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Nearly four years after Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church opened Hope House, a hospital hospitality house whose mission is to provide a Christ-centered, safe, secure, temporary home-away-from-home for individuals in need, has succeeded beyond expectations. The house is located at 314 Hibben Street next to the historic church in the Old Village and serves adults (18 and over), who have a loved one in a Charleston area hospital.
The church purchased the property in November 2000, and the initial plan was to raze the house to create additional parking. However, the church was notified the property and house were protected by the Old Village Historic District Commission, so a new plan needed to be developed. Since the dedication of Hope House in January 2010, more than 500 families have been hosted, and occupancy rates have been over 90 percent.
However, there was another issue to be addressed. The three bedrooms at Hope House were all upstairs. People with physical challenges could not get to the bedrooms. So, what to do? There was another building on the property sitting just behind the house used as a storage shed.
Impressed by recent painting of the shed and thinking it looked good enough to live in, George Warren, Hope House Ministry team member, asked, "What about turning the storage shed into an accessible apartment for those folks we've had to turn away because they were unable to maneuver the stairs at Hope House?" And, the idea for Hope Cottage was born. This new addition will provide a fourth bedroom for guests with special needs, designed with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) - equipped features.
Enter the volunteers and donors. Name it: project management, architectural, electrical, carpentry, plumbing, landscaping - it all came together. With final approval for occupancy on Aug. 23, Hope Cottage was ready for guests. It happened with several "God Winks" along the way including the shed having exactly, to the inch, the amount of space needed to accommodate two guests. (God Winks is a term adopted by the Hope House Ministry team several years ago for those many times in this project when something unexpected happens, and it's God saying all is okay.)
Reflecting on the expansion of this outreach ministry, John Hage, MPPC Associate Minister for Missions, said, "I have seen God's spirit at work through the Hope House Ministry Team, MPPC and this community. I continue to be amazed by how God can take an ordinary house and make it a place of healing and hope. The Hope Cottage continues and expands that outreach. It is a place, which welcomes the stranger and provides a sanctuary to those in need. I am so proud of this church and I am thankful to be part of this ministry."
The day Hope Cottage was approved for occupancy, a social worker from the Medical University of South Carolina called with a "special need." A young mother, admitted with complications following childbirth, and her husband and newborn had plans to move to another state. Their home had been sold; the young father and infant did not have a place to live, and the mother would continue to be in the hospital for some time. The social worker was hoping Hope House might help.
Since guests must be 18 or older in the house, Hope Cottage was the perfect place for the first "special needs" guest, a two-week-old baby and her father. Once again, it seemed the team was receiving a "God Wink" message; this wonderful, peaceful cottage was there for anyone with a "special need" unable to be accommodated at Hope House.
On Sept. 15 the new Hope Cottage was dedicated with the benediction and blessing after the final service of the morning. As Beth Moore, director of Hope House, said, "God continues leading us to do great things with this outreach ministry. This property was to become a parking lot, but now the "lot" is a "House called Hope."
For more information about Hope House and Hope Cottage, please contact Beth Moore, Hope House director, at 532-4892.
Jan and Doug Hart are members of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church.
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In June 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued the 2013 Specific Rate Guidelines to participating Write Your Own (WYO) insurance companies and other insurance partners to explain the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premium rate changes that took effect Oct. 1. As part of these annual rate changes, this year FEMA will be implementing provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12).
This is going to affect anyone with property that does not meet the minimum flood elevation. That is about 30 percent of Isle Of Palms right now, and if they change the elevations, it will be more property affected. Downtown Charleston has the same problems.
Steve Peper, a Lowcountry Allstate agent said that the situation is a simple concept. "The National Flood Insurance Program is in debt to the tune of some $18 billion. For over 40 years the federal government has been subsidizing flood insurance premiums for low-lying or coastal areas," he said.
"Last year, the government stopped kicking the can down the street and actually decided to address the problem. Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act was passed last year and calls on FEMA to make several changes in the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program)."
Those changes are:
• Return financial stability to program
• Change how the Flood Insurance Rate Maps updates impact policy holders, and the biggest change;
• Require that policyholders pay "true risk" flood premiums for "full risk" rating at current FIRM
"No one disagrees that the program needed to be fixed. However, it seems that the legislated five-year time frame with which to fix 40 years of losses was a bit aggressive," Peper said.
The Specific Rate Guidelines historically have been used by insurers to calculate premiums for a variety of special cases that have a much higher risk of flood damage than typical - even within the Special Flood Hazard Area. Included in these rate guidelines are the rates for buildings where the lowest floor elevation is below the Base Flood Elevation (BFE).
The BFE is the flood level that has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. In the past, many properties built below that base flood elevation, and before Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) were adopted by communities, received subsidized premium rates which were artificially lower than true risk. Many of those subsidies were eliminated in the 2012 Biggert Waters legislation and therefore some of the higher risk policies previously receiving subsidies will be required to be rated according to the guidelines.
According to FEMA, the new tables and underwriting procedures in the guidelines reflect those mandated changes. In general, the subsidized rates were rated without using elevation data - knowing how high the lowest floor of the building sits above the base flood elevation. The law requires that policy ratings more accurately reflect the risk of each property's true risk rate by eliminating the subsidies.
The Specific Rate Guidelines are a complex series of tables of rates and technical underwriting procedures which are used by insurers to calculate premiums for their policyholders.
Before they can use these tables of rates to determine premiums, insurers must first update and test their insurance rating software systems, which then become available to their insurance agents. That process can take several weeks.
"Will this affect my premium rates? Most assuredly, rates will go up for some - and since we live on the coast, most of our customer's rates will go up, but some areas will be impacted greater than others," Peper said.
"This is not just a "coastal issue." We are currently seeing flooding in Colorado."
Flood insurance premiums are based on a number of factors including the type of building, the number of floors, whether a building has a basement or enclosure, flood mitigation techniques, such as breakaway walls and flood-vents, the elevation of the lowest floor of the building and the property's geographic location in reference to flood hazards identified by the community and FEMA.
The previous fix to this program dealt with subsidizing premiums or "grand fathering" homes that had been built prior to Dec. 31, 1974.
"You may have heard the terms 'pre-FIRM' and 'post-FIRM.' The new term is 'current FIRM.' The subsidies are gone and will not exist for future transactions," Peper explained.
"This is not all happening immediately but will be phased in over the next several months and most importantly, the immediate impact will be felt by policy holders with subsidized premiums for "non-primary residences, businesses and structures with severe repeated flood losses.
"At the renewal of those policies, the increase is maxed out at 25 percent per year until they reflect true actuarial risk," he added.
Subsidized premiums for policy holders of primary residences in Special Flood Hazard Areas will get to keep them until: the property is sold, the policy lapses, a new policy is purchased or the insured property suffers sever and repeated flood losses.
Increasing your deductible should favorably affect your premium - another consideration; lower your contents coverage on your flood policy. Peper said that regardless, you need to make sure you have a current Elevation Certificate. "If you don't have one, get one. Most local engineering companies and surveyors provide this service. I see prices range from $350-$700 for the service. It is not difficult to obtain one."
For more information, visit http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform-act-2012.
When will changes take effect?
Not everyone will be immediately affected by the new law. Subsidized premiums for policies covering non-primary residences, businesses and structures with severe repeated flood losses will have premium increases of 25 percent per year until rates reflect the full risk.
Other actions will trigger immediate rate subsidy elimination. Subsidized premiums for primary residences in Special Flood Hazard Area's will be able to keep their subsidized rates unless or until:
• The property is sold
• The policy lapses
• The insured property suffers severe, repeated, flood losses where the owner refuses an offer to mitigate; or
• A new policy is purchased.
Why is this happening?
After 45 years, flood risks continue and the costs and consequences of flooding are increasing dramatically. In 2012, Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act which calls on FEMA to make a number of changes to the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is managed. Some of these changes have already been put in place, and others will be implemented in the coming months. Key provisions of the legislation will require the NFIP to raise rates to reflect true flood risk, make the program more financially stable and change how FIRM updates impact policyholders. The changes will mean premium rate increases for some - but not all - policyholders over time.
What this means:
The new law encourages program financial stability by eliminating some artificially low rates and discounts. Most flood insurance rates will now move to reflect full risk, and flood insurance rates will rise on some policies. Certain actions can trigger rate changes, as indicated above. Policyholders should talk to their insurance agent about how these changes may affect their flood insurance policy premium. There are investments property owners and communities can make to reduce the impact of rate changes.
Grandfathering changes expected in 2014
Prior to the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, when revised or updated maps showed higher risk zones or BFEs, policyholders were permitted to "grandfather" and use the zone and elevation of an older map. The act phases-out grandfathered rates and moves to current risk-based rates for most properties when the community adopts a new FIRM. If a policyholder lives in a community that adopts a new, updated FIRM, grandfathered rates will be phased out and rates will reflect the most recent effective map. This will happen gradually, with new rates phasing in over five years. The premium example above may help homeowners anticipating map revisions to begin to plan for this change to the NFIP premium structure.
What can be done to lower costs?
For property owners:
• Talk to your insurance agent about your options.
• If you do not have one already, you will likely need an Elevation Certificate to determine your true risk premium and to make informed decisions about flood mitigation and rebuilding.
• Higher deductibles might lower your premium.
• Consider incorporating flood mitigation into your remodeling or rebuilding.
• Elevating or rebuilding higher will lower your risk and could reduce your premium.
• Consider adding flood-vents to your foundation walls or using breakaway walls.
• Talk with local officials about community-wide mitigation steps.
For community officials:
• Consider joining the Community Rating System (CRS) or increasing your CRS activities to lower premiums for policyholders.
• Talk to your state about grants. FEMA issues grants to states, which can then distribute the funds to communities to help with mitigation and rebuilding.
For more information:
For more information on Biggert-Waters 12 implementation, visit http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-refQrm-act-2012. For additional information about specific premium rates, contact your insurance agent. To learn more about flood risk and explore coverage options, visit http://www.FloodSmart.gov.
Steve D. Peper, with AllState
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quote: Saving the day on another article ah ? What do you really expect when crApple only has 8.54% of the desktop marketshare ? That is like robbing a house that you know is poor, in other words, nothing to gain. Hurry and say how such a small percentage generates so much more profits than all of the top 10 competitors combined as per your usual post.
quote: Apparently Apple's leadership doesn't agree with you which is why they're spending the money to hire people specializing in the subject.
quote: Most Linux users have sometimes to scratch their heads to install something (even if with modern distributions you don't have to anymore, which is sad). Users of other operating systems laugh at that, but I am laughing at them because they learn NOTHING.
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
For the first time since leaving Berkeley High School in the spring of 2011, former Stags athletic director and head football coach Jerry Brown helped with the Andre and Bruce Ellington Elite football camp on Friday, June 11 at Gerald Moody Field.
Brown, who coached Batesburg-Leesville to a Class AA, Division II state championship in 2013, is starting over again, this time at Spring Valley, the school where his career began more than 44 years ago.
I was hurt when I left Berkeley, but I was heartbroken when I left Batesburg-Leesville, said the longtime Stags coach who endured three epidurals a week during his final season at BHS. I had to leave Moncks Corner because of my health. I was hurting, but I left Batesburg for a different health reason.
Brown cited a lack of support from his school as his main reason for moving on.
I was doing everything myself and that put a strain on my health, my marriage... its something I could have done in my mid-40s, but not in my mid-60s, he said. After last season I said never again, and when I didnt get the coaching support I needed for this fall I informed the school I was moving on.
Brown is back with Class AAAA, Division I, football at Spring Valley where he started it all as an assistant coach in 1970.
Browns coaching record stands at 254-144. Hes won five state championships in 1988, 1994, 1996, 2009 and 2013 at three different schools. Brown will be taking over a Spring Valley Vikings program that went 12-1 last season before losing in the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs.
They have a good team and a solid football program there, he said. Im looking forward to this fall.
As for coming back to Berkeley and Stags football, Brown was all smiles.
If you ever wanted to see what people mean when they say, Berkeley Football, take a look at this football field. There are more than 650 kids out there and all those former Stags football players coming back to donate their time to give back to the community.
And at the center of it all, the Ellingtons.
Andre and Bruce are two amazing young men that exemplify what is Berkeley football, Brown said. They are good football players but that field is full of good football players. What makes them succeed and what makes them successes are that they are good football players and good young men. It comes from their minds and their hearts.
Brown called Andre a straight-on, power runner, a player around which they designed an offense.
We ran the Flexbone offense until Andre came along and then we changed it up to take the most advantage of his running skills, the coach said. He gained more than 6,000 yards under this new offense. He wouldnt have had that opportunity with the Flexbone.
Brown called Bruce the most complete athlete hes ever seen: He can do anything he wants on the field. He knows reads and has the ability to do anything. He will excel in the NFL because they know how to maximize Bruces potential. They didnt do that at South Carolina. You havent seen the scope of what Bruce can do yet.
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quote: The few available ones I've found have been Acer's at $650 with the keyboard dock and HP's Envy x2 for $850, $300 more than most tablets or low-end notebooks
quote: the same customers Microsoft and OEMs have targeted for years are used to paying less
quote: If someone has a choice between a Clover Trail tablet or a 15" laptop that only costs $500, both running Windows 8, what do you think most are going to buy?
quote: Tablet sales won't improve until prices for touchscreen and mobile components are driven down over time
quote: These customers defect to Google en masse, why chase them? Let Google have the poor non-paying customers who will watch ads, while MS has a slice of rich customers formerly belonging to Apple. More profit to MS this way.
quote: Big heavy laptop with 3 hours of battery life of small light tablet with 9 hour of battery life? That's a tough choice LOL. Of course most people would go for a tablet, since it's just as good for office/mail/web/video/casual gaming as a heavier laptop.
quote: Same for iPad which started to sell better when they made crappier/cheaper mini version.
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quote: Likewise you shouldn't get to b uy pho nes from HTC, M0torola, S@msung, Nok1a, or R1M who s tole or are now trying to s tea1 App1e's de sign and tech.
quote: P.S. *whispers* He's dead!
quote: Jobs != Einstein!!!More accurately,Einstein > JobsJobs didn't change the world for the better, he just sold stuff. Hell, the guy isn't even known for being a big supporter of philanthropic work. And most people who knew him even a little hated him. Einstein had no detractors.
quote: Apple Slapped with Multitouch Patent Lawsuit posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 31st Mar 2010 21:55 UTC IconI guess this is what some people would call "karma". Apple may shout off the rooftops that it invented multitouch, and that anyone else using it is clearly stealing it from them - but another company has taken offence to that, and has slapped the Cupertino giant with a patent infringement suit over multitouch. The company in question is Taiwanese chipmaker Elan Microelectronics, and they are suing Apple over patent no. 5,825,352, filed in February 1996, and granted in October 1998. The patent calls for a "method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device". In other words, multitouch. In 1996. More than ten years before Apple released the iPhone. "Multi-finger applications are becoming popular in smartphone and computer applications, particularly with support for multi-finger gestures integrated into the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system," the company states, "The 352 patent is a fundamental patent to the detection of multi-fingers that allows for any subsequent multi-finger applications to be implemented." This is not some obscure patent that surfaced only recently. In 2008, Elan Microelectronics sued Synaptics over this very same patent, and the courts found that indeed, Synaptics and its products were in violation of this patent. In the end, the two companies settled the matter. Elan Microelectronics has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, seeking a ban on imports of several Apple products (MacBook, iPhone, iPod Touch, Magic Mouse), including the iPad once it's released. "We have taken the step of filing the ITC complaint as a continuation of our efforts to enforce our patent rights against Apple's ongoing infringement. A proceeding in the ITC offers a quick and effective way for Elan to enforce its patent," the company said in a statement. Seeing Apple's and its followers' arrogance over multitouch, it's hard not to snicker a bit over this one. Wie kaatst kan de bal verwachten.
quote: Pixar John Lasseter, an employee at the Graphics Group, created 3-D short animation films to help sell their products . These short films gained so much attention that Disney and the Graphics Group (renamed Pixar) teamed up to release "Toy Story" in 1995. The film was a success and proved to cost less and take less time than producing 2-D animated films. Pixar's subsequent film releases, and those of other animation studios, proved that 3-D would be the future of animation.
quote: In 2000, the touchscreen Ericsson R380 Smartphone was released.[18] It was the first device to use an open operating system, the Symbian OS.[19] It was the first device marketed as a 'smartphone'.[20] It combined the functions of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA).[21] In December 1999 the magazine Popular Science called the Ericsson R380 Smartphone one of the most important advances in science and technology.[22] It was groundbreaking in being as small and light as a normal mobile phone.[23] In 2002 it was followed up by P800.[24]
quote: The trackball, a related pointing device, was invented by Tom Cranston, Fred Longstaff and Kenyon Taylor working on the Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR project in 1952. It used a standard Canadian five-pin bowling ball. It was not patented, as it was a secret military project.[4] Independently, Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) invented the first mouse prototype in 1963, with the assistance of his colleague Bill English.[5] They christened the device the mouse as early models had a cord attached to the rear part of the device looking like a tail and generally resembling the common mouse.[6] Engelbart never received any royalties for it, as his patent ran out before it became widely used in personal computers.[7] The invention of the mouse was just a small part of Engelbart's much larger project, aimed at augmenting human intellect via the Augmentation Research Center.[8]
quote: 1936 Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer First freely programmable computer.
quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_com...
quote: I'm sorry you worship currency. It is the bane and downfall of mankind... greed, that is.
quote: Predating our modern urban environment people lived in tribal organizations. Then, instead of the anonymous disregard for others well being, people would share their bounty or even share their small gleanings. Those who did not would be considered by all to be outcasts undeserving of partaking in someone else's turn of luck in their hunting, gathering, etc.


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One who looks seemingly funny to the naked eye and or the naked mind in such a way he or she presents him or herself to another in a manner in which it makes the other feel shy.
Marlons characteristics of being a funny looker put a smile on Sheenas face.
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A name used to sound totally badass online, only to reveal through your microphone that you are a total douchebag. Plexor, sounded aloud, seems cool and perhaps "leet" but in a real life situation it is really the most retarded made up word someone could ever use.
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Hi my name I's ashley I am a female. I am 28 years old. And I enjoy tea. My birthday I's december 31.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Stetson men's tennis team was upset in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships on Friday afternoon. Lipscomb (9-11) scored the first four points of the contest to win 4-0 against the young Hatters (15-4).
Playing indoors for the first time this spring, due to the inclement weather in East Tennessee, Stetson got out to a slow start on the indoor courts. The Bisons won at number three and number one doubles to earn the first point of the match. The Hatters were also behind in number two doubles before it was stopped.
Lipscomb's Daniel Hernandez was the first to win in singles play, topping freshman Laurynas Antropikas 6-4, 6-3 at the number three position to give the Bisons a 2-0 advantage. Senior Didrik Berg then fell to Oliver Strecker 6-1, 7-6 at number one singles, which left Lipscomb just one win away from moving on.
Freshman Cahit Kapukiran won his first set at the number four position with some ease, topping Stuart Tierney 6-2. Unfortunately Tierney came back to win set number two 6-0 to even things up. In a tough back-and-forth third set, Kapukiran eventually fell to Tierney 6-4, as Lipscomb earned a trip to the A-Sun Semifinals on Saturday.
"Lipscomb played very well today," Stetson Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote said after the defeat. "They were the better indoor team, and our guys fought valiantly."
Freshman Simon Julin was winning 6-3, 6-5 at the number two position before his match went unfinished due to the Bisons' victory. Sophomores Chester Espie and Nathan Debut, who were scheduled to play at number five and six singles, never made it to the court before Lipscomb clinched the victory.
"I know the team is extremely disappointed with the way the season ended, but when they have time to reflect back on the season as a whole, they will realize how well they did," Pilote continued. "It's always sad to see the last match of one of your seniors. Didrik [Berg] did such a great job as the captain of this young squad, but even more, he had a great college career."
With the loss Stetson falls to 15-4 on the season, and failed to reach the A-Sun Semifinals for the first time since 2005. Lipscomb will advance to take on second seeded ETSU on Saturday in Johnson City.


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LAKE TAHOE - A string of moderate earthquakes rumbled the Nevada desert on Tuesday, a couple hours south of Lake Tahoe, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Thirteen earthquakes - the largest being 5.1 magnitude - struck near Tonopah, Nev., near the Nevada/California state line, according to USGS, most of which hit late Tuesday afternoon.
The 5.1 quake hit at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday about 45 miles west of Tonopah and about 122 miles south of South Lake Tahoe. The temblor was felt strongly in the Bishop-Mammoth Lakes, Calif., area, according to USGS.
A string of aftershocks ranging from 2.6 to 3.8 in magnitude struck later Tuesday, all in roughly the same area, according to USGS.


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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas in 1822. With Christmas morning in your rearview mirror, heres my version. A What If take, such as What if Santa left one kid in all the world nothing but clothes under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning and this event was then memorialized in a poem?
Here goes . . .
Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house.
Im beginning to think this Santas a louse.
The stockings were scattered and torn, gifts thrown everywhere.
And me with my presents of dress socks, a plaid sweater and new underwear.
We kids were all amped up on the Dew and too much candy
And everyone but me thought Christmas was just dandy . . .
Because you see I didnt ask for any of these things
I asked for a baseball glove a GI Joe, and not mittens with strings.
So I sat there all glum and sulked among the clatter
I wanted one more chance to tell Santa what was the matter
Just give me one chance and Id give a swift kick
Right to the seat of the pants of that idiot St. Nick
He brought my sisters a doll and an Easy Bake Oven
And my brother a Big Wheel but for me I got nothin . . .
Just clothes and galoshes and a pair of cuff links
Yeah I was pretty certain, this Christmas stuff stinks
My idiot siblings didnt have the first clue
As to why on this Christmas I was feeling so blue
So I went on to bed and started counting the days
Ill get my revenge, oh yes Santa will pay
Looking out my window at the new fallen snow
I hear a commotion coming from the yard far below
And what do I see that makes me take pause
Why those idiot reindeer and that #$@%! Santa Claus
With baseball bat in hand I sprang from my bed
Ill give Santa a good one right upside the head
And Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen
Ill swing for the fence and I dont plan on missin
I yelled, What the heck were you thinking? as I ran outside
You promised me toys, and Santa, you lied
These mittens are no good and these cuff links are rotten
And who cares if my underwear is 100 percent cotton?
This little old man, this oversized elf
Had a sad look in his eyes that said I blame myself
With new labor laws and the elves out on strike
Plus Rudolph got sick, you dont know what its like
Then Mrs. Claus who is usually quite sweet
Decided this Christmas we will no longer eat meat
I decided right then amidst my misery
That Id leave nothing but clothes under your Christmas tree
To read all of these lists from the worlds girls and boys
Asking for nothing but candy and toys
Then it hit me like the itch at the end of my nose
Itd be nice to give one kid nothing but clothes
And thats you my good friend I chose you to receive
The pants and shirts with the extra-long sleeves
Its you who got mittens and a new pair of socks
While others got toys and presents that rock
So take that Santa said and he flipped me the bird
And he jumped in his sled without nary a word
He looked at me with this sardonic glint in his eye
That said I better watch out, I better not cry
He brought out his whip and gave it a crack
And away they all flew with jingle bells on their backs
And I heard him exclaim as he doffed his red lid
Enjoy the clothes . . . and Merry Christmas kid ...
I never did like that stupid poem anyway.
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Pornographic film industry employee who is responsible for keeping male performers aroused (usually via oral sex) between takes during a shoot.
Dammit, the lighting's all wrong, we gotta change it. This will only be a couple minutes; have the fluffer work on Jeff to keep him ready.
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A fluffer prepares the cocks of pornstars for action on the set of an adult movie before the shooting of an explicit sex scene.
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Noun: In the pornographic film industry, the member of the production crew who keeps male performers sexually aroused between takes so that there are no delays on set.
"Yo, Lance is going soft! Can someone get the fluffer over here?"
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a fluffer is someone who helps out the male actors in a porn flick by giving them head before and in between shots.
"That fluffer is great, how's yours."
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1. A person who maintains a pornstar's erection between scenes.
2. A person you fuck until someone better comes along.
2. A person you fuck until someone better comes along.
"he's nobody special, just a fluffer."
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
As the years go by Bryce Kunkle will forever be remembered, not simply as the 2014 Berkeley High School Valedictorian, or even a two-sport Stags athlete, whose baseball walk-up song was an original composition for which he played every instrument, but as the guy who took the selfie at the start of his graduation speech.
His idea was an original expression that can only be copied from here on out. Any future valedictorian that tries the selfie ploy will get tagged as a copycat.
I thought it would be nice to take a selfie, Kunkle said. I had the Twitter feed all set up so when I took the picture all I had to do was hit enter and I tweeted the photo.
Kunkle said the tweet went viral in minutes.
My phone started vibrating like crazy during my speech, he said, as classmates and friends in attendance at the North Charleston Coliseum followed and retweeted Kunkles post. My phone vibrated like that for two days after the ceremony.
It was one of those great ideas that turned into a special moment for the Class of 2014 and it gave everyone associated with the Stags commencement ceremony a nice look at the proceedings from Kunkles perspective.
Its that kind of thinking outside the box that fills Kunkles resume as he prepares to attend Clemson in the fall and study engineering.
Between now and then, the boys recipient of the first Berkeley Athletics Hall of Fame scholarship plans to spend the summer having a lot of fun.
Included in the fun is a senior class trip to Europe next week and working with his guitar teacher Richard Chip Chipman of Bluegrass Academy on Main Street in Moncks Corner, to learn how to play the banjo and become a better guitar player.
If thats possible.
Ive been teaching Berkeley students and Moncks Corner kids how to play bluegrass guitar for more than 30 years, Chipman said, More than 2,500 Berkeley County students, and there are a lot of really good guitar players out there.
Chipman paused a moment to reflect on the students he has taught.
Yeah, there were a lot of really good guitar players over the years, he said. But none were better than Bryce. Hes the best Ive ever had.
Kunkle and Chipman have been strumming the wire for more than six years. Kunkle wanted to learn how to play after taking a music appreciation class at Northwoods Academy in which students learned the fundamentals of music composition.
One of the assignments in the class was to write a song, both music and lyrics, and then at the end of the class you would get on stage during an assembly and play the song for the school, he said.
As Kunkle watched the various guitar pickers play their original music, he thought, Hey, I can do that.
Thats when Kunkle sought out Chip.
I wanted to learn how to play, he said.
A year later it was Kunkle on the stage playing an original song he wrote.
And speaking of original songs, it is safe to say that Kunkle was the only baseball or softball player in the state whose walkup song was an original composition, a walk up song for which Bryce played every instrument, guitar, bass, piano and drums.
I played lead, rhythm and then bass, which those are just different ways of playing guitar, he said. Then I added a drum track.
The piano though, was difficult for Kunkle to master.
It was hard coming off the guitar to play the piano as those two instruments dont follow the same format, he said. Plus they dont make lefthanded pianos.
As for Chipman, who is known around town as Chip, he knew right away he had a special student in Kunkle.
Hes a lefty and lefties turn out to be special guitar players, he said. Playing any musical instrument is easy once you build the finger memory. It just takes lots and lots of practice.
While he preaches the gospel of guitar playing, especially bluegrass style, Chips fingers dance up and down the neck like Minnie Pearl tap-dancing to a Flatt and Scruggs rendition of the Orange Blossum Special.
It is impossible to play a bluegrass song and be sad, he said. Just as its impossible to be sad playing the banjo. You can be sad and then start playing the banjo and before you know it people are tapping along with their feet.
The banjo is a happy instrument and bluegrass music is happy music.
The only thing keeping Kunkle from beginning his mastery of the banjo is finding one strung lefthanded.
Left handed instruments are out there but they can be pretty hard to find, especially the banjo, Chip said, who claims he can play anything with a box and a wire.
Give me a wire and Ill pick it, he said sporting a wry grin.
Chipman gave a short clinic about picking technique, explaining that the guitar pick is the most important part of the instrument when playing: What you pick with and where you pick on the guitar, is how you produce the best sound.
Chip said players need to select a good, sturdy pick.
Its important to really smack that wire, he said. Thats how you get your good tone. With bluegrass you brush the rounded edge of the pick over the wire and you get that good tone that lets you go fast.
Chipman demonstrated by jumping into Constant Sorrow from the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.
Guitar is easy to play once you know what to do with your fingers.
For Kunkle, playing the guitar and his songs in front of people was the biggest rush of his life so far.
I started playing the song and I was playing in front of about 250 people, and they just start clapping along.
It was such a rush, he said.
While Kunkle will study engineering at Clemson beginning in the fall, being an engineer ranks a distant third in career choices behind being a politician and of course, playing guitar for a living.
I want to be a musician, he said. But there are so many good guitar players out there. Becoming an engineer is sort of my backup plan if nothing else works out.
Chip agreed: You have to be something special to make it in this business because there are so many very good guitar pickers. But if you work hard at it and write good songs, anybody can make it.
Hell do the work he has to do to be good. Thats just the way Bryce is made.
He not only thinks outside the box, but I think he invented the box, Chip added.
An original thinker, like taking a selfie in front of more than 200 classmates and theyre families and taking a perfect picture to boot.
I figured, why not? he said.
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The Stetson men's basketball team outscored Clemson 36-25 in the second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome a 31-point halftime deficit, as the Tigers defeated the Hatters in the season opener of the 2013-14 season by a score of 71-51.
Stetson looked good out of the gates thanks to hot shooting by senior Aaron Graham. The guard scored the Hatters' first 10 points on two threes, a pull up jumper and a pair of free throws to keep Stetson in the game at 13-10 just 4:48 into the contest.
"We started pretty good in the first half, but then all of the sudden we had that 'deer in the headlights' look," Stetson head coach Corey Williams said. "We lost our momentum and Clemson was able to take advantage of that."
That's when the game got away from the Hatters. Eleven first half turnovers, which led to 16 Clemson points, propelled the Tigers to a 27-2 run that extended their lead to 40-12 with just 2:46 to play in the first half.
"Whenever you give a team like Clemson those type of points it's very difficult to win any ball game," Williams said of the points off of turnovers. "We talked at length at how we had to stop their transition baskets. In the first half, though, we had so many breakdowns."
Clemson's top returning scorer, junior K.J. McDaniels, was phenomenal during the run – and in the game in general – scoring 15 first half points on 6-of-9 shooting and 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.
Coming out of the half down 46-15, Stetson looked like a different team in the final 20 minutes, which began with a tip-in by junior Kentwan Smith. The Hatters cut the Clemson lead to just 21 points, at 53-32, thanks to a 6-1 run that was ignited by a driving layup by senior Raymone Andrews, and capped off by a three-pointer from freshman B.J. Glasford.
The Tigers extended their lead back to 29 points midway through the second, but Stetson fought back again, cutting it to just a 19-point deficit when redshirt freshman Brian Pegg stole a Clemson pass and went coast-to-coast for a finger roll that made it 61-42 with 5:17 to play.
Stetson got as close as 16 points, when four straight free throws from Andrews, and one more by senior Hunter Miller made it 65-49 in favor of the Tigers with just 1:54 remaining in the game.
Clemson closed out the game with a three-pointer by junior Rod Hall in the final minute of play to come away with the 71-51 home victory in the season opener.
Stetson benefited from only turning the ball over three times in the second half, limiting Clemson to zero points off turnovers in the final 20 minutes. The Hatters shot 48 percent from the floor, 40 percent from beyond the arc, and went 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the second half.
"They moved the ball, they played unselfish, and then they relaxed," Williams said of his players in the second half. "They allowed our defense to create some offensive opportunities. We started playing like we knew we could play."
The Hatters were led by Graham's 11 points – all coming in the first half – and Andrews' 10. Andrews added a game high five assists and didn't turn the ball over once. Pegg recorded a game best nine rebounds.
Clemson's McDaniels led all players with 20 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point range. Hall added 11 points, and Damarcus Harrison chipped in with 10 points for the Tigers.
Stetson will continue its eight-game road trip to start the season with a trip to #21 Notre Dame on Sunday. The Hatters and the Fighting Irish are scheduled to tip off at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN3.


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Online investor site E-Trade has the Oscar-winning actor and star of the Netflix series "House of Cards" Kevin Spacey to tout its online investor site. Spacey will be part of the company's new "Type E" marketing campaign, which focuses on its mobile app and advisory services.
In the first ad of the campaign which began running Saturday, a range of city workers from a doctor to an amateur basketball player sing a song about being "Type E," or investing with E-Trade.
"I can do it all from my mobile phone, I'm Type E," sing the characters in the spot. "If I need some help, I'm not alone."
A second phase of the campaign launching later in April will feature Spacey as an E-Trade scout looking for "Type E" people.
"In thinking about the 'Type E' personality, few could capture that spirit better than Kevin Spacey," said chief marketing officer Liza Landsman, citing his work in "House of Cards," as high-quality online content that changed the way Americans watch TV.
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E-Trade began its "talking baby" campaign in 2008 during the Super Bowl, at a time when online investing was not as common. Having a talking baby trade stocks was a way to show people that E-Trade's investing services were so simple even a baby could make money trading stock on the site. But now, since online investing is so common, the company wanted to focus on its range of product and service offerings.
"Our goal is to stay in lock-step with our customers; helping them with their retirement, investing and trading goals, in a manner of their choosing," said President Navtej S. Nandra.
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A word used to describe being in a very obscure place, said by somebody who has no idea where they are.
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imaginary realm created by JRR Tolkien based upon his childhood growing up in the midlands of England
the shire was in middle earth
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a fictional land in books by J.R.R. Tolkien
Man, those hobbits are just the hottest thing to hit Middle Earth since the Dwarves!
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A place to plow pussy
Yo man i just plowed Rajs moms pussy down to middle earth. Holla!
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The overly large space between a girl's breasts.
Dude i tried to titty fuck that girl until i realized i was entering middle earth.
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The patch of skin between your butt hole and ball sack.
In reference to chafing Dude, middle earth is on fire.
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I cheated on him in Middle Earth.
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this is what I chose to have my bracelet say, from The Vintage Pearl
I had to come to the library to type this post. It's quiet, that's good. It's just me in this room and two coat racks. Someone left their black hoodie, and the other hangs a navy ball cap. Who says ball cap? I sound like geriatric.
I hope they come back for them. They look lonely here in the reference section. I want to write about them and what they do when the library closes and the lights are off.
Today Gray begged for pineapple-orange-banana juice at Target, and he asked for it just like that, as if he read it off the carton. I didn't think the pictures on the front were that obvious and maybe he can read now? I've noticed him reading some other things. He just turned five. It's possible.
I poured him a glass when we got home and he told me he loved me, and thank you for buying my Rockstar Juice.
I have been struggling to find The Words... the right words, the ones that don't make me look like a fool. I can find plenty of other words about other things,
sometimes they are just clues my fingers plunk out that my heart hopes my brain just gets.
But I have been wanting to incorporate this huge hurricane that has been going on in my life that I have not been writing about. Basically because I feel like I will sound like I don't know what I'm talking about. SO, as usual, I am just going to write how I feel.
I believe Noah's healing from epilepsy is a miracle. Like, I believe he is a living story to show God's glory. I promise I didn't mean to make that rhyme.
I want to include that a lot when I write about him like I did the other day, or when people write to me asking for help or advice when their child is suffering seizures. It doesn't make sense to me to just say God healed him. I feel I need to give them some more details, like all the things we did in the natural to get him well, like the types of doctors we saw and the diet he was put on.
Because truly, even those things were designed by God. He invented life and an amazing body that can be healed by other things he created, He opened doors every single step of the way, even when we were too weak to ask it of him in prayer. We prayed, but most often it was God help us, we don't know what to do. God, heal Noah. Lord, forgive us for being such big screw ups.
But we'd go to pray and shut our eyes and go to sleep.
Maybe that was Him giving us rest.
But I also don't know how to say all this + everything else in my heart without making it sound like God did that to Noah on purpose. Or how to write about my life and leave God out but I'm not really leaving Him out. I'm just telling you about my day and, like, He's just a given? I feel like everything I say is the wrong thing.
So, I shut up. And I think He does a better job explaining it by my son being healed and walking and talking and doing all sorts of things doctors said he probably wouldn't do. I let him be the miracle and I sit back and am thankful. But the truth is that there is a whole lot going on inside of me right now, not just leftover faith from years ago. And I am a writer but I can not write it. Always fumbling over my not-the-right words.
Why is it so awkward being real?
But I don't know how to say these things without sounding like a fakity faking it. I don't say Praise God every other sentence, it's just not me and I don't know if that's what God would want me to sound like, or if that's what people at church want me to sound like.
But my heart and my breath, it loves Him and praises Him. And I want to be more of a light than I am right now. I feel like I am here if people find me but I am not intentionally shining-out like I should be.
So, I am working on that.
I am still not good at reading my Bible. And in the car I was driving and thinking about all the bloggers I admire and never want to miss a post so I subscribe to their feed in my Google Reader or via email. And I thought what if God had a blog? I would totally subscribe. So what the heck.
Why can I not open up his Word and read even a page?
I am working on this.
I also am tempted to ask outloud- does such a thing exist? Has someone on the Internet given the Bible an RSS feed and how do I find it? Like, something each day about the size of an average blog post? Anyone?
I hunger for His Word and His hand and I act like I don't know where to find it. I am so lazy I am so disabled that even though it's right there for me, I need it an easier way.
I found a church my family loves and suddenly feel un-accepted, like I don't fit in. It's something that has been bothering me a lot lately. This roaring insecurity that I never remember being inside me before. Where did it come from? I feel more than ever that I am not enough and have nothing to give. You know what? I am not enough.
I am broken, I am not good, I am faulty. Jesus is the only perfect one. The more I hook my coat on that, the more I realize I am not supposed to always fit in, look at this skin. There will be discomfort. Even in my knobby-ness and hurt feelings, as much as I try, I am at church for more than meeting my own needs.
Hey oh! It's not all about me. I am working on this.
[And each week that I keep going and serving and trying to love and be loved I have been given confirmation that I am being taught and worshiping where I am supposed to.]
Because I am a human, and I feel like The Most horrible example of telling others about Jesus, there is a link I want to share with you. It's called The Story and well, that's pretty much it.
(If you click on 'read the story' and then click on the little open book symbol it will be larger to read)
I believe in that story and think that I, a storyteller myself, can not continue sharing my life and my journey as a person with four children
trying to crawl out of the wrong shell I've mistakenly made my home... thought it was the right shell found I was wrong,
and how I can not try to be who I was created to be, without telling you what I truly believe and know to be true. And this story is the basis of all my stories. It's where I've been and
it's why I'm here and
it's where I am going
I don't even know how to end this
this whatever this is.
I don't even know. If I could only spill out my heart so you could turn it over and examine, if somehow my words grew stems and became a song and it all made sense. If you could read my shadows' palms maybe you'd understand. If only you'd bear with me - If only I'd bear with me - what have I been doing all my life? I've said and done all the "right things" and I still mess it up,
and I am so confused by my selfishness, and why He'd still love me and do the great things
but He does anyway.


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Source: Nokia
quote: As for poor products, why are you calling them bad Android phones instead of just bad phones? Samsung and HTC have solid customer satisfaction, and there's no need to associate their products with those of a poor manufacturer just because they're all in the Android category.
quote: Yes, life is indeed about compromises and choice. That's why we love open ecosystems that lets manufacturers serve every niche. We can get AMOLED, a stylus, big screens, small screens with lower prices, unibody case, non-unibody with replaceable memory/battery, etc. No compromise is universally optimal.
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MORAGA, Calif. – The Stetson lacrosse team opened its two-game Pacific Coast road trip with a loss to St. Mary's on Friday night. The Gaels (3-6) defeated the Hatters (0-10) by a score of 19-2 at the St. Mary's Stadium.
St. Mary's scored less than one minute into the game and went on to take a 16-0 lead at halftime. Jillian Chong led the Gaels with four goals in the first frame, while Allie DeBruhl added three during the first 30 minutes of action.
The Hatters were able to get on the board first in the second half, as freshman Danielle Horgan tallied her team-leading ninth goal of the season to make it 16-1. The Gaels scored just less than 10 minutes later, before freshman Maylis Broderick countered with her eighth goal of the year with just over 12 minutes to play.
St. Mary's ended on a two-goal run to finish with the 19-2 victory. The Gaels used a 27-13 shot advantage, and won 16 draw controls to Stetson's seven, to pick up their third straight home victory of the season.
Stetson was successful on eight of 12 clear attempts, while St. Mary's went 8-for-8. The Gaels also led the Hatters 17-7 on ground balls, and 21-25 on turnovers.
Freshman Amanda Parker picked up two ground balls to lead the Hatters, while freshman Mary Kate O'Sullivan garnered a team-best five draw controls. Parker also led the team causing two turnovers in the defeat.
Freshmen Caili Guilday and Whitney Meyers split time in goal once again. The former allowed 12 goals and recorded three saves, while the latter stopped two shots and let seven goals past her.
Stetson will next continue the road trip with a contest at California on Monday. The Hatters and the Golden Bears will begin at 4:00 p.m. from Berkely, Calif.


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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Christmas songs have always bothered me.
I'm the fatalistic sort who reminds everyone ogling at the silver lining that there's still a gray cloud over our heads.
Let's take a look between the lines of the time-honored Christmas classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The song's veiled innuendos paint a very different picture of Santa Claus and life at the North Pole than what we're used to.
The 1949 song recorded by Gene Autry began as a poem written by advertising exec Robert May in 1939 as a Christmas promotion, and was handed out to Montgomery Ward shoppers.
The song's first line: "know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?"
Already you get the feeling that the other eight reindeer were like the guys in the Commodores behind Lionel Richie, or the other four members of the Jackson 5 besides Michael.
It's all about Rudolph.
I'm already feeling the resentment start to build here.
"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows."
This Rudolph character is different. He has a red, shiny nose. I'm also seeing some backhanded gossiping among the elves.
You have to watch those elves, a real secretive bunch they are. Short little guys with pointy ears and funny shoes, always sneaking around, plus they've cornered the whole cookie market and they don't let anybody inside that hollow tree.
"All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games."
Ritualistic hazing this looks like.
And apparently Santa condones it. The other reindeer didn't like Rudolph much at all. Kind of like the way the Supremes regarded Diana Ross, always hogging all the attention.
His suspension from the Reindeer Games … Rudolph on steroids, perhaps?
"Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: 'Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'"
Now you come a knockin' Santa. The chips are down. It's foggy. Nobody can see and now suddenly you have a need for poor old Rudolph. Well I got two words for you Santa and they're NOT Merry Christmas. You wouldn't give him the time of day before. What's to make you think Rudolph won't go postal on you and ram that sleigh and the other eight backstabbing reindeer into the side of a mountain?
You have to watch this Santa character.
An elf taskmaster he is. Antiquated working conditions, grueling hours – a real sweatshop … nothing to build toys with but tiny wooden hammers, and probably light on the healthcare coverage, too.
And the pay, milk and cookies? Sugar plums and candy canes?
I wonder what kind of dental plan he offers. Plus he gets the elves all jacked-up on sugar and makes them work incredibly long hours.
Obviously this is a non-union shop.
"Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history!"
So now everybody loves Rudolph.
That's because he saved the day and then had himself a top 10 hit. They made a movie and TV show about him.
Yeah, Prancer had himself a small film run a few years back but that never caught on.
It's always been about Rudolph and now all the elves and reindeer want to ride Rudolph's coattails.
So, what happened to Rudolph?
The red nose concealed a serious drinking problem. He went into rehab. Got sober. Then went on Oprah and cried while promoting his new bestseller "Odd Man Out – Rudolph, the Ninth Reindeer." Oliver Stone wants to adapt the book into a movie.
Maybe the whole song translation thing wasn't such a good idea.
Wait until you see what I did with "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
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Certain foods or other items just go together. Vanilla ice cream and pecan pie (hot apple pie, hot brownies, hot chocolate chip cookies...) and a topping of whipped cream go well together. Wines with certain foods or champagne with dessert are common pairings. Oysters, beer and Bowen's Island are three things that go together well (Rose Society Oyster Roast April 13). March Madness Basketball and chicken wings go great together.
I'm sure you get the idea. In landscaping and pest control, there are some products that do much better when paired with another product or two.
Right now as the lawn, shrubs and trees are coming out of dormancy, a combination of SeaHume, Cotton Burr Compost (or Flower Amendment) and Black Castings will get your yard off to a healthy start. These products alone will do great things for your grass; however, if you combine them, look out. Some people will use them across their whole yard, others will target weak plants, weak turf, just their front yard, or their favorite tree or plant. With all the cold damage to the different plants, turf and trees, this combination should be a good jump start for your plants, trees and grass this spring.
SeaHume is a combination product of its own. Seaweed and humic acid are two great products that go great together. The seaweed is full of minor nutrients, amino acids, gibberellins and many other plant nutrients. The seaweed also feeds the micro-organisms in the soil and helps the plant grow deep roots. Deep roots help with compaction, drought tolerance, wear tolerance and they give the plant the ability to gather more nutrients because the roots cover more area. The humic acid in SeaHume helps create a rich, fertile, soil structure by modifying physical and chemical properties of the soil. Humic acid helps root growth and makes nutrients that are tied up in the soil available to the plant.
Cotton Burr Compost is very high in nutrition (some other composts are good filler but add little nutritional value). Plants and turf love it. Cotton Burr Compost provides a great "hotel" for microorganisms in the soil. One of the biggest benefits of Cotton Burr Compost is that it lasts up to two years in the soil. Most other organic amendments are decomposed in 30 days or so depending on the microorganisms in the soil.
Black Castings are Mother Nature's purest form of natural, organic, slow-release plant food produced by earthworms. Black Castings are full of beneficial microbial populations and the food to support good soil biology. They enhance plant growth and stress recovery (wear, insect, disease, cold damage). Black Castings will make fertilizer work better and in many cases you can reduce the amount of fertilizer applied.
Try this cocktail, I think you and your plants and your grass will love it!
Always read, understand and follow product label. The product label is a federal law.
Bill Lamson-Scribner can be reached during the week at Possum's Landscape and Pest Control Supply. Possum's has three locations 481 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant (843-971-9601), 3325 Business Circle in North Charleston (843-760-2600), or 606 Dupont Road, in Charleston (843-766-1511). Bring your questions to a Possum's location, or visit us at www.possumsupply.com. You can also call in your questions to "The Garden Clinic", Saturdays from noon to 1 p.m., on 1250 WTMA (The Big Talker). The Horticulture Hotline is available 24/7 at www.possumsupply.com.
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A phrase Brock Molden and Carl Lightfoot started to address everyday situations. The world may never know the actual full definition. :(
Asha is such a neck neck. Carissa is definitely Neck #2. Ash quit being a neckum.
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When a man's talk is so foolish, it seems as though he is talking out of the side of his neck. In a more broad sense, the man is a raging idiot, who says things that are repetatively idiotic.
Buckwheat told me he bench pressed 500 lbs.
I followed by saying, "you must be high, quit all this neckneck."
I followed by saying, "you must be high, quit all this neckneck."
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A success story on the collaboration of several government bodies has come to fruition. After 10 years, the completion of sidewalks along Ben Sawyer Boulevard will begin.
L&L Contractors was awarded the bid for construction in the amount of $586,316.50. Charleston County Councilman Dickie Schweers worked closely with then and recently re-elected Mount Pleasant town Councilman Paul Gawrych. Schweers said the effort put toward this project truly ties two local municipalities together. What a wonderful opportunity, he said.
Sullivans Island and Mount Pleasant have always been very friendly neighbors and Charleston County, with the half cent sales tax had an opportunity to help.
Schweers said this was a no-brainer opportunity with an obvious solution.
The completed project will allow an opportunity for folks to travel safely to the beach by bike or foot.
Schweers said he envisions many people from Mount Pleasant utilizing the sidewalks and is confident Sullivans Island residents will welcome that and utilize the paths as well.
Gawrych said that path will vary from 5 to eight feet in width and sit four feet over from the roadway.
It will include a sweetgrass barrier between the road. Signage will be included, Gawrych said to indicate this is part of the Battery to the Beach initiative he has worked on for many years in conjunction with the Charleston Moves group, a bike advocacy group.
He said this construction plays a pivotal role in the Battery to the Beach initiative moving forward.
The project will be funded by several sources.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation will reimburse Charleston County up to 80 percent of eligible expenditures, not to exceed $708,000, using CHATS Transportation Enhancement Grant funds.
The enhancement funds were accumulated over multiple years; $108k in 2003 and $200k in 2010 by the Town of Mount Pleasant and Sullivans Island jointly and $400k by the county in 2012, totaling $708k. The 20 percent local match will come from county Sales Tax Allocation project funds and a joint $50k match from the towns as part of the 2010 grant.
The project will run from Simmons Point Road on the Mount Pleasant side, across the existing bridge, ending at the existing sidewalk on Sullivans Island.
A notice to proceed will be issued in early January.
Work is expected to begin in mid to late February due to cold weather paving restrictions.
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Riced-up car or motorbike driven by an azn.
ChEk Ma WhEaLz!1 TaKe NoAt Ov Ma siLva cOaTInG!111 Ma Car bEz A rIce RoKeT!111~
de Bastardized Bottomburp 03 Mai 2003
1-rice rocket..import bike more commonly known as a "crotch rocket"
2-riceburner-imported car...civics, jettas, etc.
2-riceburner-imported car...civics, jettas, etc.
yo champ...more guys drive and hook up civics then girls, im a girl i kno these things...celica's and jettas are girly cars, and actually for all u ppl that think imports suck, my cuz has an old mustang and my friend has a passat..he had a chip, blow-off valve, exhaust etc..the mustang had intake headers and exhaust i believe..ne way off the line the mustang was killen him, but then the passat picked up and ate him, dont get me wrong nuthin sounds better then a mustang, however i think u domestic lovers should not be so hard headed becuz imports are gettin faster and better each yr, so watch out
de priscilla marie 02 Iulie 2004
any type of honda/toyota purchased by an asian, and is tricked out with many esspensive features n bells n whistles. Usually driven by the Korean Mafia or asia gangsters in high school. They are very low to the ground to accompany the shirtness of the driver.
Ya I know Kaiser, he that china boy that drives a rice rocket.
de Teresa 01 Mai 2003
The type of weak ass gook bike that show off assholes ride.
Jose fell his stupid ass off his rice rocket when he was trying to get road head.
de GOOK_LUVER 09 August 2003
crappy car
see also rice burner or riceburner
see also rice burner or riceburner
i hate riceburners
de Adolf Hiter II 24 Octombrie 2003
A weak-ass poor horsepowered car that will never be able to beat a stock american muscle car no matter how much technology advances... ALL HAIL THE POWER OF V8 YOU GODDAMN RICE-ROCKET WANNABE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Ill put my money on a stock muscle car over a tuned rice rocket any day of the fucking week
de James Lowe 03 Noiembrie 2004
a vehicle with several modifications to it in several ways. may or may not be fast. opposed to popular belief, the term "rice" in the title refers to the fact that the engines are very small and not that they are japanese.
the people who post negative definitions of rice rocket on this site are just jealous haters who are jealous that they lack the money or talent to make a rice rocket.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Two college kids snuck into the Super Bowl so they could see Beyonce perform at halftime.
Then they posted the video documenting their efforts on YouTube.
I'm missing something here.
Two college students from Savannah State University drove more than 18 hours to New Orleans – or maybe they snuck onto a flight out of Atlanta too – and circumvented the security of the most difficult place to sneak into other than maybe Fort Knox, all so they could see Beyonce and the reunion of Destiny's Child? What has the world come to?
I have softened my stance that professional football follows a game script and today resembles professional wrestling more than it does the game Dick Butkas and Jim Brown played for the sake of gridiron harmony. When the lights went out in New Orleans I stifled my snort of derision and believed wholeheartedly that the Baltimore Ravens would build on their 21-3 halftime lead and they did, but then promptly blew that lead as the San Francisco 49ers scored 28 second half points to almost win the game.
I scoffed when Jim Nance set the scene, saying the 40-minute interruption of play might upset the precarious momentum enjoyed by the Ravens.
These guys are cognitive human beings capable of self-motivated thought, not greyhounds chasing a mechanical rabbit around the track.
A 40-minute break gives guys like Ray Lewis a fresh set of legs. It doesn't make him nervous.
I looked beyond all that.
I dismissed my conspiracy theory.
Now I hear two college students made a mockery of post 9/11 security by "acting as if they belonged there," and they snuck into the Super Bowl.
And they didn't risk a trip to prison in order to maybe swipe a Ray Lewis jersey, or even the coveted Lombardi Trophy, which would have made one awesome YouTube video by the way.
No, they want to see Beyonce perform at halftime.
Two guys, code named Kobe and LeBron, with no more of a plan devised other than, "We're going to New Orleans and we're going to sneak into the Super Bowl," snuck into the Super Bowl.
They are the Captain Jack Sparrows of successful clandestine entry – make it up as you go along.
The YouTube video shows Kobe and LeBron walking past a dozen or so of New Orleans' finest without so much as drawing a second look, having guarded doors opened for them, climb up loading docks and take 30-yard line seats that go for about $1,500 a pop.
Seeing this I wonder why I even bother locking my door at night.
If two college students can make NFL security look like mall cops why should I bother engaging a deadbolt you can get for $9.95 at Home Depot when I go to bed each night?
The Super Dome looks a lot like the Death Star in Star Wars, and is about as heavily guarded. But then Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones broke into the Death Star and rescued Debbie Reynolds' daughter even though a kajillion storm troopers decked out in leftover front quarter panels from the Chrysler assembly were guarding the place.
So what's my point here?
Which is harder to believe?
The Super Bowl experiences a nearly 40-minute power failure. The Baltimore Ravens blow a 21-3 halftime lead, and nearly lose the game. Two college students sneak into the Super Bowl.
All three happened and nobody's surprised.
The lunatics have truly taken over the asylum.
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text: Men's Soccer Ends Season With Road Loss at FAU November 10, 2013 BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Stetson men's soccer team ended the 2013 season on Sunday, falling to Florida Atlantic on the road by a score of 5-1. Junior Dwight Lodge scored the lone goal for the Hatters, his third of the season. "It wasn't the result we wanted to end the season, but it was a game that allowed us to play some of our younger players that are trying to prove themselves for the future," Stetson head coach T. Logan Fleck said. "It was also good to see the character of our older players supporting the younger guys as they gained some valuable experience while they learned how challenging playing at this level can be," Fleck continued. Lodge scored unassisted in the 78th minute to make it 4-1 late in the contest. The Owls countered with a score just two minutes later to make the final score 5-1 in favor of Florida Atlantic. "I was glad to see Dwight Lodge calmly score his opportunity, and I thought Sebastian Contreras played very well at center back and midfield throughout the entire game," Fleck concluded. Braxtoan Fuster led the Owls with two goals in the win, while Theo Jamilloux made two saves for FAU. Freshman Paul Ladwig made five saves in goal for Stetson. Stetson ends the season with a record of 3-10-4, just missing out on the Atlantic Sun Tournament.Print Friendly Version More Headlines


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quote: You seem to have the view that the only way to properly serve your country is to take an oath to mindlessly carry out whatever orders you are given without employing any critical thinking of your own.
quote: Bradley Manning has served his country far better than anyone who turned a blind eye to any of these scandals!
quote: High-level Obama administration leakers disclose classified information at will, without the slightest fear of punishment . One can pick up a newspaper or listen to a television news broadcast almost every day and find examples of leaks from Obama's high-level officials far more serious than those allegedly committed by the Bradley Mannings and Thomas Drakes of the world.Quoting classified American intelligence reports on Syria to The New York Times is a more serious leak than any of those serving as the basis for the multiple espionage prosecutions brought by the Obama DOJ. The difference is that this is a "senior official" rather than a low-level one, and it's not done with the intent to expose high-level corruption, deceit or illegality. Therefore, like all the other high-level crimes shielded from accountability by the Obama administration, it will be protected. Therein lies the clear lesson about the real purpose of the Obama war on whistleblowers.
quote: Ellsberg — dumped 7,000 pages of Top Secret documents: the highest known level of classification; by contrast, not a single page of what Manning is alleged to have leaked was Top Secret , but rather all bore a much lower-level secrecy designation.To the extent one wants to distinguish the two leaks, Ellsberg's was the far more serious breach of secrecy. The U.S. Government's own pre-leak assessment of the sensitivities of these documents proves that. How can someone — in the name of government secrecy and national security — praise the release of thousands of pages of Top Secret documents while vehemently condemning the release of documents bearing a much lower secrecy classification?Nor is there any way to distinguish the substance of the two leaks. While the Pentagon Papers exposed the lies from American leaders regarding the Vietnam War, the WikiLeaks disclosures have done exactly the same with regard to the Iraq War, the war in Afghanistan, and a whole litany of other critical events.
quote: I don't suppose it ever occurs to you that sometimes our government DELIBERATELY "leaks" certain types of classified information? Like, for example, information which strengthens the US position on an issue while exposing the vapor of a beligerant state's rhetoric?
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To put ice in one's beverage, used mostly with drinks containing liquor.
Hey Tony! Get me a Corona on the rocks!
door Mercy Fucking Bell 24 augustus 2004
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poured over ice (usually said of liquor)
I think I'll a scotch on the rocks.
door Light Joker 21 oktober 2005
1. in a ruined condition
2. poured over ice(usually said of alcoholic beverages)
2. poured over ice(usually said of alcoholic beverages)
The global economy may be on the rocks, but that does not seem to have stopped anyone from enjoying a scotch on the rocks.
door The Return of Light Joker 9 maart 2009
Describing a drink, usually containing alcohol, with ice in it.
I'll have a vodka on the rocks.
door Heart Arcade 7 augustus 2005
When a marriage is going to run aground like a boat on a foggy reef..
Shaz's marriage was on the rocks due to her insensitivity to her husbands foot odor and halitosis.
door Blue Cawdrey 23 november 2004
Hard or erect. Generally used in reference to the penis.
Dr: It appears this mans penis is only 3.2 inches long.
Nurse: On the rock Doctor?
Dr: I'm afraid so.
Nurse: On the rock Doctor?
Dr: I'm afraid so.
door Scoot123 30 januari 2008
Somebody high on crack cocaine
I'm not sure how that guy is supposed to be served..
But I sure like Vodka "on the rocks" better.
But I sure like Vodka "on the rocks" better.
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