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Yep. Watching RuPaul's Dragrace and screen goes black. No warning just complete shut down. Did it overheat or is it a Windows prob? I can turn it right back on of course it takes forever to get back to where I was. By the way it took 19 minutes to talk to a human at Toshiba support and even then it wasn't really talking because he didn't speak English. Please lend me your thoughts even though I am being bitchy about it.
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While I don't know for sure, that does sound like it could be overheating. Ensure the notebook as proper ventilation when using it. For example, don't let it sit on a bed or other surface into which it can sink.
While I don't know for sure, that does sound like it could be overheating. Ensure the notebook as proper ventilation when using it. For example, don't let it sit on a bed or other surface into which it can sink.
My Satellite has been acting in the same way - however, my fans are cleaned and system and whole laptop are checked and it worked normal for about 2 days (and I've been working constantly in CAD, Photoshop and Corel). Then suddenly - same again!(
What I noticed is that it works fine for a while and then when the lamp for battery shows red and starts charging, I can hear some crackling and usually soon it turns off. If I don't shut it down by myself when the red lamp shows, but leave it to go on 5% of battery, it shuts down by itself suddenly. Also, what is weird is that the cable of AC adapter also becomes very hot in some places.
So what could be the problem? What should I do? I have no ideas anymore...
Try removing the battery. If the problem doesn't happen again, you'll know it's a bad battery. If it does happen, try running the computer without AC power and only battery to see if it's the AC adapter.
Since I posted this I've been paying more attention to what's near/blocking the vents and it hasn't happened again. I must admit I usually watch Logo while under my feather comforter, laptop on lap. So the fluffiness may have been to blame Any way, thanks for the help!
No problem!
I was thinking myself to try something like that - when it's only on battery, it works though the battery needs new charging pretty soon
So I'll try again Thanks!
Mine is doing the same thing It is a Sat. A215-S1518 I have it on a laptop holder so it gets plenty air flow and I keep it clean! I have tried with battery in and out... But after a while it still shuts down I have not a clue..
It could still be heat related. If you haven't recently, use a can of compressed air with the laptop turned off to blow out the fans and vents. If the problem persists, you might want to have it serviced.
I will suggest another method of keeping it cool and that is to search for the program called "TThrotle" which will allow you to monitor you CPU temps plus you can set the temp limit as to when it will start throttling the CPU back.
I used this while I was crunching numbers for the Boinc project, other wise it would use all 8 processors at 100% and the temp would get up to around 180 degrees F
I set mine for a max of 165F the max before the Toshiba shuts down is 100 C or 212 F
This program has helped out a lot for me, although a desktop would never run this hot, these laptops are really being severely beaten up!
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It could still be heat related. If you haven't recently, use a can of compressed air with the laptop turned off to blow out the fans and vents. If the problem persists, you might want to have it serviced.
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I changed my power settings to full power when the power cable is unplugged and I haven't had the problem. Has been a month now since my last incident.
Has been a couple months now with no issues since changing my power settings and still no random shutdown. Will post again if I figure out why this setting change works.
purchased a Satellite S855 in December 2012. It has a nifty Toshiba program that runs on the right side of the taskbar. It's called "Toshiba PC Health Monitor".
It has cool graphics containing battery information- charge, strength... and CPU temp and even Fan speed....
The only problem is that I don't know if I'll keep it on, as the TOU says that pc data is sent to Toshiba periodically.
I replaced my cpu and gpu paste with a thermal pad bought off of ebay. The specs are one inch thich ..cut to the hieght and width of each component.....It is still overheating. My fan is cleaned ram is dusted and fan does turn on about 30 seconds after system boots.
Blowing the dust out of the fan worked fine and then it finally wouldn't come on today. Thought it was hard drive, but turned out to be mother board. On inspection there were dust balls in the channel to the heat fins at the output of the fan. The repair list shows that as a $384 part with service included. So keep it clean by blowing from the side of the laptop to get the dust out the bottom.
try removing your power button, I was having the same issue. pretty much wont boot, shuts down within the first couple seconds of pressing power button or gets to login and shuts down. i removed my power button(the silver plastic that lights up, not the electric portion) and now im not having any issues. gl and let me know if that helps you out!
I find it to be a very useful tool myself and I really don't mind if Toshiba wants to know the CPU temperature, speed of my fan, health of my battery, etc.
I've been struggling with the overheating issue for weeks. Think I found a workaround. First the basics: the machine has been serviced recently (because the first motherboard fried during processing), I've vacuumed it, heat sink looks clean (I do not have access to the inner parts because the machine is still under warranty), I use a fan base for extra air circulation. Even so, every time I tried a more intense process (I am a biologist and have to run some data analysis programs) the computer would overheat and shut down. I've installed two temperature monitoring programs and could see the temp rising rapidly until becoming critical (over 90ºC; 194ºF) just before shutdown (when it reached 100ºC; 212ºF). Today I've tried something that seems to have solved the issue (it is actually running some analyses on the background while I am writing). Here is what seems to have solved it, at least in my case:
- Opened the Power Options (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings)
- Under the Balanced plan (used by default) went to "Change Advanced Power Settings" (right under the brightness sliders)
- Under "Processor power management\Maximum Processor state" lowered the level to 90% (both under battery and puggeld in)
Temperatures now are steady, ranging between 69-73ºC (156-163F)
I've been having a similar problem. However:
I am on my second hard drive, second battery, and third AC adapter. It has been doing this since I bought it. And since the day I bought it, I've been using it to play many Steam games, Terraria in particular, as well as flash games, Minecraft, and Youtube. Any ideas?
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i have similar problem with my toshiba satellite pro a300.it shuts down radomly then restars with window error recovery.i thinks it does'nt deal with overheating because i am using my laptop on glass and it shuts down in less than 5 mins..can somebody help me with this problem.??thanks guys..
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Tonight's spring game obviously another primetime event, something new for the school. As you guys continue to do new things, how do you balance that with the tradition and expectations at a school like Michigan?
"Well, I think you try something, you see how it works, you see what it brings, what it brings to the team and the staff and what they're trying to do. I don't know the thinking of Jim as it relates to—we haven't talked about the spring game on Friday, whether that's something that he wants to do consistently or if he's trying something out this year and so we'll be there and see how it goes and see what comes of it and see what the feedback is from it, but it doesn't bother me that it's a nighttime spring game. The tradition's been normally, what, Saturday at 1 o'clock or 12 o'clock or something like that? You know, it's done differently at different places and this is something that he wanted to try and we'll see how it goes."
Speaking of night football, you recently expressed an affinity for football games in the daylight. Do you anticipate that that will influence schedules in future years, and some of your predecessors anticipated influence from the Big Ten wanting Michigan to play more night games—your thoughts in that area, too?
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"Last year we played a significant…I shouldn't say significant. How many night games did we play on the road last year? Three. I know the fans are interested in night games, but that's really taxing, particularly coming back late at night for the team, those kind of things. So we considered a lot before we said we wouldn't have a night game this year, but in the future there could be night games at Michigan Stadium in the future."
There's been a lot of talk two years ago after the Shane Morris concussion incident of increased safety measures and then talk about that here and there since then. Have you gotten a chance to evaluate those and do you have any plans for changes there?
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Nik Stauskas, with his ability to make almost any shot a good one, made the game look easy. Trey Burke, with his varied and lethal methods for creating offense, made the game look easy, not to mention beautiful.
Nothing about this season's iteration of Michigan basketball felt easy. It's shown in the pictures, in which seemingly every layup attempt required a Herculean feat of strength and body control just to get the ball on the backboard. It's shown in the statistics; according to KenPom, 10.3% of Michigan's two-point attempts were blocked, a mark worse than all but 13 major-conference programs. It's shown in the despairing comments as the offense ground to a halt against Notre Dame before VJ Beachem delivered the coup de grâce to 2015-16 Michigan.
And that's on the good side of the court. Stopping the opponent has never seemed simple under John Beilein, especially the last few years. The flaws on defense have only been magnified as the offense has gone from historically great to merely good. Every flailing layup attempt swatted into photographers' row didn't just serve as a painful reminder of the team's scoring limitations, but also what they lacked on the other end.
[Hit THE JUMP for feelingsball.]
Mailbag: Coaching Turnover, A Ton Of Beilein Feelingsball
[Patrick Barron]
Long-time reader, second time emailer. I sent you a fake inspirational poster featuring Tate Forcier when those were still things. You used it. Good times.
I have the following mailbag questions:
1. With the departure of Durkin, Baxter, Jackson, et. al, do you see the revolving door continuing for assistant coaches? I don't have a problem with it because HARBAUGH and it means they are poach worthy. What about Drevno? He seems unlikely to leave anytime soon. I guess my question is: how much of the offense is Harbaugh, and how much is Drevno/Fisch? Would there be a big change if one of the latter left? Butt's comments about not having to learn a new offense this year were nice to hear just for continuity's sake.
This offseason's turnover was a bit extreme. Maryland hiring Durkin after one year as a defensive coordinator actually in charge of his defense—at Florida he was under Will Muschamp—was unexpected. I figured we'd get a 3-5 year run from him before he was established enough to make the jump. Losing Baxter and Jackson is actually more of a worry for me. Baxter went back to California, which is understandable if you're sawft because you've spent your time in that climate. Jackson may have decided he's more of an NFL guy.
Harbaugh seemed to make a conscious decision to reduce staff turnover with his picks for replacements. College DC lifer Don Brown is past the point where he'd be a head coach candidate; Chris Partridge and Brian Smith are young guys moving up who will probably stick around a while before any potential bump to quasi-co-psuedo associate head coach and run defense coordinator. Michigan's defensive assistants should be set for a few years, with a Mattison retirement the next likely swap.
On the other side of the ball it's murkier. It's Harbaugh's offense, of that there is no doubt. Coordinators on the same side of the ball as a heavily involved guru head coach often take a significant amount of seasoning before they are targeted for a move up the ladder. (See: Pat Narduzzi.) Drevno had not been a full OC prior to the Michigan move and has been with Harbaugh for a long time; he doesn't seem like a threat to depart for a few years yet, and when and if he does it'll be because Michigan's offense is shredding opponents.
Meanwhile Fisch is set to negotiate an extension that should bump his salary up significantly after a buyout year when Michigan was more or less paying the Jaguars. He seemed to get on with the staff and clearly had OC-type input in the passing game…
"good shit, Jedd" pic.twitter.com/6LKlSnY7Qp
— Ace Anbender (@AceAnbender) October 6, 2015
…so I wouldn't expect him to leave for anything short of a full OC spot. That may very well happen—before he was cursed to work in the mines of Jacksonville he had a pretty good run at Miami—but I think he'll be around for a while yet.
The guy to watch for a departure is Tyrone Wheatley, who has ambitions to be a head coach. He has a powerful motivation to stick around for four more years; after that I would not be surprised to see him look for an OC spot no matter where it is.
2. What about Chesson for the #1 jersey? Has that been officially retired? If so, I don't remember hearing much about it. I can't remember a better candidate in recent years than him.
#1 is not retired and shouldn't be. Devin Funchess just wore it, remember? The fact that this guy didn't remember that and I wrote most of this response before remembering that an NFL player wore #1 two years ago is… Brady Hoke, man.
Anyway: no retiring more numbers please. #21 getting retired is kind of a bummer, man, and I can't imagine #1 or #2 goes by the wayside for practical (running out of numbers) and recruiting (here's Charles Woodson's number) reasons. But I don't expect Chesson to take it. He is in a pretty famous WR number (86) already and he doesn't seem like the type of guy to care much either way.
Beilein status, part 1
Hey Brian. I see you trying to walk the line of criticizing U-M basketball while not calling for Beilein's head. Here's the issue to me...
it's easy to compare Beilein to what came before and say look at his improvement. But the "fire Beilein" says "Well, that's not good enough." The better comparison isn't to what came before but to what would come after. What are the odds of replacing Beilein with someone who runs a clean program, fits culturally with the university, and achieves more success on the court? I put it at about 10%. That's not a chance worth taking for someone who may be marginally better. But the only thing that would satisfy these guys is if we were dominating the Big Ten. So then you need to consider the odds of getting the coach who runs a clean program, fits in culturally and consistently out-performs Izzo, Crean, et al. I put those odds under 1%.
So it's a shame that Beilein isn't a slightly better coach than he is, but Michigan's biggest obstacle is that our rivals' programs are just consistently too good.
I mean, yeah. I think we're all pretty disappointed where the program is right now but that's largely an artifact of Beilein's insane level of success over the three years from 2012-14, which went
- Big Ten Title
- National Championship Game
- Outright Big Ten Title & Elite Eight
Frankly I didn't expect that level of performance from Beilein when he was hired. I just wanted to make the tournament most of the time and Pittsnogle some higher seeds. Take that expectation and remove the team's star for consecutive years and this is what you get.
That said, the trend here, especially on defense, is alarming. It's not really about the level of the program, it's about the direction of the arrow. If Beilein's projected performance going forward is the average of his Michigan career minus his first year (which I think we can issue a mulligan for given the state of the roster) then yes, it will be very difficult for Michigan to match or exceed that. If it's the last two years, even considering Levert's injury, then the pool of candidates who can expect to match or do better expands considerably.
I don't think that's clear yet. I do think we're going to see an offseason shakeup and hopefully a defensive specialist brought in. I am still resigned to the fact that Beilein's peak is likely to have already passed and that we'll probably be gunning for a Sweet 16 or two before he retires, not a title.
[After THE JUMP: more Beilein feelingsball, PWO pickin', can the Big Ten replicate the Harbaugh model?]
Hoops Mailbag: WTF Edition
[Bryan Fuller/MGoBlog]
I guess we should discuss that. The other thing, too. Let's open the floor for questions.
@AceAnbender so like, what now? #mgomailbag
— Jay Winkler (@jman077) February 8, 2016
@AceAnbender when will we stop playing like Rutgers?
— Anthony Lodato (@ajlodato) February 8, 2016
@AceAnbender why is basketball
— Burrill Strong (@sgtwolverine) February 8, 2016
@AceAnbender @mgoblog has the team moved to Istanbul?
— Stefan Zonia (@iamstefanzonia) February 8, 2016
@AceAnbender WTF?
— mgoblog (@mgoblog) February 8, 2016
I'm sensing some despair. Does anyone have a more specific question?
@AceAnbender should we just shut down MBB and liquidate assets, or shd we also dunk Beilein in pond until he admits hes a witch? #MGoMailbag
— Tom Lawrence (@LordSupremo) February 8, 2016
Ah, so. Let's try this again after the jump.
[JUMP, if you dare.]
Red Flowers Bursting Down Below Us
1/12/2016 – Michigan 70, Maryland 67 – 13-4, 3-1 Big Ten
those people didn't even know us [Bryan Fuller]
This was always going to happen at some point. A marquee win was going to stroll onto the court and get bombed back into the Stone Age by Duncan Robinson and the Enola Gays. Even as the team was getting hammered by various opponents featuring large angry people, I had this faith. (Probably. Shut up.)
They just had to, you know, do it. They had to take the three point shooting and shape it into a win with the other bent and misshapen tools at their disposal. The math had to add up. It had not done that so much this year. But basketball's math is changing.
John Beilein hasn't changed much in the 86 years he's been a college head coach. He will play four, preferably five, people who can shoot three-pointers and try to get away with everything that implies. The 1-3-1 has come and gone but the core has always been the Beilein Long Range Strategic Bombing Initiative.
It's worked. Beilein scrapped his way up the ranks by overachieving everywhere he's ever been. But there was always thought to be a ceiling past which this kind of basketball could not go. Early skeptics noted that Beilein's attention-grabbing tourney runs at West Virginia were paired with mediocre regular seasons. He'd never sniffed a conference title in a major league. Players who could shoot from deep were limited role players. They were Just A Shooters.
The game of basketball has changed, gradually and now radically. With Steph Curry currently redefining what NBA efficiency means as statheads in the background furrow their brows over any shot between the arc and the rim, the zeitgeist has finally come around to the idea that three is more than two.
Meanwhile Beilein has been a whisker away from a national title, a whisker away from another Final Four, and won three Big Ten championships. It's been a little rough so far this year since the post play has been… uh… well…
is there any way to say this diplomatically
if I am not diplomatic will I be arrested
I seem to have been given a choice between being massively dishonest and being banned from speech forever
…not good.
Also Michigan's recent propensity for injury has bit hard as Spike exited for good and Zak Irvin scuffled through a big chunk of the season during which the fact he was about to miss a three was more obvious than the plot of The Force Awakens. Oh, and Caris Levert has missed three games and counting.
But as ways to play basketball go it seems like people are just now catching up to Beilein. The team is catching up to expectations. Now if we can just get some additional Mitch types in here.
Yesterday they did it. Set aside the bigs going 0/5; they are not members of the backing band here. Robinson and company went 12/24. That's 50%. That is good. That is enough to overcome a lot of things. It's enough to overcome Diamond Stone using 40%(!) of Maryland possessions efficiently, for one.
And it's not a fluke. Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman hit his lone three against Maryland and has joined the club: Michigan has five players hitting 40%+ from three. That does not count Irvin, who seems to be recovered from the back-injury-induced early season funk and is hitting 44% over his last five. They have two players, Walton and Robinson, above 50%.
This deep into the season thoughts that Michigan might reclaim their Burke/Stauskas form have been shelved. But if they can poke their nose inside the line enough to avoid the kind of drought they suffered midway through the second half, they can be a fatally flawed team that goes down in a technicolor blaze of glory.
Goddamn, Duncan Robinson. Here are the top ten three point shooters in the country.
Robinson has 42 more attempts than the next-closest guy. The only player I found with significantly more, Oakland's Max Hooper, has 133 and is shooting at a 45% clip.
And is it just me or has he improved defensively? I have not been frustrated by a bunch of blow-bys of late. He seems to be able to stay in front of PF types and is even bothering the occasional person with his length. He's by no means good, but the opposition has stopped targeting him over and over again as the clear weak spot.
Robinson is developing—or probably just displaying—the ability to Not Just Shoot as well. The drive and pretty reverse layup late in the second half was an eye-opener; he's putting up shot fakes and then repositioning as well. He was the alpha dog on Williams two years ago with a diverse all-around game; he should be able to grow into that as he gets more comfortable on a D-I court.
weird face sometimes too [Bryan Fuller]
Derrick Walton is a weird player. Walton is rebounding like a 6'11" guy. His 21.7 DREB rate is almost top 100 nationally. Many of those are of the mansome variety where he launches off both feet and secures a ball a 6'1" guy definitely should not secure. Meanwhile He's hitting 33% of his two-pointers and 53% of his threes.
I am desperately disappointed that Kenpom stopped showing you similar players based on stats*, because what does that spit out for a guy with that DREB rate, assist rate, and shooting profile? Jan Jagla, but good?
*[I assume Pomeroy dumped it because it didn't work, but in this situation that only makes it better. Other possibility: Pomeroy saw Walton's sophomore year and pulled the plug in case his junior year caused his computer to emit smoke and shut down, moaning "why Ken whyyyyyy" as it did.]
Walton is a weird defender. I was very frustrated with him in the Purdue game. He started well and then kept getting beat off the dribble by drives that didn't look like anything other than a meh Purdue guard putting his head down. So of course he comes out against Melo Trimble and crushes him.
didn't go well, could have gone worse [Fuller]
Donnal as the "Evolution of Man" poster. I dunno, man. I assume every Michigan fan had written off Mark Donnal for good. There was certainly a lot of grousing about wasting minutes on him during the cupcake games in December, grousing that I agreed with. And then he got a ton of layups and is… well, he's not good but he is middling with frightening outburst of Mutumbo.
I never thought I would say this but the defensive downgrade when DJ Wilson came in was obvious. Wilson got wreckt on a couple of pick and rolls where he let the PG around him; Donnal got over and cut off penetration. He of course had that sequence towards the end of the first half where he had two spectacular blocks* and looked as surprised as anyone that he had just had two spectacular blocks.
While Diamond Stone more or less had his way with Donnal for much of the day the progress there is undeniable.
*[The first of which caused Tiricio and—ugh—Vitale to rant about how Donnal had committed a foul. Not that I expect Vitale to pay attention to the rules of the game or even the things happening in front of his face, but Donnal "getting [opponent] with the body" was Donnal leaping vertically as opponent rammed into him. That is a major emphasis with the refs this year.]
DJ Wilson is still baking. Clearly very bad in this game, as his brief chunk of playing time in the second half resulted in a 10-2 run for Maryland that he was almost singlehandedly responsible for. Also he floats to the perimeter to shoot threes way too much. But you can see flashes of an effective player in there; he has super-long arms and length, so he gets his hands on a lot of balls and has a future as a shot blocker.
The redshirt was clearly the best idea. He's got a long way to go; he has a very high ceiling.
Speaking of Max Hooper. Hooper has 133 three point attempts that he's hitting at a 45% rate. Pretty good, Max Hooper! How are you doing inside the line?
Wow. Hooper is a junior; in his career he has attempted 11 two-point shots and 344 three.
This has been "Brian and Ace find a freakish basketball player on Kenpom of no interest to you and tell you about it anyway."
Beilein Extended
- John Beilein
- john beilein does in fact know what he's doing
- john beilein goin' in
- john beilein halftime assassin
- john beilein is a genius seriously
- john beilein is breaking bad
- john beilein is breaking stories
- john beilein is first episode walter white
- john beilein says there's gold in them thar hills
- john beilein should not be given a week
- john beilein tournament ninja
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And the relevant bits from the release:
The terms of Beilein's extension call for him to earn a base salary of $400,000 with additional compensation of $1,470,000 per year for TV, radio, internet, shoe/apparel sponsorships, consulting, promotion and other services. In separate deferred payments, Beilein will receive an additional $1.5 million annually through the University's Supplemental Defined Contributions Retirement Plan.
The contract also provides opportunities for supplemental pay based on a range of performance measures from winning the Big Ten regular-season title and tournament championships as well as selection to and victories in the NCAA Tournament.
The perception already was that he was here through retirement—Michigan would be insane to let him go—but it was time to do this again because his last contract, signed in 2013, would have expired when this year's freshmen are seniors. When this one runs out he'll be 68.


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A survey conducted the month after vice president Joe Biden's meeting in January with network television executives on TV violence showed that almost half of the shows monitored contained acts of violence, according to an Associated Press story.
According to the survey conducted by the Parents Television Council between Jan. 11 and Feb. 11, there were 193 acts of violence in 392 hours' worth of episodes monitored. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Martin Short, his alter egos get big laughs
An evening with Martin Short at the Pabst Theater on Saturday night wasn't just an evening with Martin Short.
Ed Grimley was there, Short's famed SCTV creation, with his pants as usual pulled impossibly high up to his chest. So was Franck Eggelhoffer, Short's eccentric, difficult to understand wedding planner from "Father of the Bride." »Read Full Article
MSO blends musical vocabularies of composers, orchestrators
Listening to a piece of music by one great composer that has been orchestrated by another great composer is a bit like hearing the music through that second composer's ears.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and music director Edo de Waart presented two pieces that offered just that chance on Friday evening, along with the heartbreaking Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Alban Berg, inspired by the death of his friend's daughter. »Read Full Article
Jim DeVita paints portrait of Rothko in Forward Theater's 'Red'
Madison — Before becoming one of the last century's great artists, Mark Rothko thought hard about a career as an actor, and he habitually referred to his pictures as "dramas." In his Tony-winning "Red," John Logan brings that drama on stage.
Madison's Forward Theater has now brought "Red" to Wisconsin, where it opened Friday night under Laura Gordon's direction, in an 85-minute, intermission-free production featuring Jim DeVita as Rothko and Nate Burger as Ken, Rothko's young, fictionalized assistant. »Read Full Article(1)
Cafe 1505 in Mequon will expand its footprint and add a bar
The breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Cafe 1505, at 1505 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, plans to move the grab-and-go deli part of the business to a vacant space across the hall in East Towne Square.
The move is expected next week. It will allow the cafe to expand deli seating by about 20, up from the current five, so more guests can linger over coffee and laptops if they don't wish to sit in the full-service dining room. It also will expand its lineup of prepared foods for takeout. »Read Full Blog Post


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BEVERLY - The United Way telethon exceeded its goal Saturday by raising $33,322, coming close to reaching the campaign goal for the year of $170,000.
Volunteers worked from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Beverly Elementary School Saturday, bringing entertainment to local folks who continued to donate to the Randolph County United Way throughout the day.
Campaign Chairman Gary Clay said Mayor Van Broughton put out a challenge to all of the citizens of Elkins to give $20 to help reach the goal.
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Beth Christian Broschart
Elkins Mayor Van Broughton and Gore the Bull do the Chicken Dance Saturday during the United Way Telethon at the Beverly Elementary School. The telethon surpassed its goal, raising $33,322 toward the yearly campaign goal of $170,000. The United Way of Randolph County helps support 27 local partnering agencies.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Beth Christian Broschart
United Way telethon co-hosts Beverly Johnson and Bill Johnson, along with emcee Kenny Sexton, announce the United Way telethon total of $33,322 Saturday at Beverly Elementary School. Hundreds of volunteers worked and performed throughout the day as donors pledged to surpass the goal. The United Way of Randolph County helps support 27 local partnering agencies.
"The money to reach our goal came from many places," Clay said. "Even with the $30,000, we still had about $6,000 or $7,000 to reach our campaign goal. So this really helps, and makes it more reachable. "
Clay said the community connects with the telethon each year.
"We worry about things getting old, but this event just keeps gaining momentum," Clay said.
Robbie Morris, the United Way of Randolph County board president, said he was thrilled with Saturday's results.
"I am so incredibly proud of what this community has done," Morris said. "It is an honor to lead this great group of volunteers. We have just done many amazing things here for the people of Randolph County. It's not about us, it's about those who donated. No matter what you donated, it all adds up to this total."
Morris thanked the sponsors, the businesses and the individuals that made the United Way telethon possible.
"We will now get this money out to the agencies so they can do their work. I am elated."
United Way board member Kathy Leombruno said putting the telethon together made for an exciting day.
"Oh, what a night!," Leombruno said. "We are absolutely thrilled that we have met our goal once again. I think people really look forward to the telethon. With all of the events that were going on this weekend, we are thrilled again that everyone rallied, got involved and made those pledges."
JoBeth Agnor, executive director of the United Way of Randolph County, said she enjoyed her first telethon.
"All the efforts that went into this were phenomenal," Agnor said.
"It turned out better than I ever could have expected. We are thankful for all of our sponsors, volunteers and donors."
Headline sponsors of the telethon were Citizens Bank of West Virginia and Davis Medical Center. Bringing the talent to the stage was Woodford Oil Company, and hosting the agency/partner interviews was Elkins Fordland.
The 27 benefiting United Way of Randolph County agencies are American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Charities (Food Bank), Energy Express (West Virginia University Extension Office), Family Resource Network, Foster Grandparent Program, Girl Scouts Black Diamond Council, Helping Hand Clearinghouse, Elkins/Randolph County Library, Helvetia Library, Valley Head Library, Pioneer Memorial Library, Tygart Valley Library, Literacy Volunteers of WV, Meals on Wheels, NCCA Homeless Shelter, Randolph County Cancer Support Group, Randolph County Children's Advocacy Center, Randolph County Training & Referral, Randolph County Emergency Squad, Randolph County Humane Society, Randolph County Senior Center, Randolph County Sheltered Workshop, Senior Companion Program, Women's Aid in Crisis, Elkins/Randolph County YMCA and Youth Health Service.
The 2014 telethon committee members are Morris, Merllene Yorkey, Kate Reed, Laura Simons, Becky Smith, Matt Scott, Jess Arbogast, Cindy Hammer, Tracy Fath, Shellie Burda, Carolyn Capelli, Jerry and Anita Gibson, Kevin Shreve, Agnor, Clay and Leombruno.


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Soup to Nutz
Soup to Nutz is a daily comic strip drawn by Rick Stromoski, who also is the artist behind The Mullets. The comic launched in March 2000, and is syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. It centers on the Nutz family, particularly the three children in the family.
Roy Nutz: The patriarch of the Nutz family, a typical blue-collar working slob. The short-tempered head of the household enjoys watching TV and drinking beer. Heavy-handed references have been made to the Nutz family's religion, which is Roman Catholicism.
Pat Nutz: Roy's wife, who seems to be the only normal one in the family.
Roy Nutz, Jr., aka Royboy: The oldest of the three Nutz children. Huskily built, he is rather slow witted, overeats, and enjoys sports. He also breaks wind a lot.
Babs Nutz: The middle of the three Nutz children is the only girl, and the smartest. She is able to manipulate both Royboy and Andrew to her advantage.
Andrew Nutz: The youngest of the three Nutz children. Andrew enjoys playing with dolls, and is bossed around on a regular basis by both of his older siblings.
- Soup to Nutz: The First Course (2003); ISBN 0-7407-3946-8
External links[edit]
- Soup to Nutz and Comics.com
- Soup to Nutz at United Media
- Soup to Nutz, A Family Affair: Exclusive Interview with Cartoonist Rick Stromoski Tiziano Thomas Dossena, L'Idea Magazine, 2014
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Hereford (3-0) scored the last 14 points of the contest after the Tigers (2-1) scored on touchdown passes of 23 and 11 yards to take a 14-7 halftime lead.
Cody Marsh ran in from five yards out in the third quarter for Hereford. The kick failed, however and Frenship continued to lead, 14-13.
The Whitefaces gained most of their offense on the ground, rushing 35 times for 254 yards and completing 5 passes for 12 yards.
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The Baylor Bears are starting the NCAA Tournament the same way they did two years ago, as the No. 3 seed in the South Region.
"There are a lot of teams that would love to be in our position," coach Scott Drew said Sunday.
"We are playing better on offense and defense, and we are rebounding more consistently. Now we have to keep playing hard, and hopefully we will keep peeking at the right time."
Baylor (27-7), whose only losses this season are to four Big 12 teams also in the NCAA field, plays Thursday against Summit League champion South Dakota State (27-7) in Albuquerque, N.M.
It is the seventh NCAA appearance for the Bears, and their third in the past five seasons.
"I want to go out with a championship, that's my mindset," said senior forward Quincy Acy, one of four Bears who played on the 2010 team.
"We have a lot of guys that have made the tournament before. I think we have a lot more experience than that year because the guys know what to expect."
The Bears set a school record with 28 wins and made it to the South Region final two years ago before losing to eventual national champion Duke. But they slipped to 18-13 last season and didn't make it to a postseason tournament.
Baylor began this season by winning all 13 of its non-conference games, and had a school-record 17-game winning streak before losing at Kansas on Jan. 16.
In Austin, for coach Rick Barnes and the Texas Longhorns, 20 was indeed enough to keep their NCAA tournament streak going.
The Longhorns (20-13) earned their 14th straight NCAA tournament berth, a school record that includes every season since Barnes became coach.
Texas is the No. 11 seed with an at-large berth in the East Region and plays Cincinnati (24-10) of the Big East on Friday in Nashville, Tenn.
"I was excited when Texas got in," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Even our players clapped when Texas got in. I thought that was great. They deserve to be in."
Six Big 12 teams made the NCAA tournament.
Texas reached 20 wins for the 13th consecutive season with a 71-65 win over Iowa State, another NCAA team, in the Big 12 tournament Thursday night. That likely solidified getting the Longhorns into the NCAA tournament before they lost to league tournament champ Missouri in the semifinals the next night.


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Mothers' Club provides the food for many wonderful events both at St. Pius X and for our adopted school, Dresden Elementary.
Below is the link to recipes that will be used for the Dresden Spring Luncheon 2016.
Collection of Recipes for the Dresden Luncheon
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Lieutenant Colonel Moye has served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the operational and institutional Army. Her assignments include Group Chemical Officer/S-2 (62nd Medical Group, Fort Lewis, Washington); Battalion Chemical Officer (2-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion (Patriot), Fort Lewis, Washington and Fort Bliss, Texas); Company Executive Officer-One Station Unit Training (OSUT) (Alpha Company, 82nd Chemical Battalion, Fort McClellan, Alabama and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri); Battalion Operations Officer (23rd Chemical Battalion, Camp Carroll, Korea); Division Support Command Chemical Officer (3rd Infantry Division Support Command, Fort Stewart, Georgia); Chemical Company Commander (92nd Chemical Company, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia and Operation Iraqi Freedom I); Recruiting Company Commander (Loves Park Recruiting Company, Chicago Recruiting Battalion, Fort Sheridan, Illinois); Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Tactical Planner (2nd Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, Korea); Battalion Executive Officer (70th Brigade Support Battalion, 210th Fires Brigade, Camp Casey, Korea); Field Grade Assignments Officer (Chemical Branch, United States Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Virginia); United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) Protocol Officer (USF-I, Baghdad, Iraq); CBRN Staff Synchronization Officer (SSO) (Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, Pentagon); and Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff (Executive Communication and Control (ECC), Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Pentagon).
Her military education includes the Chemical Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms Services Staff School (CAS3), the Recruiting Company Commander Course, Command and General Staff College (CGSC), and the Army Force Management Course.
Her military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (silver oak leaf cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (2 oak leaf clusters), the Joint Service Achievement Medal (1 oak leaf cluster), and the Army Achievement Medal. Her badges include the Combat Service Identification Badge (3rd Infantry Division), the Army Staff Identification Badge and the Basic Recruiter Badge.
Command Sergeant Major Charles N. Orange hails from Fort Lauderdale, FL. He entered the Army's Delayed Entry Program on 31 October 1989. He completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
His past assignments include Crew Chief for 2-1 Aviation Regiment at Ansbach, Germany, Crew Chief for 1-101 Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, KY, Recruiter for Orlando Recruiting Company at Orlando, FL, Instructor for Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker, AL, Center Commander for Wichita East Recruiting Station, Gainesville Recruiting Company First Sergeant at Gainesville, Florida, Puerto Rico, Recruiting District First Sergeant and San Juan Recruiting Company First Sergeant at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Accessions Support Brigade Operation NCOIC at Fort Knox, KY, and Operations Sergeant Major at Baltimore Recruiting Battalion, Fort Meade, MD.
Command Sergeant Major Orange awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (six oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Army Good Conduct Medal (seventh award), Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (with numerical device 4), National Defense Service Ribbons (2 bronze stars), Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 campaign stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Ribbon (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait), Army Superior Unit Award (two oak leaf clusters), Senior Crew Member Badge, Air Assault Badge, Glen E. Morrell Medallion for Excellence in Recruiting, Recruiter's Ring for Excellence in Recruiting, and the Gold Recruiter Badge with three sapphire stars.
Command Sergeant Major Orange's military and civilian education include Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course, Army Battle Staff Course, Guidance Counselor Course, Station Commander Course, Army Recruiter Course, Army Instructor Course, Aviation Life Support Equipment Course, Anti-Terrorism Course, Air Assault School, Combat Life Saver Course, First Sergeants Course, and United States Army Sergeant Major Academy (Class 63). CSM Orange earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Organizational Leadership (Magna Cum Laude) from Mountain State University, Masters in Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Columbia Southern University, and is currently working on his Doctor of Business Administration from Columbia Southern University.
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I know all about this building
Ramada Inn downtown use to be called the Leland Hotel. It was an abandoned building for quite awhile before Michael Higgins bought the building and put Ramada's name on it. Michael is a slumward in Detroit circles he also owns the Broderick and Farwell Buildings in downtown Detroit both of which are currently abandoned and falling apart (Broderick is on Woodward and Witherall with the whale on the side of it visable from Comerica Park and the Farwell is on Shelby in Capital Park). Also don't stay at the hotel across from the Book Cadillac I think it's currently a Holiday Inn Express, this building is a disgrace to the city of Detroit.
The RenCen on the riverfront is a Marriott and a nicer hotel, GM owns the building and uses it for there World Headquarters, I would suggest staying there but with construction it's a little tricky getting to unless you know where your going.
This place would scare Dracula!
Wow!! Am I glad I found this site! In December 2003 I was on a business trip to Detroit and booked a room at the Ramada downtown. When we arrived I was shocked that Hotel.Com gave this hotel a 4 star rating.
It was filthy in all aspects. Plus no pool as stated in the review.
When we stepped into the elevator and seen curse words scratched into the walls I knew we had made a mistake. We debated on leaving and going to another hotel but decided to stay the night. The bar consisted of a log chain ran through the door handles of the cooler. Talking to people in the bar that evening we met recovering drug addicts, alcholics, who lived at the hotel and was given a tour of the gothic club house in the back of the hotel. In Conclusion, Ramada will NEVER get my companys business again anywhere. and Detroit, Clean up your act, you have the world visiting in 2006 for the superbowl. Please don't embarrass Michigan.
Car Show
Visiting: Jan.2003 Detroit Car Show.
Worst Hotel ever. The resturant was none existing. The staff were hostile. The worst nightmare of an Hotel.
+ Close to the Car Show + Big rooms
- Staff - Food - Dirty - Unsafe
My advice: book a hotel in Windsor, Canada
Disgusting- from the building to the staff
Where do I begin. Chose Ramada because it is known for being decent on a budget. We knew that detroit is not the best city, however thought the hotel would be ok. We were in for the auto show. Drove to the hotel and got a little nervous looking at the outside but figured that it fit in with the rest of the surrounding area. The parking... yes there is a lot, without an attendant, and 40 oz. beer bottles all over it. mind you there wasn't an attendent the 2 days we were there. The lobby was fine ,said ok this looks half way decent. I am sure at one time it was quite grand, a loooong time ago. Well greated by staff which were not in any uniform, oh no name plates either.. Oh did I mention the bums in the hallway before the lobby... nice right? So.. we go to our room, small in size. ok fine.. the dirty dirty walls, wall mounted AC with front all broken and peices on the floor, TV that didnt work, dirty table, and the bathroom.... GROSS...GROSS... walk in shower with mold and mildew everywhere! no exaggeration I took pictures!! the sink was dirty, with the front door hlf fallen off, and the side next to the shower covered in black mold more than half way. Screamed health hazard. Thats my next letter,board of health with lovely pictures that I took. Called the front desk to complain, wanted a different room and they didn't have one available, asked for housekeeping to come and clean, they were gone for the day( we arrived in the evening) So what rating do you give that for service?? for $111. for the night, expected a bit better. We had to place towels on the floor inside of the shower so we dont touch the gross grime.
NEVER STAY HERE! Pay the few extra bucks and stay elsewhere, your health above all else is reason enough..
Still in disbelieve that Ramada would allow that hotel to carry their name!
Flop House
After a long day of fun at the MGM Grand Casino (which by the way is nice) our party of 3 couples and my mother in law were looking forward to a nice rest before we left in the morning to return home. This hotel was definatlly not the place for cormfortable or any kind of other rest!I knew we were in trouble when the first words out of my wife's mouth after opening the room door were "Oooooh Myyyyy God!" The first thing that came to my mind was "Flop house".The filth and dis-repair (including roaches the size of your hand) was un-bearable. Ramada should be ashamed to have their name oin this property!We decided rather quickly to depart and drove home that very evening.Avoid at all cost!
Avoid at all cost!
We chose this hotel only because it was the closest one to Comerica Park which is THE only positive comment about this hotel.
It is about a five minute walk between the hotel & Comerica Park but you will probably find yourself running instead of walking. There was not a single building that wasn't abandoned, boarded up, or in need of demoltion and I would include this hotel to be in dire need of all three.
The website displays a nice guest room w/ jacuzzi but I believe it is only a model room and not available for rental, except perhaps by the hour. Our room was small, had a 19" TV, and was a couple of doors down from an ice machine that would make a rock concert seem like a library.
Here are some of the reasons to avoid this hotel: 1. Our room had a window air conditioner located on the floor that was plugged into an outlet box with exposed conduit.
2. The lamp plugged into this outlet didn't work, nor did one of the lamps next to the bed.
3. The shower pipe was taped to the wall w/ masking tape to prevent any drywall from falling. 4. The stairwell was full of garbage bags, used appliances (a stove & window air conditioners), and gang graffiti.
5. Large sections of the wall (4 ft. x 6 ft.) in the stairwell had broken off.
6. Gated parking because you would be stupid to park your car anywhere else.
7. It is located half a block from the Salvation Army's Transitional Housing building.
Avoid this hotel and anything in downtown Detroit. I believe this hotel is a wannabe crack house and you would find better lodging in Baghdad.
Don't Waste Your Time & Money
This hotel was awful. I can't believe travel websites such as Orbitz and the others would even advertise for this place. This hotel is guilty of false advertisement. I knew I was in trouble as soon as I reached the lobby and read a plaque stating this hotel was independently owned. Another disturbing observation was that staff behind the registration desk had to buzz you in through a door to get to the elevators. The picture you see on their website is completely different than the room you'll probably receive. I was supposed to have a large sized room with a queen sized bed, but received a small sized room with a full sized bed. The hotel staff attempted to tell me this was a queen sized bed, but I informed them I had a full sized at home and it was exactly the same. At this point, I was given another room, which wasn't any better. The building is old and it appears as though it has not had any renovations in quite a long time. My room had peeling paint and holes in the carpet. Most of the amenities expected were non existant. The staff had no knowledge of the area and I did better getting around on my own. I was completely dissatisfied with this hotel and will never use a Ramada hotel again.
This Hotel rules!
If you're looking for adventure like I was, this is the place to be! They have two clubs inside the building which play industrial music, the rooms are spacious, and the people that walk in and out of there are quite a spectacle! The lobby is beautiful, and its location in Downtown Detroit is right near the MGM Grand Casino and the Museum of New Art. The People Mover Station is visible from the entrance, and they have gated, secure parking. The city of Detroit needs a little work, but we all know this. This hotel has a lot of character! I plan to stay here again the next time I'm in Detroit. It is quite a bargain for such a beautiful, old building.
Horrible, disgusting and haunted
I had stayed in the Ramada Inn while auditioning for American Idol. Where I'm from Ramada Inn's are very classy hotels, but not very expensive. This one was HORRIBLE! Words can't even describe it. We were put in a room that they house Red Cross burn victims in and there were blood stains all over the carpet. The heat refused to turn off and the building was half falling apart. Not to mention having someone taking a shower on either side of us at 1 am and finding out no one was in the rooms beside us! The staff was kind, but that was where the good ends! The diner is falling apart and the food was terrible! The side of town it's on is very run down. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE AT NIGHT! Very, scary! We were so displeased with the hotel that we slid in at 30 seconds until check out time, checked out, and threw our clothes into our bags still on the hangers. We didn't have another hotel to go to, but we would have rather slept in our car. By the time we found another hotel, and unpacked it was 8 at night because when we went to unpack we had everyone else's stuff because we had packed in such a panic just to get out of there! Trying to find another hotel was a waste of a day off between auditions! If you stay here, you will regret it!
The ugly, the nasty and the trifling!
We went to the Detroit Ramada for GMWA convention, The website revealed a beautiful hotel, what we got was literally a run down ROACH motel, I can't beleive the Ramada actually owns a location this bad. The place looked like an abandoned building in a housing project! Oh not to mention there are people who actually live there! Disgusting! Because of this awful place, I will never stay at ANY Ramada ever in life. If I can tell you anything if you can't stay at the Mariott or the Anetheum, the Ponchartain is okay!. Head for neighboring Dearborn or Southfield Michigan! Please heed this warning or you will regret it!
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