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This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years:
cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues.
cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
cepInput: Impulse to current discussions of EU policies.
cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy.
The EU Commission presents its plans on the establishment of a Capital Markets Union. With this, it wants improve access to financing for, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), increase and diversify the sources of funding for businesses and make capital markets more effective and efficient. The cep has taken a closer look at the Commission's plans for a Capital Markets Union.
The cep investigates how EU net neutrality rules are best shaped to guarantee innovation. We extend the focus to the upcoming US regulation and conclude with six recommendations to EU policy makers.
From October 2015, banks must meet additional liquidity requirements in the EU. The cep introduces the new rules and highlights their impact.
The European Commission clarifies its Strategic Framework for an Energy Union and the associated climate and energy policy measures which it is planning for the coming years. It supports inter alia in this regard an expansion of cross-border gas infrastructure in the EU and tighter CO2 limits for motor vehicles.
Due to the one-sided dependence of many Central and Eastern European Member States of the EU on Russian gas imports, the options for joint gas purchasing from non-EU countries are currently discussed. This cepInput describes the economic impacts of mandatory as well as voluntary joint gas purchasing mechanisms in the EU and explains the legal preconditions for joint gas purchasing associations.
The Commission assumes an investment gap in the EU, as investments have fallen in the EU by 15% since 2007. Consequently, it wants to mobilise investments in the EU amounting to € 315 billion by creating a European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
The European Council calls for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to be developed to the main European instrument to prevent climate change. The cep examines how an extension of the EU ETS, for example on the road transport sector, can induce effective and efficient climate protection. It is straightforward that an extension of the EU ETS using the upstream approach can be implemented and is preferable to regulatory climate change measures.
The Commission wants to combat unfair trading practices in the food supply chain. It wants to examine the effectiveness of the voluntary Supply Chain Initiative (SCI) and encourage more companies and associations to join. In addition, the exchange of information about national legislation to combat unfair trading practices between the Member States will be improved. The authorities responsible for implementing national legislation will work together "effectively". The Commission wants to assess the progress of national implementation measures.
The cep traces the development of the principle of subsidiarity and demonstrates that to date – five years after entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty – the principle of subsidiarity has failed to limit the exercise of power. It then offers five suggestions on how to strengthen the principle of subsidiarity in the EU.


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In this latest video ELEMENT TREE / ART PRIMO present: FROM THE ASHES a video that features ELEMENT TREE official members THEN ONE, MR. MUSTART and DISTORT painting a Rising Phoenix piece in Jersey City. The video was filmed and edited by SERRINGE the theme is a representation of what is happening in downtown Jersey City with the art movement on the rise. The video was powered by ART PRIMO for the latest addition of the ELEMENT TREE / ART PRIMO video collaboration series.
By Robert Norris
Terminal "A" at EWR is a sad place. The whole building is practically sinking into the Hudson. I have a bar stool in the corner it is my safe place. Every time I get screwed flying out of this terminal I can at least take comfort in the fact that it is rarely busy and more often than not my stool will always be open. This trip the bar has changed hands once again and is billing itself as some type of taco hut, who cares? I plant myself at the rail, peruse the menu long enough to see that they make caiparinhas and settle in to make sure that when i am in a metal tube racing towards 35,000 feet above the Earth I will be good and lubricated. Out of ten customers sitting at this shitty, love lost, weigh station for traveling salesman I am one of only two people not wearing a neck tie, I practically display this as a badge of honor. There is nothing worse than working for the man. My only compatriot is sitting too far away to properly revel in this fact but, the thought does cross my mind that he may not be all together himself and even if he is from around here we're already on the same page. I am here on assignment awaiting my flight to Denver to cover the maelstrom that will happen in Civic Center Park less than 24 hours away and if God willing the Medi Cup at the Exdo Center the following day.
I do not use marijuana for any purpose at any time for any reason either medical or recreational. That is not to say that as a young man living in trendy, up and coming, urban neighborhoods in cities across the northeast, and on tour as a working musician I was not exposed to and afforded the opportunity to sample some of the fine products that were available. Herbs with a name are not outside my realm of experience. My contention is however that if i were to jump headlong back into the game, right now taking into consideration the potentcy and exactitude that certain strains have evolved into, there is a very good chance that the panic attack that followed would live on as ledgend for generations to come. This is not the grass of the previous generation. It actually is doing it a great diservice to even call it grass. The majority of what is being consumed today is some type of mutant. It is a highly concentrated, genetically modified, supergrass that after one hit will will leave the novice smoker or old head returning from hiatus in severe psychological distress, and after two hits could possibly lead to serious and maybe permanent brain damage. The whole industry is bordering on something very near Thompsonesque. The kids are getting higher and higher, younger and younger; they're eating junk food and drinking bong water and there is no one to stop them. Not Nancy Reagan, not Edwin Meese, nobody!
I am speaking in hyperbole. But there are very real detractors of what at one time was considered to be a cottage industry who let it slide, but now that it is not just relegated to the "outskirts of town" will view what is happening all over the country, Denver being the current example as a direct assault on their politics and may send out the cry for a call to arms. Twenty thousand freaks smoking weed in the street is kind of hard to ignore. Lyfe had signed on in collaboration with Incredibowl for the 420 Extraviganja being held at City Hall after the rally CCP. Live painting outside on the street featuring Gamma Acosta and Michael Ortiz and inside Yellow Wall Dub, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Barrington Levy, and The Melodians just to name a few.
To be quite honest flying does not sit well with me. If the good people at Tanqueray did not make their product available to airlines their is very little chance that I would ever fly as much as I do. This being said it is no surprise that after leaving Newark at 5:30pm the next really clear memory I have is opening my eyes layed out on the sidewalk; legs contorted around the crossbar of a borrowed bicycle, cheek scraping the the concrete, camera and cigarettes littered around me, bleeding from the knee, on the edge of a train yard at 3:00am in the Colorado wilderness. Kevin, the founder of Lyfe and one of my oldest friends was standing over me. As a professional embarassment is not something that I entertain often, but for this wipeout I will make an exception. I flicked zero usable shots in the yard that night and the following morning on the way to Denver we couldn't get any clear shots either. However, I can tell you that there was fresh paint in the yard, like literally it was still dripping when we got there. BFREE lit up a whole panel and some one else painted turtles everywhere but didn't sign their name.
Hangovers last forever at 5,000 feet. Unfortunatly for me I brought one with me from New Jersey. We had one hundred things to do before getting to the event space to set up but first and most important was stopping by Denver's own Like MInded Productions to pick up our merch. If you have not yet heard of Like Minded you are seriously missing out. John Lamb and Mike Ortiz are only capable of making you, your artwork, and your company shine bright. Incredibowl did an outstanding job putting the event together which was no small task considering it was the official High Times VIP 420 Party and the pressure was on. Lyfe was stationed outside in front of the venue with two custom built 8×8 canvases that began receiving color almost immediatley after being set up. I must digress for a moment to thank Wedgle's Music and Loan for all their patience and Tylenol that put a temporary hold on the ice pick headache that had been burrowing its way into the base of my skull. David Cho, Gamma, and Michael Ortiz right now all have custom painted drum heads hanging in the shop. Go check them out and buy something. Once we had everything set up and the artists underway, myself, Kev, and local Denver photographer Erin Devine made our way down to the park to meet up with another photographer and ledgendary head known only as the Int'l Smuggler. The absolute scene in the park was almost too much to take in and sitting in my New Jersey office a week later I am still ill equipt to process everything that I saw going on. Suffice it to say that our objective was to meet Smuggler at the Lava Rubber booth on the far side of the park in the shadow ot the Denver Post building. We covieniently arrived at around 4:05pm leaving us just enough time to fully scope out the scene and begin flicking shots in preperation for 4:20 when as promised a cloud of smoke would rise from the masses and waft over the entire city. The balcony of the Post was crammed with employees sporting cameras and binoculars like ornithologists lusting after a big year. Behind the booth was a gentleman who apparently after taking way too much had nestled in for a long nap in the grass. Usually this type of thing would have zero effect on me but the thing that struck me as odd about the situation was the fact that he had both his shoes on and had his jacket zipped to the neck. Also this gentleman was using a pillow that he seemed to have brought form his home, almost in preperation because he knew that at some point during the afternoon this would eventually happen. Coupled along side the image of the sleepy gentleman was the stunning six foot blonde in the red bridesmaid dress with the fulll on up-do and spike heals who was smoking bowls with the tired gentleman's friends. Upon her exit, she casually stepped over him like she was avoiding a minor obstacle on the sidewalk and walk off unphased. And then at precisely twenty minutes after four in the afternoon the cloud began to rise. A full on tempest of carbon smoke derived from the most humble to the most exotic of strains that are available today. At first it hung low over the crowd and then as the wind picked up it rose ever so gently above our heads and up to the birds. I couldn't help getting the feeling that something real was in fact happening here. This may in fact be democracy at its finest. A thin argument to say the least but still there is something all together ethereal about standing in a public space designed by the son and namesake of Frederick Law Olmsted and being present while it is actually being used to demonstrate demokratos. I believe the line here should be, "far out, bong hits anyone?"
By the time we made our way back to City Hall through the droves of enthusiests Gamma and Ortiz were well underway toward completion. There is nothing in my arsenal that could possibly describe what those two cats can do with paint. This is one of those cliche cases where pictures absolutely speak louder than words. At some point in early evening about the time that the Tylenol starting wearing off and the Fat Tires and serious Dub started beckoning me back to the bar an exceptionally well dressed woman approached our camp and introduced herself as Bianca Barnhill from High Times Magazine. She presented us with opportunity to come and paint at the Medical Cup for the next two days. Gamma, who specializes in photorealism had been painting a head shot of Bob Marley. Our new mission as per Ms. Barnhill, should we choose to accept it was to produce another canvass the following day but this time of Snoop that correalated to his upcoming album release titled Reincarnated. Lyfe will always accept a challenge. This new development however meant that the music and carrousing would definately have to wait especially because we still had to make a stop at the Guerilla Garden to see in person some of the unbelievably stunning peices that Jolt and Omni were showing that night. If you were lucky enough to be at the show and even luckier to walk with an original than you know of what I speak. If not, you will view it at their website and feel bad for yourself.
My eyes fluttered open. There were three dogs sniffing my face. Every morning I have ever woke up in Colorado there is always one thing that remains the same. Dogs. This morning just as the one before there were dogs. Breathing, behaving like animals, knowing that I don't rest well at altitude, and waiting for me to open my eyes to see what I'll do next. Dogs. I have become my hangover. I am resigned to it. It will never go away. The Cup was upon us. After a brief detour to fix a busted battery cable on a friends Land Rover and another at Meininger's for paint and canvass and yet another at Like Minded Productions we were loading in our gear through the vendor's entrance at the Exdo Center. As this was a sanctioned event there were no where near as many stripes of life as were found at the CCP rally the day before. Most heads at this particular event were patients, caregivers, and industry profeesionals. There were areas devoted to trade show, areas devoted to seminars and awareness, areas devoted to open space where people could gather to discuss the event, and the medical center which was devoted solely the consumption of all medicinal products contained on the premises. It was in the Med Center that Incredibowl had their now famous and completely brilliant MilkShake Machine set up. In the days of three finger lids in order to prepare a proper milk shake one needed only a sharpened pencil, a cardboard beer coaster, a frosty rootbeer mug, and nicely rolled Owl. Pencil peirces beer coaster, coaster is placed on top of frosty mug, Owl is lit and shotgunned through the hole in to the mug. Coaster is removed and giggling recipient "drinks" down the milk shake with an overwhelming swiftness. Think of it as a dry bong hit. Incredibowl has taken it upon themselves to create a machine that plugs into the wall and uses a series of induction coils and fans to produce the same effect. You may ask why spend the money? The benefit is your milk shake is avaiable at the push of a button, it is dispensed through a tap at the front of the machine making it the sickest party trick since drinking a pint of warm tequila through a crazy straw and their is no chemical residue from having to use a flame that relies on an accelerant. Like I said, Brilliant.
Dogs. Or more to the point this morning was only one dog. My eyes fluttered open to California, the chocolate lab standing over me with her paw raised like she wanted a shake. I raised my hand to comply and instead of shaking my hand she slapped me in the face and then turned tail and ran away. Where in God's name was that Tylenol. The remainder of the previous day went butter smooth. Gamma always commited to excellence produced a canvas that by now is on its way to LA as a gift to the iconoclast whose likeness it bears. Lyfe and the whole team had an unbelievably productive weekened, my only regret was that I had to head back to NYC before the end of the festivities but Refused is back on tour and that is not something that is missed. At the end of Saturday night when the heads beagn filing out and Lyfe could finally start outloading our paint, tools, and gear all of us wound up running into each other at the same time; John Lamb, Mike Ortiz, Kevin, Gamma, Ms. Barnhill, the swarthy pirate Smuggler, and myself. As everyone was saying peace the question came up of what was going to happen next, where does this go from here? I think it was Smuggler who so elegantly said, " Well shit, what about Amsterdam???"


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most exciting football is played. In Birmingham,
when people talk about the SEC,
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which makes its headquarters in
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In many respects the city of Birmingham
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Football is a deep-rooted tradition, a way of
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- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, garlic, and thyme, and sauté for 4-6 minutes, until onions are tender.
- Add chicken broth, water, and cream of celery soup to vegetables and bring to a boil. Add chicken, stir, and boil for 10 minutes. Reduce to a simmer.
- While soup is boiling, prepare dumpling batter by whisking milk and egg together in a medium bowl. In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, cornmeal, and salt. Add flour mixture to milk mixture and stir until moistened.
- Drop half of batter, in tablespoons, into simmering soup. Cover and cook for 3-5 minutes, until dumplings are done (they will be puffy and will float on top of soup). Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon and set aside. Repeat with second half of batter. (Makes about 12 dumplings.)
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In shifting fashion market, something's gotta give
International brands like to make as big a splash as possible when they enter a new market.
Global retailers entering the Australian market in the past couple of years, such as Zara and Topshop, have arrived with great fanfare, and their opening day queues days suggest Australian fashionistas are embracing them enthusiastically.
Now, an examination of debit and credit card spending data conducted by retail analysts Andrew McLennan and Sam Teeger at the Commonwealth Bank has provided some insight into just how popular the new entrants are.
The data is also putting some colour around which kinds of retailers are losing traction as a result - and there are few surprises.
The CBA analysts looked at the spending patterns of 3.5 million consumers at 135 fashion retailers, which they divided into nine categories based on product mix and price point.
They found that two of the nine categories - pure play online retailers and new international players - were sprinting ahead of the overall market. In the six months to September 2012, pure plays had enjoyed year-on-year sales growth of 42 per cent while the internationals had experienced 32 per cent growth.
And despite the fact that fashion retail has been in the throes of a weak recovery in recent months, it has not been enough to buoy everyone. High-end fashion was doing OK but low- and middle-market apparel were going backwards.
The CBA report confirmed one other important thesis as well - that members of the under-30 age group are responsible for more than 50 per cent of fashion spending and it is these consumers who are really the motor for sales at the global retailers.
Although CBA didn't include department stores and discount department stores in its analysis, the meaning of the data should not be lost on them.
Put bluntly, the mid-market jack-of-all-trades fashion retailers that clothed baby boomers and Gen Xers now have a bleak future unless they both downsize and reposition. Their loudly trumpeted strategy of shifting sales online is a fine one for protecting short-term market share. In the long run they will have to be downsized or repositioned.
But this requires leadership that is not so invested in the fiction of growth that it can make some bold moves. The store counts for at least three of Australia's biggest chains – Myer, David Jones and Target - look way too high for market demand either now or in the future. Arguably, Kmart and Big W are in the same boat although they are not so fashion-oriented.
As more international retailers pile into the Australian market something has to give.
Unless, of course, that all-important millennial fashion shopper suddenly discovers the error of her ways and realises that she really does prefer to shop where her gran and grandpa did.
Michael Baker is principal of Baker Consulting and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and www.mbaker-retail.com.


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HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, Calif.… played high school baseball for Greg Olsen and Jerry Cruz… high school team was Capital Athletic League champs in 2008 and 2010… named first-team all-league in 2008, allowing just 28 hits in 44 innings … nominated to play in Rawlings Nor-Cal World Series and Colorado Rockies scout team.
PERSONAL: Son of Ward and Amy Fansler…majoring in Biology… hopes to be a sports medicine doctor… has one older brother, Chris, and two younger siblings; Logan and Marleigh… excellent prep student, named a scholar athlete … enjoys backpacking and camping... majoring in Bio Engineering.


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With stocks and bonds rising ever upward on a path that cannot endure, currency funds manager Axel Merk suggests that now may be an appropriate time for investors to think about adding gold to their portfolios.
In a new white paper called "The Case for Gold," the chief investment officer of Merk Investments says that success in investing depends optimizing risk-adjusted return over the long term, and by that measure the forlorn metal deserves more respect than it's currently getting.
Merk's white paper looks at three investing periods. In the last 10 years, gold had an exceptional run (until its dismal 28% loss last year).
But since this period also included the peak of the financial crisis, Merk also considered a period stretching back to August 1971, the point at which President Richard Nixon ended the dollar's convertibility to gold.
And to counter any arguments that gold's price was artificially depressed prior to that point, he also looked at a time horizon stretching to the beginning of 1934, when the Gold Reserve Act boosted the nominal price of gold from $20.67 to $35.
For all these periods, Merk compared the performance of gold-only and stocks-only portfolios with combined gold and stock portfolios optimized to have the highest Sharpe ratio (meaning that the portfolio would yield the highest risk-adjusted return).
Over the past 10 years, the highest Sharpe ratio over the "efficient frontier" (to cite the modern portfolio framework he employs) accrued to the investor who put 68% of his portfolio in gold and just 32% in stocks.
Such an investor would have enjoyed an annualized return of 11.28%, but at far lower risk (15.51% standard deviation) compared to an all-gold portfolio (returning a higher 12.84% but with 20.05% volatility) or a S&P 500 all-stocks portfolio (returning 7.16% with 20.38% volatility).
"Does this mean an investor should have more than half of their investable assets in gold?" Merk asks. And he answers no, because historical returns do not guarantee future results and because the investment universe offers more choices than just stocks and gold.
But this first portfolio test offers the first demonstration that one can improve risk-adjusted return by adding an uncorrelated asset to a portfolio of U.S. stocks.
The 30-plus year time period from 1971 to the present shows the same volatility reduction effect of a mixed portfolio.
In this period all-stocks (10.29%) outperformed all-gold (8.53%), but the combined portfolio with the highest Sharpe ratio — this time 29% gold and 71% U.S. stocks — sacrificed only a little (the return was 9.89%) while sharply reducing volatility (12.43% compared with 20.23% or 15.4% for all gold or all stocks).
Over the 80-year period, the optimal portfolio would have allocated 41% to gold and 59% to stocks and would have rewarded investors with 9.83% annual returns at a low volatility of 11.39% compared to an all-gold portfolio return just 5.02% with 15.38% volatility or an all S&P 500 portfolio returning 10.55% at 15.82% volatility.
For good measure, Merk additionally considered what effect adding gold had to a classic 60-40 stock-bond portfolio over the past 10 years and found that, once again, the highest Sharpe ratio was obtained at a high allocation to gold: 42%, with the remaining 58% in the balanced portfolio.
Once again, volatility was reduced (11.35% vs. 20.05% for gold only and 11.92% for stocks and bonds only) while the 9.87% return was closer to the all-gold 12.84% than the balanced portfolio's 6.72% result.
Merk's takeaway is that investors would do well to add noncorrelating assets to a portfolio and notes that gold's correlation to U.S. stocks (0.07) is far below that of alternative investments such as international equities (0.50); hedge funds (.058); and real estate (0.80). Gold even correlates less than currencies and commodities generally, though managed futures has the least correlation with U.S. stocks.
What's more, Merk proposes that investors in international equities are obtaining their return at higher risk more than through an improvement of their portfolios' risk-return profile.
Given the age of today's bull market in both stocks and bonds alike, Merk concludes that investors should think hard about protecting their portfolios against the next losing streak that lasts longer than just a few days.
He concludes:
"Most investors don't allocate 30%+ of their portfolios to gold; neither can we make such an investment recommendation. But … we should really be asking the opposite question: Is it sensible for investors to have up to 70%, possibly more, of their portfolio in stocks?"


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Frank Kramic was a rock collector when he was 12 years old, but it was his father who really took off with the hobby and turned it into a business.
After his father died, Kramic was given the rocks and gems his father had collected from around the world and he opened his own shop.
Kramic moved to Morenci last summer and now Frank's Rock Shop and Gems is located here, at 234 E. Union St., where he's winterizing the garage that houses the shop.
He's on the road working as a truck driver during the week, so business hours are scheduled only on weekends.
All of his jewelry is hand-made in the United States from 100 percent silver and gold, Kramic said, with authentic gems.
His goal is to provide custom jewelry that's priced cheaper than jewelry stores.
"If I can give people nice stuff for a good price, I'm happy," he said.
He aims to please buyers and says that if something is wrong with an item or if it breaks, customers should bring it back and he'll make it right.
Kramic's shop contains a variety of rocks from around the world.
"China, Japan, Korea, Italy, Brazil—you name it, I've got it," he said.
For additional details, see Frank's Rocks advertisement in this week's Observer.


text: The early 1970s saw John Caccamo star for Boston State College ice hockey. The center was the Warriors' Most Valuable Player in 1972-73 and 1974-75 and led them to an 18-11-2 mark and a berth in the 1973 NAIA National Championship tournament in Thunder Bay, Ontario with a team-high 45 points, including 21 goals. The Belmont native was the team's second-leading scorer as a junior and a senior with 51 and 35 points, respectively. He is Boston State's fifth all-time leading scorer with 137 points, while ranking fourth with 67 goals and sixth with 70 assists. He made his goals count, leading the BSC skaters in game-winning goals as a sophomore, junior and senior to give him 12 for his career, which is the most by any player in Boston State history. Caccamo also had a knack for scoring in bunches, racking up four hat tricks to rank third among Warriors players. His fine play earned him an honorable mention spot on the weekly ECAC Team twice during his career. Following his graduation from Boston State in 1975, Caccamo played semi-professional hockey for six years and was an all-star in every league he played in, including stints in the USHL with Marquette, Michigan, the SWHL with Minot, North Dakota and the NHF with Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is also a member of the Belmont High School Hall of Fame.


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- Merrill
With the exception of Pepperidge Farm Mint Milanos, my mother made most of the sweet treats in our house growing up. I've written about her chocolate chip cookies, her banana bread and her white chocolate snowflakes, but I realized that in all the years I've been writing about food -- and poaching her recipes -- I've never written about what is perhaps her most iconic cookie. Her cream cheese cookies are revered not just among my immediate family members -- they're probably my mother's most requested recipe. Countless family friends have incorporated these into their repertoires over the years, and for good reason.
The cookies couldn't be easier to make, which makes them ideal for last-minute bake sales or houseguests. They're chewy in the center, where the texture is kind of like a coconut macaroon, with buttery, burnished edges that crumble like a sandcastle gently collapsing. The cream cheese gives the cookies a nearly unidentifiable tang that keeps you reaching for just one more.
My favorite part, though? My mother got the recipe at a Tupperware party in the 70s. One of the women brought a batch of the cookies with her, and at the end of the party she dictated the ingredients and instructions to all of the other guests. Who knows how many subtle variations of this recipe exist today, legendary among countless other families?
Cream Cheese Cookies
Makes about 24 cookies
Adapted from Veronica
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Like this post? See Merrill's post from last week: Concord Grape and Lemon Soda
Photos by Jennifer Causey.
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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Blackboard For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The Blackboard Learning System provides you, the instructor, with the tools to present class materials on the web, communicate online with the entire class, and track your lessons. But you're a teacher, not a psychic, so you'll want some help navigating the Blackboard Course Control Panel and uploading your course syllabus to Blackboard. Setting up your Gradebook early will save you hours at the end of your course, when it's time to assign your students a final grade.
Finding Your Way around the Blackboard Course Control Panel
In your Blackboard course, you have access to the Control Panel — your learners don't. You therefore have the power to add, modify, copy, and remove content; turn course tools on and off; decide how to display the Course Menu; add and remove students (users); and document exams, grades, and other means of evaluating your students.
Upload your course materials and files by clicking a link in the Content Areas box. This box is most useful for getting the right stuff in front of your learners — and doing it fast.
Use the features in the Course Tools box to keep in touch with your learners and to allow them to keep in touch with you. Use this area also to manage the various tools available in Blackboard.
Your institution may have some Blackboard features turned off or customized, so the preceding figure may differ slightly from your own Control Panel. It should be close, though.
Administer your course before it begins by changing the course menu, and after it ends by using the links in the Course Options box to copy content to another course.
Allow learners to access to your course, remove them, put them in groups, and perform other useful tasks from the User Management box.
Behold the power of the Assessment box. From there, you test learners, survey them, grade them, and track their overall progress.
Get help quickly by using the links inside the Help box.
Post Your Syllabus to Blackboard
The first thing you have to do to get your course started using Blackboard is to post your course syllabus. How else can your audience know that you give 10 bonus points just for showing up? Follow these simple steps to post your syllabus in Blackboard:
Save a digital (electronic) copy of the syllabus on your computer.
Save this file somewhere that you can find later, like on your desktop or your My Documents folder (in Windows). This file is most often created with a word processor application, like Word or WordPerfect. You might have gone that extra mile already and created a .pdf file from the original.
Go to your Blackboard Control Panel.
In the Content Areas box, select the area in which you want to upload the syllabus.
You can simply select the Course Information area in which to place your syllabus. If your institution has customized the default menu so that it doesn't include a Course Information link, choose the most appropriate Content Area for your syllabus. Hey, it might even be a Syllabus link!
Click the Item button on the Add bar near the top of the page.
Although the Add Item page has many sections, for quick-start purposes, you need to do only two things: Name the item and upload the file.Add an item to post your syllabus.
Enter the name of your syllabus in the Name text field.
Scroll down to Section 2 (see the figure) and click the Browse button to find the saved document. Select (highlight) it and click the Open button.
Remember where you saved the digital document that's your syllabus? Navigate to it here.
Enter an instruction in the Name of Link to File box.
Type whatever you want learners to see as a link to the document, such as Click here to see the syllabus.
Scroll toward the bottom of the page to Section 4.
You can skip past Section 3 for now, or try out the Section 3 options later.
Click the Submit button.
That's it. Easy, isn't it? Congratulations — you posted, or uploaded, your syllabus into your Blackboard course! You know that you're successful when you see the receipt page.
Not tired yet? If you really want to do more, click OK to return to the Control Panel so that you can start posting some assignments.
You can also stay in this Content Area and post more items for learners, or even go back to the Control Panel and choose a different Content Area in which to do the same.
Give Online Assignments in Blackboard
As an instructor using Blackboard, you'll probably want to post an assignment for learners to turn in (and for you to collect and grade) online. Here's how:
From the Control Panel, select the Content Area link where you want to post the assignment.
You can simply select the Assignments area in which to place your assignment. If your institution has customized the default menu so that it doesn't have an Assignments link, choose the most appropriate Content Area for your assignment.
From the drop-down menu on the right side of the Add bar atop the page, select Assignment and click the Go button.
Although the Add Assignment screen has several sections, for our purposes in this quick-start guide, we focus on only three specific actions: Name the assignment, give it a point value, and add instructionsName your assignment, give it a point value, and fill in instructions.
Type the title of the assignment in the Name text box.
In the Points Possible text box, type — you guessed it! — the maximum number of points a learner can earn on this assignment.
In the Instructions text box, type (or copy and paste, if the instructions are in another document) the instructions you want learners to see.
If the directions for learners are already beautifully displayed in a document (a word processing document or a .pdf file, for example) saved to your computer, continue to Steps 6 and 7. Otherwise, skip to Step 8.
Click the Browse button to find the saved assignment document on your computer, select the document, and click Open.
In the Name of Link to File text field, enter whatever you want the link to the assignment instructions to say.
Type whatever you want learners to see as a link to the document; for example, Click here to see the homework assignment.
Click the Submit button.
Good job! You gave an online assignment that you can now collect through Blackboard. You know that you're all-powerful when you see the receipt page.
Now that you're on a roll, click OK to return to the Control Panel so that you can set up your Gradebook.
The assignment you just posted now appears as a column title in your Gradebook. Yes, it's that easy.
Set Up Your Gradebook in Blackboard
To save time later in your course, set up Item columns in your Gradebook as soon as you create your course so that you have to worry only about entering earned points for each learner. Here's what to do:
On the Control Panel, click the Gradebook link in the Assessment pane.
You should see your Gradebook in Spreadsheet view (see the following figure). It differs a bit from the View By Student and View By Item options. The Spreadsheet view displays all your graded items for all learners. Spreadsheet view is a great starting place: It's one-stop shopping for most (if not all) of your grading needs.A student grade sheet, Blackboard style.
Click the Add Item link.
If you have already added an assignment, it was entered automatically as a Gradebook item. Neat, huh? Now, you can add some other graded items, such as Class Participation or Quiz 1.
Choose the item name, category, and number of possible points.
Enter the name of the graded item (Quiz 1 or Homework 2, for example), select the appropriate item type (Exam or Project, for example) from the category drop-down menu, and enter a value (10, 100, or 1000, for example) in the Points Possible field.
Click the Submit button in the lower-right corner of the form.
Click OK on the receipt page to return to your Gradebook spreadsheet.
After you return to the Gradebook spreadsheet, you can add more items, modify item information, or assign grades to learners.
You might want to start communicating with your learners at this point, even before the course begins.
Start Discussion Topics in Blackboard
Communicating with learners in Blackboard takes several forms. A discussion works like an office bulletin board. For this task, you establish a discussion forum and start the conversation as shown in these steps:
On the Blackboard Control Panel, click the Discussion Board link.
Click the Add Forum button.
When you click Add Forum, you see the page shown in the following figure. It sets up a space for you and your learners to trade notes for the rest of the class to view.Create a bulletin board, also known as a Discussion Forum.
Enter a name for the forum in the Title text field.
In the Description text box, type a brief explanation of the topic to be discussed in this forum.
This text appears below the link (the forum title) for learners to read before proceeding to the messages within this forum.
Enable or disable the check boxes in the Forum Settings field.
After you scroll down the page to the next section, you can turn options on or off specifically for this forum.
Click the Submit button to create the forum.
Click OK on the receipt page that appears.
This action returns you to the Discussion Forums page. After you create the forum, your next task is to post the first note to which you want learners to reply.
Click the forum name you just created to enter this topic area.
Click the Add New Thread button.
Now that you're inside the forum you created, the conversation can begin.
Enter the subject in the Subject text field, and the message in the Message text box.
This is your first message to the class of learners who will read this Discussion Forum.
Click the Submit button.
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MURRAY, Ky. - Despite earning their first win of the season against North Alabama last Saturday, the women's tennis team couldn't garner the same results in a road match against the Murray State Racers, losing 6-1.
Jenny Borck won her singles competition, and the doubles team of Lorena Djuknic/Alyssa Bellini won their match.
Coach Andrew Harris said he felt the women's team fell behind in game play.
"On the ladies side, we knew we had to stay focused and come out with a good effort in doubles," Harris said.
"Give Murray credit. They made us play a lot of balls in order to be successful. Unfortunately, we weren't able to do that."
Harris said he hopes the women's team (now 1-5) will use Sunday's home match against the University of Tennessee-Martin to rebound after today's loss.
"Sunday afternoon, we will have a great opportunity to move forward", he said of the match at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
Murray State 6, Lipscomb 1
Feb 22, 2013 at Murray, Ky. (Kenlake Tennis Center)
1. Ashley Canty (MUR) def. Deahna Welcher (LIPW) 6-1, 6-0
2. Carla Suga (MUR) def. Melissa Kromer (LIPW) 6-4, 6-2
3. Megan Blue (MUR) def. Lorena Djuknic (LIPW) 6-1, 6-2
4. Erin Patton (MUR) def. Alyssa Bellini (LIPW) 6-0, 6-3
5. Jenny Borck (LIPW) def. Suzaan Stoltz (MUR) 8-6
6. Carolyn Huerth (MUR) def. Shilpa Naruka (LIPW) 8-2
1. Ashley Canty/Carolyn Huerth (MUR) def. Jenny Borck/Deahna Welcher (LIPW) 8-5
2. Lorena Djuknic/Alyssa Bellini (LIPW) def. Carla Suga/Megan Blue (MUR) 8-4
3. Erin Patton/Suzaan Stoltz (MUR) def. Melissa Kromer/Shilpa Naruka (LIPW) 8-4


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|January 3, 1999, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: October 14, 1998
Location: Logansport, IN, USA
Posts: 217
Do you wear Soft Body Armor ( SBA )? Daily?
What level? Who made it? How do you care for your SBA? What is the reason you wear SBA? Work? Proscribed? Specific risk? George
|January 4, 1999, 04:55 AM
Join Date: December 7, 1998
Location: Hunt. Bch. CA USA
Posts: 29
George, are you asking GSGI for the opinion, or the forum?
GSGI highly recommends their students to "wear" SBA. Regardless of how hot, sweaty, sticky you might get, it goes on every working day. I wear Safariland level II, with a washable cover. I hope this answers some of your questions.
|January 4, 1999, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: November 30, 1998
Location: Middle Georgia
Posts: 428
I wear the departmental issued SBA everyday at work. We were issued US Armor Corp. type II with a Ballistic plate up front.
My Department's policy is that you wear your body armor anytime you are on duty, SUMMER or Winter.
|January 4, 1999, 08:20 PM
Join Date: October 9, 1998
Location: Hotels
Posts: 3,667
I wear Level IIA when assisting on dangerous warrants or when on patrol with the Sherrif's Department (as per dept. policy, though vests are optional above 90 degrees, none of us choose to not wear them).
Technically, I do not have to wear when I am "assisting" in Nashville,and most of the CID guys do not, unless it is very unusual circumstances. (ie- percieved ahead of time as dangerous)
I personally own an older safariland level IIA and I have a dept issued SAfariland Magnum-lite. I also have one older Level II vest.
I generally keep the Magnum-lite vest and some other gear in a range bag in my truck when travelling around. The otehr two vests are kept in the walk in closet (near the shotgun and revolver) that my wife and I have designated the "safe-room" in case something goes bump in the night.
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|January 4, 1999, 11:06 PM
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Join Date: November 15, 1998
Location: Sauk Rapids, Mn, USA
Posts: 127
I wear a Safariland Stabpro CS3 with a hard trama plate. ( 100 joules knife, 2a ballistic ) And a Safariland Cover 6 plus, Magnum lite modular for "High risk"
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|January 4, 1999, 11:10 PM
Join Date: October 9, 1998
Location: Hotels
Posts: 3,667
I asked under the "cold Weather" thread, but not catch the same audience as we have here:
Does anyone have any practical experience with Hatch's kevlar or spectra gloves? (ie- anyone ever grabbed a blade or been slashed while wearing them?)
|January 5, 1999, 12:26 AM
Join Date: October 9, 1998
Location: Hotels
Posts: 3,667
I was afraid of that.
Frankly, I am more worried about needles than knives when I am frisking/searching.. and I am under no illusion that a $40 dollar pair of leather/spectra gloves is gonna protect me from a hypo.
|January 5, 1999, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: November 23, 1998
Location: a small forest in Texas
Posts: 7,077
This might be too elementary for most of you, but if it helps only ONE of you, I'm happy.
In the Scty & LEO classes I teach, I tell them to ask the subject if he (she) has any guns, knives, other weapons, needles, anything sharp or "anything else I need to know about". Advise them it's much better to tell you right away than wait to let you find it. Many will tell you everything - some won't. Whatever they tell you puts you ahead of the game.
Then pat the subject down carefully - really carefully! With little practice you will be able to identify most threats before you put your hand inside the pocket, waistband, boot, sock, hatband, belt, hairdo, etc...
I throw the class open to discussion. This really increases their attention and most of them have a story to tell about knives, needles, box cutters, razor blades, sharpened screwdrivers, kubotans, various "keychain toys", etc.
I stress (and we discuss) how a little extra time spent (before you put your hand where you can't see it) can add a lot of extra time to your life!
BTW, if you get stuck with a needle (or whatever) the advice you probably will receive is to "make it bleed". Hmm, the heart pumps at least five liters of blood per minute - much more under stress/excitement. If you get stuck, the "infected" blood would circulate rather quickly (I would think). Therefore, I'm not very confident that "make it bleed" would be much help! (Doctors' comments??)
Prevention rather than treatment seems the way to go.
LEOs: Stay safe. You can't "serve and protect" my loved ones, or earn a living for YOUR loved ones, if you're sick or injured.
As they say, "My $0.02."
Sorry to deviate from the "body armor" subject, but disease can kill you just as dead as a bullet can.
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|January 6, 1999, 05:25 AM
Join Date: October 14, 1998
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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In about 15 minutes, I'll be heading out the door, and I'll be donning a Point Blank IIIA Goldflex vest with modular pockets. For lower profile work, I like my Second Chance Monarch IV, level IIA -- it's extremely wearable, light, and flexible.
Re: the kevlar/spectra gloves, a knifemaker friend of mine was at a trade show and cut through some of the samples, so these gloves don't give me the warm fuzzies. I toasty South FL, even regular leather gloves are too hot for extended wear. I typically wear a pair of Nomex flight gloves, with the bottoms rolled up, for any work where handling of the unknown (with the exception of known biohazards) is necessary. They give similar gripping surface protection as light leather gloves, and the fabric back breathes better than leather.
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Safariland Cover 6 is awesome stuff... but at a starting price of 1200 bucks... I had my selection go up to 1450 real fast before I was done. Ouch. But dang, did it look good!
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I also have a Safariland vest, purchased in a moment of weakness, about 16 years ago -- the most uncomfortable vest ever made. They must have gotten better, from what Kodiac has to say about them.
Always wore a vest in my store -- had everyone from SYTs to ignorant LEOs point loaded guns at me. Right after a local department got their new Glocks, one of the LEOs came in looking for an off duty holster. I handed him one the prosecutors office had been buying, and he proceeded to draw his Glock from his duty holster, shove gun in holster -- with his hand over the end of the holster -- while pointing gun at me and as I quickly moved aside, he turned and followed me. One of the many thrills in a gun shop. George.
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Jay McClement's days with Avalanche likely over
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Cross Jay McClement off the list of Avalanche players that will come back with the team next season.
McClement, who had a good season as the Avs' third-line center (most of the time that was his spot anyway), is headed for the open market on July 1, words with various parties have made clear.
McClement, 29, scored 10 goals and seven assists with Colorado last season, with a minus-8. Those numbers obviously don't grab you, but he was a very good faceoff guy (51.3 percent) and penalty killer for a unit that improved from 30th to 12th. He will definitely get a decent offer from another team.
Why won't it be the Avalanche that makes it? While the Avs won't say anything publicly of course, reasons likely center on his age, contract status and belief that others can fill his role. The Avs have three natural centers already in Paul Stastny, Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly, and others in the system such as Joey Hishon, improving from the concussion problems that plagued him this past year, and Brad Malone. Mark Olver can also play some center.
McClement made $1.5 million last season.


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and with people in our heart."
When contentment becomes enthusiasm, when wishes become reality, one you could not have imagined, and when people meet each other with open affection, then you have arrived – at the STOCK resort, your hotel in the Tyrol. For centuries we have lived good, honest hospitality, wanting to be genuine and authentic and provide a gloriously relaxed and pleasurable framework for your holiday enjoyment. In this we are relying on our committed team which is completely there for you and will always like exceeding your expectations again and again. Friendliness and charm, attentive presence and gallant generosity are the most important characteristics of our staff here. Together with us, your host family, we create such a caring ambience for people searching for something special.
With each other & for each other in your hotel in the Tyrol
Taking responsibility for us means following a demanding path, to always want to grow that bit more and to surpass oneself. Every member of the team will put their own special stamp on your individual rest & relaxation experience and will make your day unforgettable with their special charisma. At the wellness spa, with cuisine and wine, at sport and in family activities our motto of "with each other" and "for each other" will become especially noticeable. And every effort has only one intention: to make your holiday at the STOCK resort in Finkenberg in the Tyrol incomparable.


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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission on Thursday denied a New Bern man�s petition to close North Carolina�s sounds and rivers to trawlers.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission on Thursday denied a New Bern man�s petition to close North Carolina�s sounds and rivers to trawlers.
Several hundred commercial fishermen attended Thursday�s meeting in Raleigh to oppose the measure; that�s in addition to a crowd of nearly 700 that gathered at a July meeting in New Bern.
The hubbub over the measure raises the question: How did one man�s petition get this far?
�Anyone can request a petition be heard by the Marine Fisheries Commission,� said Commissioner Chuck Laughridge.
That right was granted by the Fisheries Reform Act of 1997, he said.
And Laughridge think it�s a good policy.
�These fisheries resources belong to everybody, so everybody has the right to participate in the management of them,� he said.
But others suggested the debate was a waste of time.
�It blows my mind, quite frankly, that we can put this much resources� into a single petition, said Elaine Crittenton, a member of the Carteret County Board of Commissioners. �It is unreasonable to expect these fishermen to come and defend their right to earn a living.�
Others in opposition to the measure suggested the petitioner, Tim Hergenrader, was working in concert with organizations such as the Coastal Conservation Association.
�It�s more than just one man,� behind the petition said Chris McCaffity, a commercial fisherman from Morehead City. �He�s just the mouthpiece.�
McCaffity added that commercial fishermen are constantly being called on to defend their industry.
�It�s one thing after another, and it�s bordering on harassment here,� he said.
Terry Pratt, of Bertie County, also suggested the Coastal Conservation Association was involved.
�It came under a single person�s name, but he�s in the CCA,� Pratt said of Hergenrader.
But Hergenrader said he was acting independently of any organized groups and with the backing of just a few friends.
�It�s a small group,� he said.
Hergenrader said it didn�t give him pause to file the petition. �It�s part of the process,� he said.
The commission voted 9-0 against the petition for rulemaking after nearly three hours of public comment and testimony.
Hergenrader filed his petition on June 19, calling for a moratorium on fishing inside the COLREGS line � an internationally agreed upon line that separates the ocean from the sounds and inland waterways.
�Contrary to what some are saying, this petition is not about ending shrimp trawling in North Carolina waters,� he said at the meeting in New Bern. �� It is simply about nursery areas.�
State fisheries laws do not allow trawling in designated primary and secondary nursery waters. Primary nurseries are most often upstream in the estuaries where fish are birthed; the secondary nurseries are the areas to which they migrate and grow toward maturity before heading out to sea.
It is Hergenrader�s contention that the entire sound areas and river mouths should be designated as secondary nurseries. Citing Department of Marine Fisheries data, he said that several finfish varieties � particularly Atlantic croaker, weakfish (gray trout) and spot � use these areas as nurseries and that their numbers are being threatened by the trawlers, primarily as a result of their loss to by-catch � that is, unwanted fish caught up in the nets along with the shrimp.
Several people at Thursday�s meeting criticized Hergenrader�s assumptions, saying they were not based on sound science.
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Before we get to the next set of votes, get out your ballots. Voting is closed in the Bulltron Regional.
And that means we have to bid a fond farewell to little Tuesday Muse, the plucky and inspiring Atlanta schoolgirl who's raising money for Japan's earthquake victims, taken down by the muckraking Boston newsman Joe Shortsleeve. Boston's Bravest will not be pleased.
So here are your second-round match-ups in the Bulltron, which will be posted after we slog through the rest of the first round:
No. 1 Monquarius Mungo v. No. 9 Rockwell Bonecutter
No. 12 Leviticus Payne v. No. 13 Col. Many-Bears Grinder
No. 3 Joe Shortsleeve v. No. 6 Ebenezer Noonoo
No. 2 Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson v. No. 10 Orion Blizzard
And now back to the Sithole. Two votes below.
No. 3 Lola Porch: Sued a nursing home.
No. 14 A'Trey-U Jones: LSU walk-on defensive lineman.
No. 6 Sanmorteeno Battle: Alabama camp counselor.
No. 11 Solo Alone: Australian youth rugby player. Uh oh.


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RE/MAX Southern Shores sells condos at Little River Inn Resort
Just across the main bridge heading north from North Myrtle Beach begins the town of Little River, SC where the Little River Inn Resort, one of the hidden gems of the Grand Strand is located. Little River Inn is one of the least expensive, picturesque, well managed residential condo complexes to be had.
The Little River Inn Resort is about 20 years old has beautifully landscaped and perfectly maintained natural surroundings.
Starting in the low $50,000 range, Little River Inn has several types of condos. There are many one bedroom ground floor units, larger than most at about 750 sq foot. Two bedroom units can be found occasionally as two-story lofts with skylights and dramatic open floor plans, or ground floor condos with two bedrooms off a hallway. In the back of the complex are a few three bedroom units overlooking the pool. There are also a few two bedroom units at the side of the complex. Most units offer either a cement patio or a screened-in porch to enjoy the spring and fall weather and beautiful grounds.
The Little River Resort has two very nice pools for its 210 residents, one in full sun and the other providing shade and a Jacuzzi. There are also two tennis courts and an adult game court for jogging, volleyball, or shuffleboard. Though this is not a gated community, the grounds are well-lit and safe for walking and enjoying palms and flowers.
The Little River Inn homeowners' association is attentive to detail. Pets are allowed, community cookouts and get-togethers are encouraged, and board meetings are open to anyone who cares to attend. Property taxes are very, very low, especially if you're a permanent resident.
If you are looking for a low-priced vacation home, retirement home, or perfect condo to live in year round, be sure to consider Little River Inn Resort. You can own property here for less money than most rentals!
RE/MAX Southern Shores knows the Little River Inn market
As the #1 selling real estate agency along the Grand Strand, RE/MAX Southern Shores agents can assist you with purchasing a condo or investment property at Little River Inn Resort that is suited to your needs. RE/MAX Southern Shores invites you to access listings for condos by using the search features on the left of this website. Then call a RE/MAX Southern Shores agent at 843-249-5555 for personal attention to find the housing option that is just right for YOU!
It is no wonder that so many economical buyers choose Little River Inn condos as the location of their new home. All one has to do is take a drive through the community to see all Little River has to offer. RE/MAX Southern Shores real estate agents are very familiar with the area, and we would be happy to take you on a tour of this complex as well as any Little River community. Simply give us a call at 843-839-0200 to schedule some time to make your real estate dreams come true!
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From many miles away we have long-time blog reader and her gigantes: Tamagosan, watching the games and cheering on from Guam! yay baseball gals, so cool =)
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Mission Bicycle has put their window display as orange. They have also continued their spirit from the past Mission bike festival and now have their Papel Picado pieces for sale. Stop by, and tell Jefferson I say HOLA!
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Announce and Discuss the Latest Theme and Extension Releases.
Love this addon. Is the twitter account @EclipseOnETips still active/being monitored btw?
Also, would be good to have to export templates (I'm trying to sync my work and home PCs)
I am trying to create my own template that gets me:
the source text - plus
the URL
Example, let say, on this page (at the top) mozilla+URL -resulting in following:
mozillaZine - http://forums.mozillazine.org/
When I select an area on a website, it should -only- do this for URLs
I have tried to create my own template, but it does not work.
Tried with Title and Links On Page (Text) : %title% - %links_text%
results in:
The page I used for this example can be found on: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweede_Kamerverkiezingen_1922
Any suggestions please?
Hello all,
I am looking to build a template to copy content and URL at the same time.
Ex : browser display :
where url contains a link
Would like this render :
Does any one knows if the plugin offers such a possibility and if yes what are the arguments to parse in the template ?
NB : i can't use %html_source% as it copies unwanted code. Source code has been generated by wysiwyg editor (yuck) and contains lot of unwanted code
Thanks a lot !
There seems to be a bug with "Remove unnecessary text"
When I copy the Title + Link (text) (template: %title%) at http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/19/unive ... exy-captai, I get:
University Keeps Painting of Sexy Captain America Beheading President Trump, As Well It Should - Hit & Run : Reason.com http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/19/unive ... exy-captai
Yet " - Hit & Run : Reason.com" is in my list of lines to chop
I suspect it's because & and & are treated differently (the page title from Properties is "University Keeps Painting of Sexy Captain America Beheading President Trump, As Well It Should - Hit & Run : Reason.com")
So it looks like Easy Copy copies the page title to the clipboard with & changed to &, but the logic recognising text to strip sees the original page title
Thank you for this superb add-on. I wish I had discovered it much sooner, because I utilize it daily to a great extent.
Please allow me two questions:
1. Until very recently, I was able to copy the URI's of selected links > HTML-link to paste into Outlook messages. I am not sure what brought this on, but while it seems that I can still copy the URI's of the selected links, these will (apparently) paste into the message body of Outlook, but will not display the HTML-link (TITEL-link?). In fact, not one of the three Tab>Context Menu>Copy URIs of Selected Tabs will be pasted. However, any of the Easy Copy/Copy All Tabs options selected from the Page Context Menu an pasted into the message body of Outlook will function 100%. My apologies if all of the foregoing sounds awry, but it is quite difficult to explain this. I can really only say the tabs context menu is broken for me.
2. I have tried to add add an action to Easy Copy/Copy All Tabs, which will allow me to copy the TITLE-link of SELECTED TABS from the Page Context Menu. I failed in this, and I do hope you can help me achieve this by providing an example of the action for me to follow.
Thank you.
Just wondering if there is going to be any updates to Easy Copy that may include new features?
Will there be a WebExtension version of this add-on for Firefox 57?
Will Easy Copy support Firefox Quantum/WebExtensions?
The answer, unfortunately, is No.
I loved making Easy Copy and hearing how it's helped people. But, as a hobby extension, it took a lot of time to develop and I just don't have that time anymore, not with my day job and other side projects that I'm working on. Proof: There hasn't been an update to it in over 2 years
Mozilla, rightly, introduced a very different model for Firefox extensions, one which I think and hope has made Firefox better and leaner. But it also means that Easy Copy will probably need a rewrite or, at best, a time-sapping port.
Like many of you, I still use Easy Copy myself and have mainly stuck to an older version of Firefox to keep using it and a couple of other, older extensions. I don't know of any good, functioning alternatives either. Eventually I'll have to upgrade but I'm hoping by then that someone would have made an Easy Copy altenative so I don't have to
I appreciate everyone's awesome feedback and I'm glad I could make the Internet a bit easier to copy!
Thanks. I just stumbled across this post today. Are you (lordbii) the same person as oombii, who started this?
I use MakeLink, and it sounds similar to this extension. Neither works with version 57. Waiting.
The dev of Text MultiCopy addon - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/text-multicopy/ - said (in a a reply to a request by one of the reviewers) he's considering adding this functionality in his next update.
BTW - I installed his extension. It is very useful.
Will there be a webextensions version of EasyCopy?
As of Firefox ESR 52.9.0 (32-bit) Easy Copy has stopped working for me. No errors. It just does not copy anything to the clipboard.
Works fine for me on Firefox ESR 52.9.0 (32-bit) Win 7 x64. Works fine also on Basilisk 2018.06.01 (32-bit)
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Adding beauty of any garden
Water features definitely add to the beauty of any garden, but having one installed by professionals is not always affordable for many people. These days however, there are pond kits on the market that make the job of building a water feature in your garden an easy task for most people, even for first timers. By using one of these aerator kits for your pond you will be able to effectively aerate a water feature in your garden, the exterior of your home will become a veritable oasis for you and your family to enjoy.
The great thing about pond kits is that they come with absolutely everything you need to build that water feature that you're after, like the liner, the filter, and the pump, as well as step-by-step instructions as to what you should do. These kits are for ponds of various shapes, sizes and designs, so you are sure to find one that suits your needs perfectly. Although buying a pond kit does not eliminate the hard work of digging the hole for your pond, it will contain everything you need for your specific water feature, which means that there is no risk of you forgetting to buy some important item to get your pond started.
If you are planning to have fish in your pond, then you can choose a kit that comes with special chemical additives to make the water livable for fish. All you have to do is follow the manufacturer's instructions carefully. We recommend our trusted resource for pond supplies, Living Water Aeration.
The trick is to decide beforehand what type of pond you want.
If you want to have fish, water plants, lighting in the pond, or even a waterfall or a fountain, then it is a simple matter of going to a store that sells pond kits, find the kit that suits your needs, and you're ready to get started on that beautiful water feature in your garden.


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Knuckle Down!
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As usual, good stuff.ReplyDelete
The black and white was planned or lazy? :)
Either way, love it!
Yes, Beltran, yes.
Black and white was planned.Kind of a nod to Willard Mullin. Glad you like it.ReplyDelete
This is the way I imagine newspapers did their sports pages back in the days before cable or even TV. Love it!ReplyDelete
Your depiction of Jerry is remarkableReplyDelete
Dickey holding Jerry's head in his hand as if he was showing his knuckle-ball grip is fitting since many feel Jerry is a knucklehead with some of his baseball decisions.ReplyDelete
Exactly! You got the message!ReplyDelete
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Lyrics:First verseWay down in old Savannah, A yaller gal named Hannah And her little dusky beau, They have a dance sensation It is their own creation; Music from an old banjo, Out on the gretna green each starry night, Moon-light bright what a sight. They do some ragging and they do it right. Dance with their heart and their soul, Prance to that old Jelly Roll, so ChorusJust start a skipping then do some tripping Dip from left to right, Then do some tripping Dip from left to right, Then do some sliding and do some gliding Be sure of your partner, grab him, hug him to you tight. And when you're steppin', Just put some ""pep"" in, Do that Sugar Bowl Grandma, Granddad, Mother, too, Auntie, Uncle, Brother Lou, Never seem to care or know just when they're through Dancing the Jelly Roll.Second verseWhenever music's playing, I just can't keep from swaying To that ever loving' strain, That Jelly Roll's entrancing It has my brain a dancing; Mister, play it once again, Just listen to that syncopated part, My poor heart gives a start. It feels like it was hit by Cupid's dart. Melody captures my soul, I love that old Jelly Roll, so
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With the 2012 Olympic Games upon us, it's time to catch up with Brandeis's favorite Olympian, Tim Morehouse '00. A 2008 silver medalist in fencing with the saber squad, the Hall of Fame inductee has been busy promoting his sport and training with the hopes of repeating his medal-winning performance – if not improving.
Tim's opening match is on July 29 - his 34th birthday! - at 12:30 p.m. in London, 7:30 a.m. on the East Coast. The 27th seed in the tournament, he has earned a first-round bye. Tim will be facing No. 6 seed Venjamin Reshetnikov of Russia. You can follow the action on-line at http://www.nbcolympics.com/fencing/.
Tim has been instrumental in the promotion of his sport via the sold-out Fencing Masters event which was held in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on June 26. The event was first shown on television on July 13 at 10:30 a.m. on SportsNet NY, the network home of the New York Mets. It will be rebroadcast on Universal Sports on July 19 at 7:30, marking the first time a non-Olympic fencing event will be televised nationally in the U.S.
The Games launch on July 27 with opening ceremonies and Tim will be competing on July 29 (individual event) and Aug 3 (team event). You can catch all the matches streaming live on www.nbcolympics.com/fencing. Hopefully there will be some TV coverage as well.
Tim will also be sending out exclusive content via BURST.IT. You can sign up at http://burst.me/tm/tim-morehouse.html
Tim appeared on the Today show for the second time this summer on Tuesday, July 10, showing off the outfits the US team will be wearing for the opening ceremonies. He's also showing off EVERYTHING in ESPN: The Magazine's annual Body Issue which hit the stands on Wednesday, July 11.
Here is a listing of links to Tim's exploits, both past and future. Keep checking back for more additions!
- Waltham News Tribune profile by Scott Souza from July 26
- Office of Communications Morehouse profile from July 24
- London 2012 Fencing Page
- Team USA Olympic Fencing preview
- NBC Olympics.com
- July 30 feature on Boston's WHDH Channel 7
- July 13 interview on Fox NY 5
- July 11 ESPN: The Magazine Body Issue hits the stands
- July 10: Tim and Women's Soccer Olympian Heather Mitts debut opening ceremony outfit on Today Show
- July 5 meeting with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino
- July 5 interview on ArthurKade.com
- June 15 feature on The Wellness Blog
- TimMorehouse.com
- Tim's Facebook Page and Twitter feed
- Follow Tim's videos at Burst.it


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