text:
Environmental Assessment
May 1995
Agency Contact:
Ronald D. Hennessey, Ph.D.
4700 River Road, Unit 133
Riverdale, MD 20737-1236
Phone: (301) 734-7839
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received applications (see Appendix 1) from the University of Texas at Austin for permits to release Pseudacteon litoralis Borgmeier, P. solenopsidis Schmitz, P. tricuspis Borgmeier, and P. wasmanni (Schmitz) (Diptera: Phoridae). These parasitic flies are potential biological control agents of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, and its close relative, the black imported fire ant, S. richteri Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Both ants harm man and animals with their vicious stings. S. invicta builds dense mounds, as many as 1,000 per acre, which often interfere with soil cultivation.
Presently, the four aforementioned species of Pseudacteon do not occur in the United States outside the confines of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Texas. The applicant proposes to release Pseudacteon flies into the environment by a novel method. First, the flies will be allowed to parasitize red imported fire ants in the Brackenridge laboratory. Entire ant colonies, including parasitized individuals, will then be transported from the laboratory to the field where they will be "planted" near wild populations of fire ants. As the flies complete development and emerge as adults, they presumably will disperse to attack ants in neighboring mounds. It is expected that Pseudacteon species will establish themselves as permanent components of the insect fauna of Texas and reduce red imported fire ant populations by parasitizing worker ants and by interfering with the ants' foraging behavior.
This genus-level environmental assessment (EA) will be used by USDA--APHIS to determine whether or not an environmental impact statement will be required prior to releases of P. litoralis, P. solenopsidis, P. tricuspis, and P. wasmanni in the United States. Similarily, the EA will be used to evaluate future applications for permits to release other South American species of Pseudacteon: P. affinis Borgmeier, P. borgmeieri Schmitz, P. comatus Borgmeier, P. cultellatus Borgmeier, P. curvatus Borgmeier, P. dentiger Borgmeier, P. lenkoi Borgmeier & Prado, P. nocens Borgmeier, P. nudicornis Borgmeier, and P. pradei Borgmeier.
The pending applications for permits to release Pseudacteon species were submitted in accordance with the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150aa et seq.) and the Plant Quarantine Act (7 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). This EA was prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) as prescribed in implementing regulatons adopted by the Council on Environmental
II. Purpose and Need for the Proposed Action
The purpose of the proposed releases of Pseudacteon flies is to reduce imported fire ant populations. Populations of indigenous species now suffering from competition with imported fire ants are expected to recover once the pressure of competition has been reduced.
S. invicta ranges over 93 million hectares in the southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina (Lofgren, 1986; Buren et al., 1974; Porter and Savignano, 1990). It reduces the productivity of pasture land by building numerous large mounds, afflicts man with painful stings, kills small vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and interferes with the electrical industry by building nests in circuit boxes. Negative impacts of S. invicta on indigenous arthropods have been reported by many authors, including Hook and Porter (1990), Hooper (1976), Porter et al. (1988), and Vinson and Sorensen (1986).
Costs of controlling S. invicta through 1989 amounted to about $200 million (Davidson & Stone, 1989). S. invicta is uncontrolled in wild areas and is difficult to control by pesticides on agricultural lands. The ant has no effective natural enemies in the United States.
S. richteri was once widespread in the southern U. S., but it has been displaced by S. invicta over most of its former range. S. richteri survives only in a restricted area of Mississippi (Ross et al., 1987).
III. Alternative to the Proposed Action
The "no-action" alternative to releasing Pseudacteon flies for the control of imported fire ant is to deny the release permit. If the permit is denied, it is probable that pesticides, such as Amdro and Logic, will continue to be used for control of the ants. In some areas pesticide use might be terminated.
Other biological control measures are being developed, e.g., treatment of ant
IV. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action and Alternative
The intended impact of the proposed releases of Pseudacteon flies is the reduction of imported fire ant populations and subsequent recovery of populations of nontarget species.
Plans to release Pseudacteon flies raise the question of possible harm to indigenous ant species. Fortunately, the scientific literature on host-specificity in parasitic scuttle flies is extensive. Solenopsis ants, including S. invicta and S. richteri, are the only known hosts of the 20 or more species of Pseudacteon flies present in South America (Borgmeier, 1962, 1963, 1969; Borgmeier and Prado, 1975; Disney 1991, Porter et al., in press). Genus-level host specificity appears to be a trait of parasitic phorids in general, not just of phorids in the genus Pseudacteon (Borgmeier, 1962, 1963, 1969; Borgmeier and Prado, 1975; Disney, 1991, 1994; Williams and Banks, 1987). Anomalous reports of phorids' attacking more than one genus of ants are either unconfirmed or, for various reasons, considered actually erroneous (Porter et al., 1975).
Generally, parasitic scuttle flies attack only a single species of ant or several closely related species. Williams (1980) and Porter et al. (in press) studied five Pseudacteon species in Brazil, including three of the 14 species listed on page 1. Members of the S. saevissima (Smith) species complex, which includes S. invicta and S. richteri, were the only ants attacked in those studies. Schmitz (1914) reported that an unrelated species of Solenopsis, S. geminata (Fab.), served as host for P. solenopsidis and P. wasmanni in Brazil. The remoteness in time (81 years) of Schmitz's research and the uniqueness of his results suggests a possible misdetermination of the species involved. Gilbert (unpub.), working at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory in Texas, found that P. solenopsidis, P. wasmanni, and two other South American species (P. litoralis and P. tricuspis) parasitized S. invicta and S. richteri but not S. geminata.
All four species of Pseudacteon indigenous to the U.S. attack S. geminata, but not S. invicta or S. richteri (Disney, 1991; Feener, 1987). Other genera of scuttle fly
Schmitz's unconfirmed report notwithstanding, studies conducted in South America and the U. S. strongly reinforce the impression that each species of Pseudacteon, whether indigenous or nonindigenous, parasitizes members of a single species complex within the genus Solenopsis. The important conclusions are that (1) if Pseudacteon flies are introduced from South America to the U. S., both species of imported fire ants will almost certainly be attacked, and (2) there is a small chance that a third and more distantly related species, S. geminata, might be incidentally attacked.
The possibility that introduced Pseudacteon flies might attack S. geminata does not necessarily imply a net negative impact on that species; beneficial effects of Pseudacteon must also be weighed. S. geminata was once abundant in Texas, but competition from S. invicta has driven it to the edge of extinction in that state (Porter et al., 1991). If S. invicta were suppressed, S. geminata probably would recover a large fraction of its former abundance despite occasional, incidental attacks by Pseudacteon. Nevertheless, as a precaution, all Pseudacteon species released in the U. S. will first undergo host-specificity tests with S. geminata. Pseudacteon species that accept S. geminata will not be released under this EA, although a separate EA might be written later.
The biological characteristics of Pseudacteon flies preclude any direct impacts on man. Specifically, human health will not be affected, and Pseudacteon cannot become a household nuisance.
Imported fire ants are not utilized as a food source by any threatened or endangered species. The Texas horned lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, which is listed as a threatened species by the State of Texas, feeds on native ants, principally harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex spp.) (Donaldson et al., 1994).
The "no-action" alternative is to deny the release permit requested by the applicant. In such a case pesticides would continue to be used against imported fire ants. It is important to remark that in some areas, at least, the use of pesticides has exacerbated the problem of S. invicta by killing nontarget ant species which compete with the pest (Summerlin et al., 1977). Pesticides used against ant pests kill many nontarget species (Summerlin et al., 1977), and they are very expensive to
If pathogens become available for use as biological control agents against imported fire ants, they may not be specific enough to avoid harm to nontarget species in certain situations.
The release of nonindigenous scuttle flies in the genus Pseudacteon as biological control agents of imported fire ants is clearly the preferred alternative because of the absence of negative effects and the reasonably high probability of success.
V. References
Borgmeier, T. 1962. Cinco especies novas do genero Pseudacteon Coquillet. Arq. Mus. Nac. (Rio de Janeiro) 27-30.
Borgmeier, T. 1963. Revision of the North American phorid flies. Part I. The Phorinae, Aenigmatiinae, and Metopininae, except Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae). Stud. Entomol. 6:1-256.
Borgmeier, T. 1969. New or little-known phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Phoridae). Stud. Entomol. 18:3-90.
Borgmeier, T. & A. P. Prado. 1975. New or little known Neotropical phorid flies, with descriptions of eight new genera (Diptera: Phoridae). Syst. Entomol. 18:191-230.
Buren, W. F., G. E. Allen, W. H. Whitcomb, F. E. Lennartz & R. N. Williams. 1974. Zoogeography of imported fire ants. Jour. New York Entomol. Soc. 82:113-124.
Davidson, N. A. & N. D. Stone. 1989. Imported fire ants, pp. 196-217. In Dahlsten, D. L. & R. Garcia (eds.), Eradication of Exotic Pests: Analysis with Case Histories. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT.
Donaldson, W., A. H. Price & J. Morse. 1994. The current status and future prospects of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) in Texas. Texas Jour. Science 46(2):109-113.
Disney, R. H. L. 1991. The fire-ant parasitoids of the Pseudacteon spatulatus complex (Diptera, Phoridae; Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sociobiology 18:283-298.
Disney, R. H. L. 1994. Scuttle Flies: The Phoridae. Chapman & Hall, London, 467 pp.
Feener, D. J., Jr. 1987. Size-selective oviposition in Pseudacteon crawfordi (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasite of fire ants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. America 80:148-151.
Hook, A. W. & S. D. Porter. 1990. Destruction of harvester ant colonies by invading fire ants in South-Central Texas (Hymen.: Formicidae) Southwestern Naturalist 35:477-478.
Hooper, M. W. 1976. The Effects of the Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, on the East Texas Arthropod Community. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Krombein, K. V., P. D. Hurd, Jr. & D. R. Smith. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 2,735 pp.
Lofgren, C. S. 1986. The economic importance and control of imported fire ants in the United States. Pp. 227-255 in S. B. Vinson (ed.), Economic Impact and Control of Social Insects. Praeger, New York, NY.
Porter, S. D., A. Bhatkar, R. Mulder, S. B. Vinson & D. J. Clair. 1991. Distribution and denstiy of polygyne fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Texas. Jour. Econ. Entomol. 84(3):866-874.
Porter, S. D. & D. A. Savignano. 1990. Invasion of polygyne fire ants decimates native ants and disrupts arthropod community. Ecology 71(6):2095-2106.
Porter, S. D., H. G. Fowler, S. Campiolo & M. A. Pesquero. 1975. Host specificity of several Pseudacteon parasites of fire ants in South America (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 78(1):70-75.
Porter, S. D., H. G. Fowler, S. Campiolo & M. A. Pesquero. Rearing Pseudacteon flies in the heads of Solenopsis fire ant workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environ. Entomol. (in press).
Ross, K. G., R. K. Vander Meer, D. J. C. Fletcher & E. Vargo. 1987. Biochemical and phenotypic genetic studies of two introduced fire ants and their hybrid (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Evolution 41:280-293.
Schmitz, H. 1914. Die myrmecophilen Phoriden der Wasmannschen Sammlung. Zoologischen Jahrbuchen. Abteilumg fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 37:509-566.
Summerlin, J. W., A. C. F. Hung & S. B. Vinson. 1977. Residues in nontarget ants, species simplification and recovery of populations following aerial applications of mirex. Environ. Entomol. 6:193-197.
Vinson, S. B. & A. A. Sorensen. 1986. Imported fire ants: life history and impact. Texas A&M University, College Station, and Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas.
Williams, D. F., & W. A. Banks. 1987. Pseudacteon obtusus (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil. Psyche 94:9-13.
Williams, R. N. 1980. Insect natural enemies of fire ants in South America with several new records. Proc. Tall Timbers Conference Ecol. Anim. Control Habitat Manage. 7:123-134.
VI. Preparation and Review
This environmental assessment was prepared by the following scientists (listed alphabetically):
This document was reviewed by the following scientists (listed alphabetically):
Brian Brown, Ph.D. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
Robin Huettel, Ph.D., USDA--APHIS, Methods Development, Riverdale, MD
Kenneth Lakin, Ph.D., USDA--APHIS, Biological Assessment and Taxonomic Support, Riverdale, MD
Norman Leppla, Ph.D., USDA--APHIS, National Biological Control Institute, Riverdale, MD
Michael Stefen, USDA--APHIS, Domestic and Emergency Operations, Riverdale, MD
USDA--APHIS--PPQ is reviewing applications for permits to release certain species of nonindigenous scuttle flies in the genus Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) in the United States. These flies are host-specific parasites which are potentially useful in the biological control of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, and the black imported fire ant, S. richteri Forel. These ants attack man and kill small wildlife. Mounds of the red imported fire ant often interfere with soil cultivation.
Releases of Pseudacteon species are expected to have no negative impacts on the quality of the human environment. This finding is based on the following considerations:
1. The species of Pseudacteon to be released are parasitic entirely, or nearly entirely, on members of the S. saevissima species complex. Red imported fire ant and black imported fire ant are the only members of this complex present in the United States.
2. Attacks, if any, on an unrelated, indigenous species of fire ant, S. geminata, are likely to be only incidental. In any case, it is expected that S. geminata will benefit from suppression of its main competitor, S. invicta.
3. Pseudacteon flies have no medical or veterinary importance apart from their potential importance in controlling the target pests.
4. Releases of Pseudacteon spp. are expected to have no significant negative impcts on beneficial plants or animals in the United States.
5. No endangered or threatened species listed by the Federal or any State government utilize imported fire ants as a food source. Therefore, releases of Pseudacteon are expected to have no negative impacts on these species.
(signed) May 16, 1995
Charles P. Schwalbe, Ph.D.
Director, Operational Support
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture
|Return to:
|Gilbert Lab
|Conservation/Fireant Research


text:
Take the top spot with Featured Property
- Catapult your home right to the top of the search results page for 7 days!
- Maximise interest and enquiries in that crucial first week of marketing.
- As much as 40% more interest is generated through a Featured Property.
- Your property will appear in the search results too - twice the visibility!
- The recommended price is £250, but speak to your agent as costs may vary.
Dacre Son & Hartley, Keighley
75 North Street, Keighley, BD21 3RZ
Call 01535 447027 Local call rate

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Please Rate this Review: Mass Effect 2: Arrival DLC Second Opinion
View Single Post
Eric Bowman
8-Bit Poster
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Ypsilanti, MI
Posts: 54
Rep Power:
Please Rate this Review: Mass Effect 2: Arrival DLC Second Opinion
*Third Draft 6/16*
Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC Review
It Could Have Been Worse... It Could Have Been
Admiral Hackett's return after a prolonged absence.
An attempt at a plot twist that falls completely flat.
How does the "Covert Action" achievement add anything to the game?
Despite the game being significantly less fun or interesting than its outstanding predecessor and repeatedly charging me 7-10 dollars on superfluous subplots with only minor redeeming qualities, I always seem to return for more Mass Effect 2. It's reached the point where the new content feels more like an obligation than something made for entertainment. Nevertheless, I picked up the latest piece of content the day it was released, and despite deep pessimism, I was willing to give Mass Effect 2 a shot at downloadable redemption.
Unfortunately, this DLC suffers largely due to the fact that the entire mission lacking the slightest trace of a purpose. Once I was in what was probably supposed to be a stealth section followed later by remotely controlling a slow-moving robot drone for about 5 seconds that I knew this mission was in trouble. The foolishness would then continue with a plot twist that only served to render the first half pointless.
The mission continues to stumble throughout due primarily to a lack of inspiration. I encountered one corridor after another, taking out generic Batarian guards using the same techniques I used for every other mission in the game. I have little to no choice in what happens through the course of the mission, although the game tries to fake a moral dilemma near the end only for it to be interrupted and forgotten. Things like this can drain enjoyment from a game rapidly. Perhaps the greatest appeal of science fiction in general is experiencing worlds and creatures not possible in reality. None of this allure can be found when in dank hallways battling the same repetitive guardsman over and over. The bland feel is sustained throughout the entire ninety minute DLC, and is almost a contradiction given the beautiful worlds that are available in the rest of the game.
It truly boggles my mind what message Bioware wanted to send with this final piece of content.
Mass Effect 2
is held by many (myself not included) as an outstanding sci-fi adventure, and I'd assume they'd want to send it off properly. For something that's supposed to connect the second game to the third, Arrival feels pointless even compared to the rest of
Mass Effect 2
's DLC. Considering the original game's varied and colorful (albeit constricting) locales, to end with a series of gray corridor shootouts is rather baffling. No real resolution is ever truly reached or knowledge gained, since we've known the Reapers would return since the end of the first Mass Effect, and we saw it for ourselves at the end of Mass Effect 2. Arrival has no inspiration or relevance, and by extension no reason to exist.
I understand that not all DLC needs to make itself completely stand out from the game's original content, but most begin with some sort of creative spark. This final slice of DLC has none. It is a black hole of boredom from which no enjoyment can escape, saved only by the fact that the pain ends quickly and still has a shred of Mass Effect's enjoyable combat. Unless you're like me and can't let a Mass Effect 2 achievement go unearned, This rushed content isn't worth anyone's time.
2.5 out of 10
Mass Effect 2 's Arrival DLC was purchased for the
Xbox 360.
one hour
was put into it, and it
was completed.
There is no multiplayer.
Mass Effect 2 is rated
M for Mature
by the
however the content in this particular slice of DLC is no worse than the full game. So if you allow your children to play Mass Effect 2, Arrival should also be suitable.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing:
Subtitles are available, both the cutscene and general play variety. You shouldn't have an issue finishing the game.
*Edited 6/16, listening to criticisms*
Last edited by Eric Bowman; 06-17-2011 at
Eric Bowman
View Public Profile
Send email to Eric Bowman
Find More Posts by Eric Bowman


text:
In order to turn over aging inventory and make way for more current stock, some products on our site are listed in a "Dutch Auction". In a Dutch Auction, the selling price of a product is repeatedly lowered every day until product is sold out. As a result of the decreasing purchase price the product deal becomes more enticing to other buyers.
Act quickly to purchase at this "special price" before inventory is depleted and the product is sold out.
Olivia™, the fun loving, adventure seeking pig will easily become your
child's best friend. From her cute piggy snout and adorable red dress, to her
creative charm, Olivia™ is by far the nicest and most playful pig around. The
Zoobies® team has worked hard to bring Ian Falconers storybook character to
life. Not only is Olivia™ a plush toy, but also a pillow with a uniquely
printed cozy coral fleece blanket zipped inside.


text:
©1994 Timothy Zahn; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
"Nice End to the Trilogy"
Nice story with a twist. Very easy to listen to. Now it's time to listen to the Cobra War trilogy!
"Very Good End to Series"
All of the books of the Cobra Trilogy series were very enjoyable. They are well written and Stefan Rudnicki gives his usual professional reading.
Report Inappropriate Content
If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.


text:
Homemade Bread
Total Time
Prep 1 hr 15 mins
Cook 25 mins
A recipe I have made since I was three with my mom and brother. Great for kids, because they will like to punch down the dough and can even shape it into teddy bears, like we did!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 2 cups water, warmed
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 5 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour or 5 1⁄2 cups bread flour
- In a large bowl, mix the yeast with the warm water and stir in sugar until dissolved.
- Add the salt and the flour, one cup at a time.
- Knead bread for about 5-10 minutes.
- Place bread in a large bowl sprayed with olive oil spray and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth and place in(inactive/not hot) oven to rise for one hour, or until dough has doubled in size. (If the kids really can't wait, 45 minutes works too!).
- Punch down the bread and let the kids shape it, or put it into two loaf pans. I recommend brushing with an egg mixed with a tablespoon of water because it makes the bread taste better and makes it golden and crispy on the outside. Let the dough rise for another half hour (you can skimp on this to 20 minutes again if you have to!). Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake for 25 minutes. Serve with margarine mixed with honey (about 2-3 tablespoons, to taste) and brown sugar (ditto, but packed). To store this bread, wrap very tightly in several layers of foil, or put in a large Ziploc bag and seal. But, it's best warm and served the same day -- however putting chunks in the microwave for 10 seconds if it's a day old helps, too. (Forgive me for my run-on sentences -- I am educated!).
- P.S. Even for a health nut like I usually am, using whole-wheat flour exclusively in this recipe gives it a bad reputation.
Most Helpful
Very easy and came out very good. Taste great with butter. It is a little bland without butter, jam, etc. Next time, I plan to add butter to the recipe.
I made this, turned out great!
I let mine rise for the full time and let my yeast activate for around 5 minutes, I think next time i'll be more careful on how i punch it down to get a more smooth finish.
This was my first attempt at a homemade bread, and I have to say I was fairly disapointed. I found it to be too heavy (thick, and spongy, like cake, not the typical bread I'm used to) and mostly flavorless. I did add the butter that other reviewers suggested and was still unimpressed. It was ok, great im sure for the kids to play with and get used to cooking, and easy to understand make, but as for me, I won't be making it again.


text:
AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
Ballard Branch Library and Neighborhood Service Center
(Ballard Library and Neighborhood Center)
|Photo credit: Nic Lehoux
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Building type(s): Other, Library, Assembly
- New construction
- 33,200 ft2 (3,080 m2)
- Urban setting
- Completed May 2005
This project, the first major building designed within the new Ballard Municipal Master Plan Zone, consists of the 15,000 ft2 Ballard Library, a 3,600 ft2 neighborhood service center, and 18,000 ft2 of below-grade parking.
The new branch has self-checkout stations, 38 computers, a special area for teens, and a meeting room. The children's area in the building's prominent northwest corner overlooks the future municipal park space. Two study rooms provide space for tutoring and other activities, and a small conference room is available for meetings. A quiet room provides an alternative to the activity of the main reading room.
This project was chosen as an AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project for 2006. It was submitted by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Additional project team members are listed on the "Process" screen.
Environmental Aspects
The Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center draws on this Seattle neighborhood's Scandinavian and maritime roots while focusing on the future of the community, composed of a young, diverse population.
The building presents a powerful civic face along a pedestrian corridor. The main entry is pulled back from the street, allowing for a deep front porch that joins the library and the service center under a large canopy. Grouped site furnishings encourage human interaction, reinforcing the civic nature of this sheltered space.
The gently curving green roof absorbs water, reducing stormwater runoff. The periscope and observation deck invite visitors to engage in the roof's ecology above the street. Daylighting studies allowed the team to maximize the use of varying intensities of natural light, and metered, photovoltaic glass panels shade the Neighborhood Service Center lobby, demonstrating the effectiveness of photovoltaic technology in the Pacific Northwest.
The design team hoped to create a facility that would be a dynamic teaching tool for green design and environmental awareness. The project illustrates that green building is feasible within a modest budget and presents an ideal example of some of the benefits that can be realized when green design combines with extraordinary architecture.
Owner & Occupancy
- Owned and occupied by Seattle Public Library, Local government
- Typically occupied by 21 person, 52 hours per person per week; and 1,028 visitors per week, 4 hours per visitor per week
Integrated team, Design charrette, Simulation, Commissioning, Performance measurement and verification, Transportation benefits, Indigenous vegetation, Stormwater management, Efficient fixtures and appliances, Drought-tolerant landscaping, Lighting control and daylight harvesting, Efficient lighting, On-site renewable electricity, Daylighting


text:
Vintage Kids Furniture
Vintage Kids Art
Vintage Kids Bedding
Vintage Baby Bedding
Vintage Kids Rugs
Vintage Kids Lighting
Vintage Kids Decor
Free Shipping
Keep A Green Tree Vintage Slatted Frame Wall Plaque by Sugarboo Designs
Add a vintage inspired touch to your child's room with a slatted frame wall plaque from Sugarboo Designs.
SIZE: 36" x 24" x 5
Category: Art, Vintage Kids Art
Join Our Mailing ListTO RECEIVE UPDATES AND SPECIAL OFFERS!
©2004-2015 Rosenberry Rooms. All Rights reserved. | 3101 Stony Brook Dr., Suite 140, Raleigh, NC 27604
ecommerce enabled by fastpivot | PRIVACY POLICY


text:
Medium Brown, on 04 March 2013 - 02:01 PM, said:
Reward the good behaviour and ignore the bad.
So with that in mind I'm against corporal punishment.
Surely there's better ways of making an attitude adjustment.
Because in my eyes violence begets violence.
Parents and schoolteachers need to be more lenient instead whacking their kids backside with a slipper or cane.
It just sounds too much like boot camp.
If your kids have got an psychological problem see a shrink or social worker.
However some kids are so scarred by sexual abuse it seems like there's no easy way out.
It has been shown ignoring bad behavior just causes one to go and do something worse either because they got away with something once without consequences might aswell do it again and again.No lesson is learned other than hey i can do what i want.Then you have the ones who act out for attention so if ignored the first time then just go and do something bigger and better to grab the attention.


text:
Top Definition
A stealthy ninja, usually doing things for other people without getting noticed.
"Whoa! Someone fixed the driers! Do you know who?"
"No. It must have been snakeyes."
"No. It must have been snakeyes."
af makeobleua 1. december 2013
Skriv din email-adresse nedenunder for at få Dagens Urban Ord gratis hver morgen!
Emails sendes fra email@example.com. Vi lover ikke at spamme dig.×


text:
Save up to 25% on select Lenovo PC'S!
Exclusive Gift with Your Purchase of $60 or More!
Get 4 Disney Movies for $1 With Membership
Over 900 luxury hotels around the world. Hundreds under $299/night
Gain access to a wide variety of offers and deals, including travel, food and wine, dining, shopping, sports, entertainment and more. Find your favorites below.
Save 25% on all Floral and Gift Items
Available to all Visa cardholders
Save up to $10
Save $10 on a purchase of $50 or more
Stay 4 Pay 3 + FREE PERKS
Visa Signature cardholders only
Get free ground shipping on all orders over $75.
Save 30% + FREE Perks
Stay 4 Pay 3 + FREE Perks
25% Off + FREE Perks
$100 Dining Credit + FREE Perks
Save 20% + FREE Perks
Save up to 25% + Extra $25 Off a Weekly Rental with Hertz
Stay 4, Pay 3 + FREE Perks
$100 USD Spa Credit + FREE Perks
15% Off Admission, Dining & Gift Shop!
$100 USD Dining Credit + FREE Perks
10% Off, $100 USD Credit + FREE Perks
Save 20% on Select Performances in NYC!
$125 Dining Credit + FREE Perks
20% Off Self-Guided Food On Foot Tours
20% Off SEA LIFE Single-Day Tickets
$50 Luggage Shipping Credit
Exceptional values of up to $400
Save $75 on a Grand Canyon West Rim Helicopter Air Tour
20% Off The Orlando Eye Single-Day Tickets
Save 5% and get a free upgrade
Indulge Yourself--Daily Breakfast & More!
10% off + Complimentary Daily Breakfast
20% Off Madame Tussauds Single-Day Tickets
Up to 10% Off on Sixt Rent a Car / Sixt Rent a Truck
Stay 3 Pay 2 + FREE Perks
$125 USD Dining Credit + FREE Perks
Exceptional values of up to $750
Save 10 - 20% on Sightseeing Tours!
$6 Off Adult & $3 Off Child Tickets!
Receive 15% Off Multi-Day New York Passes
20% off LEGOLAND® Florida Resort Single-Day Tickets
Save $4 on Red and White Fleet Cruises
2 for 1 Las Vegas Strip Highlights Helicopter Tour
Exceptional values of up to $500
Save up to 25% at Avis
$75 off on a Grand Canyon Airplane Air Tour
20% Off Single-Day Tickets at LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers
20% Off Food On Foot Tours in New York City
2 for 1 Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour
Save 10% at SuperShuttle Airport Rides
Exceptional values of up to $600
Save 33% + FREE PERKS
20% Off The San Francisco Dungeon Single-Day Tickets
Indulge Yourself with Upgrades & More!
20% Off Single-Day Tickets at LEGOLAND® California Resort
Save 10% on Any Tour or Tickets!
Save $2 Off General Admission!
Save 20% + FREE PERKS
20% Off + FREE Perks
Save $100 on $1,250 for flight + hotel at Travelocity.com
Save 10% on 3 nights and $275+ booked on hotel stays at Travelocity.com
Solomon R. Guggenheim
$10 Off Admission to CSI: The Experience
3rd Night Free & Spa Credit + FREE PERKS
Save $2 + Free Audio Tour in Las Vegas!
$5 Off a $25 Online Order at PizzaHut.com!
Exclusive presale, ticket discounts and onsite perks for Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, September 2 - 4 (Labor Day Weekend), 2016
Visa Signature cardholders enjoy year-round benefits at more that 60 premier wineries. Benefits* include: Purchase 1 standard tasting using a Visa Signature or Visa Infinite card and receive 1 complimentary tasting of equal or lesser value Preferred pricing on non-wine purchases over $50, where applicable Savings on wine purchased same day in the Tasting Room Savings on Reserve tasting or special wine and food pairings *Tasting details and benefits vary by winery; cardholders may wish to call ahead to confirm winery benefits
Champagne with Your Meal in California!
Complimentary Premium Hot Sake With Your Meal!
Enjoy Free Dessert at Azul in Miami
Get 25% off regular menu price orders at PapaJohns.com
Complimentary glass of Hot Sake with your meal
Get a $25.00 IHOP eGift Card for $24.00
$20 off purchases of $75 or more in the US on Wine.com
$10 Off In-Store on Purchases of $50 +
$20 Off Online Purchase of $100+
Save $100 on Select Devices at VerizonWireless.com
Save $50 on your purchase of $300 or more at Zales
Save 20% On Your First Order at A'GACI!
Free shipping on orders over $40
Save 15% Off Everything
Free Shipping on Orders Over $40
Save 15% on a purchase of $40 or more
Save 30% plus FREE shipping
Save $20 on $100 or more at acehardware.com
Save 10%
Save 15%
30 Day Trial with Subscription
$20 Off Purchases of $100 or More
Save 25% on all Floral and Gift Items at fromyouflowers.com
15% Off Your Online Order of $100+
$10 Off Online Orders of $50 or More!
Save $10 on Warner Bros DVDs & Blu-Rays of $50+
Special Savings at Las Vegas Shops & Restaurants!
Special Savings at California Shops & Restaurants!
15% Off Your Purchase of $75 or More!
25% Off Any One Item!
$50 Off $250+ & FREE US Shipping
$15 Off Purchases of $150 or More!
FREE Shipping with Purchase of $40 or More!
Luxury Shopping in Southern California!
$10 Off Purchases of $50 or More!
Special Savings at Shops & Restaurants in Miami!
Savings at NY/NJ Shops & Restaurants!
10% Off Purchases in the US, Puerto Rico & Guam
Save $10 on Online Orders of $50 or More!
Save $250 on a purchase of $1,000 or more
Free Shipping on Orders Over $30!
Save $10 on Warner Bros. Merchandise of $50+
$25 off an order of $499 or more
$15 Off Purchases of $50 or More!
Special Savings at Miami Shops & Restaurants!
10% Off + Free Gift Wrap & US Shipping!
$20 Off $100+ & FREE US Shipping
Get a $50.00 Brookstone eGift Card for $47.50
Get a $50.00 Express eGift Card for $48.00
Get a $50.00 Callaway eGift Card for $45.00
Save 20% Plus Free Shipping & Exchanges
Save 20% at Shari's Berries
Save 30% on AVG Ultimate at AVG.com
Free Shipping on your order from Crutchfield.com
Save 15% at Ghirardelli.com
Save $5 on $50 or more at Target.com
FREE Traditional sheet + 40% off additional purchase
Save 25% on select Contacts* at Walgreens.com + Free shipping
Save 15% at Express.com
Save 10% on select jewelry at BlueNile.com
$25 Off Your Purchase of $100 or More!
Save 20% off the Merchandise Value
One month free plus 50% off your next two months
Eligible Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cardholders have access to an exclusive reserve of preferred seats when they purchase with their Visa Signature or Visa Infinite card
Eligible Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cardholders have exclusive access to preferred seating and free concessions when they purchase with their Visa Signature or Visa Infinite card.
Eligible Visa Signature and Visa Infinite cardholders have access to an exclusive reserve of preferred seats when they purchase with their Visa Signature or Visa Infinite card
Save 10% on all Experiences.
Get a $25.00 AMC Theatres eGift Card for $24.25
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco


text:
In: Buck of Chuck|Podcasts|Reviews by Edie Sellers
He's dead.
Maybe Holy Goalie didn't feed him, but he's dead.
That and many other things happen in this episode of GameHounds—the last before we leave for PAX East 2013.
GamerEdie Sellers, Holy Goalie, and Nick Dinicola discuss games and news, including:
Comments are closed.
Bringing you the latest in news, GameHounds delivers an adult perspective on the video game business and culture.
This podcast is explicit and is intended for adults ages 18 and older.
Got something to say? Then leave a message on the GameHounds voicemail!
From your phone*, dial:
Skype users, click here:
Copyright © 2009 - GameHounds - Proudly powered by WordPress | Log in
Compositio theme created by: Design Disease | Customizations and graphics by: Commander Tim | Illustrations by: Roger Edge


text:
Tidal Chronoscope
by ChronGlobal Corp.
Developer Notes
Know the GPS Tide Prediction as Easily as the Time. Works as a tide chart/table/graph but in a wristwatch format. USA/Worldwide high & low tides, moon/sun positions instantly for your very location. Retrieves data from the USA and many worldwide stations using NOAA and UKHO feeds. Please check...


text:
By Vickie Evans-Nash
Contributing Writer
Over the next five years, just over 1,000 families in an 18-by-13-block area of North Minneapolis will be participating in a $28 million social experiment. What is at stake is much more than money; what is at stake is the future of these families' 3,000 children, and perhaps, insofar as it could become a model for other such efforts, the futures of countless more families and children. It started with Michelle Martin and Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels founding the Peace Foundation in 2003. Martin served as the organization's original executive director. The Peace Foundation's mission was to combat violence in North Minneapolis by first determining what was causing higher crime rates. Continue Reading →


text:
|Mirage Master FM ending
|Written by Logress
|Monday, 12 April 2010 15:08
We regret to inform everyone that Mirage Master will no longer be giving out FM, at least for now. We will remove the FM option on Friday when we launch the FM Lottery.
The GM's have been spending way too much time tracking down botters lately, and it's making it nearly impossible to get everything done, especially since we're short handed. Until we have a better solution, Mirage Master will no longer give out FM. We will of course be working on bringing Napoleon to replace it (a more recently created and more secure program), but that won't be for at least a month or two.
I know it sounds harsh. Why take away something from everyone just because a few cheaters are going nuts? Are they really hurting anyone? Well, if you want to know who's hurting take a look at the forum threads about the MM server lagging making impossible for some users to get their free daily gran. Or think about this: Let's say someone comes up with a Meta deck that's simple to play. It's harvesting wins pretty quick. A cheater sees this, quickly writes down all the cards in the deck, and then bots for FM. He turns that FM into point cards, and the point cards into the cards he needs. A thousand times faster then even a paying player can put together these cards, the cheater has done it. But there isn't just one cheater, there are quite a few. And all of a sudden, it seems like every single battle in Folrart is with this same deck.
We won't be removing the Point Card option from the shop, but that's mostly so that users who have stockpiled FM legitimately don't have to panic and spend it. We understand that it's usefulness has become even less. At least everyone will have a much better use for the FM they get from battles with the FM Lottery coming out.


text:
+44 (0) 1534 789922 Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
0 Item(s), £0.00
Rss - Subscribe to our RSS feed
Sony launches latest professional headphones 1 March 2011 14:04:59
Sony is celebrating the launch of the latest additions to its professional headphones range.
Part of its ZX range of headphones, which are pitched at the top-end of the market, the newly-unveiled MDR-Z1000 series boasts state-of-the-art noise reduction technology, keeping 'leakage' to a minimum while ensuring the user experience is not hampered by unwanted noise.
Additionally, the headphones have also been made from Liquid Crystal Polymer, meaning they are super-lightweight and therefore just as attractive to music-loving commuters as they are to superstar DJs.
Furthermore, Sony has also fitted the latest foam padding to its new headphones, thereby offering users the ultimate in comfort.
While the price tags for the new headphones has yet to be confirmed by the Japanese technology giant, it is anticipated that the products will be made available to the public later this month.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail has pictured David Cameron's new press chief Craig Oliver wearing Dr Dre's Beats headphones on the way into his Downing Street office.
Related Articles
- Sony reveals new headphone range - 3 June 2010 15:31:43
- Sony unveils headphones designed for iPod/iPhone - 26 March 2010 15:39:25
- Wireless headphones unveiled by Sony - 15 March 2010 15:33:33
- New headset models unveiled by Sony - 9 March 2010 14:38:09
- Four new headphones unveiled by Sony - 22 February 2010 17:56:18


text:
tiger barbs flicking on objects
he i have 2 tiger barbs that are flicking against objects in my tank eg: boat and rock. i have used protozin whitespot and fungus to stop this but after 1 and half week they are still doing it even my mollies are starting to do this now. please could sum 1 help me.
thank you
My tiger barbs do this, too, but I think it's just part of "who they are". Mine aren't sick. I don't know if it's part of showing aggression / dominance or what, but seems to be normal for them.
How does the tank test for ammonia and nitrites?
Are their any physical signs of disease, such as white spots?
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:42 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2016, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2


text:
333's Music At The Museum Featuring Sue Palmer
- When Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 7 p.m.
- Where Oceanside Museum of Art , 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Food, Museums, Blues, Jazz, Vocal Music
- Cost $20 - $30
Above: Promotional image of Sue Palmer, photo courtesy of Annie Libby Photography.
333's Music at the Museum featuring Sue Palmer
In the spirit of Women's History month, OMA welcomes back The Sue Palmer Quartet, paying tribute to trailblazing female pioneers of music. In the years following the 2nd World War, the niche between jazz and blues (precursors of rock and roll), was being filled by small piano combos fronted by female singers.
These were performers who mixed boogie woogie, swing, ballads and blues with sly, suggestive lyrics. Stars such as Hadda Brooks, Nellie Lutcher, Julia Lee and Camille Howard came to the forefront. The Sue Palmer Quartet, with Deejha Marie on vocals and Sue tearing up the 88s, captures this style perfectly.
Guests will enjoy an open-air cocktail format with plenty of delicious gourmet appetizers, desserts and specialty wines from 333 Pacific Restaurant in Oceanside served throughout the evening.
Visit oma-online.org or call (760) 435-3721 for reservations, or get your tickets at the door the night of the event.
Location: Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way Oceanside, California 92054 Google Maps


text:
US software house, SIMUL8 Corporation, is moving this week to a newly refurbished office in Cochrane House, Glasgow. The software company has chosen the Grade A listed building to house their recently expanded European headquarters, highlighting strong growth over the past year, despite the economic climate.
SIMUL8 Corporation's simulation software helps companies find ways to improve their processes, reduce costs and become more efficient - exactly the challenges many companies have faced because of the recent recession. The increased demand for SIMUL8 Corporation's software and services has driven the company to recruit across all sectors, growing their team by over 40% in the last year alone.
"It's been a fantastic year for SIMUL8, and we're so happy to find such a beautiful building right in the centre of Glasgow to house our expanding team." says Laura Reid, Chief Operations Officer.
Further Information
About SIMUL8 Corporation
SIMUL8 Corporation produces world renowned dynamic, innovative software that enhances the way people make and communicate decisions. With headquarters in Boston, MA, and offices in the UK, our customers are located world-wide and include major corporations involved in finance, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications and logistics, as well as many public sector healthcare and transportation bodies. Our software allows organizations to identify and test the benefit of potential improvement proposals, prior to their implementation, in a risk-free environment.
Jill Glen email@example.com
+44 141 552 6888 SIMUL8.com
Company Contact Information
SIMUL8 Corporation
Jill Glen
225 Franklin Street
(800) 547 6024
Press Release Distribution and Press Release Service by I-Newswire


text:
Yesterday, the Labor and Economic Division released October labor market data for all 100 counties. The headline of the release was that the unemployment rate had dropped in 98 counties, or nearly all, in the past month. It sounds like good news, and it is, but the new data also show that many parts of the state are still struggling mightily. As the Budget and Tax Center has noted before, you have to look deeper than the headline unemployment number to know whether employment prospects are actually improving.
Such a look behind the unemployment rate does show signs of labor markets improving year-over-year, primarily along the lines seen at the state and national level. The number of unemployed people has declined since October 2013 in all counties and a majority of counties have seen gains in employment.
But it is not "mission accomplished" time yet. The October county data contain worrying signs that should not be glossed over.
The majority of counties have not caught up to pre-recession levels of employment. Employment prospects are still slow to emerge in many counties, particularly in the rural parts of the state. Sixty six counties have more unemployed people in October 2014 than they did in December 2007.
Even more concerning, roughly one-third of the counties registered declines in employment from October 2013 through October of this year. Beyond not having caught up to pre-recession employment, many parts of our state have taken a step back over the last year. Again, this troubling trend is most concentrated in rural counties. Read more


text:
You are about to report the comment below to the Crash.Net moderators as being abusive.
An abusive comment may contain profanity, personal attacks or commercial SPAM.
Please do not report this comment as being abusive if you simply disagree with the
comment posted. If this is the case then you can click on the "disagree" icon () in the upper right
of the comment's post to show your dissatisfaction.
Crash.Net moderators will view all reported comments and will act as they deem necessary.
This may be editing the comment or total deletion.
cal really brings fresh air in motogp,his a real fighter talented and has skills to win,but each time the spot is on him he talks and compliments other pilot marquez lorenzo...of course i can understand it for rossi coz his the best but common calyou were just behind marquez and pedrosa following them surely at quatar during the 2/3 of the race.stop the compliments smash them on your face baby lorenzo oedrosa mmarquez and co(not rossi please),dont speak for your opponents,were they there when you suffered from your bones after silverstone injury,or when you started racing looking for bucks to pay pieces for your motorbike?common punch them if you cannot just think of what thatcher did to brit people it will help you


text:
This time, we got the following crossword puzzle clue: "Carota and Blue II, for two". Next we will look for a few extra hints for ""Carota" and "Blue II," for two, 5 letters entry". Finally, using all gathered information, we will solve 'Carota' and 'Blue II' for two crossword definition and get the final answer.
Similar crossword puzzle definitions:
Artist Joan and novelist Gabriel;
Some Prado paintings;
"Red Sun" and "Harlequin's Carnival";
Try this 5 letters answer: MIROS
Please note! There may be multiple solutions to a specific crossword puzzle definition. We apologize in advance, if there is another solution. Please send it to us and we will add it too, ASAP!


text:
Bells Magic Book
Random House Value Publishing, Dec 12, 1988 - Magic tricks - 140 pages
From inside the book
86 pages matching bells magic book in this book
Page 142
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 86
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
The Enchanted Bottle
Ten Into Five
3 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
appear arrow ask someone Ask the spectator ask your friends audience black cards Black Magic bottle bottom BRAIN TEASERS card face card trick cardboard coin cone cut the deck dice doughnut drop edge effect envelope face up card fact Fast Thinkers folded fork four coins four figure number front glass of water Harry Houdini head hold the string hole home movie inches inside kerchief left fist left hand lift look loop Magic Clock move mummy's finger Once packet palm paper disc paper handkerchief paper wand pencil performer person Pick piece of paper playing card poker chips position pull push QUICKIE reach red cards remove repeated right hand end roll rope rubber band sheet of newspaper shockproof side slit snap solid wand spread the cards straw sugar cubes table top take hold thread thumb turn twenty-one cards upwards Vanishing yellow pencil


text:
Two Chowchilla men convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder were both sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday.
Jesus Reynoso Flores, 25, and Jose Flores Ventura, 27, were sentenced by Judge James Oakley inside Madera Superior Court around 10 a.m.
The two were convicted in April for the 2008 execution-style murder of 18-year-old Alberto Torres at a Chowchilla dairy five years ago when Flores walked up behind him and fired twice from close range.
Another worker, Sergio Alejandre, was shot in the back of the head as well but survived, leading to the attempted murder charge...


text:
93% recommendedin LivingSocial customer ratings
Relax as trained technicians use a powerful hot-water extraction system to lift dirt, food, and pet stains from your carpets. Enjoy soft, sumptuous, and sanitized rugs with this offer:
• $35 ($89 value) for carpet cleaning for 3 rooms + 1 hallway with deodorizer
• $49 ($129 value) for carpet cleaning for 5 rooms + 1 hallway with deodorizer
• Service area includes a 25-mile radius of Lawrenceville's 30043 zip code, and offer is valid for rooms up to 200 square feet each
PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON May 6, 2021
PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON September 15, 2014
service area
Service area includes a 25.0-mile radius from zip code 30043
Find out if you are eligible for service by entering your zip code below.
Buy this Deal with confidence, because it's covered by the LivingSocial Good Deal Guarantee up to the Voucher Expiration DateSee Details »
back by popular demand:
1st Step Carpet Care
Carpet Cleaning for 3 or 5 Rooms + 1 Hallway
enjoy $54 savings
- from $35


text:
Note: To protect the privacy of our members, e-mail addresses have been removed from the archived messages. As a result, some links may be broken.
From: M. Austin (whest177_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2006 - 15:52:21 PDT
I think there are two seperate issues here. I have a website where others
can use my ideas as they wish. I present at state conferences, again sharing
my ideas. However, if I am having students work on Scholastic pieces and a
visiting art teacher takes my original ideas and uses them in their own
classroom, later to submit that project to Scholastic - well in my opinion
professional integrity has been lost. I would be ticked off as all get out
if I worked hard to prepare for a lesson only to have an earlier level do my
project. Essentially this teacher is teaching "Art 1" and "Art 2", getting
all the prep work, while the "Art 1" teacher is sitting back and taking
advantage. This is no different than a Senior English class who has always
read "Hamlet" suddenly discovers that Sophomore English is now reading
"Hamlet". Now the upper level must re-do their curriculum because the lower
level didn't have the professional courtesy to come up with something new on
their own. That's where I stand anyways.
K-12 Kansas Art Teacher
> I guess I am fortunate there are so many out there who DO want art
> teachers to borrow their ideas.....
>Teachers taking project ideas?
I am wondering how other high school teachers feel about this issue. I have
a friend who teaches high school art. She was telling me a story recently
about an art teacher she works with that saw her working on the sample for a
project that she was going to present in her
Drawing 2 class. This other teacher took it upon herself to take the idea.
This other teacher presented it to her Drawing 1 students.
To unsubscribe go to


text:
A collection of k-12 curricula, activity guides, and other resources to support hands-on, inquiry-based investigations of the ecosystems and organisms around us. Created by our Education Program in collaboration with Cary Institute scientists.
Grades 9-12Topics: Water, Nature of Science
Grades 3-5Topics: Nature of Science, Carbon
Grades 6-8Topics: Water, Biodiversity, Carbon
Grades 9-12Topics: Water, Biodiversity
Grades 3-5Topics: Nutrients & Energy
Grades 6-8Topics: Nutrients & Energy
Grades 9-12Topics: Nutrients & Energy, Biodiversity
Topics: Biodiversity, Nutrients & Energy, Water, Nature of Science
Grades 6-8Topics: Biodiversity
Grades 9-12Topics: Biodiversity
Grades K-2Topics: Water
Grades 3-5Topics: Water
Grades 6-8Topics: Water
Grades 9-12Topics: Water
Grades 9-12Topics: Water, Carbon Biodiversity
Grades 6-8Topics: Water, Biodiversity
Grades 9-12Topics: Water, Biodiversity
Grades 6-8
Topics: Abiotic and Biotic factors, food webs, phenology, data exploration
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | Millbrook, New York 12545 | Tel (845) 677-5343
Privacy Policy | Copyright © 2016


text:
Online Auction. Registered address:
5 Strand House, The Strand
St. Peter Port , Guernsey
United Kingdom GY1 1LJ
Telephone : +44 (0)117 933 9500
Website : http://www.pfcauctions.com
Email : email@example.com
There are no current sales available for this auction house. Please check back soon.
There are no recent archived sales available for this auction house. Prior years' archived information may be available by subscribing to Past Auction Prices
This auction house has not yet scheduled any future auctions. Please check back later.


text: "Oh, God, Jasmine was just exciting," Jansen told ABC News. "She brought a new lease on life to us up here. ... [She] was a beautiful girl, and she knew that could take her places. She wanted big things in her life, and was gonna go get them." (Courtesy Sara Jansen)


text:
Shredded cheese is more prone to mold because it has more exposed surface area. http://t.co/Kc3dIBehLN—
(@Foodimentary) March 16, 2013
This feed offers a wealth of fun facts and quotes about food. For instance, did you know doctors in the 1800s prescribed chocolate to treat a 'troubled heart?' We're hooked.
Follow @TIME & tell us what you think of our list using hashtag #Twitter140
Follow @TIME
Next Gael Greene


text:
Farmers Market scheduled for Oct. 4
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
By Richard Schroeder
for the California Democrat
The California Historic District's farmers market committee met to finalize the first operation of a local farmers market Friday, Oct. 4. Sales will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Railroad Avenue next to Smith-Burke Park near the Nutrition Center. Vendors will be allowed to set up at 3 p.m. There are no reservations for vendor locations. There will be no charge or registration for this first event. Vendors must be from Moniteau County or adjoining counties. Garden produce, foods, local crafts including art may be sold.
Items must be handmade or grown. Vendors selling food items must have a canopy and follow health department food handling procedures. Garden produce may be sold from trucks.
Vendors may not have animals or pets. There are no vendor charges for the first market. These rules are only for this event. Future markets may have different regulations.
This is the committee's kick-off mini-market. The committee will use the experience and comments to arrange future markets planned for 2014.
A farmers market was ranked high on the California Historic District's goals.
An information booth will be attended on Oct. 4 to answer questions and collect information from vendors and buyers.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Please review our Policies and Procedures before registering or commenting


text:
Athlete Tweets Review 11/07/10
- Sunday, November 7, 2010 8:57 PM
- Written By: Ross Gordon
Chad OchoCinco
"#random doing my Argentine Tango routine from DWTS while listening to Ramsey Lewis song entitled Cancìon, good workout before meetings"
How I See It: I don't think he realizes that he was booted from "Dancing with the Stars" yet. Poor Chad.
Deion Sanders
"McNaab got benched. Moss got released on his off day and Childress may get fired at halftime ."
How I See It: Yup, sounds like a typical week in the NFL to me.
Kevin Durant
"What's good tweeple? Shout out to Amare for still rollin with the KD2's"
How I See It: Amar'e knows how to play in style.
Brandon Jennings
"Watching watever is on TV.…"
How I See It: You make it sound difficult to find a good program to watch on NFL Sunday.
Sinorice Moss
"I Love that I have a great relationship with my parents. I Love you so much Lloyd & Natalie Moss. #thankful"
How I See It: I don't think he got the memo: Thanksgiving is on the 25th.
Joe Namath
"Throwing to a receiver CROSSING the field short of the first rarely picks it up."
How I See It: Get Rex Ryan on the phone and tell him that yourself. The Jets need all the help they can get — they got lucky with their overtime win.
Shaun Phillips
"It just goes to show you that every game take 4 whole qtrs. Thanks for still believing in us love u guys."
How I See It: I thought the NFL switched games to be three periods instead of four quarters long. Thanks for the clarification.


text:
Home » United Tribes News » Story
United Tribes NewsHurricane relief check donated
22 November 2005
COLLECTED FOR KATRINA: With a fundraising concert at the mall, featuring Bobbi Rae Sage and lots of one-on-one pitching, Student Senate members, Tracie Packineau and Lauren Stewart brought in over a thousand dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The college matched the effort for a total of $2,060.92 that was presented October 28, in a giant-sized check, to the American Red Cross. From left, Student Senate President Terry Medicine Crow, student fundraiser Tracie Packineau, Student Senate Treasurer Lauren Stewart, Burleigh County American Red Cross Director Allen Stenehjem and UTTC President David M. Gipp. UTN photo Joran Fox
Contact Us
United Tribes News
3315 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
(701) 255-3285 ext. 1386


text:
: Rapper Joe Budden was just signed on to the cast of Love And Hip Hop NY - which is a BIG WIN for the popular rapper. Well some of his HATERS are out to ut him on BLAST.
A "hacker" sent us a photo of Joe standing BUTT AZZ NEKKID in front of a mirror. And his PEEN is about the size of a cocktail weenie.
The hackers claimed that they STOLE the photo from Joe's phone. And since it's stolen merchandise, we can't post it up online. But we'd bet that ish is gonna appear on Twitter in 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . . 7 . . .


text:
May 5, 2016
Just a few weeks ago, the Denison Yellow Jackets had to replace their boys basketball coach with Scott Curran taking the head coaching job at Byron Nelson High School. Now, they are in the market for a girls basketball coach.
David Guadiano is leaving Denison to become the head girls basketball coach at Sam Rayburn High School in Fannin County. The Lady Rebels compete at the class 1A level. This is not the first time a 4A coach has left for a 1A job in the area. Former Sherman coach Heather Lane left the Lady Cats for Celeste just a couple of years ago.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text:
Once upon a time, Michael Gates Gill's memoir, "How Starbucks Saved My Life," was optioned by Universal to become a film that would be directed by Gus Van Sant and would star Tom Hanks. Chances are, that would have been awesome. It didn't end up happening though, so get it out of your head now. It's done.
That's the bad news. The good news is that Deadline has gotten word that The Weinstein Company has just swooped in and gobbled up the rights to the book, which will likely give it a second shot at becoming a film.
For those of you not familiar with Gill's story, you're probably wondering how exactly Starbucks (yes, we're talking about the coffee chain here) could have saved someone's life. It certainly wasn't through the quality of their over-roasted beans—am I right, hipsters? Ahem. Anyway, "How Starbucks Saved My Life" makes more sense if you hear its full title, "How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else." It's Gill's account of how falling on hard times and actually having to get a job and work for a living gave him a new perspective and generally saved him from a life of behaving like an entitled goon. Suddenly he has to answer to someone who is younger than him, has darker skin, and is equipped with lady parts, he has to actually do manual labor in order to receive a paycheck, and once he gets said check he has to put real thought into how to make his meager wages sustain his life.
It's the sort of situation that's bound to teach someone how to be humble, how to respect others, and what's actually important in life. Kind of like when those tough street kids got straightened up by going off to camp and getting taught how to be nature activists by that guy, Ernest. What was that movie called? Star Wars?
Will Bill O'Reilly's "not a traditional America" be able to find it in their hearts to feel sympathy for a white male who had to work for a couple of years but then got a book deal and a movie option? It's hard to say, but it looks like How Starbucks Saved My Life is going to try and find out. Sounds like kind of a tough sell. Probably the next step for the Weinsteins is going to be seeing if they can get Hanks back on board to star. Everybody likes him.


text:
Gas Market Transparency Trails Power as Scrutiny Tightens
Natural gas companies and grid operators in Europe are behind their power market counterparts in providing flow and supply data under rules designed to prevent insider trading.
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators is discussing whether it can oblige gas importers in Europe to report disruptions of flows into the region, according to Alberto Pototschnig, a director at the organization. Data such as Russian inflows and liquefied natural gas cargoes to Europe have to be published under two-year-old European Union rules on energy market transparency.
"Gas trading has a legacy of long-term contracts, the conditions of which are not publicly known, whereas power is traded more in organized markets," Pototschnig said yesterday in an interview in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where ACER is based.
Under the EU's wholesale energy market integrity and transparency rule, known as Remit, companies must publish outages, flow data and, by next year, will have to report to ACER all trades in the region's 900 billion-euro ($1.2 trillion) power and gas markets. Energy costs hinge on how much is being produced at any given time, so unexpected supply interruptions can cause price swings that may benefit those with advance knowledge.
Least Transparent
There needs to be "more transparency in the gas market," Folker Trepte, a Frankfurt-based partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, said by phone on June 6. "What's least transparent is import data from Russia or Qatar and it will be difficult for the EU to change this under Remit."
Information relating to the capacity and use of production, storage, consumption or transmission of electricity, natural gas or LNG, including planned or unplanned unavailability of these facilities, must be reported under Remit.
ACER can't force foreign countries to disclose information on operations outside the EU, Pototschnig said.
Stockholm-based Vattenfall AB, the Nordic area's biggest utility, has published live data from its reactors since at least 2004. Germany's biggest generators, EON SE and RWE AG, started releasing near real-time power plant outage information in 2007 after industry groups campaigned for more transparency. Utilities throughout Europe have since stepped up publishing gas and power data on their own websites to meet the transparency requirements of Remit.
Centralized Platforms
While Remit makes energy markets more transparent, it's one of several trade reporting requirements under EU regulations, according to Rune Bjoernson, a senior vice president at Statoil ASA, Norway's biggest energy company.
"We need to comply with all these systems, which makes it even more complex and costly," Bjoernson said in a May 20 interview. "We would like a more coordinated approach to that."
To make generation and supply data easier to see, the European Energy Exchange AG in Leipzig, Germany, and London-based National Grid Plc are creating centralized platforms to display outage data.
EEX plans to start its transparency platform by the end of this month. The exact date isn't yet known, Eileen Hieke, a spokeswoman for the exchange, said by e-mail June 5. The size of the plant, fuel type, reason and duration of outage will be published without the operating company or unit name, she said.
EON plans to get rid of its own Remit website and report details of outages via EEX, Markus Nitschke, a spokesman for the Dusseldorf-based utility, said by e-mail on June 5.
ACER Review
National Grid plans to start a platform for power data by the end of this year at the request of utility SSE Plc, Mark Malbas, a London-based spokesman for the company, said by e-mail on June 5. It already operates a website for gas market information.
ACER reviewed 13 cases of potential breaches of Remit rules last year, compared with 10 in 2012, the regulatory group said in its annual report today.
Guidelines on the trade data that companies need to submit have been delayed until after summer, the European Commission said yesterday. Trade monitoring will begin six months after the data requirements are published.
The number of cases needing investigation for possible market abuse will probably increase once ACER has the trade information, the agency's Pototschnig said.


text:
These are so fun to do. I have a feeling I will be doing these for the next little while.
I'm still working in my art journal daily and I want to start sketching an object a day in graphite to improve my drawing skills. I also still want to work on my watercolors because I don't want to lose what I have gained in learning to work with them. Too many things I want to do, not enough time! Isn't that how it always is?!
8" X 8" canvas and acrylics


text:
EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW)
The Company is primarily a lender or provider of credit services to individuals who do not have cash resources or access to credit to meet their short-term cash needs.
- Quote
- Commentary
- Scorecard
- Historical Prices
- Chart
- Stats
- Ratios
- Earnings/Growth Rates
- Statements
- SEC Filings
- Show Me:
- Sort by:
i like this stock chart, resistance above 12,75 triple. waiting for breakout..quite close to sma 200 -(-7%). sma 50 (-2%)
Good stock, undervalued
Oversold due to overreacting in response to a bad quarter. Gold is partially to blame. Otherwise, the company is in better shape than the market thinks.
A few bad quarters does not make this a dog.
Trading at P/E of just over 6 and low revenue multiple with around 20% 3-year CAGR.
EZ Corp. is highly correlated to gold so timing it isn't easy, but if business momentum continues without major economic hiccups along the way, the stock should rebound and outperform.
Hit heavy by restructuring and declining gold momentum. Trades at discount to peers, after turnaround may show a recovery. Good technicals. 14.
WRLD clone
Lots of cash flow, making many acquisitions which should prove lucrative down the road. You may have to hold this one for a while, but you'll get your return if you wait! Refer to the 10-K
Intrinsic value estimate between $35 and $50
Has seen its net profit margin and book value increase steadily over the past years
ROE consistently above 15
A very respectable current ratio of > 6
ZERO debt
PEG ratio way below 1
In addition, the pawn shop business does great in tumultuous times and is becoming more and more accepted, partly due to the numerous TV shows. I'm convinced!
What is there not to like? Increasing net margin, current ratio of more than 4, P/E below 10, solid ROE above 15, debt/equity ratio below 0.5. My calculations using valuespreadsheet.com gave me a fair value estimate between $35 and $55.
These guys showed up on a very specific Scrooge-style stock screen I ran on this site. I looked at a few more details, and didn't see any particularly good reasons that they wouldn't outperform the market average over the next few years, liked the business itself, so I went with it.
Investors seems to pawn this stock. Go long and short gold?
I like the growth, like the company, like almost everything except those in charge. I question the management and corporate structure.
EZCorp, Inc. Beneish M-Score: -2.6 ( as of Jun12)
Just went under an 8 P/E for a company that is a consistent grower, has great fundamentals. This business model is never going away. It seems that management has had a few hiccups, stupid but correctable. Wall Street can't trust this company because they missed analysts expectations the last three times. Perhaps they are managing the company for the long term vs. quarterly numbers. Management has plenty of skin in the game as well. At this price, I'm a buyer. If it pops more than 10% in the next few sessions, otherwise I may hold it a bit.
Giving the Pawn Shop Experience a make over, this cheap growth stock is in the right place at the right time as American pop culture has gone Pawn Shop crazy
ROE >15%, P/E is less than EPS Growth Rate, Accomodates a certain cultural demographic in it's locations that prefer short-term loans and pawn brokers to banks. High Insider ownership, greater than 5%. A good niche during a struggling economy.
The pawn buissness is booming. Net income jumped 36% and revenues rose 17% last QTR.
stock completely undervalued. great buy
It is a great recession stock, and is making some smart business moves.


text:
Cloonan's "Punisher" Is A "Violent, Bullet-Riddled, Bleeding" Good Time
Comic Books
Start Time: 08:00PM End Time: 09:00PM
KELLY HU GUEST STARS AS DC COMICS VILLAIN CHINA WHITE — Oliver (Stephen Amell) heads to the courthouse to get his death certificate repealed and is pleasantly surprised to run into Laurel (Katie Cassidy), who is there prosecuting Martin Somers (guest star Ty Olsson), a criminal with ties to the Chinese Triad. Oliver recognizes Martin's name from his father's book and sets his sights on taking him down. Martin orders the Triad to "take care of" Laurel so they send their top mercenary – China White (Hu) – after her, an act that culminates in a battle between Arrow and China White. Meanwhile, Moira (Susanna Thompson) and Walter (guest star Colin Salmon) ask Oliver to take over the company. Colin Donnell, Willa Holland, David Ramsey and Paul Blackthorne also star. David Barrett directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim and written by Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim (#102).
This event was submitted by CBR.
Does the information about this event contain errors or are changes needed?
Click here to e-mail the events editor.
|Follow @cbr


text:
LOUIS RAPHAEL Super 90s Wool Pants 33 x 32 Trousers
- Sold for: Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
- Item Category: -
- Source: eBay
- Sold Date: Mar 12, 2009
- Channel: Auction House
LOUIS RAPHAELLOUIS RAPHAEL Super 90s Wool Pants 33 x 32 Trousers
Mens Pleated Dress Pants Featuring Double Reverse Pleats. Hidden Extension Offering 2 Extra Inches to Extend & Adjust to Your Body's Movement. Traditional V-Notch Back of Waistband. Smooth Lining to the Knee. Fabulous Wardrobe Addition!
100% Authentic - Brand New With Tag - First Quality
Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price: $115.00
American Size: 33 x 32 European Size: 49 Color: Black Fabric Composition: 100%Â Super 90's Worsted Wool / Wolle / Lana / Laine Condition: New: With Tags Number: 4652465 - Mario Dry clean Origin: Imported
Pants Measurements & Style Cues :
Waist Measurement: 33 Outseam Length: 43 " Inseam Length: 32 " (Cuffed by Manufacturer) Thigh Opening (circumference): 29 " Knee Opening (circumference): 22 " Circumference around bottom of pant leg: 18 " Rise: 12 " The pants' front pockets are "free" from the inside linings so that the look is cleaner. And because the pockets are not attached, ironing is easier. Pleats: Double reverse Front Closure: Zip fly with extended tab. French style. YKK zipper Pockets: 2 slant front pick stitched pockets. 2 besom D-stitched back pockets with eco-buttons Waistband/Loops: Standard waistband with belt loops Lining: Rayon & acetate down to the knees
We want you to take a moment to Visit Our eBay Store!
USA s hipping prices are clearly marked for domestic deliveries on each eBay page and vary per item type ( i.e., shirts, pants, sweaters, blazers, suits, etc. ). We use primarily FEDEX and Priority Mail by the United States Postal Service (USPS) for USA deliveries only.We do not offer or accommodate requests for local pick-up of items. INTERNATIONAL : We use Priority Mail International by the United States Postal Service (USPS) . USA First Item: Each Additional Item: Priority Mail $4.95 $1.95 CANADA First Item: Each Additional Item: Priority Mail International $10.00 $4.95 ALL OTHER NATIONS: First Item: Each Additional Item: Priority Mail International $12.00 $5.95 We prefer PayPal Note to California residents only : California State sales tax (8.25%) will be added to the winning bid amount if you live in California. SPECIALPLACE has served the eBay Community since 1999 promoting and selling outstanding Menswear. Quality Customer Service is a standard practice from the Men of SPECIALPLACE . Our full time shipping and handling professionals carefully assemble and package each item with the utmost of personal care and attention. Once your cleared Paypal payment is received your item(s) will be carefully prepared and packaged for the FEDEX delivery driver or USPS postal counter clerk to scan.
Our Fast Shipping takes place within 1 to 2 business days of payment with the exception of weekends. Our shipping department is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific time, except for days when our SPECIALPLACE / eBay Office is closed during recognized U.S. Holidays.We welcome your business. You will be pleased to discover when you buy any item from us and receive your purchase at your door, this is really a very SPECIALPLACE . Thank you for shopping with us today! On our eBay site you are bidding on items at way below suggested retail prices. Because you are purchasing items at extraordinarily great discounts t is no give-or-take for us, the Sellers, to lose funds as a result of returned merchandise. eBay is a public auction and ALL SALES ARE FINAL. If you have any questions about the item size or description or international shipping rates you need to ask them right now by clicki...


text:
N.Y. newspaper removes handgun-permit data from website
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information from its website Jan. 18.
The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun-control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.
The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
Gun-rights activists had immediately complained that permit owners' privacy was being violated. They said the map could guide burglars to their homes while police groups claimed the map could lead ex-convicts to the officers who had put them away.
The addresses of some Journal News staffers were posted online, and threats were called in to the newspaper's offices. The newspaper hired armed guards in response.
Janet Hasson, president and publisher of the Journal News Media Group, said in an e-mailed statement, "While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit."
She said the maps had been viewed nearly 1.2 million times since they were published Dec. 23. The newspaper sought the records under the state Freedom of Information Law after the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman who had killed his mother at home killed 20 first-graders and six educators and then committed suicide.
The maps remained online late Jan. 18 but could no longer be manipulated to find names and addresses.
State Sen. Greg Ball, the most vocal opponent of the posting, said, "Thank God The Journal News has finally realized the error in their judgment and done the right thing. … I am proud to have passed legislation keeping The Journal News from doing this ever again."
On Jan. 15, as part of a gun-control bill, the state Legislature passed and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed new regulations that give permit holders several ways to opt out of the public record.
Applicants can ask to be exempted because they are police officers or served on criminal-case juries or are victims of domestic violence. They also can just say they might be subjected to harassment.
Hasson said Jan. 18, "One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn."
Tags: freedom of information, gun records, gun rights, New York, newspaper, privacy


text:
Special rates require proof of eligibility at check-in.
You're one step closer to paradise...
It seems that food trucks are popping up all over Kauai as quickly as mushrooms in the forest after a good rain.
Speaking of mushrooms, today's culinary adventure to one such food truck took place along the main drag on Kauai's East Side in Kapaa--in the parking lot of the tired Kojima grocery store, of all places.
The professionally-painted, custom-made food truck (read: not a cheap paint-over of a hand-me-down) appeared about a month ago with its short name of two letters centered in a graphic of a bright sun: BE.
With a name like "BE," I wondered what kind of food it would serve. Was the name a play off the current life advice, "Be Here Now?" A reminder to stay focused in the present moment? A prompt to unshackle the monkey mind of thoughts that hijack our attention and make us deaf to the rustle of palm fronds and blind to the variegated hibiscus flowers as big as dinner plates right in front of us? And if that was the case, would BE Food Truck Café serve vegetarian—daresay, vegan—food? If so, I wanted to be their first customer.
Turns out, "BE" stands for Bill and Eric, the two friends who dreamed up the adventure and opened the food truck three weeks ago. And, no, their menu is not entirely vegetarian, but there was a tantalizing Portobello mushroom sandwich, the taste memory of which will get me to return again and again. I'll try to wait a day or two, though.
The sandwich was one of Eric's specialties, something he's been perfecting, he said, for several years. The secret, I learned, was marinating the mushroom for a couple days in balsamic vinegar; then, grilling and serving it with roasted red peppers, red onions, and feta cheese between a sliced taro bun.
For meat eaters, the changing day's menu included a BE.L.T. sandwich, made with fried, green tomatoes, a chunky cut of bacon, some maple syrup and, of course, lettuce. They were also serving fried chicken—between two waffles—and burgers.
The guys are a friendly duo, with Bill handling the back of truck duties while I was there. He'd visited Kauai earlier in the year, and after four days, decided to vacate his home and personal chef career in Arizona for life—and a food truck—on Kauai. He convinced Eric (or maybe it was Eric who convinced Bill, I'm not really sure) to leave his front-of-house restaurant career that spanned nearly a decade on Kauai to join him.
If BE didn't turn out to be quite what I had imagined—much to my delight, I might add—another food truck a short jaunt down the street served up pretty much what I was expecting of BE.
Gopal's Creperie serves vegetarian crepes—both sweet and savory—and their vibe includes a spiritual bent toward India, although their menu reads more American. On the savory side, there are crepes with locally-made pesto, tomatoes and feta cheese; gingered lentil with feta cheese; and sundried tomato spread with olives, basil and goat cheese.
The sweet crepes get a little more creative, especially the tasty licorice and lavender one. Their sweet crepes feature tastes for which Hawaii is known—mango with dark chocolate; creamed coconut with dark chocolate; mac nut butter with apple banana and local, raw honey.
But, for me, what I really liked about Gopal's Creperie was its chef/cashier/waiter/owner Gadhai, a man as sweet as any crepe you'd ever find.
If you go: The mushrooming of food trucks is happening across Kauai but particularly so in Kapaa, just down the street from two Outrigger-managed condominium resorts—Outrigger Waipouli Beach Resort and Spa, and Outrigger at Lae nani. As mentioned above, BE Food Truck Café is located in the Kojima's Grocery Store parking lot. Gopal's Creperie is located on the south side of Otsuka's Furniture store, along with El Pastor Tacos and Happy Snacks. On the north side of Otsuka's , there are Paco's Tacos and Little Greek Town. A couple miles north, there is the Green Pig, across from Kealia Beach. And you never know what will pop up after the next rain;-)
If you liked this blog post, please consider subscribing to my blog. That way, whenever I write a new post, an email will magically pop into your inbox, letting you know.
Yum! Can't wait to try the BE portobella burger! I hope they're still there in February.
Hi Kim I liked these food trucks and the food looked delicious especially "the BE food". You might have visited Maui and Oahu. Maui is a more touristy island and a big family destination. On the island of Maui there is a famous restaurant there called
"mama's fish house" and the food is awesome here. Though I did not get a chance to explore the food trucks because of my chauvinist brand conscious girl friend "Whitney". I visited Hawaii this month only and stayed in this resort called captaincookresorts.com.
They offered us some vacation rentals which included a trip to Maui and Oahu as well. The whole trip was planned by whitney and I did not get a chance to enjoy that boy thing. Though the trip was good and food was awesome. I love Whitney more for this wonderful
trip but deep down I loved your experience more. Keep writing such memorable post.
Let's talk story. Share your reactions, your thoughts, your impressions. Just keep it civil. And, please, use your name not an impersonal code word or user ID. The fields marked with an asterix are required; however, your email will not appear anywhere. Nor will it be used for promotional purposes.
(P.S. If you cannot easily read the CAPTCHA numbers/letters, click on the blue arrow button below, and you'll get a new, hopefully easier set.)
Let's talk story. Share your reactions, your thoughts, your impressions. Just keep it civil. And, please, use your name not an impersonal code word or user ID. The fields marked with an asterix are required; however, your email will not appear anywhere. Nor will it be used for promotional purposes.
(P.S. If you cannot easily read the CAPTCHA numbers/letters, click on the blue arrow button below, and you'll get a new, hopefully easier set.)
We'll notify you by email whenever a new post publishes. Sign up here
We're celebrating five years of blogging by giving away a free e-book of 25 images of Hawaii. Download yours today.


text:
In response to bostonfan191646's comment:
you know, at first i kind of backed off from the term crazy because i thought it was the wrong choice of words. I'm going back to it now. I guess crazy is a way of saying he had a huge change of heart. If this was about money all along why didn't he take the 10 year/100 million from atlanta. If he wanted to give it one last go to get a stanley cup, and play a few years for a contender, why did he set up his contract his contract to be front loaded. The whole thing just seems weird. Given the contract he signed, it appeared that long term security, coupled with a chance to play for a competitive hockey team in the NHL were of paramount importance to Kovalchuk. It seems like he just gave up on all of that. He went crazy, but he'll probably be better off this way.
So will the Devils down the road. Not for the next 2 or 3 yrs they most likely won't get that offense that IK brings, but he's 30 yrs old & the Devils were possibly going to be stuck with that deal for another 12 yrs.


text:
May 1, 2016
Baldino's Giant Jersey Subs is offering a Christmas Eve special. And it's a great special!
On Friday, December 24, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., all Baldino's locations will be having a Christmas Eve Open House. You can receive a complimentary sub and beverage!
I called the corporate office and they said it's all locations - Augusta, Atlanta, Savannah, even Fayetteville, N.C.
You can check out their locations on their web site at http://www.baldinosofaugusta.com/locations.html. If you have questions, contact the location nearest you!
We have two locations in our area - 3336 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta and 2760 Tobacco Road, Hephzibah.
Thank you Baldino's!
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text:
This is the first of three articles on workforce development and quality jobs that focuses on the full spectrum of academic and on-site training needs of the bioscience industry in the US. Read part two [3]. Read part three [4].
Until a decade ago, the United States was the undisputed leader in bioscience industry development. However, a variety of factors such as low cost labor, speed of information dissemination, and available risk capital, has rapidly increased global competition for the industry. Europe and Asia, for example, are actively promoting opportunities for bioscience companies.
In the United States, local and national government leaders continue to understand this new dynamic of increased competition for developing the biosciences and are actively working to develop and promote to grow the industry within their states.
In this global economy, nearly every competitor has access to big breakthroughs in technology and to the equipment and capital to produce standardized products, but those regions that possess the human capital, with its insights, competencies, and experience will have the competitive advantage.
Attracting and retaining a continuing flow of educated (Ph.D., MS, BS, AA) and technically proficient workers is essential to a state aspiring to enhance bioscience industry presence. The creation of two-year associate degree programs, changes in curricula in colleges and universities to better reflect workforce needs, outreach to industry for specialized on-site training have all strengthened the communication for industry development in all areas of company development.
There are several examples of what states are doing in the form of initiatives and legislation to support workforce development in this technology sector:
Cities and counties are also reaching out to partnerships to encourage company creation, expansion, and attraction with workforce as a central theme of company success. Here are a couple of examples:
The first objective, Grow the Demand, includes venture financing, marketing the region to potential new employers, and building the collaborations to increase synergy among members of the bioscience sector.
The Add Value to Employers objective involves community based workforce development efforts designed to identify and prepare low skill workers and to guide them into employment situations in the bioscience sector.
The third Integrate Bio Education objective focuses on enhancing the science elements of K-12 education in order to increase the supply of future technicians and scientists needed for their future aspirations.
Finally here are five imperatives needed by partners in education, policy and industry to prepare students for the workplace in our industry:
#1) Industry involvement is absolutely essential. This is perhaps the most universally held success factor found across programs in the best practices states. As one program director explained: "Because they work so closely with industry, the students are trained exactly as industry needs them." The disconnect between bioscience employers and educational institutions in sharing information, setting priorities, and developing needed programs continues to be an issue.
#2 A broad and diverse range of students must be trained. Building an effective educational pipeline for the biosciences requires both traditional community college to 4 year degree program linkages as well as continuing education courses for those who have already having earned an associate's degree in the biosciences and looking to advance their careers with additional coursework.
In addition, limited awareness by communities-particularly school-age youth and those seeking new careers- of the opportunities to pursue bioscience careers, and a need for proactive steps to increase access to these career opportunities, especially in minority populations needs to be addressed by both industry and educators.
#3) Challenges in developing curricula for bioscience workforce and career development. Unlike IT certification, biotech lab technicians, biomanufacturing, agricultural biotech, and biomedical engineering lack national certifications. Given the lack of standardization in defining skills and techniques, it is important to have resources available to support continual development of curricula.
#4 Difficulties in experiential learning and internships are real. For bioscience positions, it is often difficult to place students in traditional internship programs because of regulatory requirements and the size of companies. Other approaches to experiential learning and exposure to industry need to be developed, such as having industry instructors, creating pilot facilities, and focusing on capstone projects.
#5) Lack of statewide coordination wastes resources. A patchwork of programmatic efforts with little scale or strategic focus makes it difficult to gain resources to support the growth of needed programs. Those states that have a roadmap and funding to support efforts will be the place where companies will want to locate.
[1] http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250
[2] http://www.bio.org/content/becoming-part-bioscience-industry
[3] http://www.bio.org/node/4686
[4] http://www.bio.org/node/5771
[5] http://www.pcc.edu/programs/bioscience/
[6] http://www.kansasbioauthority.org/about_the_kba/KEGA.aspx
[7] http://www.ktec.com/sec_bioscience/section/roadmap.htm
[8] http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Business_Development/Grants/ETIP.htm
[9] http://www.massbio.org/
[10] http://www.gra.org/
[11] http://www.georgiainnovationcrescent.com/
[12] http://gaworkready.org/
[13] http://www.bio.org/sites/default/files/lab_tech.jpg
[14] http://www.bio.org/sites/default/files/lab_tech_thumb.jpg


text:
Universal Fit
Jabra VOX Corded Stereo Wired Headsets - Retail Packaging - Black
"The Jabra Vox is Jabra's current flagship IEM. It has impressed me in many ways, but has its shortcomings. But for being only $100 MSRP, these are a definite competitor on the current market. [[SPOILER]] Package - The Vox comes in a hard-plastic container with a yellow silicone stripe down the middle, with the word, 'Vox' written on it. It feels well made, and is aesthetically pleasing to my..." --pro1137
1964-S Single Driver Customs
1964-S Single Driver Custom IEM The single driver is the perfect entry into custom IEMs for the beginner, or the preferred sound of the seasoned musician. It focuses on the critical part of music-the mid range. Its ideally tailored for all types of acoustic music, vocalists and portable music listening. Features • Single, full range balanced armature driver • Speaker Type: Low...


text:
Neji was always my favorite Character, I've liked him alot since Chunnin Exam. Man so many awesomeness in Part 1. However in Part 2, He barely did anything being neglected and yet He deserve to Die?????
That was too Sad!!!
View Poll Results: Will Neji remain dead?
Multiple Choice Poll.
Results 841 to 860 of 870


text:
Install Google Drive mobile apps
Mobile apps for Android and iOS devices provide on-the-go access to your Google Drive. You can use these apps to find and open your files, share them, star them, or anything else you can do with Google Drive online.
Google Drive for Android: You can find the Google Drive Android app at the Google Play Store. See Google Drive on Android phones and tablets to learn more, including supported Android versions, installation instructions, and user help.
Google Drive for iOS: You can find the Google Drive iOS app at the App Store on your device. See Google Drive on iPhone and iPad for requirements, installation, and user instructions.
Other devices and mobile browsers: See Google Drive on other devices and mobile browsers.


text:
The Big island's visitor's bureau has dubbed East Hawaii the "Wild, Wild East"—the underexplored half of the island where Hawaii's volcanoes make the beaches black and the rainforest conceals delicate tropical flowers and towering waterfalls. Most Big Island visitors just pass through this part of the island on their way to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, but East Hawaii has charms not found elsewhere.
"It's a great destination for the traveler who wants to see the 'real' Hawaii, as opposed to another beautiful resort that could be in any warm climate," says Hawaii-based writer Leslie Lang, whose book, Exploring Historic Hilo, was recently published. "The type of people who'd enjoy it here are more adventurous; they like to meet local people, try local foods, and don't require room service or fancy drinks with umbrellas."
Using the town of Hilo as a base, you can go in search of the perfect black- or green-sand beach or hike to waterfalls. Alternatively you can get a great view of the heavens by visiting the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy, the world's largest observatory for several types of astronomy, on the slopes of Mauna Kea. "Every night of the year at 6 p.m. there is free public star gazing at the visitor center," says Lang. "They roll out portable telescopes and tell you about what you're seeing—it's unbelievable." You can learn more about astronomy and the role it plays in native Hawaiian culture at the new Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo for $14.50.
To see wilder country, drive down to Puna, a place known as the Big Island's "outlaw" coast thanks in part to the lava that periodically flows down from Kilauea. Outdoor enthusiasts can experience the volcanic action up close for free, checking out Puna's geothermal ponds, lava beds, steam caves, and vents.
Everyone should visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the realm of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Kilauea, which is a 30-mile drive from Hilo. Looking down into volcanic craters and watching active lava flows is well worth the $10 admission fee. You can also hike and bike around the craters.
Where to stay: East Hawaii has no five-star resorts, but is home to smaller hotels, inns, and B&Bs. You can find listings on the Big Island Visitors Bureau website. Some affordable places worth looking at are the Plumeria Hill B&B in Puna where rates start at $95 per night and the Dolphin Bay Hotel in Hilo, where rooms with full kitchens start at $99 per night.
Getting there: ATA runs the only nonstop flights to Hilo's airport, and summer flights, which depart from Oakland, start at $364 plus taxes. You can compare fares from your departure city using SmarterTravel's price-comparison tool.
Online resources: For more information, check out the Big Island Visitors Bureau website and DowntownHilo.com.


text:
The Haunting Of Whaley House (2013)
A tour guide at a notorious haunted house gets more than she bargained for during an unauthorized ghost-hunting session with friends. Stephanie Greco, Lynn Lowry, and Leigh Davis star.
Directed By: José Prendes
Rated: Unrated
Running Time:
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 4, 2013
DVD Release Date: July 31, 2012