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Yucaipa Keeps A&P In Its Grocery Basket
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (some folks call it A&P), plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection in early 2012, with some help from Yucaipa Cos.
Yucaipa invested $150 million in Pathmark in 2005, becoming an A&P shareholder in 2007 when A&P bought Pathmark. And in 2009, Yucaipa injected $115 million into A&P.
The company, which filed for Chapter 11 last December, said Thursday said it reached an agreement for $490 million of debt and equity financing from Yucaipa, Mount Kellett Capital Management and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Montvale, N.J.-based A&P said it plans to file a reorganization plan by Nov. 14. The company said the agreement "positions us for a bright future with solid financial backing from sophisticated investors who know our company and industry well, and who also share our vision for A&P's future." After the company emerges from Chapter 11, its current board will be dissolved and replaced by new directors.
A&P, founded in 1859, operates 336 stores, under the A&P, Waldbaum's, Pathmark, Best Cellars, Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, Superfresh and Food Basics brands.
In August, the company received an extension for filing its Chapter 11 plan to Jan. 16 from Aug. 31, while it dealt with issues including labor negotiations and real estate leases.
Yucaipa's previous supermarket investments have included Supervalu and Wild Oats.


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By Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
A couple of weeks ago, Vinessa Killingsworth got an assignment from her home economics teacher. On her own, Killingsworth was to plan a luncheon menu for six to eight people, buy the groceries, prepare the food, serve it, and clean up afterward.
Killingsworth, who was born blind, rose to the occasion.
"I didn't have any cooking skills when I got here. I didn't even know how to chop an onion," said the 33-year-old, who has been at The REACH Center in Tupelo since April 17. "I didn't think I'd like it, but now I actually enjoy being in the kitchen."
REACH, located on Pegram Drive in Tupelo, is part of the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, and specifically helps the blind become independent.
"What we have here is called Structured Discovery," said Carol Conyers, director of the program. "It's a very specific method of teaching blind skills. Students commit six to nine months of their lives to this program. They learn everything in total darkness."
Even students who have some sight wear shades, also called blinders, so they, too, learn in darkness. Some of the instructors at REACH are blind, and those who aren't wear shades at least one day a week so they can empathize with the students.
"Everything we do here is to help them be independent, to live on their own," Conyers said. "We want them to participate in their own lives."
'Pretty intense'
Each day, the 12 full-time students who live in the dorms at REACH have eight hours of instruction: two in home ec, two in mobility, two in industrial arts, one in Braille and one in computer technology.
Before students can graduate from the program, they must be able to navigate certain streets and intersections in downtown Tupelo and outside of town for their mobility class.
For industrial arts, they use power saws and other tools and equipment to make a piece of furniture for their final project. Killingsworth is almost finished with a corner cabinet.
For Braille class, they might Braille a menu for a Tupelo restaurant so that blind patrons can enjoy their independence. Or, they can create a Braille cookbook, which is what Killingsworth is working on.
For computer technology, they have to design their dream vacation using the Internet.
"Mine is to Australia and New Zealand," Killingsworth said excitedly.
And finally, for home ec, where they also learn living skills, such as laundry and house-cleaning, they are required to host the six-to-eight-guest luncheon. Once that's completed successfully, they have to plan, shop for, prepare and serve a buffet for 25 or more.
At her luncheon, Killingsworth prepared a tossed salad, marinated pork tenderloin, steamed broccoli, a brown rice casserole, dinner rolls, iced tea and strawberry parfaits.
"The reason I chose this menu was because in February, I was diagnosed with diabetes," said Killingsworth. "I'm trying to eat better for a healthier life."
For her upcoming buffet, she's planning to make spaghetti, spinach sautéed with Parmesan cheese, garlic bread and brownies.
"She's done all this cooking in one form or another, just not all this together, at one time," Conyers said. "Doing it totally by yourself and serving guests adds a little pressure."
Killingsworth said the hardest part of the luncheon was trying to figure out when guests were finished with their salads and ready to move on to the entree, or when they needed more iced tea.
"It was pretty intense," she said after it was over.
Cooking comes first
From the first day students arrive at the center, they begin cooking instruction, Conyers said.
"They learn to work with a heat source and they memorize where things are in the kitchen," she said. "All the recipes are on tape or Brailled. The names of spices are typed in Braille and taped on the outside of the jars. We encourage them to also use their sense of smell and touch – open the jars, smell what's inside to make sure."
Students are required to learn to work a microwave, a George Foreman grill and to light and cook on a barbecue grill – without any vision.
"They learn to make biscuits, cornbread and yeast bread from scratch, too," Conyers said. "They have to learn to cut up a raw chicken and to make half-a-dozen salads. We try to teach them to eat healthfully."
Students in the REACH program are referred to the center by a counselor.
"They have to be on somebody's caseload," Conyers said. "The state pays for our students to attend the program."
Some graduates, especially the newly blind, leave the program and go back to their former jobs; some go on to college; some become social workers or cooks in nursing homes; some get jobs as telemarketers.
"Being blind isn't who they are. It doesn't define who they are," Conyers said. "Or at least, it doesn't have to."
Killingsworth, who moved to Tupelo from Hattiesburg, has already earned her college degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in paralegal studies with a minor in political science.
Her plans are now to do some volunteer work with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services so she can get some practical experience and hone her skills.
If she gets a full-time job in Tupelo, she'll stay here and work. If she doesn't, she'll move home to Hattiesburg, where, she said, she's certain she'll be in charge of cooking and housekeeping.
"Eventually, I want to work for the Social Security Administration," Killingsworth said. "There, I could work with people with disabilities to help them get what they need."

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This type of tissue includes various kinds of cartilage, bone, blood-forming tissue and blood.
A hardened type of connective tissue characterized by an ECM of various types of protein fibers and a ground substance of chondroitin sulfate.
Spongy Bone
This type of bone core is composed of interlacing spicules that have not completely united.
A type of wandering cell within the ECM of connective tissue which carries on the process of phagocytosis thus ensuring healthy tissue repair and growth.
The softest type of all connective tissues; composed of the formed elements suspended in plasma.
Chondroitin Sulfate
The matrix of both hyaline and elastic cartilage is dominated by this thick ground substance.
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This type of bone tissue is characterized by an ECM composed of collagen fibers and mineral salts arranged in concentric layers.
The hardest type of connective tissue whose ECM is composed of collagen fibers and various types of mineral salts.
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Hematopoietic Tissue
Initiates the production of all blood cells is a function of this type of specialized connective tissue.
Covering of connective tissue that wraps around and provides nourishment to cartilage tissue.
The matrix of spongy bone is composed of mineral salts and collagen that form these thin interlocking plates.
Formed Elements
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These cells produce and secrete the different proteins found within the ECM of connective tissue.
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3-alarm fire sparks at Fairfield condo complex
Two units damaged
Fairfield firefighters are at the scene of a 3-alarm fire at a condominium complex at 229 Del Luz Court near Air Base Parkway and Dover Avenue, Fairfield Battalion Chief Tony Velasquez said.
Velasquez said the fire in a four-plex building in the Parkway Gardens complex was reported at 3:50 p.m.
The fire caused smoke damage to two units, fire damage in the unit of origin and slight damage in fourth unit.
There were no injuries to the occupants of the four-plex or to firefighters, but a resident of an adjacent apartment complex suffered smoke inhalation, Velasquez said.
Firefighters are still making sure the blaze is out in the insulation of the building's attic, Velasquez said.
Firefighters from the Suisun Fire Protection District, Suisun City Fire Department, Vacaville Fire Protection District, Vacaville Fire Department, Travis Air Force Base Fire Department, Cordelia and Vallejo fire departments responded.
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There are 16 companies tagged `capture`; raised $448M from 56 investors
Evernote raised $250.5M from m8 Capital, Valiant Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, Meritech Capital Partners, CBC Capital, Harbor Pacific Capital, Allen & Company, T. Rowe Price, Sequoia Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Troika Dialog, DoCoMo Capital, Troika Dialog, DoCoMo Capital, Troika Ventures, and Alexis Ohanian in 8 rounds.
mFoundry raised $40.3M from Mastercard, Intel Capital, Motorola Mobility, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, PayPal, NCR, Ignition Partners, Apax Partners, Upfront Ventures, Apax Partners, Ignition Partners, and Upfront Ventures in 3 rounds.
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U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for Labor Day.
Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for August.
U.S. Commerce Department releases construction spending for July.
U.S. Commerce Department releases factory orders for July.
The Federal Reserve releases Beige Book of regional economic conditions.
Automakers release vehicle sales for August.
U.S. Commerce Department releases international trade data for July.
U.S. Labor Department releases 2nd-quarter productivity data and weekly jobless claims.
Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for August.
Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
Payroll processor ADP releases private-sector employment figures for August.
Selected chain retailers release August sales.
U.S. Labor Department releases employment data for August.
Germany's Economy Ministry releases July industrial pro-duction figures for Europe's biggest economy.
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Hearings on the Couillard government's contentious pension reform bill resumed today in Quebec City, with the province's most prominent seniors' group taking the government to task for failing to consult them before going ahead.
The Fédération de l'Âge d'Or du Québec, which claims to represent 315,000 seniors in the province, is also signalling its intention to effectively boycott working groups set up by the government to look into Bill 3 — the proposed law which has drawn the ire of public sector unions across the province.
The FADOQ believes Bill 3, as it stands now, would inevitably make seniors poorer, and it also reiterated its demand for a province-wide strategy on seniors and aging.
Municipal affairs minister Pierre Moreau, meanwhile, said there will be changes to Bill 3 before it is adopted, without offering any specifics as to what those changes might be.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Longueuil, Caroline St-Hilaire, went before the hearings stressing the importance of having a settlement that's negotiated between both sides, and not imposed upon union members.
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Date: 1/28/2002
St. Mary Medical Center introduces new digital MRI technology to Portage community
The Portage Outpatient Health Center of St. Mary Medical Center is now offering MRI scans with digital technology, giving patients access to more advanced testing and image quality, shorter testing times, and a more comfortable testing experience.
St. Mary Medical Center has invested more than $1 million in the new MRI, which is a diagnostic tool physicians and radiologists use to diagnose a variety of medical conditions, including brain and nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer and organ disease. The advanced capabilities of the new MRI and supporting computer system allows medical staff to view and manipulate images digitally (on a computer screen) rather than on traditional films, giving physicians the clearest image possible and making the images more available on an immediate basis. As the system becomes more widespread in the medical community, patients will no longer have to re-visit the hospital to retrieve films; the images can be transmitted and stored on a compact disk for viewing at a physician's office or other medical facility.
"This is the first of future investments planned for applying digital technology to our entire radiology system," said Milt Triana, administrator of St. Mary Medical Center. "Filmless technology produces better images, but more significantly, it represents a more efficient way of storing, viewing and interpreting data. This cuts wait time and means more advanced, efficient care for our patients," Triana said.
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While MRI technology is not new to the medical field, the concept of working "filmless" is. Working on a computer screen, physicians and radiologists can manipulate the images in many
ways, making them lighter or darker, zooming in on areas of interest, and printing the images
when necessary. MRI is one of the most advanced tools for early detection of certain diseases, as it employs high-strength radio waves to produce cross-sectional images of the body to evaluate dysfunction or pain in soft tissues and joints.
"The added digital component to this system solidifies the complete range of diagnostic capabilities offered to the community through our Portage facility," Triana said.
The Portage Outpatient Health Center of St. Mary Medical Center houses home health, occupational health, cardiac rehabilitation, complete lab services, radiology, mammography, ultrasound, CT and MRI scans, physical therapy, X-ray and EKG. Patients whose physicians assign certain diagnostic tests are invited to use the Portage Outpatient Health Center for these services. For more information, call 219-764-0525.


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While students settle onto their couches for the Thanksgiving break, Susanna White is at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, touring its new American wing with fellow members of Hamilton's museum planning committee. As both a committee member and the associate director and curator of Hamilton's Emerson Gallery, White is involved in arts on the Hill at a very exciting time.
This fall, White has had the opportunity to organize the gallery's exhibitions of Stations, Revelations & The Holy Artwork, exploring the topic of religion from three distinct angles. Stations displays seven pairs of objects, each pair selected to prompt a question of both religious and artistic importance. For instance, the first station examines two artists' intentions in creating two distinct objects — was it devotional, commercial or both? Revelations then employs the College's archives of communal societies to examine how the exhibition context of a gallery transforms the significance of an isolated artifact from a religious, communal society. The final exhibition, a video installation of German multimedia artist Christian Jankowski's The Holy Artwork, projects the intermingling of religion and popular culture in a televised service exploring the artwork as sermon and the artist as creative rather than creator.
White relishes the dialogue Stations, Revelations & The Holy Artwork has inspired on campus, especially her own reflection on the field. "Every time a faculty member or a student comes to work with me, I learn something new about the art history field and collecting," she says. As she prepares for the spring showings, White looks forward to the exhibitions, community dialogues and teaching opportunities that will develop with the building of the College's new Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, part of the recently announced Bicentennial Initiatives campaign.


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I have long wondered why a country founded on the value of religious freedom would deny religious freedom to its native people. The irony and tragedy deepens when we recognize that we have simultaneously trashed the very land the native religions seek to balance and renew.
From 1979 to 1983, I produced a film called The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? It documented the cultural and ecological impacts of coal and uranium mining in Hopi and Navajo country. I spent hours listening to Indian elders reflect on the land — telling stories, singing songs, explaining petroglyphs and, occasionally, taking me to ceremonies. Though I had been to Yale, majored in American history, pursued great teachers, I had never encountered anything like the wisdom I felt pouring from the indigenous people I met. One weekend I went from a Hopi kachina dance in the village of Walpi to the Peabody Coal Company's stripmine on Black Mesa — from a community song for rain to the industrial destruction of the earth. The clash of worldviews was stark, and very upsetting. The realization that my education had left out an entire way of seeing and knowing the natural world was a shock. That shock has been the motivating factor in my work ever since and the collision of worldviews has been the story I have tried to capture and articulate.
While touring with the Four Corners film and listening to the dialogue it sparked, it struck me that the environmental crisis is a spiritual crisis — that disconnection from the land leads to destruction of the land. Relationship requires care. The land is alive and what is alive is sacred. Over and over my Indian friends spoke of sacred places being destroyed. Twenty-five years of education in a Judeo-Christian value system provided me with no idea what they were talking about, but I could tell from the depth of feeling I sensed in their words that there was something profoundly important in their communion with the earth. They did not speak of abstract landscapes, but specific places of prayer, offering, and ritual.
Having spent the last 10 years making In the Light of Reverence and trying to translate the meaning of sacred places, I am now interested in exploring how we can heal our relationship to the land through the healing of the land itself. Restoration. Renewal. Reconciliation. A vision of what the earth might be like if we acknowledge our past mistakes and begin to put things back together, not just physically but spiritually, not in isolation, but with native people collaborating and leading the way.
— Toby McLeod
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Christopher McLeod, Producer
Christopher "Toby" McLeod has produced three previous hour-long broadcast documentaries, including The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?, which won a Student Academy Award in 1983, Downwind/Downstream, and Poison in the Rockies. His first film was The Cracking Of Glen Canyon Damn — With Edward Abbey And Earth First! McLeod's credits also include the shorts Voices of the Land and A Thousand Years of Ceremony, the latter a 40-minute profile of Wintu healer Florence Jones meant for the use of the Wintu community. McLeod works as a journalist and photographer as well as filmmaker. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
Malinda Maynor Lowery, Producer
Malinda Maynor is a Lumbee Indian from North Carolina who has made several shorts about her native culture that have aired on public television. A graduate of Harvard University and of Stanford University's documentary masters program, Maynor is a recipient of a 2001 Rockefeller Film and Video Fellowship and is pursuing a Ph.D in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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Fromagination, Madison's premiere cut-to-order cheese shop on the Capital Square, will celebrate its 5th anniversary in style Friday, Oct. 19, by cutting an exclusive 80-pound wheel of Pleasant Ridge Reserve for the public to taste.
Owner Ken Monteleone, who opened the store in October 2007, will mark the anniversary at 3 p.m. by cutting one of only two 80-pound wheels of the award-winning cheese ever made by Uplands Cheesemaker Andy Hatch in Dodgeville. The 12-month-aged cheese will be offered to the public for tasting and sale.
Monteleone sources as many local products as possible, with nearly 60% of the shop's 400 products coming from an area stretching from Minneapolis to Madison to Chicago.
Located at 12 S. Carroll St., Fromagination is open daily (9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday). More information: www.fromagination.com or 608-255-2430.
The Marcus Milwaukee restaurants' chef series of cooking demos returns Saturday, with each class highlighting a different locally grown, organic ingredient.
Classes are held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on six Saturdays, starting Oct. 13, at the Chef's Counter of the Mason Street Grill, adjacent to the Pfister Hotel. Classes, which include a tasting, cost $35 a person or $65 a couple and are limited to 20 attendees.
The schedule:
Oct. 13: All Things Apple. Bill Doyle, executive chef, InterContinental Milwaukee
Oct. 20: Pear with Us. Brian Frakes, executive chef, The Pfister Hotel
Cookbook author and Food Network celebrity Ina Garten, a.k.a the Barefoot Contessa, will make her first Milwaukee appearance Nov. 2 on stage at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave.
The 90-minute event, "A Conversation with Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa," will run from 8 to 9:30 p.m. As food editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, I will be interviewing Garten about her life and career, her passion for food and her approach to cooking.
The event falls two days after the release of Garten's eighth and newest cookbook, "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust" (Clarkson Potter, $35). Tickets to the event, at $42.50, include an autographed copy of the book.
Tickets are available from the Riverside box office.
Got a question you'd love to ask Ina Garten if you could?
Botham Vineyards in Barneveld is hosting a Red Wine Release Party from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.on Saturday, Oct. 13. The event, at which guests can sample Botham's two new, dry red wines, also includes free tours and a lesson on "things you can learn from a wine label" at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Music will be provided from 3 to 7 p.m.by Carleen Wild and Main Street Wisdom in the Back-barn Lounge. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
The new wines are the 2011 vintage of the popular Field 3, and an entirely new dry Cabernet Sauvignon, called 8180. Both are limited-production wines and available only at the vineyard.
Picnickers are welcome, but please leave pets at home.
Botham Vineyards is a smoke-free facility, buildings and grounds. Questions? (888) GR8-WINE (478-9463) firstname.lastname@example.com
"America's Test Kitchen," the popular public television cooking show, will hold taste tests and demonstrations at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Milwaukee Public Market Palm Garden, 400 N. Water St.
The program's host, Christopher Kimball, and on-air test cook Bridget Lancaster will lead the event, which is open to the public. Tickets cost $50 and include a Milwaukee Public Television one-year membership. Tickets for MPTV members are $45.
Each week, the cast of America's Test Kitchen brings the recipes, testings, and tastings from Cook's Illustrated magazine to life. The program is currently in its 12th season and has more than 2 million viewers per episode. It airs at 4 p.m. Saturdays on MPTV HD 10.1.
The Public Market presentation will include audience participation and a preview of "America's Test Kitchen" and "Cook's Country," season 5. Kimball and Lancaster will autograph copies of the new "Cook's Illustrated —The Science of Good Cooking Cookbook." You can order a copy of the cookbook separately for $35 when making a reservation. Call (414) 297-8003 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Because events have been selling out every year, more tours, seminars and dinners have been added to this year's Wisconsin Cheese Originals Festival, Nov. 9 and 10 at Monona Terrace in Madison.
Tickets are on sale starting today, and can be bought online.
Among the activities, attended by 1,000 people a year: tours of eight cheese factories, dairy farms, craft breweries and pubs; a Meet the Cheesemaker gala with tastings, in two sessions limited to 250 people each; seminars, including ones on cheese and chocolate pairings, and Tennessee whiskey and cheese; and three-course dinners at 10 Madison restaurants that will feature Wisconsin cheese.
The keynote addres will be by Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of food-lovers' mecca Zingerman's, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Fancy. Sprecher Brewing Company introduces a sleek growler in stainless steel. But it's not just the look of the growler that makes it attractive. The stainless design can go to venues where glass is not allowed.
The new growler weighs less than a glass and keeps beverages cool. Like the traditional glass growlers, it's reusable and easy to clean. It retails for $24.99 empty or $29.99 filled.
There is also a fitted cozy to help keep beverages cooler longer. The cozy retails for $12.99.
For a limited time, the entire package — stainless growler, cozy and the first fill of beer or soda — is available for $38.99 (regular price is $42.98) at the Sprecher Gift Shop, 701 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale. The growler and cozy (separately) are also available online at sprecherbrewery.com.
Milwaukee's Estabrook Park Beer Garden has been named among the top 10 beer gardens in the world by cheapflights.com.
The website references Milwaukee's well-known German heritage and reputation as a brewing city, and notes that this is Milwaukee County's first beer garden in a park since Prohibition.
The Cheapflights list also includes three beer gardens in Munich (no surprise there) plus parks in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Vancouver, B.C. The Estabrook listing includes a video taken at the opening of the beer garden this summer.
Even as we depend on that bottle of ketchup or jar of mayo to flavor food or hold together a salad, commercial condiments are not always so good for us. A 2-tablespoon serving of conventional ketchup, for example, contains 8 grams of sugar.
The good news is, you can make your own condiments. Local chef and organic cooking coach KC Thorson will demonstrate and share her recipes and tips for healthier versions of household favorites such as ketchup, mayonnaise, Alfredo sauce and barbecue sauce in a cooking class Sept. 27.
The class will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wellspring Organic Farm at 4382 Hickory Road near West Bend. The cost is $20 for those who register prior to Sept. 25; $25 thereafter.
For more about Thorson, visit: http://www.kcskafe.com. For more about the class and to register, visit www.wellspringinc.org or call (847) 946-5565
Wisconsin is among 18 states and one territory receiving a piece of $5.2 million in new grants to help schools strive to serve healthy food, provide nutrition education and create an environment focused on healthy eating and physical activity, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.
Wisconsin will receive $203,056. The most money, $349,924, goes to Montana. The least, $41,540, to Utah. Wisconsin's allotment is fourth lowest.
Funded in support of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the Team Nutrition training grants will be made available from Sept. 30, 2012, through Sept. 30, 2014. States must apply Team Nutrition's three behavior-focused strategies, according to the USDA:
This school year, 32 million students across the country are affected by new meal standards for the National School Lunch Program, a key component of the 2010 act that was championed by the first lady as part of her Let's Move! campaign.
To learn about the new meal standards, go to www.fns.usda.gov/
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MPA student Maddy Dams (Public Administration) spent a co-op work term with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), where she helped build a sustainable building as a project assistant.
"I wanted a position where I'd be working on green initiatives. I was intrigued by the UBCM because of their unique role working with local governments and the Province," says Dams, who is intensely proud of the work she completed. She hopes her efforts will help the building achieve a LEED Gold rating at the end of the project, a lofty goal. Every element of the building process, including all the materials used to construct the building, must be screened carefully.
"I've always had a desire to make a contribution, which is why public service appeals to me," says Dams. She feels strongly about protecting the environment and promoting green initiatives. But these movements haven't always been so popular. "I'm excited to see green initiatives become an acceptable topic. It's not just some crazy hippie thing anymore," she said, with a laugh.
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...and we want to hear it! Scrapbookers are all about telling their stories – family stories, personal stories, children's and grandchildren's stories. Why, even the word "history" has a story in it! And my-oh-my, we love history around here.
Make some history of your own this year by putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, to be more precise, and tell us a Christmas story from your own experience.
Last year, we were blown away by the incredible stories that were submitted to our 12 Days of Christmas Story Contest. This year, we know you've got more stories just waiting to be told. We want to hear your stories of Christmas past, of Christmas memories, marvels, magic, or miracles. Was there a time when you saw something wonderful happen at Christmas or during the holiday season? Can you recall a first Christmas or holiday memory with your loved one, your child, or maybe the last Christmas with your great-grandmother? Maybe it's a story handed down through the generations in your family. We love to share good stories around here, and we don't mind having to grab a tissue, so write with all your heart to speak to our hearts.
We will select 12 stories - with one story revealed in our newsletter from December 13-24, every day, including Sundays. Just to keep things interesting, we're not going to tell anyone if they have been selected ahead of time. You'll just have to hop out of bed every morning, rush to your computer, and open up your Scrap Girls Newsletter with all the wonder of a child on Christmas morning and look to see if your story was published that day!
Here are the Submission Guidelines, so start those creative juices flowing!
The deadline for submissions is Midnight (ET), Friday, December 7. Email your story to [email protected] with a subject line of My 12 Days Story. With your email, please include the following attachments:
Your story: Story length - maximum of 700 words. Your story must be true (to the best of your knowledge), and it must tell a story/event centered around a holiday theme, not just a collection of thoughts about why you love this time of year. One entry per person. Send your story in MS Word or something similar. At the top of your story, include your name, Forum username (if you have one), your mailing address, and your email address. At the bottom of your story, write a few sentences about yourself – where you live, what you do, your family, your job, your hobbies, etc.
Scrap Girls publication release (download it here)
One image/layout (optional): You may submit one image or layout that is related to your story - but only one, so make it good! Images should be no more than 300 pixels long on either width or height. If you submit a layout, we need two sizes: a 300-pixel image (72 dpi) and a 600-pixel image (72 dpi). Please show off our beautiful Scrap Girls products in your layout and include a supply list of products used (along with links to those products in the Boutique). Even if the product is retired, please include it in the list (without a link). By the way, submitting a photo or layout will not drastically improve the likelihood of a story being published, but it's a nice accompaniment to give our readers.
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We reserve the right to edit the story as needed for clarity, grammar, punctuation, length, etc., though we will make every effort not to change the meaning of what you write. However, the better you write, the less we have to edit, and the happier you will make our editor.
If you submitted a story last year that was not chosen, you may resubmit it this year!
Hmmm, what have we forgotten? Ah, yes, the prizes! What is a contest without prizes?!
Everyone who submits a story will get a JIF 6 kit that coordinates with our "12 Days of Christmas Stories" this year! That's right – you get a prize just for entering! And this JIF 6 will only be given to our story tellers, not available in the Boutique. You want it? Then write a story and send it in!
The 12 winners will get what everyone needs at this time of year – a little extra cash! If your story is published in our newsletter, you'll receive a $25 Visa gift card.
We look forward to hearing your story as we launch our annual 12 Days of Christmas celebration!
Three Favorite Products: Embellishments, Brushes, Styles
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If you were asked to select three of your favorite products from different categories of the Boutique, would you be able to narrow your choices to just three? Most likely, you have dozens of favorites so your answer would be "no." After a few weeks of going back and forth with my three selections, I decided to concentrate more on the unique reasons why I would be sharing my three special products with you.
I was initially attracted to digital scrapbooking when I noticed how much a page resembled real life. After a closer analysis, I realized that it was due to the shadows that "lift" objects off the page while giving them dimension. This illusion is displayed most effectively when using ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Curled Frames from Syndee Nuckles. Don't you just want to lift those two photos off digital layout and take a closer look?
The second thing that I found intriguing about digital scrapbooking was the blending of papers and the blending of photographs into the background. Brandy Murry has mastered this technique with her Dynamic Brush Set: Background Blenders. She has provided a detailed video on how to use the brushes to achieve this "dynamic" blending result on your own layout. By using these brushes on my digital scrapbooking page, I was able to not only blend the photo into the background but reveal portions of the bottom two layers as well. These versatile brushes make them a must-have in your tool box.
And last but not least, a little bling here and there brings life to a digital layout. Amanda Fraijo-Tobin's ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Everyday Glitters Neutrals 6401 Biggie provides the twinkle that adds a touch of magic. Because it is a style, it can be easily applied to any embellishment, paper, alpha, or stroke. If you look closely on my digital layout, you will see that even a subtle application can make a big impact.
Using these three products along with a Scrap Girls collection will result in a digital scrapbooking page that will shine and make you proud. By sharing your creation in the Scrap Girls Gallery, we can all benefit from seeing just how you chose to use each of these special products.
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Embellishment Templates: Curled Frames, Dynamic Brush Set: Background Blenders and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Everyday Glitters Neutrals 6401 Biggie are also available.
Article written by Joyce Schardt
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The Scrap Girls Club contents are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you will receive:
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The new ScrapSimple Club contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest business day to the 15th).
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We have TWO designer freebies for you each day until Christmas Eve!
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Christmas Happiness 6501 Biggie, Christmas Happiness Collection Mini, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Basic Shadows 6501 and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Photo Borders 6501 are also available.
Today's freebie designed by Sarah Batdorf
Layout by Elisha Barnett
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Commercial license versions of ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Silent Night 12601, Dynamic Brush Set: Silent Night 1261 and Brush Set: Silent Night Masks Mini are also available.
Today's freebie designed by Elisha Barnett
* There is a "free download" button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.
7th Annual Cookie Recipe Card Exchange
It's time for our 7th Annual Cookie Recipe Card Exchange - and you're invited! We have a special, free recipe card template to help you get started. We love cookies, and we love getting new cookie recipes to try, so this year, all participants will receive a sweet little Scrap Girls Boutique gift just for joining in.
Here's how to join in the fun:
Design a 4x6-inch recipe card (at 300 dpi) using mostly Scrap Girls products. Use one of your favorite holiday cookie, candy, or sweet treat recipes - something "tried and true" is preferred.
All skill levels are encouraged to participate! If this is your very first time to try your hand at digital scrapbooking or if you're a pro, please join in the fun!
When you design your card, avoid putting any text within 1/4 inch of the edges. Anything close to the edges can get cut off when the card is printed.
Place your name or Scrap Girls Forum username somewhere on the recipe card (small text is fine).
Save your design as a JPG file, with a file name that includes your name or Scrap Girls Forum user name (for example, my file might be called aprilshowers_gingercrinkles.jpg.) We want to know who made what!
Attach your card to an email and send it to [email protected]. Please include your first and last name in the email. A confirmation will be emailed to each person who sends a recipe card so they know their card was received. Please allow 48 hours for confirmation.
Cards MUST be received by Midnight (ET) on Tuesday, December 11.
Unfortunately, if you don't send in a recipe card, you will not be able to get a copy of all the cards. No exceptions. Your recipe card is your ticket to all the fun!
We ask that you not post your recipe card in your Gallery, Facebook, or anywhere else until the swap is over. This way, we can all be surprised by the cards we get! You can post your own card in the Gallery or anywhere else any time after December 13.
Please don't sell or give away any of the finished cards on blogs, emails, etc. You may print some or all the recipe cards as a gift for someone you know personally, but wide-scale distribution or sale is not allowed, as per our commercial use terms, which can be read in full here.
You can submit more than one card, if you wish - the more the merrier!
On or before December 13, each participant will receive the links (via email - the same way that links come when you buy Scrap Girls products) to download the recipe card files.
- April Martell (April Showers)
Here's the free recipe card template:
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Journaling Chat
Monday, December 10th - 8:00 p.m. ET
Do you struggle to get your words on your layouts? This is the crop for you! Join Carla (CRS) in the Chat Room for a Journaling Crop at 8 pm et that is sure to help you get journaling! We'll show you just how easy it is to highlight the important parts of your journaling with Cherise Oleson's Brush Set: Highlights 8301 Biggie and ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Highlights 8301.
New Member Chat
Tuesday, December 11th - 9:00 p.m. ET
Join Pat (PBarnes) for the New Member Chat at 9 PM ET (8PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific) in the Live Chat room lobby. This is a great place to ask questions about getting around the Scrap Girls site or about digital scrapbooking in general - and a great place to make some new friends. All are welcome, new and long time members included. You do need to have Java installed on your computer to access the Live Chat.
High Noon Crop
Wednesday, December 12th - 12 Noon ET
Join April (April Showers) each Wednesday at 12 Noon ET for the High Noon Crop. All coasts and time zones are welcome! These crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal and a fun, new challenge each week.
On December 12th we'll do a multiple photo challenge! Create a layout on any theme, any topic, and any colors - using FIVE or more photos!
Create your layout and upload it to the special High Noon Crop Gallery. You'll be amazed what you can get done in just one hour, but there is no High Noon Sheriff timing you! Hope to see you in the chat room!
December's Forum Game: BINGO!
Join us for an exciting game of December BINGO on the Scrap Girls Forum!! Pick 25 words from the list provided and send them in an email to [email protected] with a subject line that says "BINGO CARD - your Scrap Girls Forum username" by Sunday, December 2nd (Midnight EDT) in order to play in the first round. The first round will begin on Monday, December 3rd. If you miss the first round deadline, you can still play! Just send in your BINGO card at any time during the month, and you'll be eligible to begin playing when the next new round starts.
Each day (Monday through Saturday), a member of the Welcoming Committee will call five random words from the BINGO list. Match just 15 of those words to win a BINGO. You must be first to call "BINGO!" in the game thread to win that round. After a winner is called, the boards will be cleared and a new round will begin the following day.
Each winner will receive a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! We like to see lots of winners, so please remember that each person can only win one round during the month. Have fun!
For complete details, visit the Monthly Forum Games folder on the Scrap Girls Forum.
December Monthly Layout Contest: December is here and that means Family Time! During the holidays, we spend more time with each of our families... and we'd love for you to share your families with us! Post your layouts in the December Monthly Layout Gallery before Midnight ET on December 31st and you could one of the two people who will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Please be sure to list your layout's product credits in the description or under the EXIF Properties.
Club Concepts Layout Contest: Post your new layout using the current club selection (either the Scrap Girls Club or the ScrapSimple Club) in our Scrap Girls Club Members Gallery or the ScrapSimple Club Members' Gallery. Be sure to list all of the Scrap Girls products you used. If your layout is chosen, it will be showcased as a Club Concepts layout winner, and you will win a $5 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
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Flu prompts HMHP visiting changes Because of a high number of flu cases, Humility of Mary Health Partners is offering guidelines for hospital visits....
Newspapers are the first to scream about the 1st Ammendment, but they don't have a problem taking away our Free Speech.
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We heard you the first 7 times, are you so dumb to believe nobody else knows that dartin? Absolutely right knowitall, these are some of the dumbest drug dealers ever!
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How interesting, reader's can comment on this story but not the stories related to the 25 year old father of 9 murdered New Years day.
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I'm thankful for loud music.
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Another brilliant Warren resident. Carrying drugs and is too stupid to shut the music off. How many arrests we have heard about for the same thing. Loud music and they find drugs.
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Robert Ehrlich on Gun Control
Former Republican MD Governor; previously Representative (MD-2)
The Christian Coalition voter guide [is] one of the most powerful tools Christians have ever had to impact our society during elections. This simple tool has helped educate tens of millions of citizens across this nation as to where candidates for public office stand on key faith and family issues.
The CC survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Further restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms"
|Other governors on Gun Control:
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MD Gubernatorial:
Larry Hogan
Martin O`Malley
MD Senatorial:
Benjamin Cardin
Gubernatorial Debates 2017:
NJ: Fulop(D) vs.Lesniak(D)
VA: Gillespie(R) vs.Wittman(R) vs.Northam(D)
Gubernatorial Debates 2016:
DE: Bonini(R) vs.Carney(D)
IN: Pence(R) vs.Gregg(D)
MO: Hanaway(R) vs.Brunner(R) vs.Kinder(R) vs.Greitens(R)
MT: Bullock(D) vs.Perea(R) vs.Johnson(R)
NC: McCrory(R) vs.Cooper(D) vs.Spaulding(D)
ND: Dalrymple(R) vs.Stenehjem(R) vs.Heitkamp(D) vs.Pomeroy(D)
NH: Hassan(D) vs.Bradley(R) vs.Sununu(R) vs.Lavoie(R)
OR: Brown(D) vs.Bell(D) vs.Niemeyer(R) vs.Pierce(R)
UT: Herbert(R) vs.Johnson(R) vs.Matheson(D)
VT: Shumlin(D) vs.Minter(D) vs.Dunne(D) vs.Scott(R) vs.
WA: Inslee(D) vs.Bryant(R)
WV: Kessler(R) vs.Cole(D)
Newly-elected governors (first seated in Jan. 2015):
AK-I: Bill Walker
AR-R: Asa Hutchinson
AZ-R: Doug Ducey
IL-R: Bruce Rauner
MA-R: Charlie Baker
MD-R: Larry Hogan
NE-R: Pete Ricketts
OR-D: Kate Brown
PA-D: Tom Wolf
RI-D: Gina Raimondo
TX-R: Greg Abbott
Lame ducks 2015-16:
DE-D: Jack Markell
(term-limited 2016)
KY-D: Steve Beshear
(term-limited 2015)
LA-R: Bobby Jindal
(term-limited 2015)
MO-D: Jay Nixon
(term-limited 2016)
VT-D: Peter Shumlin
(retiring 2016)
WV-D: Earl Ray Tomblin
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Thats nothing iv had MSC for ages now and iv only ever won online once i absolutly suck at it. And even when i go on me mates 360 to play COD im rubbish at that too.
I Been on a losing steak lately on the games I play and I'm little sad about it I used to think I was good but now I think I'm just full of it. In SSBM I couldn't even get pass the adventure mode in Hard I keep losing to Ness or Pikachu Teams 6 Times!
And in Pokemon D/P I loss like 50 times on wi-fi I been on this steak since last year
And I can't even beat the 2nd Boss in Megaman Zero I tryed REALLY REALLY Hard but I keep losing!
What's wrong with me? I want to get better at what I love to do gaming! but lately The Thing I love doing I'm do Really Badly..... Oh when will this Losing Steak End!
Victory....is my Destiny.
Thats nothing iv had MSC for ages now and iv only ever won online once i absolutly suck at it. And even when i go on me mates 360 to play COD im rubbish at that too.
Mario Strikers: 116076 328448
EA Persona: (FIFA 08) & (MOH:H2) Whoopsfire
just keep playin, u have to win eventually
I have been doing that for a while now but I'm getting tired of it.Originally Posted by ps galaxy2
I just want to know my place with the world out there I'm worryed that I won't stand a chace when I start playing more games online
Victory....is my Destiny.
lol, your sig is pretty contradictory to this thread
i say just play one game for a bit until you get better, than transfer, instead of playing 373 games at once
the mario that's roomed with mush
my wii is not connected to the internet, so i can't play brawl online for a bit....please do not spam inbox with friend code requests
Yeah I'll stay with SSBM And Pokémon for now I guess maybe I'm trying too hard and worrying too much.... But I know that VICTORY IS MY DESTINY!! I'll win in the end that's what my sig meansOriginally Posted by mushroomedmario
Victory....is my Destiny.
You know if you've done it before there's no reason why you couldn't do it again.
I love you, Adam.
Exactly, I think you just need to relax, and not take it so seriously, games are meant to be entertaining and fun. (Possibly learning from mistakes would help)Originally Posted by Frogger
Okay, so I've been going with taking out the angered rage angle then? xDOriginally Posted by blueovalboy7
If I can't do a game I dwell on it until I can, even if it's really boring; Guitar Hero.
I love you, Adam.
Dont Think About What Youre Doin TOO Much Cause That Can Actually Put You Off...Just Be Relaxed And Cool About It And Youll Eventually Do It!
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I don't think so. He hit him right in the solar plexes which is why Huskin caved like that. It's getting harder to take this league serious with calls like that and many of the other wtf calls tonite.
I guess I'd rather be a bit sheepish by winning on phantom call like that as oppossed to getting that same call and not capitalizing on it and then losing the game. What can you do but win it.
Yes I think it was the wrong call too but again refing was bad for both teams, so I don't feel quilty we won because of it.
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Super400, the story... In the mid 1990's, Super 400 guitarist Kenny Hohman and drummer Joe Daley left their hometown of Troy, NY - where they had been playing together since high school - to try and find a bass player, round out their band, and test their mettle. They ended up settling in New York City for a while, and once they found a temporary bassist, decided to move the operation to Woodstock, NY. After a rough winter in the woods, Kenny and Joe returned to Troy, continuing to write, and playing shows with a local bassist. Since finishing college, Lori Friday had been spending her time playing with various bands in Albany NY, but never feeling like she fit in musically with the bands she was playing with. In early 1996, she saw Kenny and Joe play at a blues jam in town, and approached Kenny about joining a band she had started to put together. He told her that his band, Super 400, was playing the following week, and that she should check them out. After she saw them perform that next week, Lori told Kenny to forget her offer; she was so impressed with the band, she thought they should keep on with Super 400. A couple weeks later, Kenny and Joe invited Lori to their rehearsal space for a casual jam; within the space of an hour, Super 400 had a new bassist. They didn't expect anything special to happen when they got together that day, but their chemistry sparked the birth of a musical family that remains tightly bonded to this day. They immediately got to work. Between a steady rotation of shows, the band finished writing material for their debut album. They released 'Super 400', on Cacophone/Island Records, in 1998. The album was a critical success for the band, and they began a summer of successful live shows and favorable acclaim. The stage was and still is home base for the band. No two shows have ever been the same, as the natural feel of Super 400 relies on instinct and improvisation. The band has always been characterized by reviewers as 'retro', often comparing their live shows to those of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Cream, if those bands had drank a couple shots of Rage Against the Machine. A 'psychedelic acid-trip' has described the experience one would have from seeing one of Super 400's live shows. The band interprets this image their own way, interspersing 3-minute pop songs, soulful ballads, and crunchy, nasty interludes. Shows are getting popular with 'tapers'; recordings of Super 400 performances have been heard around the world, giving traders a high-octane alternative. Super 400 has been writing and demoing new songs since the release of their debut album. With enough completed material to fill two more records, they are looking forward to the summer, when the recording for the next album will begin. The purchase of Island Records (Polygram) by Seagram's co. in 1998 left them without a label, so the band will be seeking out a new label partnership in the coming months. In the meantime, Kenny, Joe and Lori enjoy a full schedule of live performances and working on their numerous musical side-projects. They have done extensive session work in the UK over the past 10 months, and currently live between Upstate New York and Brooklyn, NY.
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Since the release of the 2016-2017 NFL Schedule ticket demand has been on the steady rise. In part due to the fact that NFL teams only have a guaranteed 8 home games a season, NFL tickets tend to be the most expensive on average of all the sports. While NFL Playoff games, including the Super Bowl, tend to be every season's most demanded ticket, the same factors that are responsible for increasing/decreasing regular season prices (marquee matchups, newly acquired talent, high profile teams) effect them as well.
A few teams tend to typically pull in the highest ticket prices, but ticket prices are greatly affected by team performance. This year's NFL season has the Seattle Seahawks leading the ticket costs with median ticket prices reaching $289. The team with the 2nd highest median ticket price is the Green Bay Packers, relying on one of the NFL's largest fan bases, and hopes of returning to the Super Bowl, to a median ticket price of $264. Other teams among the most desired ticket include the New England Patriots ($257 median ticket price), Chicago Bears ($150 median ticket price), Pittsburgh Steelers ($217 median ticket price), Carolina Panthers ($130 median ticket price), and the Dallas Cowboys ($200 median ticket price). The Kansas City Chiefs have the lowest ticket prices, with a $60 median ticket price.
While many teams carry a stigma as being a "Big Ticket" team, there are other variables such as newly acquired players and marquee matchups can impact a team's average ticket price as well. One team experiencing this in 2016 is the Los Angeles Rams, who moved their franchise back to Los Angeles, and use the 1st overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to bring in a big name player to the nation's 2nd largest city. If you are looking to get a great deal on some of the biggest games of the 2016-17 NFL season buying early is always a good rule of thumb, as the demand/price is generally still fairly low.
Some key matchups of the year includes a rematch of last seasons Super Bow as the Carolina Panthers travel to Sports Authority Field to take on the Denver Broncos in week 1 of the 2016 NFC Schedule. Another big Super Bowl rematch will see the Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. Top NFC-AFC matchups on the 2016 NFL Schedule include Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers, and New England Patriots at Los Angeles Rams.
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CLEARWATER — Bill Shaffer, who coaches the swim programs at Academy of the Holy Names and Jesuit, expected both teams to do well at the Class 2A, Region 3 meet.
After all, the Jaguars had won four straight girls region team titles, and the Tigers boys had five in a row.
Still, the performance both teams had Friday morning at the Long Center exceeded even Shaffer's expectations.
Academy of the Holy Names won with 557 points, 334 more than second-place Sunlake. Jesuit had 510 points, outscoring Robinson and Lakewood, which tied for the runnerup spot with 175.
"It was just an unbelievable meet by everyone involved," Shaffer said.
Every AHN and Jesuit swimmer set a personal record in his or her events, and the teams combined to sweep every relay.
The Jaguars had the better results of the two teams. School records were set in individual events by Olivia Kirkpatrick in the 50 free (24.27), Alex Nuyianes in the 200 individual medley (2:05.76) and Shae Timmons in the 100 breast (1:07.10).
Kirkpatrick and Nuyianes also teamed with Margaret Shumake and Julia Cogdill to set a school record in the 200 medley relay (1:51.34). Clare Fleming won the 200 free in 1:59.89, five-tenths of a second from setting the AHN record in the event.
With such fast times, Shaffer said the Jaguars could contend for the Class 2A state team title.
Sunlake's girls followed up their first district title with the school's first runnerup finish at a region meet. The Seahawks were led by Kara Wilkins, who was second in the 100 back (59.66) and third in the 100 fly (1:00.49).
Pinellas County's top girls performer was Tarpon Springs' diver Kelly Gallagher, who won with 326.05 points.
On the boys side, the Tigers' Austin Sellers won the 200 IM in 1:56.13 and the 100 breast in a school-record 58.38. Sellers also swam legs on the winning 200 medley (1:42.78) and 200 free (1:30.77) relay teams.
The Spartans, who won their first boys district title in 21 years last week, took home their first runnerup trophy from a region meet.
"I'm flabbergasted with how well the boys did," Lakewood coach James Kostka said. "None of us thought we would finish this high. I'm going to have to text the guys on the team to let them know we finished second because they've all left."
Noah Harasz was the big point scorer for the Spartans with first-place finishes in the 100 free (46.52) and 200 free (1:42.89). Lakewood's other champion was Cody Nipper in the 100 fly (55.50).
Pasco County's top boy was Ridgewood's Emir Muratovic, who was second in the 50 free (21.61).


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Last spring was a season of firsts for the Penn State Altoona softball program.
The Lady Lions won their first-ever Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title, then went on to make their first appearance in the NCAA Division III Regional Tournament in Salem, Va.
With most of its core players returning from last season, Penn State Altoona is prepared to make another run at a conference championship this year.
"The quality of competition in the AMCC continues to improve every year, and we can never take anything for granted.
"We have 11 returners from our 2013 championship team, many of whom were regular starters and all of whom made important contributions to our success through the year, but that is no guarantee of the same success this year," said coach Fred Caldwell, who enters his fifth year at the helm of the program. "I believe that, between our returners and first-year players, we will have a very talented group. If they come together as a team and work as hard as they did last year, then we will be in the running again by playoff time."
The Lady Lions' top returning position player is junior first baseman Kelly Chambers, a two-time first team All-AMCC pick.
Chambers led the conference in home runs last season with eight and, in just two seasons, established a new school record for home runs hit in a career.
The former AMCC Newcomer of the Year led her team last year in several categories, including batting average (.381), slugging percentage (.699), on-base percentage (.445), and runs batted in (28). She was equally as solid in the field, where she committed just two errors and posted a fielding percentage of .992 at first base.
Senior second baseman Brittany Smith, a three-time all-conference selection, is another important bat in her team's lineup and anchors the squad's middle infield. Smith, another former Newcomer of the Year award recipient for the Lady Lions, batted .361 last season and collected the most hits on the team with 44. She is poised to set new school records in several categories this season.
A pair of juniors, outfielder Ala Miller and catcher/third baseman Lily Glunt, are two other key returners to Penn State Altoona's lineup.
Miller was a first team all-conference pick last year after batting .355 with eight extra base hits, and Glunt made third team All-AMCC with a .311 batting average while displaying consistently solid defense and game management behind the plate.
Sophomore utility player Clarissa Keller is also a returning position player who took home All-Conference honors at the end of last season, when she earned a spot on the third team as a freshman. Keller batted .352 and posted an on-base percentage of .398.
Rounding out the group of position players who return from last season are senior outfielder Lauren Bove and a trio of sophomores: shortstop Amanda Brennan, shortstop/outfielder Summer Feathers, an Altoona graduate, and middle infielder Gina Ricci.
Bove hit .322 last spring and ranked second on the team in total bases (48), runs scored (28), and steals (5). Brennan finished last season with 25 RBIs, the second-highest total on the team, while providing strong defense at short. Feathers hit .236 with five extra base hits and five steals while posting a perfect fielding percentage. Ricci batted .290 with 12 RBIs and stole five bases.
"Much like last year, we feel that hitting will be one of the strengths of this year's team," Caldwell said. "Several first-year players have also shown the power and consistency in the batting cages that they will need to be successful at the plate."
The returning position players should prove to be just as solid in the field. Penn State Altoona's strong defense was a big part of its AMCC championship run last spring, and Caldwell expects that to continue while adding even more flexibility to the roster.
"Early in the season, the defensive lineup will be very similar to what we had last year, but there are a number of first-year players who will earn playing time and challenge for starting positions during the season," he said. "Overall, the team will have a great deal of depth at most positions, which gives us the ability to change the lineup and rest players as needed."
Compared to the team's hitting and defense, the Lady Lions' pitching staff is a relative question mark heading into the season, considering the loss of starting pitcher Jackie Smith, who graduated at the conclusion of last spring. Junior Raychel DeArmitt should transition smoothly into the role of the team's No. 1 pitcher.
DeArmitt was a second team all-conference selection last season after ranking fifth in the AMCC in strikeouts with 101 and posting a team-best 2.07 earned run average. In 84 2/3 innings pitched, she limited opposing batters to a .205 average while tossing two complete game shutouts and compiling a 9-5 record.
"There's no doubt that Jackie was a big part of our success, and her contributions will be missed. Raychel really developed and made great strides as a pitcher last year, and she has continued to work hard in the offseason," Caldwell said. "Her velocity and control are ahead of where she was at this point last year, and I expect her to pick up right where she left off and to improve throughout the season."
Sophomore Cassondra Ross will be asked to step up her workload at pitcher this season. Last year, Ross went 4-1 with a 3.21 ERA and two complete games while throwing 24 innings.
"Cassondra gained valuable experience in the circle last year. Her control and movement have been excellent, and she will provide a great change of pace from Raychel's style," said Caldwell. "Freshman pitcher Kate Burge, a Philipsburg-Osceola graduate, comes in with a great deal of experience and success at the high school and travel team levels. She is a student of the game and will provide depth to the staff."