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2012 is the year of the online video – fact. Businesses worth their salt are rapidly jumping on the video bandwagon, as it becomes increasingly apparent that it's the best way to gain serious online presence.
Video is an incredibly powerful medium – much more engaging than text and images, which are viewed and quickly forgotten. If a picture tells a thousand words, a video tells the whole story. Actually, it's better than a story. Video has the power to make your audience laugh or cry – helping your brands' message stick in the hearts and minds of viewers and get shared across the www. And as any marketeer will tell you – triggering an emotional response in potential customers means you are tons more likely to make a sale or promote your service. Sounds cynical but it's true!
The UK's Internet Advertising Bureau agrees – in a recent white paper it said this:
Not only does online video have reach, influence and persuasiveness, its versatility is well suited to the B2B world. As video engages and stimulates different senses, it's perfect for conveying complex information simply. Video can also give a business credibility, inspire confidence and increase transparency – which is not only valuable for sales and lead generation, but for reaching suppliers, employees and prospective recruits. Doing this effectively can contribute to the strength of a business's brand, direction and reputation – which in turn generates (and safeguards) sales.
That's all well and good, but you want hard facts – well, here are some:
Hard facts:
1. With appropriate SEO (search engine optimisation) a site featuring video is 53 times more likely to appear on page one of Google's search listings (Forrester Research, January 2010)
2. People who view video on websites are 64% more likely to buy (comScore, August 2010)
3. Video in email marketing can increase click-through rates by over 96% (Implex 2010 Email marketing Trends survey)
4. In the UK, over 35 million people watch an average of 17hours of online video a month.
5. Of these videos, Google get 30.4 million unique viewers with the BBC ranked second with 9.9 million. (comScore Video Metrix, Dec 2010 UK data)
6. By 2013, 90% of internet traffic will be online video (Cisco, 2010)
7. Video is now the 'glue' of social marketing:
- 1 in 3 video viewers comment
- 1 in 2 viewers regularly share videos
- More than 1 in 2 view online video with others (Comscore, Jan 2011)
8. UK spend on online video has seen 13.5% year on year growth, and now exceeds spend on TV advertising. (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
Smart TV – the Downfall of the Big Budget Ad?
On top of these figures, over 1 million smart televisions were sold in the UK last year, according to Ofcom. These deliver content on demand as well as internet services – and have the potential to wrench open the marketplace for content producers, as well as allow smaller businesses to compete with big traditional TV ad budgets.
Traditional Media Invests in Online Video
The BBC has just announced it is set to bring back Top of The Pops – exclusively for online viewers. And everyone's favourite media mogul Rupert Murdoch is investing heavily online – not only as a portal for television content – he sees tablet computers as making "newspapers viable again".
Commenting on how the old school is rapidly tuning in to online, YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar said: "We're entering the third wave of media. The first wave was the broadcast networks – the second wave was cable networks". He's just invested $100m in setting up premier content channels, catering to subjects such as business news; food; dance; education; pets; fashion and technology – "Now it's about giving people what they want to watch today".
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By Eric Brockett
When one builds a house it is critical to have a strong foundation, such as stone or concrete. This type of foundation will support whatever is built above to weather storms and/or the difficult times that might lie ahead. Dale and Patricia Burk, owners of the Stoneydale Press Publishing Company in Stevensville, have endured much in their lives, but have never wavered on building a strong family and supporting the environment in which they live – the Bitterroot Valley. This is a story about the groundwork that they have laid and how it has affected you and me in the place we call home.
Just outside of Kalispell in the late 1940s, a newspaper delivery boy gets up before sunrise to begin his route of distributing the local newspaper. This 12-year-old has a voracious appetite for reading. He checks out five books at time from the local library and reads over 200 books a year. Inspired by what he is reading, he also writes an article that is published nationally at that tender 12 years of age. The boy is Dale Burk, and that experience was a defining moment in his life. From that point onward, it became his goal to become a writer.
Growing up in Montana early in his career he worked for the Daily Inter Lake, plus having many of his free-lance articles published in national magazines, Dale's appreciation of just how special and privileged he was to live in an area surrounded by such beauty continued to expand. This connection grew more intimate with time, and as he says today, "Nature is such a wonderful system that works so well." However, during the 1960's, national attention was focusing on the harmful effects of strip mining, clear cutting of the forests, water pollution, etc. Dale's writing began to take on a theme, "Are we doing what is right environmentally, and if not, what should we be doing?" While he was working in Butte, Montana, in the mid-1960s, an environmental concern occurred that forever changed his approach to writing and ultimately led to writing many articles centered on protecting our beloved Montana. Consequently he made the decision to quit his job there, due to the ethical issues involved with the impact the company he was working for was having on our waterways. He got a job with the Missoulian the following week, moved to Missoula and attended the University of Montana at the same time, graduating in 1971 with a degree in philosophy.
During this time, Dale Burk began solidifying his foundation as an environmental journalist. From 1969-1975, Dale won eight national awards for his contribution to protecting and preserving our environment, including the prestigious Nieman Fellowship for Professional Journalists to Harvard University, the first Montana journalist so honored. Here in the Bitterroot, our mountains and forests were experiencing excessive clear cutting. Dale wrote many articles for the Missoulian on the subject, and his work became the subject of a UM Journalism School student's Master's thesis on this issue. During that time, Dale also attended every meeting across the USA that focused on the controversial subject of national forest management. Due to this hard work, and that of many supportive collaborators, the "National Forest Management Act" was passed in 1976. Dale was also involved as a writer and speaker on many additional issues involving legislation regarding critical environmental issues in the Montana. He endeavored to present all sides of the issues involved while focusing on a principle of "bringing light into dark places."
In 1971, Dale and Patricia moved to the Bitterroot Valley, settling in Stevensville. The aspiration of "bringing light into dark places" was augmented at that time when Patricia and Dale Burk had made the decision to move to the Bitterroot with their young family. It was a decision based on what was best for the family. He had a number of offers to move to the big cities and make big money. However, he chose to support his family by freelance writing and the opening of a regional publishing company. Dale's love for the outdoors and this community led him to center in his book publishing efforts on providing helpful information for outdoorsmen. His objective was to augment the relevance and joy of being in the outdoors.
Since the inception of Stoneydale Publishing, Dale and Patricia have expanded their publishing theme to include historical books, reminisces, and nature. They have helped many local writers get their work into print. For example, a group of ladies from Stevensville calling themselves the Discovery Writers were encouraged by Dale to collaborate and write a book titled "Lewis and Clark In The Bitterroot." The average number of copies of regional books that Stoneydale publishes is about 3,000 per book. However, this book, "Lewis and Clark in the Bitterroot," sold 5,000 copies in 17 days and in a second edition reprint several thousand more. Recently, a member of the Discovery Writers commented how Dale helped them "discover their latent talents in writing." That group went on to do six books for Stoneydale Press, including "First Roots," which chronicles the story of Stevensville, the oldest permanent community in Montana. Another recently published Stoneydale book called "Colter's Run" by Montana author Stephen Gough, has been recently contracted to be made into a movie. Do you remember listening to the song about this amazing run from the Blackfeet Indians years ago? It was on the flip side of an old 45 record of "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier."
Dale and Patricia's involvement with our local community continues to this day. Their son Ted died in an automobile accident in 1987. Due to the local support and the outpouring of love by the community at that time, Dale and Patricia established in 1988 and have been able to present the "Ted Burk Memorial Scholarship" at Stevensville High School every year since his death. It is given to at least one male and female student at Stevensville High. Getting to know the students and helping to motivate them to achieve more through education has been inspirational to both of them. They feel each recipient of the scholarship has become like a surrogate son or daughter. Dale, himself always makes the presentation, regardless of how difficult it is emotionally.
Dale and Patricia have worked and fought hard during their lives to maintain their integrity and commitment to family and community. They have affected so many lives in the process, but their true joy comes from giving back to our community. Dale recently commented that of the awards he's received throughout the years, the one he cherishes most is a local one: Stevensville's Citizen of the Year award in 2004.The Burks have embodied the insightful quote: "You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give!"
Take the time to visit Stoneydale Publishing at 523 Main Street, Stevensville. Not only will it be time well spent, it will enhance your appreciation for the foundation of this community.
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Alcohol related auto accidents can be among the most severe. Since these types of crashes affect thousands each year, they are a particular problem across the country. In 2002 alone, over 17,000 people nationwide were killed in alcohol related wrongful death. The country averages one death per half hour due to alcohol. The experienced attorneys at Ehline Law stand ready to assist the victims of such a disaster and hold the negligent party responsible.
The Alarming Numbers of Intoxicated Driving Injuries
Approximately 258,000 people suffer injuries each year in vehicle accidents related to alcohol. Every two minutes a person is injured in this type of accident, as shown by the National Center for Statistics & Analysis.
These types of accidents are a common occurrence across the nation, and plague Southern California. When faced with such a situation, an experienced attorney can give you more information, such as Ehline Law at 1-888-400-9721.
These types of accidents can cause severe financial, medical, and emotional strains on families. They could cause permanent, debilitating injuries that will affect the victims for years to come. A skilled attorney can assist in recovering the costs of this long term care and lost wages.
Some of the damages that are frequently related to the injuries victims receive include:
- Lost wages
- Medical expenses
- Funeral costs
- Other economic losses
Having the right attorney will enable the victim and their family to obtain compensation for pain and suffering caused by these injuries and the costs for treatment already received. The spouse's victim can also obtain compensation for loss of consortium. While no amount of money can truly replace bodily function or a family member, it can lighten the significant financial burden that cases like this create. We will fight any insurance company or opposing attorney that tries to lessen your return and make sure that the drunk driver is not let off the hook.
We help navigate through the complex and often difficult steps of a claim, including:
- Taking pictures of the incident scene
- Having persons involved in the collision provide recorded statements
- Obtaining a copy of the police report
- Examining the automobile or truck
- Establishing the extent of injuries that have been suffered
While these are usually completed by the insurance company within the first week of the accident, often it is completed within the first 24 hours of the accident. Different insurance companies have different tactics, including some that attempt to drive down compensation, especially without factoring in future issues, such as medical expenses or lost wages.
Driving is a privilege and social way of life. Every day approximately 200 million vehicles take to the road, according to Federal Highway Administration (FHA) data. Each year, there are approximately 40,000 traffic related death, many of which were alcohol related. When faced with such a case, the legal issues could be daunting.
This could include both civil and criminal charges and would necessitate an attorney with experience in similar cases ready to go. If the drunk driver did not have liability insurance, the injured party may be entitled to recover damages from the driver.
In some cases, this can be done in negotiations with the prosecutor or judge to garnish payments or to send the perp to jail. A convicted DUI driver is not allowed to declare bankruptcy on court ordered civil reparations. A skilled attorney will attend these criminal hearings and fight for the victim to receive the compensation they deserve.
Drunk Drivers and Innocent Motorists
Driving defensively can reduce the risk of being involved in a collision. Drivers should avoid distraction, such as other passengers, adjusting the radio, talking on the phone, or texting. Drivers must also be aware of other motorists driving erratically. They should also have proper insurance, including an uninsured motorist policy. This could be essential, especially if the other driver is under the influence and is uninsured or underinsured. Having an advocate to fight for you with the insurance company or the defendant is a vital step towards recovery.
Beware of the Tactics and Traps of Insurance Companies
There are many cases where insurance companies try to reduce or reject proper compensation. Due to injury recovery being such a lengthy and arduous process, not all moments of pain and suffering are apparent to these companies. An attorney can properly document and log any incidents and all records needed for dealing with the insurance company.
We can also help to get worker's comp– as many companies try to deny payments for lost wages and medical expenses. There are some limitations on rights of reimbursement, but this is where having a skilled fighter to deal with the insurance companies is so vital. We can assist in finding other forms of insurance that may be available as well as the assets of the company or responsible party.
There may also be a liability issue on the part of others involved in the case. This can come into play with issues such as lights in the road being defective and the fault of a government agency. There could also be additional coverage provided by your insurance company for your injured as known by attorney, like those at Ehline Law. We can help guide you through the process, which includes:
- Economic losses that may be recovered
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- The history the driver may have for drunk driving
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- Dealing with shady insurance practices meant to reduce your settlement
Laws for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence
DWI and DUI are two of the worst crimes on the road today, and the focus of groups lobbying against it. These types of accidents cause $51 billion in damage and year and many lives. There are two statutory offenses that relate to drivers who get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI).
Signs of Drivers Under the Influence
Police officers can sometimes pinpoint a drunk driver due to signs including erratic driving, slurred speech, disheveled appearance, and failed field sobriety tests. The field sobriety test can confirm what the police officer thought and put it in record.
The Fifty State Rule
It is illegal to drive in every state with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher. Anyone stopped by police with such a BAC can be charged with a DUI or DWI offense.
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March 12, 2013
This week we are remembering Delhi, who passed away on March 11, 2008, after nearly five years in Santuary. Delhi was a pioneer of sorts, and her life story and journey to Sanctuary have offered invaluable lessons to the elephant rights movement.
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Arrogant argumentNovember 30,2012
Arrogant argument
The recent Times Argus commentary concerning the future of the Vermont Republican Party by Rep. Heidi Scheuermann, of Stowe, is interesting but only partly accurate. Her candid observation that many Republicans often sound angry, idiotic and petty concerning legislation they disagree with is spot on. However, another problem still exists.
Until many Republicans stop using clichés such as non-invasive government, personal responsibility and individual liberty to thwart any progressive legislation to remedy shortcomings in the private sector, such as health care, they will continue to be a party of less and less significance. Its as if they have exclusive ownership of those terms, and that in itself is arrogance personified.
There also is a good amount of hypocrisy involved in such language. One example is the cliché non-invasive government. On one hand its apparently OK to have the government tell you whom to marry, or control reproductive decisions of women, or for the government to be pro-active and bail out corporate giants such as AIG, the owner of Stowe Mountain Resort, with $170 billion of public funds, but not OK to provide universal health care.
Unfortunately, the addiction to such meaningless political slogans continues. Now in Vermont there is an attempt by Republicans to derail Act 48 and the goal of a single-payer universal health care plan, with a new cliché and oxymoron, patient-centered/free-market health care whose terms are obviously mutually exclusive of one another.
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Sounds strange, but trust me, it works, Antiaris... but I make a really nice chunky English Mustard Guacamole.
It's basically just avocado, onion, serrano peppers, tomato, garlic, salt, pepper, lime juice, and as much or as little Colmann's mustard to taste. It sounds weird but by adding the Colmanns you get a nice hum/nip that resonates well on the palate with the creamy avocado.
My ingredient is... BRIOCHE!
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Ingredient: mint sauce
Sounds mad, I know, but - Toast, Mature Cheese (melted) with mint sauce, and either chopped Silverskin onions or cornichons.
You get the rich cheese, the fragrant mint, then it's cut by the pickled veggies. NYUM.
MY INGREDIENT IS: LAMB MINCE! (Betcha you say Moussaka. BETCHA).
Homemade lamb mince and rosemary meat balls!
in a garlic tomato sauce, deeeelish.
batter mix?
Baked apple and custard yorkshire puddings!
Pour batter into boiling hot muffin tin with a little oil, rise like crazy.
Fill puds with apple that has been annihilated in the microwave, pour over custard.
How about Black cabbage? (I have some in the fridge, trying to find interesting ways to do it...)
Antiaris, I personally think the darker-hued cabbages stand up exceptionally well to more dominant spices; and as such I would make a lovely Curry Shallot Coleslaw.
Take some shredded cabbage, some medium diced shallot, shredded carrot; and for the liquid component, mix some coriander, mayo, garam masala/generic curry powder, salt and pepper - mix up vigorously. Be sure to use medium-diced shallots to retain crunch and flavour!
WARNING: Not edible pre-kissing. But tastes incredible with cheeses or salty meats like pastrami.
"Toffee flavour real dairy ice cream, with fudge chunks and a rich toffee ripple."
Kidney beans.
With your kidney beans, I would make some soaked Puy Lentils and sautee some kidney beans, tomatoes and onions, fry up some aubergine slices, and make a 3-layer stack topped off with some melted camembert.
My ingredient is WHITE CHOCOLATE.
Been trying to think of something at least a little odd for it so...
Lime profiteroles.
Melt the white chocolate in a glass bowl over boiling water. Make your choux pastry my melting some butter in another pan of boiling water over heat. dump in flour, stir until it comes off of sides at low temp. Crack in a few eggs. Using a pipette make little choux blobs. Bake at gas mark 3.
Whisk whipping cream with the zest and juice of a couple of limes. Maybe a little salt.
Pop the choux balls out, fill with cream. Over the hole used to fill the cream pour the molten white chocolate.
Lime is interchangeable with dark chocolate and cherry cream or a sharp raspberry.
My ingredient;
A herb. Basil.
Antiaris, I say you should make Sausage, Basil and Mustard Conchiglie.
It's hot Italian sausages, de-skinned and crumbled, double cream, white wine, non-ground mustard, crushed red pepper and thinly cut basil and a dash of olive oil.
I think it's a Nigel Slater recipe I used to follow, but I've kinda adapted it.
Use the sausage in a pan with the oil, brown it all off, simmer it in with the wine. Ad the cream, mustard and pepper, simmer and reduce. Then add it to the cooked pasta and toss in the basil.
I think you should make banana-stuffed peanut butter french toast.
ingredient - green grapes (ew)
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I think you should make banana-stuffed peanut butter french toast.
ingredient - green grapes (ew)
Ingredient- strawberry (make your own) jelly
Pak Choi
Chinese Braised belly pork with greens
My ingredient:
Hm, vine tomatoes are best just oven baked for a little while in my opinion Or put in tin foil with a fillet of salmon, some chilli, lemon juice&soy sauce and a few other veg and baked.
Cucumber. (apologies if this has been done, I'm too tired to go back through 6 pages to check!)
shredded in a duck pancake
natural yoghurt?
I'd make ayran (a yoghurt drink)...or mago lassi!
My ingredient is...duck!
duck should ALWAYS be part of crispy duck/soy sauce/pancakes/spring onion party.
The best starter, ever. Or up there in the top 5.
My ingredient is stale bread..
Cut into triangles, line a glass bowl with it.
Defrost a bag of summer berries in the microwave with 2 tbsp sugar and a little salt. Pour in the berries, reserving liquid.
Put the final bit of bread over the top. Spread over the top the liquid. Cover with clingfilm, put a heavy plate on top.
Put in fridge for 2 hours minimum.
SUMMER PUDDING! Serve with Creme Fraiche or Greek Yogurt
The mystery ingredient is...
Butternut squash!
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Born on June 20, 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, Charles Chesnutt was the first son of a small-town grocer and his life was typical of freed mulattos in a newly "renovated" South. Living under the ever-present color lines fueled Chesnutt's desire to reach the public through fiction and he became a pioneer for African American writers. Credited as one of the first black men to achieve critical acclaim; Chesnutt's collections of short stories entitled The Conjure Woman (1891) and The Wife of His Youth and Other Color Line Stories (1899) give special attention, for the first time, to the lives of black men and women post slavery. Following up his short stories with three novels, The House Behind the Cedars
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CeBIT 2010: IBM's Fifth x86 Generation Sets New Standards
Much more working memory, Flash drives instead of conventional hard disks, and physically partitioning multiprocessor systems. These are some of the new features of IBM's fifth generation of x86 architecture: eX5 servers.
More virtualized hosts, larger workloads for virtual machines and especially large databases have one thing in common: they are memory hogs. Up to now the maximum amount of working memory was pegged to the number of CPUs. The new IBM architecture raises the bar. Three new server systems, the X3850 X5 (high end), X3690 X5 (entry level) and the Blade Center HX5 were presented March 2 to the public in a CeBIT preview. These systems provide double the previous maximum working memory. According to IBM, they should support the same number of virtual machines at half the cost, or 82 percent more VMs. The latter would drastically reduce the Hypervisor license costs for CPU-bound licensing.
The new server systems replace conventional hard drives with Flash memory. A single Flash slot, per IBM, with 450,000 I/O operations per second can deliver as much performance as four racks with 800 hard disks, with a 97 percent cost savings and only 1 percent of the power consumption. Finally, the physical partitioning allows transforming a four-processor system into two dual cores, which has further licensing cost benefits.
IBM sees the newest generation models as the exact solution in the context of sinking budgets, increasing complexity and higher demands made on IT.
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A judge moved one step closer to launching a contempt-of-court case against metro Phoenix's sheriff for his office's repeated violations of orders issued in a racial profiling case.Read More »
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Description: Glass negative by Capt. George Comer, taken at Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay, April 13, 1905. Depicts "Harry" [Ippaktuq Tasseok] and his wife "Panty [sic]" demonstrating a shamanistic ritual. Comer describes this as "an older method of anticooting [sic] known of the Iwilic [Aivilik] tribe." Comer indicated that in communicating with the spirit world, "if the head comes up easy it means yes, otherwise no." 1966.339.82 and 1963.1767.52 appear to depict the same scene. Information from original envelope identifies this as Photo 163.
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IN THE UPCOMING Charlie's Angels movie, Lucy Liu will pay homage to her '70s sisters by playing it smart, sexy and oh-so-stylish. Offscreen, however, our judges say this angel–Ally McBeal's hyper-litigious Ling Woo–has a long way to go to earn her fashion wings. "I think Lucy has good potential, but she's all over the lot," says Dana Buchman. Fellow designer Elie Tahari is more blunt in his verdict: "Her sense of style is bad," he says. "She's spoiling her beautiful body by overdressing it." Model Mia Tyler agrees that the 5'3" Liu hasn't hit her stride: "She dresses too young sometimes and too old at other times." Granted, Liu, 31, has only been playing TV Star for a couple of years. Says musician Sisqó: "She doesn't know her own style yet, but she's trying." Buchman concurs. "When she wears elegant, sophisticated styles, she looks dynamite. I hope she picks them when she finally settles down."
Liu was a gracious guest at the Oscars in March, but our judges give her Versace gown the cold shoulder. "It's way too busy," says Elie Tahari. "Overdone. Overdesigned. Over-everything." Dana Buchman likes the shape and drape, but calls the pattern" very unattractive. And the color throws it off." Make that colors. "She looks like a melting crayon," says Mia Tyler. Or, as quiz show host Ben Stein puts it, "this dress is like the flavor of the month at Baskin-Robbins."
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just drop it surely?
If you don't want to work a certain part of your body, just don't
Hey guys,
I've recently started the Strong Lifts 5x5 program after some time off from lifting weights.
My problem is this: my pecs naturally stick out from my chest (due to my natural masculature) more than majority of people and they respond (grow) the most compared to my other muscles to weight training.
Plain and simply; they just look f**kin stupid! too big for my current body!
So I'm wondering what I can swap the Bench Press (my chest workout exercise) with until I get the rest of my body aligned with their size?
The bench obviously hits more than just the chest muscles... it also hits shoulders and triceps too.
Any ideas?
Here is the Strong Lifts workout plan if you don't know it:
Workout A:
Squat 5x5
Bench Press 5x5
Barbell Rows 5x5
Workout B:
Squat 5x5
Overheard Press 5x5
Deadlift 1x5
just drop it surely?
If you don't want to work a certain part of your body, just don't
why do you need to replace it?
sorry if i'm missing something
I guess it would depend on what you wanted to target in place of chest, you could always do cleans or pull ups
I vote for weighted chin-ups
how about pushups? isn't that the obvious answer? in all honestly, i'd just bench. the overall strength benefits are just too beneficial to not do it. core, shoulders, triceps, chest, lats, traps, rhomboids all get hit. just do the bench press. unless you plan on cramming countless surplus calories down your throat, you're not going to grow all that much anyway.
Just use lower weight for a couple of months.
Close grip bench press, to target the triceps more, perhaps.


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An Apache Junction teacher was hit and killed by a car Wednesday morning after he was injured in an earlier accident while on his moped.
Sat Guru Singh Khalsa was riding his moped to work at the Mountain Shadows Education Center when he was hit by another vehicle and sustained minor injuries, Apache Junction Unified School District Public Information Officer Brian Killgore said.
A bystander went to check on Khalsa when the two were struck by another vehicle, authorities said. Khalsa died at the scene. The other bystander was transported to a local hospital in unknown condition, said Battalion Chief Chuck Fitzgerald of Rural Metro Fire Department.
Killgore said Khalsa worked with special-education elementary students at Mountain Shadows as a language-arts and reading teacher since July 2005.
"This is a great loss to the AJUSD family and to the community as a whole," said AJUSD Superintendent, Dr. Chad Wilson in a press release. "Sat was well-known and well-liked across the District, and regarded as an innovative and energetic instructor who touched the lives of his students and co-workers alike. Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time."
Counselors will be available to students, and the district will send a letter home to parents, Killgore said.
Units from the Apache Junction Police Department also responded to the scene.
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The Cleveland Indians' season appears to be at a crossroads as the annual non-waiver trade deadline approaches.
This club, as constituted, isn't a playoff team.
The starting pitching is too inconsistent and the apparent solution to that - the right-hander formerly known as Fausto Carmona - has been the poster child for inconsistency since he won 19 games in 2007. He's now known as Roberto Hernandez, but changing names isn't likely to help a starting rotation that ranks 12th in the American League in ERA.
And speaking of inconsistency, the Indians' lineup isn't exactly terrorizing opposing pitchers. Sure, there are the occasional outbursts, but the Indians have scored three runs or fewer in 10 of 17 games this month.
The Baltimore Orioles beat the Indians 10-2 on Friday night and 3-1 on Saturday night. All three Cleveland runs came on solo home runs. Throw in a 6-0 loss in a series finale at Tampa Bay on Thursday and the Indians have scored three runs in 27 innings.
The Indians are 47-47. Barring a midseason trade or two, this team appears to have just enough to flirt with .500 for the rest of the summer.
Starters Justin Masterson (6-8, 4.29 ERA), Ubaldo Jimenez (8-9, 5.24), Derek Lowe (8-8, 5.04) and Josh Tomlin (5-6, 5.51) haven't put together enough consistent quality starts to spark a hot streak. Zach McAllister (4-2, 3.21) has been a bright spot in the fifth spot.
The back end of the bullpen - with Vinnie Pestano (3-0, 1.56) and Chris Perez (0-2, 3.06, 26 saves in 28 chances) - might be the best in baseball. The trick is getting to the eighth inning with a lead.
The lineup has little pop outside of Shin-Soo Choo (.296, 11 home runs, 37 RBIs, 10 stolen bases), who has had to take over the leadoff spot, Asdrubal Cabrera (.276, 12 HRs, 43 RBIs), Jason Kipnis (.271, 11 HRs, 53 RBIs, 20 SB) and Michael Brantley (.295, 4 HRs, 45 RBIs, 10 SB).
None of them are true middle-of-the-order hitters. And aside from a home run Friday night, Cabrera has been in a miserable slump. Designated hitter Travis Hafner (.228, 8 HRs, 26 RBIs) has struggled since returning from the disabled list.
Traditionally, clubs generate power from corner positions. The Indians have Casey Kotchman (.231, 9 HRs, 36 RBIs) at first base, Jack Hannahan (.247, 4 HRs, 23 RBIs) at third and either Johnny Damon (.234, 4 HRs, 17 RBIs) or Shelley Duncan (.225, 9 HRs, 24 RBIs) in left field and Choo in right field. Only Choo has produced numbers worthy of a corner position player.
So will a move or two be enough to turn an average club into a playoff team?
The Indians can do nothing and have a real shot at .500 or they can try acquire a much-needed right-handed hitter with run-producing skills and a consistent starter.
The Indians benefit from playing in one of the most mediocre divisions in baseball. They've lost three in a row and are still just 3 games out of first place in the AL?Central.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Tyler Ragsdale captured the most votes to earn the title of Moultrie News Player of the Year. The junior linebacker for the Wando football team beat out nine other players for the honor.
Palmetto Christian's Chase Shimakonis came in second place, Bishop England's Hudson Little grabbed third, Palmetto Christian's Joe Sweatt secured fourth and Palmetto Christian's Andrew Johnstone tallied enough votes for fifth in the public voting. There was a total of 2,050 votes cast.
Player of the Year voting concludes the season-long Player of the Week voting -- a contest started by the Moultrie News a year ago. Last season, Wando's Blaine Thompson garnered the most votes in the inaugural contest.
Ragsdale led the Warriors in tackles this season with 69 solo and 25 assists. Nine of those tackles were for losses, including a team-high four sacks. Ragsdale also led the team in quarterback hurries (18) and ball deflections (28).
Wando, the No. 16 seed in the 4A Division I state playoffs, was eliminated by championship favorite Byrnes this past Friday. The Warriors defense unit was at its best shortly after halftime, owning a 104-61 scoring margin in combined third quarters this season. Collectively, Wando forced 20 turnovers -- 16 fumbles and six interceptions.
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When the scarlet-robed cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church assemble next month to elect a new pope, they will process while chanting a ninth-century Latin hymn en route to their forced seclusion in the Sistine Chapel.
Popular Catholic Twitter handles
Global, national handles
Pope Benedict XVI: @Pontifex
Vatican News: @news_va_en
The Rev. Robert Barron, priest, author, founder of Word on Fire website: @FrRobertBarron
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York: @CardinalDolan
Catholic News Service: @CatholicNewsSvc
Catholic Relief Services, humanitarian agency: @CatholicRelief
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate: @caracatholic
Planet Catholic, streaming from Catholic blogs: @planetcatholic
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Charleston Catholics: @CHSCatholics
Diocese of Charleston's Young Adult Ministry: @CatholicYAMinSC
Catholic Miscellany, Diocese of Charleston newspaper: @the_miscellany
The Rev. Jeffrey Kirby, vocations director, Diocese of Charleston: @FatherKirby
Once secrecy oaths are taken, the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations will holler, "Extra omnes!"
Roughly meaning: "Everybody else, out."
No more outside contact — no cellphones, no email, no texting, no tweeting, no status updates, nothing.
In this first conclave of the social media age, nothing from within will inform the global eyes and ears of drama, frontrunners or results of ballots cast inside the 500-year-old chapel.
Oh, but beyond.
Local Catholics expect throngs of onlookers, smartphones poised, hashtags ready, to fire off news once black or white smoke wisps from the chapel chimney.
Over the eight years since his election, Pope Benedict XVI has led the Catholic Church, with its myriad ancient rite and rules, into the social media age.
His new Twitter handle has 2.5 million followers in eight languages. The Vatican launched a YouTube channel and an iPhone app (Android version to come).
"The truths communicated are unchanging and constant," said Katherine Lyons, a Catholic medical physicist at the Medical University of South Carolina. "But they're being expressed through radically different means than they were even just a few years ago."
Will the next pope embrace social media as well?
Many local Catholics predict he will, perhaps even more so.
Twitter pope
In December, his 85-year-old hands a bit shaky over an iPad touch screen, Pope Benedict dispatched the first-ever papal tweet.
The Vicar of Christ, who still writes in longhand, chose the handle @Pontifex. (Use the hashtag #askpontifex to ask him questions.)
"The fact that he embraced Twitter was pretty profound," said Mary DeTurris Poust, a Catholic journalist and blogger who spoke to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in November about social media use. "It signified that this is where we need to go."
From sending barefoot missionaries to trek across Europe or through Pope John Paul II's long tenure as the Pilgrim Pontiff traveling the globe, the Catholic Church has long reached out.
"The church and the next pope will increase their use of these tools to get the message of love and repentance to a world that so desperately needs it," said Dr. Jacob Whelan, a Charleston internist and recent Catholic convert.
During the last conclave in 2005, which elected Pope Benedict, a young Jeff Kirby watched the news on TV waiting to see the white smoke that indicates a new pope has been chosen.
"With all of this technology, we're watching a live feed of a chimney," mused Kirby, who studied in Rome and now is a priest and vicar of vocations for the Catholic Diocese of Charleston.
When Kirby was named vicar in 2010, he was tasked with reaching out to folks, especially young people, who feel called down the ancient path to religious life.
No easy feat. Fewer people are signing up for vocations. And the Catholic Diocese of Charleston spans the entire state, a huge turf to cover.
Kirby needed some serious outreach help.
He leaped onto the social media train. The vocations office staff launched a Facebook account with videocasts, pictures and church documents. They opened Twitter and Instagram accounts.
It's all about reaching folks who aren't sitting in pews during Mass.
Kirby got help from Rhett Williams, now a Charleston diocese seminarian studying in Washington, D.C.
"We're reaching a whole new sector we wouldn't be able to reach," Williams said. "It's the 21st century. Everything has turned to Facebook and Twitter. People wake up and check them to see what's going on."
That is true for Valerie Soop, the Charleston diocese's associate director of young adult ministry. Her groups rely heavily on Facebook to connect.
"Social media has been a huge gift to the Catholic Church," Soop said.
It connects the faithful. It allows the church to reach fallen away members and non-Catholics. And it brings the pope's messages face-to-face with the masses, at least electronically.
"You don't have to see the pope in person," Soop said. "It's an amazingly powerful feeling of connectedness."
Call it old meets new.
A recent study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate showed that 62 percent of Catholic adults have Facebook accounts. Two-thirds visit YouTube.
Yet when Pope Benedict was elected the 265th pontiff, Twitter didn't exist. Facebook was for college students. YouTube was in its infancy.
During his papacy, social media options have exploded: Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr and God knows what's coming next.
They are becoming beloved tools for evangelism.
"We're really seeing a movement around the world," Williams said.
A few weeks ago, Kirby posted a YouTube video of a woman redoing a famous pop song in support of ordaining women.
The post received 39 comments, some of them long-winded, several irritated.
"I was called a heretic three times," Kirby said.
But he kept it on the Charleston Vocations' Facebook page because it prompted a conversation and, hopefully, a better understanding of the church's position on ordination.
"The doctrinal teachings are not going to change," Kirby said. "But it doesn't mean we cannot discuss them or debate them. Most people today want to talk and want to understand. It makes Christ and the gospel accessible."
Finding balance
Two years ago, seminarian Williams returned from a stint with the Peace Corps in El Salvador.
While there, he had to walk up a mountain for 45 minutes to reach Internet access. It made him question how much he needed to log on.
"It's all about responsible use," Williams said. "If it's something you can't go a day or two without, you have to question it."
Soop has had friends turn off their Facebook accounts because they've become too distracting.
And after the pope's announcement last week, Poust had to take a break from the Twitter and Facebook deluge.
"It's a challenge," Soop said. "You have to be discerning enough to step aside and take time to be quiet and take a walk or read a book."
Yet most new visitors to Soop's young adult groups come after seeing something on Facebook or Twitter.
"Social media is great to reach a person and make that first contact," Soop said. "But people stay and come back for personal connections and the people they meet."
Faith is about that connectedness: to God and to his people. Prayer requires focus.
Is that possible in today's inundation of opinions and status updates?
"While these inventions are truly marvelous and can speed information across the globe ... there is always the need for prayer, discernment, fidelity and respect for humanity," said Sister Clare Stephen Kralovic, a nun at Pauline Books and Media in Charleston whose order focuses on communications.
Moving forward
Soop predicts the next pope will tweet more often. Perhaps he, like more bishops, will start a blog.
"I don't know that I envision the pope having a Facebook account," Soop said. "But who knows?"
Or maybe the next pope will back away from social media.
After all, Pope Benedict didn't tweet his retirement.
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A Ben Botica try from the last play of the game won a thrilling LV=Cup clash for Harlequins at Northampton.
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It was the Saints' fourth defeat in a row, but they looked to be heading for victory at Franklin's Gardens after coming back from 21-6 down to lead 30-24 with the clock dead.
But on his Saints debut prop Ethan Waller was yellow-carded for killing the ball in his 22 and Quins tapped it for Botica to barge over under the posts. The Kiwi knocked over the simple conversion to secure a win that they could scarcely believe.
Northampton dominated the scrum all game winning plenty of penalties from it, but they gifted Quins three first-half tries and ultimately paid the price.
Ryan Lamb started the scoring after three minutes with a penalty, but a wild pass from the fly-half set up the visitors for the opening try. Quins moved the ball to wing Sam Smith who stepped inside the disorganised Saints defence to scoot under the posts from halfway. Botica converted to give the Premiership champions a 7-3 lead after nine minutes.
Northampton's second-choice front row, with Paul Doran Jones at tighthead, drove a scrum seven metres to win a penalty and Lamb reduced the arrears to one point.
The home side had plenty of territory, but they could not take advantage and instead Quins profited from another wayward throw. This time Mike Haywood's lineout throw 10 metres from his try-line over-shot and Harlequins scooped up the loose ball for centre Harry Sloan to score under the posts. Botica made it 14-6 after 28 minutes.
Lamb hit the post with a 42-metre penalty, but Quins were gifted a third try from another poor pass from the Saints fly-half, which was intercepted by Smith on halfway to race under the posts.
Saints again came back putting pressure on Quins in the red zone, but they had to rely again on their scrum to gain three more points as they won a penalty in front of the posts.
Quins went in at half-time 21-9 in front with Northampton still searching for their first try for nearly three-and-a-half hours.
The home scrum again got Northampton going after the break, powering out a penalty for Lamb to add another three points, and from the re-start Saints finally broke their try-drought through Luther Burrell.
Jamie Elliott picked up the bouncing ball and his pass to Tom May saw the veteran full-back sprint clear of a tap tackle and pass to Burrell 20 metres out. The former Leeds centre held off two and slid over in the left corner.
Lamb missed the conversion and Botica immediately made it 24-17 with a penalty, but the home side had now got a taste for tries. More good work by Burrell saw him send over May in the same corner and from the same touchline Lamb converted to draw Northampton level.
The Northampton pack won their umpteenth scrum penalty and Lamb obliged seven metres in from the touchline to put Jim Mallinder's team in front for the first time with 15 minutes left.
Northampton scrum-half Martin Roberts was held up over the line and with Lamb on the upside of his rollercoaster performance he landed a drop goal with three minutes to go.
But with 42 second left Lamb kicked clear instead of holding on to the ball and when Waller was sin-binned with time up Quins and Botica took advantage.
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My Brief Time Undercover As Dan O'Brien (Among Others)
With a supreme effort, you drag your mutinous body to the edge of the escape and peer down at the two-story abyss below. The chemicals coursing through your every cell tell you that you're looking at a beautiful swimming pool full of chicks with drinks and self-esteem problems, but you know the grim truth: all that's down there are the office dumpsters, and the chicks you're imagining are probably just homeless people in bikinis.
You make peace with the only God you've ever believed in - God - and list forward. But as you fall, your vision begins to change. Where once there was a pool, there's now a shimmering portal. Where once there were homeless chicks, there's now just more of the portal I mentioned.
As you fall towards the magic hole in reality, you realize there's something odd about the light pulsing from the other side. Something...jewy. Yeah, that's it; everything's getting real jewy in here all of a sudden. But hey, who are you to kvetch?
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I hope this isn't true because I'm a huge Robin Thicke fan but it's no secret that Robin Thicke and that white girl have been very acquainted over the years. Although it looked as though he seemingly calmed down on the drug use, rumor has it that he's back on it again and his wife Paula Patton is scared for him and their child!
Via Diary of a Hollywood Street King & Mouth To Ears
Sources are spilling news that Paula Patton becomes filled with fear anytime she leaves her child in Robin Thicke's care. We're told the actress is concerned for the safety of the couple's son, Julian, over the former 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' cast member's cocaine and alcohol addictions.
Back in March, HSK exclusively told you Thicke was fired from from the BET show over his indulging in alcohol; showing up to work drunk; and taking frequent "cocaine bathroom trips" between takes.
Paula Patton is turning down movie roles because she's constantly babysitting both her child and her husband. Robin Thicke is a mess, he can't deal with success. Paula doesn't want to leave Robin because she wants to raise Julian with both of his parents around.
Not for nothing, this is still my song though.
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OMG! I never knew he was a coke head for real! This is sad. I hope he gets treatment! Paula can't be losing out on money.
there is a clip of him on chelsea lately...HIGH AS A KITE


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something set up that is guaranteed to bring in loads of money
sales tax, speed traps, parking meters...etc.
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something whose sole purpose is to bring in money, and usually loads of it.
the speed traps set up by the cops are just another cash cow to fill city hall's coffers.
af bungalow bill 8. maj 2004
A product or item that is endlessly upgraded or improved and which users don't mind having to pay full price for the latest examples. A frequent occurance within video games.
EA Games have two cashcows - "The Sims" and the "FIFA" series of games. Neither of which I'd play if you paid me.
af Mr Ben 8. februar 2005
(n.) A well-selling product into which no investment is put asides meagre marketing and production costs, yet price rises rise disproportionatley to costs, and well above inflation, milking the cow for all it's worth.
Oil prices are the biggest of all cash cows.
af Kung-Fu Jesus 12. maj 2004
bitch who's just after a blokes money
Damn, that bitch was a cashcow! she like spent all my cash, and then I saw her at a nightclub with one of my mates!
af Gherkin-505 17. marts 2004
Dancing with (sometimes going home with) a large woman to get her to buy you drinks all night.
Is that Charlie out there on the floor with a "cash-cow"?
Yeah, that cash-cow is big, but I'm hammered and only paid the cover charge.
Yeah, that cash-cow is big, but I'm hammered and only paid the cover charge.
af parisj13 31. marts 2006
cash cow a rich and often homely woman who is tolerated for her ability to keep her man ensconced in her world of luxury.
Biff won't break up with Marge until he finds another old hag worth a hundred million; as far as cash cows go, he hit paydirt.
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One imagines the Cabinet watched the TV footage of today's trade union protest in Dublin with a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs. Bad enough to have the economy gone pearshaped and the banking system ensnarled by unpaid debts and wide-boy behaviour but now the proletariat is in revolt. (more…)


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08/21/14 - 20140231995 - Semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing device
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An atomic oscillator is disclosed, including an Alkaline metal cell, a light source illuminating a laser beam to the Alkaline metal cell, and a light detector detecting light passing through the Alkaline metal cell. The Alkaline metal cell includes a first member, a second member, a cell internal portion, and...
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A functional element package includes a silicon substrate with a functional element having one of a mobile portion and a sensor thereon; a seal member being bonded with the silicon substrate to form an airtightly sealed space therein, and including a step portion in its height direction; a first wiring...
Inventors: Yukito Sato, Joerg Froemel (Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.)
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Both coupons expire 2/28
NO $5 off in this set sorry peeps .
try again
If each page has 3 Qs, and I want 1 Q from a certian page, can I print just that one Q?
Just wondering how to do this without wasting ink on Qs I don't want.
I appreciate the mpps but they're not as large as the reg Qs
My very, very, very friendly store is not so keen on typing in numbers anymore.
Where have all my reps gone?
I am very appreciative.
I have seen that advice before...I think I even attempted but I must not have been successful (or I think I would have remembered to do it again).
I shall attempt again!
Thanks a bunch.
You have a good dose of reps from me so I'll have to catch you with another rep at a later time!!
ETA: I got it to work reg! Thanks again!


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Alright guys you can lie that you are not excited for GTA V. It is going ti be oerhaps the biggest selling game in the franchies yet!!!! Today game informer digital released info on the upcoming game. One of which is that the map will be bigger than Read Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV and San Andreas combined. THAT IS HUGE and alot to do within the given area. As well as this for the first time in GTA history you will be able to play 3 diffrent characters. The guy in the trailer is sadly not the main character from vice city and the african american in the allie is not CJ either.
The guy from the trailer is Michael and he is in witness protection. The life he use to live was a bank robber and im guessing this is how he got into witness protection. Next we have is Trevor which is Michael's friend and he is described as a" drugged out psychopath" and he as well was a criminal. Finally we have Frankllin who is a repo man and he was described as "the young and capable of the bunch"
Noe as i stated before you can play all three characters and you get to switch between them when you need to. Customization is back but height and weight isnt included this time like in San Andreas. This time i hope you can customize more thna we could in the last game however just sayin. Sadly real estate is not a option again you can buy homes. However there is a working economy for players. CJ and Tommy wont be making a Appearance in this game though.
GTA V is set to realease this spring ( If you dont know gaming Quarters it will be between April-June) Sooner the better right? Dont forget next week Rockstar will release a new trailer for GTA V. Thank you much you guys leave thoughts and hopes for the game down below. Stay Geeky guys.


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This is a group of our favorite questions to answer. First and foremost, we love, just love, large trees. We like selling trees to our customers that give them "instant gratification." We like seeing the birds making nests in our trees because they feel as if they've been there for years. We just like the feeling we get after we've planted one in someone's yard and literally transformed it. Yet, another reason we specialize in large trees is because that's our niche. It's our way of competing with other nurseries and it seems to be something high in demand.
As far as survival rates for larger trees—yes, your tree has just as good of chance, if not a better one, of surviving an installation as smaller ones do. One thing we want our customers to remember is that we only sell healthy, root pruned, correctly-dug trees. That means that because each root ball is dug in direct proportional ratios to the size of the tree's trunk, each tree has the same chance of survival. With larger trees, however, there are larger amounts of essential roots developed, which are stored within the root ball--this makes the trees survivability skyrocket as it's less reactive to the installation, weather changes, and shock. In essense, it has a large reservoir of life to pull from just in case. So many small trees have such a small amount of essential roots developed that they tend to need a lot more care initially. And one or two missed watering can prove detrimental for a small tree. A larger one, however, isn't as dramatically affected so suddenly.
We've heard people say that friends have told them that "a smaller tree will thrive and grow faster than a larger tree and, thus, catch up to the larger tree in no time." And that "while the larger tree will take longer to establish its roots and, thus, remain the same size for many years, the smaller tree has be 'catching up' with it during the same time-frame." The thought behind this is, "Why buy a larger tree, when you can invest a smaller amount and know the trees will each be the same size in a few years?" Well, we disagree. First of all, the larger tree will not remain the same size for many years: In five years, a larger version of the same tree will, undoubtedly, be larger in size than the smaller tree. But many times a few years isn't just five. Some tree grow quickly, others take 10+ years to really develop and take off. Therefore, some trees will always be dramatically different in size if planted at varying ages. Others might look relatively close in age over time. In addition to the trees growing a different rates, when you plant a larger tree, you get a large tree that day! There is no waiting for it to get the size you want. Most people don't plant trees for the next owners of their homes; therefore, you shouldn't plant a tree that you won't get to enjoy because of its smaller size. Even though a larger tree does cost more, you're only paying what is fair for its age. At our nursery, we not only have a high quality, large tree selection, we guarantee to have the best price in all of Boulder County. Thus, know that you're making a good decision in your tree purchases and feel confident that you've done your research.
As for the tree being a good investment… There are many people who ask us for a "fast-growing tree" because they think it's the best way to go when deciding what tree to plant in their yard as time is usually of the essense. Yet, as with most things, there are prices to pay for "fast-growing trees." For one, the faster the tree grows, the softer the bark. The softer the bark, the more likely the tree is to break in winds and snows. Let us take care of finding a well cared-for tree so that you can focus your energies on finding a larger tree, rather than one that just grows fast. For your money and overall investment, a larger tree is better than a "faster" tree. (For additional information, visit "Trees are an Investment?" in the FAQS).


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Asher Roth - Parties At The Disco f. ZZ Ward (Video)
Off Ash's Blended Babies-produced RetroHash LP.
Off Ash's Blended Babies-produced RetroHash LP.
The production duo give the blues rock singer's latest single a remixing.
With her Freddie Gibbs ("Criminal") and Kendrick Lamar ("Cryin' Wolf") assisted album Til the Casket Drops still receiving plays around here, the buzzing blue-eyed soul singer drops off the official video to the album's closer. PREVIOUS: ZZ Ward Performs "Put The Gun Down" On Conan (Video)
To help celebrate Record Store Day (April 20), ZZ Ward decided to liberate an unreleased left-over from Til the Casket Drops. The song will act as the b-side to her 7" she will be releasing that also features a cover of Son House's "Grinnin' In Your Face." PREVIOUS: ZZ Ward – Criminal f. Freddie Gibbs
ZZ Ward was the latest musical guest on Conan. And during her time on stage, she performs "Put The Gun Down" off her latest album, Til the Casket Drops. PREVIOUS: ZZ Ward – Criminal f. Freddie Gibbs (Video) | ZZ Ward – Cryin' Wolf f. Kendrick Lamar
Here is an in-studio performance of Gangsta Gibbs and the buzzing singer's track off her recently-released Til The Casket Drops project. PREVIOUS: ZZ Ward – Lil Darlin' f. The O'My's (prod. Blended Babies)
Boasting features from Kendrick Lamar, The O'My's and Freddie Gibbs, the bluesy songstress released her debut album Til the Casket Drops today. Hit the jump to take a listen and head to iTunes to purchase your copy.
ZZ Ward's debut album Til the Casket Drops (Oct. 16) is really shaping up to be something special. First with the Kendrick Lamar-assisted Cryin Wolf and now this cut featuring chicagoans The O'My's and Blended Babies? Yeah... I'm excited. The O'Mys created something so soulful and pure and Blended Babies flipped it on its head, bringing that true
Earlier today, we posted a new joint from ZZ Ward that featured Kendrick Lamar. After checking the comments and the accompanying Twitter talk, I noticed most folks were unfamiliar with the LA-based bluesy soul songstress. Coincidently this comes on the same day that I was revisiting Asher Roth's Pabst & Jazz mixtape; which features ZZ
ZZ Ward is a buzzing blue-eyed soul singer who has been working wit ha couple familiar faces. This track is from her upcoming Til The Casket Drops project, which is available for pre-order now. Also, after the jump catch her working with Pete Rock.
Sampling Gibbs' (Blended Babies-produced)Oil Money, ZZ enlists the Gary, IN native for the title track off her upcoming EP dropping June 19th. LISTEN: ZZ Ward - Criminal f. Freddie Gibbs


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BOLIVIA has tabled a new proposal on forest conservation, but has so far been disappointed by the lack of attention from other negotiators, it said yesterday at the United Nations (UN) climate- change talks in Durban.
Any comprehensive solution to climate change will have to take account of forests, which trap and store carbon dioxide. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, forests trap 1-trillion tons of carbon - twice the amount in the atmosphere.
Bolivia's chief negotiator, Rene Orellana, said his country was worried about proposals to use private sector markets to fund forest conservation, as this did not take account of the multiple functions forests provide.
These include livelihoods for local communities, as well as biodiversity, food security and access to water resources.
Current climate policy seeks to preserve forests through a mechanism known as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation).
But Mr Orellana said existing REDD policy only takes account of the carbon storage provided by forests and neglects the role of local communities.
Bolivia's proposal, if accepted, would see forest preservation funded by governments and global funds to tackle climate change. Mr Orellana said voluntary private sector funds would also be acceptable if they were in the form of corporate social investment and not from carbon markets, which do not reduce absolute carbon dioxide emissions.
"Indigenous people are integral to forest management. It is not new. We are not innovating. This integral management must be recognised and financed," he said. Funding should go directly to indigenous people and local communities, possibly through a national climate-justice fund. Earlier yesterday, speakers from the Global Forest Coalition also voiced their opposition to REDD policies. Fiu Elisara, from Samoa, said many of the solutions developed were about business and profit rather than climate change. These solutions tended to come from the developed world, which was chiefly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions.
"Climate change is a matter of life and death for many of our people," Mr Elisara said. "We reject many of these models, including REDD. Many are packaged in palatable language, but are destroying people."


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The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuseby David Johnson Jeff Vanvonderen
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Tired of Trying to Measure Up: Getting Free from the Demands, Expectations, and Intimidation of Well-Meaning Christiansby Jeff Vanvonderen
Help for those who live by unwritten expectations and rules assumed of a 'perfect Christian,' but who instead feel spiritually drained and perpetually guilty. The answer is to stop striving to be a perfect Christian and start living your life for Jesus Christ.
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A Bridgewater man was charged today with causing the drug-induced death of a Somerville resident, authorities said.
Peter Dunham, 24, of Ardmaer Drive, was charged with first-degree strict liability in a drug-induced death and third-degree drug distribution in weekend incident, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said. Bail was set at $150,000.
On Friday night, Dunham allegedly obtained heroin on Friday and gave some of the drug to Jeffrey Urynowicz, 26, of Somerville, early Sunday. At about 4:02 a.m. Sunday, Urynowicz's girlfriend found him dead in his apartment and called local police.
The medical examiner's preliminary report indicates Urynowicz died of an overdose.