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Fuel price will blow the roof off…Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fire trucks and concrete mixers, semis, heavy-duty pickups and all trucks in between will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and emissions of heat-trapping gases under new efficiency standards announced Tuesday by President Barack Obama. The White House said the standards will save businesses billions of dollars in fuel costs, help reduce oil consumption and cut air pollution. The standards apply to vehicle model years 2014 to 2018. The new targets affect three categories of vehicles. Big rigs or semis will have to slash fuel consumption and production of heat-trapping gases by up to 23 percent. Gasoline-powered heavy-duty pickups and vans will have to cut consumption by 10 percent, or by 15 percent if the vehicles run on diesel fuel. The standards also prescribe a 9 percent reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for work trucks, which include everything from fire trucks and concrete mixers to garbage trucks and buses. In a statement, Obama said the new standards had the support of companies that build, buy and drive medium and heavy-duty trucks. The president had planned to unveil the standards at a trucking business in Virginia, a state crucial to his re-election hopes, but the White House canceled the trip Tuesday morning without explanation. Instead, the president he met privately at the White House with industry officials to discuss the initiative. The White House projected savings of 530 million barrels of oil and $50 billion in fuel costs over the expected lives of the vehicles covered by the new standards, along with improved air quality and public health. The administration released no miles-per-gallon equivalent for the new standards, saying that doing so would be confusing given the different categories of vehicles, the different types of vehicles in each category and the varying payloads that each one carries. Officials did stress that the costs of making the trucks more fuel-efficient – ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars per vehicle – will be recouped through reduced fuel costs over the lifetime of the vehicles. It's the second round of fuel efficiency standards in the past month. Last month, Obama announced a deal with automakers to double overall fuel economy to 54.5 mpg by 2025, starting in model year 2017. Cars and light trucks now on the road average 27 mpg. That followed a 2009 deal committing cars and trucks to averaging 35.5 mpg by model year 2016. (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
The above story is a lie, as a former Trucker I will tell you that the methods needed to reclaim waste gasses will reduce horse power and increase the cost of transporting goods…once the cost goes up they never come down..JolietJake.
Obama is like a sheet of toliet paper.
10 thing obama won't say:
1. It's not Bush's fault. I've been your President for almost two years. If you want to be angry at someone, I'm your man.
2. I was wrong. I took your money, billions of dollars of it. And you don't have the jobs to show for it. Nothing was shovel-ready, and unemployment is well over 8%. My approach didn't work, and I'm changing course to make things right.
3. They're not isolated extremists or man-caused disasters. They're violent, lethal terrorists who want to kill Americans and destroy everything we stand for. When it comes to defeating terrorism, all options are on the table.
4. America is exceptional in a way that no other country is. We have proudly been the leader in protecting liberty around the world, and I'm honored to be Commander-in-Chief of this "one nation under God."
5. It's time to repeal and replace. It's clear that Americans want health care reform. It's also clear that you don't want the law we've built. I respect the will of the people, and I'm ready to go back to the drawing board.
6. Throwing the word 'racist' around is irresponsible. It's a serious word with serious implications that should be reserved for legitimate cases. Media, that doesn't include labeling everyone who disagrees with me a racist.
7. People have been taxed enough already. That includes joint filers earning $250,000 or more a year. It also includes individuals earning $200,000 or more a year, some of whom likely worked many eighteen-hour days making practically nothing to get where they are today. It's time to put your money back in your hands. That's why I'm extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone.
8. There's nothing unclear about the word 'illegal.' To condone illegal immigration is to condone breaking the law. I stand with Governor Brewer.
9. Peace through strength is the only answer. The world is a safer place when America is strong. It is my number-one priority to keep her that way.
10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. It's time for the federal government to take a step back, perform the jobs it is constitutionally meant to do, and get the heck out of your way. Your Constitution is like toilet paper, tear it apart piece by piece soon you don't have enough to wipe your ass effectively.
Voters In Will county
When you go to the polls today think of all the taxes that have been levied on your pockets in the last 4 years, stop and think if you re-elect the same people back into office will the situation change under their management of the city and county of Joliet and Will County.
I cast my vote today and I voted to oust the current regime and voted for change, I want jobs for the area, "not" more taxes by a pick-pocket elected board(s) I was and am tired of paying for the screws-up, only to be asked to fix the problem with more of my tax dollars when they have wasted so much of our tax dollars in the past.
So vote today for tomorrow your pocket my be picked clean.
: Will Hearsay Evidence Seal His Fate … Drew Peterson Murder Case
JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois judge has ruled that prosecutors can introduce statements made by former police officer's Drew Peterson's now-deceased ex-wife at his trial.
Will County Judge Stephen White ruled against Peterson's attorneys Friday in their attempt to get the state's so-called "hearsay" law declared unconstitutional. He also denied a request by the former Bolingbrook officer's attorneys to have the trial moved.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. He is also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. He has denied wrongdoing.
State's Attorney James Glasgow has said the hearsay law would allow Savio to "testify from the grave."
What others are saying on the net:
I was just wondering Drew Peterson, how it feels to be defeated at every turn? It must feel pretty bad, right? On Friday Judge Stephen White heard the motions put forth by one of Peterson's attorneys Andrew Abood, and denied them both!
The former Sgt. in the Bolingbrook Police Force has been charged with first-degree murder and is awaiting the start of a trial in the Joliet prison system. Judge Stephen White did uphold the fact that it is constitutional for Stacy Peterson's words to family, friends, and to a pastor to be admitted into the trial. Stacy Peterson is Drew Peterson's fourth wife and is currently missing. The judge further went on to deny the motion that was also brought to say the Drew Peterson could not get a fair and impartial trial in the city of Joliet and the county of Will. The judge felt that there was no reason why he could not get a fair trial in the county/and city. In fact some time ago the judge took approx. 240 potential jurors and put forth official court orders for these people to not view or listen to any reports that involved Drew Peterson or the Drew Peterson case.
Mr. Joel Brodsky, Peterson's other attorney feels a bit disappointed as he says a lawyer cannot defend against the hearsay rule. He further explained that a lwayer cannot refute, or rebut the words nor can he cross-examine the words for motive or bias. Read More…
Sheriff Reports 10,000 at New Lenox/Joliet Rally
From our Friends The Tea Party Express
Breaking news from New Lenox/Joliet… the sheriff's office is reporting to us that the crowd estimate for the rally here is 10,000+ and they are shutting down a portion of Interstate 80 for traffic control do to the massive influx of people.
I was there and the crowd was awesome, we need to stand up and be counted.
Local officials against swine flu ?
Joliet-area officials struggle to warn area residents about the health scare without stirring widespread panic due to political correctness.
Joliet Illinois schools in Will County school districts spent Monday not notifying parents about the potential risks in the area that has Mexican illegals with strong links to the country where the virus originated, Jumping the border is the cause for Illinois infections, the virus has infected at least 48 people in five U.S. states, none of them fatally as of yet.
A major concern has resonated but lack of officials concern has cause me to worry, why not advised parents to monitor their children's health, With 45 percent of the Joliet Illinois school's having 25,000 students either Mexican illegals or Mexican born Americans, teachers should be asking parents if their families have traveled to Mexico recently.
local officials have down played the severity trying not to cause fear, Despite the fact that several reports have indicated that U.S. swine flu patients had recently traveled to Mexico,
local officials and school leaders have chosen to ignore that, we're doing nothing to stop them from coming across the border.
Let them hold a Cinco de Mayo parade in Joliet and all around Illinois communities, we have no right to good health as it seems to me and it would be par for the course . It seems again they have put party politics ahead of the welfare of the very people they are paid so generously to represent, If we have a swine flu pandemic in America, the Politicians are entitled to a great deal of the blame.. Cheap labor and Germ warfare great way to get rid of us unemployed American voters that Elected these pieces of crap.
lately 23 states are now experiencing cases of Chagas a South American disease causing heart failure, intestinal problems and ultimately death but that's OK right?…. lets do nothing, lets be politically correct and sensitive to people that have no caring for our well being.
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Da little politician cry's foul
Dean Tomich, who donated $500, regularly asks (and receives) zoning variances for projects he develops within the city limits. Churnovic reimbursed himself many hundreds of dollars for meals, airplane tickets, and hotel rooms. One reimbursement for $480
Dax Young – Crest Hill Resident
From the herald Spew News by BOB OKON email@example.com The date of the candidates' forum, the location of the forum and the format for the forum were fodder for a lengthy and emotion-filled discussion during the council's workshop session Monday.
Sam Chellino, president of Crest Hill Community Television, expressed indignation at being called "crooked" at a previous council meeting.
Alderman Charles Convery accused the TV group of trying "to play God" by exerting too much control over the forum.
And Alderwoman Tina Oberlin voiced concern that someone might use their five minutes on TV to "go on a vile rant."
"If someone wants to take their five minutes and blast their opponent, that's their decision," offered Alderman Ray Soliman, a candidate for mayor. He added that he would not do that.
As the debate dragged on for nearly an hour, Mayor Nick Churnovic asked, "Who wants the candidates' forum at this point?"
But then he concluded, "If anybody wants to show up, they can show up. If anyone doesn't want to show up, they don't have to show up."
"I'm not doing it — not with their format," Alderwoman Brenda Lelis said.
Alderman John Vershay eased the tension at one point with a tongue-in-cheek defense of the five-minute format.
"You have to sell yourself to the people. What's the big commotion? It's a salesman's job. Who's got the biggest line of B.S.? And, here I am," Vershay said, rising to his feet and raising his voice. "I've got it."
Allied Waste Contributed $500 to Churnovic – Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:31:15 GMT
Considering the $5 million contract the city approved this week, I think this has to be something the mayor should address.
Mr. Mayor, how is this not pay-to-play when there was no bidding on the contract?
(I guess I am a mudslinger says: JolietJake as well as anybody with an opinion is, LOL.)


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Workshop Brewing Co Anniversary Pig Roast Feast
Pete Kirkwood and the crew at Workshop Brewing Co. are gearing up to celebrate their 1st anniversary this Saturday, August 8th with a pig roast and music from the James Cornelison Band.
Pete Kirkwood and the crew at Workshop Brewing Co. are gearing up to celebrate their 1st anniversary this Saturday, August 8th with a pig roast and music from the James Cornelison Band.
eatdrinkTC editor Andrew McFarlane has been hard at work helping to build the new City of Riesling event this weekend (July 26-28), and today we have a very special guest post today from the Guest of Honor for this weekend's festivities, wine writer & global Riesling champion Mr. Stuart Pigott. Stuart began writing about wine in his early twenties as a student in London. He has been the wine columnist of the Sunday Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany's equivalent of The New York Times for over a decade and is the author of BEST WHITE WINE ON EARTH: The Riesling Story which has taken him to every corner of "Planet Riesling" including the Leelanau & Old Mission Peninsulas.
This year Chateau Grand Traverse celebrates their 40th Anniversary, and we're happy that CGT has allowed us to share this feature for a "Throw Back Thursday" about one of our area's wine pioneers as anticipation builds for the first City of Riesling next weekend (July 27-29, 2014).
"When I founded Chateau Grand Traverse in 1974, I knew that my determination to produce world-class Riesling wines in northern Michigan would create controversy, draw cynics, and ultimately revolutionize the Michigan wine industry."
~EDWARD O'KEEFE JR., Founder
by Tricia Phelps
Since 1978 when founder Edward O'Keefe harvested his first commercial crop, the number of vineyards in the region has grown exponentially. Grape cultivation and wine production has developed an entire industry that was nearly nonexistent in the area forty years ago. Today, over thirty wineries exist between the Leelanau & Old Mission Peninsulas and the wines they produce are starting to gain recognition worldwide.
Gather your family and friends, put on an apron, grab a mallet and prepare to dine on a whole Maine Lobster at Bowers Harbor Vineyards first annual Family Style Lobster Boil on Saturday, July 19th at 7 PM in the vineyard.
Green Cuisine is an annual event that takes place next Wednesday (July 16) from 5-8 PM at Food For Thought near Empire. The annual event offers a chance to meet and sample the works of local food and beverage artisans, tour Food For Thought's organic farm and green buildings and socialize, learn and have fun in a beautiful setting. They also have a "green lifestyles" tent where you can learn about other green local products and services.
Global Riesling champion Stuart Pigott says, "Riesling's range goes from bone dry to honey sweet, from feather light to tongue heavy and every single gradation and combination of those things. No other grape variety can do that."
As the author of the Best White Wine on Earth: The Riesling Story, Mr. Pigott ought to know. Stuart has spent years traversing what he calls "Planet Riesling" in search of the essence and spirit of this remarkable grape. He will bring his book and his insight to Traverse City July 26-28, 2014 as the featured guest for the inaugural City of Riesling. City of Riesling will be a multi-faceted exploration of this diverse and exciting wine set in one of the hot new Riesling regions. Read more →
Brengman Brothers invites you to their annual summer tasting of wines from the new and recently bottled vintages this Saturday, July 5 from 11-7.
The Raw Juice Company opens their doors on the new shared space with The Parlor – Traverse City at 205 Lake Ave (the old Loading Dock) this Thursday July 3rd at 7pm.
Left Foot Charley invites you to their pre-fireworks event featuring some BBQ, Jambalaya, Maxbauer's hot dogs along with live music by Don Julin and Billy Strings!
BBQ grill is firing up at 5pm and music starts at 6:30 – click below for more from Facebook.
The 88th annual National Cherry Festival kicks off next weekend with the Blue Angels and three food events at the Hagerty Center right on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay. Read on for all the details!

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Once you make the decision to include your dog in your wedding, we take care of everything involved so that you don't have to worry about a thing! We know that typically everyone in the wedding party has a bouquet/corsage or boutonniere so we reached out to our amazingly talented friend Gayle with Florist Fire to see if we could make this a possibility for our client's furry wedding guests as well. The results were even better than we imagined!
We are very excited to announce that a fresh flower arrangement of your choice has been added to our FairyTail Wedding Package! The boutonniere is safely pinned to our tuxedo bandanna and the corsage is tied on with ribbon. It can also be safely pinned to a collar or our Maid of Honor bandanna.
As dog lovers, we all know how important it is to include our furry best friends in our special day and with this new addition to our package your pup will absolutely be dressed to impress. A big thanks to Regina as The Photographer for helping us capture what a difference this small detail can make! & Of course the biggest thank you of all goes to our exceptional models, Rowdie and Enzo! Please enjoy some of the shots from our flower collar photo shoot!


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The House Intelligence Committee is potentially expanding the scope of its probe into Russian activities in the U.S. elections to include allegations that ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn spoke about sanctions with a Russian official late last year.
The statement from a spokesman for Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) suggests that the House is now open to investigating the full scope of the allegations swirling around the Trump team and Russia rather than focused squarely on how such charges ended up in the news media in recent weeks.
"The committee is not preemptively excluding any topics or individuals from our inquiry, and we expect that the investigation will lead us to interview current and former U.S. officials," Nunes spokesman Jack Langer said in a statement late Thursday.
The statement echoes comments earlier in the day from the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.).
Leaders on the committee, Schiff said, agreed only in the last 24 hours "to investigate any relevant allegations, including those involving Michael Flynn."
"I think we are on the same page with what the Senate is interested in," he said.
House Democrats are concerned that their Republican colleagues are not following the bipartisan — at least for now — model being set by their Senate counterparts in vowing to fully and aggressively investigate both the idea that Russia sought to interfere in the election, and more recent reports that Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the United States in December, before Trump was inaugurated. Another news report said that Trump campaign officials were in contact with Russian officials during the campaign.
Both the House and Senate intelligence panels launched probes into Russian activities in the election at the end of January.
[Flynn saga shifts balance of power between president, Congress]
This week, as more information emerged, House leaders appeared more concerned about getting to the bottom of who is leaking key information to the news media. President Trump also complained about the leaks at a Thursday news conference.
"There should be an investigation as to the leaks of information leaving — wherever they're coming from," House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday. "If it's classified information, that is criminal and there should be a criminal investigation of these leaks."
That approach had some House Democrats worried.
"It makes us look bad," said Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
Even if House Republicans have shifted the scope of their probe, their rhetoric remains directed at those responsible for the leaks.
As Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee and a Trump supporter, put it, the leaks are a "bigger story than the incident with what General Flynn did."
On Wednesday night, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) sent a joint letter to the Justice Department's inspector general, urging him to dig into whether leaked, classified information had been "mishandled." That letter was released at nearly the same time as one from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and the committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), to FBI Director James B. Comey demanding copies of transcripts of Flynn's intercepted calls with the Russian ambassador, as well as a committee briefing later this month on the events that led to Flynn's resignation.
On Thursday, Feinstein credited Grassley with coming up with the idea, telling reporters: "We work very well together."
Feinstein, who is also on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Mark R. Warner (Va.), the panel's ranking Democrat, offered even more vocal praise for Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), applauding him for moving the investigation along "very aggressively" and professing to have "faith" in his efforts.
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee have taken note of the relative harmony between the Senate leaders and the very different situation in which they find themselves.
At this point, House Democrats are severely limited in what they are able to do to hustle the investigations along.
Lead Democrats on committees with jurisdiction over the investigations have almost no power to issue subpoenas to force members of the Trump administration to testify and few procedural options to get their demands acknowledged.
What they do have in their arsenal, they have already deployed. Last week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) filed a "resolution of inquiry" asking the Justice Department for copies of all documents and records pertaining to a "criminal or counterintelligence investigation" into Trump. Under House rules, the Judiciary Committee is obligated to at least debate the resolution within 14 legislative days.
"That was done because we were getting no response from the Republicans," Nadler said Thursday. "That's one way of making them at least respond."
Democrats have also been sending a flurry of letters to their GOP colleagues and various administration officials.
Nadler said Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee responded to Chaffetz and Goodlatte's letter with one of their own to the Justice Department's inspector general, "saying 'while you're looking at the leaks, take a look at everything else.' "
On Thursday, Schiff and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also sent a letter to the acting director of national intelligence, Michael Dempsey, demanding a "comprehensive intelligence briefing" on Flynn's contacts with Russian officials, as well as access to the transcripts of those conversations.
"It's a bipartisan request in the Senate, but we could not get agreement on that," Schiff said.
On Thursday, Chaffetz joined Cummings in sending a letter to the speakers bureau Leading Authorities Inc. asking for documents to determine how much Flynn had been paid to attend a 2015 gala hosted by Kremlin-backed RT television network.
"Chaffetz did join us in a letter on that," Cummings noted Thursday. "On the more complex things, we're not getting his cooperation so far. But he may change."
Cummings also noted that Democrats had gotten their first Republican — Rep. Walter B. Jones (N.C.) — to sign onto a bill to establish an independent commission to investigate Russia-
related allegations. "Hopefully this will break open something," he said. "We don't know."


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WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- Drone-mounted radar found U.S. border guards caught fewer than half the migrants who illegally crossed into one area of Arizona, internal reports indicate.
The Vehicle Dismount and Exploitation Radar, known as Vader, operated from a Predator surveillance drone 5 miles in the sky, shows U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,874 of 3,836 people who illegally crossed into a 150-square-mile stretch of the Sonora Desert in southern Arizona from Oct. 1 to Jan. 17, the reports cited by the Los Angeles Times indicate.
This means the radar system, developed to track Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, spotted an additional 1,962 people in the same area who evaded arrest and disappeared into the United States, the Times said.
The 49 percent capture rate contrasts with the Government Accountability Office's January estimate the Border Patrol caught 64 percent of those who illegally crossed into the Tucson sector in 2011.
The GAO is the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress.
The drone's tally could cause difficulties for White House efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform after Congress returns from recess next week, the Times said.
The Obama administration has argued the U.S. borders are the most strictly policed in history, with nearly 365,000 apprehensions last year.
Republicans have demanded more guards, drones, fencing and other security measures before they would approve legal status for the estimated 11 million people believed to have entered the United States illegally or overstayed their visas.
President Barack Obama is to visit Mexico in four weeks, where he and President Enrique Pena Nieto are expected to talk about efforts to maintain rigorous border security.
Vader, borrowed from the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, has been used in Arizona since March 2012 at a cost of about $5 million a year.
It displays people in real time as moving black dots on a map.
The Border Patrol, a federal police agency that's part of the Department of Homeland Security, has asked Congress to allocate money to purchase two more Vader systems, the Times said.
This pleases House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who told the Times, "That is the kind of technology we would like to see all across the border."
"You can't measure what you can't see," he said. "There is an awful lot we're not seeing."
But some agents are unhappy to get a precise headcount of how many migrants and smugglers they're missing, a former U.S. law enforcement official told the newspaper.
"The rank-and-file guys are afraid it will make them look bad," the official said.


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Charleston Love
LOVE in the news!!! Printed in the Charleston Scene and the Charleston City Paper was the tale of the new S&G. Follow the links below to read the full article.
Charleston Scene - Hit-or-miss beginning turns into musical romance and duo Sally & George
Charleston City Paper - Sol Driven Train's Joel Timmons and Della Mae's Shelby Means are harmony rich duo, Sally & George.


text: The fall semester has been keeping us busy, but we've made several important strides. We're working on our 4th prototype, talked with the Houston Astros, and have further refined our business model. We won 3rd place in the OPEN Houston Business Pitch Challenge. And for the kicker, we won the RECESS Rice Pitch Competition, which means we'll be flying to Los Angeles in January to pitch in the national finals to investors- exciting stuff! We might have a few more surprises in the pipeline, so stay tuned!


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By Cheryl Scott
Visiting friends or family via airplane this holiday season? Don't forget to bring Mother Earth a present by offsetting the carbon emissions from your flight.
Carbon offsetting involves financially supporting Earth-friendly projects, such as planting trees or building wind farms, which reduce the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide that your flight generated. Burning jet fuel produces carbon dioxide, one of the harmful greenhouse gases that is causing climate change.
Find Out Your Flight's Emissions
Sometimes, your flight confirmation email will list the carbon dioxide emissions per person. If it does not, you can go to the International Civil Aviation Organization's website to type in your departure city and your destination, in order to find out how much carbon dioxide will be emitted from your flight:
The results will show up in kilograms, which can be converted to pounds by typing in "X kilograms to pounds" at www.google.com, if needed.
Amy Rosenthal, Rowe Family Director of the Keller Science Action Center, which advances environmental conservation and quality of life in the Chicago region, recommended the following websites that make it easy to offset your carbon footprint:
Terrapass https://www.terrapass.com/ At Terrapass, type in how many thousand pounds of carbon dioxide your travel is producing, and the company will reduce your carbon footprint by an equivalent number of pounds. It costs $4.99 per 1,000 pounds offset. Terrapass offsets carbon by putting the funds toward emission reduction projects, such as wind turbines. Once purchased, Terrapass sends you a certificate of sustainability that notes how many pounds of carbon you offset.
Carbon Fund https://carbonfund.org/ At Carbon Fund, you can offset one metric ton (1,000 kilograms, or 2,205 pounds) for $10. You can also choose whether your carbon offset goes toward renewable energy, energy efficiency, reforestation, forestry projects or you can choose to let Carbon Fund decide on the best use. After donating, Carbon Fund emails you a certificate that shows what you offset.


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On our last full day in the mountains, we decided to take the Bernina Express that runs through the Bernina Pass into Tirano Italy.
This railway is the highest in the alps and the section that we rode is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. With good reason as we were soon to find out.
The station is positioned on Lago Bianco a watershed of melted glacial water that runs both south into the Adriatic Sea and east into the Black Sea. I've seen these opaque, stunningly blue-green lakes a few other times on our various road trips but they never stop being breathtaking.
Set between the lake and mountains, the train station looked like a lunar outpost. Given the massive and long-lasting snowfall common to this area, the time and labor needed to build it must have been immense.
By the time the water winds its way down to Poschiavo, it's clearer but retains a beautiful mineral blue color.
Poschiavo in the distance from a much higher vantage point.
The last descent before arriving in Tirano is the Brusio Circular Viaduct- a massive, slow spiral into the town. Serious wow-factor.
The journey took about 1.5 hours, every inch of it beautiful. However by the time we reached the station in Tirano, we realized that we only had about 15 minutes to look around before we had to head back. Luckily this experience was entirely about the journey.


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Research Challenges
C1. To accurately analyse the structural response of reinforced concrete structures of any geometry under any loading condition including shear and cracking behaviours;
C2. To combine the novel analytical method with an optimisation routine that can propose the external geometry and internal steel arrangement required for a given structure to meet defined serviceability and ultimate limit state criteria with minimum material use;
C3. To appropriately vary the element density in the analytical model of any structure to maximise computational efficiency (time to results);
C4. To gain global acceptance in industry and academia for the new analysis method that puts the minimisation of embodied energy and a reliance on structural mechanics at the centre of the design process for concrete structures.
Work Packages
Work Package 1 (WP1) – Material model development.
WP1 addresses C1 to provide a new computational approach to material modelling that will result in a full model for 1) mass concrete, 2) high yield steel reinforcing bar, and 3) the steel-concrete bond. WP1 is mainly numerical.
Work Package 2 (WP2) – Optimisation
WP2 addresses Challenge 2 to provide an optimisation routine for any concrete structure that minimises material use against predefined serviceability and ultimate limit state performance criteria. WP2 is mainly computational.
Work Package 3 (WP3) – Verification of the combined model
WP3 will address C3 to provide a computationally efficient tool for analysis and optimisation of reinforced concrete elements. RA2 will undertake structural testing to verify the computational results and provide any required adjustments to the computational methodology.
Work Package 4 (WP4) – Dissemination, collaborations, industrial involvement, impact plan
WP4 will be undertaken across the fellowship period to engage with the global construction industry, disseminate the research outputs, and ensure that the novel analysis and optimisation methods can be adopted.


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S.F. Bay shows signs of progress in biennial report
The erstwhile murky waters of San Francisco Bay are mostly clean enough to swim in, and the fish are essentially edible if you can shrug off the mercury and PCBs left over from mining and industry, a state-of-the-bay report revealed Thursday.
The Pulse of the Bay report released by the San Francisco Estuary Institute compiled data on water quality, habitat, chemicals and bacteria into its biennial report, which also predicted water quality and the general outlook for the bay 50 years from now.
The results show that water quality is generally fair to good, but pollutants in the water are trouble for swimmers from time to time, especially during the winter. Aquatic habitat is improving, according to the report, with most chemicals measuring below the threshold of concern. Still, mercury pollution, PCBs, trash and invasive species are conspiring to muck up the works.
"It seems there is a ring of contamination focused in certain areas, but concentrated on the edge of the bay," said Jay Davis, a senior scientist with the Estuary Institute, which conducted the study as part of a collaborative regional monitoring program.
Old chemicals linger
The bay's biggest toxic bogeymen are left over from past exploitations. Mercury was used in gold mining during the Gold Rush, and there were mercury mines along the coast range throughout the 1800s, specifically the New Almaden quicksilver mine in the Capitancillas range in Santa Clara County.
PCBs, which were widely used in electrical equipment and building materials until they were banned in 1979, also still linger.
Davis said the water around the Oakland and Richmond harbors and Hunters Point have high concentrations of PCBs. The chemical also lingers in high concentrations along the shoreline on the western side of the South Bay.
He said mercury is still seeping down from rivers and creeks and working its way into San Francisco Bay. Concentrations in sediment are highest in San Pablo Bay, he said. Meanwhile, mercury entombed in the bay mud, possibly combined with mercury emissions from coal-fired plants in Asia, continues to find its way into the food web. Fishermen have long been advised to limit their consumption of California halibut and striped bass caught in the bay as a result of mercury contamination.
Surprisingly, the report found that chinook salmon and jacksmelt caught in the bay are safe to eat.
"Once mercury and PCBs spread across our watershed, they don't degrade," said Davis, noting that PCBs have been tracked for 20 years and mercury levels have been monitored for 40 years. "We see no reduction. There is no sign of decline."
One needn't go back in history to find sources of pollution, though. The garbage and sewage that washes into the bay every year remains a big problem, the researchers reported. Swimming conditions were deemed poor on two of 28 beaches studied during the summer and six of 28 in the winter, mainly because of bacteria that poured out of storm drains and from leaking sewer pipes.
Worst places to swim
The worst place to swim, according to the report, was Marina Lagoon, including Aquatic Park and Lakeshore Park, in San Mateo County, which was polluted all year. The other risky swim areas — at least during periods of wet weather when there is heavy runoff from storm drains — were Oyster Point, Coyote Point and Kiteboard Beach in San Mateo County and Candlestick Point in San Francisco.
Davis said some species are also being negatively impacted by invasive species, trash, especially plastic, and pollutants.
The study documented a big reduction in flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs. High concentrations of PBDEs were found in the bay over the past two decades, prompting a decision in 2006 to begin phasing out the chemicals.
"We've seen sharp declines over the past 10 years," Davis said. "This is one of the best success stories in the management of the estuary."
The Pulse report includes projections from six marine scientists on how the bay will look in 50 years. They predict storm water runoff and wastewater, including the stuff that flows into the sewer from toilets, will be recycled and turned into drinking water by then, eliminating discharges into the bay all together.
"There won't be wastewater anymore in 50 years," Davis said. "The water will be used as a resource."
The improvements in water quality will be counteracted somewhat by climate change, which will reduce flows of freshwater from the mountains into the bay by 2065, the experts say.
The sea level will also rise, deepening the bay, engulfing much of the present-day shoreline, increasing water temperatures and changing the hydrology of the estuary, according to the report.
"All these things will cause the food web to be different, and there could be big changes in species," Davis said. "The bay is on track to getting cleaner, but it's a mixed bag because sea level rise and the changes to the ecology of the bay will make it hard on our native species."
The Pulse of the Bay report, released every other year for the past 24 years, was prepared as a companion to an even more comprehensive State of the Estuary report coming out next week.
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"There can be no more direct test of our understanding of the functioning of ecosystems than when we put back, in proper form or amount, all the components of the ecosystem we infer to be crucial, and then find that we have recreated an ecosystem that is indistinguishable in both structure and function from the original ecosystem"
Bradshaw (1987) "Restoration: an acid test for ecology"
Plants engage in many types of mutualisms, including resource mutualisms where the plant exchanges carbon for nitrogen (in the case of legume-rhizobia mutualisms) or phosphorus (in plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms). However, these "mutualisms" can lose their value to plants, or even degrade to parasitism, where resources are abundant. We are exploring this mutualism-parasitism continuum, and what it means for plants, rhizobia, mycorrhizal fungi, and communities, using mathematical models, greenhouse experiments, and field studies.
This basic ecological phenomenon (that the outcome of mutualisms depends on the context in which it occurs) could shape the restoration of post-agricultural lands. High soil phosphorus is a legacy of past agriculture, both in Michigan and around the world. Our work has shown that high soil phosphorus can push interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) towards parasitism—but that not all plant species are vulnerable. Our current research is testing the hypothesis that phosphorus legacies could prevent some species from establishing in restored prairies because of parasitism by mycorrhizal fungi.
Native grasslands are imperiled ecosystems. The vast majority (>99%) of native prairie has been lost. These ecosystems once hosted an enormous diversity of plants, animals, and microbes. The desire to conserve these species and ecosystems has inspired decades of attempts to restore grasslands, often by planting them in former agricultural land and reintroducing fire. However, these post-agricultural restored grasslands often (but not always) differ from untilled remnants in many ways: they lack characteristic species, they support less biodiversity, they differ in the relative abundances and spatial distributions of species, and they suffer from invasive and non-native species. In short, restoration goals (when they are clearly articulated) are not always met, and the outcomes of restoration are not always predictable.
Confronting this contingency remains a major challenge for restoration practitioners and restoration ecologists. With the goal of accurately predicting and shaping the outcomes of prairie restorations, we address issues such as the roles of soil microbial mutualists, seedbanks, historical legacies, invasive species, and management strategies. For example, we are collaborating with Dr. Skip Price and Dr. Jonathan Bauer to understand whether differences in rhizobia communities between remnant and restored prairies can help explain why legumes fail to establish in restorations. Beyond this, we seek to enable land managers to assess when, and under what circumstances, they need to worry about particular forces that could determine the end product of their restoration efforts.
Beta diversity, or spatial variation in the species that make up communities, is a key component of landscape diversity—one that we understand much more poorly than other measures of biodiversity. Beta diversity can develop when species map onto underlying environmental heterogeneity, so that we see different local communities in different microhabitats. However, beta diversity can also be caused by variation in dispersal, disturbances, drought, or larger landscape considerations such as the number of species in the region. Characterizing when these different drivers of beta diversity are more or less important remains a challenge.
This variation in beta diversity and its drivers could affect the way ecosystems function. Communities with higher beta diversity might perform higher levels of ecosystem functions (such as decomposition, primary production, or N-fixation) than communities with lower beta diversity, and functioning might be more consistent through time. Furthermore, ecosystem multifunctionality (the simultaneous performance of many ecosystem functions) might depend on beta diversity, because different species perform different functions and their spatial separation might enhance their ability to function. We are testing the relationships among beta diversity, ecosystem function, stability, and multifunctionality using data from herbaceous ecosystems across the US and from restored prairies in Michigan. For more info on our collaborative cross-site synthesis project, check out the CORRE site.


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It's "the biggest challenge facing culture," Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of Arts Council England, told The Times this week. He meant the massive cuts that many local authorities have made to their arts budgets. The news coming out of Cardiff underlines his gloomy point. The city council is apparently intent on flogging two of its finest cultural jewels: the 2,000-seat St David's Hall, which is Wales's main orchestral venue, and the 1,100-seat New Theatre.
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A Reef of Dead Metaphors – Guy Deutscher
What is the central contention of the essay?
"Metaphors are used because the only way we have of expanding our expressive range to encompass abstract concepts is to draw on concrete terms."
- That the spread of metaphors reflects the way that language change is spread.
- That language changes and erodes, like metaphors turn into dead metaphors, but that this happens in all languages, therefore erosion in language should not be seen as a negative thing as it allows us to expand our language in order to encompass and describe abstract concepts.
- He claims that all language is metaphorical, being made of a "reef of dead metaphors".
- Deutscher is reluctant to believe that language is deteriorating. He does acknowledge that there seem to be some long-term trends, such as the loss of complex grammatical forms, however he claims that our language is expanding as well as eroding.
- Overall, Deutscher's idea is that language change, here exemplified by the erosion of metaphors into dead metaphors, is useful and builds the basis of modern language.
What is the author arguing for?
Deutscher is a radical prescriptivist as he talks about how language change is necessary and good for our language, as erosion allows us to create new meanings which are more useful to us.
What is the author arguing against?
Deutscher is arguing against the idea that language change should be perceived as something negative, as our entire language is built on a "reef of dead metaphors", and that if language was static we would find it more difficult to express abstract concepts.
What examples does the author use?
"ground breaking", "put forward", "tough", "clear", "go along", "leaked", "erupted", "holding back", "growth", "on top of the facts"
Of what are these examples evidence?
These examples are evidence of how we use metaphors in everyday speech without even realising it. Such examples are called "dead metaphors" as their literal meanings have been ignored or forgotten. These are the metaphors most commonly used in spoken language, and Deutscher uses them to show the reader that these dead, but extremely useful metaphors have only come about due to language change.
What other theorists does the author refer to (or could refer to)?
Deutscher does not refer to any other theorists in this essay; however he could refer to linguists such as Jean Aitchison, as she takes a similar stance on the subject, believing that language change is inevitable and is a good thing as it enables a language to suit its users. Deutscher could also refer to Lynne Truss, whose stance is completely different from his own. She feels that language change is a bad thing and that everyone should adhere to the rules of language and should be unwelcoming of change.
List six important quotations from the essay and explain why they are important
"Metaphors are used because the only way we have of expanding our expressive range to encompass abstract concepts is to draw on concrete terms." ,"We use metaphors not because of any literary leanings or artistic ambitions, but quite simply because metaphor is the chief mechanism through which we can describe and even grasp abstraction."– Deutscher points out how useful metaphors, and therefore language change, are to our everyday expression of ideas.
"This expressive urge also drives us to use the same images again and again, but through such over-use the metaphors are bleached of their original vitality and eventually fade and die."– Deutscher explains how metaphors turn into dead metaphors which are used every day without us noticing it.
"…tracing a stream of metaphors that runs right through language and flows from the concrete to the abstract. In this constant surge, the simplest and sturdiest of words are swept along, one after another, and carried toward abstract meanings. As these words drift downstream, they are bleached of their original vitality and turn into pale lifeless terms for abstract concepts — the substance from which the structure of language is formed. And when at last the river sinks into the sea, these spent metaphors are deposited, layer after layer, and so the structure of language grows, as a reef of dead metaphors."- Here, Deutscher points out how the erosion of language is the basis of our language as it is today. He highlights the fact that erosion of older language creates room for growth and expansion so that language can suit the user's needs better.
"try thinking about it this way: why are graphs plotted to show that more is up and less is down? In theory, there is no particular reason why graphs shouldn't be drawn with 'down' meaning 'more', and 'up' meaning 'less'."- Deutscher points out the fact that metaphors affect the logical way in which we think and see the world
"If one only pauses to think about these images, one is aware that it's really a steak that is tough, not legislation, or that what really rises is water, not unemployment."- This highlights Deutscher's opinion that if we words such as 'tough' or 'rise' are actually used incorrectly, therefore why is it not O.K for us to use other language incorrectly?


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One thing I've been interested in lately is data deduplication (also
known as single-instance storage).
So here's the idea - say your company has a thousand people and you
send out an email with a 2MB file attached. With a traditional setup
you're going to be paying to store that file 1k times.
Enter data deduplication - this is a hardware/software solution that
would identify that each of those files is redundant (after the first
one) and only keep one copy, so your storage costs (and management
costs of a bunch of redundant data) go down. Of course in this
situation data deduplication is probably overkill, but if you are
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I have an email list that I send rockhunt announcements to in addition to posting them on this website. To join, just send me an email.
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Gem Clubs:
East Texas Gem and Mineral Society
Big Bend Area Resources:
The Stillwell Ranch south of Marathon, TX, near Big Bend National Park, where you can find agate, petrified wood, jasper, and other mineral specimens. You can go on a guided trip with Teri Smith, or go on your own if you wish. Open October to April.
Other rockhound websites. These folks are all my friends, great rockhunters and talented lapidaries. Their collections have been acquired over many years, and are really spectacular. And they're great photographers, too!
Some other creative uses for agate, petrified wood, and other stones:
Patty Reagan who makes pictures out of rough rock.
And a couple of websites that have lists of "fee dig" rockhunting locations in Texas and all around the country. Although my links go directly to the list of fee dig sites, remember to look at the rest of these great websites:
ProspectingTexas.com which is a great resource about which gems, minerals, and rocks can be found in Texas, and where to go to find them yourself.
Geology.com which has lots of information for rockhunters.
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Glazed Turkey Meatballs
Ingredients :
- 454 g of minced turkey
- 1 egg
- 250 ml of panko (or unflavoured breadcrumbs)
- ½ minced onion
- Salt and pepper
- 250 ml flour
- 1 L vegetable oil
- 341 mL of VH® Honey Garlic sauce
Carrot puree:
- 8 medium carrots (about 1 lb)
- 30 ml of butter
- 125 ml of water
- Salt and pepper
- ½ bunch of green onions chopped on an angle
- ¼ bunch of cilantro cut into sprigs
- Fried noodles (store-bought chow mein) or fry wonton strips (matchsticks)
- 2 chilis (very finely chopped)
- 1 lime, quartered
- 1 L of cooked jasmine rice, warm
Directions :
- Combine ingredients and let them rest for 15 minutes. Mix again and shape into small 30 ml balls. Dredge in flour.
- Heat a frying pan with 1 cm of oil in it, or heat your deep fryer to 350°F.
- Fry the meatballs until golden, about 5 minutes. (If using a frying pan, turn them frequently to maintain their round shape.) Blot with paper towel.
- Transfer to a frying pan and add VH® Honey Garlic sauce, reduce heat to medium, low until they are well coated. Set aside.
- Carrot Puree: Peel the carrots and cut into 2 cm segments. In a large pot, brown the carrots with the butter and season. Deglaze with the water, cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Blend the carrots and set aside.
- Plating: In a deep dish, place 125 ml of carrot puree on one side, and 250 ml of rice on the other. Place the meatballs on the puree and add sauce. Add garnish to the meatballs, leaving the rice free.
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Taylor Swift makes sick fan's day with heartfelt note: 'It's impossible to be positive all the time'
Taylor Swift wrote another open letter this week on Tumblr -- but this time, it wasn't to a tech giant. Instead, the pop star reached out to Emily, a diehard Swiftie (her Tumblr name is ShakesItsOff), who wrote Taylor to share how her music had inspired her through a series of medical problems stemming from a congenital heart defect.
Taylor Swift Fan Corrects Pop Star's Grammar -- And Gets Her Own Grammar Lesson Back
"Taylor, you've made each and every long hospital visit, echo, EKG, IV, etc. easier, and I am so so incredibly grateful for that," Emily wrote on Tumblr. "You allowed me to be accepting towards the condition that I have, and I'm so unbelievably thankful for that."
"Thanks for listening to my music to escape from your fears and to confront them -- I really appreciate you writing this," Swift responded. "I think it's amazing that you're so honest about how it's affected you. It's impossible to be positive all the time about something that completely terrifies and confuses you, and I'm glad you're not putting that kind of weird pressure on yourself."
Fan Calls Out Taylor Swift for Wearing a Fashion Harness, She Responds
Emily, who told E! that Swift's note "means the world to me," had one more request of the singer: a hug. "You told me that you were 'sending me a hug' so let's make this picture and that hug real!," she added. "I can't wait to see you on July 24th and 25th (:."
More from Billboard:
Katy Perry Is Battling Some Nuns to Buy a Convent
Lady Gaga Slams Turkish Gay Pride Violence
Man Wants Taylor Swift to Testify in His Trespassing Case


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Ref. 410 - Former Imperial Garages - Development Land
For Sale £ 595,000 For Sale
Set in a predominantly residential area yet within easy reach of local businesses including a nursery, hairdressers, public house, and within easy reach of Tesco superstore.
Nearby, there is a doctors surgery, dentist, and hospital within a 1 mile distance from the site.
An exciting opportunity to purchase a development site with outline planning permission for 58 retirement apartments in an "L" shaped block fronting Portfield and Snowdrop Lane in Haverfordwest. There is planning permission for a wardens flat and communal facilities which include parking, garaging, launderette, communal ground and gardens etc.
Demand for this type of property is anticipated to be highly sought after once developed in this location.
Planning Application No. : 12/0891/PA
The site measures approximately 0.43 hectares and currently comprises the former car dealership garage and other structures which have planning for demolition.
Our client would be willing to consider offers in the region of £595,000 (Five Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand Pounds).
The site can be seen from the main road. Proceed from the centre of Haverfordwest up the main street and take a right at the traffic lights. Take the next left and continue past Tesco on B4327.
The site can be located at the corner of Snowdrop Lane as indicated by the "For Sale" board.


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Mathusalem 0.0.3
Posted on: 08/13/2006 01:15 AM
Mathusalem 0.0.3 has been released
This is the 0.0.3 release of Mathusalem, the upcoming long running task manager for Gnome.
Beside bugfixes and general code improvement, the great new features are a real menu-like GUI, the ability to control registered tasks and a client-side synchronous library.
Mathusalem 0.0.3
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The founder of BBB Press and many of our advisors and editors are recent graduates. Faced with the scary question of "Now what?", we were inspired by the bold, brassy, and creative Big Bad Bettie and startedRabbit Rabbit, an annual curated journal of artists and innovators. The phrase "rabbit rabbit" is a bizarre superstition spoken on the first day of each month for good luck. The history of the phrase is vague and dotted, as many superstitions are, but to us it represents clean slates and new beginnings. (Read more about BBB and our team.)
Each issue, we pick a theme and bring you a variety of stories on that theme. For our first issue, we were curious about the transition from higher education to the "real world". We invited recent graduates with Masters and PhDs in a variety of fields to interpret, express, and comment on TRANSITION. The result is a carefully curated book of artworks, images, and writings from graduates all navigating the next stage of their worlds.
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T. RIOS is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a public-transit enthusiast. In her witty and sarcastic essay, Rios reflects back on her time spent in AmeriCorps making photo copies, helping people, and accumulating life experience.
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March 16, 2017
Trump admin's 'alpha male' approach hurts men in the end
I'm a man, and a fairly traditional one. I own a drill and can do some home improvement projects, though I get angry at myself when I can't complete a job. Whiskey is my go to drink. I'd rather have my Orioles win the World Series than have me win the lottery.
My gender is why I consider Sebastian Gorka's comment about how "alpha males are back" and running U.S. national security so deeply problematic. It's not just that he's wrong about gender diversity and organizational performance (he is) or that the sort of macho, shoot from the hip national security he espouses has proven disastrous for the United States (it has).
My problem is that public displays of this sort of fake machismo will make the world a much harder place for men — myself included — in the years and decades to come. Women are on the rise, and have been for a long time. The trend lines are obvious. If women come to believe that us men won't share the sandbox, that advancement is a zero-sum game, it will become a zero-sum game. And men could lose.
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After all the work you put into growing your business, selling it may be the last thing on your mind. But whether you're looking to transition ownership now or in the future, it's never too soon to start thinking about your approach.
Plancorp can help you develop a comprehensive transition strategy. Then, we'll assemble and coordinate a team of trusted professionals to execute that plan.
1) Data Collection. Through one-on-one consultations and in-depth questionnaires, we gain an understanding of your goals for life after exiting your business.
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Sacred Luminosity: Featured Art
Medium: Wood, Marble, Brass, Iron, Antler
Dimensions: 19" x 23" x 12"
The Great Queen of Irish mythos, Morrigan, sometimes tells us what lies ahead and what the past has decided for us. She is fate itself and appears in any form she wishes, particularly images of the shadow on the battle field, the crow above calling out to foretell doom, death, and future fortune. She fractures herself and becomes three self-similar aspects, all of whom as sisters describe her connection to the land, to wealth in the form of cattle, and the power of the sovereign queen to decide the terms of life and death. She has important archetypal parallels in Celtic and Hindu mythologies where she can be likened to the Valkyries and to the many forms of Kali-Durga.


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Beyond Rorschach
A late post....it's already been one of those weeks! I've been really intrigued by SEED's article on Vesna Jovanovic and her biomorphic, Rorschach styled images.
Vesna says, "Art and science are generally considered very separate today; they have different connotations, even stereotypes associated with them. Yet I find my interest in these two fields stems from the same place: a deep curiosity about the world and he human position within it.
Vesna calls these images 'pareidolia'; a term used to describe the images we see in apparently random phenomena - faces in the grain of a piece of wood, animals in clouds etc. This is the basis of the Rorschach test where psychologists assess a patient's mental state by asking for an interpretation of ink blots.
Vesna begins with inkblots and then draws her constructions upon them - and so here we have some kind of strange entity which might provoke questions about the nature of genetic intervention or research.
Vesna, finishes the SEED piece with the thought; "Ultimately, I find that science and art are complementary to each other and equally important in social significance and function. Science strives to provide answers about the world while art strives to inspire questions."


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Playlist 2.25.17
I never know if anybody else is going to like a particular episode, but I was hopeful about this one. I really enjoyed making it this week and the feedback from listeners was great. You can listen to a music-only archive of today's show under the Listen tab. Here's the playlist:
The Equatics / Where Is Love?
Durand Jones & The Indications / Make A Change
George McCrae / I Get Lifted
Cymande / Crawshay
Monophonics / Bang Bang
Pastor T. L. Barrett and the Youth For Christ Choir / Nobody Knows
Bill Withers / Grandma's Hands
Nobody & The Mystic Chords of Memory / The Seed
Sparklehorse / Comfort Me
Ghost Wave / Whosdointhetalkin
Cool Ghouls / Reelin'
Françoise Hardy / Fleur De Lune
Belle and Sebastian / Act Of The Apostle
The Aislers Set / Chicago New York
Pink Floyd / See-Saw
Buffalo Springfield / Expecting To Fly
Whitney / No Woman
Spinning Coin / Albany
John Cale / Hello, There
The Velvet Underground / Cool It Down
Ultimate Painting / Central Park Blues
The Mystery Lights / Intro
The Mystery Lights / Follow Me Home
The Easybeats / Sorry
The Mothers Of Invention / Trouble Every Day
The Remains / Diddy Wah Diddy
The Standells / Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
The Animals / It's My Life
The Kinks / Rosie Won't You Please Come Home
The Masters Apprentices / War Or Hands Of Time
Night Beats / Sonic Bloom


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How To Play Goalie in Soccer
Free Soccer Training video focused on How to play goalie in soccer. At Online Soccer Academy (OSA) we help players improve through FREE soccer tutorials. We inspire athletes that if you Believe in it® and back that up with hard work, anything in life is possible.
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How to Coach Soccer, Soccer Coaches, How to Play Soccer, Soccer Coach, Coaching Soccer, Soccer Players, Soccer Tutorial, Soccer Defense Techniques, Defensive Soccer Drills, Soccer Defense Drills, Soccer Defense, How to Defend in Soccer, Soccer Defender, Goalie, How To Play Goalie, In Soccer, Keeper, How To Play Keeper, How to Soccer, Football Soccer, Soccer Player, Soccer Football, Soccer World, Soccer Video, Soccer Training, Soccer Videos, Online Soccer Academy, Jared Montz, OSA
How To Play Goalie in Soccer
Learn How To Play Goalie or How To Play Keeper in Soccer in this Online Soccer Academy video.
Key Points:
Key Point #1 – Roll the ball, don't throw it.
Key Point #2 – Know When to Release the Ball Quick and When to Hold It.
Key Point #3 – Communicate to Your Teammates.
Key Point #4 – Don't let One Mistake Turn Into Two
Key Point #5 – Practice goal kicks.
Key Point #6 – Organize your defense.
Key Point #7 – Be good with your feet.
Key Point #8 – Be Aggressive.
Exercise to Practice:
An exercise to practice on your own is to practice your goal kicks and watch the videos I'm suggesting as additional resources.
One is Kevin Hartman's video, another is with Joe Hart from Man City and the third suggestion is an older youtube channel called St. Louis Goalkeeping Academy.
What's Wrong:
If you're insecure as a goalie you've lost the game before you've even started. Watch our "Mental Training" videos to improve your confidence, aggression, nervousness and more. Practice your mental game as well as your physical game!
Bonus Tip:
Don't take a backwards touch when the ball is passed to you. Take a touch in front of you or to the side away from any oncoming defenders.


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I am actively seeking real estate investors in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas. This is a great time and a great market for real estate investing. Whether you are looking to buy and sell homes in a short amount of time, or looking for rental properties, I can help you. If you are looking for Bank Foreclosures, HUD, or Relocation Properties, I can help you. There are many great buys currently.
We work in most Cincinnati and Dayton areas. Some of the many desirable areas include Mason, Deerfield Township, West Chester, Loveland, Montgomery, Symmes Township, Indian Hill, Blue Ash, Evendale, Maineville, Morrow, Landen, Lebanon, Hyde Park, Springboro, Oakwood and many other surrounding areas.
We will stay involved with the entire process and go the extra mile for people who buy and sell homes with us!
We have the experience and education to help you with all your real estate needs. We have credible partners such as mortgage and title companies.
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If you've ever had a Posterous blog, you've got a project that you really need to take on this week: moving your Posterous blog to a new home. Posterous closes down for good on Tuesday, April 30th, so you've got 3 days to get your stuff. 3 days.
After that, everything you've ever put in Posterous will be gone. Boom! Whether you've been using Posterous until recently, or perhaps — like me — tried it out years ago and totally forgot you had a blog in Posterous, you'd better at the very least backup your Posterous data so it doesn't get deleted, and if you want to keep it online, you need to find it a new home.
Don't worry: you can backup and move your Posterous site in less than 15 minutes. I'm sure you can find that much time this weekend. So come on. Here's what you need to save your Posterous site before it's too late.
First: Download a Posterous Backup
At the very, very least, you should download a backup of your Posterous site. Even if you have a defunct blog on Posterous, it might be fun to go back and look at sometime. So why not save it while you can?
It'll just take a couple minutes, really. Head over to the Posterous Backup site, login if you haven't already, then click the Request Backup button. You'll need to enter a CAPATCHA (the hardest part of the whole process), and then wait while it's processing your backup download. That shouldn't take more than a couple minutes; refresh the page if you don't see any changes. When there's a green download button, you're ready to download everything to your computer.
Now, prepare to be impressed: the Posterous export will include the HTML of each of your posts, as well as an index HTML file and a CSS stylesheet. Double-click the index.html file, and you'll have a full copy of your Posterous site in your local browser, ready for you to read all of your posts. If you just want to archive your site for fun and don't want to have it online anymore, this is all you need. Or hey, if you have a hosting account, you could upload this folder and host your Posterous site yourself, no extra coding required.
Or, you can use this export file to import your old posts to a WordPress blog or another CMS if you want to keep blogging. So either way, please download an export of your Posterous ASAP; you've only got until Tuesday, and it'll take 5 minutes or less. No reason to lose the time you've put into Posterous!
Now, Get a New Site
If you want to keep blogging — or just want to keep the stuff you had in Posterous online — then you'll want a new home for your Posterous blog. As mentioned before, you could get a cheap hosting account and upload your export folder, and boom, your Posterous site is still online (hosting can be cheap too; A Small Orange starts at $35/yr, and there's tons more options).
That's only good, though, if you don't really want to keep updating your site and adding new blog posts. If you do want to keep blogging, here's the best places to move your Posterous blog (or, hey, to start a new blog):
Posthaven might be the most obvious choice for your Posterous site, as it's a new project started by two former Posterous cofounders. Posthaven promises to keep your site online forever, and aims to match Posterous' feature set.
It'll import your Posterous site in seconds — again, you'll need to do that within the next 3 days, though — and bring over everything just like it was in Posterous — even your photo galleries. Then, you'll be able to blog from Posthaven just as easily as you could in Posterous back in the day.
We've interviewed the founders about Posthaven, and given it a full run-through in our review. If you loved Posterous, we bet you'll like it.
Price: $5/month
Tumblr could easily be billed as the simplest place to blog online today. It'll only take a few seconds to get started, and right from the start you'll be able to post quotes, links, photos, video, and audio, in addition to the standard blog posts you're used to. There's a great web app for posting and following other Tumblr sites, as well as beautiful mobile apps to let you blog — quickly — on the go.
It was Posterous' main rival originally, and is an increasingly place to blog. It's got tons of beautiful themes, and you can fully customize anything for free. And, you can easily import your Posterous site to a new Tumblr blog using JustMigrate — though it'll cost if you have more than 100 posts to import.
Price: Free; premium themes available
WordPress powers over 17% of the sites online right now, including AppStorm, and it's the first app most people think of for blogging. There's the free hosted WordPress.com that might be perfect for your site if you want to take your old Posterous site Pro. You can import your Posterous site using your login credentials, or can import it directly from your Posterous export download anytime in the future.
Or, if you have your own hosting, you can install WordPress and import your Posterous export file just as easily. Best of all, you can move to WordPress.com today, and if you ever want to go pro with your own hosting, you're free to switch. Easily.
Price:: Free; custom domains, CSS customization, and more required paid upgrades on WordPress.com
Squarespace is all about beautifully designed sites that can have blogs, eCommerce shops, or elegant photo galleries in them. It's designed to let you tweak everything — page layout, styling, and more — without having to get your hands dirty with coding. And, it can import your Posterous site directly from your Posterous account — that is, if you move within the next 3 days — or you can import the wordpress_export_1.xmlfile that'll be in your Posterous export download folder anytime in the future. That makes it a great alternate to WordPress if you download your Posterous export now but wait until later to create a new site.
We've loved Squarespace when we've tested it for reviews, and it's one of the more tempting places to move your site if you want to really take it to the next level without tons of coding work.
Price: $8/month
Want to try something different, on your own hosting account? Then Kirby, the flat file, Markdown-powered CMS I use for my own site, might be a great option, because it, too, has a Posterous import tool. There's a number of beautiful free themes for it, or you can build your own with just basic HTML, CSS, and a bit of PHP.
Sure, it's perhaps the geekiest option, but who said weekend projects are supposed to only be simple, little things?
Price: $39
Now, go do it!
Ok, you've got the options you need. Now, at least go download an export of your Posterous site, and better yet, get it a new home online. There's tons of options, most of which will be simple, and you'll likely learn something along the way. Isn't that what we all want out of weekend projects?
Here's the funny thing: you might have a Posterous site you've forgotten about, just like I did. So regardless if you've used it recently or not, go login to Posterous and see if you have anything to download, then download a backup and save it to your computer or find it a new home online. No reason for every Posterous site to be lost to history like Geocities sites were!


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Get in the Groove of Wintertime with Turtleneck Tuesdays
December 10, 2012
Get out those turtlenecks-n-scarves and lace up your skates! Turtleneck Tuesdays takes place 6pm-9pm on The Village at Northstar Stage and Skating Rink every Tuesday, starting December 18 – March 19th (excluding Dec 25th), conditions permitting. It's free to skate and if you need rentals they will be available.
Enjoy your favorite grooves from the 70's and 80's while you skate 'round the 9,000 square-foot rink! Cozy up with friends around the warm outdoor fire pits and enjoy a drink and S'mores from the Cabana Bars! Skating games will be hosted throughout the evening and winners will receive prizes. NEW this year, enjoy complimentary face painting inside Starbucks from 6pm-8pm on selected Tuesdays (12/18, 1/15, 2/12, 3/5).
Turtleneck Tuesdays
Where: The Village at Northstar Stage
When: Tuesdays, 6-9, pm – excluding Dec 25th (Dec 18- March 19)
Don't forget Constellation Residences at Northstar provides access to the Northstar Village Recreation and Fitness Center with saline pool and spa and complimentary rides on the Highlands Gondola to Village at Northstar!
Located in the heart of the Village at Northstar, the 9,000 square foot skating rink is the perfect ending to your day on the mountains. Enjoy a hot toddy or mulled cider by the outdoor fire pits surrounding the rink or take a few laps to burn off any left-over energy. The skating rink is free for all, and for those who do not have skates, rentals are available for $10. Skateboards, Razors, or rolling scooters of any kind are not permitted on the skating rink.
Daily 12:00 - 9:00 p.m.* Phone: 530.562.3689 | View Virtual Tour
*Weather and conditions permitting. Please call to confirm hours.
Constellation Residences is the fastest-selling community in Northstar – just sold our last 2BR!
Want to own at Northstar?
When you're ready for the perfect blend of luxury and adventure, Constellation Residences at Northstar is the place. Beautifully appointed. Fully furnished. Directly attached to The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe resort with access to world class amenities: spa, pools, fitness, fine dining and more. And, just an open door away from slopes, lifts and gondola for ultimate ski-in/ski-out living.
Sales Gallery Open Mon-Fri 10am to 5pm | Sat-Sun 9am to 6pm 13051 Ritz-Carlton Highlands Dr. Truckee, California 96161 530.582.6077 email@example.com
Get social with us! Join Constellation Residences on Facebook and Twitter.
Stay a while. There's no better way to sample full ownership.
Did you know? Constellation Residences offers lodging, as a mid-mountain vacation destination. To inquire about lodging rates and availability please use the booking widget on the right of our website, or contact us at email@example.com or 530-214-0660. For special lodging packages and rates, click here.


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Five Apps for VNC Remote Desktop Access on Windows
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Any IT representative or system administrator worth his or her salt is always as available as possible, even off-site. When trouble arises and you need to step a client through a complex software problem interactively or troubleshoot a remote server graphically, and whenever a Telnet or SSH session is insufficient, it's important to have a VNC client handy to give you the power to access any other machine over an intranet or the regular Internet. Of course, it's assumed that you have a VNC server process running on the destination machine beforehand in order to facilitate in the proper handshake and connection. Here are five apps that will work well for connecting into a VNC server remotely.
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I put the last tunic in my bag. I was ready to go.
Ready in property, anyway. I'd never be ready to leave this place. I glanced around my room one last time. My eyes rested on a picture in a silver frame that sat on my nightstand. Me, Victor, and Pansy all smiling on the day we'd found out we'd be going to the mountains. If only we'd known then what would happen there. I turned to my bed and touched the dragon-egg that rested upon it. Touching it sent tingles up my arm. No more putting it off, it was time to go.
Not my best, but it felt good to write again.
Drabble day is a weekly meme created at The Writeaholic's Blog. This paragraph was based on this prompt, that prompt, and this other prompt.