text:
Cheque Pays for a Year's Satellite Data for a Rutland Osprey
The East Midlands Group has donated £500 to the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust's Rutland Osprey Project. The money will go towards the costs of retrieving data from the GPS satellite transmitters used by the team at Rutland Water to track the ospreys, both in Rutland and on their 3000 mile migration to West Africa.
The group held a series of talks and events over the past 12 months to raise money for bird of prey projects in the area.
Project manager Tim Mackrill said, 'The satellite tracking data provides us with a unique insight into the ospreys' daily lives, but is extremely expensive. This money will allow us to track the daily movements of one of the tagged birds for a year. It will also allow thousands of people to follow the bird's amazing journey to West Africa. We are extremely grateful to the Hawk and Owl Trust for their generous donation.'
Tim took the committee, and a group of supporters, to the Manton Bay hide to observe the ospreys, before their imminent departure to warmer climates. He then described how satellite tracking works and the kind of data they can obtain.
Group chairman Geoff Williamson commented that it was through the support of all those who had attended the group's events that the money had been raised, and that this was an opportunity for those people to actually see their support in action by watching the progress of the ospreys for themselves on their own computers. He thanked everyone for the enthusiastic interest shown in what the group had organised so far.


text:
This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Those Places Thursday - Farm Home
2 comments:
"Old" memories are tricky, Bill... I'm finding they only pop out in details with prompts like an old letter, or photo, or chatting with a cousin. I've been trying to get around to all my elderly first cousins on one side of the family lately - bringing a few unusual photos to share and talk about, asking a few odd questions, like "what's the funniest [or most unusual, or wierdest] thing or event you remember about my dad?" and oddities like that.ReplyDelete
Very good approach, Celia. And, we must be aware that each cousin (or sibling) will have different recall than we do, of common events... most likely. That is hard for some of us to recognize. Very important to listen first, talk later, as well. Hear them out... try to see how your memory is affected by theirs. Thanks, for great comment! ;-)ReplyDelete

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Create an account and try BookBeat for 2 weeks, free.
Set against the turbulence of 1960s Chicago—a city in transformation—and its legendary jazz scene, Last Night at the Blue Angel is a lush and immensely heartfelt mother-daughter tale about a talented but troubled singer's relationship with her precocious ten-year-old daughter.
It is the early 1960s, and Chicago is teeming with the tensions of the day—segregation, sexual experimentation, the Cold War and Vietnam—but it is also home to some of the country's most influential jazz. Naomi Hill, a singer at the Blue Angel club, has been poised on the brink of stardom for nearly ten years. But when her big break, the cover of Look magazine, finally arrives, it carries with it an enormous personal cost. Sensual and magnetic, Naomi is a fiercely ambitious yet self-destructive woman whose charms tend to hurt those around her, and no one knows this better than her daughter, Sophia.
As the only child of a single mother growing up in an adult world, Sophia is wise beyond her years, a casualty of her mother's desperate struggle for fame and adoration. Unsettled by her home life, she harbors a terrible fear that her world could disappear at any moment, and compulsively maintains a list of everyday objects she might need to reinvent should nuclear catastrophe strike. Her only constant is the colorful and unconventional family that surrounds her and her mother, particularly the photographer, Jim, who is Sophia's best friend, surrogate father, and protector—but Jim is also deeply in love with Naomi.
Weaving between the perspectives of Sophia and Naomi, Last Night at the Blue Angel is a poignant and unforgettable story about what happens when our passion for the life we want is at sharp odds with the life we have. Part stylish period piece, part heartbreaking family drama, it's a novel rife with revelations, a vivid and propulsive page-turner—and the major debut of an extraordinary new writer.
More info


text:
January 13, 2014
This article was reported by NAM aidsmap.
NAM aidsmap reported on a study that evaluated a computer-delivered intervention called Computer Assessment and Rx Education for HIV-positive people (CARE+). The researchers used a nine-month randomized controlled trial with 240 adult patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) to determine whether CARE+ improved treatment adherence and decreased transmission risk behaviors among HIV-positive individuals. Participants had a mean age of 45 years and 90 percent were male.
Participants in the intervention arm were free to use the CARE+ program, which provided counseling on treatment adherence, HIV disclosure, safer sex, condom use, substance abuse, and the impact of adherence on viral load. Those in the control arm completed computerized questionnaires on treatment adherence, substance use, and sexual risk behavior. Primary outcomes were changes from baseline in viral load, 30-day adherence to ART, and likelihood of reporting unprotected sex or problems with condom use. At baseline, participants reported taking a median of 76 percent of their ART doses; 30 percent reported unprotected sex or condom problems, and viral load was detectable in 30 percent.
Researchers associated CARE+ with significant decreases in viral load, increases in ART adherence, and improvements in HIV transmission risk behavior. Participants found the program acceptable: 97 percent found it easy to use and 93 percent felt the session helped them as much as, if not more, than in-person counseling. The researchers concluded that CARE+ was highly acceptable and facilitated delivery in busy settings. They suggested additional evaluation of this type of programming to determine its usefulness in improving HIV treatment outcomes and reducing secondary transmission among HIV-positive individuals.
No comments have been made.
The content on this page is free of advertiser influence and was produced by our editorial team. See our content and advertising policies.


text:
In mid-January, "SXSW":http://sxsw.com/node/6276 and "Bike Hugger announced Built":http://bikehugger.com/2011/01/built-at-sxsw.html. Since then, we've been busy finalizing the core details with the SXSW folks. We have some updates for you, including a new logo and a Call for Speakers.
h2. Built at SXSW
Built at SXSW will feature numerous Ignite-style talks of five minutes in length where those who make and create get to share their ideas with the best and brightest in the Interactive and Film industry. Specifics are:
- Location: Austin, Texas :: South By Southwest Trade Show's Next Stage
- Date and Time: Tuesday, March 15th 2011 at 12:00pm
- Description: Built is our flavor of a maker, hacker, DIY, Ignite-style event, with the bike as a backdrop.
h3. Call for Speakers/Presenters
Do you have some cool ideas or concepts worth sharing? If so, kindly fill out our presenter form below and let us know what you're making that incorporates technology and transportation; bonus points for bike-related ideas or robots. If you're not going to SXSW, and have a good talk, send it in! Because we'll announce more Built dates next week.


text:
Product FAQs
How do I access this device's web interface?
- Make sure that the R300WN22MOD5 is on the same network as your computer.
- In an Internet browser, enter the IP address of the unit. The default IP address is 192.168.2.254.
- In the user name field, enter the user name. The default user name is root.
- In the password field, enter the password. The default password is default.


text:
I can already guess that some of you read the title of this post and went "ewww, snails", but have your tried them? Have you eaten a really great snail salad? I'm not sure but snail salad may be a food truly indigenous to Rhode Island. I have never eaten it anywhere else, or seen anyone else but Rhode Islanders prepare it. It's on the menu of almost any Italian restaurant here, and it's a constant at most of my larger gatherings. I'm lucky enough to be friends with the cook who runs our cafeteria at work, so he gets me a great big 5 pound bucket of pre-sliced snails. They are packed in some kind of a weak salad dressing, but I always dump the bucket out and drain it as soon as I get it home, rinse the snails, and make my own salad with it.
Why do we call it Scungilli? Well, cause that's what it really is. Scungilli is any various large marine snail with a thick spiral shell, especially the family Buccinidae. (No I didn't know that I looked it up, that's why God invented Google, so I would sound more intelligent on my blog).
Snail salad is one of my top ten favorite foods of all time, it's right up there with black raspberry ice cream and eggplant for me. I made this batch for Jesse's birthday party tomorrow. It's best to let it sit overnight so all the flavors blend. I don't have a recipe for this either. I just throw ingredients in until I think it look right, then I add balsamic vinegar and a little lemon until it tastes right. It's definitely an 'add and taste as you go' kind of recipe. I'll try and estimate what I used for 5 pounds of it.
Scungilli (Snail) Salad
5 pounds of snails, sliced thin
1 large red onion, sliced thin
1 large can black olives, sliced thin
3 large stalks of celery, sliced thin
3/4 cup of balsamic vinegar
juice of 1 lemon
fresh parsley & oregano
I grab the biggest bowl I have in the house, add in all the ingredients, and let it sit overnight in the fridge. A few hours before serving I add in some fresh chopped parsley and a little bit of fresh oregano.
My Dad, my brothers and I could eat 5 pounds of this in one sitting. I kid you not. That's how much we all love it. Mom - not so much.


text:
As a Colorado-based immigration attorney for more than 35 years, I am disappointed and frustrated by the resistance to immigration reform in the House of Representatives.
If only they could see what I do every day: The current system is criminalizing good people and businesses. Workers who are essential to our economy are threatened with deportation. Employers are forced to double as immigration cops. Who, exactly, benefits from this?
If a "pathway to citizenship" is considered a bridge too far, a route to legal work status would at least recognize reality. Today, Colorado is home to roughly 180,000 unauthorized immigrants, based on recent research compiled in 2010 by the Pew Research Hispanic Center. Many came in the 1990s, when the economy was welcoming and documentation relaxed. Today, they are essential to our agriculture, ranching, tourism and service industries. Colorado's agricultural base would collapse without workers who are in this country without documentation.
While "border security" represents powerful imagery, the reality is that future illegal entries and "overstays" are being caught by constant improvements in the computer technologies of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and by the E-Verify worker verification system. In other words, illegal entry is being curbed effectively. In fact, Colorado's number of undocumented workers has declined from its high of 240,000 in 2007, according to the Pew research.
Instead, our attention should be on removing the criminalizing nature of the system and recognizing the value of those already here. As Rep. Mike Coffman recently pointed out in The Denver Post, 40 percent of workers without documentation came to the U.S. legally and simply did not leave. These "overstays" have seeded our tax base and benefits system. To deprive them of the legitimate fruits of their labor now is no less than a modern form of slavery.
Here are a few of the many ways the system is destructive:
I have a client who came to Colorado in 1994 and is still working as a nurse on the night shift. For 20 years she has paid taxes and contributed to Social Security and Medicare. Now 75 years old, she cannot retire or collect Medicare because she is not documented. I have no way to get her legal status.
I have represented more than 100 employers in Colorado, others nationwide, who became entangled in the complex regulatory demands of Form I-9 and E-Verify, the government's worker eligibility verification system. When undocumented workers slip by and get hired (about 10 percent do), or the I-9 form is processed improperly, businesses are exposed to severe employer sanctions, which include crushing fines and prison sentences.
Employer -sanctions law, which is the main thrust of my practice, has exploded since the Obama administration began to crack down on employer compliance. In the last two years, the government has collected, nationwide, $28.7 million in civil fines.
Here are a few more examples, among thousands:
• Recently, longtime Mexican artisans at a Greeley-area business were confronted by government officials with "mismatches" in their Social Security records, on file for years. That day, the employees vanished. More than 250 years of experience were lost, and a business collapsed, in one afternoon.
• In 2012, five loyal, skilled workers from a legendary Castle Rock restaurant were deported and the business fined nearly $50,000 for improper worker documentation, despite no prior history of violations.
• A Colorado couple started a business in their basement. They hired workers but failed to fill out I-9 forms, only discovering, years later, that the documents are mandatory. The designated manager, an 80-something grandmother, was threatened with criminal charges.
Each of these heartbreaking examples springs from one fundamental instinct: to better oneself and one's family. The desire to work is intrinsically human, and it is recognized as part of the pursuit of happiness, an inalienable human right.
It's time we reform our system to recognize it.
Ann Allott's firm, Allott Immigration Law Firm, is in Centennial.


text:
MU Extension > calendar
Professional development events
'Hands On' Fruit Care Workshop Series (Session 1 of 4)
Friday, March 14, 2014, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Residence of James Quinn719 West Broadway, Columbia MO map...
Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 workshops in this series. Each is 2 or 2.5 hours long & held in central Columbia. Fruit tree pruning (don't fall out of the tree!)- Fri. March 7th- 4-6 PM. Berries and organic fruit gardening- Fri. Mar. 21st at 4-6:30 PM (it's the 2nd day of spring!). Disease and insect pest control of fruit planting- (yikes!) Fri. April 11th 4-6 PM. Additional Bonus Class! A Mid Summer Fruit Review - Friday, June 6th at 4 pm (let's eat some strawberries, yum).
Session topic:
Site selection, propagation material and planting preparation will be reviewed.Pruning reviewed for mature apple, cherry, peach, plum, and pear. Pruning of small peach and apricot. Pest control tactics in the dormant season will be reviewed.
For a complete information see the flier/registration form at- http://extension.missouri.edu/boone/mg.html or contact Frankie Anderson email@example.com; phone 573-445-9792.
Class size:
Event full:
$25.0075 for 3, but includes complimentary Midwest Home Fruit Manual
James Quinn, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Cole Countyphone: 573-634-2824
Add event to your compatible iCalendar such as Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCal.
© 1993
to 2015 Curators of the University
of Missouri, all rights reserved, DMCA
and other copyright information
University of Missouri Extension is an equal opportunity/ADA institution.
University of Missouri Extension
© 1993
to 2015 Curators of the University of Missouri, all rights reserved


text:
Future (Feat. Juelz Santana) - YSL Cheetah
Future "YSL Cheetah" music video featuring Juelz Santana
FreeBand Gang: The Movie mixtape out now
Pluto 3D album in stores now
Follow @1Future on Twitter
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
This weekend, millions of bargain-hungry shoppers across the country, their Thanksgiving dinners having barely settled, will flood malls and big-box outlets, with the goal of scooping up the best possible deals. Next Monday, millions more will be ensconced in front of their computers, taking advantage of Cyber Monday deals.
But what about our small businesses? What about the storeowners and restaurants that provide the same — no, better — services in your very own community, just blocks from your home? Small businesses are the lifeline of a town's economy, and this Saturday, Small Business Saturday, is one day on which you can make a difference, helping those businesses, and your downtown, thrive.
There are some very good reasons why your local businesses need you. It has only gotten tougher for them to survive in an age that has seen the proliferation of online shopping and the growing domination of big retail stores. As the costs of doing business march ever upward — from transportation and shipping to employees' wages and health insurance to property taxes — it has become that much more difficult for local businesses to keep their shelves stocked with the variety shoppers demand and also turn a profit.
The money you pump into your downtown stimulates its financial circulation, not only increasing business owners' revenue, but helping them purchase more inventory to maintain that variety, and enabling them to hire the staff to help those who come to shop. It's a simple equation: The more business local consumers generate, the more need for new hires from the community to help handle it, and the better the local employment picture.
What that means, in the long run, is less need for your tax dollars. The money you spend downtown generates the sales taxes that are necessary for our towns, villages, county and state to fund the services residents depend on, and big projects as well. And the more property taxes a healthy and expanded business base pays, the smaller homeowners' burden will be.


text:
Could winter-planted garbanzos be a rotational crop for Kern County dry bean growers in a drought situation?
That remains to be seen, but the possibilities were discussed at a dry bean field day at the University of California Research and Education Center at Shafter.
Shannon Mueller, Fresno County farm advisor, reviewed production practices and research for garbanzos, citing their ability to draw deep moisture and reduce fertilizer costs by fixing nitrogen in the soil.
Garbanzos, also known as chickpeas, attracted grower interest in the central San Joaquin Valley as a fall or winter planted crop in the water-short early 1990s as a replacement for winter wheat and other cereals. Until that time they were mainly a summer dryland crop in coastal counties. Over the next 10 years SJV garbanzo acreage increased.
During the late-1980s and 1990s, several trials on clay-loam soils of the West Side Research and Education Center (WSREC) at Five Points were done on planting dates ranging from November to March. Mueller recalled that at first, the earlier dates brought higher stands and in most cases yields followed that trend.
"However, when disease was a factor, such as plots planted in mid to late November of 1996, the advantage of early planting in establishing a good stand was lost by greater susceptibility to disease, which significantly impacted yield," Mueller said.
Ascochyta blight, Sclerotinia stem and crown rot, and other viruses appeared in time and clouded the planting timing issue. Results depended on weather conditions, and when diseases and insect pests occurred. Mueller said as improved varieties with resistance and seed treatments are adopted, some advantage with earlier plantings for better stands and yields might be expected.
Seeding rates, evaluated at from 60 to 100 pounds per acre, also varied in success. In the early trials, the higher the seeding rate, the better the stand and the higher the yields, but then as diseases and viruses came in it became difficult to predict.
"In general," Mueller said, "our recommendation would be higher rates, although garbs do have the ability to compensate for significantly reduced stands." In one of her trials, plant population was reduced by more than 40 percent by vertebrate pests, but yields were only down about 16 percent.
Turning to irrigation, she said the crop typically takes about 25 inches of water. In 1994, when winter rainfall at the WREC trials was 7 inches, about 20 percent (4.8 inches) of the seasonal water use occurred during the first 90 days after planting (January through March). Crop ET accelerated with bloom and bean set during April and May to use 61 percent of the total (15.2 inches) and the remaining 19 percent occurred mainly in June with slight consumption during early July before harvest.
"We also measured where garbanzos take up water," she said. "They have a deep tap root and can take water from 5 feet in the soil. They took 44 percent of the seasonal water from the top foot of soil, and the second, third, and fourth feet of soil contributed 19 percent, 17 percent, and 12 percent of water needs, respectively. The crop took on average 7 percent of its seasonal water from the fifth foot of soil."
Fertilizer trials were done at WSREC and on commercial fields to evaluate effects of supplemental nitrogen on yield and quality.
Preplant rates of zero, 80 and 110 pounds of nitrogen per acre were used as granular urea (46-0-0) was applied. The trials showed yield responses to the additional nitrogen supplied. They also traced effects of additional irrigation with the fertilizer rates.
"Preplant nitrogen rates did not affect bean size at a statistically significant level," she said. "However, as yield increased with additional water, bean size was slightly reduced. Additions of preplant nitrogen not only increased yield, they also maintained more desirable bean size in the more intensive irrigation treatments."
Pointing out the crop is an efficient user of nitrogen, and when inoculated with Rhizobium bacteria can fix nitrogen in the soil, she added that "supplemental nitrogen has helped ensure higher yield and bean size, and this was more evident in wet years or with later spring irrigations which promote vegetative growth."
In discussing disease management in garbanzos, Carol Frate, Tulare County farm advisor, said the main concerns are aphid-borne viruses, Ascochyta blight, and Sclerotinia stem and crown rot.
The best defense against the complex of viruses is having an established stand when aphids arrive. Infections can be particularly severe to garbanzos if alfalfa, which also hosts the viruses, is nearby.
Ascochyta, recognized by tan spots and lesions that develop characteristic concentric rings, reduces yields sharply and is spread by splashing water from rain or sprinklers. Developing beans can become infected and cause early infections in the next crop. The disease has no other known crop or weed hosts.
Among management components for Ascochyta are avoiding sprinkler irrigation, use of resistant varieties, use of seed that is clean or treated with Mertect, at least two years between garbanzo crops in the same field, and destruction of crop residue and volunteers.
Sclerotinia, a problem when rain is followed by fog, produces sclerotia that can survive in the soil for years until conditions are right for an outbreak.
Among management steps for it are selection of fields with no history of the disease, later planting (in December or early January), and deep plowing to bury sclerotia 6 to 8 inches below the surface.
Frate said it is unknown whether Sclerotinia on alfalfa can infect garbanzos and vice versa. Although both S. sclerotiorum and S. trifoliorum have been confirmed on alfalfa, mostly S. trifoliorum has been identified on garbanzos.
Both Ascochyta and Sclerotinia can be transmitted by aerial spores, and for such infections, fungicides are available for control in garbanzos, although classes of materials should be rotated to avoid resistance.
She also noted that Sclerotinia occurs in blackeyes, although she has seen it only rarely in that crop, probably because of the high temperatures in the southern SJV during the blackeye growing season.
"It's probably not a good idea to plant blackeyes and garbanzos back-to-back because of Rhizoctonia and other problems, but considering the high temperatures, it's not a completely bad idea," Frate said.
In general, she added, it is not wise to follow legumes with legumes for an extended period, although it may work for one or two years.


text:
Daily Commodity Futures Price Chart: March 2019
Canadian Dollar (Globex)
TFC Commodity Charts
Market data is provided by the exchange.
It is an condition of access to this website that you agree to not copy, disseminate or otherwise use the data provided on this site without explicit permission of the ICE Futures and TradingCharts.com, Inc. Market data is provided for direct display in Internet browser of the end user only, and only in the format provided. Automated capture, reverse engineering, or other unintended use of pages or incorporated data is not permitted. These pages © TradingCharts.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Tradingcharts.com, Inc makes no claims concerning the validity of the information provided herein, and will not be held liable for any use thereof.
Market data is delayed at least 10 minutes. Access to this website and use of this market data is subject to the following: (a) Market data is for the recipients own personal use and may not be redistributed without permission of the Exchange, which may depend on execution of an agreement and payment of the applicable fee; (b) the Exchange and its licensors reserve all Intellectual Property Rights to market data; (c) the Exchange and TradingCharts disclaims all liability for market data and use thereof, and any and all losses, damages or claims arising from use of market data; (d) the Exchange and TradingCharts may suspend or terminate receipt of market data by any party if the Exchange or TradingCharts has reason to believe market data is being misused or misrepresented. It is also a condition of access to this website that you agree to not copy, disseminate, capture, reverse engineer or otherwise use information provided on this site for any other purpose except for the direct display in Internet browser of the end user only, and only in the format provided. These pages © TradingCharts.com, Inc.
Concerned about privacy? See TradingCharts' Privacy Statement


text:
Jean Pfefferkorn, a Howard County Public Library staff member, posted an online item about a week ago on seasonal affective disorder, which carries symptoms ranging from increased appetite to suicidal thoughts.
Dr. George Groman, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine's Howard County General Hospital, explained in another post that there's good and bad cholesterol — and the ideal number for the two combined is below 200 milligrams per deciliter.
Dr. David Monroe, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, posted an item last spring on the way synthetic marijuana, known by such names as Spice and Black Mamba, is sending teen users to the emergency room.
All three posts — and all three contributors — are part of a blog, Well & Wise, that was created in 2011 through a health-education partnership between Howard County General Hospital and the Howard County library.
Library and hospital officials say such partnerships are rare nationally, but the blog — hocowellandwise.org — is seen as a sensible collaboration considering that both institutions offer resources designed to serve the public's well-being.
"A lot of our health and education missions are aligned, and we thought it would make sense to try to work together and create some sort of vehicle to make it a consistent approach for the community," said Mary Catherine Cochran, the hospital's senior communications manager.
The partnership aims to combine resources to promote healthy lifestyles and wellness education.
"We thought that would be a good model for this county, because it is health- and wellness-conscious," Cochran said.
Lately, the county's collective focus on wellness has been on campaigns to reduce childhood obesity by choosing beverages with low sugar content. This month, Burleigh Manor Middle School hosted the launch of Howard County Unsweetened, a campaign orchestrated by the Columbia-based Horizon Foundation that seeks to curb obesity by helping youth and parents choose beverages with lower sugar content.
Students at Burleigh Manor celebrated the dumping of more than nine tons of white sand in the school's parking lot to represent the amount of sugar the school's students would consume if each drank a 12-ounce soda every day for a year.
Also in conjunction with the Horizon Foundation's efforts, County Executive Ken Ulman recently signed an order eliminating sugary drinks from being sold or dispensed or offered by county departments, or during county-sponsored events or meetings.
That topic is well known to those who post on the Well & Wise blog — many posts discuss childhood obesity and often note that soft drinks pose a health risk.
In June, Cochran submitted a post citing American Medical Association findings that sugar-sweetened beverages compose nearly half of Americans' sugar intake. The post also discussed potential links between high-calorie drinks and Type 2 diabetes.
"Making an impact on the health of our community is part of our vision," said a library spokeswoman, Christie Lassen. "Childhood obesity is a big focus for the community right now. This is a fairly active community right now, so we're continuing in that trend."
The partnership also includes classes, health screenings and lectures on health-related topics that vary from health concepts inspired by children's literature to discussions on preventing gingivitis in teens.
But the blog is the most visible component. Since its launch, it has averaged about 2,000 hits per month — highlighted by a spike of 4,200 hits in August when a post about drowning drew more than 2,000 alone.
Lassen said that while the partnership strives to be a model for other initiatives in the county, it does not promote any particular cause.
"It is not an advocacy [blog] or platform," said Lassen. "It's designed to educate people about the importance of good health and how they can go about achieving it."


text:
Milbrey Jane Riddle Finch died January 17, 2013
Milbrey Jane Riddle Finch the daughter of Hester Pryce Riddle and Almeda Fraye James Riddle was born in Miller, Arkansas on December 7, 1920 and passed away at her home in Greers Ferry, Arkansas on January 17, 2013 at the age of 92 years. Mrs. Finch was a lifetime resident of Greers Ferry, Arkansas. Her religious belief was Primitive Baptist. She was a homemaker and enjoyed making crafts, and she loved music, gardening and sewing. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Doyle who passed away in 1998 and three brothers John Lloyd Riddle, Clinton Riddle and C. C. Riddle. She is survived by two daughters Sherry Lynn Hunt and husband Ernie of Greers Ferry and Ermadean Towery and husband R. W. of Greers Ferry. Three grandchildren Matthew Clayton Hunt and wife Erin, Meredith Lynn Hicks and husband Darryl and Bruce Eric Towery and wife Margie, two great grandchildren Chad D. Towery and Chelsey N. Towery besides other relatives and many friends. Visitation Services were held on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Lone Star Baptist Church in Greers Ferry from 5:00 until 7:00 PM and Funeral Services were on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the church by Rev. Darvin Carlton. Pallbearers were Matthew Hunt, Ernie Hunt, Darryl Hicks, R. W. Towery, Bruce Towery and Chad Towery. Interment was in Shiloh Crossroads Cemetery by Family Funeral Service, 100 West Searcy Street, Heber Springs, AR 72543 501 362-2088. www.dwightfamilyfuneral.com


text:
Apple may have added a new field entitled unique_identifier to in-app purchases with a view to stopping the recent hack that has made it possible to bypass the in-app purchase process.
According to a developer who contacted MacRumors, the new field called "unique_identifer" appears to include the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) for the device making the In App Purchase. This could suggest that Apple may be looking to identify users and devices who are sharing their receipts with the Russian hacker to allow the method to function.
However, developers are saying that the new identifier won't do anything to prevent the hack, writes TheNextWeb. Developers will first have to update their apps to check the value; then a receipt validation with Apple's servers will be necessary to check against the unique_identifier.
Apple has confirmed that it is "investigating" the App Store hack and has already taken some action to stop it from working. The company has blocked the servers that were used to implement the bypass in the first place.
The hack lets iOS users trick the App Store into giving them in-app purchases for free, potentially costing app makers revenue and causing Apple a major headache.
What the in-app purchase hack means for app makers
Apple says it's investigating App Store hack


text:
Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# CH23848
Mfg# 6155
Be the First to Review
OPGI Price: $179.95
Part Type: (P) High Performance, designed to improve performance
Years: 1978-1987
Sold As: EACH
2018 El Camino Catalog Page: 190
Auto Meter's Cobalt series features a 10,000 rpm Shift-Lite tach and a variety of system gauges. These "full-sweep" electric modules utilize the latest in stepper motor technology and high-end sending units, ensuring incredible accuracy. Styled with black dial faces, anodized bezels, white numbering and blue accents, the gauges illuminate to a dazzling display of Cobalt blue light. Glowing red pointers provide clear contrast and visibility, ensuring easy read-outs at night. Guaranteed to give your ride an awesome, unique appearance.


text:
Send Results to This Email:
Street Address:
Street Address:
After taking heavy criticism during the budget season from Memphis City Council members, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is starting to take more criticism for the approved cuts that are rolling out first in the Memphis Fire Department.
And Wharton is responding, citing a 13.9 percent cut, excluding police, in the size of city government since he took office in late 2009.
"It's so asinine for folks to say all (the city) does is raise taxes," Wharton said on the WKNO-TV program "Behind The Headlines." The program can be seen on The Daily News Video page, video.memphisdailynews.com.
The closing of a North Memphis fire station and other changes in how fire services are dispersed are part of the budget plan to lose 300 city employees through attrition. The benefits for the city budget's bottom line are over two fiscal year beyond the current one that began July 1.
But all of the jobs that will be lost through employees deciding to retire and leave voluntarily without a buyout offer will be off the city payroll during the current fiscal year. They are spread across all city divisions.
Wharton insists they will not affect response times to fire calls or the level of service to Memphians.
"This is through attrition. This is through redeployment. This is through using different kinds of equipment," Wharton said on the program hosted by Eric Barnes, publisher of The Daily News. "We're going to keep the response time within acceptable standards. … People always think in terms of the fire department as being that place that has these big trucks that just run all day long putting out fires. Seventy percent of the calls are not for fires. They are for ambulance services."
Wharton originally proposed a $3.51 tax rate that included a 15-cent property tax hike beyond an extra 25 cents on the tax rate to generate the same amount of revenue the city got before the 2013 property reappraisal in which city property overall lost value.
Instead the council approved a $3.40 property tax rate with the same 25 cents toward a new certified rate but a smaller 5-cent tax hike.
And some on the council thought Wharton should have been more aggressive than simply offering different budget options to the body.
"We rode the $3.51 horse until it broke all four legs. I stuck with $3.51," Wharton said. "When you are running in a race and you see he has four broken legs, either you stand out there and get trampled or you jump on the next horse to come by."
Meanwhile, a key element in the city's plan to get its debt under control, a restructuring through refunding bonds approved by the council in June, has some problems.
Since the council approved the bonds, national financial conditions have changed and complicated the goal of the restructuring, which was to lessen the balloon note from pushing the debt further out.
Wharton said such municipal bonds haven't fared well as Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the government might be buying more as Bernanke contemplates an end to the quantitative easing policy of the Fed.
"We still may have a gap in the 2014 budget as a result of the fact that we won't be able to net what we want to net on this refinancing," Wharton said. "We may go through with it. But I don't think we will get anywhere near the $9 million we were expected to clear on it."
The result is Wharton will probably delay pulling the trigger on the restructuring to wait for better economic conditions.
"We may pull the trigger at some other time. … They haven't made that call yet," he said, referring to Bernanke and other national monetary advisers.
On another front, an overhaul of city benefits for employees and retirees will unfold on several levels, Wharton said.
The most obvious is probably from defined benefits to defined contributions for any future hires by the city.
"I can pretty much tell you that those who are hired in the future – they will be few and far between … but I can pretty well tell you they will not be going into a defined benefit program. That's an easy one to deal with," Wharton said.
More difficult are existing city employees with a distinction between those who are vested in the retirement plan and those who are not.
"You first have to deal with those employees who are vested. That's where your big number will be," he added. "Do you say, 'All right, you will keep your defined benefits but you will pay more?'" Or do you simply say, 'We'll just leave that alone and we'll deal with those employees who are not vested?'"
Copyright 1995 -
by The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. - All Rights Reserved


text:
Northern Virginia
Earth : North America : United States of America : South (United States of America) : Virginia : Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia is highly populated. Though much of it is considered a suburb of metropolitan Washington, D.C., there is a lot of civil war history throughout all of Virginia.
Other destinations
Northern Virginia has always been closely tied with the nation's capital. This part of the state benefits from the history and the cultural aspects of Washington D.C., featuring famous museums, cemeteries, and the home of the first president of the United States.
Much of the north-eastern corner of Virginia was farmland until the period immediately following World War II, when government employment increased and the population around Washington D.C. began to grow. The area experienced another explosion in growth due to tech industry jobs in the early 90s. Today it remains one of the fastest growing areas of the country.
While Northern Virginia continues to expand, the region ranges from crowded planned cities with excellent shopping to soccer-mom suburbia, from ethnic neighborhoods full of authentic restaurants to the upper-crust style of the Hunt Country.
Northern Virginians talk without a Southern accent, but you may experience Northern accents.
Get in
By plane
By car
By Boat
By train
Amtrak provides train service on a regular schedule between points north and Washington, DC's Union Station. Washington DC's mass transit (WMATA) provides service to Northern Virginia on the Blue, Yellow, and Orange lines.
From the south, Amtrak provides twice daily service from Newport News, Virginia with a last stop in Alexandria prior to arrival at Union Station.
Get around
Get out


text:
The astonishing digital photography below, is segment of Country Kitchen Lighting Design Ideas Pictures post which is grouped within kitchen lighting and posted at April 7, 2015.
Country Kitchen Lighting Design Ideas Pictures :
country kitchen lighting
whether it's time to renovate your alreadying existing kitchen area or to mount a brand new one, if your style often tends to the warm, welcoming, comfy as well as comfortable, you'll wish to discover the variety of alternatives for country kitchen style.
Nation kitchen style utilizes a concentrate on all-natural products as well as fine craftsmanship in an initiative to create a comfy as well as warm cooking area layout where visitors will really feel welcome and would like to spend plenty of time. Tables, cabinets and also chairs are often created from intricately sculpted timber, with cherry, maple, oak as well as yearn between one of the most common options. Pine obtains its own special factor to consider for country cooking area layouts; as a result of its distinctively knotty, rustic and natural look, it's especially well-suited for these cooking areas.
Here is imperative info on kitchen lighting. We have the finest substance for kitchen lighting. Check it out for yourself! You can acquire guide and view the latest Country Kitchen Lighting Design Ideas Pictures.
Back To Country Kitchen Lighting Design Ideas Pictures


text:
At the fall meeting of St. Joseph County School Board Association this week in Colon, members learned about several pertinent issues.
At the fall meeting of St. Joseph County School Board Association this week in Colon, members learned about several pertinent issues.
The topic of Homeland Security and how it relates to local school safety was presented by John Shuler, retired Michigan State Police trooper, and Scott Hopkins, St. Joseph County emergency manager.
Hopkins urged districts to create a schoolwide emergency action plan and if they have one, to update and practice it often at different times of days.
"What about your substitute teachers?" Hopkins said. "Are they aware of the procedures?"
He also recommended that all interior doors remain locked when classes are in session and suggested a single point of entry for the public.
"Make it difficult to get in," Hopkins said.
Board members also heard from Don Olendorf, a legislative liaison, who discussed issues in Lansing.
Legislators from both parties are resisting the Common Core Curriculum efforts because they view it as over federalization of education, Olendorf said.
Despite major budget restraints at the state level, Olendorf expects schools to see an increase in per-pupil funding next year.
That's because it's an election year, he said, not because money is available.
"The bank is tapped out," Olendorf said. "There's not a lot of money there."
Although St. Joseph County school districts might feel financially strapped, some districts in the state weren't able to make payroll, he said.
Olendorf discussed other issues, such as Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System, which is struggling; and the realization at the state level that charter schools were given loopholes that are turning out to be costly for the state.
On a more positive note, he said there are 1.5 million students in the state and "I remain convinced that no one is out to get us."
Also a the meeting, Barbara Marshall, superintendent of the St. Joseph County Intermediate School District, urged school board members to consider putting the countywide millage for the special education Headlee override on the ballot again. The money is significant and will benefit the entire county, she said. But she told the districts they need to promote the millage by educating community members.


text:
So WWGRD's comment in the MacLean thread about replacing his 22 goals got me thinking...who's out there for us to sign to fill out WBS? Tenatively, the roster looks like this (* denotes unsigned)
Forwards (9 signed)
Minard, Brent, Filewich, Caputi, Stone, Jeffrey, Letestu, Johnson, Wallace, James*, Smith*, Gove*
Defense (4 signed)
Goligoski, Bissonnette, Engelland, D'Aversa, Lannon*, Lovejoy*
Goalie (2)
Curry, Brown
Goalie is pretty much set. We'll probably have a few spots open at forward, as a few of those guys may make Pittsburgh, some may get sent down to Wheeling or juniors, or for James, Smith and Gove, possibly sign elsewhere. We should be looking to add some defenders, as Grant's no sure thing to make the team, D'Aversa's not a big minutes guy, and Lannon and Lovejoy may go elsewhere. Who are some players you'd like to see brought in on a two way deal, mostly ticketed for WBS? I'll throw a few out there.
Zenon Konopka
Bill Thomas
Doug Janik
Ryan Shannon
Mike Weaver
Discuss all...
EDIT: You can cross the Z-Man off that list, and I removed Grant, Veilleux, and Boogaard


text:
MichaelJakobsson needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Our goal is to find a professional skilled designer who we can work with to create the graphical profile for our brand and web shop. And design the pages of this web shop according to that graphical profile.
The contest will be focused around one page to show ideas you have for our look and feel and show off your skill. Then we will award a winner and keep working with to finish the design and the rest of the job.
This contest has an official price of $150 we have a budget of around $2000 to do the full job as described in full brief and the material it links to.
Ta kontroll över din hälsa
Desired Color Scheme:
warm friendly calm colours
Desired Style:
Read full brief
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
General guidelines for our web-design
• Create a design that you think is good, and you believe in and feel proud about. I'd rather have few well made, worked through designs, where there has been attention to detail than a lot of quickly put togeather draft-like entries.
It is hard to deside if a design shows real promise from looking at an early draft. I'm looking for that quality feeling where things fit well togeather, there is a good balance of not too much, not too little, design elements are styled in a nice professional way and there is a general theme of common feel that all parts fit into. Not just a bunch of different elements thrown togeather where for exmple different buttons look different in a random way.
And usually it is the nice little touches, shadows, fades, outlines, highlights, slight 3D effects and other effects that makes something turn from good to great. And I can't see that in a draft. For example a button in a UI is not usually just a flat oval with text in it. It has either some 3D volume to it or a border around it, or a waved highligt on it etc. Things like discreet paterns or faded images in the background like water-stamp effects or fades that are not linear or at 90 degree angle can sometimes give some life to a design without stealing too much attention from the contents.
It is ok if you want to ask me, what do you think of these colors, or here is an initial draft do you think it is good to keep working on, please do so and I'll give you a brief overview feedback. But in the end I expect the winner to be a carefully made well balanced good design. And if you start listening to my feedback too early you'll probably only come up with a design that is as good as my suggestions and that may be a limitation :)
If I do come with suggestions and requests for changes, please don't just do exactly as I say. I am not a great designer, think about it and bet back to me with why it is not a good idea, how we could achieve the same result in a different way, or do it but then think of how it effects the rest of the design and what else may have to be changed also to accomodate this addition or modification. I value a good dialogue so don't be afraid to explain your thoughts ask questions or give feedback on my ideas if they are not optimal.
• Try to make something that is easy to grasp for new visitors and dont feel too complex. Perhaps by grouping different elements that belong togeater using borders or common background colour or other visual indicators that direct the users focus avoiding to much cluttering or such things.
• Focus on intuitiveness and logical placement of design elements, so things are where customers expect and find it quickly and easily. I think most people read a page from top down and left to right. So they would start looking at header and main menu. Then to the left pane, there they should fins the tools to find the products they want. Products are shown in middle pane. They click on one to buy it and it ends up in shoping cart to the right where there is also information to proceed to checkout etc.
• Feel free to experiment with different ways to achieve a good design. I like nice colors and effects that makes parts stand out. It's ok if is a little flashy or web2.0-ish. But not too much, it's a balance between visually compelling, interesting to look at with nice colours and effects, and a usable design where colors and design elements help the user to see what is important and where to look and what parts go togeatern and not becomes too much so the information and contents is hidden by the beautiful graphics that draws all the attention. It should ideally feel kind of pure, clean and easy to look at without feeling confused but still look nice and sharp.
• Should be a warm and welcoming style rather than cold, harsh or technological. A big part of our target market are middle aged women and people who want to stay or get healthy, and not soo much athletes and bodybuilders etc. It is important however that we still give a serious and professional impression but with a friendly, healthy and caring image.
• Should be something that looks like a web page with UI-elements etc and not just a flat picture with a lot of different coloured shapes and text.
• The name of the company and web shop is "vitamera". And we will sell natural health supplements, diet supplements and other health products. The main focus will be on products from a Manufacturer called Holistic (http://www.holistic.se/produkter.html). We will start with only their products but will most likely add other popular brands and products over time.
• Tagline, the slogan or tagline for vitamera is – "Ta kontroll över din hälsa†which means â€Take control over your healthâ€. This is integrated with the logo, but if you feel it is right you can include it somwhere else as well.
• URL - The main address for the site will be at http://www.vitamera.se
• Our Goal is to establish a style that is part of our brand that we can keep working with. The bi-product of the web-design will be a total concept for the graphic profile for vitamera as a company. This contest will focus on one web-page and we'll take the rest outside of contest. But I think it is necessary to think about some aspects of the Graphic profile before and during creation of the web design and it would be nice to hear your input on how your thoughts go about your entry with regards to graphic profile.
Evaluation criteria
• Visual quality, looks good
• Understanding of what we want to achieve
• That there is a thought and reason behind the designs
• Explanation of graphic profile aspects, what different base olours are used that will sort of become part of the brand, what font styles will be used in different contexts etc.
• The ability to act as a consultant and guide us if we make bad or contradicting suggestions or have trouble choosing between different ways to do something.
• Easy to communicate and work with.
Design input and examples
Additional design info material can be found at http://www.vitamera.se/designinfo/
• Vitamera_Graphic_Profile.doc is some information about components of graphic profile and information about what we want the vitamera brand to reflect.
• store_layout_example.PNG explains the general structure and limitations of the web shop plattform.
• I also a picture or the final version our logo and some photos of a few of the products we will have.
The web shop product we use is created by the company BlueMist. You can see a preliminary version of the web shop with default design at http://www.bluemist.se/butiker/vitamera/
You can click around and navigate and even register as a customer and place orders if you want to get a feel for how it works. This is just a demo so no orders will be processed even if you get confirmation e-mail or whatever.
Some of the text on the demo site is available in english if you push the little English flag in the top of the left pane. You may use english or swedish text (and or dummy text) in your design suggestions
The page I'd like to focus on for the design contest is the one you see if you click the product group "Special Products and Herbs" http://www.bluemist.se/butiker/vita…bs-g8.html
This is not the main page o not hte main page or welcome page so it does not contain infrmation on vitamera as a company in it's middle section. It will contain general information common to all products in that category.
I don't recommend that you take much input from the way the vitamera demo looks, only the basic layout structure, that there is a top, left, right and middle section and what kind of elements are included. Main menu options should be as you see on this demo-site. It's a good idea to add some products to the shopping cart so you see what info is displayed there.


text: The Charlotte Checkers Hockey Teams annual Pooch Party was held on Sunday, March 10 and was presented by Lowe's. Lowe's graciously donated $500 to Project Halo, a no-kill dog shelter and beneficiary of the game. People took their dogs to the hockey game. For a video of the event, view here.


text:
OKANOGAN The Okanogan County Parks and Recreation Board, better known as the fair board, has announced two recommendations to fill its vacancies – Monica Rawson and Justin Wilson.
County commissioners plan to consider the recommendation next week before appointing the new members, board Clerk Lanie Johns said.
Board member Bill White said the fair board "would have liked to recommend all four candidates."
"They are all outstanding people and basically we just threw up coins so to speak and those two got the toss," he said.
"I'm really excited that we actually had several people submit their names for fair board. That tells me people are interested and excited about the county fair."
The other two residents to throw their hats in were Dave Yarnell and Shonta Wood.
"I'm sure the other candidates will still be there helping out as they already do and we appreciate every ounce of help they give us," White said.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.


text:
Thousands of mothers have had more than one child removed by the family courts over the last seven years, according to new research.
English court records show that 7,143 mothers were involved in repeat care cases - affecting 22,790 children in total.
Some women have apparently had 15 offspring taken away from them by judges.
The research, seen by the BBC, was carried out by Brunel and Manchester Universities and funded by the Nuffield Foundation. It is thought to be the first time such data has been compiled from legal records.
Half the women involved were aged 24 or under at the time of the first care application, with the youngest being 14.
The lead author of the study, Dr Karen Broadhurst, of the University of Manchester, told the BBC that babies were often removed at birth or soon afterwards.
"We know that in 70% of cases infants were subject to proceedings within the first year of their life, which obviously leaves the mother with very little time to turn her life around," she said.
"We think there is an average of 17 months between the first time a mum appears in court with an infant and the second time she appears in court with another infant.
"It suggests to us there's a very short interval between pregnancies, which gives mums very little time to engage in their own rehab."
Dr Broadhurst argued that the research demonstrated the need for family courts to change their approach, and focus on helping women change their behaviour.
"We also need to get better at ensuring those young parents can access the treatment that's recommended within the family court," she added.
Judges have long highlighted the danger that many mothers become stuck in a destructive cycle of pregnancies and care proceedings. Misuse of drink or drugs and abuse are common causes.
Nicholas Crichton, a recently retired family court judge, said: "The work of the family courts for years has been removing the second, the third, the fourth child from the same mother. Not infrequently the sixth, the seventh, the eighth.
"In one case I've removed the 14th and I know two judges that have removed the 15th child from the same mother."
Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.


text:
dentistry mangement
this is the reference of the book: practice management for the dental team" 8 edition
every thing should be from that book
Hi. I am Rachael and I would like to help on your project. I always go an extra mile to ensure: • Strict adherence to client instructions • Timely delivery of projects. • Plagiarism free paper with an accompan もっと
Greetings... I have done M.S and currently enrolled in PhD program. I am well versed with all parameters of research and academic writing. In addition, I have access of worlds' largest databases such as EBSCOhost, Oxfo もっと
I am MBA from the Middlesex University and worked five years as a research analyst in different multinational companies. In addition to that, I have written several Assignments, Essays, Thesis, Dissertations and Report もっと
Hi There, I am interested in your project. I am an experienced academic/content writer and am greatly looking forward to a successful collaboration soon. Best regards.


text:
- Inside Athletics
- Tickets
- Fan Zone
- Media Zone
- Social
- Shop
- Donate Now
The win keeps ETSU's conference record unblemished, as the Bucs move to 11-4, 5-0 in the A-Sun. Stetson dropped to 6-8, 3-3 with the loss.
In addition to the stellar play of Tiggs and Smith, red-shirt freshman Isiah Brown (
"The message at halftime was not to panic," commented head coach Murry Bartow. "I told the team to go out and win the second half by at least five (points), and to give up only 27 points in the final 20 minutes was huge. The fact of winning five of six road games before today is what helped us win this game. Both Adam and Isiah played extremely well for us, and stepped up when we needed a big play."
Stetson jumped all over the Bucs early on thanks to hot 3-point shooting, as the Hatters connected on three of their first four long range attempts and led 14-6 - forcing ETSU to call a timeout before the first media stoppage at the 14:38 mark. The Hatters would extend their lead to 10, 22-12, but Tiggs continued to single-handedly keep the Bucs in the game. Tiggs scored 13 of the first 17 ETSU points - including a fade-a-away one-handed floater and converted on the 3-point play - lowering the deficit to five, 22-17, with less than 10 minutes remaining in the half.
ETSU again pulled to within five (29-24), but Stetson nailed its seventh 3-pointer of the half to make it 34-24 with 5:18 on the clock. However, the Bucs came alive over the next four minutes, as ETSU took its first lead of the game when Tiggs' 3-pointer capped off a 12-1 run - giving the Bucs a 36-35 advantage. Unfortunately, the Hatters were bailed out right before the break, as A.J. Smith was fouled at the top of the key by Sollazzo with 3.2 seconds remaining and sank all three free throws to put Stetson ahead 40-36 at the break.
The Bucs shot 41.9 percent (13-31) from the field in the first half, compared to Stetson's 48 percent shooting clip (12-25). The Hatters connected on 7 of their first 13 three-point attempts, while ETSU was held 2 of 7. ETSU dominated Stetson on the glass (22-15) and the Bucs finished with seven assists, four blocks and five steals in the first 20 minutes.
ETSU came out on fire to start the second half, as the Bucs posted a 14-3 run to capture a 50-43 lead when senior Greg Hamlin (
After the Hatter run, the game became a slugfest as both teams couldn't pull away from one another.
Fortunately, for the Bucs, over the next six and half minutes they looked to build momentum by moving their margin up to six (65-59), following a Smith jumper at the 3:39 mark; however, A.J. Smith's third 3-pointer of the game pulled the Hatters to within three, 67-64, with 1:49 to play in the contest.
Then, with the Bucs leading 67-64 and coming out of a 30-second timeout, Sollazzo was double-teamed at midcourt, but found Hamlin open and he dished a pass across to Brown for an uncontested dunk with 49 seconds remaining. The slam solidified the game as Tiggs scored the last four Buccaneer points and ETSU walked away with its sixth road victory of the season.
Hamlin tied a career high with seven rebounds and was one point shy of tying a career high in points - finishing with eight points, three assists and two blocks. Senior Courtney Pigram (
As a team ETSU shot 44.8 percent (26-58) and outrebounded the Hatters, 44 to 31, including 16 offensive boards. The Bucs took full advantage of their 17 forced turnovers, by converting them into 25 points on the offensive end. Stetson was 21-of-55 from the field (38.2 percent) and 12-for-32 from beyond the arc (37.5 percent).
Garfield Blair led the Hatters with 22 points and Smith chipped in with 14.
The Bucs return to action on Monday night when they travel to
For more information on Buccaneer basketball, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


text:
Over 40 years of professional and creative photographic and graphic design/desktop publishing experience, including handling a wide range of corporate and editorial location and studio photographic assignments, graphics to illustrate presentations and both print and Web-based publications, logos and corporate identities and the creation of both speaker-support and self-running "kiosk" PowerPoint presentations, and Web-based HTML and Flash slideshows.
While the majority of my work has been done in the Northeast, U.S., I've also traveled to other parts of the U.S. and Canada, as well as overseas to Ireland and Italy. In recent years, urban and rural landscapes, nature and people have been my favorite photographic subjects.
Areas of Expertise
Commercial/Industrial photography including studio and location work, portaiture, photojournalism, nature, scenic, fine art. Also have experience in graphic design and desktop publishing work, and Web site design.
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP)
Washington Apple Pi


text:
Sorry! This item is unavailable.
But we found some similar items...
Coin Purse - Origami Folding Purse - Army Olive Green-Brown Camouflage
A handmade origami styled folding coin purse perfect for loose change in pockets and bags.
The finish is hand stitched for extra strength.
Due to the folding spiral shaped design opening the purse is easy to do by holding the flaps on two opposite sides and pulling away from each other.
Size: 7cm x 7cm x 7cm opened.
The pattern will vary as each purse is unique.
Item Code: P0006
Light green edging cotton colour.
These purses are family favourites. I used to buy Moroccan leather ones however my design uses stitching instead of glue and are therefore longer lasting. My brother who is a plumber finds them indispensable for keeping his radiator key from falling out of his pocket!
Using fabric also allows me to use a wide variety of colours and patterns to suit many tastes.
They are also washable.
Shipping & delivery
This item will be posted to you by ragamuffinstuff within 3 days of receiving payment.
|Shipping destination
|Additional items
|United Kingdom
Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Latvia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey
Returns Policy
You have 14 days, from receipt, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange an item.
Unless faulty, the following types of items are non-refundable: items that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements; items which deteriorate quickly (e.g. food), personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken.


text:
The faculty members of the German Studies Program are happy to discuss any of these possibilities with you and to help you with the application process. Please contact us regarding the program's deadlines.
Fulbright U.S. Student Programs
Fulbright U.S. Student Programs offer one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, or professional training in the arts.
Please also contact Professor Greg Adams (firstname.lastname@example.com) the Bucknell University Campus Fulbright Adviser, for campus deadlines and more information about the application process.
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
Study Scholarships are awarded to highly qualified graduating seniors and graduate students of all disciplines to provide the opportunity to study in Germany, or complete a postgraduate or Master's degree course and obtain a degree from a German higher education institution.
Application Deadline: November 15 for the following academic year
The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals is a scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange. It is designed to give participants understanding for everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany and the United States. In the US the program is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961. In Germany the program is funded through the Administration of the Bundestag.
It is intended primarily for young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields. 75 Americans and 100 Germans participate in the program each year. For American participants, the 12-month program begins in late July, and consists of 2 months intensive German, 4 months classroom instruction at a German University of Applied Sciences, 5 months internship in career field.
Application Deadline: December 1 for the following academic year.
Bundestag Internship Program
Bundestag Internship Program is an IPP program offering a six months long internship in the office of a German parlamentarian. The program hosts grantees from the US, France and over 13 CEE countries. It is organized by Humboldt University, Free University and Technical University and sponsored by the German Lower House of Parliament, the Bundestag. It gives politically interested college/university graduates the chance to get acquainted with Germany's parliamentary system of government. The program runs from March 1st to July 31st. Interns are enrolled in Humboldt University for the spring semester.
Application Deadline: Applications must be submitted in May for the spring semester the following year. Exact dates are available from Akademisches Auslandsamt, Humboldt University.
RISE – Research Internships in Science and Engineering
RISE – Research Internships in Science and Engineering gives students in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology and Physics the chance to spend a summer working with German doctoral students on serious research projects. The doctoral students help integrate the undergraduate directly into the lab work and serve as personal and professional mentors. All participants receive stipends from DAAD to help cover living expenses, and the partner universities and research institutions provide housing assistance.
Application Deadline: February 1 for the following summer.
Carl Duisberg Society
Carl Duisberg provides practical training opportunities in Germany for American students and recent graduates and non U.S. citizens enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university. Paid placements are available in business, finance, technical, and engineering fields for usually 6 (enrolled students) to 12 months (extension possible up to a total of 18 months for graduates). Programs start individually at the beginning of each month. Apply approximately 5 months prior to your desired start date. A limited number of stipends for one-month language courses is available if you qualify.
Extra: a limited number of stipends for one-month language courses is available for qualified candidates.
Application Deadline: rolling, approx. 5 months before desired start date of internship
Summer Internship Program
Summer Internship Program provides training opportunities in Germany for students enrolled in US colleges and universities. Paid placements are available in business/finance, hotel management / tourism, computer science, and engineering fields.
Extra: a limited number of stipends for one-month language courses are available for students who require additional language training.
Program dates: June – August
Application Deadline: December 15 for the following summer.
GACC (German American Chamber of Commerce)
The German American Chamber of Commerce provides up-to-date information about the Chamber's activities in America. Representing all sectors of industry and commerce, the Chamber promotes business development opportunities for business firms and individuals in both, the United States and Germany.
American Chamber of Commerce
Émigré Memorial German Internship Program<
The Émigré Memorial German Internship Programs is a scholarship program that provides American students and young professionals (graduated within a year of the start of the program), and Canadian students the opportunity to intern at the Landtage - German State Parliaments. This is a great opportunity for individuals hoping to pursue careers at a regional level of government in the US or Canada, or who are interested in specific policy issues such as the environment, education and/or healthcare. Participants on the program gain practical work experience with a state parliament, utilize their German skills and experience German culture firsthand. For students interested in interning at the federal level, please visit the website for the Émigré Memorial German Internship Program - Bundestag administered by the DAAD.
The EMGIP program runs three times a year - fall, spring and early summer - for one to three months, depending on elections, holiday schedules and state offices' preferences. While participants have some flexibility as to when they would like to do their internships, late summer and the winter holiday season are not feasible.
EMGIP candidates must be able to fully communicate in German and should be majoring or have majored in fields that relate to the work of German Landtage. Examples include international relations, public administration, political science, law, economics, European Studies or German with a minor in any of the aforementioned fields. A committee consisting of university professors and alumni of the program will review the applications. The highest-ranking applicants will receive €500/month, which will help offset the cost of room and board throughout the duration of the internship program.
There is no application fee to this program. Candidates who are accepted will be required to pay a $300 administration fee.
Duration: one to three months


text:
Options traders have not been this bullish in seven years about Kellogg Co., but speculation is currently increasing that Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett are going to make the company an offer.
Last month alone options volume jumped tremendously, and bullish contracts have not been this high since 2007 in relation to bearish ones, according to information and data that was compiled by Bloomberg. Among the 10 options that had the highest ownership, seven of them were bullish. Kellogg shares have climbed 18% since the beginning of February as traders are betting that the creator of Pop Tarts and Cornflakes is going to be acquired.
Buffett mentioned to shareholders this month that Berkshire Hathaway is going to look for another large takeover with 3G Capital, the same company that he teamed up with last year when acquiring H.J. Heinz Co., the ketchup maker. According to Edward Jones & Co's Brian Yarbrough, Kellogg is an excellent candidate for an Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway takeover.
"The reason there would be interest for Buffett is that it's a basic business," said the analyst, Yarbrough, who covers the consumer stocks for Edward Jones, in an interview over the phone. "It's a very consistent business. It's decent in bad times, it's decent in good times. It generates a lot of cash flow, and they like that."
Simple to Understand Businesses
Just recently, earlier this month, Buffett said that he is on the lookout for purchases in order to put the $48.9 billion of Berkshire Hathaway's cash to work. He also mentioned that he would gladly welcome more deals with 3G. The 83-year-old Buffett has mentioned over the years that he prefers simple businesses that are easy to understand and that have consistent earnings and good returns on equity.
A Kellogg spokeswoman, Kris Charles, said the company does not make any commentary on stock activity. Buffett chose not to return a message left with his assistant about making a comment.
According to three-month data compiled by Bloomberg, put options protecting against a decline of 10% in Kellogg shares actually cost 0.95 points more than call options that are betting on a gain of 10%. Last week, the price relationship reached 0.27, which is the lowest level since May 2007.
At this time, traders currently own more bullish options as opposed to bearish options of Kellogg. The amount of outstanding calls has more than doubled since the end of March to reach 64,450 contracts on May 9. You can compare that with a 62% increase to 40,494 for puts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The CBOE volatility index, which gauges S&P 500 options prices known as the VIX, dropped by 5.3% today to hit 12.23, which is the lowest level since January of this year. The European counterpart called the VStoxx, also slipped by 2.5% to 16.25.
Warren Buffett Deals
Along with General Mills and Kraft Foods Group, Kellogg could very well match the criteria that Buffett specifically targets when and he is evaluating a potential acquisition, according to data that was compiled by Bloomberg. The companies are all valued by over $20 billion before debt and require a takeover premium. Kellogg is currently valued at $24.6 billion.
It is unlikely that Kraft will offer 3G and Berkshire Hathaway the presence that both companies found appealing with Heinz, since most of its revenue comes from North America, said Yarbrough. As far General Mills goes, there is more speculation of Nestlé SA making a bid, which it already has a joint venture with, said Yarbrough.
As a way to counter the drop in sales of cereal as consumers begin looking for more protein laden breakfasts, Kellogg plans to invest money to educate buyers to teach them about the protein already present in cereal and milk, said John Bryant, CEO, in a May 1 conference call. This past November, he started a four-year plan that is designed to save the company $475 million each year by 2018.
Not Consistent
While the company's new strategy is definitely a step in the right direction, Kellogg does continue to face challenges, according to a BMO Capital Markets Corp. analyst named Kenneth Zaslow.
The company's "execution, including innovation, has been far from consistent," wrote Zaslow in a note on may second. His current stock rating is market perform, which is very similar to neutral. "Reenergizing the cereal category may prove more challenging in light of the potential breakfast substitutes."
The entire food industry is seeing quite a few acquisitions. Hillshire Brands Co., the sausage maker, said that it is going to buy Pinnacle Foods Inc. for roughly $4.3 billion. This offer is roughly 20% higher than the previous closing price of Pinnacle.
In 2013, Kellogg's profit margin was 12%. This beat the 9.5% of the S&P 500 companies, according to Bloomberg data.
"This is a cash cow kind of company," said Christopher Rich, the head options strategist at Jones Trading Institutional Services LLC based out of Chicago. "Berkshire looks in this direction for cash cow kind of companies they understand and they think they can grow."


text:
Exhibits and more...
AftermodernisM: Works on Paper
The next in the series that began in June focusing on a group of five contemporary artists, continues with an exploration of the drawing skills and innovations of an even greater number of artists, including those whose work was seen in the summer exhibition. Through Feb. 23. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
David Jacobs: Sight and Sound
An original exhibition of selected works from the prolific career of contemporary artist David Jacobs. Multiple aspects of his artistic sensibilities are conveyed through the sculpture on view, which date from 1959 to 1987. Opens Feb. 4, through April 27. Hofstra University's Emily Lowe Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Land of the Rising Sun: Art of Japan
An original exhibition highlighting Japanese works, from Hofstra University Museum's permanent collections, spanning the 16th through 20th centuries. Works include woodblock prints, hand-painted scrolls, and wood carvings with a focus on artistic traditions of various eras of Japanese culture. Through Feb. 2. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Ninth Floor, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Off the Wall: Sculpture From the Permanent Collection
An exhibition of the Heckscher' sculptural holdings, providing a broad overview of sculptural practice in America. Representational and abstract works created throughout the 19th and 20th centuries are on view, including portraiture, allegory, nationalistic themes, anecdotal figures from daily life, and decorative work in traditional mediums. Through March 16. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Peter Max
An in-depth exhibit of works by the famed Pop artist that juxtaposes his mostly black-and-white drawings on paper against many of his larger and more color-saturated works, in a variety of media. Through Feb. 23. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Poor Art Student 10!
A showcase of the work of current art majors at Molloy College. Exhibit includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints and ceramics. Through Feb. 13. Molloy College, Public Square Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre 323-3196 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See "Prisoners," a crime thriller about father trying to find his missing daughter, with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, Friday, Jan. 31, 2:30 p.m.; also "Runner, Runner," the action adventure about a Princeton graduate student recruited into the fast-paced world of online gambling, with Ben Affleck, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See "Jobs," the bio-pic based on the life of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Friday, Jan. 31, 1 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 3, 6:45 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Hollywood Dances
View film footage of musical dance segments, hosted by Bernard Malamud, Friday, Jan. 31, 1 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Film Time
Watch "Barbara," the Cold War thriller set in 1980 East Germany about a doctor banished to a rural hospital as punishment for applying for an exit visa, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Art Talk
Examine "Duccio and the Trecento School in Sienna," with art historian Ines Powell, Thursday, Feb. 6, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Matinee
Watch "Lee Daniel's The Butler," the story of a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


text:
Cart is empty
A dramatic fresh looking, clump-forming evergreen Phormium that will brighten your garden. Striking upright yellow leaves with green variegated stripes toward the edges, seldom produces flowers.
Grows best in well-drained soil in full sun. May need protection in more northerly areas.
Eventual Height (?)What does this mean?
Eventual Height
You can expect the plant to somewhere within this estimate. It is given as a guide but can vary dependant on several factors such as soil quality and position. 3m - 4m
- Flower Colour (?)What does this mean?
Flower Colour
Flowers come in a vast variety of colours from pure white to almost black. Colour can be affected by a number of factors including environment and diet. Use the photographs as a guide but expect variations.Red
Eventual Spread (?)What does this mean?
Eventual Spread
You can expect the plant to spread somewhere within this range estimate. It is given as a guide but can vary dependant on several factors such as soil quality and position. 2m - 2.5m
Flowering Time (?)What does this mean?
Flowering Time
A plants development is synchronised with the changing seasons and flowering is one of several changes that occur at the appropriate time of year dependent on the specific plant. While our meteorological seasons are defined by specific dates; there can be two or the weeks difference in the start and end of the horticultural 'season' between the north and south of the UK. Summer
Foliage (?)What does this mean?
Plants that have leaves all year round are classified as evergreen. They can however lose leaves sporadically throughout the year.
Deciduous plants drop their leaves in autumn, look bare in winter and put out new leaves again in spring. Some plants such a Beech retain their dead leaves until the new spring growth.
There are exceptions, some plant drop their leaves in cold winters but keep them if it is mild. These are classified as Semi-evergreen.
- Position (?)What does this mean?
Full Sun
Six or more full hours of direct sunlight but don't forget to water.
Partial Shade
Two or three hours either in early morning or late evening sun. Very limited exposure to midday sun.
Dense Shade
Usually no more than two hours direct sunlight. Usually under dense trees, shurbs or in shade cast by buildings/fences etc.Full sun, Partial shade
- Growth Rate Average
- Soil pH (?)What does this mean?
Soil with a pH between 1 and 7 is classed as acid, ericaceous plants such as Rhododendrons need acid soil.
A neutral pH which is around 7, will be suitable for most plants. Clay soils tend to be neutral.
Soil with a pH between 7 and 14 are refereed to as Alkaline. Chalky soil is usually Alkaline. Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
Hardiness (?)What does this mean?
Fully Hardy
Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (to -15)
Half Hardy
Hardy throughout most of the UK (to -10)
Frost Hardy
Hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of UK (to -5) Frost Hardy
- Soil Type (?)What does this mean?
Chalky or lime-rich soils may be light or heavy, largely made up of calcium carbonate and are very alkaline.
Clay soils are potentially fertile and hold a high proportion of water. They drain slowly and take longer to warm up in spring.
Loam soils are s mixture of clay, sand and silt that avoid the extremes of clay or sandy soils. Fertile, well-drained and easily worked.
Sandy soils have a low clay content, drain quickly, easy to cultivate and work. They can dry out quickly and are low in plant nutrients. Often very acidic.Loam, Sand
- Fragranced No
- Soil Moisture (?)What does this mean?
Well Drained
Well-drained soil allows water to percolate through reasonably quickly without pooling. Well drained soil can often be dry and lack nutrients.
Poorly Drained
Poorly Drained soil is usually saturated periodically during the growing season and remains wet for several days at a time. Saturated soil can deprive roots of oxygen.
Moist Well Drained
A moist well drained soil is the best of both worlds by combining high permeability with the ability to retain moisture. Adding well rotted organic matter to dry or wet soil will help improve both these characteristics.Moist Well-drained, Well-drained
Buying Bamboo & Grasses from Jacksons Nurseries
At Jacksons Nurseries we sell the majority of our stock all year round. Our stock is for the most part grown outdoors making it far hardier than those grown under glass and/or only sold 'In Season'. With Bamboo and Grasses the leaves can differ in quality dependent on the time of the year and whether they are in their growth phase. We protect less hardy species during the winter but other plants grown out doors may have some wind damage. This is in no way detrimental to the plant and will grow out naturally in spring.
Phormium 'Yellow Wave' (4/5L)
A dramatic fresh looking, clump-forming evergreen Phormium that will brighten your garden. Striking upright yellow leaves with green variegated stripes toward the edges, seldom produces flowers.
Grows best in well-drained soil in full sun. May need protection in more northerly areas.
- Red
- Full sun
- Partial shade
- Moist Well-drained
- Well-drained
- Acid
- Neutral
- Alkaline
- Loam
- Sand
Ornamental grasses can provide calming, delicate accompaniments to colourful flowering plants, or they can be the focus of design instead. There are types available for every garden setup, soil type and position, and will provide colour, coverage, contrast and structure wherever they are planted.
Planting and Conditions
Grasses from colder climates such as Deschampsia, Festuca, Helctotrichon and Stipa grow in late winter and flower before mid-summer. To get the best establishment, they should be planted in the autumn.
Grasses from warmer climates such as Miscanthus, Panicum, Pennisetum and Spartina grow in late spring, flower after mid-summer and are best cut back in late winter. Plan them in late spring, and they will be best established.
Grasses also make good container specimens, and will prosper in loamy soil.
Ideally, the planting areas for grasses should be prepared in the autumn months. Till the soil deeply, and work in ample organic matter. Ornamental grasses do not require large amounts of fertiliser.
Aftercare and Pruning
The foliage on deciduous grasses can be left until February. They turn brown rather than lose their leaves, and so should be pruned to ground level later in the season. The severity of pruning required can vary from variety to variety, so care should be taken so that you don't harm the plant.
Evergreen grasses can be trimmed in spring. Remove brown tips and cut back dead leaves that usually collect around the base of the plant.
Care for your grasses by using mulch and watering them regularly. Otherwise, they are a fairy low maintenance addition to the garden.
Potential Issues
Nothing really bothers most ornamental grasses. Rabbits and voles may occasionally be an issue, but they can easily be controlled using fencing and, if needs must, animal repellents.
You might also like:
Subscribe to our newsletter for special deals and exclusive offers Sign Up Now