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State Summary: North Carolina
Ranked 5th in Beach Water Quality (out of 30 states)
4% of samples exceeded the national Beach Action Value for designated beach areas in 2013.
Summer 2014 is filled with opportunities to improve water quality throughout the United States and to better protect people's health in the process. Everyone can now support a long-awaited rule to enhance protections for small streams and wetlands—these waters can minimize polluted runoff that contributes to poor beach water quality, and can filter out contaminants that promote algae blooms.
State and federal officials have ample legal tools today to rein in stormwater pollution at the city and regional scale. And beach managers can use a new and important tool, the health-protective Beach Action Value developed by the EPA, to make swimming advisory decisions that more fully safeguard public health.
North Carolina 2013 Beach Water Quality Summary
The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act helps states and local governments develop monitoring programs to protect public health. Through these programs local officials test beach water for bacteria and issue closings or advisories when bacteria levels exceed a certain threshold. The EPA recently issued a new Beach Action Value (BAV), which is a more protective threshold than the national allowable bacteria levels used in previous years to trigger beach advisories. The EPA considers the BAV to be a "conservative, precautionary tool for making beach notification decisions." While the use of the BAV is currently optional, the EPA's proposed National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants would require states receiving BEACH Act funding to use the BAV to trigger beach notifications. In light of this information, in assessing 2013 beach water quality NRDC has chosen to use the BAV in order to best protect beachgoers from water quality health risks.
Most of North Carolina's 240 public coastal beaches, which stretch along 320 miles of Atlantic waters, are located on barrier islands. The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) administers the state's BEACH Act grant. North Carolina's swim season runs from April 1 to October 31. Monitoring occurs year-round but is less frequent during the off-season, and alerts and advisories are not issued during the off-season. Monitoring is conducted in the off-season so that bacteriological problems can be found and corrected before the swim season begins. Beachgoers can learn about beach advisories in North Carolina on the NCDENR website.
What Does Beach Water Monitoring Show?
In 2013, North Carolina reported 240 coastal beaches, all of which were monitored. Of all reported beach monitoring samples, 4% exceeded the Beach Action Value (BAV) of 60 enterococcus bacteria colony forming units (cfu) per 100 ml marine or estuarine water in a single sample. NRDC considers all reported samples individually (without averaging) when calculating the percent exceedance rates in this analysis. This includes duplicate samples and reported samples taken outside the official beach season, if any.
The beaches with the highest percent exceedance rates of the BAV in North Carolina in 2013 were Waterway Park in Brunswick County (40%); Swanquarter Bay, end of docks on SR 1136 in Hyde County (38%); Dutchman Creek Park on Fish Factory Road near Southport in Brunswick County (35%); Fort Fisher, beach adjacent to NCWRC ramp in New Hanover County (32%); and New River, Wilson Park in Onslow County (30%).
North Carolina Water Quality Trend 2009–20131
The bar chart below illustrates the general trend of beach water quality exceedance rates in North Carolina over the past five years. Note that only samples from a common set of beaches monitored each year from 2009 to 2013 are included in the bar chart. Percent exceedance rates in 2009-2012 are based on the national single-sample maximum standard for designated beach areas of 104 enterococcus bacteria cfu/100 ml water that was in place during those years. For comparison purposes, exceedance rates for 2013 are shown based on the historical national standard of 104 enterococcus bacteria cfu/100 ml water as well as the EPA's new Beach Action Value of 60 enterococcus bacteria cfu/100 ml water.
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Hanzō (半蔵, Hanzō),known as Hanzō of the Salamander (山椒魚の半蔵, Sanshōuo no Hanzō), was one of the best shinobis, and the leader of Amegakure during his lifetime.
"One last thing. People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose their faith."
Name: Hanzō
Nickname: Hanzō of the Salamander (山椒魚の半蔵, Sanshōuo no Hanzō)
Age: 40
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Hanzō was a rather muscular man of average height, with long blond hair reaching down to his back and a prominent scar on his right cheek. In the manga, he had unusual eyes that displayed dark sclerae and light coloured irides, similar to Kakuzu's. In the anime, his eyes were portrayed with a normal white sclerae and brown irides. On the left-side of his abdomen, he bore a distinctive cross-shaped scar received from implanting a salamander's venom sac within his body. He had a dark hat on his head and his lower face was mostly obscured by a helmet-like respirator, which he used to keep his own poison at bay and that differed from the ones worn by other Amegakure shinobi, as it was notably larger and featured two filter cartridges instead of the typical one. The upper portion of this mask bore the symbol of his village and was mirrored by four indentations on the part covering his mouth.
A long time ago during his youth, Hanzō had once sought the ideals of "peace" and even attempted to achieve this belief through the unification of the Five Great Countries. However, after realising that such a method would only bring about perpetual war and thus, leave only death in its wake, he cast aside this conviction. Afterwards Hanzō became devoted solely to the preservation of the power he had previously amassed, growing arrogant of his own skills in the process and leaving him unaware that they had instead dulled considerably, due in part to the lack of refinement brought about through practice. Even by the time of his death, Hanzō still couldn't comprehend how someone he had once defeated, could have grown more powerful than himself
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At some point during Hanzō's childhood, a black salamander died in his village. Following its death, its poison sac was implanted into him in the hopes of creating a venomous ninja who himself was immune to toxins. This required him to wear a mask constantly, in order to protect others from his venom-laced breath. Sometime in his past Hanzō fought Mifune, whom he defeated in battle but whose life he spared, due to the samurai's strength and faith. He went as far as giving him the antidote to his poison, and then left. Despite claiming to think he had killed him, in the back of his mind, Hanzō knew Mifune was still alive.
Hanzō names the Sannin.
During the Second Shinobi World War, Hanzō fought some of Konoha's forces, with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru being the only ones to survive. As a reward to them for this accomplishment, he named them Konoha's Sannin and told them to refer to themselves as such in exchange for letting them live. He also engaged into battle with Chiyo numerous times, allowing her to create an antidote to his salamander's poison.
Hanzō meeting Akatsuki.
Years later during the Third Shinobi World War, when a group of ninja began a quest to end war through unorthodox means within his country, Hanzō viewed them as a threat to his power and sought to get rid of them. He teamed up with Konoha's Root organisation to kill the group's leader, Yahiko. He lured Yahiko to a meeting where he forced Nagato, Yahiko's team-mate, to kill Yahiko in exchange for Konan's life. However, Yahiko committed suicide by impaling himself upon Nagato's kunai to spare his friend the anguish and burden of killing him himself.
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Why didn't they called their foundation The LibreOffice Foundation?
Phoronix: LibreOffice Is The New OpenOffice.org
Thanks to Oracle, not only is OpenSolaris now dead along with other open-source projects previously funded by Sun Microsystems now facing hardship, but the OpenOffice.org community has now decided to part ways too. The OpenOffice.org community has decided to launch The Document Foundation as a new, independent organization. The Document Foundation will now be backing "LibreOffice" as the brand rather than OpenOffice.org...
Why didn't they called their foundation The LibreOffice Foundation?
Based on my understanding, Oracle has been invited to participate in the new foundation as well (hopefully they will donate the OpenOffice brand/trademarks)
It would certainly be nice if Phoronix would offer more balanced, accurate reporting... or at least stop sounding like they have a grudge against pretty well everyone.
The foundation is an opportunity for OpenOffice to re-ignite a positive community around itself, perhaps a great opportunity for Phoronix to re-invent itself and grow as well.
Why they don't keep the name LibreOffice there is nothing wrong with it.
Hopefully Novell won't introduce patented stuff with their patches. They have been doing a lot of mono lately.
"LibreOffice"... My God. As far as names go, this one is just awful. Ask non-English speakers to pronounce that.
Great, just openoffice is getting more widely known among the less technically inclined, let's change the name. What a wonderful idea.
The name is like "LabiaOffice", that's just awkward
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Annual to shrub [tree]. Stem: nodes swollen or not. Leaf: simple, basal or cauline, generally alternate; ocreae present or 0, generally scarious, persistent or not. Inflorescence: flower clusters in axillary to terminal cyme-, panicle-, raceme-, spike-, umbel- or head-like arrangements, entire inflorescence or main inflorescence branches generally subtended by bracts ("inflorescence bracts"); peduncles present or 0; flower clusters in Eriogoneae-Eriogonoideae subtended by involucre of >= 1 free or ± fused, sometimes awn-tipped bracts ("involucre bracts") or, in Polygonoideae and rarely in Eriogonoideae, not (if bracts completely fused, involucre "tubular"); pedicels in Eriogoneae each often subtended by 2 free, transparent, linear bractlets or in Polygonoideae all subtended by 2+ fused, membranous, wide bractlets. Flower: generally bisexual, small, 1–200 per node; perianth parts 2–6, generally in 2 whorls, free or basally fused, generally petal-like, often ± concave adaxially, often darker at midvein, often turning ± red or ± brown in age; stamens [1]3 or 6–9 in 2 whorls; ovary superior, 1-chambered, ovule 1, styles 1–3. Fruit: achenes, included in or exserted from perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid or elliptic, generally glabrous.
48 genera, ± 1200 species: worldwide, especially northern temperate; some cultivated for food (Coccoloba, sea-grape; Fagopyrum, Rheum, Rumex) or ornamental (Antigonon, lovechain; Coccoloba; Muehlenbeckia; Persicaria; Polygonum), a few timbered (Coccoloba; Triplaris). Several (Emex; Fallopia; Persicaria; Polygonum; Rumex) are weeds. [Freeman & Reveal 2005 FNANM 5:216–601] Treatment of genera in Eriogonoideae based on monographic work of James L. Reveal. Involucre number throughout is number (1–many) per ultimate grouping, at tips of ultimate branches; flower number is per flower cluster or involucre, unless otherwise stated. Fagopyrum esculentum Moench not naturalized, considered an historical waif (or garden weed ± presently), therefore not treated. Scientific Editors: Thomas J. Rosatti, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Annual, perennial herb to shrub. Stem: prostrate to erect, 8–16-ribbed or 4–5-angled with ribs 0 or obscure; glabrous or papillate-scabrous. Leaf: cauline, alternate, petioled or not; ocrea generally jointed to leaf, generally cylindric proximally, generally translucent distally, white or silvery, 2-lobed, glabrous, disintegrating to fibers or completely; blade linear, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate, or subround, entire. Inflorescence: axillary, terminal, generally spike-like; peduncle 0; pedicels present or 0, included in to exserted from bractlets; flowers 1–7(10). Flower: bisexual, base not stalk-like; perianth not enlarging, bell- to urn-shaped, glabrous, white or green-white to pink; perianth parts 5, fused 3–60[70]%, petal- or sepal-like, similar [or not], outer ± keeled or not, < to > inner, midveins generally a different shade or color than rest of perianth; stamens 3–8 (some staminodes or not), filaments or at least innermost free, wider at base, fused to perianth tube or not, anthers elliptic to oblong, white-yellow or generally pink to purple (orange-pink); styles (2)3, generally spreading, free or fused basally, stigmas 2–3, head-like. Fruit: included or exserted, wings 0, angles (2)3, 1 face much narrower than other (1)2 or not; tip beak-like, yellow-green, brown, or black. Seed: embryo curved.Key to Polygonum
± 65 species: ± worldwide; sect. Duravia restricted to western North America. (Greek: many, knee joint or seed, of uncertain meaning) [Costea 2005 Brittonia 57:1–27] Many species of sect. Polygonum with 2 kinds of fruit, differing in germination and morphology (summer fruit brown, ovate, tubercled to smooth; late-season fruit olive-green, lanceolate, smooth, 2–5 × > summer), but of little taxonomic importance. Mature, early-season plants with leaves, flowers, fruits needed for identification. Flowers "closed" or "1/2-open" should be determined on herbarium specimens. Other taxa in TJM (1993) moved to Aconogonon, Bistorta, Fallopia, Persicaria.
Unabridged etymology: (Greek: poly, many, gony, knee joint, or gone, seed, of uncertain meaning)
Previous taxon: Persicaria wallichii
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Building gross floor area: 35,300 square feet Number of permanent occupants and visitors: 34 full-time employees (FTE) and 445 students and visitors Percent of the building that is daylit: 76 Percent of the building that can be ventilated or cooled with operable windows: zero Total water use (gallons per year): 81,048 Calculated annual potable water use (gallons per square foot per year): 2.3 Total energy use (kBtu per square foot per year): 82.8 Percent total energy savings: 34.7 (energy) and 37.8 (cost) LEED rating: Gold Total project cost: $11,819,336
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The 35,300-square-foot James I. Swenson Civil Engineering Building stands less than one mile from Lake Superior and bridges two watersheds. Inspired by the facility's curriculum, project designers from Ross Barney Architects fashioned the LEED Gold–certified building as a pedagogical tool that manifests environmental responsibility. Inside, spaces expose structural connections and an underfloor air distribution system. Outside, rain animates the building façade, falling into reclaimed wood scuppers and cascading into catch basins filled with local stone.
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Materials and IAQ Regional and unfinished materials strengthen connections to the environment. The designers used Cor-Ten steel as an interior finish, on the exterior façade and rainscreen panel, and as 3-foot- to 8-foot-tall stormwater catch basins. Reclaimed taconite, a local iron-ore-rich rock mined to create steel, fills the basins and appears in pellets as landscaping mulch and rock for interior gabion walls. Enormous scuppers are fabricated with reclaimed cypress wood from regionally sourced pickle barrels. Solar-tube skylights bring daylight into laboratory areas while clerestory windows, glazing for circulation spaces, and interior walls help spread daylight to 90 percent of spaces.
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The engineering building at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, won over the 2012 Evergreen Awards judges in the New Construction category with its water-management strategies.
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Lake|Flato revitalized downtown San Antonio, Texas, with the Full Good Warehouse to win the Existing Buildings category in this year's Evergreen Awards.
An architecture and planning firm breathes new life into an abandoned automotive center and wins the Commercial Interiors category of the 2012 Evergreen Awards.
This Bremerton, Wash., firm won the Evergreen Award in the Commercial Interiors category for the old Sears Automotive Center that they transformed into their new offices.
A student residence designed to European Passive House standards wins the Evergreen Awards residential category for 2012.
The a Q&A with the firm behind the dormitory at Unity College in Unity, Maine, winner of the 2012 Evergreen Award in the Residential category.
PNC's ambitious new headquarters under construction in Pittsburgh wins the 2012 Evergreen Awards On the Boards category.
Along with Gensler, this firm is the other half of the design team behind the new Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pa., scheduled to be completed in 2015. In this Q&A, they discuss the project and their philosophy.
We chat with Lazarus, the winner of our 2012 Evergreen Awards Perspective category and HOK's director of sustainable design, about performance-based design, biomimicry, health, and more.
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Are you planning a July birthday party for your son or daughter?
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Each month ALEX will select (1) lucky winner to receive either an activity or party favors for up to 20 kids that will help make their child's birthday party even more fun! The birthday boy or girl will also receive a birthday present from ALEX, chosen just for them!
If your little one is lucky enough to celebrate a July birthday? Enter through the entry form below!
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Michael Clifford is a sex god who plays guitar in a band called 5 Seconds of Summer. He is amazing and may or may not like pizza quite a lot. He can be cute and awkward but then switches and is a sexy hot piece of sex. Nobody ever knows what colour his hair is... Has a bromance with Harry Styles and is an all round incredible person.
"Hey, do you know Michael Clifford?"
"Yeah he's that guitar player from 5 Seconds of Summer!"
"Yeah he's that guitar player from 5 Seconds of Summer!"
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The actual and legitimate reason most American girls masturbate.
um ok like michael clifford is like damn bby like look at him with pink hair like *-* woah
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12 юли 2014
second-guitar and vocal in the band 5 Seconds of Summer (more lovingly known as 5SOS). Michael changes his hair color often, leaving every girl's heart to be blown apart and become another piece of shrapnel. see "love of my life" for more.
"Oh my god, Michael Clifford did the thing." "Oh, fuck. I just died inside. Let me go rock back and forth on my bed for three hours." "Okay, have fun with that."
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He is a sex god that plays guitar and sings in a band called 5 seconds of summer with another 3 sex gods. His hair is just amazing and colorful and his smile is just cute and perfect. He believes that he is a punk rock guy but he is not, that's what makes him cuter than he is
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The Otschodela Council of the Boy Scouts of America provides the highest quality scouting programs for youth in the communities of Otsego, Schoharie and Delaware Counties in upstate New York. The mission of the Otschodela Council is to deliver, to the young people within our three county rural area of New York State, a quality program of leadership and citizenship development that prepares them to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes.
Henderson Scout Reservation/Crumhorn Mountain Scout Camp has been a pillar of the Scouting program in Otschodela Council since 1948. Most every Scout who has been to Henderson/Crumhorn would tell you about the memories of eating in the Dining Hall. Family style dining, singing songs of our country and staring at the ceiling, covered with the plaques of scout troops and patrols who have sat there before them.
With the changing times, our youth have changing needs and new challenges ahead. Otschodela Council is proud to announce the planned addition of our new Training Lodge/Conference Center, as well as a re-purposing of the existing Dining Hall into a year-round training facility with overnight, heated accommodations and enlarged Trading Post. Hard to imagine? Click here for more details!


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why losing time working on AGP support, while AGP has been deprecated for so many years now?
Not a lot of people still have AGP card, and if they have, it's for running servers that just need to display console/TTY. So no need for a particular power from gfx.
Can someone explain that to me?


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Domes shine blue for Autism Awareness Day
To observe World Autism Awareness Day, the LED halos at the top of the Mitchell Park Domes will shine blue today.
The halos will stay on all day, but can be best seen after dark, Milwaukee County Park officials say. »Read Full Article
Clear Lake man writes a new chapter on book restoration
Clear Lake — To Ralph Weber, a bookworm is not someone who loves to read.
The rare book restoration expert works on tomes both lofty as Renaissance manuscripts and pedestrian as cookbooks caked with food that he painstakingly restores to good health. Some books are tattered from overuse, some are damaged by the elements and some have been snacked on by actual bookworms. »Read Full Article(4)
A new coffeehouse, Coffeeworks, opens in West Allis
It has coffee, espresso drinks, bakery and sandwiches like other coffeehouses, and a cool industrial-urban look like some coffeehouses, but the new Coffeeworks in West Allis is a little different. »Read Full Blog Post
Fish fry on brief hiatus at Lakefront as brewer takes over operation
Journal Sentinel files »Read Full Blog Post
Badgers broadcasts move to WRIT, WOKY, WISN
Clear Channel announced it has entered a five-year contract with Learfield Sports to carry Wisconsin Badgers sportscasts on its stations WOKY-AM (920), WRIT-FM (95.7) and WISN-AM (1130).
Previous rights holder WTMJ-AM (620), which has carried the broadcasts since 1927, recently declined to renew its agreement with Learfield Sports. »Read Full Blog Post(30)
Amy Schumer, Gabriel Iglesias coming to Riverside
Comedians Amy Schumer and Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias are making return trips to Milwaukee next year, with performances at the Riverside Theater.
The venue is an upgrade in size for Schumer. The sweet-and-foul comedian performed at the Pabst last year right before the premiere of her Comedy Central show "Inside Amy Schumer." »Read Full Article
Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert headlining Country Thunder
Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Brantley Gilbert and Gary Allan are all rolling into Twin Lakes next summer for Country Thunder.
The annual country music festival will also feature performances by Craig Morgan, Colt Ford, Mark Chesnutt, Sawyer Brown, Joe Diffie, Will Hoge, Charlie Worsham, Chad Brownlee and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Seven more artists have yet to be announced. »Read Full Article
Finalists named for public art project on W. Wisconsin Ave.
Colorful cellophane murals, 100 billowing Bronze Fonzes, a beer garden to support artists and something called FaceBOX are among the dozen finalists named Monday for a public art -- or placemaking -- initiative to take place on W. Wisconsin Ave. next summer and fall.
In May, ArtPlace America, a consortium of national and regional foundations and banks that works with the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies, awarded a $350,000 grant for the "Creational Trails" proposal, which is being overseen by two local groups, Art Milwaukee and beintween. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
On Tap for Today: Holiday display opens, Bay View tree lighting and a guy talks about beer
Wow, it's already December.
Is your tree up? Gifts purchased? Didn't think so. »Read Full Blog Post


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Kegco Add A Tap Conversion Kit
The Kegco Add a Tap Conversion Kit comes with beer parts you will need to successfully add an additional tap to your draft beer dispenser. Turn your kegerator into a multiple beer faucet tap cooler with this simple to install kegerator kit. The standard chrome beer faucet is the most commonly used faucet in the industry. The lever handle "D" system beer coupler is compatible with all domestic brand kegs. All the draft beer parts are of the highest commercial grade quality which are designed and built to last.
Our kegerator conversion kits come complete with detailed instructions and are supported by our friendly and experienced product specialists. You can count on them for personalized attention both before and after your purchase.
- Includes Chrome Beer Faucet with Brass Lever
This premium quality faucet features a forged brass body with a highly polished chrome finish. This faucet has a brass shaft assembly and lever with a nylon ball washer that ensures smooth operation. The brass lever has standard threading that is compatible with most branded tap handles. - Includes 4-1/8" Long Shank with Nipple Assembly.
This shank is 4-1/8" long measured from the end of the threading to the end where the faucet attaches. The shank comes with a black plastic flange on the front and a compression ring on the back. Forged brass lock nut. 3/16" ID beer line connection. - Includes 5 feet of 5/16 Inch I.D. Draft Beer Line Assembly with 2 Snap Clamps
The standard length is 5 feet of 5/16" I.D. Blue Air/Co2 Tubing made of Themoplastic Vinyl Hose (Super Vinyl). This tubing will not rot, swell or dry out and is unaffected by normal cleaning compounds. This air line assembly comes with two Plastic Snap Clamps with a reusable clamp design. - Includes D system Lever Handle Keg Coupler which can Tap all Domestic Kegs
This is a commercial grade lever Handle keg coupler. The KT85D-L is compatible with all domestic brand kegs. This keg tap works with all American "D" system sankey kegs. This coupler features a 55-psi pressure relief valve and a nickel-plated forged brass body. To tap a keg all you have to do is pull out and then down on the lever handle to properly couple the keg. This Keg Coupler can be swapped out to a Home Brew Coupler for no additional cost. - Includes 5 Feet of Beer Line Assembly
This beer line assembly comes standard with 5' of 3/16" Clear Beer Tubing made of Themoplastic Vinyl Hose (Super Vinyl). This tubing meets and exceeds all rigid demands for beer dispensing. This beer line remains flexible and durable at recommended temperatures and pressures and will not rot, swell or dry out and is unaffected by normal cleaning compounds. This assembly comes with one Plastic Snap Clamp (reusable clamp design) and a Coupling Assembly of 1 Stepless Clamp, 1 3/16" Hose Nipple/Tail Piece and Hex Coupling Nut (connects to keg coupler). - Comes with black ABS plastic Faucet Knob.
- 1 Neoprene Washer that is placed between keg coupler and beer line assembly. The purpose of this washer is stop any beer from leaking out the top of the keg coupler.
- All additional technical questions can be handled by one of our friendly technical support staff by calling toll free 1-800-710-9939.
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Navarre Beach's new pier is the longest in northwest Florida and the whole gulf coast and is perfect for reeling in the fish or just taking in the National Seashore views. >>more
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Santa Rosa County and Navarre Beach are home to Gulf Islands National Seashore with miles of undeveloped beaches and dunes. >>more
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Girlfriends getaway. Romantic getaway. Weekend getaway. Whether you want the seclusion of Florida state parks or the most unspoiled west Florida beaches, we have your Florida vacation accommodations. Check out our beach houses, condos, hotels, cottages and cabins. >>more
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Register to receive a free "Florida's Playground Vacation Guide" for your next Florida vacation to Navarre Beach, Blackwater River State Forest, and Historic Milton. To receive your free vacation guide including Florida golf, Florida vacations and attractions, please click below. >>more
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for this weekBands on the Blackwater Color me Xtreme 5K Beach Blast featuring Joe Nichols Blue Angels Practice Bands on the Blackwater Grillin in the Breeze
Nature for miles
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Beautiful, protected seashore
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Amish Adventures
Offered By: Van Galder Bus Company
Kingston, WI
Operates: No scheduled departures
Tour Length: 1 Day
Departs From: Madison, WI * Janesville, WI * South Beloit, IL * Rockford, IL
Price Per Person - $93.00
Tour Description:
A local step-on-guide narrates a driving tour of Green Lake County's Amish country. Enjoy stops at the Amish greenhouse, school house, grocery store, bakery, and cheese factory. Take home Amish favorites such as pies, breads, spices, cheese, and much more. Visit one of Wisconsin's oldest restaurants, the Kingston House, originally a hotel now one of the best restaurants in the state. Relax... enjoy the simple life. Please note: Amish sites subject to change and weather dependent.
Tour Inclusions:
Professional tour director, transportation, lunch, and guided tour
Important Notes:
- Medium level of walking involved
Departure Details:
Madison, WI | Shopko South Towne Mall 2101 W Broadway |
Lot "G" |
Janesville, WI | Van Galder Terminal, 3120 N Pontiac Dr. |
Parking pass provided. |
South Beloit, IL | Road Ranger / McDonald's I-90 / Hwy 75 Interchange |
Parking $3.00 Per Day. |
Rockford, IL | Van Galder Terminal 7559 Walton St |
Parking Token Provided. |
Terms and Conditions:
Van Galder Tour & Travel requires advance reservations on all tours. Reservations can be made by telephone at 800.747.7407 or 608.531.4545; in person at The Old Towne Mall - Van Galder Tour & Travel, 20 S. Main St., Ste. 26, Janesville, WI , or online at www.vangalderbus.com Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm. After Hours/Emergency: 800.747.0994, #6
Extended Motorcoach Tours:
require a $50.00 deposit per person within 7 days after making reservation and a final payment 45 DAYS prior to departure
One Day Tours:
require $00.00 deposit per person and a final payment 45 DAYS prior to departure
Flyaway & Cruise Packages:
Rules/regulations vary by vendor and package. Refer to tour description.
Payment types accepted:
Cash, personal check, money order, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, or American Express.
is strongly recommended on all motorcoach tours and is offered to safeguard your travel investment. Insurance details are available on page 26 and are optional. However, no representation or description of the insurance made by our staff constitutes a binding assurance or promise about the insurance. Travel Insurance premium is non-refundable. If insurance is not purchased, refund/cancellation policy is listed below:
PER PERSON PENALITIES (based on business days prior to departure)
Extended Motorcoach:
30 + days prior to departure, there will be a $00.00 per person penalty. 29-4 days prior to departure, there will be a $100 per person penalty plus any unrecoverable fees. 3-0 days (72 business hours) prior to departure, there will be no refund.
One Day Motorcoach:
30 + days prior to departure, there will be a $00.00 per person penalty. 29-4 days prior to departure, there will be a penalty of 50% of the tour cost or the cost of the ticketed event (whichever is higher). 3-0 days (72 business hours) prior to departure, there will be no refund.
Flyaway/Cruise Packages:
Rules/regulations vary by vendor and package. Refer to tour description. **Cancelling passengers on most motorcoach tours can provide a replacement person(s) for the seat(s.) The office must be notified of the name replacement at the time of cancellation or within the timeline provided by tour office. No one is permitted to board the motorcoach whose name is not on the manifest.
One Day Tours: An invoice with timing will be issued at time of reservation and emailed to client (or sent via US Mail if no e-mail is available.) Multi-Day Motorcoach Tours: An invoice will be issued at time of reservation and emailed to client (or sent via US Mail if no e-mail is available.) A tour itinerary and bag tags will be issued at least 2 weeks prior to departure and sent via US Mail. Flyaway and Cruise Offerings: An invoice will be issued at time of reservation and emailed to client (or sent via US Mail if no e-mail is available.) A tour itinerary and bag tags will be issued at least 2 weeks prior to departure and sent via US Mail. Exceptions, due to outside vendors, will be explained at time of reservations.
A valid U.S. Passport for travel outside the United States via land, air, or sea is required. All International travel requires a U.S. Passport valid for 6 months beyond departure date from foreign country.
Each tour participant is pre-registered by advance reservation. Upon arrival, room keys will be obtained by the tour director or driver and distributed accordingly. Arrangements will be made for your luggage to be delivered to your room and returned to the motorcoach at check-out time unless otherwise indicated. Room assignments are made by the hotel in an impartial manner. All nonsmoking rooms are requested. If any special service (ex: smoking room, ADA accessible room) is required, please advise at time of reservation.
Our Single Share Program is offered on most of Van Galder Tour & Travel's motor coach extended day tours (exceptions will be listed on individual tour outlines.) If travelling alone and you would like to share a room with another person of the same sex, please advise the Van Galder staff member assisting you at the time of reservation. The tour MUST be booked at least 45 days prior to departure to take advantage of this offer. Tour & Travel will try and match you with another tour participant traveling alone who would like to share. If there is a match, you and your roommate will travel at the double rate. If no potential roommate is available, you still travel at the double rate. If you CHOOSE not to travel with the tour participant selected, you will travel at the single rate. Van Galder Tour & Travel is not responsible for the personal habits of our clients
Any disability requiring special attention must be reported to Van Galder Tour & Travel at time of reservation. Van Galder will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the special needs of tour participants, but are not responsible in the event we are unable to do so, or if any of the vendors deny services. We strongly advise persons with special needs to travel with a qualified and physically able companion. Van Galder tour directors and/or drivers are not to act as a travel attendant to any client with special needs, or physically lift or assist clients into transportation vehicles. A minimum of 48 hours advance notice in writing is required for a wheelchair accessible bus. ** Please note: the Americans with Disabilities Act is not applicable outside of the United States and facilities for disabled individuals may be limited.
Motorcoach tours include most necessary tips for bellman, doorman, and dining room meals as noted on itineraries, plus all taxes unless otherwise indicated. Gratuities /taxes may vary for flyaway/cruise tours and will be noted on tour itinerary. Tips are appreciated by the tour directors and drivers who work diligently to ensure your trip is enjoyable. Suggested per person amount is $3.00 per day for each tour director and driver, however are optional and at client discretion.
We use state-of-the-art motorcoaches, which are climate controlled with comfortable reclining seats, footrests, overhead storage, rest rooms, public address system, GPS units, seat belts and large panoramic windows for your viewing enjoyment. Although seat belts are not required at this time, Van Galder strongly suggests the use of seat belts at all times. Note: It is difficult to maintain the motorcoach at a temperature that is comfortable for everyone, a light jacket is suggested.
Smoking, including the use of electronic simulated smoking materials, e-cigarettes, and smokeless cigarettes is prohibited in all workplaces, facilities and vehicles of Coach USA and its affiliates.
Alcohol is not permitted on board any Van Galder Tour & Travel retail tour. If you wish to bring alcohol, coolers will be allowed and stored under the motorcoach in the luggage bay, only to be taken out and consumed off of the motorcoach upon arrival at the destination.
Each person is permitted to bring one large piece of luggage to be stowed in the luggage bay. Also, a small carry-on size bag is allowed to be stowed in the overhead bin on the motorcoach, and is the responsibility of the client.
Take sufficient supply of prescription medication to last duration of the tour. It is very difficult to get prescriptions refilled while enroute. Keep medications on your person at all times.
Seat assignments are made on extended day tours only and are assigned based on booking date order from the front of the motorcoach back. No special requests for seats will be honored. All passengers on a three or more day tour will participate in daily rotation. Note: On extended tours, all passengers are required to sit in assigned seats until all clients are on board. If there are ample seats empty in the rear of the motorcoach, the tour director will ask the group if anyone wants to be left out of the seat rotation. If there are enough seats for ALL clients that would like to move, at that time they will be able to switch seats. However, if there are not enough seats in the back for all clients that want to be out of the rotation, then no one will move and everyone will be required to participate in seat rotation.
Van Galder Tour & Travel gift certificates are available year-round for any denomination. They are attractively packaged and are available online at www.vangalderbus.com
Most Van Galder retail motorcoach tours grant a $3.00 per person, per day, travel dollar to all paid tour participants. Travel Dollars can be used on any future Van Galder retail tour and do not expire. Note: Chicago Fun Days, Casino Tours, Cruises and all Flyaway tours are excluded.
*JANESVILLE, WI Van Galder Terminal 3120 N. Pontiac Dr. *SOUTH BELOIT, IL Road Ranger / McDonalds ($3 per day) Hwy 75 & I90 *ROCKFORD, IL Van Galder Terminal 7559 Walton St. *MADISON, WI Shopko South Towne Mall 2101 W. Broadway, Lot G
Individual Tour Services on: Collette Vacation, Funjet, Apple Vacations, Costa Rica Dream Adventures, Norwegian Cruiselines, and Holland America Cruiselines Custom Group Tours for any group type (ex: family reunion, girls weekend, baseball games, etc...) Daily Service to Chicago OHare International Airport, Downtown Chicago, and Midway Airport Charter / School Bus Services - quality transportation for any type of group
Children under the age of 18 years old are welcomed to travel on any of our tours, however must be accompanied by an adult. Van Galder Tour & Travel reserves the right to accept or reject any person as a tour participant. Van Galder Tour & Travel reserves the right to substitute hotels of equal or better grade, the right to alter sightseeing schedules, or substitute the type of transportation when operationally necessary, and reserves the right to cancel any tour up to seven days prior to departure. Tour prices include only the meals, accommodations, etc... that are listed in the individual tour itinerary. Maid, laundry service, telephone calls, room service, alcoholic beverages, souvenirs, and other items of a personal nature are not included. No responsibility will be accepted for lack of appropriate medical facilities, weather, losses, strikes, criminal acts, war, terrorism, computer difficulties, delay or other complications not under the supervision of Van Galder Tour & Travel.


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Night Fisher casts out digital bait on comiXology | |
Written by Jen Vaughn | Filed under R Kikuo Johnson, digital comics, comiXology | 2 Jan 2013 11:43 AM |
Fantagraphics and comiXology release R. Kikuo Johnson's debut graphic novel, Night Fisher , which tells the intimate tale of young teens verging into the alien territory of adulthood.
The setting? First-rate prep school, S.U.V., and a dream house in the heights: This was the island paradise handed to Loren Foster when he moved to Hawaii with his father six years ago. Now, with the end of high school just around the corner, his best friend, Shane, has grown distant. The rumors say it's hard drugs, and Loren suspects that Shane has left him behind for a new group of friends. What sets Johnson's drama apart is the naturalistic ease with which he explores the relationships of his characters. It is at once an unsentimental portrait of that most awkward period between adolescence and young adulthood and that rarest of things: a mature depiction of immature lives.
Visually, Johnson captures the languid tropical climate and strip mall tackiness of Hawaii in a rich chiaroscuro style reminiscent of Milton Caniff combined with the sensual ink work of Paul Pope or Jessica Abel.
You can purchase this 145 page beauty over at comiXology today.
"Johnson's debut is not only remarkably assured but astonishingly fresh, one that refuses to trade in the usual hoary high-school cliches... Panels are shuffled together with a cinematic flair that highlights the florid emotions of adolescence far better than any battery of melodrama could. A dark, grand, sweeping dream of a book." – Kirkus Review
"The gritty coming-of-age story also delivers strong plot and dialog like a fistful of poi." – Book Collector


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the type of behaviour someone who has not got a clue about anything but thinks they know everything shows usualy when intoxicated under the influence of certain substances or trying to impress a lady.
thus making a compleate tit of themselves in the process.
thus making a compleate tit of themselves in the process.
trying to make best friends with a doorman you have never met before trying to impress friends and girls.
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muppetism is the practice of being baldwin, a child who looks and acts like a muppet and shits out puppeteers, whilst saying meah
the 2006 roping platoon suffers from muppetism
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Looker (ハンサム Handsome) | |
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General | |
Hometown: | Unknown |
Region: | Unknown (seen in Sinnoh and Unova) |
Family: | Unknown |
Friends: | Lucas/Dawn |
Class: | None (but he is a member of the International Police) |
First Appearance: | Pokémon Platinum
Voice actor: | Jason Griffith |
Looker is a man of few words, but thinks a lot. He is a top officer of the international police and he is good with fighting crimes. Looker wears black penny loafers, brown suit pants, white shirt with pink tie, lighter brown vest and a investigator coat. He has brown eyes, dark hair, wrinkle marks around his mouth, black eyebrows and an inquisitive look.
[show]In the anime
Looker makes his debut in Frozen in their Tracks, where he is inspecting Team Galactic when they're trying to steal something important to Sinnoh. He teams up with Ash, Brock, and Dawn to try to stop them.
He was about to appear in episodes BW023 and BW024, but were cancelled by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
In the games
Looker makes his debut in Pokémon Platinum. He first appears in Jubilife City, where he introduces himself to the player. Appears often in the game to aid the player, although not necessarily with battles. Looker returns in Pokémon Black and White. After completing the Elite Four, the player can go back to his/her house and meet Looker, who is disguised as the player's mother. He then gives the player a Super Rod. He tells you to look around the Unova region to find the Sage members of Team Plasma, since some of them escaped.
In the manga
- Main article: Looker (Adventures)
- Looker is voice acted by Jason Griffith, the same voice actor who spoke for Sir Aaron, and once he spoke well known mascots of Sega; Sonic the Hedgehog (2005-2010), Shadow the Hedgehog (2005-2010), and Jet the Hawk.
- In the manga, as an Interpol agent, he has gadgets he can use like the jet.


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It is in reference to smoking dope through a pipe. Usually done by filthy dopemunchers that are too lazy to make a billy
Bloke one: Oi bra i was cooking the flute the other day when this tree jumped infront of me, so i full stabbed it.
Bloke two: aww spewin
Bloke two: aww spewin
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Could you stop posting about what are you going to do and just post when it's available? All this is bullshit even for a tabloid-like site.
Phoronix: Windows 8 vs. Linux Graphics, Source Benchmarks Coming
Before the end of the month will be many new and exciting Linux benchmarks on Phoronix, including the Radeon Dynamic Power Management results in full, many updated Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu Linux tests, and Valve Source Engine Linux GPU benchmarks, among others...
Could you stop posting about what are you going to do and just post when it's available? All this is bullshit even for a tabloid-like site.
Normally you do benchmarks with Ubuntu, but can you please instead use a linux distro? Debian, Fedora, Mint, Gentoo, there are plenty of distros out there who wish to remain linux distros instead of becoming their own unique enclave.
We are fast approaching a time when Ubuntu is about as "linux" as android is.
Or else title your upcoming piece: "Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu Graphics, Source Benchmarks"
I normally don't agree with people like him Michael...but right now I kind of am inclined to. I know you use Ubuntu because its the most common distro, but with all the crap with Xmir and stuff... Maybe you should be switching to Linux Mint (if you still want to remain 'ubuntu-ish') or even Fedora (if you want to start seeing whats the latest PACKAGED code in a packaged distro. I add that last part to exclude Arch because theres any number of things that could skew those numbers. <3 Arch though )
I love Fedora a lot and always have, but as can be seen from the articles, I generally only use it for benchmarks around the time it's actually released when the packages are still fresh namely because:
- Fedora Rawhide packages ship with a lot of debug cruft that can affect the performance so using those experimental packages unfortunately doesn't work out well.
- Ubuntu is convenient for kernel tests with their Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA where they also package the daily Git kernels. As far as I know there isn't any similar archive for Fedora. I can easily build my own Git kernel, but when (re)installing systems often, this is very convenient, plus if people have a question about my kernel configuration or want to also test the latest kernel, I can simply tell them to go to the PPA.
I think those are my two main gripes these days but yeah aside from that have been using Xubuntu a lot lately.
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