text: PLYMOUTH, Minn., June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) provided an update today on the potential disposition of the 129 million Class A restricted shares held by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, the Anne Ray Charitable Trust (collectively, the MAC Trusts), and various family shareholders of Cargill, Incorporated ( Cargill). The two-year anniversary of the transaction resulting in the split-off of Mosaic from Cargill was May 25, 2013. Since that date, Mosaic has engaged in discussions with Cargill and the MAC Trusts regarding the disposition of the Class A shares, including a potential share repurchase transaction. In connection with these discussions, Mosaic, with the MAC Trusts' support, requested that Cargill amend the split-off agreement to allow for a negotiated repurchase of shares by Mosaic from the Class A shareholders prior to November 26, 2013. Following that date, no contractual restrictions remain on share repurchases. After considering the request, Cargill declined to amend the agreement to allow for earlier share repurchases. As a result, Mosaic is not permitted to engage in open market or negotiated share repurchases until after November 26, 2013. The only practical means for the Class A shareholders to dispose of their shares prior to that date would be through an underwritten public secondary offering, which could be initiated by the MAC Trusts prior to June 26, 2013 or Mosaic thereafter. After considering its alternatives, the MAC Trusts have notified Mosaic that they will not exercise their current right to request an underwritten public secondary offering. Mosaic is disappointed in its inability to effect share repurchases this summer and looks forward to initiating share repurchases after November 26, 2013. At that time, depending on market conditions and sellers' interest, Mosaic will consider the repurchase of shares either in a negotiated transaction with the Class A shareholders or through open market repurchases. Mosaic continues to target the middle of 2014 to achieve its previously stated balance sheet targets.


text:
The gaming world specifically requires a lot specification from the hardware and its operating system. There are a lot of games these days that requires custom built servers to work properly. Minecraft, on the other hand is a game that can give you the best satisfaction given that you use the appropriate server. Whether you buy the server or use a website that is being hosted online, you need to pay attention to the most important things to consider in a server. Many successful servers are ranked at the top of a server list, which is useful to find the best voted server by the Minecraft community. Naturally, these servers gain a lot of traffic, so they require high-end hardware to handle large amounts of simultaneous players.
You have to pay attention to the CPU, hard drive, RAM and the operating system. Knowing these important aspects will help you achieve a well-performing Minecraft server.
CPU - Generally, the CPU is the most important thing to look for when you are hosting a server for Minecraft. This will help you achieve the best performance that you will need when playing Minecraft. You can achieve this by using a 2.4 GHz orctocore. It would be a good to look for a server with fast clock speed to bring a better gaming experience. It is the most important part of the platform that you will use when playing Minecraft.
Hard Drives - The hard drive is an important thing that you need to consider. This will determine how many players can access the game. It serves as the database for the players to play as continuous as possible without any delay. If you want to have a Minecraft server that will function well, then you also have to get a backup drive. This will help you recover lost files from one drive.
RAM – The minimum RAM that you can use is 1GB. However, when there are too much players that are using the game, it could be efficient to use a bigger RAM. This will allow the server to run smoothly and the players comfortable in playing Minecraft. The RAM is also important in storing files that you need whenever you will experience glitch and help you save your files before permanently losing them. Therefore if you are playing Minecraft, you have to know that the bigger the space, the better it will be for you. Always remember that space is definitely the king.
Operating System - Minecraft is a game that can use various operating systems. It can be used with Windows, Mac OS X and even Linux. Windows and Mac are the best performing operating systems that you can use in playing Minecraft. For using Linux, it could be a good option to use one without GUI or Graphical User Interface. This will help you maximize your CPU and RAM.
For Minecraft servers, you need to carefully consider the CPU of the computer that you will be using, the hard drive which will store important information regarding the players, RAM that will help you achieve high performance and store important information whenever you experience technical problems. Lastly, the operating system will also help you achieve the best gaming experience especially if it is Windows or Mac OS X.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Israelis see no Iran war this year after Netanyahu's speech
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's U.N. speech about Iranian nuclear advances has dampened speculation in Israel that he could order a war this year.
Analyzing Thursday's address in which Netanyahu literally drew a "red line" on a cartoon bomb to show how close Iran was to building nuclear weaponry, commentators saw his deadline for any military action falling in early or mid-2013, well after U.S. elections in November and a possible snap Israeli poll.
"The 'decisive year' of 2012 will pass without decisiveness," wrote Ofer Shelah of Maariv newspaper on Friday.
Without explicitly saying so, Netanyahu implied Israel would attack Iran's uranium enrichment facilities if they were allowed to process potential weapons-grade material beyond his red line.
Maariv and another mass-circulation Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, said spring 2013 now looked like Netanyahu's target date, given his prediction that by then Iran may have amassed enough 20 percent-enriched uranium for a first bomb, if purified further.
But the front pages of the liberal Haaretz and pro-government Israel Hayom newspapers cited mid-2013 - Netanyahu's outside estimate for when the Iranians would be ready to embark on the last stage of building such a weapon, which could take only "a few months, possibly a few weeks".
Iran, which denies it is seeking nuclear arms, said Netanyahu's speech made "baseless and absurd allegations" and that the Islamic Republic "reserves its full right to retaliate with full force against any attack". Israel is widely assumed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal.
Israeli diplomats were reluctant to elaborate on Netanyahu's speech, saying its main aim was to illustrate the threat from Tehran. Continued...


text:
PS police officers to host fundraiser for domestic violence victims
The Palm Springs Police Officers Association will hold its first fundraiser Saturday to benefit a shelter for victims of domestic violence.
Proceeds from the "New Beginnings Gala" will help Shelter from the Storm, the primary shelter for women and children in Riverside County. The festivities will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
The fundraiser is open to the public, and tickets cost $250, spokeswoman Andrea Carter said today. The convention center is at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros.
Victoria Cameron, a superior court judge in Indio, and Lynn Moriarty, who retired last year as the shelter's executive director, will be honored at the gala.
People with questions about Saturday's fundraiser should call Shelter from the Storm at (760) 674-0400, Carter said.


text:
Your donations keep RPGWatch running!
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Hour of Revenge Trailer
by Dhruin, 2011-05-31 22:14:13
IGN has a new DX:HR trailer titled Hour of Revenge.
Newsbit options: Add / View Comments (10) | Forward this newsbit | Link to this Newsbit
Information aboutDeus Ex: HR
SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Sci-Fi
Genre: Shooter-RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


text:
Signature Model Electric Bass
Results 1 - 19 of 19 matches
Top RatedEpiphone Allen Woody Limited Edition Bass
Epiphone's Allen Woody bass features bass mini humbuckers, gold hardware, a set mahogany neck, and a 5 ply...$449.00Compare Compare Now site1prod518679
- Open Box:
- $395.12
Top Rated$1,599.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ21955
Choose Yours!Yamaha BBNE2 Nathan East Signature Model
The premiere Nathan East signature model.$2,399.99Compare Compare Now site1prod511086
Top Rated$1,224.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ41218
Top Rated$999.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ18980
Private ReserveStarting at $3,099.00Compare Compare Now site1prodJ07461
Top RatedEpiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass Guitar
Jack Casady Signature Bass: Electric Bass with low impendence humbucker and VariTone. A stunning instrument...$799.00Compare Compare Now site1prod518245
- 1 Restock:
- $719.00
Best Seller$629.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ31110
Choose Yours!$2,499.99Compare Compare Now site1prodH75903
Best SellerFender Duff McKagan Signature Bass
Designed for Duff McKagan, bassist for Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Fender's Duff McKagan Signature Bass...$1,024.99Compare Compare Now site1prod515814
- Open Box:
- $819.99
Best Seller$569.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ31765
Private ReserveFender Custom Shop Pino Paladino Relic Signature Precision...
A Custom Shop replica of Pino Paladino's '62 Precision.$4,760.00Compare Compare Now site1prod517905
Private Reserve$4,050.00Compare Compare Now site1prodJ07565
$1,899.00Compare Compare Now site1prodJ05634
$1,124.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ04437
$1,099.99Compare Compare Now site1prodJ04435
Ibanez Paul Romanko PRB2 Signature Bass Guitar
The PRB2 has 1 volume control, high-output pickups, and a massive 5-piece maple/walnut PRB4 neck. This bass...$749.99Compare Compare Now site1prod580519
- Open Box:
- $175.12
- Open Box:
- $615.12
You've always wanted to hold down the rhythm just like your heroes, and with a signature model electric bass, you'll be one step closer to making that dream a reality. Their powerful low end will become your powerful low end as you take their signature sound and make it all your own. The beauty of a signature model bass guitar is that it is crafted with the artist's specifications in mind. From vintage and handmade hardware to custom bodies that are sure to turn heads, there is a signature model electric bass with the look and sound that is right for you. You're not someone who prefers style over substance, but half the fun of a signature bass is standing out amongst your peers. Imagine stepping on stage, dressed to kill, with Gene Simmons' AXE from Cort or slaying serious riffs on Tom Araya's TA-200 ESP bass. With a signature model, you're going to have a look you won't see anywhere else. Looks can only get you so far, however, and you'll be happy to know that these signature models have substance to back up their style. These basses are crafted from a variety of woods that help produce different tones. The alder wood used on the body of the David Ellefson Jackson bass provides a powerful and even balanced tone, while the dense maple body of Marcus Miller's Fender Jazz Bass V produces prodigious sustain and a bright tone. Equally as important as tonewood is the choice between an active or passive pickup system. If you're looking to replicate Jack Casady's sound from his Jefferson Airplane days, then the passive pickups on his Epiphone are perfect for you. Meanwhile, the active pickups on Billy Sheehan's Attitude 3 from Yamaha offer incredible low end and clear highs. In the end, your personal preference will be the deciding factor in finding the right pickups for you. We all have our musical heroes. From jazzmen to metal heads, every musician has a certain sound and tone that they love. With these signature model electric bass guitars, you're able to harness your heroes sound and put your own unique stamp on your favorite grooves.


text:
New music from Coldplay - my favorite band of all time!
They aren't Country - but something about Coldplay's music has always gripped me...I credit the band with getting me through the worst period of my life, so they and their music will always have such special meaning to me.
Their new album "Ghost Stories" comes out May 19th...here's one song on it. Hear more from Coldplay on our sister station, DC101.
photo: Wb/Parlophone


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
Despite being told he probably would never walk again, Karen Minton took Franklin the Pug into her home and is using a new veterinary treatment to get him back on his feet.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The News Enterprise, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
If you are new to the award winning The News Enterprise and wish to get a subscription or simply gain access to our online content then please enter your ZIP code below and continue to setup your account.
|ZIP Code:


text:
UOW Library Information Literacy presentations and publications
Brewer, C. 1999, 'Longitudinal study of an information literacy program at the University of Wollongong', in Concept, challenge, conundrum: from library skills to information literacy: fourth national information literacy conference, Adelaide, pp. 66-75.
Doulai, P. and Mandl, H. 1996, 'Computer and information literacy skills for professional engineering educators', in AUPEC '96 - 6th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 459-464.
Faricy, C. 1997, 'A subject integrated approach to teaching library skills', Overview, CEDIR, University of Wollongong, vol. 4 no. 1, pp. 8-11.
Faricy, C. et al. 1997, Undergraduate Information Skills, University of Wollongong Library, Wollongong.
Jones, S. and Peisley, E. 1999, 'Equipped for teaching: sharing strategies for developing librarians' skills', workshop presented to staff of various South Australian university libraries, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Lipu, Suzanne and Hill, Allison (2005). 'High level learning by design: the nuts and bolts of assessment and evaluation in a Doctorate of Business Administration Program', The Australian Library Journal 54(3), pp. 200-225.
Lipu, S. 2004, 'A flying start for our future teachers: a comprehensive information literacy program for preservice Education students at the University of Wollongong, Australia, in Information Literacy for Educators: Professional Knowledge for an Information Age, Haworth Press, New York, pp46-73.
Simultaneously published as: Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, 2003 vol 22 no. 1, pp47-74.
Lipu, S. and Peisley, E. 2001, 'Keeping our academics on the cutting edge: the academic outreach program at the University of Wollongong Library', in Revelling in reference 2001 symposium proceedings, RAISS Australian Library and Information Association, Melbourne, pp98-102.
Littler, C. 1998, 'The EndNote bibliographic package and your thesis', presentation at the Research and Thesis Writing Forum , sixth annual conference of the International Employment Relations Association, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW.
Littler, C. 1999, 'Design and development of a web-based electronic databases tutorial', 1999 & beyond: partnerships and paradigms, Reference and Information Services Section Conference, Australian Library and Information Association, Sydney, 6-8 September.
Mandl, H. and Jones, S. 1998, 'Equipped for teaching: sharing strategies for developing librarians' skills', Adelaide '98 Pathways to Knowledge ,Conference proceedings, Adelaide, pp. 441-446.
McGurk, C. 1992, 'End user training and documentation', UK online users group newsletter, vol 3 no. 4, p2.
McGurk, C. and Wright, L.1995, 'Developing a skills inventory for diverse learning environments', workshop presented at the National Information Literacy Conference, Adelaide.
McGurk, C. and Wright, L. 1995 'Developing a skills inventory for diverse learning environments', in Learning for life: information literacy and the autonomous learner: proceedings of the second national information literacy conference, University of South Australia Library, Adelaide, pp. 96-107.
McGurk, C. and Wright, L. 1997 A Curriculum-Integrated Approach to Comprehensive Information Literacies, Project Report of the Working Party on Comprehensive Information Literacies, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW.
Meldrum, Annette and Tootle, Holly (2004). 'Integrating information literacy into curriculum assessment practice: an informatics case study', JUTLP (Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice), vol 1(2), Dec.
Milne, C. and Peisley, E. 2000 'Coming to terms with information literacies: developing a university-wide introduction program', Proceedings of the lifelong learning conference, Central Queensland University Library, Queensland.
Temmerman, N. & Wright, L. 2000 'Approaches to integrating tertiary literacies into curricula at the University of Wollongong', Proceedings of the lifelong learning conference, Central Queensland University Library, Queensland, pp.70-6.
Tome, L. & Lipu, S.2004, Indicators of Journal Quality, R & D Discussion Paper #6, University of Wollongong Library.
Wallace, M. McGurk, C., Wright, L. & Temmerman, N. 1998 'Graduate attributes: transforming rhetoric into reality', (Roundtable discussion paper, unpublished) Transformation in Higher Education: International Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, 7-10 July, Auckland, New Zealand.
Wallace, M., Shorten, A., Crookes, P., McGurk, C., Brewer, C. 1999 'Integrating information literacies into an undergraduate nursing programme', Nurse Education Today, vol. 19 no.2, pp.136-41.
Wright, L. and McGurk, C. 1994 'Information literacy : towards a credit point subject', in Integrating the teaching of academic discourse into courses in the disciplines: proceedings of the conference, 21-22November, La Trobe University, Victoria, pp.211-227.
Wright, L. and McGurk, C. 1995 'Curriculum based information literacy skills for first year undergraduate students', The Learning link: information literacy in practice, Di Booker (ed), Auslib Press, Blackwood, South Australia, pp.136-156.
Wright, L. 1997 'Integrating generic skills into the curriculum', Overview, vol. 4 no. 2 pp. 51-55.
Wright, L. and McGurk, C. 2000 'Integrating information literacy: University of Wollongong experience', in Information literacy around the world: advances in programs and research, C. Bruce and P. Candy (eds.), Centre
-- Content by Manager, Liaison Services


text:
Remember me
Forgot your password?
"Like he was taking a free kick." -- How photographer Enrique Medina claimed Diego Maradona kicked him in the groin. Medina, who works for celebrity
magazine "Gente," alleges that Maradona attacked him outside Maradona's father's house on Sunday night. In 1994 Maradona fired an air rifle at reporters and was given a two-year suspended sentence. In
May he stopped his car on a highway and threw rocks at cameramen following him home from the airport. (Guardian) ...More


text:
Describe Concepts in Comments
It's common knowledge that commenting your code is a must. But that's where the wrong interpretations come. "// incrementing i" above "i++" is one extreme example of useless comments, but what can be often observed is "shallow commenting" – i.e. comments describing what exactly is done, but not why. In other words programmers may forget to document the concepts and ideas behind the code.
For example, imagine you see ClientDocumentIndexer and DocumentIndexer. What's the difference? The code may have comments explaning what happens when sending the documents to the search engine, but there is nothing about the difference between the two. Same goes for things like DownloadRecord and DownloadLog. And for millions of examples throughout thousands of codebases. The comments in these classes fail to communicate their business purpose. Then there is the FooListenerBuilderFactory – yes, I know all these patterns, but it still doesn't make sense without an explanation why each of them is required.
Sometimes there is sufficient explanation about these concepts in some intranet document. There's just no link between the code and the description. Adding a link will most likely be sufficient for the reader to understand what's the purpose of a given class or method.
What if there is no spec/document? Then you'd have to write that "document" in the code. Don't be verbose – just outline the reason for the class existence, and how it fits into the program flow. Each piece of code should make sense to someone that is not familiar with all the business requirements.
Sounding obvious? Well, if it was, you wouldn't be seeing code that is hard to understand out of context.
To summarize:
- document the concepts and ideas of a class, not (just) how it functions internally
- if relevant, explain the reason for a class existence and how it differs from similar classes
- document the context of a class – how it fits into the program flow
- link requirements documents, if such exist
12 Responses to "Describe Concepts in Comments"
Exactly man, not what is it doing, but WHY it exists and what is the difference between … is important. Cheers
It's common knowledge that commenting your code is a must.
Unfortunately it's not universally agreed that commenting your code is a good thing. I have had the misfortune to work with Agile and Xtreme programming types that insist that comments, any comments, in your code indicate that your code is unreadable.
Now, it's true that code should be self-documenting. That is, there is no need to write "we increment this", "we swap these elements", "saving the object" or "sending over the wire". But the general concepts in more complex projects can't be communicated directly through the class name and its methods.
[…] the core classes and any non-trivial use-case within a method is part of coding best practices, and good programmers do that. It makes understanding the code much easier for other people, and together with writing […]
Very good site you have here but I was wondering if you knew of any discussion boards that cover the
same topics discussed in this article? I'd really love to be a part of community where I can get feedback from
other knowledgeable people that share the same interest.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Many thanks!
There is certainly a lot to find out about this subject.
I really like all the points you've made.
Tentez nos solutions pour vos envois b2c de MMS.
Utile pour le particulier comme pour l'entreprise, le service vous permet depuis votre bureau de rédiger vos messages à destination de tous vos clients.
Faite pour gérer de très nomreux envois, notre système d'envoi est d'une fiabilité sans
égale pour effectuer vos expeditions en masse.
Doté d'une puissante interface de mailing, notre service est le top des
API d'expédition de MMS et de MMS.
Vous pouvez mettre au point facilement vos campagnes à destination de centaines dee cliens.
Heree is my page :: Envoi de MMS pro
Spot on with this write-up, I actually believe this
amazing site needs a lot more attention. I'll probably
be back again to see more, thanks for the advice!
Hi there to every one, it's actually a pleasant
for me to pay a quick visit this web page,
it contains precious Information.
Simply want to say your article is as astounding.
The clearness for your submit is simply spectacular and that i
can think you're a professional on this subject. Well together with your permission let me to snatch your feed to keep up to date with impending post.
Thanks a million and please keep up the enjoyable work.
[…] actually written about that before, and it's common knowledge that you should add a comment "why" this code is there […]
I visited multiple blogs except tthe audio quality for audcio songs existing att this ite is
actually wonderful.


text:
What can words be, or rather, what can t they be? Poet Alastair Reid introduces children and adults to the wondrous waywardness of words in "Ounce Dice Trice," a delicious confection and a wildly unexpected exploration of sound and sense and nonsense that is like nothing else. Reid offers light words (willow, whirr, spinnaker) and heavy words (galoshes, mugwump, crumb), words on the move and odd words, words that read both ways and words that read the wrong way around (rezagrats), along with much else. Accompanied by Ben Shahn's glorious drawings, "Ounce Dice Trice" is a book of endless delights, not to mention the only place where you can find the answer to the question: What is a gongoozler? Well, all I can say is quoz.
About the Author
Alastair Reid is a poet, translator, essayist, and scholar of Latin American literature. He had been on the staff of "The New Yorker" since 1959 and has translated works by Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. Among his many books for children are "A Balloon for a Blunderbuss, I Keep Changing," and "Millionaires" (all illustrated by Bob Gill), and "Supposing" (illustrated by Abe Birnbaum). In 2008 he published two career-spanning collections of work, "Inside Out: Selected Poetry and Translations" and "Outside In: Selected Prose."
Ben Shahn (1898 1969) was a painter, muralist, print-maker, and illustrator. He was best known for his socially and politically informed artwork, including a famous series of paintings depicting the trial of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. His 1956 Charles Eliot Norton lectures were collected and published as "The Shape of Content," and he illustrated numerous books of poetry. "Ounce Dice Trice" is the only book he illustrated that was written specifically for children."
Praise For…
"I want every children's book editor and also every primary and middle school teacher and librarian in America to read this book. It is the antidote to plotting, plot-driven, two-line synopsizable, anti-imagination books....[Ounce Dice Trice] can be read cover to cover, back to front, middle to end, upside down, any way you like. " --Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, 12/12/09
"Ben Shahn's drawings turn Ounce, Dice, Trice, a word-nonsense book by Alastair Reid, into an art book."–Los Angeles Times
"The book, with more than 100 pictures by Ben Shahn, was designed to amuse and the words belong on the borderline where 'the poet and the child meet.'" –The New York Times
"For decades, New Yorker writer Alastair Reid has been collecting words, weird ones. In Ounce, Dice, Trice, the words play tricks on each other and on the reader. Gongoozler. Piddocks. Mumruffin. Reid twists them into rhymes and draws odd connections between them in this book part dictionary, part gonomony receptacle...With black-and-white sketches by painter Ben Shahn, Ounce, Dice, Trice amounts to great fun for the average gongozzler (idle person) of any age." –The Bergen County Record
"There are 57 pages of this delightful nonsense, with equally delightful illustrations. My wife and I love it." –David Halperin
"Alastair Reid is a word magician." –Bill Buford
"Ben Shahn is among the most important American artists of this century." –Library Journal
"Ounce, Dice, Trice, an Alastair Reid book of poems for juveniles, introduces children to the fun of words. Introducing children to words in any form is, to my mind, one of the noblest of endeavors. Alastair himself has had great fun with words, both poetically and prosaically." –Los Angeles Times
"If you like nonsense words with meanings they ought to have then you'll like this book. If you get tired of counting to 10 in an ordinary way, try it ounce, dice, trice, quartz, quince, sago, serpent, oxygen, nitrogen, and denim. The pictures are fine too. An enjoyable book." –Los Angeles Times


text:
Minnesota Geocaching Association
User list
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
Where did you get that name?
Goto page
, ...
MnGCA Forum Index
View previous topic
View next topic
Marsha and Silent Bob
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 6261
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:30 pm
Post subject:
Arcticabn wrote:
Secret of the Ages. And even though you just had a birthday. Your not old enough to know.
Happy Birthday
Thanks! I'll take your comment as a complement
Not being old isn't a problem for me heh.
Silent Bob
Back to top
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 31 Jul 2003
Posts: 395
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:00 pm
Post subject: Re: Where did you get that name?
WicketsWanderingPonyPatro wrote:
So there is 40 below wind chill and I'm bored. Saxton asked a question that I'll repeat here, it could be to see the answers.
Where /How did you get your handle, caching name, nick name or what ever you you care to call it. I'll go first.
Well, I went and got my Ham Radio operator's license last spring and that was the call sign I was issued by the FCC "KC0QEG" i have since started signing logs by my initials J.T.
There you have it..... nothing too fancy
Back to top
Past MnGCA Board
Joined: 14 Mar 2003
Posts: 327
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:27 pm
Post subject: Re: Where did you get that name?
KC0QEG wrote:
i have since started signing logs by my initials J.T.
If this means we can start calling you JT, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Back to top
Marsha and Silent Bob
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 02 Sep 2003
Posts: 6261
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Where did you get that name?
R.J. wrote:
If this means we can start calling you JT, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
No, we still have to call him KC0QEG. He just put JT there to confuse us.
Silent Bob
Back to top
Joined: 03 Oct 2003
Posts: 48
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:56 pm
Post subject:
Hey I'm JT too. OK, I won't use my initials since my brother beat me to it. I'll stick to Joelcam, which is what the folks on the WCCO-TV morning news call me when they refer to my live picture out in the field from where ever I'm at that morning. They wanted to add more live elements to show what was happening during the newscast and someone said, "Let's use Joelcam." It's stuck ever since.
Since my first cache experience was for a story we did on the morning news show about geocaching, I logged my first find as Joelcam.
Back to top
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 673
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:31 pm
Post subject:
I have a special link ready for the "6deg" graph for anybody that gets sighted and broadcast geocaching by the WCCO "Joelcam". With a bonus color if they have to blur the picture in any way.
Back to top
Past MnGCA President
Joined: 31 Jul 2003
Posts: 395
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:37 pm
Post subject:
rickrich wrote:
I have a special link ready for the "6deg" graph for anybody that gets sighted and broadcast geocaching by the WCCO "Joelcam". With a bonus color if they have to blur the picture in any way.
Hmmm Seems like an interesting challenge. Ill have to work on that one..... I bet with the winter medalion hunt comming up, Someone is bound to be featured in one of his "live shots". Just an idea....
Back to top
Joined: 18 Dec 2002
Posts: 18
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:56 am
Post subject:
My moniker comes from what I do for a living. I fix people who don't know how to operate their furnaces and appliances. (sometimes it's actually the appliance that is broke). I work for a large local repair service and get to drive around all day and cache during lunch. You can probably tell where I usually work by the caches I have found.
Back to top
Joined: 18 Dec 2003
Posts: 155
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:22 am
Post subject:
My turn as you might haved guessed I like the Grateful Dead. Sometimes I go caching alone or with one or more of my three kids and wife. So my name became Team-Deadhead.
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more
'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door
Think this through with me, let me know your mind
Wo-oh, what I want to know is, are you kind?
Back to top
Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 113
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:56 pm
Post subject: What's in a name
When my wife to be and I made the decision to wed, we talked about making a new name since both of our names were hard to pronounce or remember. pogopod is a combination of the two. We never used it, but we still joke about it.
Back to top
Past MnGCA Board
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Posts: 1070
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:45 pm
Post subject:
My story is long and not very interesting.
Back when I was in Junior High, a friend of mine was on Prodigy. At this time, I was on CompuServe, and neither of us used these services for Internet use (as they weren't really connected to the internet, and WWW hadn't really taken off yet either)... my use of the Internet at this time deserves another story, but anyway...
This friend of mine at the time, Pat, met a girl in some Teen Forum on Prodigy. This is the days before chat was available for the non-übergeek and they wrote back and forth via correspondence. It became to be pretty crazy, and they snail-mailed photos of each other (think before digital camera/scanner days)...
...as it ends up, he's just starting 9th Grade and over Thanksgiving holiday it's arranged to meet this girl he met online. Not only was it an incredibly strange and bizarre thing at the time (this was 1993 if I remember correctly), he was in JUNIOR HIGH meeting this girl. The kicker? She was in Pennsylvania. Her family was wealthy, and I believe they paid for half of the plane ticket, and he was able to stay in his own room with own bathroom, etc. at their home.
Now, you know how kids are at that age... especially if you haven't "dated" much at 9th grade... they don't know how to act. What does this girl do? Basically snub him.
He's a bit ticked off, but at the same time he got to ride in a next year's Porsche and had a good Thanksgiving Dinner if my memory serves me.
At the last day, this girl was opening up a bit more to him and being more social... and they visited a friend of hers, Jessica Saxton. My friend Pat now, being a bit annoyed by the situation still, started lying to this Jessica Saxton... talking about his friend Aaron back in Minnesota... making claims like:
"He knows like 20 languages...," "He's hacked the Pentagon, after he changed all of his grades...," "He can read people's personalities based off their handwriting," "He always calls Europe for free..." and a LOT of other garbage. This Jessica Saxton, though, was like "OH MY GOSH!" and buying every bit of the nonsense. She wants Pat to prove all of this, so he takes an old Spanish test of hers home with him.
He comes home, tells me the story, we're laughing our asses off, and I hang the spanish test on my bulletin board as a memento of the story. Of course, when message got back to her that I knew she was an AC/DC fan and I could describe the kinds of friends she had, from what I remember she was still impressed.
What a gullible person.
Well, at least that's how I was told the story from Pat, and he had a habit of making the truth more interesting than it was. I'll likely never know the whole story about his stories about me to Jessica Saxton, who he met only one day.
Point being, I was looking for a new handle/alias one day as my childhood one was worn out. At the time, most people that I knew on BBSes and on newsgroups all had dumb hacker-esque names or sci-fi influenced stuff... and I wanted something neutral, and something that didn't have a preconceived meaning with most people, and when people saw "Saxton," and didn't know a "Saxton" otherwise, they would think of me, and not... Captain_Kirk or RaZoRHaX0r666 or something.
And it worked. I started using Saxton for everything.
...and I remember the days when saxton.com was available. At the time, I was like, "why the heck would I need a domain name? Silly!" Because it was very rare for an individual to own a domain name. I wasn't a university nor a company, so what's the point, I thought. Sure enough, when the Internet grew and how the internet was being used was changing quite a bit, saxton.com, .net and .org were taken. I settled changing my a into a 4 and got s4xton.com. I've been s4xton ever since.
It's also unique to the point, that if you do a Google search for s4xton, all but one or two of the results are about me.
Whew, hopefully I'll never have to tell the story again. I wish it was more exciting.
What would be exciting, though, is to perhaps find and meet this Jessica Saxton girl... (er woman I guess) now.
Back to top
Past MnGCA Board
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Posts: 1270
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:04 am
Post subject:
I have split off the digression into Ms. Saxton's whereabouts. It can be found in
Non Geocaching Discussions
(And yes - I started the whole thing!)
Back to top
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
Posts: 9
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:29 am
Post subject:
In college, I had a friend from Japan. He used the name Sasuke on some Famicom (Japanese Nintendo) RPG games we played. I liked the name and started using it myself in video games and then online.
Back to top
Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Posts: 9
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:43 pm
Post subject:
My nickname for my daughter is Goocher. When my brother in law took me to my first cache, she was with me and I had to think of a name. When I went to register, Goocher was taken, and I typed it a different way and it took. So now we are Goucher... I have no idea how to pronounce it though
Then I was deep within the woods
When, suddenly, I spied them.
I saw a pair of pale green pants
With nobody inside them! -seuss
Back to top
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Posts: 743
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:23 pm
Post subject: Eagleyes and Bird dog
My husband is BIRD DOG- an ex- orienteeering coach, he takes one look at the GPS and points the way. I tag along, but once he gets to the spot, I have the "eagle-eye" to find the cache.
Back to top
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Oldest First
Newest First
MnGCA Forum Index
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Goto page
, ...
Jump to:
Select a forum
Geocaching Websites
Recommended Caches
Travel Bugs
Tech Talk
President's Cacheside Chat
MnGCA Volunteer Opportunities
Cache of the Month
Media Relations
Park Relations
MnGCA Website
MnGCA Cache Games
Regional Caching
Central MN
Northern MN
Southern MN
Twin Cities Metro Area
Buy / Sell / Trade
Non Geocaching
post new topics in this forum
reply to topics in this forum
edit your posts in this forum
delete your posts in this forum
vote in polls in this forum
Powered by
© 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
Geocaching Cache Icons, Copyright 2009, Groundspeak Inc. All rights reserved. Used with Permission.


text:
Related Category (1)
Manufacturing Area
Category: Household Utensils of Bamboo
bamboo disposable tableware Party plates biodegradable and compostable platesKeyword : bamboo utensils | bamboo catering plates | bamboo plates
Category: Wood, Cork, Bamboo, Rattan Products
Item Description/ Spec 1 Material: made from natural bamboo tube 2 Item no. 622111 3 Size: diameter range 5cm to 10cm, height 12cm to 25cm 4 Color: carbonized (brown ) 5 Customer logo embossi ...Keyword : bamboo tube canister | bamboo gift container | eco-friendly bamboo box | bamboo storage jar | round bamboo box
Description:bamboo coffee cup coaster tea mat? ltem No. JZ1023 Material:100% bamboo Usage:coffee coaster, tea mat? Color:Nature bamboo color Packing:Single package Moq :1000pcs Delivery time:30~40days ...Keyword : Bamboo Coaster | Gift Mat
Category: Baskets
Guangxi BinYang XinGuang Arts and Crafts Fty is professioanl manufacture basketry, baskets, wickerworks, plastic rattan baskets, plastic vine baskets, imitated canes baskets, imitated vines baskets, b ...Keyword : bamboo basket | bamboo flower baskets | bamboo gifts baskets | bamboo fruit baskets | bamboo plants baskets
Category: Arts and Crafts of Wood/Bamboo/Rattan
Item: Chinese silk fan Item NO: YZF-GGCJ002 Size: Length: 33cm Width: 60cm Material: bamboo ribs, fabric cover both sides, Metal nail Design: customized logos or designs are welcome. M.O.Q: 1,000pcs ...Keyword : bamboo hand fan
bamboo Screen. Manufacturer and exportet of bamboo garden furniture in Vietnam. All our products are 100% Vietnamese natural bamboo.
Category: Gift Boxes
We always produce and export many wooden (bamboo, pu leather) boxes to different countries each year. All our boxes can be regards as decorative boxes, gift boxes, jewellery boxes, plant boxes, st ...Keyword : gift boxes
Material:bamboo Use:Wedding Decoration & gift Technique:Basketry Model Number:RWF-0021U Theme:Love Place of Origin:Zhejiang, China (Mainland Just the favor for your elegant occasion under the su ...
Category: Handicraft & Gift
bamboo-charcoal car pendant features below points: 1. with finest coconut shell bamboo-charcoal, purifying inner car air perfectly 2. embroidery lines were twisted anticlockwise, making the tassel ...
This bird cage is made from quality bamboo and 100% hand made by professional artist. It has tradition Chinese style cage outlook come with varnishing and color painting.
Category: Blinds (Wooden, Bamboo, Rattan)
wooden gift pakcking box SIZE CUSTOMERIZED Keyword : wooden gift box
Category: Gardening Gift Items
Woven bamboo Rolled Fences,Threading bamboo Rolled Fences,Big Poles bamboo Fences bamboo fences are made of solid 3 years old mature Tonkin bamboo Poles, Tonkin bamboo is one of the premium bamboo in ...Keyword : bamboo
bamboo Vase is made of natural material. It is wonderful for home decoration. Some information related to products: Made of bamboo many shapes & different colors 100% handmade More i ...Keyword : bamboo vase
Category: Gift packagings
Product use purpose: Lined Basket, Tray, Hamper Tray, Hamper Storage Basket, Towel Basket, Cosmetic Basket, Stationery Basket, Home ware Basket, Multipurpose Basket, Packaging, Food Tray, Kitchen Bas ...Keyword : Bamboo Lined Basket
China folk art craftman handmade and hand painting,beautiful and valuableKeyword : gift
Nicer quality ! Lower price !Keyword : gift basket | bamboo basket | bamboo crafts
Category: Gift Items
This beautiful vase range is ideal for displaying dry flowers and decorative branches. A beautiful way to update your home decor, this vase is a statement piece.
Category: Display/Presentation/Gift Boxes
Not only protect your goods but also make your products fancy. Material: we can produce as per your specific request. Such as wood, bamboo, cardboard..
bamboo lantern for indoor or outdoor use. Handycrafted item and any colour to orderKeyword : bamboo lantern
1) Material: Charcoal / Carbon 2)Technics: Handmade carving 3) Unit price: Last price is depends on customers qty and requirements. 4) Package: The gift packing box, we can make Logo on gift box ...Keyword : gift


text:
FLORENCE – Francis Marion University's James A. Rogers Library will host a book signing for local authors Emily and Lorraine de Montluzin on Monday, Feb. 20 from 2-4 p.m. at the library. The mother and daughter co-authored the recently released book, "Dearest Arlette: Everyday Life in Postwar America and France, 1945-1955, as Recorded in the Letters of Two Reunited Families".
The de Montluzins' book centers on letters written by Emily de Montluzin to her young French cousin Arlette during the first decade after World War II. The letters showcase the experiences of two ordinary families, one American and one French, as their countries were adjusting to the challenges, stresses, and social changes of a postwar world.
They are a testament to the close bond that developed between the two sets of cousins an ocean apart and to the extraordinary friendship that sprang up between Emily and Arlette, the family "scribes." When Hurricane Katrina destroyed Emily's home, Arlette knew that there was one thing she could do to help. She could return Emily's letters and photos, carefully saved for sixty years. In that way, she could restore her past.
The signing will be held on the second floor of the library and is open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the signing. Copies may also be purchased from Amazon at www.amazon.com or locally at the FMU Patriot Bookstore. The library can be found on the web at www.fmarion.edu/rogerslibrary.
About the authors:
Emily Hosmer de Montluzin is a retired teacher of English, French and Latin in several of Mississippi's public and private schools.
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin holds the rank of Professor of History, emeritus at FMU. The two are natives of Bay St. Louis, Miss.


text: Flickr uder Twicepix [ Xcel Wins Approval For 4 Wind Farms By The Associated Press October 18, 2013 Xcel Energy has approval from Minnesota regulators to build four wind farms in the Upper Midwest. Read More Category: State/Regional News Tags: wind mill, Xcel Energy Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


text:
When we first started our group, we had 4 couples and decided to "kick off" our small group by having each person take a week that would be "their" week - they had to bring their favorite snack, make a cd of their favorite songs, and share their entire life story from beginning to end. And then the group could ask any questions they wanted. We drew names to see who would go the next week each time. I ended up being the very last person to go. You'd think after 8 weeks, I might have gotten less nervous about the process . . . but I will never forget how terrified I was to share myself with people so fully. Being vulnerable and honest about who you are is HARD. Seriously hard. Luckily, my small group (as I mentioned) is full of amazing people who totally accepted and loved me despite my messiness and flaws. And we have been BFFs ever since. And I don't even mean that sarcastically.
Anyways, over the years our group has gone from sharing our stories, to reading books together, to just eating together, to talking about tv all night, to just catching up and hanging out every week, to watching sermons on dvd . . . Right now our group has 3 couples, which is a great number for going deeper and talking about hard stuff and being vulnerable. We've been taking turns as couples leading the group each week . . . but now we've decided that we need some sort of study or book or something to do for the next 6-8 weeks (before Adam and I move). Unfortunately, we've done some not-so-successful Bible studies in the past with our group, and we really want to avoid doing any more
That's where y'all come in. Our homework this week was to come up with an idea for what we should study and we will put them all on the table when we meet on Wednesday to decide what to study. Here's the problem: I am completely clueless and have no idea what makes a good small group study. So I need your help! Any ideas? Have you done a study/book with your small group that was wonderful? Life changing? Let me know what you guys think we should do next!


text:
FarmAbility is an outdoor, farm-based programme of animal husbandry, horticulture and seasonal tasks for adults with autism and learning disabilities. These are our co-farmers. Working in small groups, supported by enthusiastic staff and volunteers, co-farmers gain a real sense of purpose and achievement, while building the practical and vocational skills they need to move forward in their lives.
Through our day service programme, we support co-farmers to build their confidence, improve their well-being and physical health, and engage in accredited and non-accredited learning programmes. This helps to build a 'can do' approach – raising co-farmers' self-esteem and ultimately their achievement, and all this while having fun too!
Co-farmers come to the farm 1-4 days a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays), for sessions starting at 10am and finishing at 4pm. We are open nearly all year round, whatever the weather!
We carried out a full evaluation of our day service programme in 2014/15, and are now running a Health & Social Outcomes pilot project, using validated assessment measures. For more information about how we monitor and measure progress on the farm, please contact Sarah: email@example.com or 01865 245604
Many of the beautiful images on these pages were taken by Heidi Whitty and Tom Lindsay. Heidi was FarmAbility's first gardener, and her photos record co-farmers at work in the farm's beautiful vegetable gardens. Tom visited FarmAbility over a five-month period starting in November 2014, and captured the rich variety of activities where co-farmers thrive, develop skills, and make friends.


text:
(800) 627-3524 | (574) 674-5125
$21.00 – $123.20
Foreign countries are important flag items to Flags International. Flags International offers authentic Flags of the World. National flags from the United Nations member countries and other non-member countries have the most current authorized seals, colors and proportions as approved by each country. We constantly update these flags once approved by the countries and recognized by the Flag Research Center. These international and ancestral flags have the brightest colors available in the most complex seals. Flags of foreign countries sold by Flags International are Made in the USA. This flag of Soviet Union can be flown on a wall-mounted flagpole set or on an in-ground flagpole.
The design is a solid field of red adorned with a unique gold emblem in the upper hoist quarter. The red flag was a traditional revolutionary symbol long before 1917, and its incorporation into the flag paid tribute to the international aspect of workers' revolution. The iconic hammer and sickle design was a modern touch to the union of the hammer (workers) and the sickle (peasants) represents the victorious and enduring revolutionary alliance. The famous emblem is topped by an inconspicuous red star representing the rule of the Communist Party.
Additional information
|Flag Hemming
Lock Stitch
|Product Type
1-Ply Polyester, Nylon
|Flag Mounting
Heading and Grommets, Pole Sleeve, Pole Sleeve and Fringe
|Flag Size
2ft x 3ft, 3ft x 5ft, 4ft x 6ft, 5ft x 8ft
|Flag Construction
Single Sided / Reverse Back
There are no reviews yet.


text:
Tweets by @PCfriarsoftball
Welcome to Jacklets Softball School! Join us at Raymond Field and learn from Division I players and coaches the necessary skills to take your game to the next level.
Jacklets softball camps, high school softball camps, prospect camps and instructional skills softball clinics will emphasize individual skills, fundamentals, and team strategy. Areas covered include everything from hitting, outfield and infield play to base running, sliding and much more. Our staff will conduct individual and group instruction for all players.
PC events coming soon. Please check back as new scheduling will be posted here.
Our Jacklets Softball School in Rhode Island range in ages and we should have a program to fit your needs. If you do not see a date that works for you at this time please check back to the site as we add new sessions often.
Questions regarding Jacklets Softball School at Providence College? Want to see about team pricing? Contact 401-865-2967 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Don't miss the opportunity to attend this amazing Big East Conference Softball Camp!
Providence Softball Info
PC Camp Schedule
Contact Providence College (RI)
Coach's Login
Join the ABC Sports Team
Terms & Conditions
Website & Online Registration by ABC Registrations,
part of ABC Sports Camps Network |
© 2017 ABC Camps LLC. All Rights Reserved


text:
Random, Semi-Secret Tales of Life, Loves, and Medicine. My days during the the Psychodynamic Leap, and doing Psych Residency in Manila.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Knocking on the wrong door can be pretty embarrassing.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
I found this while looking around Youtube on my off-day. Richard Linklater's Before Sunset is one my favorite movies. This...
Found photo. February 2012. Manila A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himsel...
My Ma is a regular wikipedia of life lessons Important stuff like, 1. Always save for a rainy day (I try, I do..) 2. A real lady waits...


text:
April 9, 2010
2010 Sea Rays Notes and Records
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Evander Wells swept the 100- and 200-meter dashes, Phoebe Wright cruised to victory in the 1500m and Ellen Wortham carded a win in the 400m hurdles to lead the University of Tennessee track & field program on a gorgeous spring Friday at the 44th-annual Sea Ray Relays.
Wells, who will be honored during senior day festivities on Saturday, made his final Sea Ray Friday as a Vol one to remember. First, in the 100m, he outdueled former Vol All-American and 2008 Sea Rays champion Rubin Williams, leaning at the finish line to clock a season-best 10.41 readout to Williams' 10.43 report.
About 2 1/2 hours later, Wells, the world-leader in the 200m, proved his 20.47 effort last weekend was no fluke, zipping around the turn and down the home straightaway in 20.45, this time assisted by an illegal tailwind of 3.2 meters per second. Still, Wells owns the best legal and wind-aided marks in the world this season.
A repeat meet winner in the half-lapper, Wells also became the sixth Vol to pull off a victorious short sprint double at Sea Rays, joining Williams (2008), Jonathan Wade (2003), Justin Gatlin (2002), Leonard Scott (2001) and Reggie Jones (1976). Teammate Kyle Stevenson was sixth in 21.04 with a gust of 2.9 at his back.
The UT men also got second-place showings from senior Samdi Fraser in the 400m (season-best 47.37), sophomore Joe Franklin in the 800m (1:49.36), junior Peter Sigilai in the 1500m (3:49.10) and junior Michael Spooner in the 10,000m (29:39.42). Spooner's effort was a career best.
Elsewhere, senior John Hewitt knocked out a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles (52.55), sophomore Varick Tucker turned in a personal best of 47.85 to take sixth in the 400m, freshman Leoule Degfae had a PR of 14:32.25 to take sixth in the 5000m, sophomore Emerson Peacock was seventh in the 800m (1:50.79) and Minor Bowens grabbed eighth in the open discus throw at 157-0.
"Overall, I was pleased with our performance," UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said. "It was impressive seeing Evander coming back after last week's victory at Florida and showing he's very consistent and getting better every week by doubling as a victor in the 100 and 200 here.
"We also had some runner-up showings, with Peter, Samdi, Joe and Michael all running good competitive times and showing spirit and focus towards running their best."
For the Lady Vols, Wright lowered her personal best in the 1500m to 4:15.66, winning by nine seconds with a mark that leads the SEC and ranks No. 4 nationally. The senior also stands second in the NCAA in the 800 at 2:05.58. It marked her second straight individual victory at Sea Rays, with last year's triumph coming in the 400m.
Sophomore Ellen Wortham navigated the barriers in an SEC-leading time, becoming the first active Lady Vol to win the 400m hurdles at this meet. She traversed the final obstacle and overtook Seton Hall's Jernail Hayes (58.35) to squeak out the win in a career-best 58.31. That mark gave her three straight PRs this season and her second victory to match one in the season-opener at the FSU Relays.
Sophomore Brittany Sheffey and freshman Kia Jackson notched runner-up performances. Sheffey earned hers in the 800m, laying down a personal-record 2:06.86 performance that ranks No. 9 nationally. Jackson, meanwhile, scooted down the track in a season-best 11.80 to wrangle a second-place finish in the 100 meters. Sophomore Ashley Harris was eighth in the 100m at 12.03.
"On the women's side, we had some good results also, with Phoebe running 4:15, which is one of the fastest times in the country," Clark said. "Also, Brittany had a big run in the 800 (2:06) and Ellen winning the 400 hurdles with another PR was good to see. We definitely had some good things happen, and we're starting to gel as the season continues."


text:
Weber State Men's Basketball vs. Montana (Feb. 3, 2011)
|-- Live Video (Big Sky TV)
-- Live Stats
Welcome to Ogden, Utah and the Dee Events Center where Weber State faces off against conference-leading Montana. The basic ground rules for participation -- please use your real name, perhaps your home town. No screen names, handles or guest/anonymous posting allowed. This is a moderated chat so not all comments will make it through -- if more than one person asks a similar question or post, we'll pick one. Since this is just like a digital fan section, we'd ask you to keep your comments family-friendly with good sportsmanship. Finally, all are welcome -- including Griz fans. We appreciate the perspective you can bring to the game.


text:
John Robert Richards, Jr.
Willie Homsley Richards
John Robert "Bob" Richards
Circa 1955-1956
Grandma's Apron
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears…
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men-folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
I never caught anything from an apron…But Love.
(Author Unknown)
The above narrative about "Grandma's Apron" was shared with us by my first cousin and Willie's granddaughter, Teresa Haws Clements. Several of us who were old enough to remember Grandma Richards remember her wearing her aprons. I was hoping to find a better picture, but she seemed to have taken them off when she was asked to be in family photos. Good for her! The tiny photo above was found in Aunt Betty Richards' photos several years ago when Betty was sharing her pictures with me. I scanned them and gave them back to her. This one was obviously loved a lot ~ had many little scratches and discolorations, but I have chosen not to retouch it. At first, I wasn't sure Grandma was wearing an apron; on second and third look, I believe she was. I will let you draw your own conclusion. Uncle Johnny (Aunt Betty's future husband) looks to be around sixteen or seventeen years old to me, making the picture Circa 1955-56. In the 1940 census the family lived in Parker County, Texas.


text:
Dr. Nabila Joseph Barsoum, Markham, Ontario
NOT ALL DOCTORS listed on this website may be accepting new patients. Although we do our best to maintain a current database, contact information and their ability to accept new patients changes rapidly. If you detect an error in any contact information, or have information for any of the blank fields, please click here to let us know.
Doctor Nabila Joseph Barsoum Add Rating
Markham Stouffville Hospital
381 Church Street
Phone: (905) 472-7044
Fax: (905) 472-7133
Gender: Female
Accepting New Patients: Login to View
Languages Spoken: Login to View
Specialty: Login to View


text:
SKU:9769Artist:Compatible Figures:Victoria 4Compatible Software:DAZ Studio, PoserRequired Products:Install Types:
SKU:9769Artist:Compatible Figures:Victoria 4Compatible Software:DAZ Studio, PoserRequired Products:Install Types:
- Look at individual products in this bundle for install types
- Look at individual products in this bundle for install types
This product includes the following products
Three times the action! Three times the sexy! Three times the fun!
Now get three bestselling Third Degree™ models at one great price. Lolo™, Ynes™ and Agna™ are available together for the first time in the Three by Third Degree bundle. There's never been a more concentrated collection of pistol-packin' pulchritude!
These seriously hot young UN/Interpol agents are loaded with personality. Get Lolo, the crazy one, all caramel-colored danger; Ynes, the Cuban bombshell, long and leggy; and Agna, the Big Swede, bursting at the seams with attitüde.
Each of these premium models was custom shaped by Tony Puryear and Damsel1, creators of the best-selling Ninja Setsuko™. Their photo-real textures come with a custom shader option and hundreds of detailed MAT combinations and makeups, including tattoos, unique nail styles, and lash options. Bonus props like Lolo's famous dog tags and Ynes's goggles are included.
Tons of custom-fitted Third Degree accessories are available separately to make the characters really come alive, accessories from top sellers like hongyu, blondie9999, Mertext, Parris, Nerd3D and Merlin.
Experience 3D to the Third Degree™, and add these three killers to your runtime today!
What's Included and FeaturesFeatures
- This Bundle Pack Contains


text:
It only takes a minute to get started. Fill out our uncomplicated sign up form and login to the site.
This step is optional but will greatly increase your chances of getting interest from other members on the site. Write a little something about yourself, your interests and upload your best photo.
Use our website's state-of-the-art search to discover members who suit your criteria. Or just scan through listings and discover daters that take your fancy.
Found someone who could be a good match? Send an email to them or just a wink and see what comes of it. With a little luck you'll be on your way to a once in a lifetime experience.
It's quick and simple


text:
I bought a used 5.1 Panasonic SA-HT540 home theater today and the first thing I did was to plug in the subwoofer and the center speaker just to make sure it could actually play some tunes.
When I connected the rest of the speakers I heard a noise coming from one of the surround speakers so I turned off the DVD to check all the cables. When I turned the DVD back on I was greeted with "F61" showing on the screen followed by the fans and the unit turning off.
I unplugged all the speakers and even cleaned out the two fans but it keeps giving me the error code and won't start.
Any tips?


text:
Careers in Hockey: A collection of resources
View Single Post
Keep on keepin' on!
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Sunshine State
Posts: 4,225
vCash: 500
I need guidance.
Here's a brief description in hopes of somebody seeing this excluding the two other members on here that have already helped me a ton so far.
I want to coach. My dream in life is to coach at a professional level, in the NHL, Im not aiming or hoping to coach in the ECHL and be happy with that. I know that I will have to sacrifice, work for chump change, volunteer, most likely go to school, coach kids( I want to this summer), and I want to work my way up the ladder. This will take decades, Im sure of it, but this is what I want to do.
I was directed to some links and given advice to contact the TB and FLA organizations, as well as take coaching lessons, i will do so.
Im 17, turning 18 in a few weeks so this should have been inquired about yesterday if you know what I mean. I really need all the advice I can get from somebody that knows what colleges are suitable for courses that would be recommended for my situation so that I can look at my options. I have a passion to coach as I could see the game better than I could play it. I'd like to have 1000 different people to contact or inquire about so that I could get the ball rolling on this and not waste time.
I understand the casual person may think Im just "wanting to coach" but no, Im a determined person, Ive already worked hard for about 4 years(roofing), I know discipline, responsiblity and lots of values most wouldnt see in a young adult as myself.
Please PM me with anything you could help me with, I could not thank you enough. Thank you
View Public Profile
Stammertime91's albums
Find More Posts by Stammertime91


text:
Up for sale are two Thule Echelon 518 Bike trays and one extra wheel carrier.
Comes with the two Thule Lock Cores. In almost perfect couple scratches. Make me an offer and I can send pictures via Text if you are really interested.
Interested in possible trades for Yakima brand bike trays, Snowboard trays and enclosed cargo boxes.
Also looking for Tactrix cable with adapter for 2003 WRX, Catless up-pipe, ATI Triple gauge dash pod.
Make me an offer. I check PMs pretty regularly.


text:
Welcome to my Fall Home Tour!
I'm happy to be joining 15 other great bloggers today, as we open up our homes and share how we decorate during the autumn season. All the ladies are listed at the bottom of my tour, and you will want to be sure & stop by each one for tons of inspiration!
If you've been here before, then you already know my style. If you are new, we like to keep it casual and comfortable around here. The most important thing to me is that my home is welcoming. Because we live in the Philadelphia Countryside (we've been here for 2 years) I decorate this house with a touch of farmhouse style.
This season, I used easy to find things, like lots of farmer's market pumpkins, hydrangea, and sunflowers. And although we love Halloween (it was actually our first date) you won't see any here today. But don't fret, lots of the other ladies on the tour are sharing their great Halloween ideas!
So, let's start this tour off in the entryway. I like to keep this space light and bright.
Our living room is as formal as we get , which isn't very. I add a feeling of fall through very simple touches, like changing the wreath above the mantel and adding pumpkins (faux and real) along with some seasonal candles and colors.
Next, is our small & cozy den. A favorite room of our guests (and our dogs) to snuggle up and watch a movie or read a book.
And finally… our kitchen.
This was the first room that I saw when I looked at this house. When I walked in, I knew this was the right one for us. Like the rest of our home, I love for this kitchen to have a relaxed feel where folks can come in, sit down, have some laughs & good food and feel right at home.
This year I used natural elements and earthy colors for simple, relaxed hints of fall.
Well, that's it. Thank you so much for coming by!
I hope you enjoyed the tour of our home and I hope you will come back again soon!
You can see my other fall posts here:
Happy fall y'all!
The tour:
1: Farmhouse 40
3: Domicile 37
11: Casa Watkins
12: What Rose Knows
14: The Dean's List
15: Green with Decor


text:
Your Cat, Your Life
The Scoop
Cat News, Politics
Meow-Out-Loud Humor
Cat Chic
Gear and Glam
Your cat loves a clean toilet -- don't we all? Catster's singing Cat Lady, Sarah Donner, explains why.
Cat Breeds
Foods & Treats
Health & Care
Behavior & Training
Cats & Cleaning
Cat of the Day
Other pets in your family: Duke | HOWARD | JESSI | KITTY KITTY | ♥PATSY MARIE♥ | TONY aka Anthony | IZZY
Copyright © I-5 Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved.
Visit Dogster


text:
$37.12 donated in past month
IMC Network
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay FeatureRelated Categories: California | San Francisco | U.S. | Health, Housing, and Public Services | Racial Justice
American Indians Return to Alcatraz
American Indians participated in the annual PATHSTAR Alcatraz Swim Week (October 6-14) in San Francisco and Bay Area locales. The week's events launched the second decade of the program that encourages healthy eating and a stay-active lifestyle among American Indian and Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of diabetes of any race or ethnicity in the U.S., according to the American Diabetes Association.
American Indians Return to Alcatraz
Week-long Program Inspires Healthy Eating/Stay-Active Lifestyle
to Combat Diabetes and Related Diseases
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- American Indian health activists from South Dakota, Wisconsin, Washington and California participated in the 11th annual PATHSTAR Alcatraz Swim Week (October 6th to 14th) in San Francisco and Bay Area locales. The week's events, which launched the program's second decade, concluded with the frigid swim from Alcatraz Island to the San Francisco shore.
The Natives had just six days to train. Seasoned triathletes regard the crossing a daunting challenge. One or two veteran open water swimmers ("swim angels") from the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco accompanied each Native swimmer.
The swim week is a component of PATHSTAR's (http://www.pathstar.org) year-round program to encourage healthy eating and a stay-active lifestyle among American Indian and Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of diabetes of any race or ethnicity in the U.S., according to the American Diabetes Association.
Prior to the Alcatraz to San Francisco swim, the Natives were immersed in a week of healthy nutrition and fitness activities. They engaged in communal living, including shopping for and preparing meals with organically grown vegetables. Activities ranged from visits to an urban community garden, farmer's market and San Francisco Bay Area farm, to meetings with lifestyle coaches, yoga and Pilates sessions and a kayak/paddleboard outing.
Swim week participants make a year-long commitment as ambassadors for healthy change, sharing their experience with their family and community. Participants have returned home to develop community and school vegetable gardens, coach high school and community sports, work on anti-obesity initiatives and fitness and diabetes prevention programs.
Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota were the first to participate in the PATHSTAR Alcatraz Swim Week. Their message, "Oyate kin nipi kte: So that the people will live," strongly resonates with all Native participants.
Nellenda Rublico (Cherokee), San Jose, CA; PATHSTAR Director Nancy Iverson, San Francisco, CA; and kayak pilot Jeffrey Nothelphim, (Lakota Sioux), Pine Ridge, SD; on their way from Alcatraz Island to the South End Rowing Club, San Francisco.
Photo: Colin Gift
PATHSTAR support swimmer Mary White and Colville Confederated Tribes, WA; member, Theresa Bessette (black swimsuit/redstripes) Omak, WA; jump into the frigid San Francisco Bay to start their swim from Alcatraz Island to the South End Rowing Club, San Francisco.
Photo: Colin Gift
American Indians and PATHSTAR support swimmers celebrate their arrival in Aquatic Park, San Francisco, following a swim from Alcatraz Island.
Photo: Colin Gift


text:
There have been times when I would go for a "child buy back program", LOL
This is a discussion on Other buy back programs within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; With the proliferation of gun buy-back programs geared to sweep the nation, and of course get guns out of the bad guys' hands, I've thought ...
With the proliferation of gun buy-back programs geared to sweep the nation, and of course get guns out of the bad guys' hands, I've thought of a few more buy back programs I hope to see soon:
1. High end sports car buy backs-- bring your 140 MPH+ cars into the local police station. We'll give you a $250 subway and bus pass gift card and you'll be safer from having a car that goes much faster than you need it to.
2. Prescription buy backs-- bring your unused prescriptions in and we'll give you a $50 Starbucks gift card. We like to substitute one addiction for another.
3. Child buy back program-- bring in your youngin for a $100 gift card to the local spa of choice. Let's be honest, what do you need more than one kid for?
4. Snowball buy back program-- we've heard rumors that people in the Midwest and upper northeast are stockpiling snowballs in their back yards. We've even heard of high capacity snowballs (sometimes known colloquially as SnowMen). California has already outlawed snow, so we're trying to catch up. Bring in your unused snow in exchange for pixie dust. Sprinkle it on yourself and think happy thoughts.
5. Constitution buy back program-- bring in any copy of the Constitution you own, and we'll give you a copy of The Manifesto as a replacement. There'll be a mass burning of the copies while all of us change Fahrenheit 451 over and over.
Man, I'm not even 40 yet and I'm the most jaded person I know. Thanks CNN.
There have been times when I would go for a "child buy back program", LOL
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
USAF Retired
NRA Life Member
Don't forget the Bible buy back program...
Turn in your Bibles and receive a free "Our Lord and Savior Barack Obama" T-shirt. If you turn in two or more Bibles you will also get the "Our Lord and Savior Barack Obama" commemorative plate.
NRA Life Member
GOA Life MemberMoving to a new location
Some people will sell their souls for a few bucks.
"A Smith & Wesson always beats 4 aces!"
The Man Prayer. "Im a man, I can change, if I have to.....I guess!" ~ Red Green
FOr the longest time I had my kids convinced that I could trade them in for a new model up until age 12.
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go"
"Do not let any individual posts put a knot in your Big Boy Under-Roos"
I don't get it. Wouldn't these people get more for their guns if they sold them to gun shops? Why would anyone do one of these buy-back programs? They seem to be pretty popular.
I'll just be laughing my butt off to anyone who falls for something like that if it is instated!!
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Why don't they take the money they would've spent to buy back guns and fix a few bridges, or perhaps pay off some Chinese debt?
How about a liberal buyback. We could give them a ticket (one-way of course) to the country of their choice.


text:
Plug-In Hybrid and Zero Emission Light-Duty Vehicle Rebates
The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) offers rebates for the purchase or lease of qualified vehicles. Qualified vehicles are light-duty zero emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has approved or certified. Rebates are available on a first-come, first-served basis to individuals, business owners, and government entities in California that purchase or lease new eligible vehicles. Manufacturers must apply to ARB to have their vehicles included in the CVRP.
Vehicles purchased on or before March 28, 2016, are eligible for rebates of up to $5,000. For vehicles purchased on or after March 29, 2016, eligibility for the rebate for individuals is based on gross annual income, as stated on the individual's federal tax return. Individuals with a gross annual income above the following thresholds are only eligible for rebates for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs):
- $250,000 for single filers
- $340,000 for head-of-household filers
- $500,000 for joint filers
- $150,000 for single filers
- $204,000 for head-of-household filers
- $300,000 for joint filers
ARB determines annual funding amounts for the CVRP, which is expected to be effective through 2023. For more information, including information on income verification, a list of eligible vehicles, and how to apply, see the CVRP website.
(Reference California Health and Safety Code 44274 and 44258)


text:
10 Stories You Need To Know Today
NY Times gets hacked, Andreessen predicts the end of retail and a World of Warcraft movie in the works...links to start your day with.
NY Times hacked by Chinese military. NY Times
The Atlantic updates ad policy after Scientology debacle. BoingBoing
Marc Andreessen says the death of retail is near. Business Insider
£1 of advertising spending generates £6 for the British economy . Campaign
French stores and offices must turn off lights after closing. Guardian
Director behind 'Moon' to create World of Warcraft movie. Guardian
Tumblr's iOS apps now have a '+17' rating. The Verge
Read Bill Gates' annual letter. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Consumer Electronics Association drops CNET as editorial partner. Multichannel
Amazon went down briefly on Thursday. The Verge


text:
Browse by Course
Exam Copies
eExam Copies
Desk Copies
Intelligence and Security
Library Services
Museum Studies
Pastoral Resources
New Releases
Best Sellers
Coming Soon
Chase's Calendar
Rowman & Littlefield
Down East Books
Falcon Guides
Globe Pequot
Hamilton Books
Lexington Books
Lyons Press
Rowman & Littlefield International
Taylor Trade
TwoDot Books
Other Imprints
American Alliance of Museums
American Association of School Administrators
American Association for State and Local History
Bucknell University Press
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Urban Institute Press
Lehigh University Press
Library and Information Technology Association
Medical Library Association
National Association for Music Education
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
University of Delaware Press
Other Partners
Company Directory
Manuscript Submissions
Publicity Contact
Conventions Schedule
Author Events
Add to GoodReads
Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
The Ultimate Insider's Guide
Cantor Matt Axelrod
In Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
, Cantor Matt Axelrod provides a practical, humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their "big day." Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused, Axelrod easily cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah. In addition to helping the student prepare for the bar or bat mitzvah by walking the reader through the service and providing helpful study tips for learning a Torah and haftarah portion,
Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
also helps both students and their families cope with the stressors associated with the planning of the celebration, addressing everything from teens' fears about making mistakes to time management skills to dealing with family over/underinvolvement. Cantor Axelrod's experience helping hundreds of teens prepare for their bnei mitzvah will help students and families not just survive but understand and enjoy this important Jewish milestone.
« less
more »
Book Details
Book Details
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Pages: 208
Size: 6 x 9
978-0-7657-0887-8 • Paperback • August 2012 •
• (£10.95)
978-0-7657-0888-5 • eBook • August 2012 •
• (£10.95)
Religion / Judaism / Rituals & Practice
Religion / General
Religion / Judaism / General
Teaching Resources
For access to these
professor use only
materials, please
then email us at
Matt Axelrod
(Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ) has more than 20 years of experience preparing Jewish students for their bnei mitzvah. He is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a past member of the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly.
Chapter 1: Why Am I Having a Bar Mitzvah?
Chapter 2: Wait! I Have to Practice?
Chapter 3: The Trouble with Trope
Chapter 4: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Jewish Calendar (and probably a lot more than that!)
Chapter 5: Can We Get Some Service Here Please?
Chapter 6: What if I Make a Mistake?!
Chapter 7: You Need to Attend Services More!
Chapter 8: Revenge of the Bar Mitzvah Kid
Chapter 9: Help! My _______________________* is Driving me Crazy!
Chapter 10: Take Charge!
Chapter 11: But We're Not Religious (and other things that keep you away from temple)
Chapter 12: Make a Connection to Just One Thing
Chapter 13: Now What?
Appendix I: The Ultimate Insider's Quick Hints and Tricks
About the Author
Axelrod, a longtime cantor from New Jersey, offers young adults and their parents helpful information about preparing for a bar/bat mitzvah ceremony. Beginning with a clarification (bar/bat mitzvah means "of age," not "a ceremony"), he goes on to discuss practice ("yes, you have to"), trope ("the secret code for singing any haftarah or Torah portion"), parts of the service, making mistakes, and dealing with over-involved parents. Although he opts for a humorous tone (comparing the bar/bat mitzvah service to a lavish Broadway musical with a child star), Axelrod's message is both down-to-earth and serious: treat your service as an opportunity to be prepared and do your best, and take the initiative to become an active, rather than passive, participant in the ceremony. Chapters are divided into manageable sections with catchy subtitles ("Services Are Boring"), while frequent sidebars ("Insider's Tips" and "Just for Parents") and cartoon illustrations will keep even reluctant readers engaged. This is a must-have for Conservative and Reform congregational libraries as well as public libraries serving these populations.
In this humorous and informative primer on becoming bar or bat mitzvahed, Axelrod helps kids and their parents navigate this meaningful but often stressful time with useful tips and back-to-basics knowledge. Axelrod, a cantor with over twenty years' experience training soon-to be thirteen-year-olds for their induction into the world of Jewish maturity and responsibility, takes readers on a step-by-step tour of what the celebration means, what tasks need to be accomplished for that special day, and how to make it through the process without succumbing to the myriad pressures.
Publishers Weekly
Axelrod (Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ) uses his 20 years of experience as a cantor to present the typical questions of the 13-year-old girl or boy and their families as they prepare for the ceremony that signifies the passage of a young person into the adult Jewish community. Axelrod writes with humor and ease but never condescends to his young target audience.
Axelrod's little book should be valuable for most Jewish families, as well as rabbis and cantors wondering how to help their young bar/bat mitzvah candidates.
Library Journal
At last, Cantor Axelrod gives us a much needed guide to the modern-day perplexed who find the beauty of the bar mitzvah diminished by fear, stress, and unwarranted worries. With insight, wisdom and humor this book will help everyone find just the right mixture of joy and spirituality for the day that marks the turning point in a Jewish child's journey to religious maturity.
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Yeshiva University, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism
Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insider's
is an important resource for any young person preparing for a bar or bat mitzvah, written in a personal and amusing style that students will find entertaining and fun. Synagogues should give copies of this book to students when families select a bar or bat mitzvah date. If you want to better understand the service, get hints about how to learn your Torah or Haftarah portion, and discover ways of making the entire experience meaningful, then this is the book for you.
Hazzan Sheldon Levin, past president of the Cantors Assembly, editor of the New Maftir and Haftarah books
Cantor Axelrod has a wonderful ear for today's Jewish teenagers—their lives, their worries and their questions about where they fit into Jewish life. With direct talk, a sense of humor and a few nips at the heels of sacred (kosher) cows, this book presents the path to Bar/Bat Mitzvah as an exciting, manageable challenge. Every child and parent should read this before starting to prepare for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration!
Rabbi Donald A. Weber, Temple Rodeph Torah
Engaging from the first sentence and jam-packed with relevant information, Cantor Axelrod's book is a wonderful roadmap for both parents and kids. Axelrod is that rare grown-up who has joyously retained the spirit of a big kid, albeit one with 'insider' information. He addresses everything from the structure of the service to the adolescent terror of embarrassment and public attention. The result is a book that makes you wonder 'What did parents and kids do without a book like this?!'.
Elizabeth Arnold, Clinical psychologist specializing in adolescents
Cantor Axelrod has written an easily accessible guide for both parents and kids that will help anyone to have a successful Bar or Bat Mitzvah experience with the least stress possible.
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben Ph.D, author of Becoming Jewish: The Challenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion
In an age when the 'Bar' seems to have eclipsed 'Mitzvah' it's more important than ever for parents to instill a strong sense of faith and identity. Grab this book! You'll be doing your kid(s) a favor.
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, author of Up, Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Hero
Cantor Matt Axelrod's new guide is written primarily for kids, but how I wish it was around when I was planning my daughter's bat mitzvah. The cantor's simple explanations and attention to even the most obvious details of the b'nai mitzvah process sure would have come in handy. "Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah" may even appeal to those hard-to-please, eye-rolling young teens who are actually experiencing the rite of passage. And unlike so many books about bar and bat mitzvahs that spend so much time on the party, this book manages to be fun while only focusing on the religious aspects of the ritual. Your child might not admit it, but if you left it on his bed, he just might check it out. If not, you can read it yourself.
Baltimore Jewish Lifestyles Insider
By giving both parents and children a detailed roadmap, this book gives families guidelines that will make their simcha easier and more meaningful.
Jewish Book World
Axelrod has provided a new, engaging guide for the 21
century. It does not deal with the specifics of the training process, but provides a welcome, conversational handbook that everyone can use. It should be welcome in synagogue and school libraries, and might even be useful for tutors and clergy.
Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews
Are you interested in adopting this book for use in your synagogue or Hebrew school?
For information regarding discounts on bulk purchases,
please contact
the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Special Sales Department:
About Us
Mission Statement
Rights and Permissions
Author Resources
Royalty Contact
Production Guidelines
Ordering Information
National Book Network
NBN International
Special Sales
International Sales
eBook Partners
Digital Catalogs


text:
View Singles in Scottsmoor
By clicking continue, I agree to receive transactional and promotional emails from Match.com. I understand that I am free to withdraw consent at any time.
By using our site, you agree to the Match.com Terms of Use.
Match.com is the best place to search The Sunshine State for online singles. Match.com has millions of smart, sexy and attractive singles meant just for you. Each year hundreds of thousands of members tell us they found the person they were seeking on the site. Spice up your love life; Start searching for love in Scottsmoor by clicking on any one of the millions of Scottsmoor photos available.
Alafaya, Allandale, Aloma, Cassadaga, Casselberry, Christmas, Chuluota, Cocoa, DeBary, Deltona, Edgewater, Enterprise, Geneva, Goldenrod, Kennedy Space Center, Lake Forest, Lake Helen, Lake Mary, Lake Monroe, Merritt Island, Mid Florida, Mims, New Smyrna, New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill, Orange City, Osteen, Oviedo, Point Orange, Ponce Inlet, Port Orange, Port Saint John, Sanford, Sharpes, South Daytona Beach, Titusville, Union Park, West Cocoa, Wilbur by the Sea, Winter Springs view all states »
Asian Men, Black Men, Catholic Men, Christian Men, Divorced Men, Free Online Dating, Gay Singles, Gay Dating, Jewish Men, Lesbian Singles, Single Parents, view all communities »


text:
Will my neighbors hate me?
Green lush lawns appeal to me as much as they do to everyone. But after hearing environmentalist talk about saving water here in Florida I can't bring myself to use irrigation.
(besides all my neighbors lawns are boring and not well landscaped).
I'm thinking of trying to find a design or plan that is all native plants. (I love nature trails). I'm thinking lots of pine straw. Palmetto scrub plants, ferns, and some big leafy things whose name I don't know, and bougainvillea.
Where do I begin, to find ideas?
What about the existing irrigation the previous owners put in? I thought I'd just ignore it and pretend like it's not there. I'll make sure any pipe or shut off valve is off.
Your neighbors should certainly not hate you for reducing (or eliminating) the amount of turfgrass you have. It is the highest maintenance and water demanding plant material you can have. I think water rationing is something we all may have to get used to. I encountered it in Northern California years ago where it became not only an environmental issue but a political one. We supplied water to Southern California but they were never subjected to rationing. Illinois is rapidly running out of fresh water. Population growth, new construction and expansion of livestock mega farms is draining aquafores faster than rainfall can replenish them
Like you said, acre upon acre of turf without much other thought to landscape design is also BORING! Just substituting ground covers for some turf will help add color and texture. Adding boulders or hardscape elements can add interest and you don't have to mow them. Any time you can use native, or close to native hybrids in a thoughtful landscape design the better off you will be. Your library is a good source of information for what plants will work well. Your state University, Department of Natural Resources and so forth may have information. Your municipality may have an arborist on staff or under contract. I am guessing Florida still has a golf course or two? One public park still? Stop by the maintenance shed with some donuts or something and chat up the folks about what they would plant and what to expect maintenance wise. Most will be pleased to spend a few minutes with you.
Drip irrigation has evolved nicely over the last 3 decades to the point you can use it, as needed for just about everything but turf. Florida was experimenting with a sort of drip matt that went under the sod layer but I don't think that is yet working out so well. Drip irrigation puts water just where you want it and in appropriate quantities for optimum plant growth. Drip systems water in Gallons per Hour (GPH) rather than Gallons per Minute (GPM) so you can see the obvious savings. Drip is also easy to install and is not expensive.
You should design your landscape with some thought so it does not stick out in a way that is out of character with the neighborhood or incompatible with your home and piece of land. Neighbors will, and should, get annoyed or even angry if you do things that effects drainage on their property. You don't want to plant anything that could go to seed or creep aggressively into their yards.
Many real nurseries have landscape designers or even landscape architects on staff or availed from a list. You can enlist their help as little or as comprehensively as you wish. You can also hire independent professionals if you want to use one. It is an enjoyable experience. At least my clients said so.
If you haven't already, I would scale out your yard, place the house on your plot, indicate compass and commit a plan to paper. A drawing will make it easier to communicate with others and allow you to play around with positioning plants, hard/waterscape elements, etc. If you are careful you can also use a scaled drawing to do takeoffs for irrigation, lighting, etc.
There are a number of drawing programs you can buy for $30 or so but even more good ones for free. Make sure you get one that allows for the size of your yard. Some limit maximum dimensions. Google and explore I guess. I like Sweet Home 3D. It is free open source and originally for floorplans but you can use it for landscape drawings too. There are plant symbol sets you can download. Some on this site have suggested SketchUp but I have not used it and do not know if it scales drawings.
Obviously you will need a long tape. Maybe you will get lucky and the City/County or your builder will have drawings showing the dimensions of your lot, and all?
Bougainvillea..beautiful. :thumbsup: The neighbours won't hate you because your gardens are not the same as theirs, they might though because they will be better. Do what you like as long as its respectful. Its your property and they will get over it.
If you have a local conservation organization, or even a governmental one focused on local environmental issues, check with them about landscaping with native plants. They often have information for people doing exactly what you are.
Here in Washington DC there is an organization, funded in part by the District, that provides steeply discounted rain barrels, rain gardens, shade trees, and permeable hardscape. They will come and install all of the things they offer, and they also have information on landscaping with native, drought resistant plants.
I forgot. You must, of course, plan for tacky lawn ornaments and you can never have too many gnomes.
Those gnomes are so beyond tacky that they are actually adorable. Forget whismical what-nots found at overpriced country antique hide aways...Its gnome power!!! every garden must one one
The one I have takes centre stage in the FRONT garden
If you gotta have pink flamingo's, they should at least look alive and not dead:laughing:
thanks everyone. These are great ideas.
(LOL at dead flamingo comment.)
I like some areas in parks, and could get ideas from there also, more than the standard yard in central Florida. I just don't want to start sticking things in the ground with no long range plan. The software idea is interesting. I also like maintenance free yards.
At a historic lighthouse, on the grounds, there was a nice, casual herb garden divided by an old brick walk. I just found some old bricks on Craigslist. I think I could reproduce that in my yard. It appears from what I've read here that putting sand down before laying brick is a good idea. Not sure how I'd get sand home in the trunk of my car.
I'm excited and can't wait to get started.
Rain barrels.....when it rains, collect it and water your property for FREE!
Good Luck!
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:24 PM.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text:
AMT 2006 Chevy Camaro ConceptModel Kits : Model Cars : American Muscle
AMT Model Kits1:25 Scale
2006 Chevy Camaro Concept
Price: $11.66
Out of StockSee Similar Items
Hobby Essentials
- Skill Level: 2
- For Ages: 10+
- Assembly: Requires Glue
- Availability: In Stock
- Price: $11.66
Download Instructions (588.87 KB)
2006 Chevy Camaro Model KitOn January 9, 2006 at the Detroit Auto Show, Chevrolet introduced the Camaro concept car that would become the template for a new iteration of America�s iconic personal car. AMT�s authentic 1/25 scale kit captures the excitement of this aggressive looking machine, featuring an accurate 6.0L 500 HP LS2 motor and 6-speed transmission. It�s got a detailed underbody, plated wheels and removable hood.
- Glue assembly, paint required
- Molded in red and clear with chrome and black vinyl tires
- Over 100 parts
AMT Model Kits
1 Customer ReviewsOverall Rating: 2.0 out of 5
Jul 27, 2011
by RBurn
Rating: 2 out of 5
well it is a nice car and i good size and isnt missing parts. the only problem is it doesnt tell you what type of paint your supposed to use for certain parts and the instructions arent very detailed


text:
Genres: Rock
Listen to Music With Your Friends! Share this now!
Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey Betts Band. Haynes also is known for his associations with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, including touring with Phil Lesh and Friends and The Dead.
Mickey Avalon
Paul McCartney
Agnostic Front
The Vamps
The Rolling Stones
When becoming members of the site, you could use the full range of functions and enjoy
the most exciting music.
We will send authorize code to your email. Please fill your email to form below.
In order to be able to use all the features of our site, you need to have a username after
logging in via Facebook. Please choose a username now.