text:
Spotlight On Business: CanvasGicleePrinting.com
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2012 23:20
- Written by Super User
CanvasGicléePrinting.com and FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com is located in Carolina Beach in unit 19 of the Federal Point Shopping Center right behind Wings and the ABC store.
By: Allen Denning
Staff Writer
CanvasGicleePrinting.com is a locally owned and operated business that produces the highest quality Giclée prints of photography and art in the area. Giclée (zhee-clay)is a term derived from a French word meaning to "squirt or spray" and has come to mean any high resolution ink-jet produced from a computer generated file. At CanvasGicleePrinting.com digital images such as photographs are reproduced on canvas or fine art paper resulting in a giclée print. These prints are of outstanding quality, made right here in Carolina Beach, and sent out all over the world.
The process starts with their digital photo editing and printing specialist, Richard Lettau, who has more than 25 years of experience in the field. Lettau has a BS in Photography from RIT(Rochester Institute of Technology), one of the nation's premier photography schools and has studied photography at Salzburg College in Austria. Upon completion of his degrees he spent time working with local commercial photographers and then went on to worked for the Eastman Kodak Company where he assisted the lead photographer.
He has tons of experience with digital cameras and photography software, working with these since their inception. Lettau will take high resolution shots of the artwork to be transferred in their studio. From there he will upload the image on their system where he can perfect the color and aspect ratio in order to truly capture the original image. In the case of digital photographs the process starts with uploading the image. Once they have the image they can then use their machines to print the image in a variety of sizes. While most people choose canvas giclée prints which are gallery wrapped and ready to hang on the wall, some prefer paper giclées which are suitable for matting and framing.
The prints come out clean with crisp detail and amazing colors. After the printing process the piece will then be transferred next door to their fabrication department.
There it will be handled by Brian Baker, the teams fabrication and packaging specialist who along with the teams Production Manager, Mike Champlan will build the frame and stretch the canvas to develop a museum quality finished product which looks remarkable. Once they are finished they then package and drop ship the piece anywhere in the country. Drop shipping is a preferred method of delivery for artists as the piece can be sent directly from the printer to the customer without any information about the printer attached. Once sent the piece can be tracked by the customer through email notifications every step of the way until it reaches their door!
Local artists as well as some nationally recognized artists have found that working with CanvasGicleePrinting.com, and their online gallery, FineArtGalleryonCanvas.com, makes life easier by being able to market and sell their work to a worldwide audience. An incredible asset for local artists who sell their work this site is already set up for purchasing and once the image it can be made available to customers and printed on demand.
Most local artists have to find shops which will allow them to display and sell their work, which can be costly and in the end leaves them without the original piece. When you let CanvasGicleePrinting.com produce high quality prints of your work you can sell the image multiple times and still have the original to sell or enjoy. The artist retains all copyrights to the work, orders go in through FineArt GalleryonCanvas.com, they take care of the rest and the artist gets a check. It is simple and efficient for the artists whose works can then be featured on the website along side big names like Steve Vaughn, Patrick O'Brien, Steve Harlan, and even the owner of FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com and CanvasGicleePrinting .com, Joshua McClure.
The professionals at FineArtGalleryonCanvas.com understand the attachment artists have to their work which is why they pay extreme attention to detail and treat each piece with the utmost care. If you choose to let them store your image for future prints to be made they can keep it in a secure storage that is never connected to any networks. Then you can just call them up and ask for a new set of prints any time. They are very happy to give the local art community another way to market their work and invite all local artists to contact them about turning their work into giclée prints.
You don't have to be a professional artist or photographer to utilize all of the wonderful services that are offered by CanvasGicleePrinting.com. Walk-ins are always welcome and you can bring your photos or artwork in on any medium from your original paintings to sd cards, computer discs, flash drives or any digital media. According to their professionals, the best way to get the highest resolution possible is to bring the original full size image. They prefer tif files if possible but can convert most other file types such as jpegs.
By bringing them the most raw, original image you have you will be ensured the highest resolution possible.
They advise to always make copies of the original to play with on your home computer then you always have the original untouched versions to take to the printer. If you aren't sure what you have don't worry, just give them a call and they will be more than happy to help you figure out the best method. They encourage all of their customers to call with any questions so that they can lead you in the right direction.
"We will literally walk you through it each step of the way," said Champlan. "That way you are ensured to get the best out of what you have." They can even help you before you take the picture or pick up the paintbrush. "If your goal is to produce a specific size print then you must paint or take the photo in the correct aspect ratio," said Champlan. Specific size prints can only retain the original quality if they are taken in a aspect ratio that syncs up. According to Lettau, the best way to give yourself room to work with is to not take your photos in "full frame" rather leave some space around the edges to allow for cropping, and if you have a specific size in mind please call and they can help you determine the exact aspect ratio you should use. Their years of experience and training have made for a combined collective of valuable advice from everyone from novice to professional. Most amateurs are astounded by how good some of their photos end up looking when they are blown up and printed on high quality canvas.
Then your family photos, site seeing shots, or just the random beautiful sunset which you captured can be stunning and sentimental pieces which you can then proudly display in your home.
As well as supplying a vast selection of great canvas prints on their website, FineArt GalleryOnCanvas.com also offers a walk in wholesale print gallery that is stocked full of wonderful prints from a variety of artists and photographers. Come on in a take the chance to peruse the shelves for the print that would go perfectly in your home. CanvasGicléePrinting .com/FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com is located in Carolina Beach in unit 19 of the Federal Point Shopping Center right behind Wings and the ABC store. Their storefront maintains hours on Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. They are available by phone or through their website 7 days a week. If you would like to find out more about CanvasGicléePrinting. com/FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com please feel free to give them a call at (910) 458-4229 or (910) 538-5412, check out their websites at www. canvasgicleeprinting.com and FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com, or just stop in the store today to see some of their wonderful work in person. You can reach them via email at orders@ canvasgicleeprinting.com. CanvasGicleePrinting.com / FineArtGalleryOnCanvas.com is a member of the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce.


text:
Travis Rowley: Tie the Public to the Private
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Now that the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity has released a report of a study that found that "government workers in the Ocean State collect significantly higher compensation than their private sector counterparts," perhaps it's time to tie the salaries of all public employees to the take-home pay of the state's private workforce. You know, the taxpayers – whose average total compensation works out to $83,419 while government employees break the six-figure mark with $100,217.
According to GoLocalProv , "Ocean State public sector employees enjoy compensation levels that are 26.5% higher than their private sector counterparts," which is "41% higher than the New England average and 78% higher than the national norm." On average, Rhode Island's government employees "receive 58% more in 'benefits' than private work[ers]."
This new data kind of blows holes in all that "we take less pay in exchange for a pension down the road" nonsense, most often argued by the state's most delusional public union apologists.
The basic proposal at hand would be this: No government worker in the State of Rhode Island shall collect a salary greater than the average private sector salary (save a few exceptions).
Remember Stephen Iannazzi, the 26 year-old without a college degree, who landed a $90,000 job (not including benefits) as a Senate staffer, who is also the son of Local 1033's business manager Donald Iannazzi – who just happened to have been employing the 30 year-old son of Senate Majority Leader Dominic Ruggerio at the time? Remember him? Yeah, well, under this proposal, there would be no more of that.
Public Unions vs. Private Unions
It has long been pointed out and lamented by Ocean State conservatives that, election after election, the state's public labor force is rounded up by union organizers and ushered to the polls, where they vote for politicians who promise to do the bidding of organized labor. Everything is precisely as conservative columnist George Will describes it: "They are government organized as an interest group to lobby itself for ever-larger portions of wealth extracted by the taxing power from the private sector. Increasingly, government workers are the electoral base of the party of government."
These political dynamics have proven to be so caustic to the tax base that revoking the voting rights of government employees is often seriously considered. After all, who finds it prudent to enable thousands of government workers to form a voting bloc that is able to continuously vote for itself perks and paychecks from the taxpayers?
The urge to strip public workers of their voting rights can intensify whenever one observes the economic cluelessness of Rhode Island's labor religionists. President of Council 94 Michael Downey said last year, "I don't think I'm alone in failing to make the connection between public-employee unions and the fact that our state has…the worst climate for business in the U.S."
Why union activists fail to understand that every public employee is also a public expense is anybody's guess. As I've written before on the pages of GoLocalProv, the stronger the government unions, the more expensive they become for taxpayers; the higher the taxes, the weaker the business environment; and a weak business climate leads to a lowering of wages, a loss of jobs, and the depletion of the middle class. It's that simple.
The fact that Rhode Island has one of the highest rates of public sector unionization is directly linked to the reality expressed by Mike Stenhouse, CEO of the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity: "Our state's private sector has such shockingly low compensation levels…This is yet another clear indication of how public policy in the Ocean State has favored certain groups while severely harming our economy and our business sector."
It was reported during the summer of 2011 that in Rhode Island the "unemployment rate across the building trades [was] running between 25 and 40 percent." According to secretary-treasurer of the RI Building and Construction Trades Council Scott Duhamel, this was something that was "unheard of" in the summer, when the unemployment rate is typically between 5 and 10 percent.
A Pro-Worker Reform
Personally, I can't wait for the rumble that ensues when private union workers realize that their "brothers in arms" in the public sector have been taking them for a ride. I can imagine, in that scenario, private laborers actually leading the charge to have public and private salaries tied together, an initiative that would serve to wake public employees from their slumber, and from the brainwashing they have undergone at the hands of their union leaders; a healthy reform that would finally offer public employees an incentive to partner with the private sector, rather than treat it like their own personal piggy-bank – making the government a servant of the people, rather than their master.
Perhaps most importantly, forcing government employees to be more cognizant of the health of the private economy would offer them a reason to ensure that their pensions are being properly funded, so that taxpayers aren't forced to, once again, pick up the slack in the future. A simple incentive for them to guard against unfunded pension liabilities – where much of the state's current problem lies.
The objection from union-Democrats will be, of course, that when it comes to something like the teaching profession, that requires advanced degrees, lower salaries would result in a diminishment of qualified teachers (as if the state's education system – after decades of union control – could get any more abysmal). But we should remember that when 75 Central Falls teachers were fired in 2010 for failing to comply with new work orders, "roughly 800 applications" came pouring in.
Besides, what, is $83,419 not enough money for a social studies teacher all of a sudden? I'd like to see Larry Purtill make that argument to the public.
Republicans should put this reform on the table. Union-Democrats won't be able to respond with their disingenuous attacks, calling those who back this proposal "anti-worker." After all, the plan aims to protect and enhance the salaries of the majority of workers who struggle with the turbulence of the free market every day.
Travis Rowley (TravisRowley.com) is author of The RI Republican: An Indictment of the Rhode Island Left.
Related Articles
- Travis Rowley: Conservatives Who Hate the GOP
- Travis Rowley: Let it Trickle Down
- Travis Rowley: Success, Notwithstanding the Government
- Travis Rowley: Democrats Fear Freedom
- Travis Rowley: Liberty By Law
- Travis Rowley: The Rich Must Get Richer
- Travis Rowley: Don't Blame Schilling
- Travis Rowley: Now Jim Langevin is Lying
- Travis Rowley: The Texas of the Northeast?
- Travis Rowley: Females and Latinos Must Appeal More to Republicans
- Travis Rowley: Plain-ly Ridiculous
- Travis Rowley: Unions are Not Dead
- Travis Rowley: Fire Radical Teachers
- Travis Rowley: Politics & the Pope
- Travis Rowley: Hendricken, Progressives, and Homosexuality
- Travis Rowley: Profiles in Cowardice – Senator Jim Sheehan
- Travis Rowley: Imagine No Democrats
- Travis Rowley: Republicans Told You So
- Travis Rowley: And So it Begins
- Travis Rowley: Left and Right - A Starting Point
Enjoy this post? Share it with others.
Comment #1 by Bryan Sullivan on 2012 12 01
Comment #2 by Michael Trenn on 2012 12 01
Comment #3 by Jeffrey Brown on 2012 12 01
Take a look around you. You can tel la lot about a population by looking at the types of businesses that thrive around us or the type of government agencies that are expanding. look at how many pharmacies we have in RI. The funeral homes do well too. Liquor stores, pawn shops, lotto places, bars, halfway houses, overpopulated jails, unemployment offices bulging at the seems, and so on.
Do we see any $ going into infrastructure, universities, high tech, libraries, museums, parks?
Most educated people have already left this godforsaken place. The republican party has no chance of getting anything done. I am selling my business and moving to Florida and anyone reading this should consider the same.
Comment #4 by simon ratigan on 2012 12 01
Comment #5 by anthony sionni on 2012 12 03
Their passage of the FY2013 enables transfer of infrastructure responsibility from the Department of Transportation to the Bridge and Turnpike Authority. In all likelihood this will inevitably result and soon in the tolling of the Sakonnet Bridge, which will have an immediate devastatingly adverse impact on the residents and business owners of the east bay area. The gain in revenue to maintain the four bridges connecting Aqiudneck Island, at the sole expense of a small segment of the state's population, will not offset the easy to foresee greater loss in tax revenues to the state. Residents of other sections of the state should take no comfort is seeing this burden borne solely by the east bay. To do so would be shortsighted and I think shameful. Infrastructure is a primary responsibility of government and the cost for effectively and efficiently managing it is a statewide obligation. The shortfall in the necessary funding to properly care for infrastructure is just another example of government's capacity for poorly managing what clearly is a spending allocation and prioritization problem. The DOT is responsible for infrastructure. It is a legislative and executive branch responsibility that should not be delegated to another quasi-public agency, composed of appointed board members with too much unfettered authority, of which Rhode Island has far too many.
Article 20 of the FY2013 also enables the establishment of an east bay infrastructure fund purportedly intended to provide an exclusive source of funding to support care and maintenance of roads and bridges in Newport and Bristol County. That is just plain wrong, unfair, unreasonable, unnecessary and actually a very dangerous precedent which should alarm every tax-paying resident of the state.
The second nail is being pounded home by the Governor by his public pronouncement of an wish to enter negotiations with the union leadership who are the plaintiffs in their lawsuit filed against the state to reverse the public pension reform legislation. He has deliberately and publicly put himself at odds with State Treasurer Raimondo who is largely responsible with the support of the general assembly for achieving successful passage of this reform legislation. She has had to caution the governor that his intent to negotiate is premature and ill advised. Governor Chafee, in a display of arrogance or ignorance or political pique, proclaims to know better. He does not. The actions that are required and essential to save the state from financial collapse are not ripe for negotiations.
Comment #6 by peter hewett on 2012 12 06

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Saving money is a priority for everyone - no matter if you're single or a family of five.
And while there are a lot of tips out there floating around that may improve your budget over the long term, WTOL 11's Craig Thomas has put together a list with tips that can put money in your wallet immediately.
And hey - who doesn't love instant gratification?
Check out Craig's tips in the video above, and share your money saving tips on our Facebook page. Copyright 2013 Toledo News Now. All Rights Reserved.
725 S. Floyd Street
Louisville, KY 40203
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
After many, many iterations, I think we've finally settled on a design for our accessible master bathroom. It's a whopping 21′ long and 8′ wide, includes a 5 x 8 roll-in shower, 2 wall hung sinks with covered plumbing, a chair-height commode with appropriate grab bars and a nice, deep whirlpool tub.
The linear thing came to me when I was considering how we would use the future ceiling lift/transport system at some point. The line-up of fixtures would allow the most straight forward, equipment efficient and cost effective way to use the space considering Jim's challenges. Instead of mulitple "stops" (which are pretty expensive) in the ceiling track, we'd only need a "T" shape which should really help. More


text:
Tag Archives: South park
Couldn't be better.
South Park's official video game dropped yesterday after years of production and the hands-on help of Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Comedy Central ranked the best moments of South Park's most beloved sociopath, Eric Cartman, and shot it over to us—which I'll take as an opportunity
Get learnt, bitch.
After a four-year hiatus, recovering gay fish Kanye West was lampooned by South Park once again last night. Fake Kanye West swings by South Park elementry after
LET THE CONSOLE WARS BEGIN.... Things are about to get WEIRD amongst video game fanboys, as the PlayStation 4 launches in the U.S. in just a couple of
The bad news first: South Park's long-awaited RPG, The Stick of Truth, has been delayed four months. "We always wanted the game to feel like
Anyone who's seen 6 Days to Air knows that South Park operates on a legendarily tight schedule. With the occasional exception of the season premiere, most episodes are plotted,
As I see it, South Park's forthcoming "The Stick of Truth" role-playing game is going to be like a less-nerdy Skyrim with more poop and fart jokes.
South Park has been the defining show of my life. I treated it like HBO softcore porn as a kid—the show worth a risky midnight break for the
Last week, South Park promised to go "there" for its 17th season. That "there" will be an episode about the NSA and governmental intrusions on privacy.
It's been several presidencies since South Park transformed from an exercise in creative use of the word "fuck" to the hilarious, biting social commentary that
This is a pretty amazing story about meeting your idols, told by Bill Hader to the Nerdist podcast:
Brock Baker (the "man of a kajillion voices") can pull off a convincing impression of just about every major South Park character. He even (amazingly)
A team of wacky University of Edinburgh scientists have programmed a computer to generate one-liners following a "specific set of rules," creating jokes that rely
Really great news out of the New York Times today for anyone who likes comedy and is dissatisfied with the slate of options major studios
Personally, I'm not a huge RPG fan, but when it involves Cartman screaming "f*cking f*ck f*ck f*ck!," I say sign me the f*ck up.
Must...get...to...weekend. This sports fix should help.
Don't shoot the messenger, but tomorrow night's South Park episode is called "Obama Wins!" I hope I didn't spoil anything for anyone.
Hey, Jets fans: Here's a video that could be useful when trying to figure out what to scream at the TV while watching Tim Tebow
Well, this was inevitable. In fact, the entire TLC line-up -- "Breaking Amish" especially -- should probably get the Sout Park treatment as well. We can only
South Park's season premiere last night tackled the concussion crisis in the NFL, and their treatment of the matter was as hilarious and cringe-worthy as
With E3 in full gear, it's been a big day for video game trailers.
The folks at South Park offered a quite a few jabs about the Penn State scandal. In fact, the show more or less
Last night's "South Park" was an instant classic. If you missed it, Randy discovers a conspiracy in which Broadway musicals are actually a
This Sunday at 10 PM, while you're watching football or baseball or HBO, Comedy Central will air an all-access, behind-the-scenes doc*mentary called "6
This isn't the type of thing we'd usually cover around here, but, f-it; Once upon a time I was an English major and now I
I have always been for paying student athletes who participate in the highest grossing sports. Giving them a free education is swell and all but


text:
1998 Hate Crimes Report
The report is available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat format.
- Download a .pdf version of the Hate Crimes
NOTE: This document is -- 181 KB (38 pages).
- Get Acrobat Reader
Executive Summary
This 1998 Hate Crimes in Florida report, submitted in accordance with the 1989 Hate Crimes Reporting Act, contains data reported by individual county and local law enforcement agencies throughout Florida. These agencies reported the occurrence of hate crime incidents in 1998 under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) information system. Currently, 400 agencies participate in the UCR system, and this Report is based solely upon the information provided to FDLE by the reporting agencies.
The 1998 Report includes data reported by 63 participating agencies, an increase of 37 percent from 1997, when 46 agencies reported hate crimes. Over all, only 15.8 percent of the 400 participating agencies reported hate crimes this year.
In 1997, a total of 160 hate crimes was reported. In 1998, 203 hate crimes were reported, representing an increase of 26.9 percent from the previous year. Although several factors, including a greater number of reporting agencies, may have contributed to the increase in the reported number of hate crime incidents, no single factor appears to explain the increase. One possible explanation for the increase is the availability of more specialized training in the detection, identification, investigation, and reporting of crimes motivated by hate.
Since 1994, the Office of the Attorney General has conducted hate crimes training seminars for state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Florida. To date, more than 2,200 law enforcement personnel from more than 50 jurisdictions have received this training. Additionally, in 1998 this office participated in the development of national hate crimes training curricula for state and local law enforcement officers. The development of these curricula was a joint effort by the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Association of Attorneys General, the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Its purpose was to address the need for specialized training in this area. In 1998, train-the-trainer programs were presented throughout the United States. The curricula and the train-the-trainer programs emphasize the need to add prosecutors and victim advocates to the cadre of persons conducting these hate crimes training programs. This process has enhanced the training program and enabled more training programs to take place.
The 203 reported hate crime offenses represent criminal behavior that has been defined, categorized, and codified in Florida Statutes. The general motivational patterns underlying these incidents remain consistent with previous years. For example, race remains the most common motivation for hate crime, accounting for 62.6 percent of the 1998 incidents, compared to 70.6 percent in 1997. The other motivational types included in the report were ethnicity 10.3 percent, religious beliefs 13.3 percent, and sexual orientation 13.8 percent. The number of reported hate crimes increased for each of these motivational types in 1998.
Hate crimes are classified by two types of offenses, crimes against persons and crimes against property. Crimes against persons accounted for 62 per cent of all reported hate crimes in 1998, down from 74 percent during 1997. Crimes against property accounted for 38 percent of all reported hate crimes in 1998, compared to 26 per cent in 1997. Again, caution should be applied in interpreting this data and in drawing conclusions solely from information contained in this report. It is important to note that this report does not include unreported crimes or crimes that may be hate-related but are not classified as such by the local law enforcement agency.


text:
Ansonia High School will hold its first game of the season Friday night after the Nolan Athletic Complex was vandalized last month.
Police said those vandals caused nearly $15,000 in damages.
Local businesses stepped in and donated enough money to have the field ready for Friday night's game against Woodland Regional.
The game starts at 7 p.m.
Copyright 2012 WFSB (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.


text: The Big Bang Theory Series 5 - 7. The Good Guy Fluctuation Share: About this programme 7/24. Leonard has doubts about his feelings for Priya when he kisses a girl he meets in the comic-book store, while the rest of the gang members play pranks on Sheldon in celebration of Halloween. Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons. Cast and crew Cast Leonard Hofstadter Johnny Galecki Sheldon Cooper Jim Parsons Penny Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting Howard Wolowitz Simon Helberg Raj Koothrappali Kunal Nayyar Priya Koothrappali Aarti Mann Categories Sitcom Share:


text:
Who else is sick of hearing about Chick-fil-A? I know I am. There must be nothing else going on in the national and local media. Thank goodness there aren't wars, power outages, droughts, and the Olympics going on right now, or else we would be hearing about those things and not about how a known Christian fast food establishment does not support gay marriage.
This is news?
Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays cause they fear the wrath of God. What makes anyone think that they would support gay marriage?
Now I totally and completely disagree with their stance from two different view points. 1. Alienating a large demographic is bad business, duh. And 2. Personally I am a huge supporter of gay rights and civil rights in general. So I will never ever-ever-ever consume Chick-fil-A ever again. (I ate it once in an airport, didn't think it was very good anyway.)
The cover of today's NY Post features a huge line at a Chick-fil-A in New Jersey – citing that people were lined up to support freedom of speech. Oh how we love to pick and choose our constitution rights. Say whatever you want people, unless you are gay and you want to say "I do." Not that I don't agree that the owners of Chick-fil-A can say whatever the heck they want, but when we open our mouths there are consequences. So they can say that marriage is defined by the Bible, but I can say I am going to spend my fried chicken money elsewhere. (Really it just another reason why NJ is disappointing.)
My favorite part about the whole issue is that I have friends that are sorely disappointed that they are going to have to give up their beloved Chick-fil-A. I feel their pain. Maybe I am so dismissive cause I never had an affinity for their product. I mean if Dunkin Donuts turned around and said that they had a problem with 1/2 Filipino gals from Queens, I would be very sad that I couldn't get my morning coffee there anymore. (Thank god that will never happen.)
Fingers crossed that the spokespeople for In N Out Burger (a well know and freaking delicious Christian owned restaurant chain) keep their mouths shut on the issue. I would be really upset if I couldn't get my In N Out on.


text:
San Francisco at Oregon2013-09-20T19:00:00-07:00
Eugene, OR
Papé Field
Papé Field
Eugene, OR
Watch 9/20 at 7:00 PM PT
Live Stream
Not Available on App
Not Available on App
Not Available on App
Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scores
More: San Francisco at Oregon - Women's Soccer
Ducks Host Oregon Nike Tournament
Oregon open home slate against Saint Mary's and Loyola Marymount.
Ducks Pick Up First Win Over Milwaukee
Senior midfielder Kiyomi Cook notched her first career goal as Oregon soccer defeated Milwaukee, 2-0, at McClimon Complex on Sunday.
Ducks Fall to Wisconsin in Season Opener
The Oregon soccer team (0-1-0) fell in its season opener to Wisconsin (1-0-0), 1-0 at McClimon Complex.
Ducks Open 2014 Season In Wisconsin
Ducks open the season on the road for first time since 2011.
Offense Powers Ducks Past Trinity Western, 3-0
Senior midfielder Lilly Archer scored twice as the Oregon Soccer team shutout Trinity Western, 3-0, in an exhibition Wednesday evening at Papé Field.
Ducks Add Novak to Coaching Staff
The Oregon Soccer team has added Kyle Novak as a volunteer goalkeeper assistant coach, head coach Kat Mertz announced Tuesday.


text:
Manchester United head to the Hawthorns in the second Premier League match today, as they take on a West Brom side that was rejuvenated under Roy Hodgson last year.
West Brom: Foster, Reid, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt, Scharner, Mulumbu, Morrison, Tchoyi, Long. Bench: Cox, Dorrans, Jara, Thorne, Fortuné, Dawson, Fulop.
Manchester United: De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Fabio; Nani, Anderson, Cleverley, Young; Rooney, Welbeck. Bench: Lindegaard, Jones, Evans, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Carrick
Interesting for United as Chris Smalling starts at right-back, and Fabio, Cleverley, and Welbeck also come in for a very youthful side. In addition, Anderson in midfield means this is a very attack-minded, pacy United team.
West Brom give a start to £7m signing Shane Long, who joined from reading this transfer window. Peter Odemwingie, the Baggies' top scorer last season, and Graham Dorrans miss out.
Stay tuned to this thread for live coverage of the game.


text:
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Solano County Coroner has identified the victim found yesterday as that of 63-year-old David Dubois of Benicia. The cause and manner of Dubois' death have not been determined at this time according to Deputy Jackson Harris of the coroner's office.
Asked if Dubois was the victim of foul play Deputy Harris said, "At this point there is no indication of that."
An autopsy is scheduled for later today.
Posters asking the public's help in finding Dubois were taped to light posts in Downtown Benicia shortly after he was reported missing by his wife.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 14, Benicia firefighters were called to the shoreline near West Sixth and St. John's Place where a body was spotted in the water.
According to a release from the Benicia Fire Department the body was in an area inaccessible from the shoreline so the U.S. Coast Guard was called in and was able to recover the body.
The Coast Guard brought the body to a private dock in the area where fire department personnel confirmed that the victim was deceased. The Solano County coroner took possession of the body.
Benicia Patch reported on Friday, October 12 that a man was reported missing from a West Sixth Street home. Benicia Police refused to comment on the identity of the victim or on the investigation into his death.
It is normal for the officials to withhold information until family members are notified.
Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.
Do you subscribe to the Benicia Patch newsletter? It brings our latest stories, blogs, announcements and the day's calendar events to your in-box early each morning. Follow Benicia Patch on Facebook and Twitter.
Do you have opinions, experiences and views to share? Consider becoming a Benicia Patch blogger!
If there's something in this article you think should be corrected, or if something else is amiss, call editor JB Davis at 707-628-0051 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Need a unique gift for that special someone or group? Give the gift of zipping! Click on the button below to purchase.
For installation to course management, on-going routine inspections to maintenance, call our professional team today!
At Dagaz Acres, just west of Cincinnati, the Pirate Bridge is just one part of the most exciting Zip Line Canopy Tour in the region. On this ravine-crossing swinging bridge, you can catch your breath from the speed of the ziplines and take in the view. But don't worry, at 90 feet long and tree-top high, walking the planks of this state-of-the-art suspension bridge will give you just enough spring, swing and wiggle to keep the adventure and the smiles going.
Safe fun for youths, seniors, groups and families. Come on out and experience the once-in-a-lifetime zip lining adventure at Dagaz Acres!
Included on the following courses:
The Premier Zip Line Course
The Ultimate Zip Line and Canopy Course
Photos taken of our visitors on the Pirate Bridge
To navigate, use the left and right arrows. To view full size, click on any image to open in a lightbox.
Zipline Adventures is fun for the whole family!
Anne, Ellie, Abby, Chris Vondergraf, Alexandria, KY


text:
Our Community Need
There are over 50 homeless pregnant teenagers in our city. Some are as young as 14 years old.* How we'll make a difference »
How to Get Involved
With many types of needs, there are several ways for you to get involved and make a difference. More »


text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
1/2 Photos of Watermelon Smoothie
Prep Time:
Cook Time:
1 hrs 15 mins
0 mins
Preparation time includes freezing the water melon chunks
Units: US | Metric
Serving Size: 1 (231 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Getting dinner on the table just got a whole lot easier.


text:
Oatmeal is good for weight loss because it offers the body a healthy dose of natural grains and oats. Oatmeal offers a wide range of health benefits, which include weight loss because of a variety of aspects.
Firstly, oatmeal is high in fiber and antioxidants, making it one of the best breakfast foods a person can eat when trying to lose weight. Oatmeal contains a healthy source of soluble fiber which works to lower a person's cholesterol and remove waste more effectively.
Oatmeal is a low calorie choice for breakfast and contains only 130 calories per serving. Topped with fresh blueberries, oatmeal contains more antioxidants than just about any other food available. Antioxidants rid the body of any free radicals that impede weight loss and keep the immune system boosted and the metabolism revved up. For these reasons alone, oatmeal is a great choice for weight loss.
The soluble fiber contained in oatmeal is also beneficial to slow down the digestion of starch, which in diabetes patients can be quite helpful. Significant and sharp rises in blood sugar can be corrected and avoided through the consumption of oatmeal on a daily basis. This component of oatmeal allows for those affected by diabetes to also take part in weight loss efforts and make those efforts successful. Too many times diabetes victims become subject to obesity, but not when oatmeal is eaten regularly.


text:
- Watch Clouds Form on a Saturn Moon
- Telescope Captures Rare Black Hole Occurrence
- NASA's Supersonic Flying Saucer
- Zombie Star Spotted
- Why Moon Is Lemon Shaped
- The Next Mars Rover
- Now THAT'S a Photobomb!
- Mars Curiosity Rover Shows UFO?
- Could Salt Melt Martian Ice
- Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Discovered
- NASA To Send Message For Aliens
- NASA to Capture Asteroids in a Bag
- Something Incredible Found on This Beach
- What It Will Take To Reach Mars
- NASA and Google Developing Floating Robots
- The Next Leap in Weather Satellites
- Saturn Moon Hides 'Great Lake'
- Two Asteroids in Two Days?
- Picking the Right Telescope
- New Images of Fatal Launch
- The End of the Greatest Telescope?
- The Sun as Art
- WHY Was Beyonce DISSED By NASA!?
- Best Space Moments of 2013
- Strange Object in Night Sky
- What's THAT on the Moon?
- Earthrise: 45 Years Later
- EARTH: From 'Outside My Window'
- A New Way to Explore Earth
- The World Through an Astronaut's Eyes
- MUCH Greater Asteroid Threat
- Olympic Torch Rockets to Space
- Comet Outlives Predictions
- Crater Turns Out to Be a Supervolcano
- Is This View Worth $75,000?
- Life In Our Solar System?
- About to Catch a Comet!
- New Views of Amazing Landmarks
- Could This Destroy Earth?
- The Future of Our Sun
- What is That Over the Sun?
- Could It Destroy Everything?
- Beer in Space!
- Europe Eyes Mars with New Rover
- How We Could Survive on the Red Planet
- Astronauts Training WHERE?
- Space Disaster Possible?
- Rare Meteor For Sale
- Volcano in Space?
- Coming: Forecast for the Sun?
- Comet of the Century!
- Three New Additions to ISS
- Proof of Water on Mars?
- Trouble on the Space Station
- No Life on Mars!
- Telescope Captures Astounding Image
- The Sun...Sleeping?
- You've Never Seen It Like This
- A Habitable Alien Planet?
- Is Our Sun Burning Out?
- Hurricanes From SPACE
The solar eclipse set to occur April 29 will only be seen by an exclusive group.
Only those in Australia and parts of Antarctica will see Tuesday's annular solar eclipse, which will transform the sun into a ring of fire, according to Space.com.
This eclipse will be an annular eclipse because the moon will be close to its furthest distance from Earth, making it too small to create a total eclipse. So instead of a brilliant blackout of the sun, people who view the eclipse will see a reddish-yellow ring around the moon.
(MORE: Antarctica Was Once As Warm As ...)
Here's an animated image of the areas that will see the April 29 solar eclipse. (NASA/GSFC/A.T. Sinclair)
This eclipse is rare because the center of the moon's shadow, known as the antumbra, will barely miss the Earth, passing just above Antarctica, Universe Today reports. Out of nearly 4,000 annular eclipses occurring in a 5,000-year period, only 1.7 percent will be like the one occurring April 29.
Universe Today explains that even though Australia will be in the viewing area for this eclipse, no part of the continent will see it in totality. Only a sliver of Antarctica will have a chance to witness the entire event. Parts of Australia will see as much as 55 percent of the sun eclipsed, and some smaller islands in the Indian Ocean may see the eclipse to the same extent. Other islands, like Bali or Indonesia, will see a small chunk of the sun eclipsed by the moon.
There are only two solar and two lunar eclipses in 2014, the minimum that can occur in a single year, according to Astro Guyz.
(MORE: The 8 Biggest Mysteries of Our Planet)
The next eclipse event for the United States will occur Oct. 8 with the second total lunar eclipse of 2014, Universe Today reports. North America will experience a partial solar eclipse Oct. 23.
However, we won't see another total solar eclipse from the United States mainland until Aug. 21, 2017, EarthSky says.
MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Images of the Blood Moon Eclipse on April 15
Total eclipse of the moon underway over southern California as seen from Korea town ,west of downtown Los Angeles ,early on April 15, 2014. (Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images)


text:
- Music
- Dining
- Attractions
- Sports
- Theater
- Art
- Family Fun
- Fitness/Health
- Neighborhoods
- About
- The Weekender
I recently wrote about a laundry list of awards that Louisville and its attractions have garnered over the past year or so. But hold on, we just got another one:
"Most Challenging Place to Live with Spring Allergies"
Louisville is apparently absolutely the worst city for spring allergies for 2014, up from number five last year. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has released its rankings for the worst cities for spring and fall allergies for the last 12 years.
The ranking, on which Louisville got a full 100-point score, is based on a pollen score of average grains per cubic meter of air, amount of medication used per patient in the area, and the number of Board Certified Allergists per patient. Louisville didn't get the highest score in that last area, but still beat out Memphis, Tennessee by three points.
The Southeast is well represented in the list of worst cities, so if you plan to try to travel to get at least some temporary relief, you'll need to plan to get out of the region. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia; and Birmingham, Alabama are all also in the top 10.
If you are indeed challenged by allergies here in Louisville, you are not alone. The AAFA says 45 million Americans live with nasal allergies; 25 million have asthma. The city ranking is meant to be a reminder that you need to be aware, take your allergies seriously, and have a plan for dealing with them. The organization provides resources online and an 800 number for those who would like to discuss their options further.
I'll see you in the Kleenex aisle.
Photo: Shutterstock Copyright: Olga_Phoenix
|Louisville ranks first as U.S. allergy capital [Fitness & Health]
|Smart Idea: Get Your IdeaFestival Pass Early
|Louisville Grows' Farmer's Market and Seeds and Starts Sale
|Cool Cave Day Trips from Louisville
|Hike, Bike, Paddle This Memorial Day with Mayor's Healthy Hometown Event
|Where to Find Local Honey
|Mayor's Give a Day Week of Service Begins April 12


text:
Home » Opinion » Columns
Thomas Sowell: The fake economics of the fiscal cliff
Amid all the political and media hoopla about the "fiscal cliff" crisis, there are a few facts that are worth noting.
First of all, despite all the melodrama about raising taxes on "the rich," even if that is done it will scarcely make a dent in the government's financial problems. Raising the tax rates on everybody in the top two percent will not get enough additional tax revenue to run the government for ten days.
And what will the government do to pay for the other 355 days in the year?
All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting "the rich" to pay "their fair share" is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics. Taxing "the rich" will produce a drop in the bucket when compared to the staggering and unprecedented deficits of the Obama administration.
No previous administration in the entire history of the nation ever finished the year with a trillion dollar deficit. The Obama administration has done so every single year. Yet political and media discussions of the financial crisis have been focussed overwhelmingly on how to get more tax revenue to pay for past and future spending.
The very catchwords and phrases used by the Obama administration betray how phony this all is. For example, "We are just asking the rich to pay a little more."
This is an insult to our intelligence. The government doesn't "ask" anybody to pay anything. It orders you to pay the taxes they impose and you can go to prison if you don't.
Then there are all the fancy substitute words for plain old spending - words like "stimulus" or "investing in the industries of the future."
The theory about "stimulus" is that government spending will stimulate private businesses and financial institutions to put more of their money into the economy, speeding up the recovery. But the fact that you call something a "stimulus" does not make it a stimulus.
Stimulus spending began during the Bush administration and has continued full blast during the Obama administration. But the end result is that both businesses and financial institutions have had record amounts of their own money sitting idle. The rate of circulation of money slowed down. All this is the opposite of stimulus.
What about "investing in the industries of the future"? Does the White House come equipped with a crystal ball? Calling government spending "investment" does not make it investment any more than calling spending "stimulus" makes it stimulate anything.
What in the world would lead anyone to think that politicians have some magic way of knowing what the industries of the future are? Thus far the Obama administration has repeatedly "invested" in the bankruptcies of the present, such as Solyndra.
Using lofty words to obscure tawdry realities extends beyond the White House. Referring to the Federal Reserve System's creation of hundreds of billions of new dollars out of thin air as "quantitative easing" makes it seem as if this is some soothing and esoteric process, rather than amounting essentially to nothing more than printing more money.
Debasing the value of money by creating more of it is nothing new or esoteric. Irresponsible governments have done this, not just for centuries, but for thousands of years.
It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
All the pretty talk about how tax rates will be raised only on "the rich" hides the ugly fact that the poorest people in the country will see the value of their money decline, just like everybody else, and at the same rate as everybody else, when the government creates more money and spends it.
If you have $100 and, after inflation follows from "quantitative easing," that $100 dollars will only buy what $80 bought before, then that is the same economically as if the government had taxed away one-fifth of your money and spent it.
But it is not the same politically, so long as gullible people don't look beyond words to the reality that inflation taxes everybody, the poorest as well as the richest.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His Web site is www.tsowell.com.
- Jon Cavaiani dies at 70; desperate stand in '71 led to Medal of Honor - 0
- Meriam Ibrahim, family welcomed as long journey ends in Manchester - 2
- Moose International files suit to claim Claremont lodge - 0
- NH man's wife flies to Rome, meets Pope Francis after giving birth on death row in Sudan - 2
- Manchester postpones Fourth of July celebration - 0
- Reports say Sudanese Christian woman released; Manchester relative hopeful - 0
- 'Cadillac' health tax costs draw big worry - 13
- Wastewater lagoon blamed for Exit 4 odor - 0
- Author and poet Maya Angelou dies at 86 - 0
Parking fines cause disputes, raise revenuesREADER COMMENTS: 1
- Possible drowning in Bow - 0
- Some charges dismissed against Nashua caretaker - 0
- Rochester police release video footage of man in Dos Amigos robbery - 0
- Nashua physician under investigation by Board of Medicine - 0
- Two injured in late-night Londonderry crash - 0
- Rochester police ask for public's help to ID restaurant robber - 0
- Burglar nets undisclosed amount of cash in Domino's robbery - 0
- Traffic change Wednesday for Keene State move-in day - 0
- Lawyer goes to court to try to reopen Manchester stores closed over 'spice' - 3
BREAKING NEWS: Islamic State says it beheaded NH journalistREADER COMMENTS: 1
Market Basket: On the brink again
Judge slams spice search
Target: Obamacare
Whole Foods poised to open in Nashua
Manchester judge: Open store that sold spice
Free state garden: Weeding is always good
SNHU and NHIA say they'll delay merger
Target: Obamacare
ISIS beheads NH journalist
Market Basket: On the brink again
Judge slams spice search
NH's immigrants: Welcome the ones from Mass.
Pope's call-out Where's the Muslim outrage?


text:
- Home
- News
- 'Nude But Not Lewd' Passenger Takes It All Off for Airport Security, Faces Indecent Exposure Charge
Constitutional Law
'Nude But Not Lewd' Passenger Takes It All Off for Airport Security, Faces Indecent Exposure Charge
Posted Apr 19, 2012 12:34 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
A tech worker who took it all off for airport security at the Portland, Ore., airport is facing an indecent exposure charge.
However, John E. Brennan, 49, said he was "nude but not lewd" and argued that his act of protest—he said he removed everything only after walking through a metal detector and undergoing a pat-down failed to satisfy Transportation Security Administration agents—qualifies as protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, reports the Associated Press.
It appears that he may have some case law on his side:
Citing state appeals court precedent, a Multnomah County judge has said that unclothed cyclists in an annual Naked Bike Ride, in which Brennan told the news agency he has also participated, should not be arrested simply because they are nude. At issue, based on the facts of each individual case, is whether the nudity is for the purpose of sexual gratification or is a form of "symbolic protest."
The Crime Scene page of the San Francisco Chronicle has a photo of the incident apparently taken by a fellow passenger.
Brennan initially was charged with disorderly conduct as well, but prosecutors declined to pursue the case, reports the Daily Weekly blog of the Seattle Weekly.
"Our civil rights are being eroded slowly, and TSA is one of the ways that's happening," said Brennan. "I knew that I could use the power of being naked to bring visibility to that issue."
Booked at the Multnomah County Jail after he refused repeated requests from TSA agents and airport police to put his clothes on, Brennan missed his Alaska Airlines flight to San Jose, Calif., recounts the Oregonian.
Add a Comment
We welcome your comments, but please adhere to our comment policy. Flag comment for moderator.


text:
Volunteer Counsellors
Recruitment process for Volunteer Counsellors
Counsellors in training who are interested in a placement with us can register their interest for our next recruitment day by sending their CV to the office.
Counsellors in training will need:
- To have completed a certificate or foundation year in counselling accredited by a professional body such as the BACP or UKCP.
- To complete our application form and return to us, together with copies of any certificates or diplomas they have already completed which relate to their counselling work
Successful applicants will be asked to: Attend our recruitment day and after the day some candidates will be invited to attend an interview. Provide satisfactory references before being offered a placement.
Benefits for Volunteers
- Fortnightly supervision in groups of no more than four with very experienced supervisors in line with BACP recommendations. We can arrange the client workload to suit students who are required to have supervision at college.
- CPD training events.
- The opportunity to work in small teams ensuring safety and providing support.
- Counsellors' meetings held quarterly providing support as well as an opportunity to feedback issues or queries to the service.
- The experience of working for an established, highly professional charity.
- The opportunity to accrue counselling, supervision and training hours that will count towards course requirements as well as BACP accreditation.
Counsellors pay £25 a month by Standing Order to subsidise supervision and administrative costs.
Counsellors are required to:
- To offer a maximum of three counselling sessions per week. Counsellors working in the evenings are sometimes requested to work in teams, which means even if you have just one client you are required to stay the for the three hour duration.
- Commit themselves to the service for a minimum period of eighteen months. giving two months' notice of the intention to resign. Initially, all volunteers are offered a three-month probationary contract which will be extended after a successful probationary review. After this, placements will be reviewed annually.
- Operate according to the policies and procedures of The Counselling Partnership. This includes a commitment to working respectfully with individual difference in line with the agency's policy on Equal Opportunities.
- Fulfil the administrative responsibilities delegated to them as regards procedures for note keeping, communication and the handling of funds.
- Participate in regular supervision sessions provided by The Counselling Partnership in addition to any other supervision arrangements they may have set up.
- Pay attention to their own personal development, including personal therapy.
- Participate in regular counsellor meetings which take place every two-three months.
Here are some comments made by former counsellors:
'My journey started with the NSCCP and I believe that what I have become today is to a great extent thanks to the training and opportunities given to me by the Counselling Partnership'. (SK)
I felt very safe as a counsellor in training when I started with the NSCCP. I was able, alongside my clients, to grow and develop with them. I was supported in so many ways by the organisation. I valued group supervision and training days where I was able to share and learn with my fellow counsellors. There was fun, laughter and tears. A special combination. I shall never forget how much the NSCCP has given me. (KN)


text:
The BMW i3
The Story of BMW i
360° Electric
BMW i Connected Drive
Model Highlights
Features & Specs
Media Gallery
Owner's Manuals
View Brochure
Sign Up for Updates
Build Your Own
BMW i Financing
Special Offers
Get a Quote
Estimate Payment
SEE ALL BMW i3 SERIES MODELS
THE STORY OF BMW i
Design Philosophy
Carbon Fiber
Lifedrive Architecture
eDrive & Efficient Dynamics
BMW LifeDrive is an architectural concept that was purpose-built for electric vehicles. Comprised of two separate units, the Life Module and the Drive Module form the framework of all BMW i vehicles.
The Life Module is a high-strength and lightweight passenger compartment made from Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP), which could be thought of as the passenger cabin.
The Drive Module, which is constructed out of aluminum, consists of the 22-kWh, lithium-ion battery, electric drive train, MacPherson strut, 5-link rear suspension, and structural components. The lithium-ion battery cells are stored beneath the passenger compartment of the car, giving the vehicle an optimum 50:50 weight distribution and low center of gravity.
Another benefit of BMW i's LifeDrive architecture is the lack of a space-consuming transmission tunnel running through the center of the car–because of the separate Drive Module. This gives the BMW i3 the interior space of a BMW 3 Series, while having the footprint of a much smaller BMW 1 Series.
BMW i offers a range of innovative products and services that allow you to drive with confidence.
360° Electric
Learn more
BMW i ConnectedDrive was created with one thing in mind—an all-electric lifestyle should be totally seamless.
BMW i ConnectedDrive
Learn more
Where does sustainability begin? The answer: in the same place as it ends.
Learn more
Explore the all-electric BMW i3.
Media Gallery
View Now
Privacy Policy & Legal
Company Information
Safety Recalls
Contact Us
Site Map
BMW Motorcycles
BMW of North America, LLC.


text:
A Nashville man has been paying child support for over 12 years for a child that isn't his. Antonio Davis said he's paid more than $40,000 in child support to take care of a little girl he has seen once in the last decade. He signed the birth certificate when the child was born, but he had doubts he was the real father. "For me, as a man, it's kind of hard to hold a child in your hands and say, 'This is not my child,'" Davis said. He has been to court more than 20 times to try and get a paternity test for the little girl. For the past 12 years, Davis said he's also been paying between $20 and $329 per month in child support."The state has garnished everything I can think of," he added.The mother left the state years ago and took the child with her. Davis could not get a Davidson County judge to approve a paternity test. But last year, when Davis learned the mother of the child had moved to Clarksville, he found a judge there who approved it. The test came back negative. "I went to court on December 3 with a blood test in my hand, but it seemed at the time that it was irrelevant," said Davis.
He explained that a Davidson County judge told him that as long as his signature is on the child's birth certificate, he is responsible for taking care of her.
Davis, however, has two biological children that he wishes he could spend that money on instead.When Nashville's News 2 reached out to the mother, she said she is certain Davis is the father of the child and does not believe the outcome of the paternity test.
Previous Story:
441 Murfreesboro Road Nashville, TN 37210
Telephone: 615.369.7222
Fax: 615.369.7329
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
D.A.R.E. Graduation at Carolina Beach Elementary School
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:53
- Written by Super User
D.A.R.E. Essay Winners.
CBES Fifth Graders Graduate D.A.R.E. and Essay Winners Announced - Carolina Beach Elementary School's fifth grade class held their D.A.R.E. graduation this past Thursday, January 24th, 2013. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. This year Carolina Beach Police Department's Corporal Larry Ward headed up the program; during the ceremony Ward presented each graduate with a metal and certificate for their accomplishment. At the end of the D.A.R.E program each student is asked to write a essay about the program and what they have learned. Usually there is only one essay winner but Corporal Ward chose one winner from each of the three fifth grade classes. The following are the winning essays:
"My Experience with D.A.R.E." By: Emma Holton. D.A.R.E has taught me about the harmful effects of alcohol, drugs, and even peer pressure. It has also taught me about the different types of dangerous drugs like marijuana. I never knew that smoking could be so harmful to you. It could cause heart disease and even lung cancer. don't want anyone I know to have that. D.A.R.E has shown me to help someone who's smoking and tell them not to, it could really impact their lives. Coming from this session in D.A.R.E. I bet some kids have thought of smoking and doing drugs ,but D.A.R.E has changed them. lm thankful for D.A.R.E as a resource to keep me safe. It's important to not do drugs be cause it can get to your head. It could cause serious damage to your whole body. D.A.R.E has taught me things that could change my life. It has shown me what to do and what not to do. Now i can be myself and express myself. This experience has taught me so much and I had LOTS of fun! I'm glad I had this opportunity. I pledge to be safe and be cautious of what i do. I will not do drugs or other harmful things. I promise to impact other people and encourage them to be safe. I will stand up for other people and be a leader. I will be respectful to others. I will never give up when in difficult times. I pledge to help other people in hard times, and most important, I promise with all my heart, to shine through!
"D.A.R.E" By: Mia Hogan. D.A.R.E stands for Drugs Abuse Resistance Education. It taught me how drugs are bad for you. It is important because it taught me not to take drugs. I think all students should take D.A.R.E. so they will learn about how drugs are bad for you. They taught me about four things smoking, alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. They taught me about how they were all bad for your whole body. You could get cancer from marijuana and smoking. You can get other diseases as well. They can also damage your brain. This information is important because it helped me decide not to take drugs. The impact from D.A.R.E. in my life is that I play sports and I want a healthy mind and body. I learned many skills in D.A.R.E. One skill is how to make wise decisions in bad situations. I also learned how to talk to others about drugs. Another skill I learned is how to deal with peer pressure. It also taught me how to deal with drugs. I promise I will never take any kind of drugs. I will also tell people they are horrible to take drugs. I pinky swear I will never ever ever sell drugs. I swear that I will tell the police if I see someone taking drugs. I will tell people how terrible it is to see people die from drugs. Hopefully it will be enough to make people not take drugs. "Drug, Abuse, Resistance Education" By: Callie Robinson. In D.A.R.E. I learned that smoking can cause respiratory problems in your lungs. D.A.R.E. is awesome you can be learning and having fun at the same time. We learned how to deal with peer pressure and bad situations. D.A.R.E. has taught me that you would not want anything to do with drugs or smoking they could hurt or even kill you. One lesson we learned that peer pressure is affecting people everywhere. That hurts me to see people get bullied. So I can tell a teacher or adult about the person who is getting bullied. Our tobacco lesson was very important because it taught us all the health effects. I learned about the D.A.R.E. decision. E evaluate did you make a good choice.
Officer Ward taught us D.A.R.E. is here at my school because it teaches me about solutions I will face in my lifetime. D.A.R.E. stands for drug abuse resistance education. D.A.R.E. is an important part of school and I hope everybody likes it. Officer Ward makes everybody laugh and me also.
I pledge to be drug free forever. I will make a wise decision with alcohol, tobacco, and every other drug. I promise to never smoke and live a long healthy life!.


text:
Nomad points out the ROK Army's latest transformation idea to become a more modern and ready force; by making Ranger training fun by crossing the "magic bridge":
For most men who have been to the military service, ranger training is remembered as a tough memory of crawling like crazy. The grueling physical training under the mean glance of drill instructors wearing red hats, rope crossing and mud puddle jumping can only be described as strenuous.
The army plans to change such ranger training into a training that will provide some fun to soldiers, while also improving camaraderie and actual fighting skills.
In order to do so, it decided to adopt an artificial rock climbing wall, and to implement climbing a "magic bridge†and crossing a one-rope bridge, into its obstacle course.


text:
Share the Good News of Christmas has become an all-out effort at Cloverdale Baptist Church in Cloverdale, British Colombia. They see distributing the bags as a way to get everyone in the church involved in ministry. They are encouraging each of the 380 families in the church to take four bags and to go outside of their comfort zone to invite friends, family, and acquaintances to church this Christmas. They're even considering implementing the Share the Good News of Christmas theme into the program itself, using the logo design in the promotion and signage.
It's not too late for your church or small group to consider doing the same. Let us know if we can help you Share the Good News of Christmas with your community.


text:
Last week, the Instytut Ksiazki announced that this year's Transatlantyk Award was to Vlasta Dvořáčková, who translates Polish literature into Czech.
Vlasta Dvořáčková is the most important Czech translator of Czesław Miłosz, Tadeusz Różewicz, Wisława Szymborska, and Zbigniew Herbert. Ever since having studied Polish Literature at Charles University in Prague – in the complex circumstances of a communist state and widespread censorship – she has promoted Polish literature and culture, including authors that were blacklisted. She has performed an invaluable service in her publishing and popularizing of modern Polish poetry, both before and after 1989. Her contribution to the popularization of the classics of Polish literature is also inestimable, as her translations include Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz and Adam Mickiewicz. Dvořáčková has won the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland. In 2009 she received the translation of the year award from the Czech Translators' Association for her rendering of recent volumes by Wisława Szymborska (Moment, Colon, and Here). She also translates from German and English.
The Transatlantyk is an annual Book Institute award presented for outstanding achievement in the promotion of Polish literature in the world. The Award Chapter selects the winner; it is made up of Ireneusz Kania, Xenia Staroshyelska, Beata Stasińska and Olga Tokarczuk. The head is the Director of the Book Institute. The award includes 10,000 euro and a statue. The winners to date have been: Henryk Bereska (2005), Anders Bodegård (2006), Albrecht Lempp (2007), Xenia Staroshyelska (2008), Biserka Rajčić (2009), and Pietro Marchesani (2010).
In the London of Hédi Kaddour's Little Grey Lies, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan, peace has settled, but the tensions, fears, and anger of the Great War remain, even if tucked away behind stories and lies. Directly ahead, as those. . .
One of the greatest services—or disservices, depending on your viewpoint—Bertrand Russell ever performed for popular philosophy was humanizing its biggest thinkers in his History. No longer were they Platonic ideals, the clean-shaven exemplars of the kind of homely truisms that. . .
The best way to review Alejandra Pizarnik's slim collection, A Musical Hell, published by New Directions as part of their Poetry Pamphlet series, is to begin by stating that it is poetry with a capital P: serious, dense, and, some. . .
Upon completing Albertine Sarrazin's Astragal I was left to wonder why it ever fell from print. Aside from the location, Astragal could pass as the great American novel. Its edginess and rawness capture the angst and desires we all had. . .
When my eyes first crossed the back cover of Fabio Genovesi's novel Live Bait, I was caught by a blurb nestled between accolades, a few words from a reviewer for La Repubblica stating that the novel was, however magically, "[b]eyond. . .
"I preferred the war to the plague," writes Curzio Malaparte in his 1949 novel, The Skin. He speaks of World War II and the destruction it has wrought on Italy, the city of Naples in particular. But the plague he. . .
With the steady rise of feminist scholarship and criticism in recent decades, it is little wonder that the work of Louise Labé should be attracting, as Richard Sieburth tells us in the Afterword to his translation, a "wide and thriving". . .


text:
An e-book publisher offering free e-books? Really. With e-textbooks from Bookboon, a few ads appear in the books matching your work or field of study. Arrive on the homepage and decide between college textbooks (engineering, IT and business), business books (personal development, career) and travel guides. The process is simple: choose a book, enter your e-mail address and tell them whether you're studying or working, and the PDF book will pop up—on any device. It doesn't require registration, e-mail confirmations or payment in any sort: they're all free. The orange-colored website recruits university professors worldwide who decide to help students by writing free material for them. "Our authors are convinced that their students are spending too much money on textbooks," explains author recruiter Sophie Tergeist, "and use Bookboon's textbooks in their lectures." Since 2005, they've published 800 new textbooks by professors from all over the world and are publishing 250 new books in 2012. "Between those talking about e-book prices and the high college fees, we are glad to have support from college professors who want to 'lighten their students' load,'" says Thomas Buus Madsen, Bookboon's COO. Read all about it here.
- My Tweets
Read these recent posts:
- Head of Class
- Why Technology Isn't The Only Answer
- Trends | Protecting Student Privacy
- A Direct Link
- Trends | Shaping Tomorrow
- Cool Tool | Social Studies Techbook
- Great Connectivity Expectations
- Trends | K-12 Market Trends in Technology
- Cool Tool | Recertified iPad 2s and 3s
- 7 Digital Business Strategies for Educational Publishers


text:
Testing Labs
Let Karmic Health help order tests, review your results and create a wellness plan accordingly. Labs are an important tool in looking for finding cause.
Call us today 760.685.3154 or send us an email at email@example.com.
Karmic Health Uses Great Plains, Direct Labs, Genova, Metametrix, and Diagnos Tech.
The Great Plains - The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc. is the world leader in providing testing for nutritional factors in chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, autism and ADD. We offer a variety of metabolic tests such as immune deficiency evaluation, amino acid tests, essential fatty acid tests, glutathione levels, metal toxicity and food allergies tests. Physician referrals to a specialist who can help you is available from our customer service department. Free half-hour phone consultations to assist in the interpretation of our test results are also available.
Direct Labs - Direct Lab is the leader in direct access laboratory testing. They offer a wide variety of important health and wellness blood chemistry tests directly to you online at discounted prices up to 80% off. Confidential results are available online in as little as 24 hours for most tests.
Diagnos-Techs - Founded in 1987, Diagnos-Techs™ is a pioneer and leader in saliva-based testing. Saliva testing is a powerful tool for evaluating stress, hormone-related disease and health conditions, especially over time. Diagnos-Techs™ continually improves and refines its laboratory testing standards, using cutting-edge technology and methods.
Entero Lab - EnteroLab has developed a unique screening test for gluten sensitivity as well as for dietary yeast, cow's milk, chicken egg, and soy sensitivity that is more sensitive and specific than tests in current use (U.S. and European patents issued). Our method utilizes stool rather than blood as the testing substrate; the rationale of using stool rather than blood for testing for food sensitivity is that immunologic reactions to proteins in the diet that cause these reactions are centered within the intestinal tract and not in the blood.
Genova Diagnostics - Genova Diagnostics is a global leader in functional laboratory testing, pioneering innovative new approaches to personalized medicine. Patients and clinicians focusing on wellness and prevention and taking an active role in managing health prefer diagnostic tests designed to help identify problems before chronic conditions and diseases develop. Unlike traditional labs that focus on disease pathology, Genova specializes in comprehensive panels that combine standard and innovative biomarkers to provide a more complete understanding of specific biological systems.
Lab West - It is our philosophy that patients and our clients deserve quality testing, combined with the highest level of customer service at a reasonable cost. We believe that every specimen is more than just a sample of blood or urine, we treat every specimen tested with the same respect we would the person from which it came from. We realize that every specimen represents a Mother, Father or child who mean as much to someone else as our own love-ones mean to us.
MyCeliacID™ is the first do it yourself saliva-based genetic test dedicated to celiac disease.
MyCeliacID is based on proven science. People who have celiac disease are known to have distinct sequences of genes. By examining a sample of your genetic makeup, we can determine whether you have those genetic sequences. All we need is a sample of your saliva.
Prometheus Laboratories - based in San Diego, Prometheus is dedicated to providing innovative diagnostic tests and medical therapies that make an important difference in the lives of patients. The goal is to help patients and their doctors meet the difficult challenges of chronic medical conditions, including gastrointestinal, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and disorder.


text:
> View this now
Published on: March 15, 2012
Type of content: EGUIDE
Length: 6 pages
Price: FREE
According to Gartner's firewall Magic Quadrant, the skepticism about next-generation firewalls is finally over. But now as more and more enterprises implement the new technology, there are a number of kinks that must be addressed. In this e-guide, explore the ins and outs of next-generation firewalls including:


text:
14" Samsung NPQX411W01US Laptop Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3GHz 6GB RAM 750GB HDD for $429.97
From Tiger Direct
The Samsung NP-QX411-W01US Laptop Computer is equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU that delivers clear and bright images. Connect to the Internet when you are in a hotspot easily with its 802.11b/g/n Wireless Networking feature. It is loaded with 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2410M 2.3GHz Dual-Core processor and 6GB of DDR3 memory that lets you multitask with ease. Its 750GB HDD lets you save your work and multimedia with fast transfer rates.--
Deal Posted at 08/05/2012


text:
Snow Flurries:
Flurries are defined as light snow falling for short durations. There is little to no accumulation. The most accumulation that can be expected is a light snow dusting.
Snow Showers:
When snow is falling at varying intensities for brief periods of time, we call is snow showers. Some accumulation is possible, but not guaranteed.
Snow Squalls:
Often, brief but intense snow showers will be accompanied by strong, gusty winds. These are referred to as snow squalls. Accumulation may be significant. Snow squalls are best known in the Great Lakes regions and are often referred to as Lake Effect Storms.
Blowing Snow:
Blowing snow is another winter hazard. High wind speeds can blow snow falling through the atmosphere into almost horizontal bands. In addition, lighter snows on the ground may be picked up and redistributed by the wind causing a reduction in visibility.
A low pressure storm system that is commonly attributed to the cause of winter storms although a true Nor'easter can occur any time of the year.
With winds over 35 mph, blizzards are the most hazardous of the winter storms. Visibility is often near zero and everyone is encouraged to stay in a safe and secure location during a blizzard. Driving is especially discouraged as motorists can easily be stranded.
Ice Storms:
One other type of dangerous winter storm condition is the ice storm. Ice storms are often to blame for multiple deaths in many regions of the world due to the loss of power experienced during an ice storm. Ice storms can accompany any of the other types of winter precipitation.
Rain drops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground are called sleet storms. Sleet usually bounces when hitting a surface and does not stick to objects. Accumulation can cause road conditions to become hazardous, so beware.
Freezing Rain:
When liquid precipitation comes in contact with a surface that is at or below freezing, the liquid becomes solid ice. Surfaces such as trees, cars, and roads often get a coating or glaze of ice that accumulates on the surface. Even small accumulations of ice can cause a significant hazard due to the slippery conditions. The weight of the solid ice on powerlines is also a significant hazard.


text:
Historic planes are in Greenville this weekend and some local WWII vets are getting to take flight with them
The "Wings of Freedom Tour" stopped at the Greenville Downtown Airport to offer vets a ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine," a B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" and a P-51 Mustang Fighter.
"These historic planes are quite rare and we are lucky that they have chosen to come to Greenville," stated Tim Bishop, Director of Museum Development for the Upcountry History Museum.
"During WWII, Greenville Army Airbase (now SCTAC) was a training center for B-24 and B-25 aircraft and it will be an exciting opportunity to see a B-24 flying over Greenville again," added Bishop.
Some Upstate veterans took flights in the B-17 over Greenville as part of the festivities.
The planes will be at the airport all weekend. Walk through tours are $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under.
WWII veterans get into the grounds at no charge.
Copyright 2013 FOX Carolina (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
1111 Bull St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-1010
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning