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Quote Friday: Awareness
Are your pets in danger when they're sleeping?
Whether it's on the couch, floor, grass, your bed, or their own bed, pets sure know how to enjoy a nice long snooze.
They spend majority of their lives sleeping and if you're lucky enough to have both a cat and a dog then they're going to spend quite a while commandeering the best place to sleep.
What most pet owners don't know or don't realize is the dangerous chemicals our pets are inhaling while they sleep.
Flame retardants are compounds added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings that inhibit, suppress, or delay the production of flames to prevent the spread of fire. They can leak from these products into the dust and the environment. In worst case scenarios, flame retardants have even been found in dog and cat food.
In a study conducted by researchers at the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, found that flame retardants are linked to the growing problem of thyroid disease in house cats.
Flame retardants are known to be neurotoxic chemicals, they're also carcinogenic and can affect the thyroid and liver of any animal.
In another study conducted at Indiana University, researchers found a high concentration of flame retardants in the blood of dogs. Flame retardants levels were found to be 5 to 10 times higher in dogs than those found in humans and in a previous study, 20 to 100 times higher in cats.
What can pet owners do to protect their loving companions?
- Replace old beds with newer flame retardant free beds. There is no way you can tell if a bed has been treated with flame retardants by just looking at it, but as the consumer you have a right to know what exactly is in the product you wish to purchase so don't be afraid and ask the manufacturers directly.
- Avoid foam or polyester pet bed fillers. In general most foam products have been treated with flame retardants and are unsafe for your pets. Fortunately there are alternatives on the market – one of our favorites is IntelliLoft. It's a safe, clean bed filler that's made from recycled plastic bottles. Good for both your pet & the environment.
- Confirm that all fabrics prior to fabrication have never been treated with flame retardants. The manufacturer may not have added it to the finished bed but the fabric they have purchased prior may have already been treated. When it comes to the health of your pet you can never be too careful.
- Look for natural fabrics like cotton, wool or hemp. Organic cotton is a better choice, you'll avoid any pesticide or chemical used to grow the cotton. Always double check to ensure it's flame retardant free.
Different types of pet beds on the market
- Nest beds: If your pet prefers to snuggle up on your couch cushions then they might be nesters. They feel safe curling up nose-to-tail in den like beds with walls around them.
- Cushioned styled beds: Depending on the size of your pet, these pillow-like beds are ideal for pets who like to sprawl out and sleep on their backs. The bed should be big enough for your pet to stretch out completely without hanging off on the edge.
- Mats: Are similar to the cushioned styled beds but with less stuffing. They are closer to the ground and contain no support for your pet.
As a consumer we have a right to know what we're exposing ourselves, our family and our pets to. These harsh chemicals might be hard to get rid of, a few have found their way into products we consume, but we can start diminishing our exposure to them and find alternative options, which are now increasing thanks to the awareness and the growing demand from consumers.
Dolphin Blue only carries pet products that are 100% flame retardant free, BPA free, chemical free and are made right here in the USA.
Giving Thanks: Celebrate Thanksgiving by giving back to Mother Earth
The Pilgrims may have traveled quite a distance to celebrate the first Thanksgiving, but their food didn't. They learned to source their sustenance locally, a tough task in a new world, and they celebrated with a feast that eventually turned into modern-day Thanksgiving.
Getting food today doesn't require nearly as much work for most of us as it did for those Pilgrims in the 1600's, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't think about where it's coming from.
Dinner's Ready
Concerned about the way animals are treated? Try celebrating this year vegetarian-style. There are so many yummy meat-free foods at Thanksgiving, you may not even miss it. But if the big feast just won't be the same without a bird on the table, look for pasture-raised, free-range turkey. This tells you that the animal lived outside, without harmful chemicals and hormones pumped into its body. Here are some other labels, classified by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, to look for when buying food:
A GOOD Start
"Cage free" (eggs)
"Free range" (eggs, chicken, goose, duck, turkey)
"Grass fed" (dairy, beef, lamb)
The "Good Start" labels indicate a meaningful animal welfare standard, but the standard covers only one aspect of animal care, and compliance with the standard is not verified by a third party.
Even BETTER
"Free range" (beef, bison, pork, lamb)
"Pasture raised" (dairy, eggs, chicken, goose, duck, turkey, beef, bison, lamb, pork)
"USDA Organic" (dairy, eggs, chicken, goose, duck, turkey, beef, bison, lamb, pork)
The "Even Better" labels generally indicate a higher level of animal welfare because the standards are more meaningful than those for the "Good Start" labels, but the standards are either not verified by a third party or cover only a limited aspect of animal care.
The BEST Options
"Certified Humane" (dairy, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, pork)
"American Humane Certified" (dairy, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, pork)
"Animal Welfare Approved" (dairy, eggs, chicken, turkey, duck, goose, beef, lamb, pork, rabbit)
The "Best Options" labels cover multiple aspects of animal care, and compliance with the standards is verified by an independent third party.
To get your local store to carry products with these labels, just ask. Have your friends do the same, and the store will likely listen. You can download a request card to put in a store's comment box or mail to its headquarters.
The Ambiance
Decorate your table not with cheesy Thanksgiving-print napkins and paper plates but with pumpkins, gourds, apples, and all the other wonderful edible treats the fall season has to offer. If the thought of doing all those dishes makes you want to scrap the holiday altogether, try Preserve Tableware, an environmentally friendly alternative to the disposable stuff. The dishes and cutlery are made from 100 percent recycled plastic and are strong enough to be reused dozens of times (or just recycled when you're done).
Top off the look with soy candles and a few sprigs of pine, and you'll have authentic decor that would make even those who came over on the Mayflower proud.
When It's Over
After the meal's done and the leftovers picked through, compost the rest. Of the waste Americans send to landfills, 24 percent of it is organic waste (i.e., kitchen scraps). Keeping that waste out of landfills saves space and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, making it a win-win however you look at it. Making your own compost is easy!
Disposing of Autumn Leaves: An Eco-friendly Guide
There are lots of great things about the fall season but cleaning up tons of leaves is not one of them. Don't let all of those crispy leaves on the ground get you down! Dolphin Blue has pulled together some great tips on having some autumn fun and disposing of leaves the eco-friendly way.
Who needs a gym membership when you can get great exercise at home just by raking your front yard? If you've never jumped into a giant pile of autumn leaves you're missing out on some green fun and a great photo opportunity with the kids! And if you want to get those creative juices flowing, why not go on a hunt for the prettiest or biggest leaves around and make them into an art project to remember. Check out some of these craft leaf activities for kids!
Protect your vegetable or flower garden from harsh winter weather. Spread leaves over bare garden soil during winter for an extremely cost effective, eco-friendly mulch! Decaying leaves will deplete garden soil of nitrogen so in the spring make sure to add an organic source of nitrogen like Neptune's Harvest Organic Hydrolyzed Fish Fertilizer.
To keep bags of leaves out of the landfill gather dry leaves into low piles with a rake then mow over them with your lawnmower. Leaves will decompose on their own, eventually turning into compost. And if you spread them evenly over your yard they'll disappear in no time!
If your bags of leaves are piling up, check to see if your neighborhood offers curbside leaf collection or maintains a central area where residents can drop of unwanted leaves. Bag your leaves using compostable bags and drop them off or leave them curbside. Leaves will typically be composted by your community center and then made available to residents as free compost!
Even though you may have seen neighbors burning huge piles, burning leaves is a terrible idea. Even smaller piles of burning leaves can release large amounts of toxic fumes that can aggravate respiratory problems such as allergies and asthma attacks. The air pollution caused by burning leaves can also corrode paint and metal siding and release a chemical called dioxin that causes cancer. The American Lung Association found that burning a pound of leaves produces more air pollution than burning a pound of coal! Burning leaves can also spark brush fires, forest fires, or even house fires. So remember to mow them, mulch them, or bag them but never burn your leaves!
Everything old is new again
Plastics recycling can have a big impact on our resources.
Shopping bags, liters of soda, cereal box lining, and lots and lots of water bottles — it's easy to amass plastic in today's world, given its omnipresence in the products we use. Most of that, though, goes straight into plastic trash bags and heads to a landfill. (The rate of recycling plastic bottles has held steady since the 1990s at about 24 percent.)
Why Recycle Plastic?
When contemplating whether recycling plastic is really worth it, consider the following:
– It costs more money to drink bottled water than to put gas in your car — up to five times more — due mainly to its packaging and transportation, says the Earth Policy Institute.
– Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space.
– The energy we waste using bottled water would be enough to power 190,000 homes.
– More than $1 billion worth of plastic is wasted each year.
– Recycled plastic can turn into a whole host of new and useful products, including durable building and construction products, fiber for carpets, tote bags, beverage bottles, recycling bins, shipping envelopes, and tableware (cups, plates, and utensils). Dolphin Blue carries a complete line of post-consumer recycled plastic tableware, which you can find here.
How to Recycle Plastic
Fortunately, 80 percent of Americans have access to a plastics recycling program, and more than 1,600 businesses are involved in recycling post-consumer plastics. There are seven types of plastic, and not every community's curbside program recycles all of them, so first, learn what's what with the handy chart from the American Chemistry Council, found here. Most likely you have #1 (water bottles, peanut butter jars), #2 (plastic bags, shampoo bottles), and #6 (packing peanuts, yogurt containers).
Many stores will recycle plastic bags for you, so check with your favorite grocer, or visit PlasticBagRecycling.org for a list of locations in your state that offer drop-off bins for recycling plastic bags.
When it comes to water bottles and other containers with lids, take the tops off before throwing them in a recycling bin. Lids are usually made of a different type of plastic than bottles, and the recycling facilities aren't going to take the time to take off billions of lids — and likely will reject the bottles for recycling.
For more information, watch a short video here about the process of recycling plastic.
The DIY Guide to Reusing Plastic
There are ways to make good use of plastic once you're done with it other than sending it to a recycling facility. Keeping plastic bags on hand and reusing them as long as they're functional is a great way to reduce your impact. To make it convenient, try storing bags in empty tissue or garbage-bag boxes. This keeps the clutter at bay, and it makes the bags accessible when you need them. Just pull a bag out of the parachute hole and go.
For those with an artistic side, look at plastic products in a new way and see what you can come up with. You might just end up with something as fun and elegant as these cascade chandeliers. And although crocheting is usually done with yarn, when plastic bags are the material, it's environmentally friendly and pretty darn cool. Check out one woman's creations here.
Last but not least, it's simple and easy to stock your office kitchen or home pantry with Preserve Tableware, made of post-consumer recycled yogurt cups, available on Dolphin Blue's site here.
Let There be Light: A guide to eco-friendly lighting options
As summer draws to an end and the days get shorter, that means less daylight — which, in turn, means more electricity used to illuminate your house. Given that lighting makes up a huge percentage of a home's electricity bill (somewhere in the vicinity of a quarter of usage), looking at ways to save energy and money through your light bulbs makes good sense.
It's been a long time since 1879, when Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, forever changing life for Americans. And like any invention, the ensuing 134 years have brought modifications and improvements — many that save you resources and money. With lighting constituting up to 25 percent of the average home energy budget, it's a great place to look for reductions in energy usage.
Here's a look at some eco-friendly lighting options:
According to Energy Star, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy program, CFLs use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer, plus they save approximately $30 in electricity costs over each bulb's lifetime. CFLs should be left on at least 15 minutes at a time in order to keep their lifespan at its peak potential.
Although CFLs used to give off harsh lighting, the color is improved and warmer now, making them a good option for everything from track lighting to porch lights to table lamps. Because they can sometimes take time to warm up to full power, they may not be the best choice for timed lighting. However, CFLs are definitely faster to light fully than in the recent past.
One of the turnoffs to buying these bulbs is a higher initial cost than incandescents. In the long run, though, you can save money — as an example, an 18-watt CFL used in place of a 75-watt incandescent will save about 570 kilowatt-hours over its lifetime, equating to a $45 savings (assuming 8 cents per kilowatt-hour).
Likely the biggest concern about CFLs is that they contain small amounts of mercury, which can be harmful if the bulb breaks. In case of a spill, the EPA provides guidelines for cleanup here.
More than 50 American Lighting Association showrooms across the country currently offer CFL recycling, as do many retail stories such as Home Depot and IKEA.
When the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, replaced all downtown street lights with LEDs, they reaped an estimated savings of $100,000 annually in energy costs — or the equivalent of taking 400 cars off the road per year.
While these energy-efficient bulbs have been restricted to small usages in the past, like Christmas lights, pen lights, and in TV remote controls, more household applications are being developed every day. One barrier to their widespread adoption is that they are currently much more expensive than both incandescents and CFLs, but researchers have been working to develop less-expensive methods of producing the lights, which will bring down the price for consumers.
LEDs last about 10 times longer than CFLs, making them the most energy-efficient option out there right now. They don't get hot like incandescents, and they don't break as easily as other light bulbs. Many cities and electric companies offer rebates for LED lighting, so check with your provider to see what options you have.
According to Cree LED Lighting, the average price in the U.S. of running a 65-watt light for 50,000 hours would cost $325 in electricity. By using a 12-watt LED bulb, running the light for 50,000 hours would cost only $60, plus the lights are replaced much less frequently.
Energy Star Lighting
Energy Star has long been known for its appliances, but the program has also certified lighting fixtures for more than a decade, and now has around 20,000 offerings. While screw-based CFLs (those that you substitute for an incandescent bulb) are great at conserving energy, Energy Star fixtures outfitted with CFLs are even better.
If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars, according to a segment on CBS.
Looking forward, Energy Star is working on labeling solid-state light fixtures — those that employ LEDs as the light source — and you can expect to see more Energy Star qualified lighting products hitting the market. They also feature a buyer's guide that can help you figure out what kind of bulb you need in different fixtures, based on what kind of light you want.
For a side-by-side comparison of incandescents, CFLs, and LEDs on issues of lighting quality and cost, read this article from financial blog The Simple Dollar.
Green Eating for a Healthy Home
Creating eco-friendly meals for your family doesn't have to involve expensive organic produce and pricey fair-trade ingredients. Just by buying local fruits and vegetables, reducing your family's consumption of meat, and choosing sustainable seafood can help to reduce pollution, carbon emissions, and the strain on our Earth's natural resources. Dolphin Blue has gathered some great vegetarian recipes to help you green your eating habits. You'll probably find that what is good for the planet is also delicious!
Turkey, Tomato and Emmentaler Breakfast Sandwiches
Responsible eating can start before your meal preparation begins and last after dinner has been enjoyed. Keep reading for some more ideas on how to keep your cooking and kitchen eco-friendly. And don't forget to try out Dolphin Blue's environmentally friendly Preserve Kitchenware and Tableware.
- Research sustainable seafood to ensure the ecological health of the oceans. Read labels or speak to your grocer to see which species are caught and farmed responsibly to make sure you're buying responsibly
- Cut more and cook less. The more you are able to cut your food into smaller pieces, the less time it will take to cook and therefore the less energy you will use
- Put a lid on it. When boiling or simmering, put a lid on your pot and turn of your burner. This will enable your food to cook while also saving energy
- Try to use all edible parts of your food. Leave the skins on your produce (after your scrub it clean) and eat all parts of your fruits and vegetables if you're able to
- Grow your own food! Learn more about sustainable practices by growing your own food and teaching your family how to grow their own food. The distance from your garden to your table is very eco-friendly!
Keep checking the Dolphin Blue blog every week for more eco-friendly tips for your home and garden.
Save Money by Making Green Waves at Home
Dolphin Blue isn't just your favorite online store for green products for your home, garden, and office, we're also a great resource for tips on how to make your home more eco-friendly. Keep reading to learn how you can save some money this fall and help save the Earth!
1. Turn off the lights when you leave a room and especially when you leave your home for the office or school. Turning off light bulbs can make a huge dent in your electric bill.
2. Use cold water when you wash your clothes. Your washing machine uses up to 90% of its energy heating water for warm or hot wash cycles. Using cooler water also helps your clothes last longer.
3. Remember to clean the lint trap in your dryer after every cycle. The lint that builds up can cost you on your electric bill and can also turn into a fire hazard!
4. If you want the freshest linens, use a clothesline to dry your laundry in the sun. You can purchase a clothesline for a few dollars and keep your clothes dryer shut off completely.
5. Research your local utility companies and choose one that offers 'green energy'. Some companies offer a discount for purchasing power created by green generators such as windmills.
6. Move your fridge if it sits next to a stove or dishwasher. The refrigerator has to work harder to keep your groceries cool if it sits next to something that gives off a lot of heat. Relocating your fridge can help you save energy and keep your snacks cool!
7. Replace pricey cleaning products with a mixture of hot water and white vinegar. If that doesn't cut it, watch for eco-friendly cleaning products like the ones that Dolphin Blue offers. They are easy on the Earth but tough on dirt. Don't forget to recycle the bottles!


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Seasonal distribution patterns of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) following capture from a shipping channel in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
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Thirty-four juvenile loggerhead sea turtles captured by trawling from the Charleston, South Carolina (USA), shipping channel (32°42′N; −79°47′W) between May 2004 and August 2007 were tagged with satellite transmitters to assess the extent to which they remained near the capture location given their collection along a seasonal migratory corridor. Seventy-five percent of juveniles were classified as seasonal residents. Migrants predominantly swam north in the spring and nomads wandered south in the summer, but predictive indicators for non-resident status were not identified. All but one juvenile generally remained south of 34°N, within 40 km of shore, and in waters <30 m deep throughout the year. Nine of 14 loggerhead sea turtles monitored during the winter remained exclusively over the continental shelf, three briefly occurred in oceanic habitats, and two foraged extensively in oceanic habitats. Residents distributed >15 km from shore between spring and autumn were three times as likely to occur in oceanic habitats in winter. Modest seasonal movements contrasted with adults tagged at similar latitudes and with juveniles tagged further north and suggest distinct foraging groups within a regional foraging ground.
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- 2. Marine Extension Service, University of Georgia, 715 Bay Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, USA
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Small Tree Communications today introduced a series of multi-port, Intel-based, RoHS-compliant PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) cards offering users greater integration flexibility. Ideal for data center and enterprise installations, Small Tree claims the new GbE cards provide an immediate performance increase on large transfers and feature solutions for short- and long-distance connectivity. A six-port GbE card, Small Tree's PGX6iSFP offers six empty Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) sockets, which can be customized to simultaneously meet optical and copper networking requirements. The PGX6iSFP costs $950 and $100 per copper SFP and $150 per optical SFP. For smaller installations, Small Tree has created a dual-port SFP card (PGX2iSFP) for $275, (and $100/$150 for copper or optical SFP modules). Small Tree also unveiled its PGX4iF ($1600), which it says is the densest plug-in optical card currently available and enables long-distance optical multi-network connectivity with one Apple's xServe.


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Isolation and characterization of microorganisms able to produce 1,3-propanediol under aerobic conditions
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Microbial fermentation under strictly anaerobic conditions has been conventionally used for the production of 1,3-propanediol, a key raw material required for the synthesis of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) and other polyester fibers. In the current study, we have identified eight strains of microorganism which are able to produce 1,3-propanediol under aerobic condition. Those strains were isolated from garden soil, which were enriched by culturing in LB medium with glycerol added under aerobic condition. The identities of those strains were established based on their 16S rRNA sequences and physiological characteristics. Results indicated 6 strains are Citrobacter freundii and 2 strains are Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp Penumoniae. One of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp Penumoniae strains, designated as TUAC01, demonstrated comparable levels of 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase, glycerol dehydratase and glycerol dehydrogenase activity to the anaerobic microorganisms described in the literature. Accordingly, in larger scales (5 l) fed-batch culture the TUAC01 strain showed a remarkable 1,3-propanediol producing potency under aerobic conditions. 60.1 g/l of 1,3-propanediol was yield after 42 h incubation in an agitating bioreactor; and in air-lift bioreactor 66.3 g/l of 1,3-propanediol was yield after 58.5 h incubation. The aerobic ferment process, reduced the product cost and made the biological method of 1,3-propanediol production more attractive.
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- Isolation and characterization of microorganisms able to produce 1,3-propanediol under aerobic conditions
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- 2008-09-01
- 10.1007/s11274-008-9665-y
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- 0959-3993
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- 1,3-Propanediol
- Aerobic
- Fermentation
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
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- Rihui Lin (1)
- Zongming Zheng (1)
- Hongjuan Liu (1)
- Dehua Liu (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
- 2. Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, P.R. China


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This morning I walked around Tantra Lake at sunrise and again at 11 in search of one of the thinest birds I have ever seen. I saw it there yesterday but I didn't have my camera with me and wasn't able to identify it after an extensive search through my field guides and apps. That thin bird may have been starving or a mutation or, possibly like me, following a very low-carb diet.
In any case it was probably eating elsewhere this morning. But on my late morning walk in the hot sun many dragonflies were flying on the lake, occasionally resting on the stalks of plants growing at the edge.
Dragonflies and damselflies are in the order Odonata, of which about 5,900 species are known. They are insects as beautiful and interesting as butterflies, although much less studied. We have 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in the Western U.S. and Canada.
Dragonflies are some of the fastest insects in the world and have the finest vision of any insect. They are especially good at identifying movement, which makes them difficult to photograph at close range. But this morning they repeatedly came back to the stalks of three plants, so I plopped myself down next to the stalks and waited.
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Wrong Side of Town LyricsArtist: Pat GreenAlbum: Three Days A guardian angel up in the sky And make me believe you no hill for a climber Ask me no questions and tell you no lies Chorus: I€™m hanging on, my mouth hanging open World spinning faster, round and round Hey what€™s the matter, you look unexpected Like you took a right turn on the wrong side of town You left the light on looking so hopeful You€™re just pretending you know what you€™ve done Crying yoru heart out, nobody€™s looking It€™s not getting better, we€™re not having fun Chorus Jesus was wrong about all the sinners That we€™d take a stump for a sign of the times Running for shelter like nobody€™s business You don€™t even notice the face of the sky So many answers just loose talking whispers Pick up some pieces and gobble them down Don€™t talk in words so I won€™t understand you Hold up your fingers and cry like a clown Chorus
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(KMOV.com) – Police said an 82-year-old disabled man is in critical condition after he was beaten at his home in Pulaski County.
Authorities said someone went to the home on Highway Z and robbed him, before severely beating him. Police said the robbers then got away in the victim's van before abandoning it on a farm near the Gasconade River.
"This individual can do this to an 82-year-old disabled handicapped man, he can do something like this to anyone no matter what their age. Whoever did this is a danger to everyone out there," said Pulaski County Sheriff Ronald Long.
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Appalachian State University women's soccer head coach Sarah Strickland has named Melissa Anderson
North Carolina's Marcus Paige, a two-time second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America selection and the recipient of the 2015 Skip Prosser Award, headlines the annual All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic
Senior James Stewart of the Avery High boys' basketball team has been named the Western Highlands
The Appalachian State University women's basketball team nailed down a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament by knocking off fourth-place Texas State 61-
Chris Burgess (Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins) scored a team-high 15 points and Tommy Spagnolo (West Jefferson, N.C./Ashe County [Hartford]) added 12 on 6-of-7
The South Atlantic Conference weekend baseball series between Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne at Newman Park has been changed. The two teams will now play a
Well, the Avery High boys' basketball team got what it wanted---a return trip to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A Western Regionals and a
Ashe County High Athletic Director Marc Payne has announced that today's athletic events have been postponed. A revised schedule is listed below....
The Lenoir-Rhyne baseball team (12-6) broke open a close game with a 10-run seventh inning in rolling to an 18-8 win over No. 4 Mount Olive (14-3) Wednesday afternoon at Bears Field.
The Lenoir-Rhyne women's basketball team (12-15), the seventh seed in the 2015 South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship, took down second-seeded Wingate (21-9), 80-69, Wednesday
Junior Brady Markle put on an offensive display with a career-high 38 kills, and Drew Blecher paved the way with a staggering 68 assists as the Lees-McRae men's volleyball team staved off North Greenville in a five-set thriller, 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 15-8, in Conference Carolinas play Wednesday evening at Hayes
Seniors Kabrina Truesdale and Sean Deniton have been named to the Conference Carolinas Basketball All-Academic teams, the conference announced Wednesday
Redshirt-freshman Nick Kee (Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland) hauled in Freshman of the Year, all-Southern Conference team, and all-freshman team for the 2014-15
Appalachian State University football held its 15th and final spring practice in 2015 on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Appalachian State's
The Appalachian State University baseball dropped a 6-4 decision to North Carolina State in a make-up game at Doak Field in Raleigh, N.C. NC State (7-3), which
The Appalachian State University women's track and field team had three student-athletes named to the all-conference team, announced by the league on
ESPN.com recently released the newest version of its "2016 Junior 300" prep football recruit rankings, and Freedom junior running back B.J. Emmons is currently ranked
That's the best way to describe Wednesday night's game between the Watauga High baseball team and A.C. Reynolds. The Rockets clobbered WHS 10-0
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I didn't take many pictures on my week long vacation to California. I did get this one though. I am not sure what mountain this even is, but it was shortly after daybreak and the clouds were burning off. Not bad from being shot from the car window at 75 MPH ;)
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
My Big Sunflower
About a month ago, one of my two sunflowers bloomed. The plant itself was at least 8 ft tall. It didnt take it long for the flower to become too heavy to be held upright by the stalk, so it now droops. I am waiting for it to dry completely and the seeds to form. I think that it is still pretty, even in its drying out, droopy form ;)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
What is this? Autumn?
Autumn doesn't officially begin for another 2 weeks. However, Labor Day passed, kids went back to school, and the weather instantly changed to cooler and wet. It's like summer gave up earlier than usual. Not fair, considering the late start to summer that we got this year. Hopefully its just a passing phase and we get a few more summer-like, sunny days before the months and months of dreary cold rain.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Home Sweet Home
I'm Baaaaccckkkk!!!
My husband and I have returned from a 9 day vacation. We traveled to California, visited friends and family, and came home in time to watch the college football opening games.
Seeing the bare, late summer Mt Hood on the horizon means I'm home, and theres no place like it. I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful area. Traveling makes me appreciate it even more :)
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US-68 in Mercer County opens Thursday
Posted: 07/02/2014 - After weeks of work, US-68 in Mercer County near the Jessamine County line will be will reopen Thursday night.
Posted: 07/02/2014 - After weeks of work, US-68 in Mercer County near the Jessamine County line will be will reopen Thursday night.
Posted: 07/02/2014 - A federal grand jury in Louisville charged 53-year-old Jerry Thomas Vincent Jr. on Tuesday.
Updated: 07/02/2014 - State leaders say people should not swim in parts of three Kentucky rivers because tests have shown high levels of e-coli bacteria.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - A Lexington neighborhood is on alert because someone has been driving around and shooting kids with a BB gun.
Updated: 07/02/2014 - Lexington city leaders are calling it an alarming level of violence. In the last ten days, three people have been murdered in the city and many others have been injured in shootings.
Posted: 07/01/2014 - Take a trip down memory lane with the Lexington Herald-Leader's new blog photography archive.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - In Lincoln County cow thieves also known as cattle rustlers are on the prowl. Farmers tell us with the rise in price per pound one cow can sell for 1500 or more.
Updated: 07/02/2014 - A federal judge in Kentucky has struck down the state's ban on same-sex couples getting licenses and marrying in the state.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - A Kentucky community is dealing with not one, but two tragedies that struck the same family within a week.
Posted: 07/01/2014 - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says bridge repairs on Kentucky 391 in Hardin County will require closure for another week.
Posted: 07/01/2014 - The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is offering evening visitors a discount at the downtown Louisville attraction.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - A woman accused of taking thousands of dollars from an elderly couple she cared for, is now in jail.
Posted: 07/01/2014 - State Police say a man who fell asleep at the wheel was carrying thousands of dollars in stolen equipment in his truck.
Updated: 07/01/2014 - One of four women wounded in a late night shooting in Lexington has died.
Posted: 06/30/2014 - The family of five died last Thursday when police say their station wagon crossed the median of U.S. 27 and hit a van.
Updated: 06/30/2014 - People who knew him say he was a tough and determined defense attorney but also a good friend. The community gathered to remember a Pulaski County man shot to death outside his law office.
Posted: 06/30/2014 - Cheapside Park will host the party for the U.S.-Belgium game, which begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Posted: 06/30/2014 - Police say one of the banks 36-year-old William Grubbs, Junior is accused of robbing is in Lexington.
Updated: 06/30/2014 - Deputies at the Laurel County Sheriff's Office arrested a man after they say he assaulted his wife and used his eight-year-old son as a lookout.
Updated: 06/30/2014 - "Some people couldn't afford the $60.00 so they started not paying their bills," said Harrison County Judge Executive Alex Barnett. Barnett said less than half the residents in Cedar Brook are paying their sewer bill. And since the sewer is separate from the water, it's hard to make customers pay.
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Proposed NCAA rule change has coaches pretty upset
The Pac-12 is filled with coaches who employ an up-tempo spread offense.
Here in the state of Arizona, both ASU (Todd Graham) and Arizona (Rich Rodriguez) look to snap the ball while taking little time off the play clock.
However, a proposed rule would lead to a penalty on the offense if the ball is snapped with more than 29 seconds remaining, supposedly in an effort to promote better football and player safety.
Needless to say, some coaches are not too pleased with the idea. More on the proposed rule change can be found here.
So I hear the football rules committee wants to slow the game down and make you wait ten seconds to snap--and penalty is delay of game!#wow
— Rich Rodriguez (@CoachRodAZ) February 12, 2014
When you snap the ball has always been a fundamental edge for the offense- what's next-- 3 downs like Canada?#LetsGetBoring
— Rich Rodriguez (@CoachRodAZ) February 12, 2014
Fundamental advantage for defense- pre snap movement- maybe that should be reviewed? #WhoMakesTheseRules
— Rich Rodriguez (@CoachRodAZ) February 12, 2014
Mike Leach on NCAA not allowing teams to snap before 29 seconds on play clock: "First off, doubt it will pass. Second, it's ridiculous�.
— ESPN Pac-12 (@ESPN_Pac12blog) February 12, 2014
Leach (cont.): All this tinkering is ridiculous. I think it deteriorates the game. It's always been a game of creativity and strategy�.
— ESPN Pac-12 (@ESPN_Pac12blog) February 12, 2014
Leach: "So anytime someone doesn't want to go back to drawing board or re-work their solutions to problems, they beg for a rule."
— ESPN Pac-12 (@ESPN_Pac12blog) February 12, 2014
Rich Rod on 29 second rule tied to safety: "Where's all the data that proves this is a player safety issue? I don't buy it."
— ESPN Pac-12 (@ESPN_Pac12blog) February 12, 2014
Rich Rod: "It's ridiculous. And what's most ridiculous is did you see what penalty is going to be called? Delay of game!"
— ESPN Pac-12 (@ESPN_Pac12blog) February 12, 2014
One coach I texted about the proposed 10-second rule replied: "Is that real? I thought it was a joke. No way that passes."
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) February 12, 2014
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Skin: Normal, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I found the cheapest scrub ever...oh yeahh!! Why didn't I do this before...mixed 1 teaspoon sugar to my Algenist cleanser and scrubbed away the all the gunk that's been accumulating on my skin forever. The end result was smooth skin. I am soo happy with results!
Next time I am planning to experiment this with some honey, milk, avocado oil..the possibilities are endless.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
Just like strawberrymelons below said, olive oil, honey, and sugar. It is exactly what I use, and am so happy with it. I mixed the ingredients in an old Burt's Bees glass cream jar, and it looks so simple and pretty in the cabinet, but that's beside the point. I do think that it's a nice feeling to make your own little scrub for so cheap and also reuse a pretty makeup jar.
Because this scrub is fairly rough for my face, I usually only use it to exfoliate lips, but do exfoliate nose sometimes. It can be used on the body as well, of course, but I haven't made a batch. Sugar in a scrub works a lot better for me than salt, because salt melts a lot faster and also gives redness, while sugar gives no redness and doesn't melt as quickly, which helps. Skin is always left so smooth. Yay!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Olive oil, honey and sugar is the best thing that has ever happened to my skin.
My skin can get pretty dry during the winter months and no matter what moisturizer I use, the dryness is accentuated by foundation on my nose and forehead (where I don't even put foundation on anymore because of that). I have to admit, I was never the one to make DIY's because I'm lazy and would rather buy something that already comes in a bottle and smells good. BUT one day, when nothing seemed to solve the problem, I decided to make this and OMG my skin feels like a baby's bum and when I apply foundation on in the morning it goes on smoothly without accentuating any dryness. Not to mention it's cheap and you don't even have to go out to buy any of it because you most definitely and probably have it sitting in your house somewhere, right now, as you're reading this :).
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I use for body and mani/pedi scrubs, mixed with body wash or oil. For mani/pedi I mix equal parts sugar, table salt, and whatever oil I feel like using. I think it's too harsh for the face.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
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I have been using sugar as a face scrub since I was a kid. Works great ! It's an old models trick. I mix it with my cleanser, no need to get fancy. Use the remainder on your hands, chest, arms & anywhere else before rinsing off. Sugar has natural compounds that disolve the binders of dead skin cells .
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
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What can I say that all the other glowing reviews haven't? Sugar is an excellent exfoliator, with added benefits such as being natural and tasting great! I add sugar to sesame oil and use it as a face polish...it gets rid of all the dead skin cells and makes my skin glow. Works just as well as the stuff you buy in stores but for a fraction of the price.
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
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Oh sugar, how I love thee. You make my coffee sweet, my cookies delicious, my skin divine.
At any given moment on the edge of my bathtub is a sticky little bowl where my sugar was from my previous shower.
Basically I mix it into any body or face wash to turn it into a scrub. The great thing about white sugar is that you can't scrub too hard... because it will dissolve faster than you can irritate your skin with it.
My favorite thing to do is to drizzle olive oil into a cup of sugar... just until the sugar is saturated. Scrub all over in a steamy shower... absolutely fantastic.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
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I was saving up to buy a clarisonic microdermabrasion kit, but in the mean time, I saw all these great reviews on sugar scrubs. I thought what the heck, I'll try it. I expected it to break me out the next morning since I put a little EVOO in with it. But NO -nothing....just beautiful radiant smooth skin!!! Before I used this I had little bumps here and there not really acne though -but after using this they were all gone WOO-HOO!! I love my skin now and I'm not going to spend my $$ on clarisonic now! I use it every other day for my face and 2x's a week on my body -little bumpies on my back-GONE!! I also use a little baking soda (Arm and Hammer) on my face afterwards to help wash the excess oil off. Combination = Perfection! :-) Try it!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Other
Eyes: Green
I adore sugar! I love using it for a scrub on my face, lips and rough areas on my body like my knees and elbows. I honestly feel bad for each time I purchased St.Ives apricot scrub. I personally like taking some sugar, putting it in a tiny container and just adding a few drops of water- I make it into a paste. Another popular way is add EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) but I find that this leaves sort of a gross residue when using it on my face....I do like to add EVOO in my sugar if I'm using it on my body though- Anywho I find that using sugar as a face scrub really exfoliates dead skin away instantly and feels quite refreshing, & it does not leave your face feeling red or raw. I scrub my face every few days or if it feels dull. Seriously you have to try this if you want a great, cheap scrub! it will work great. I also love using this on my lips. I often get dry lips that peel and this buffs away the dead skin instantly and leaves me lips smooth for a few days. This is the best stuff!
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Well, there is not much to add to the reviews below except that pure sugar scrub is fantastic! I usually just splash my face, wipe my hands from excess water and then grab about 1 tsp. of pure white sugar and slowly scrub. Once this turns into a serum-like consistency on my face, I leave it on for 10 minutes or so, as that's when the natural glycolic acids from the sugar work on your skin to exfoliate further. After about 10 minutes I wash my face and apply a moisturizer. I have a normal/combo skin and use it on my face every second day. The key here is to remember to use an "agent" that will eventually dissolve the crystals, because that's when the glycolic acid starts to work. For this reason, I use it just with a plain water. My skin looks just absolutely fantastic since I started using this!
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Mfr Part # | |
Sku | |
Group # | 727957 |
Category | End Tables - 1023 |
Style | Transitional - 15 |
Sales Rank | 1577 |
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