountant is sufficient to meet this standard. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $250,000, an internally produced, complete financial statement is sufficient to meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
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Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 13 (Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements)
Accurately report the charity's expenses, including any joint cost allocations, in its financial statements. For example, audited or unaudited statements which inaccurately claim zero fund raising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fund raising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
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Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 15 (Misleading Appeals)
Have solicitations and informational materials, distributed by any means, that are accurate, truthful and not misleading, both in whole and in part. Appeals that omit a clear description of program(s) for which contributions are sought will not meet this standard. A charity should also be able to substantiate that the timing and nature of its expenditures are in accordance with what is stated, expressed, or implied in the charity's solicitations.
The organization meets this standard.
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Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 17 (Web Site Disclosures)
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.
The organization meets this standard.
Donor Privacy
Standard 18 (Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy)
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.
The organization meets this standard.
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Standard 19 (Cause Related Marketing)
Clearly disclose how the charity benefits from the sale of products or services (i.e., cause-related marketing) that state or imply that a charity will benefit from a consumer sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of solicitation: (a) the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to abc charity for every xyz company product sold), (b) the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October), (c) any maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount (e.g., up to a maximum of $200,000).
The organization meets this standard.
Standard 20 (Complaints)
Respond promptly to and act on complaints brought to its attention by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and/or local Better Business Bureaus about fund raising practices, privacy policy violations and/or other issues.
The organization meets this standard.
American Red Cross meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
This report covers the activities of the national office as well as local offices of the Red Cross in the United States.
Complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 4
Telemarketing complaints: The organization addressed the complaint issues brought to its attention: 2
Mailing list removal: The organization addressed the complaint issues brought to its attention: 1
Program services: The organization addressed the complaint issues brought to its attention: 1
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Stated Purpose
"to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors."
The Red Cross provides biomedical services as well as services in five other areas: (1) Domestic Disaster Services, (2) Health and Safety Services, (3) International Relief (4) Community Services and (5) Service to the Armed Forces. The Red Cross reports that it responds to nearly 66,000 disasters in the U.S. every year, ranging from home fires that affect a single family to hurricanes that affect tens of thousands, to earthquakes that impact millions. The organization reports that it helps an average of 160,000 military families and veterans annually prepare for, cope with, and respond to the challenges of military service through a range of support services. The Red Cross reports that it is the largest single supplier of blood and blood products in the U.S. Nearly 3 million people donate approximately 5.1 million units of blood through the Red Cross each year. The Red Cross also provides health and safety courses, including CPR and First Aid training. The organization reports that more than 6.25 million Americans participate in its training programs each year. The Red Cross reports it is part of one of the world's largest humanitarian networks with 17 million volunteers in 190 countries. The organization reports that it reaches an average of more than 140 million people across the globe each year by responding to disasters, building safer communities, and educating future humanitarians. During the past six years, the Red Cross was reorganized. The Red Cross reports that budgets, back office systems, purchasing functions and other tasks have been consolidated to become more efficient and to enable local affiliates to provide more focus on program service delivery including the management of volunteers. In addition, the Red Cross noted that this reorganization helped streamline its decision-making process and financial management. In addition to the program information included in this report, American Red Cross provided BBB WGA with detailed data on the level of major Red Cross services in the past year on a state by state basis. A PDF version of this can be viewed by going to give.org/redcross
For the year ended June 30, 2016, American Red Cross's program expenses were:
|Biomedical services
|Domestic disaster services
|Health and safety services
|International relief and development
|Community services
|Services to the Armed Forces
|Total Program Expenses:
Governance & Staff
Chief Executive
Gail McGovern, President and CEO
Chair of the Board
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
CEO and Owner, Pace Communications
Board Size
Paid Staff Size
*2014 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail, special events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, cause-related marketing, membership appeals, and text to give campaigns.
Fundraising costs were 28% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $602,473,000, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)
Tax Status
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on American Red Cross's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended June 30, 2016.
|Source of Funds
|Corporate, foundation and individual giving
|Program materials
|Legacies and bequests
|Investment income
|United Way and other federated
|Services and materials
|Other revenue
|Total Income
- Programs: 90%
- Fundraising: 6%
- Administrative: 4%
|Total Income
|Program expenses
|Fundraising expenses
|Administrative expenses
|Other expenses
|Total expenses:
|Expenses in Excess of Income
|Beginning Net Assets
|Other Changes In Net Assets
|Ending Net Assets
|Total Liabilities
|Total Assets
Note 1: For the year ended June 30, 2016, the Red Cross reported in-kind donations of $23,744,304 including food inventory ($7,583,297), donated services and use of facilities ($6,919,119), other ($5,964,575), clothing and household goods ($2,134,920), cars and other vehicles ($928,070), drugs and medical supplies ($211,225), and books and publications ($3,098). Note 2: In the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" represents pension-related changes other than net periodic benefit cost (-$400,351,000) and nonoperating investment losses (-$146,385,000).
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This report is not to be used for fundraising or promotional purposes.


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Kanye West's Yeezus tour might be stalled due to production problems, but that's not keeping the rapper from the stage.
He joined Odd Future at their gig at the Odd Future Carnival in Los Angeles on Saturday night (09Nov13) and performed his tunes Late and Black Skinhead with Tyler The Creator and his group.
West's tour is scheduled to restart on 16 November (13) after he scrapped a series of dates following a traffic accident involving a truck carrying his equipment to a concert on 30 October (13).
A 60-foot circular LED screen and custom-made video truss was seriously damaged in the crash.


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German police are hunting "five black Africans" after a nurse was lured into a city park after her shift and sexually assaulted.
The 28-year old nurse was knocked unconscious and sexually assaulted by up to five men after she was lured into bushes in Hamburg's Lohmühlen park, reports Germany's Bild newspaper. The nurse, who had just finished her shift at the St. George Clinic and was returning to her parked car nearby, told police when she heard "screams" for help coming from the greenery she immediately ran towards them to help.
Being knocked unconscious around ten o'clock in the evening, the victim telephoned the emergency services after coming round. Paramedics found the woman to be in a state of hypothermia with her clothes torn off.
Telling police she had "vague" memories of the attack, it is reported she said her attackers spoke no German between them, were five "black Africans" between the ages of 20 to 30, with one of the men being of "giant" stature.
The state of Hamburg is experiencing a surge in migrant sex crimes over the past year. Breitbart London reported in January that some 45.5 per cent of suspects in sex attacks in the city over 2015 were of non-German origin, suggesting migrants were significantly over-represented in the statistics.
Of those suspects identified, five were confirmed to be asylum seekers, two had the status of "toleration" meaning that they were either failed asylum seekers or illegal migrants that have avoided deportation. Some 36 of the suspects had different residential statuses, two suspects were identified as illegal migrants, and a further two had been deported after being convicted of sex crimes.
Breitbart London reported on one of these attacks in December, when a 34-year-old Moroccan migrant was accused of following a 24-year-old woman into a toilet. The man was accused of then punching the woman in the face and raping her.


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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
Arrange asparagus and potatoes on baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Season with salt and black pepper. Roast 20 to 25 minutes, until tender and golden brown.
Meanwhile, season lamb chops all over with salt and black pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chops and sear 2 to 3 minutes per side, until golden brown. Remove lamb from pan and set aside. Add leeks to the same pan and saute 3 minutes, until soft. Return lamb to pan.
In a small bowl, whisk together plum sauce, plum preserves and rosemary. Pour mixture over lamb chops. Simmer 5 minutes, until lamb is tender and medium-rare to medium.
In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, lemon zest, oil and mustard. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Arrange asparagus on a serving dish. Drizzle lemon vinaigrette over top. Top with diced egg. Serve lamb chops with asparagus and potatoes on the side and extra sauce (with leeks) spooned over top.
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The M10 tank destroyer was a United States tank destroyer of World War II based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman tank fitted with the 3-inch (76.2 mm) Gun M7. Formally 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, M10, it was numerically the most important U.S. tank destroyer of World War II and combined a nearly all-sloped armor adaptation of the Sherman hull and drivetrain, with a reasonably potent anti-tank weapon emplaced within an open-topped, 360 degree rotation turret mount for its main armament, establishing the American style of World War II "tank destroyer"-designation, fully tracked ordnance platform. This was quite unlike the previous M3 GMC, whose gun was capable of only limited traverse, as essentially an adaptation of a self-propelled artillery platform. Despite the introduction of more-powerful types as replacements, it remained in service until the end of the war, and its chassis was later reused with a new turret to create the M36 Jackson, which used a 90mm gun instead of the 76.2mm gun. It was christened the Wolverine by the British, although unlike other vehicle names such as the M4 Sherman, the name was not adopted by American Soldiers, who called it TD (a nickname for any tank destroyer in general) beyond its formal designation.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Ginger Chews: Hot Coffee
There are a lot of confections I call traveling candies. They're candies that both deliver that sweet boost as well as some other function. I often use hot cinnamon for long car rides to keep me focused and of course coffee items like Nips or Coffee Rio are great for a teensy caffeine boost without fluids.
I also tend to get motion sickness, so ginger candies are a great way to feed my sweet tooth and soothe my tummy.
Here's a candy from The Ginger People that combines both the soothing spice of ginger and the kick of coffee: Hot Coffee Ginger Chews.
The chews are just like the other ubiquitous Ginger Chews that are available unbranded at Asian markets or from The Ginger People or Chimes. (They're all made in Indonesia.)
The soft little translucent chew is coated with a tapioca starch & sugar mixture. They still stick to the wrapper and don't really look like much when pulled out. Sometimes I can find one that's still block shaped, but most are smashed.
The scent is rather bland. Just sweet and maybe a little woodsy. But I popped one my mouth and the immediate sweetness gave way to quite a few flavors. There's a strong root & earth component from the ginger then a very strong spicy warm feeling. The coffee kind of kicks in from the background - it's rather weak coffee note but not tamed by any milk here like so many coffee candies do. It's a brewed black coffee flavor.
It makes me wonder why I don't throw sliced ginger into my coffee. It's a really nice combination - the sugar is sweet but more like barley sugar with a mellow malty or toasted flavor to it.
The cumulative effect of these after a half a dozen is a strong and lingering warm sensation. (And a few little bits stuck in my teeth.)
The drawbacks to these are, first, that they're vexing to get out of their wrappers. The plastic/mylar stuff is hard to tear open, and never quite opens the whole way. Not exactly easy to open yourself when driving. (This is what navigators were invented for ... not directing you where to go, but to unwrap & hand you your candy.)
Each piece has about 20 calories and no fat. If there's caffeine in it, it's not enough for them to note on the package (it's a coffee extract so it's not like some candies where you consume the whole bean). Their website says they're gluten free (but the package doesn't). They're made in a facility that processes peanuts. Should be considered vegan, there's no Kosher or Halal certification.
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"Studio Suite started as my own personal management tool before it was used by leading facilities around the world," says AlterMedia CEO Joel Stoner, "so I'm excited to make this trimmed down, simplified version available to one-man shops again."
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"SOLO is a huge benefit to a small studio owner. Being able to do everything in one user interface is priceless," says Scott Costa of Narrative Post. "It simplifies the business side of things, freeing up time and mental space for creativity. Everything is in one place and connected: contacts, projects, media, equipment, invoices, etc."
Studio Suite SOLO is available at studiosuite.com, and includes a 30 day trial period.
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Education is one of Discovery Center's core values. You'll find a variety of services and resources including field studies, self-guided tours, mobile labs, Girl Scout programs, and educator workshops. Be sure to take advantage of the 10% discount in the gift shop for your group during your visit.
- Guided field studies at Discovery Center are $8 per person (20 student minimum)
- Self-guided tours are $7 per person (15 student minimum)
- Dissection Labs are $9 per student and require a $25 non-refundable lab fee
- Mobile Labs are $5 per person with the exception of the S.T.A.R. program which is $9 per student
- STEAM Bus prices start at $250 for two 1-hour sessions and do not include mileage. Minimum booking of 2 sessions
- Thanks to support from the Nissan Foundation and the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon County, a limited number of field study scholarships are available for free/reduced lunch students. Scholarships are allotted on a first come, first serve basis. Scholarships are not available for Mobile Labs
- Assemblies: Live Action Science start at $250 for around 150 students.
- Teachers and school personnel are free with the field study. Chaperones are $8 each, and they must pay separately at the door
Cancellations & Late Arrivals:
- Please call us if you need to change your reservation date. We will do our best to accommodate.
- Cancellation of the group tour reservation that occurs between two (2) weeks and 24 hours prior to the scheduled program will be assessed a $50 penalty fee.
- If you will be late, please call (615) 890-2300. We honor the time reserved for each group. Your free time in the museum may be shortened if you do not arrive at your scheduled time.
Group Sizes
- Guided field study groups must consist of 20 students or more.
- We reserve the right to combine schools to effectively maximize museum space and staff.
Lunch Facilities
- Outdoor lunch facilities available. If the weather drops below 40 degrees or is inclement, we provide groups with an indoor eating space. However, due to limited space, we cannot provide you with a lunchroom until all Education Programming is completed.
- Beverages, healthy snacks, and ice cream available in our gift shop.
To book your program, call (615) 890-2300 or email our Scheduling Coordinator.
Field Studies
Discovery Center provides fun and effective, informal learning experiences that meld with the classroom learning. Located adjacent to 20 acres of spectacular wetlands, Discovery Center is full of exciting exhibits and wildlife to explore – both inside and out. These exhibits and staff-led activities are designed to complement the standards-based curriculum. Programs include a 90-minute field study plus Discovery Center exploration. Specific field study content is based on grade level attending. Pre-K groups include 30 minutes of field study.
Our goal is to make the Discovery Center an extension of your classroom with premier hands-on and inquiry-based learning. We look forward to seeing you and your students soon!
|Animals All Around
|PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Amazing Anatomy
|1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Discovery Detectives
|K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Pumpkin Power
|K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
|Splash & Flash
|K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|S.T.A.R. Lab
|1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Tennessee Ties
|1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Weather Wizzes
|K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Wetland Wonders
|PK, K , 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
|Winter WonderLab
|K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Animals All Around
Reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds are part of our menagerie! Students learn through guided animal encounters. Also available as a Museums-to-Go.
Amazing Anatomy (Dissection Lab)
Explore the parts of the body and functions of organs through hands-on investigations and dissections of real frogs, squids or owl pellets.
Discovery Detectives
Students will put on their detective badges and use forensic science to solve the mystery! Analyze the scene of the crime for evidence and learn how CSI agents use this scientific process to catch criminals.
Pumpkin Power
Discovery Center's newest tour addresses "STEAM" curriculum topics: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math — with pumpkins! Use pumpkins in art, math, engineering, and science activities on this unique field study! Available October 10-November 23.
Splash & Flash!
Our most popular science field study with plenty of hands-on action! Science comes alive as students explore light in the shadow room, encounter our animals and study magnets and their effects.
S.T.A.R. Lab
Our STAR-Lab portable planetarium takes students on an exploration of the night sky – during the day! Activities include time inside and outside the planetarium. Program topics may include bird migrations, weather, constellations, star fields, and Native American legends.
Tennessee Ties
From the Ice Age to the coming of Europeans, Tennessee Ties explores some of the cultural elements of prehistoric peoples in the region that the state now occupies. From an examination of stone tools and the eras when they were created, to Indian place names still with us in the landscape, the lessons will bring hands-on, inquiry based learning to some of the teaching standards for history, geography and culture. This field study also presents some of the tools and techniques archaeologists use to understand what remains of the past. A future supplemental lesson can include archaeo-astronomy and Indian folklore represented in the night sky.
Weather Whizzes
Meteorologists in the making! Step into the world of weather and discover how wind, temperature, and pressure affect our ever-changing environment.
Wetland Wonders Tour
Explore the urban wetlands that unique plants and animals call home. Weather permitting, students put on boots to wade in Murfree Spring, use a net to catch and release tadpoles, and have an up-close encounter with our wetlands animals. Available only in August, September, October, April & May.
Winter WonderLab
Check out the coolest field study that the Discovery Center has to offer, literally! Explore STEAM topics in this winter themed field study with hot and cold reactions, snowflake symmetry, winter animal adaptations and engineering a roof to repel snow. Available Dec. 1 – Feb. 10
To book your program, call (615) 890-2300 or fill out an inquiry form.
Be Your Own Guide
A Self-Guided tour offers your group a chance to explore the Discovery Center at your own pace. After an initial introduction, your group will explore in small, teacher supervised groups. Must have 15 or more students to make reservation.
To book your program, call (615) 890-2300 or fill out an inquiry form.
Let Us Come To You!
Hands-on lessons presented in your classroom! Mobile Labs: Learning on the Go! is a great way to bring the Discovery Center resources to your classroom or program.
Each 60-minute lab session can accommodate a maximum of 25 students and a minimum of 15 students.
Mobile Labs are $5 per students except for the S.T.A.R. Tour which is $9 per student. There is an additional $60 mileage fee for schools outside of Rutherford County. Payment needs to be check or credit card, and full payment must be received before or on the day of your program.
There are no free and reduced lunch scholarships available for Mobile Labs. All Mobile Labs are subject to availability depending on staff and equipment required.
Choose one of the following programs:
- Animals All Around: PreK – 6th
Invite some of our animal friends to visit your classroom! We have members from 5 of the groups that make up the Animal Kingdom: Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Birds, and Mammals. We provide an up-close, hands-on encounter for your students. Animals may vary.
- Animals All Around: PreK – 6th
- Kids Build KEVA: K – 6th
Watch your students discover engineering and math concepts with this unique building program. KEVA planks allow children to construct simple and complex designs by using the principles of cantilever and balance. This program fosters creativity and imagination for builders of all ages!
- Kids Build KEVA: K – 6th
- S.T.A.R. Tour: 3rd – 6th
Take students on an exploration of the night sky – during the day! Activities include time inside and outside our inflatable planetarium. Program topics include your choice of star fields and constellations, weather, or Native American legends.
Please Note: The planetarium requires a room with high ceiling clearance, open space, and an electrical outlet.
- S.T.A.R. Tour: 3rd – 6th
STEAM Bus
Discovery Center's mobile science laboratory brings hands-on experiences that integrate skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, right to your facility! We have program activities designed for all grade levels. Teachers enter the STEAM Bus with their students, one class at a time, typically for 60-minute sessions.
Prices start at $250 for two 1-hour sessions and does not include mileage. Minimum booking of 2 sessions.
- Amazing Animals
The animal kingdom is diverse and amazing …but why? Learn about animal cells and animal adaptations. Study different skin coverings under a microscope: reptile scales, mammal hairs, bird feathers, insect exoskeletons. Students also meet live animals.
- Electricity and Magnetism
During this dynamic lesson, students learn about these two types of phenomena. How do these energies affect our daily lives? Students experiment with magnetic force, build circuits, and see how an electromagnet works.
- Micro to Macro Focus
Scientists need to focus on the small stuff too! Our staff brings components of the wetlands habitat to your school for study. Students use microscopes to zoom in their focus on the basic necessities of an environment: plants and animals. Student discussion of ecological concepts and habitat conservation extends the impact of this lesson.
- Weather Whizzes
Meteorologists in the making! Step into the world of weather and discover how wind, water, temperature and pressure affect our ever-changing environment.
- Discovery Detectives – Coming Soon!
Analyze the scene of the crime for evidence and learn how CSI agents use the scientific process to catch criminals. Students will put on their detective badges and use forensic science to solve the mystery.
STEAM Bus Visit Requirements: A minimum clearance of 12 feet in height, 12 feet in width, and adequate room to safely maneuver the 50-foot STEAM Bus is required. The unit is a self-contained mobile laboratory and does not require any hookups at the program site. We will need 30-45 minutes to set up and equal time to pack up the unit upon completion of the program. It is because of this, and with safety as a priority, that the STEAM Bus will not arrive until school is in session and must leave 30 minutes before afternoon dismissal. This will allow us to enter and leave the premises while student activity is at its lowest.
Assemblies: Live Action Science
Get your students excited about science! Bring live engaging, interactive science demonstrations to your school. Perfect for assemblies, camps, and large groups. Live Action Science starts at $250 for approximately 150 students.
Scout Troops
Our programs help scouts learn about science, art and nature. Troops may schedule camp-ins or rent space for their own program.
Call (615) 890-2300 to schedule your troop.
Ready to reserve your field study now?
Click the button below to fill out a field study inquiry form and a Discovery Center staff member will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please note that filling out a field study inquiry form does not reserve your preferred date and time.
Please have the following information available before you call or email:
School/Organization name, address, and telephone number
Preferred time of arrival and departure
The field study you want to experience and an alternate
Email address and phone number for person in charge of trip (required)
Three possible field study dates
Number of classes attending, number of students attending
Number of children with special needs
Whether or not you will have lunch at the Discovery Center