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Best Free Midwest Attractions: Michigan
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Historic architecture in Grand Rapids
Meyer May House, Grand Rapids The 1908 home is one of the country's most complete Frank Lloyd Wright restorations. Designed for a prominent local clothier, the Prairie-style home was considered revolutionary when it was built. After the original owner died in the 1930s, the house sat vacant for several years. Some rooms were later rented as apartments. Steelcase, an office furniture company headquartered in Grand Rapids, bought the house in 1985, restored it after extensive research and opened it to the public in 1987. Guided tours are free.
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Enjoy the arts in Traverse City
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Traverse City More than 600 events are presented each year by students, faculty and guest artists. Motion picture arts screening, visual art exhibitions, creative writing readings and music recitals are usually free. (Many other performances are low-cost.)
Hiking in the Upper Peninsula
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Munising Miles of colorful sandstone cliffs and long stretches of sandy beaches draw hikers, campers and kayakers to this 73,000-acre preserve.
Cliffs rise 50 to 200 feet above Lake Superior (left); sheer rock faces are streaked with shades of red, yellow, blue and green, the work of mineral-rich water seeping from the stone. The lake has added its own artwork, carving sculptures such as the turreted Miners Castle, plus arches and caves. Trails are of varying difficulty and lead to vistas of lakes, cliffs, dunes and waterfalls.
Wildlife in the Upper Peninsula
Seney National Wildlife Refuge About 60 miles southeast of the Munising entrance to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, this 95,000-acre wetland (left) is home to more than 200 types of birds and 50 species of mammals. You can learn about wildlife management in the area at the visitors center, then take a 7-mile Marshland Wildlife Drive. Back roads and dikes are open to bicyclists and hikers.
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Free attractions near the Lake Michigan shore
DeKlomp Wooden Shoe and Delftware Factory, Holland Artisans hand-paint each dish at the only factory producing blue-and-white delftware in the United States (left).
State Fish Hatchery, Oden Go nose-to-gill with trout in a stream-viewing chamber and see a scale model of a Great Lakes watershed.
DeKlomp Wooden Shoe and Delftware Factory
Play for free
Campus Martius Park, Detroit Along Woodward Avenue, this manicured 1.6-acre green space is the centerpiece of the city's downtown revitalization, with eating areas, art exhibits, outdoor film showings in summer and concerts that are often free (left).
History near Detroit
Walker Tavern State Historic Site, Brooklyn Visitors to this restored 1800s stagecoach stop can see how hard travel must have been when the Chicago road was just dirt and planks laid across the mud. The tavern (left) includes an 1840s parlor, barroom, dining room and kitchen; the barn has surveying and stagecoach exhibits. The site is about 75 miles west of Detroit.
Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills The nation's first freestanding Holocaust museum, about 25 miles northwest of Detroit, offers daily tours. A Holocaust survivor is present on Sundays. Exhibits focus on Jewish history, Jewish culture in Europe, World War II and the post-war world.
Walker Tavern State Historic Site
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Free attractions in Lansing
Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing Highlights include a life-size street scene (left) and a three-story topographical Michigan map. Exhibits chronicle the state's past, including the lumber and auto industries.
State Capitol, Lansing Take a free tour of the 1879 building, known for its 160-foot-high rotunda and ornate, hand-painted trim.
Tour Marshall by foot
Historic Marshall A free map from the Chamber of Commerce features a walking tour that guides visitors to dozens of 19th-century homes, attractions and shops. (Some of the attractions have fees to enter.)
One of Marshall's most famous structures is the Honolulu House (left), built in 1860 for a judge when he returned from serving as U.S. consul to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands.


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Interview with Simon Cozens
Simon Cozens has written several Perl modules, has written for Perl.com (which he used to edit), and writes a regular column for The Perl Journal. Simon's latest book, Advanced Perl Programming from O'Reilly Media, will be available sometime during the summer of 2005.
The Perl Review: You've updated Advanced Perl Programming by Sriram Srinivasan. How much is different in the new version?
Simon Cozens: It's very different; in fact it's fair to say that it's a different book with the same title. Sriram's book was excellent, but it was a product of its time. Nobody knew back then what we'd be doing with Perl eight years down the line.
I've tried to maintain the ethos of the original book: to teach the Perl programmer what they need to know to do their job more effectively. But what it means to be an advanced Perl programmer has changed. Eight years ago, an advanced Perl programmer was someone who knew who to write modules, or mess with the Perl internals; nowadays, an advanced Perl programmer is someone who knows their way around the CPAN, and that's what I've focused on in the book.
TPR: Who do you think should read this book?
Simon: The problem with a title like "Advanced Perl Programming" is that people who aren't advanced can feel they should leave it alone. No! "Advanced Perl Programming" is to help people become advanced! So anyone who wants to write better Perl programs should read this book.
In terms of formally learning Perl, or if you're teaching yourself and want a gentle introduction, I think it's a good follow-on to Randal Schwartz's Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules; equally, though, it follows on from where Programming Perl leaves off and tries to convert what you know about the language into real-life application.
TPR: Some of the things you didn't keep in the second edition include working with GUIs, networking, and embedding Perl. Have the importance of these topics changed?
Simon: I think so. Again, it's a reminder of what's happened in the past eight years. For instance, nobody suspected that the web would become the ultimate cross-platform GUI.
Networking has become more important, to the point where the book can assume some prior knowledge of how it works. But the way we do it has changed; it's less about building your own clients and servers to implement a protocol, and more about grabbing the appropriate protocol implementation from CPAN. There's also been the emergence of the POE event layer, which has given us the potential to do networking in new ways, so I've covered POE in the book rather than more fundamental things about networking.
Embedding turned out not to be a big deal; very few new projects are using Perl as an embedded language. I covered embedding in the book I wrote with Tim Jenness, Extending and Embedding Perl, so I can legitimately feel that this is not through lack of information about how to do it...
TPR: The new edition focuses on the Perl "rites of passage", or the stuff an intermediate programmer seems to always reinvents, such as a templating system. How important is that to mastering a language?
Simon: We go on about reinventing wheels, but reinventing wheels is not a bad thing. In a way you have to reinvent the wheels. That's how we get better wheels, or else this would be The sed Review.
And yes, reinventing the wheel is a good way to learn more about the language. But the aim of the book, and, I guess, the aim of Perl, is to be pragmatic, to help you get things done quickly and easily, and to give you the tools you need to do that.
People will still reinvent the wheel after reading the book---in fact, I hope they will. But the difference is that after reading the book, they'll know what is already available, why it doesn't fit what they want to do, and how they can create something which does. Then hopefully they'll go out and invent a wheel which does something new and different and innovative, and we call that progress.
TPR: What's in the future list of the Perl rites of passage?
Simon: Oh, plenty of things. Date/time handling and email handling have recently seen a swathe of reimplementations. Web application frameworks, without a doubt; particularly with all the buzz going on around Rails in the Ruby community. My own Maypole was one solution to this, and was swiftly followed by Catalyst, another framework; I'm sure there'll be many more besides.
TPR: You added a chapter on Unicode and I think it's the best part of your book. Should we teach it to people sooner?
Simon: Would they listen? Unicode has an image problem, people think it's overly complicated and many, particularly from predominantly English-speaking countries, still can't see why it's a good thing. With my Japanese connections---I studied Japanese at university, and am moving back to Japan next year---it became a big concern for me. But it's still a hard message to get across.
Again, though, the world is changing and this is getting more important and people are starting to ask questions about it. I hope that as time goes on we can teach it earlier and earlier.
TPR: You kept less about Perl internals in this edition. Do you think that topic is less important? Or is it pretty well covered elsewhere, such as Extending and Embedding Perl (which you co-authored for Manning)?
Simon: Both! I think those who really care about Perl internals can get Extending and Embedding Perl, but most people don't need to know about it.
TPR: How has Extending and Embedding Perl (Manning, 2002) held up? How does it complement Advanced Perl Programming?
Simon: To be honest, it hasn't sold well. But it was never intended to sell well (don't tell Manning)---the more important thing for me was to get a good explanation of that information out and available to people, so that people who did need to know about really advanced hacking with Perl can get hold of the book.
That is part of the reason I left so much of the internals stuff out---the information is already available in Extending and Embedding Perl. I wouldn't say that Extending and Embedding Perl is particularly more "advanced" than Advanced Perl Programming in terms of the difficulty of understanding the material---just that Extending and Embedding Perl is more specialized, whereas Advanced Perl Programming has something to say to all Perl programmers.
TPR: You devote a chapter to Inline modules, and the sections on Inline::C use Perl's C API. Do you think that's the path for future Perl C extensions?
Simon: I think it's part of the future. The current Inline system is good, but it's not perfect. chromatic is doing some interesting work with the "native call interface", using the operating system's own ways of loading dynamic libraries and calling foreign functions.
The beauty of this system is that you don't need a compiler in order to build extensions, which would really make the Windows people happy. For this to really work in a nice Perlish way, though, we would need to automatically pull in and examine the header files to understand the structures and calling conventions. This is the part that hasn't been done yet, but it's a part that Inline can really help with.
Of course, I'm supposed to say that the real path to the future is going to be Ponie and the NCI stuff that's happening on Parrot. But I still think that's very much a long-term future.
TPR: You include hard problems like parsing and natural language processing. Were there other such problems that you wanted to include?
Simon: Oh, I wanted to include everything I knew about Perl! I've mentioned email handling, and that's a particular interest of mine; I thought about putting something about that in the book. I wanted to put more web stuff in there, but there wasn't room. But mainly I think we covered most of what I felt should go in there.
TPR: Nat Torkington got you started on a new Advanced Perl Programming in 2002. How does the final version compare to what you thought you'd write?
Simon: It's pretty close: the Unicode, Inline, Parsing and other chapters made it all the way through. We planned to put in the chapters on GUIs and networking, but they never materialized. I wrote one on Perl 6, but Perl 6 moves so quickly that anything you write is out of date - especially with pugs, which again, nobody could have predicted.
The chapter on advanced Perl techniques, the first chapter, is actually new, but I'm very glad that's in there. It kind of lays a foundation for everything else that follows. The one about database abstraction was also a last-minute addition; I'd been umming and ahing about whether or not to do it, but eventually I just sat down and wrote it one day, and it's in the book!
TPR: You wrote most of this book in XML, and I know you use XML to create the slides for some of your talks. Which tools do you use? Have you developed most of your own tools to do this?
Simon: Well, as my friend Stephen Turnbull says, SGML (and to a lesser degree, XML) is just a conspiracy to get everyone using xemacs. The psgml-mode in emacs is spectacularly good. I've tried a bunch of more graphical applications but nothing has come close to it for ease of use. The book's written in DocBook XML; I processed my own drafts of the book using xsltproc and then either Sebastian Rahtz's xmltex or the Apache fop processor. The structure of the book, the skeletons for each chapter, were produced by a Perl script I wrote, which also created a Makefile used for the processing.
In terms of slides, things are a bit funny at the moment. I have an Apple desktop, and I use Keynote to produce my slides; that is actually an open, XML-based format. I no longer have an Apple laptop, so I struggled to work out how to display Keynote files on Linux. I thought maybe I could write a Perl/Tk or similar application to parse the XML and display the slides, but in the end, I remembered what I said about the web being the universal GUI, and ended up writing myself a Keynote viewer in Javascript.
Yeah, Javascript. It's not a dirty word.
TPR: You wrote Beginning Perl for WROX (now published by Apress), and now Advanced Perl Programming. Is something in the middle next? Maybe a book about Maypole?
Simon: I think it was Douglas Adams that said the best time to write a book is in the warm glow after finishing the last one. I know what he means, but like him, I'm not going to do it. I thought about a Maypole book; maybe one day, but we need to see where Maypole goes.
But not now. At the moment I'm very busy with my studies, finishing off a theological course before going back to Japan next year. I'm still a little involved in the Perl world and the writing world---I'm currently providing a listening ear and occasional advice to new technical authors, helping them put together book proposals and shape the content of their books. This is something I've wanted to do for a while. I think if I can write a book, anyone can, and I want to help them say what they want to say and get read.
At the same time, I'm looking for a publisher for another book idea, a non-technical book I've been writing for a year or so now.
And of course, I keep hacking and doing fun things with Perl. I'm currently messing about with a very exciting project which could well change the way we do web hosting. I thought I could retire gracefully, but unfortunately it seems that I just can't stop myself.
A review of Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Edition appears in the Summer 2005 issue of The Perl Review.


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No one was injured and classes will resume Thursday.
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An undergraduate student and I were discussing her senior project (an online exhibition of items at the Beinecke Library along with short critical essays on them) and noticed that we didn't have any horizontally-oriented themes for Yale Academic Commons sites. Not a problem any more, as we bought COLr from a freelance developer. I like this theme a lot and hope that some of you will find creative uses for it. Works well on multiple devices, but note that its strengths with media display could become a problem on low-bandwidth connections or could gobble up your data allocations on a cellular network.
Addendum 1: Almost in a procrustean manner, this theme resizes images on the fly to fit the available screen space. Lovely when you have big chunky images, not so great when you have something small. However, I corresponded with the developer and found out that you can prevent this from happening. It's a workaround for, at minimum, intermediate users. TO prevent resizing, add "noScale" as a style class to the desired image. You'll have to go into the HTML tab of the editor interface to make this change, and be sure that a) you add the class name to the existing style attribute of the image and b) you enter the class name exactly as written above, as it is case-sensitive.


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from the Enchanted Learning Website! Click HERE.
My lovely friends over at SCHOLASTIC also have a great
printable with word families. It's HERE.
I'm in and so are my girls.
I've seen this before somewhere and it is a great idea. I must make a start on ours.
that is one of the clever-est things I have seen in a long time! Brilliant!!!
Oh I love this! Great idea! I just did a post about Home Depot Materials. I'm going to go back in and include this so I can remember it for later. Thanks!
I love it! I may need to make this for my niece for Christmas.
That is an awesome idea!! Love it! I think it's Sherwin Williams that has the large pre-cut square samples too, for those that don't have a cutter.
I come over all the time to see what perfect thing you have made.
I'm totally going to steal this!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this!
Wow, this is a phenomenal idea that i will definitely be using when my kids are older!
This would have to be a perfect present to give to a first grade classroom teacher.
What a brilliant idea.
I just posted about something similar to this, but with short vowel words! That's funny! Now I'm going to make your version, too! Aren't paint samples awesome?
Oh! I love this...how clever!
This is a GREAT idea! Thanks for sharing it ML. This would make a great gift for the teacher.
Now this is a great idea! I am so doing this very thing for my kids.
Thanks so much for the idea.
Fabulous idea! So going to make a set. Thanks for sharing!
So many good ideas today. Wow. :)
I love it and need to make a set for my class. Yes, perfect teacher gift!
I teach first grade and this is brilliant. Her teacher would love it!
What a wonderful idea!
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Is there a list of the word families that you used?
@ Anonymous --
Yes! I got this post idea from the SNail's Trail blog and her great post has the complete lists we used. Here's a link:
As a First Grade teacher, I can guarantee that they would LOVE this for Christmas!
Such a great idea! Now I just need to be brave and get a bunch of paint samples. I am a new follower and I would be so grateful if you would link this up at Mom's Library! Thanks for sharing!
This is awesome! New follower via link from It's Overflowing.
Have a great week! :)
Thanks for sharing this great information.... I tried going to the Snail's Trail blog so I could get her great lists of phonograms, consonants, word blends, diagraphs, and word families - however you have to be invited to see her blog and I have no idea where to go to ask to be invited. WHere else can I go to get the lists?
I'm sorry her blog switched over to private....I found another blogger via pinterest who also made the paint chip cards and she took a photo of the whole set so you could use it as a list...however, it appears that she also took down her blog. There are lots of photos of them on Pinterest here: http://pinterest.com/source/karrie-gull.blogspot.com/
Hope this helps!
What a fantastic idea! I have a habit of collecting those free paint chip cards. Have you seen how Home Depot now has those adorable leaf-shaped sample cards (along with traditional shaped) and they have the itty bitty hole at the top for a plastic ring--AND they give out the little black plastic rings too, so you can group a whole rainbow of color together?!?! We go to Lowes more often so I did not know about this awesomeness until recently. Anyway, I about died and went to heaven when I found them, and definitely took home a LOT o' COLOR samples that day, LOLOL =]
I love this idea! I am a soon-to-be elementary teacher and I am making these for my classroom. I am running in to trouble with the sharpie writing on the paint strips. Did you have this problem? It is like the paint strips are drying up the ink! I have made about ten strip pairs and two of my sharpies will no longer write. Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!
I LOVE this idea! I am a soon-to-be elementary teacher and I am making this for my future classroom! Unfortunately, I am running in to some sharpie issues. My sharpies have only been able to write a couple letters at a time on the strips. Then is it like the ink dries out. Did you have this problem? I have made about 10 pairs and I already have two dead sharpie markers. Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!
Hi Brittany,
I had a similar problem with mine, there must be something on the finish of the paint chips that fights with the Sharpies. I let my sharpie "rest" and was able to resume writing. I guess you could use scrapbook letter stickers instead. I'm not really sure what causes this problem but I know I've had mixed results too...Not sure if I've used different brands or colors (like blue) Might be worth a shot!
I just wanted to let you know I hve linked this thread to my blog above as well as repining your post to my interest account.While thisi s still much too advanced for my 14 month old, I think it is an excellent use of paint chips, and look forward to her growing with them!
I love this activity! You're being featured in a round up of Phonogram Acitivites over at http://everystarisdifferent.blogspot.com.
Love this and plan to use it ASAP in first grade. Question: What are the other cards you used (with word endings)? Thanks so much for this idea!
I love this idea but how exactly do you use it effectively? Do you play a game with it? Thanks :)
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Bigger Is Better!Written by on September 26, 2005 Contributors: The Rod & Custom Staff R & C Checks Out The Goodguys' Mega-event In Columbus, Ohio
For the serious rodder, nothing quite compares to a weekend of getting together with a few 100,000 of your "closest" friends and checking out over 6,000 rides of all makes, shapes, and sizes. The Goodguys' event in Columbus, Ohio, is the place where all this action takes place every year, and the latest shindig had all the bells and whistles.
While your own personal tastes may lean heavily toward traditional rods (of which you will see your fair share), you cannot deny the jaw-dropping affect of the killer mega-horsepower street machines that are a big part of the wild weekend. And street machines aren't the only diversion you will find; there are also the best examples of pickups, musclecars, one-offs, and restored beauties you won't find anywhere.
After spending our time on the road on Tom's Fun Run making our way to the event, we ate up the smorgasbord of rides like nobody's business. The hardest part, besides picking what to have for lunch, was picking our favorites to be our Top Ten from the thousands of great rides. Not a bad dilemma to have--and we wouldn't want it any other way! If you haven't been a part of it yet, definitely make plans for the Goodguys' Columbus event in 2006--we already have all our reservations made.
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Gary Brigham recently had TNT Customs (Hollysprings, GA) give his old, reliable '29 Ford roadster pickup a total makeover and the ol' girl looks like a fresh starlet. Under the hood is one very serious 600hp 502ci Chevy that should make for some very interesting stoplight action.Doug Pack put together this '32 Ford roadster for himself as the latest in a string of well-built hot rods. The perfect finishing touch is the distressed leather interior.Greg Giampapa started with a nice original '47 Ford woodie and turned it into the ultimate street rod SUV. All the latest creature comforts are contained inside the original 1947 timber.Dave Reinhold had Gary Brown and the crew at Brown's Metal Mods put an incredible amount of metalwork into what he calls his "top hat" '29 Ford pickup. The top of the doors barely hit you above the knees.Johnny Morris kept his '29 Ford pickup totally simple and that's why we totally fell for it. The lil' A uses mostly original sheetmetal with minimal bodywork, and Johnny is proud to point out the few original bumps and bruises the truck has found in the last 76 years.A greater character than Charlie Edwards would be hard to find; a mild custom sweeter than his owner-built '54 Mercury convertible would be even more difficult.As a tribute to the car he drove on his honeymoon, Jim Sheldon built this '56 Oldsmobile as the latest in his long line of Olds rides. The love of the brand also extends to daughter Denise, who has her own '47 Olds convertible.
Rich Spanovich has been waiting over 30 years to get his '51 Mercury on the road, and the wait was well worth it for the stunning results he and son Rick achieved with the period-perfect mild custom.Bill Kilkeary started with a super low-mileage '57 Buick before slicing the top and making one killer custom. The perfect interior and sweet running Nailhead are still 100-percent original.Tom Meredeth has the rarest ride in our Top Ten with his '40 Plymouth delivery. With only a handful originally produced, you won't be bumping into two of these in the same place anytime soon.Steve and Debbie Hellas put together this spectacular '59 Bel Air that looks even longer when it's sitting down on the deck...John Hall has an ace up his sleeve with every Flathead fan's favorite engine: an Ardun overhead converted Flattie somewhat under the hood of his '32 Fordor.This '33 Ford coupe's owner didn't put his info in the window so we will just have to let him know here that we love the stance of this killer trad ride.
Ricky Pike stopped us dead in our tracks with his chopped '32 Ford sedan with a delivery door added to the back.With a little work and a fist full of dollars, this Deuce sedan could be back next year looking good and turning heads.Eddie Johnson was lucky enough to start with a very solid '30 Chevy coupe before switching direction on the restoration and turning the Bow Tie into a super-fine hot rod. Made up of a completely wood inner structure with the exterior tin attached to it, most of the examples from this era did not survive the elements and time.Larry and Madge Ahle get around in luxury style in their '52 Oldsmobile 98 convertible, and keep up with traffic with a '93 Vette mill providing the power.This bad-to-the-bone '55 Chevy gasser had all of our troops stirred up for the entire weekend. Once nearly extinct, nose-up street machines have made a huge comeback.Looking like a predator waiting to strike, this '58 Buick "more-door" has a right-on stance and clocks in very high on the cool meter.Jim Burker owns this '29 Model A highboy we instantly fell in love with. With a chrome '29 radiator shell up front and a fully dressed Flathead for power, this sweet ride is very reminiscent of Bud Bryan's ol' R&C project car.


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these are the BEST cookies! Everyone who tries them loves them! I make extra and freeze them then I always have some ready to bake.
Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
From EatingWell: Spring 2004, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012
EatingWell reader Beverley Sharpe of California contributed this recipe. She updated a favorite treat by cutting back on sugar and incorporating whole grains. To increase protein, she replaces the rolled oats with 1 cup almond meal.
185 Reviews for Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Great taste and very easy to make!
I made two big cookies in my toaster over and they turned out quite soft. Maybe those who like softer cookies should try one big one! I didn't use the blender. Just creamed everything together and added the wet mix to the dry mix. I had to use whole wheat pastry flour instead of the oats...I found I had no oats while I was mixing them up. We loved this!!
This may be my new base cookie recipe. It has the right amout of spread and softness. I did use all brown sugar and may cut back a little next time. I made a batch with a good handful of mini chocolate chips and a batch with cinnamon chips. I think next time I might do dried cherries or candied ginger. Like virtually all the EatingWell recipes I've tried, this is a keeper.
I hardly ever make comments, but this recipe has inspired me! I tried using flax meal instead of the ground oats and the texture is most delightful. I also used 1/2 cup butter instead of the butter oil mix, well, because I like butter :) I thought they were definitely sweet enough - I might even use a little less sugar next time. Seriously though, I think these are the best choco-chip cookies I've ever made! yum....


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Mir disappointed with Lesnar
When asked for his opinions by the Sporting News, Frank Mir did not hesitate to say that he was disappointed that Brock Lesnar chose to stay with WWE instead of going back to UFC. The former world heavyweight champion felt that a rematch between the two would draw huge money for the promotion. Mir firmly states that he believes that Lesnar is quite the marketing asset for MMA.
July 15, 2015
Monday Night Raw viewership
Some good news for WWE. Viewership for Monday Night Raw is back at 4 million this week. Many are attributing that to the return of Brock Lesnar, which was widely mentioned through social media by the internet wrestling community. A few are giving credit to Machine Gun Kelly, who is a mainstream name.
June 16, 2015
Roman Reigns losing
Some possible good news for fans who are against the idea of Roman Reigns becoming the top star in WWE. There is now a really good chance that he does not get that opportunity because rumors have surfaced that Triple H has finally convinced Vince McMahon to let Brock Lesnar retain the heavyweight championship. The widespread feeling is that giving the belt to Reigns will actually hurt him in the long run because the fans are so against it right now.
March 26, 2015
John Cena winning
While a lot of WWE fans are overjoyed right now about the Brock Lesnar news, they are about to be brought back down to earth for a bit when they realize that the new contract means that John Cena has a better chance of winning the United States Heavyweight Championship from Rusev at Wrestlemania. Since Lesnar will still be part time, the front office wanted a belt on Cena, so that he can use it to headline live events each week.
March 24, 2015
Scott Hall on Brock Lesnar
A post on Twitter from Scott Hall on how he feels about the Brock Lesnar news changing up how WWE will handle Wrestlemania.
March 24, 2015
Undertaker kept off TV
Bad news for those of you that are still holding out hope that we will get to see the Undertaker before his high profile match against Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania. WWE has no plans of doing that right now. The hope by management is that fans will subscribe to their online service to get a glimpse of the legendary performer since his big streak ending loss to Brock Lesnar at the pay per view last year. Giving him away for free is not something planned.
March 11, 2015
Brock Lesnar to IGF
While the internet wrestling community has been on the edge of their seats while keeping up with all the news surrounding Brock Lesnar, the legendary Antonio Inoki is listening just as intently. He still has plans on contacting the heavyweight champion to see what he wants to do after his contract with WWE expires. While Lesnar is unlikely to sign a long term deal, Inoki would love to pay him big bucks for a couple of matches in the summer.
March 3, 2015
Brock Lesnar returning to Raw
Good news for those of you who have been complaining that Brock Lesnar does not make enough appearances in WWE. The world heavyweight champion is currently scheduled to be on Monday Night Raw next week. The belief is that he will kick start the promotions for his upcoming title match against John Cena at the Royal Rumble. Management might also have him tease a potential feud with Seth Rollins as well, in order to keep the Money in the Bank briefcase relevant.
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Life Saving Helmet Presented To Soldier
(Le Mars) -- An Alton, Iowa National Guard soldier based out of the 113th Calvary Squadron, Charlie Company from Le Mars was presented on Saturday afternoon the helmet that saved his life. While on tour in Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011, Specialist Tom Albers, 23, was conducting a dismounted joint presence patrol with his team in Afghanistan's Kafshan Valley, Parwan province when he and his fellow troops came under fire. A bullet hit his helmet, but fortunately, for Albers, did not hit his head. Albers recalls the incident.
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Albers admits he was stunned for a few moments. He says he was able to take cover and quickly realized there was no blood and in fact he was able to continue the mission.
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Specialist Albers describes his helmet after taking a round.
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Once enemy fire subsided and they began pulling out. Albers finally realized the seriousness of what just happened. He was evacuated, with his only injury being a small burn mark across the top of his head. His helmet was sent to Program Executive Office based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia for analysis. Program Executive Office has been dedicated to developing, producing, fielding and sustaining virtually everything a soldier wears, carries, and operates. Saturday, the helmet was returned to Albers by Command Sgt. Major Emmett Maunakea with PEO, encased in a presentation case with a plaque, during a ceremony at the Le Mars armory.
Le Mars School Board To Review Security Issues
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Community School Board is scheduled to meet this evening to discuss school security. Dr. Todd Wendt, superintendent of schools will report comments, suggestions, and concerns expressed by parents, staff, and community members regarding school security and discuss in general terms of the district emergency plan. The school board is expected to discuss legislative issues as it discusses the Plymouth County Schools Legislative Forum scheduled for February 2nd. Assistant Superintendent, Steve Webner will review the Iowa Assessment Tests with the school board.
Legislative Forum Draws Nearly 20 People
(Le Mars) -- Nearly 20 people attended a legislative forum Saturday morning at Le Mars to hear the comments of state lawmakers Bill Anderson and Chuck Soderberg prior to the start of the general session that opens today. The group offered comments of their own regarding particular issues. City, County, and School officials along with concerned citizens discussed the state's budget, road and bridge funding, regulations, and even the state's role in the pending Affordable Healthcare Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare. But for Shirley Schroeder, the president of the Remsen-Union school board, she is concerned about education reform and allowable growth funding for schools.
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Schroeder offered some advice to the lawmakers when dealing with educational issues.
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Dr. Mark Stelzer, a member of the Le Mars Community School Board echoed Schroeder's sentiment.
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Legislators Differ On What To Do With Surplus Of Funds
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - After years of cutting the budget, the legislative session that beings Monday will offer lawmaker a new challenge - what to do with a $1 billion surplus?
Dave Roederer, the top budget aide to Gov. Terry Branstad, credits the surplus to spending cuts and conservative budgeting, as well as healthy tax revenues.
Branstad will release his budget plans Tuesday and is expected to announce plans to invest in education and cut commercial property taxes.
Some Republicans lawmakers also argue reductions to the income tax should be part of any tax package
Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, says Democrats would support some tax cuts, but they also want to see more spending on programs such as adult education and job training.
Some Democrats also want to expand Medicaid.
Onawa Casino Reopens
ONAWA, Iowa (AP) - Nebraska's Omaha Tribe has reopened its flood-damaged Iowa casino under a new name and with plans for a new building.
The Blackbird Bend Casino greeted old and new customers when it reopened its doors Saturday. It was known as CasinOmaha when it was shut down by Missouri River flooding in June 2011.
Blackbird Bend is temporarily located in the old restaurant of CasinOmaha.
A new building will be built just southeast of the old casino and will be built six feet higher in case of future flooding.
The new casino will have more than 150 employees. Construction is scheduled to begin in March and take about 13 months.
The casino is situated near Onawa, between Omaha, Neb., and Sioux City.
Three Die In Perry Creek Accident
(Sioux City) -- Sioux City Police are investigating an accident that occurred shortly after 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning. A vehicle traveling west on 35th street in Sioux City ran the stop sign at the intersection of 35th and Douglas Street. The vehicle continued down on 35th Street and crossed Grandview Blvd. The vehicle then drove through a residence yard into the Perry Creek and came to rest on its roof partially submerged in Perry Creek. There were five occupants in the vehicle and two were able to escape the vehicle after entering the water. Three other individuals were extracted by rescue personnel and taken to both hospitals where they were pronounced dead. The accident is still under investigation. The victims' names have not been released.
SUV Runs Up On A Porch Of A Des Moines Home
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines police say a drunk driver rammed his sport utility vehicle into the porch of a Des Moines home.
Twenty-eight-year-old Andrew William McAninch was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving while drunk.
Police reports say McAninch had a blood alcohol level of .188 - more than twice Iowa's legal driving limit of .08 - when he crashed into the house around 2 a.m. No one was hurt.
Neighborhood residents say McAninch also clipped a gas line in the course of the crash. Authorities were able to quickly contain the gas leak.
School Bus Crashes In Northeast Iowa
POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A school bus crash in the northeast corner of Iowa sends the driver and six students to the hospital for treatment of injures.
The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened around 7:15 a.m. Friday when the bus slid through an intersection, into a ditch and down an embankment.
The driver told authorities that ice on the road caused the crash.
The sheriff's office says the six students and driver were taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, where they were treated for minor injuries and released.
The accident remains under investigation.
Illinois Man Dies After Falling Through Ice
SABULA, Iowa (AP) - An Illinois man is dead and his teenage son injured after falling through the ice of an eastern Iowa lake.
The accident happened just before 5 p.m. Friday. Jackson County Sheriff's officials say 65-year-old Ronald Kerkhoff, of German Valley, Illinois and his son, 18-year-old Jacob Kerkhoff, had been ice fishing on South Sabula Lake when they fell through.
Rescue crews pulled the men from the lake and took them to a hospital in Clinton, where the older man died. Jacob Kerkhoff was treated for his injuries and released.
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Ned Yost media session: June 3
When Royals manager Ned Yost met with the media this morning he was asked about today's starting pitcher Zack Greinke in his follow-up to his AL Cy Young season. Yost feels that Greinke has pitched great this year, keeping his ball club in games. Yost said, "He just needs to keep doing what he has been doing." Yost doesn't believe his hitters are putting any extra pressure on themselves; stating they just need to improve offensively with Greinke on the mound.
Yost also commented on today's starting second baseman Chris Getz. Yost believes that Getz gives the Royals the best infield defense combination, which is a key for him with Greinke on the mound. While Yost also sees the time off for infielder Mike Aviles as a good opportunity for him to step back and refocus on his defense.
Yost also was asked if he saw last night's near perfect game by Detroit Tigers starter Armando Galarraga. Yost said he felt for the game's first base umpire Jim Joyce, on what appears to be a blown call that cost Galarraga the perfect game in the ninth inning last night. Yost still thinks that Joyce is one of the top five best umpires in the game today, but also believes MLB should do anything within reason to get the call right.


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(Sports Network) - Adrian Peterson came just 27 feet short of achieving a
spectacular personal goal but the MVP candidate didn't let his team fall
short of anything, lifting the Minnesota Vikings back into the postseason for
the first time in three years with his latest superlative effort.
Peterson fell just nine yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's NFL record for
most rushing yards in a season, but still put up 199 on a career-best 34
carries while scoring two touchdowns to help the Vikings earn the postseason
berth with a thrilling 37-34 last-second victory over the Green Bay Packers in
Week 17.
His task this week?
Do it again but this time in historic Lambeau Field.
Peterson's final rush last Sunday -- a 26-yard burst to the Green Bay 11 with
three seconds remaining -- set up Blair Walsh's 29-yard field goal which
snapped a 34-34 deadlock and earned Minnesota the conference's No. 6 seed
after closing out the regular season with four straight wins.
Walsh's kick also forced a rematch between the two NFC North rivals in this
week's wild card round, as Green Bay was denied a chance to claim the No. 2
spot and an opening-round bye after San Francisco defeated Arizona.
Exactly one year to the day of his surgery to repair a potentially career-
threatening knee injury, Peterson finished his remarkable 2012 campaign with
2,097 rushing yards to become the seventh player in league history to surpass
the 2,000-yard barrier.
"It's a bittersweet feeling inside," said Peterson of just missing Dickerson's
standard of 2,105 yards. "The first thing that came to my mind when I heard
that I was nine yards short was, 'It is what it is. It wasn't meant to
happen.' Not to say it doesn't hurt, because it does.
"Ultimately we came in here tonight and accomplished the ultimate goal of
getting a win and taking our team into the playoffs."
Christian Ponder aided Minnesota's cause by matching a personal best with
three touchdown passes, including one to Peterson, while going an efficient
16-of-28 for 234 yards without a turnover. Rookie Jarius Wright finished with
90 receiving yards and a TD on three catches for a Vikings club in the
playoffs a year removed from a dismal 3-13 season.
Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns while amassing 365 yards on 28-of-40
passing for Green Bay, leading the Packers out of a 13-point first-half hole
to tie the game twice in the fourth quarter.
"This is playoff football, and really, yes, we had every intention of winning
the game in Minnesota. It didn't work," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "I'm
not just fluffing it by, but you have to, because the door is open for the
playoffs to begin."
Greg Jennings hauled in two of Rodgers' scoring strikes while recording 120
yards on eight grabs but Minnesota halted a five-game skid against Green Bay
and stopped the Packers 12-game run in division competition.
"It's disappointing. A lot of us wanted that extra week," said Rodgers. "We
played tough and came back from behind. We have nothing to be ashamed of. We
played a team who was desperate. They had an MVP-caliber player running the
ball real well on that side. We made some plays down the stretch to get back
in it, but they eventually took it from us."
The Vikings and Packers have met 103 times in the regular season with Green
bay holding a 54-48-1 all-time advantage. The two teams have met just once in
the playoffs when Minnesota stunned the Pack at Lambeau 31-17 on Jan. 9. 2005
behind four Daunte Culpepper TD passes and four interceptions of Brett Favre.
The Packers were once 13-0 in postseason home games but have since dropped
four of their last six playoff games at Lambeau so there is no more air of
invincibility in the Badger State, especially against Minnesota which already
pulled off the Lambeau upset in '05.
So much of this one will depend on who gets off to the better start. Green Bay
won the toss last week in Minneapolis and deferred. That was a mistake
against a Vikings team intent on building an early lead and riding Peterson to
the finish line with Ponder playing caretaker.
"It's been impressive," Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said when discussing
his team's fast starts. "It's exactly what we've needed. We talked all along
about being able to start fast on offense and defense and we've gotten that
done as of late. We're going to need it again against a high powered offense
and a very good defense."
That plan has worked very well over the past month as Minnesota has scored on
its first possession in each of its last four games. Offensive coordinator
Bill Musgrave is very inventive with formations and can usually out-script the
opposition early but tends to get repetitive as the game progresses, making
things tougher on the still-limited Ponder.
"He's so intelligent and so creative in what he does," Ponder said when
asked about Musgrave. "Obviously with Adrian there are only so many runs you
can create and do, but he still finds new ways to get him the ball and
obviously that's working. In the passing game, finding ways to get guys open
and create different throws and play actions and all these different things.
He has such a great understanding of defenses. I think that's the biggest
thing that impresses me."
Ponder has a limited receiving corps without injured star Percy Harvin (ankle)
but has made some solid strides after a mid-season slump culminating with an
ugly two-interception performance in Green Bay during a 23-14 loss on Dec. 2.
Since then the second-year signal-caller has been playing with more confidence
and a greater attention to detail when it comes to his footwork and mechanics.
"The plays he made, that's what you need to be able to do at that position to
win a championship," Frazier said when talking about last week's game. "We
were really able to open the playbook up. He did what you want to see your
quarterback do in big ball games. He played at a high, high level for us."
Wright has also added some juice to the team's offense with his blinding speed
and ability to line up all over the field. The Packers found that out last
week when the diminutive Wright hid as a fullback and squirted out of the
backfield for his TD and later got behind the defense for a 65-yard
gain, the Vikings' longest pass play of the season. Tight end Kyle Rudolph
also has a nose for the end zone, as evidenced by his nine TD receptions.
All that said Minnesota is all about Peterson, who could be the best player in
all of football.
"Most of their offense comes through A.P.," Packers defensive lineman C.J.
Wilson told the New York Times. "He's pretty much their whole team."
So how do you stop him?
"We need to play a little smarter in regards to scheme," Packers linebacker
Clay Matthews said. "Not in terms of the plays we call, but as far as where we
Defensively the Vikings were much improved this season under rookie defensive
coordinator Alan Williams, who has been throwing more looks at opposing
quarterbacks over recent weeks. That is essential against Rodgers, a player
who will gash you again and again if you give him easy pre-snap reads.
Minnesota has been far too predictable in past seasons, relying too much on
soft Tampa-2 coverage against Rodgers, who has thrown 18 touchdown passes
versus three interceptions and compiled a passer rating over 123.0 during
Green Bay's last six games against the Vikings.
The Packers were 27-0 when Rodgers has a 115-plus rating until last week when
the Vikings solved the puzzle despite a 131.7 mark from A-Rod. Minnesota was
playing very well on defense until veteran cornerback Antoine Winfield, who
came in with a broken hand, left after just 18 snaps sue to pain and swelling.
All eyes will be on Winfield this week. The three-time Pro Bowl selection
starts on the left side and moves to the slot in the Vikings' nickel defense,
an important role against Green Bay since the Packers have no consistent
running game to speak of.
Last week the Vikings played nickel during 53 of 64 defensive snaps and
Winfield's replacement in the slot, the undersized and little-used Marcus
Sherels was torched 123 yards on six completions, including a 73-yarder to
Jordy Nelson. A.J. Jefferson, who moved into the base defense when Winfield
was out, allowed six completions for 67 yards and a touchdown in seven
targets, taking a 16- yard pass interference penalty against Nelson on
the other.
The good news for Minnesota is that Williams believes Winfield will at least
try to play. Rookie Josh Robinson has far more talent than either Jefferson or
Sherels and also could be an option but Robinson seems to have lost his
confidence. If Winfield can't go this week, though, Minnesota may have to roll
the dice with Robinson in the slot even though they think of him as an outside
"We've worked Josh very limited reps inside but there are some things that we
will have to look at for this ball game that we might do a little bit
different but it goes back to who is an inside corner and who is an outside
corner," Frazier said.
The Vikings' pass rush has amped it up in recent weeks although defensive ends
Jared Allen (groin) and Brian Robison (shoulder, elbow) are both playing
through pain. The real star has been the emerging Everson Griffen, a versatile
player who can play inside or outside and even drop into coverage. Griffen had
three sacks last week against an average Packers offensive line and had his
way with rookie right tackle Don Barclay on several occasions.
Rodgers will try to up the tempo at home and the Vikings must be cognizant of
the snap count. The veteran forced Minnesota's D-Line to jump offsides a
number of times during the regular season game in Green Bay.
"He will definitely want to do that," Frazier said when asked if he expected
Rodgers to use the hurry-up offense. "When we were there in our previous
meeting at Lambeau that is what they did, they came out in no-huddle, tried to
get the tempo to their liking, so it is something we will have to be ready for
and adjust to. They did a good job with the hard-counts up there so we have to
be ready to handle that as well."
The lone drawback in Rodgers' game is his willingness to hold the ball at
times in an effort to extend plays and put more strain on the secondary.
Usually that helps Green Bay but occasionally the defense can make something
happen like last week when Robison was able to record a big strip-sack in the
third quarter.
"He stays alive. He makes that offense go," Williams said when discussing
Rodgers. "They do a fantastic job of the deep guys working short, the short
guys working deep. It's choreographed because he always finds an open guy so
you have to be on your Ps and Qs in terms of getting after him first, being
disciplined about how you rush and making sure in the back end that you keep
the top on the defense, you don't let guys get behind you."
The Packers also plan to be boosted by the return of safety Charles Woodson,
who has been cleared to play after missing the last nine games with a broken
collarbone. Leading receiver and dynamic return man Randall Cobb is also
expected back after sitting out last week with a sprained ankle.
"You would guess that Charles Woodson brings another element to the game, a
little bit like a Troy Polamalu," Musgrave said. "There's going to be some ad-
libbing and some instinctual play from him that you don't see from other
players. That's what we'd anticipate."
These two teams certainly know each other well and the Vikings match-up better
with the Packers than most teams.
Minnesota's strengths, the running game on offense and the pass rush on
defense, magnify Green Bay's biggest weaknesses, a middling offensive line and
linebackers who struggle defending the run. That and a clean game by Ponder
will keep things close but until the Vikings can at least slow down Rodgers,
it's hard to imagine them capturing two straight against him.
"We're in the playoffs now, so you play who you are seeded against," said
Rodgers. "The road got a little tougher having to play on opening weekend, but
we've got a home game and that's why you win the division. You get to go back
home and the game will be a different type of game. They won't have the home-
crowd advantage and hopefully that will make a difference."
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Packers 24, Vikings 23
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Ranks on WSU's all-time list in field goal percentage (fifth - .567).
Played and started 34 of the team's 37 games...missed the final three games of the season due to an ankle injury...led the team and Pac-12 with 18.0 points per game, ranking 38th in the country...was sixth in the league with a .554 field goal percentage, ranking 26th in the nation...also led the team and was seventh in the conference with 6.4 rebounds per game...named All-Pac-12 First Team and the league's Most Improved Player...opened the season with double figure points in the first 10-straight games, including 23 against Sacramento State (Nov. 17) and 27 against Santa Clara (Dec. 11)...named Pac-12 Player of the Week for Dec. 5-12...recorded first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Grambling State (Nov. 30)...had back-to-back 20-plus point games against Oregon State in Spokane (Dec. 31) and at Utah (Jan. 5) with 26 and 27 points, respectively...second double-double came against California (Jan. 21) with 15 points and 10 boards...scored a career-high 34 points at Arizona State (Jan. 28), his only 30-point performance...final double-double came against UCLA (Feb. 4) with 25 points and a career-high 11 rebounds...scored 20-plus in three of the final four full games he played with 27 at USC (March 3), 24 in the first round of the CBI at San Francisco (March 13) and 25 against Wyoming in the second round (March 19)...scored four points in just two minutes before leaving the semifinal game at Oregon State with an ankle injury (March 21)...ranks on the WSU single-season list for scoring (fifth - 613) and field goals (t-fourth - 220).
Started nine games while playing in all 35 games...led the team and Pac-10 in field goal percentage with a .599 clip (106-for-177)...ranked fifth on the team with 7.6 points per game...tied his career high with 14 points in the season opener against Southern (Nov. 13)...made a career best two 3-pointers, converting both his attempts...had a career-high two steals at Fresno State (Nov. 26), adding a career-high seven rebounds in a career-most 30 minutes...tied career high with seven boards against Texas-Pan American (Dec. 10) in Spokane...scored a career-high 19 points against California (Feb. 12)...tied career high with six field goals made and set career best going 7-for-9 from the free throw line...grabbed a personal Pac-10 best six boards at Arizona (Feb. 17)...ranks seventh in the single-season record book for field goal percentage (.599, 106-for-177)...is second amongst Cougar sophomores with his .599 field goal clip.
Appeared in 19 games...played 14 minutes in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 13) where he recorded his first basket (a 3-point field goal) and rebound as a Cougar...recorded his first double-digit scoring performance at home against Arizona (Feb. 6) contributing 10 points in 17 minutes off the bench...scored two points at California (Feb. 13) as he was 1-for-2 in 10 minutes of action...had his best performance of the year at the Pac-10 Tournament against Oregon (Mar. 10) where he supplied the Cougars with a career high 14 points and five rebounds...knocked down his third career 3-pointer and first since Nov. 28...scored six of his points and grabbed all five boards in the first half...shot 56 percent from the field over the course of the season.
Played for and trained under head coach Marty Clarke at the Australian Institute of Sport...team went 13-13 during the SEABL season...was named the U21 male youth player of the year in 2008...represented Australia on the U19 team (Emus) in the summer of 2009...led Emus to the Four Nations Tournament title in June with victories over France, Greece and Spain...recorded a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds in the 96-74 defeat of Greece...led the team in scoring all three games and was named to the tournament's All-Star Five and the Four Nations Tournament MVP...participated in the FIBA U19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand in July as team placed fourth with a 7-2 record...led all competitors in the tournament with a .600 field goal percentage...led team and tied for 20th in the tournament with 13.6 points per game...added 4.4 rebounds an outing...scored 22 points and added eight rebounds in the team's opening 88-77 victory over Canada (July 2)...scored double figures in eight of the nine games...was named a member of the Boomers, the Australian National Team, later in July.
Born Brock William Motum in October of 1990 in Brisbane, Australia...father Greg and mother Leonie...younger sister Anna...enjoys listening to music and hanging out with the boys...majoring in psychology at WSU.
Minutes: 40 vs. UCLA, 2/4/12
Points: 34 at Arizona State, 1/28/12
Field Goals Made: 13 at Arizona State, 1/28/12
Field Goal Attempts: 21 at USC, 3/3/12
3-Pt Field Goals Made: 3 (twice) at Utah, 1/5/12
3-Pt Field Goal Attempts: 5 (twice) vs. Arizona, 2/16/12
Free Throws Made: 10 (twice) vs. Arizona, 2/16/12
Free Throws Attempted: 18 vs. Arizona, 2/16/12
Rebounds: 11 vs. UCLA, 2/4/12
Assists: 5 (twice) at Oregon, 2/11/12
Blocks: 3 vs. Washington, 2/25/12
Steals: 2 (three times) at UCLA, 3/1/12
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Over the past few weeks, rumors have been circulating that the Wu-Tang Clan may release a final reunion album on the eve of the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut Enter the Wu-Tang: The 36 Chambers. Now, in a recent interview with Global Grind, Wu-Tang alum Raekwon speaks on the possibility of the Clan's reunion.
The Chef expressed his doubts about the tentative reunion, saying that the Clan as a whole hasn't taken the necessary steps to begin working on the project. He explained that it's paramount that the crew approach the project with a more serious attitude to ensure that it is financially beneficial for all parties. Despite his trepidation, however, Rae said that he would be all in for a reunion project.
"We've been talking about it and it's a lot of discussion about it, but it's not consolidated yet," he said. "We know as a group that 20 years in the business is something serious, so there was a couple of conversations going on about it...you know, everyone's so nonchalant about shit, like they don't know if it's going to happen. For me, it's like I don't respect that because it should happen. It should happen in a way where it can help us from all the shit we've been through together."
He continued, "We've made a lot of money, of course, and we've lost a lot of money, and it kinda put certain cats in situations where this can help [them] right now - at the end of the day, it can help all of use, but it can help the ones that really need to be helped and it can put us back where we need to be financially, back in the game as one of the iconic groups in the game, but it takes a lot of loyalty, it takes a lot of love, it takes a lot of respect. I want to see it happen, but more importantly, I want to see it done the right way."
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Niger - Environment
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
Definition: Land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the elevation is 5 meters or less.
Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Place II dataset.
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Droughts, floods, extreme temperatures (% of population, average 1990-2009)
Definition: Droughts, floods and extreme temperatures is the annual average percentage of the population that is affected by natural disasters classified as either droughts, floods, or extreme temperature events. A drought is an extended period of time characterized by a deficiency in a region's water supply that is the result of constantly below average precipitation. A drought can lead to losses to agriculture, affect inland navigation and hydropower plants, and cause a lack of drinking water and famine. A flood is a significant rise of water level in a stream, lake, reservoir or coastal region. Extreme temperature events are either cold waves or heat waves. A cold wave can be both a prolonged period of excessively cold weather and the sudden invasion of very cold air over a large area. Along with frost it can cause damage to agriculture, infrastructure, and property. A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot and sometimes also humid weather relative to normal climate patterns of a certain region. Population affected is the number of people injured, left homeless or requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency resulting from a natural disaster; it can also include displaced or evacuated people. Average percentage of population affected is calculated by dividing the sum of total affected for the period stated by the sum of the annual population figures for the period stated.
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database: www.emdat.be, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium), World Bank.
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Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
Definition: Population below 5m is the percentage of the total population living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.
Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Place II dataset.
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Topic: Environment Indicators
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WASHINGTON – If you're in the market for a new job, there are certain steps you need to take to give a great first impression.
Polish the resume, dry clean your most professional outfit and, of course, Google yourself.
If the first result that comes up for your Internet persona is a party photo or off-color tweet, there's work to be done.
Even though nothing posted online can ever be deleted completely, Lifehacker has a few ways to improve a first impression.
First, make sure to log out of personal accounts like Facebook and LinkedIn.
Then, if Google and Bing bring up some results you'd rather not show, try changing your privacy settings or asking the search engine to take it down.
If you have some old photos on Facebook or even MySpace that still show up, delete them from those accounts.
Next, Lifehacker says to fill your public profiles with your professional interests and create accounts on websites with services related to your field.
Going forward, try to think about how something will represent you if you post it online.
Lastly, make sure your friends know to think before they post something about you.
Read more at Lifehacker.
WTOP's Max Smith contributed to this report. Follow @WTOP on Twitter.
(Copyright 2012 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
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Saturday Oct 13 2012
The Saturday Skinny: If you believe in yourself, weight loss will followBy: Don Chaddock, Gold Country News Service
Sometimes the simplest changes can have the biggest impact on your waistline. In our culture of instant gratification, it's no wonder the weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar business, especially with promises of fast weight loss. There is no quick fix for weight loss, no matter what promises are made. True, healthy weight loss is a process that begins in the mind, not in the gym. When I was able to recognize I had a problem, and truly accept it, only then was I able to do something about the problem. What was my problem? Like many, I took comfort in food. When I was down, I tried to comfort myself through eating. That led me to tip the scale at 303 pounds by the end of 2010. When my youngest daughter, Deirdre, was born on Dec. 30, 2010, I decided I had to do something to change my situation. I didn't always do it right the first 10 months, when I stumbled around a weight loss plan, repeatedly fell off the "chuck wagon," and only managed to lose 20 pounds. That's when something clicked for me. In October 2011, I made a true decision to do something about my weight – no excuses. Now, in October 2012, I hit my goal, weighing in at 190 pounds, losing 113 from my heaviest. Does this mean I go back to my old lifestyle? Certainly not. I will continue to do what I've been doing – making healthy choices for myself. BATTLE OF THE MIND In my experience, after 23 years of battling my mid-section, I have come to this simple conclusion: Losing weight is a battle fought in the mind, not the gym or kitchen. Only when I was finally able to "flip the switch" and face my issue, was I able to start a real weight loss journey. The battle rages today, but now that I'm armed with better coping mechanisms, I can face fear, self-doubt and pity with determination, positive attitudes and humility. I know I'm not perfect, but I know what I can control – what and how much I put into my mouth. I also control how much I can get this body moving, to aid the weight loss. THE BATTLE PLAN Since I know it's a war, I have a battle plan. This is not a war to be won overnight because the problem didn't happen overnight. A car accident in my early 20s sidelined me from doing what I loved – running – and that led me into a tailspin. The weight took a long time to layer on my body and it's taken a while to come off. To prevent its return, I must stay vigilant and continue making healthy choices for myself. In the beginning, that meant changing my entire lifestyle. Here's the plan: Get off the couch, move your body, eat healthier foods and give up the stuff that is unhealthy. Simple, right? It's easier said than done, of course. That's why I recommend you start small. If you have a routine of unhealthy habits, start changing them one at a time. When you come home from work, do you find yourself sitting on the couch with a glass of wine or a beer, the TV turned to a game or your favorite show? Rather than beer or wine, try carbonated water with a splash of juice (for color and a hint of flavor). Go ahead and watch your show, but get off the couch and do some stretches or, better yet, get out a small stool and do step exercises. Alcohol is a depressant and will only deplete your energy and bring you down. If you still want some alcohol, try mixing a small splash of wine with the carbonated water or switch to lower calorie light beer. Limit your alcohol consumption to one to four drinks per week. You'll notice increased energy levels and the scale will reflect the change. For me, alcohol is rare and saved for times when I'm out with friends, which wasn't always the case. Over time, you'll begin to make more healthy choices. MEAL PLANS Breakfast One morning, try a half-cup of non-fat plain yogurt, a handful of grapes, one sliced banana, one chopped apple. Mix in a bowl and serve. You're getting a great start to your day with some protein and plenty of healthy carbs. The next day, make yourself a scramble. One half-cup chopped kale, handful of mushrooms, 2 cups raw spinach, 1 cup egg whites, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil. In a skillet, heat olive oil and sauté kale until soft (just a few minutes). Add spinach and cook down, adding mushrooms as well. Finally, pour in your egg whites and scramble until done. Mid-morning snack Two to three hours after breakfast, have a healthy snack. A small 6-8 ounce container of non-fat yogurt or a piece of fruit should suffice. Avoid bread and sweets. Lunch Salad is my usual go-to for lunch. It's easy to pack and travels well. I make it using one romaine heart, chopped, with raw spinach and kale. I top that with raw mushrooms, black beans and tomatoes. Instead of regular salad dressing (which is LOADED with fat and calories), try a yogurt-based dressing (usually 15-35 calories per serving) or fresh salsa (5-15 calories per serving). For added flavor, try adding a 1/4-cup brown rice or cooked quinoa. This is a big salad and very filling. Afternoon snack Same as mid-morning snack. Dinner Eat a lighter dinner, with four-six ounces of lean meat (chicken or fish). Avoid sauces, potatoes and bread. Have plenty of veggies (another salad or non-starchy vegetables). Grilling or roasting the meat is a great method of cooking. Late night snack If you're like me, an after-dinner snack is common. For me, that means a piece of fruit or a cup of frozen grapes. Exercise Get it in where and when you can. Park at the end of the grocery store parking lot to get in extra steps. Walk a few extra laps around the store when shopping. Take walks around the neighborhood or during breaks at work. Try getting a light hand weight (5-15 pounds) to do some arm exercises. It doesn't take much when you're doing regular exercise, but the key is to be consistent. WHAT DO I BUY AT THE STORE? This is a common question I receive. Here's my tip: Go to the produce section first, followed by the meat section, then dairy and frozen. That whole section in the middle? Stay away from it. They usually only stock processed foods there anyway. Venture in there only if you have a list of specific items (oatmeal, whole grain cereal, etc.). Instead of bread, try sandwich thins or whole wheat tortillas. Instead of mayonnaise or sour cream, use non-fat plain yogurt. In one of my previous Saturday Skinny columns, I focused specifically on grocery shopping lists. Farmers markets are a great way to find fresh produce and meat. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Here's the biggest lesson I've learned over these two years of finally being able to lose weight: I can do anything if I believe in myself. I know I will stumble along the way, but it's how I handle that stumble that matters most. Do I give up or dust myself off and keep going? There was a time when giving up was easy. That is no longer an option for me and you shouldn't give others (or your doubts) power over you and your healthy choices. Here's a question: Who has the power to change their own lives? You do. Remember, if this 40-something newspaper editor with five kids can do it, so can you. Reach Don Chaddock at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow us at Facebook.com/TheSaturdaySkinny.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- The Beltway Sniper's first wife says she'll take his body home to Baton Rouge for a funeral and burial.
She told reporters she owes John Muhammad's children a place to remember him.
Virginia executed the 48-year-old Tuesday night, seven years after he and his teenage partner terrorized the DC region, shooting people with a sniper rifle from the trunk of an old Chevy Caprice. They murdered 10 people in three weeks in October, 2002.
The ex-wife, Carol Williams, says she has a final letter from Muhammad. The family called a news conference to release the letter, but after a large group of reporters and photographers turned up at her hotel, her lawyer came out to say it would be "inappropriate" to talk about it.
Jon Sheldon, the lawyer who represented Muhammad in his appeals, sent out an email calling it "undignified" to release his dead client's "delusional" ramblings.
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Conflict at/in Your Library
Ray Bradbury, in his afterword to Fahrenheit 451, says that "the library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization." What a wonderful analogy for us, the library employees, to work with. We who scuttle between the synapses and bookstacks of this building-sized brain, picking up thoughts and putting them back down again, healing damaged brainwaves, setting the library's mind back in order.
Conflict! Danger!
And what a mind it is! The library, by nearly any diagnostical standard, is brain-damaged! Or schizophrenic! Or, at the very least, is raging drunk! The library-brain has conflicting thoughts like Think! and Blink!,which are shelved right next to each other, one written to refute the other. Putting them together is a dangerous idea, like placing matter and anti-matter in close proximity, tempting them to annihilate each other.
The library-mind is further confused by conflicting thoughts like Why Evolution is True while at the back of its mind it also thinks Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong. How is a brain to cope?
In Kentucky, a library worker tried to prevent a patron from receiving a book that she (the library worker) felt was inappropriate. There! Problem solved! The brain fixes itself, heals the rift, and is blessed with a dogmatic clarity of thought!
But No, Wait.
The American Library Association's code of ethics states that "expurgation of any parts of books or other library resources by the library, its agent, or its parent institution is a violation of the Library Bill of Rights because it denies access to the complete work, and, therefore, to the entire spectrum of ideas that the work was intended to express."
Characteristics of the Library-Brain
Unfortunately for the library-brain, in order for it to remain a library, it must remain insane. It must rage and rant at the rest of the world in various streams-of-consciousness, first spouting one idea, then the complete opposite. Because the library-mind is not human. It does not judge. It does not distinguish or differentiate right ideas from wrong ideas. An idea is an idea, and the entire spectrum of ideas is broadcast to all, restricted by nothing except those few people who lift books and steal movies from the stacks, eating holes into the library-brain like a cannibalistic prion disease, sinking it inch by inch into senility.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So, what is the problem with Netflix streaming these days? The Federal Communications Commission says it's trying to get to the bottom of that.
Recently the delivery of Netflix video streams and other online content has been slowed — even as Netflix has been blaming the trouble on ISPs like Verizon and Comcast.
Critics claim the ISPs are deliberately slowing incoming traffic from Web sites who aren't willing to pay for a less congested portal to home users.
For their part, the ISPs are claim Netflix should take on the cost of handling the heavy traffic caused by its 36 million U.S subscribers watching video over high-speed Internet connections.
A research firm, Sandvine, reports that during peak viewing hours, Netflix accounts for about one-third of the Internet traffic in the U.S.


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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 cup crushed pineapple, with juice
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
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Cambridge, MA (Sports Network) - Kenyatta Smith recorded 14 points, seven
rebounds, and six blocked shots as the Harvard Crimson remained in first place
in Ivy League play by defeating the Princeton Tigers, 69-57, at Lavietes
Steve Moundou-Missi contributed 14 points, seven boards, and four steals off
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For the Tigers (12-9, 5-2), Ian Hummer recorded a game-high 18 points and
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Princeton made 11-of-21 from the floor, including three 3-pointers, in the
first half. Harvard knocked down 13-of-26 from the field, including three
beyond the arc, en route to a 32-28 advantage at the break.
In the second half the Tigers slumped to only 9-of-29 shooting from the floor,
allowing the hosts to capture the double-digit victory.
Princeton reserves failed to score a single point on the night.
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In 1978, after spending years in the spa industry in Europe and the United States, Kerstin Florian decided to translate her knowledge of natural health and high quality spa treatments into a lineup of revolutionary skin care products. Now, her company, Kerstin Florian International, is synonymous with luxury skin care thanks to the rare ingredients and long-practiced natural medicinal remedies used to formulate the products that bear its labels. Of the more than 100 items produced by the brand, nowhere is its luxurious formulations and incredible benefits more pronounced than in the Kerstin Florian Masks collection.
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Heed the Call from a Lost City! Return the seven crystals of power to Poseidon's altar before Atlantis is lost forever! Search for hidden treasures and unlock mythic artifacts across the ancient world!
1. Match three of the same style tiles to clear them from the board. Unlock artifact pieces by clearing the tiles underneath them.
2.Match four or more tiles to power Poseidon's Amulet. This powerful amulet will allow you to clear multiple tiles.
3.In some locations, you must find hidden treasure pieces. If you need help, you can click on the Question Mark to get a hint.
Call of Atlantis Tips and Strategies
· Focus on moving artifact pieces towards the bottom of the board by making vertical matches.
· Whenever possible, try to match four tiles so that you can quickly power up Poseidon's Amulet. If the amulet is not ready, use Bomb or Lightning power-ups.
· Chained pieces must be matched one or even two times before they unlock. Focus on matching chained pieces as quickly as possible, or use power-ups to clear them!
· Take a few moments to read the clues about where treasure pieces are hidden. This will save you a lot of frustration on the hidden object levels!
· Be careful about letting artifact pieces get trapped at the edge of the board. Otherwise, you will have to waste power-ups and lots of time to free them.