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Blessed Johanna of Cáceres
Benedictine Cistercian nun the convent of Saint Benedict at Cáceres, western Spain when still very young; she spent almost her entire life in the convent. Abbess.
- murdered in front of the convent chapal altar by marauding soldiers on 8 December 1383 in Cáceres, Spain
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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This past week has been a FAMILY week. Granddaughter is home from Korea for a few weeks before returning for another year of teaching English in a Korean middle school for boys. Family came from Portland, Eugene, and Walla Walla to see her while she is here. Sadly, I will bid her adieu when she leaves on Tuesday.
Even with all the family activities, I did post a Monday transcription from the Centennial of History of the Township of Springdale. On Tuesday, my writing critique group meets at my house and I am hoping to have at least a ruff draft of a new article. On Saturday, Willamette Writers' February meeting is scheduled, along with an afternoon workshop.
So not a lot of genealogy, or writing, but an interesting week none the less.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday Synopsis: 2012 January 29th:End of a Busy Week
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Family weeks are the bestest weeks of all!ReplyDelete
Yes! Interesting! What a wonderful experience for your granddaughter--and how wonderful that the family is all able to gather to visit with her on her break. I envy all your activities with supportive writers' groups!ReplyDelete
You are certainly a member of an interesting family!ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a great week with the family -definitely a priority. Does she enjoy teaching in Korea? My eldest has just gone to Kenya with Australia's aid agency. They have a taste for adventure don't they.ReplyDelete
Hope your writing day goes well today. Sounds like this week is more than busy enough to make up for last week.
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Revis is hella good...and only getting better....already among the best will be the best shortly maybe even next year especially with Ryan running things now.
Just a thread about different N.Y. JETS topics...
I was reading about Revis and remembered about the great year he had for a second year player. Made the pro-bowl and many people are calling him the best corner in the league. He's only 23(!) and he's only gonna improve. So sky's the limit for him. Future shutdown corner? What are your thoughts?
Revis is hella good...and only getting better....already among the best will be the best shortly maybe even next year especially with Ryan running things now.
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
All about the who?!?!?!?!?
hahahaha just playing. New Coach who is going to rattle their cages... The Jets will be a force to be reckoned with next year, I can guarantee you that.
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
^ No need to kiss ass.
Jets will suck next season.
New coach...eh, I'm too hyped about Rex, but we'll see.
The only mistake Jets made was let go of Pennington and put all their eggs in the basket for Favre.
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
You sound emotional again, I hope I didn't make you cry again.
Eli is LAME.
in a close loss vs PHILADEPHIA
Eli had 1 TD's and 4 INTS
in the last 4 games.
Where the Giants went 1-4
and ruined their season.
He's a BUST QB.
He never really won the superbowl, he just tagged along the other Giant players who were bigger contributors...QB's get overrated anyway in the superbowl anyway.
He's also has MICHEAL VICK QB ACCURACY...at 55%, amongst the lowest in the NFL with a career 76.1 QB rating.
Eli is a C level QB at best...he'll never be on Rivers level.
Eli SUCKS!!!
Oh and one more thing... Since you like to look up stats so much... Give me Superbowl Numbers for Rivers and Vick and Compare them to Eli. Let me know what you come up with... You still never answered my question.. Who's your team?
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Your reply is a .gif that has no credibility to contradict the point I made about Eli in the superbowl?
LOL...you're dismissed man.
Come on stat thrower... Give me those stats I asked you for.. Explain to me how ELI is a bust when he has already accomplished WAY more then those two QB'S you named.. Thank you for showing your ignorance.. And Answer my question WHO'S YOUR TEAM!
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Go back to crying...talking sports isn't really one of your best attributes.
Eli didn't win a superbowl by himself...he didn't accomplish except be on a good team.
With this silly ass agrument I guess Trent Dilfer must be God to you.
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a sorry excuse for a man..... Has to divert the attention by having horrible comebacks and posting irrelevant pictures... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Sly, I apologize for this turning into a discussion about ELI and the Giants. As you will see I made a comment about the jets and I was of course Ridiculed and called names by the great and powerful metrocard.. Sorry Pal! Uhh in the interest of fairness it pains me to do this, but it should be back on topic.. I'll do it one time...
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BERLIN A fire destroyed a hay barn four and a half stories tall and a neighboring historic farmhouse late Wednesday on Three Mile Bridge Road.
Brad Towne, who lived there with his family, was still wearing a sweater Thursday morning that he had received for Christmas, one of the few items the fire did not destroy.
The barn had 1,500 large bales of hay, which was not as much as the 20,000 the barn sometimes had held. The massive fire tore through the structure, bringing the sides to the ground within a few hours.
Motorists along Interstate 89 could see the flames, and smoke and ashes billowed twice as high as an old maple tree next to the home.
The home was rebuilt in the 1880s after a fire destroyed the original structure. The adjacent barn had remained standing from that first blaze, though. At one point, the cellar of the barn was connected to the summer portion of the home.
As kids, we had a great time playing hide and seek, Towne recalled on Thursday.
Townes grandfather acquired the property in the 1920s, and his mother, Ruth Towne, who served in the Vermont Legislature for 26 years and died in 2007, had also lived in the home.
Brad Townes wife, Rita, was in the home when the barn fire began, but a passing motorist stopped and alerted her to the blaze. She said she went back into the home to call 911 from a landline because that was the quickest way to reach firefighters. Her husband, who is chairman of the Berlin Select Board, was at a meeting.
The passerby then told her to leave as the barn quickly was consumed by flames, Rita Towne said late Wednesday.
The fire began from a piece of farm equipment, and the cause was not suspicious, state investigators determined.
Berlin Fire Chief Miles Silk Jr. said a skid steer, similar to a Bobcat used by cities for plowing sidewalks, presumably malfunctioned inside the barn.
The fire was called in to a Montpelier dispatcher around 8:40 p.m.; initially it was believed there were horses inside the barn. Fortunately, the horses were in a nearby barn that serves as a stable and arena and that was unaffected by the fire, Rita Towne said.
Many neighbors helped form a line to guide the 12 horses and a pony into a fenced area farther away from the fire, but several animals panicked. Rita Towne said they recognized her voice and eventually responded, but one knocked into a volunteer.
Silk, the fire chief, said the barn was almost on the ground when East Montpelier reached the scene a town department closer to the property than Berlins fire department.
Brad Towne owns and rents out a house across the road, and he recalled Thursday that he didnt realize the fire was at his own home until he saw the blaze.
Around 10:20 p.m., flames from the back of the house rose from the ground as high as the remaining portion of the two-story home. An interior wall quickly dropped.
The historic home had three chimneys, all of which fell to the ground. The home had been divided into two living quarters because, in the past, families would cook in one section of the home to avoid the additional heat generated from cooking during the summer, Brad Towne said.
Berlin firefighters and 10 other area fire departments responded. The fire became under control around 2:30 or 3 a.m. Thursday, and as firefighters prepared to leave, a 6- or 7-foot flame re-emerged from a house cellar, said Silk. Fire crews cleared the scene at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
The couple spent the night in a small heated room next to the stable where saddles go.
A house cat named Jack was injured in the fire and was being treated by a veterinarian Thursday. Rita Towne said late Wednesday that she had not seen the two barn cats.
The couples daughter, Bethany, 20, was having Christmas dinner with her boyfriend and his family at the time of the fire. The couples son, Nathan, 23, was at a friends house.
Others have offered help, from providing hay to living quarters. The family has a relative nearby.
The home and barn were insured.
Brad Towne said they could rebuild.
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Not in best interest
I am writing to comment on the ongoing public debate involving Montpeliers planning director.
In summer 2012, I volunteered on the city Councils citizen review budget committee. This was established to follow up on a city-wide efficiency study known as the Matrix Report conducted by outside consultants. The Matrix Report raised several concerns about the planning department, including its heavy emphasis on special projects that diverted focus away from core planning functions. It also reported that survey responses from department employees were less positive than in the rest of city government.
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So after that Johnny Damon debacle, I concede defeat. As it turns out, it cost $8 million for a year of Johnny Damon, which is waaaaay more than the Tigers ought to have paid. And to the question of whether a Damon-Werth-Ibanez outfield would have been good enough to get by, the response seems to be a resounding, "Hell no!"
Fair enough.
But there was a tangent of the conversation that I found interesting. Could the Phillies get rid of an outfielder and be OK with some combination of the following two players: Ben Francisco and John Mayberry?
Even if no one gets traded, this might wind up being an important question for this coming Phillies season. This very interesting post at Beyond the Box Score ranks the 30 major league teams in terms of how much value they lost to injury in 2009. The Phillies lost the fifth-least, which I can't help but think contributed to their outstanding 2009 (though it throws into stark relief how bad the Astros were last year).
I shouldn't have to remind any of you how easily injuries can derail a team's season (just look at the Mets last year). So if one of the Phillies' three outfielders goes down, we should know what to expect from their replacements. Francisco, a three-year major league veteran, is a known quantity at 29. Essentially take Shane Victorino, turn the defense, speed, power, throwing arm, and hitting for average tool knobs down about 10-20% each, and turn the hitting for power knob up about 30%. And he's right-handed. If any Phillies outfielder went down, I'd be OK going into battle with Disco–you can win a World Series if he's your seventh-best position player.
But the second backup outfielder, John Mayberry, Jr., is the real interesting one.
John Mayberry, as you probably know, is the son of John Mayberry, Sr., who spent 15 years in the majors as a power-hitting first baseman. His first major league hit was a three-run home run against the Yankees in the New Yankee Workshop last May. He's an impressive specimen of a man, standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing 230 pounds. Even though he's only had 60 major league at-bats, he's 26 years old, only three years younger than Vic and Francisco.
The Ryan Howard parallels are obvious, both being huge men whose long swings generate lots of fly balls and lots of strikeouts. Neither really walks as much as he should. Both are even from Missouri.
The biggest parallel, though, has to do with both Mayberry and Howard being late bloomers. Amateur American ballplayers usually take three roads to the majors. The first is to skip college and get to the majors around age 23, give or take a year or two. The second is to go to college, use that time to develop as one would in the minors, and get to the majors after only a season in the minors and start contributing immediately. Ryan Zimmerman, Justin Verlander, and Tim Lincecum have all done this in recent years. The third is to go to college, stew a little bit in the minors, and show up in the majors around age 26. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard both got to the majors late after spending three years in college. Mayberry did the same, leaving after his junior season at Stanford with a few kinks to work out of his system.
The difference between getting to the majors at 23 and getting there at 26 is huge. Baseball players usually peak at 27 and plateau into their early 30s before slowly declining. According to Bill James, a career total of 300 Win Shares (explanation for the stat here) is the baseline for a hall of fame player. People have gotten in with less, and not gotten in with more, but only one position player has ever totaled 300 win shares for his career and not been a major league regular by 25. That was Washington Senators outfielder Sam Rice (yes, it was that long ago).
Getting to the majors early is a chicken-and-egg argument, admittedly. You total more stats if you get to the majors early, so your historical reputation is greater, but at the same time, a really good player would get to the majors more than a year before his peak.
Of course, no one's suggesting that John Mayberry will be, or need to be a hall-of-famer. But can he be a productive everyday power hitter, or is he more of a career bench player?
The power's there. He's slugged a hair under .500 at every minor league stop. And I'm not sure how instructive those 60 major league plate appearances count for a whole lot, given the sample size and how often he was shuttled in and out of the lineup and, indeed, in and out of the major league squad.
But there are some red flags. I know I said that his 2009 in the majors isn't a great predictor, but he struck out in 40% of his plate appearances. FORTY PERCENT. In order for him to stick in the majors, that number has to go back to the mid-20s, where it has been in the minors for him.
Second, even though Ryan Howard strikes out more than Mayberry and walks roughly the same percentage of the time, he's a .279 career hitter. Even in the minors, Mayberry sits around .255. There are plenty of players who have been productive in the majors for a long time with a .255 batting average, including Mayberry's dad. But that doesn't take into account the slippage that will almost certainly occur when he's facing major league pitchers full-time.
Finally, though Mayberry, as I've said, hits for a fair turn of power, he doesn't hit for as much power as does Howard. Howard's isolated power (a measure of how many hits go for extra bases; slugging percentage minus batting average) is usually around.300, a tremendous number. Mayberry's minor league total is a hair above .200, which is good, but not great.
One plus for Mayberry? That small sample size suggests that Mayberry hits the curveball well, something that Howard has never figured out how to do and, if the trend holds, bodes well for his chances of sticking.
So to answer the original question: is John Mayberry going to be a good everyday player? He's not going to be Ryan Howard, but not many people are. Mayberry's stuck between a pedigree that screams masher and a few nagging minor league stats that might hold him back.
I think the most we could reasonably expect from Mayberry long-term is to be Pat Burrell without the walks or the spectacularly bad defense. I really hope he gets there, even if the stats suggest he might not.
But speculate as we might, Mayberry's career will be like so many other things: you'll never know until you stick him in the lineup every day and find out.
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I could see Mayberry as being one of those .240-.250, 25HR guys that could start for a bad team like Pittsburgh or KC. But I don't think he's the type of player that a "good" team would want to rely on for much except for maybe a little power off the bench.
Agreed BS. He's definitely got pop, funny that Michael made the Burrell comparison, because I think that would be best case for him, however, if he had Burrell's eye, he could be a solid, not spectacular everyday player. I don't think we'll ever see it come to fruition in Philly though.
While we're on the topic though, heard Big John hit pretty well in fall ball, something like a .313 line, 7 HR 33 RBI, in a 100+ ABS, and signficantly cut down his strikeout rate.
As for Francisco, I'm yet to figure him out, I really like him off the bench, but I have my doubts about him being an everyday player, hell of a kicker in the Lee deal though, I will say that much.
Damn, I'm ready for baseball.
Good article.
Mayberry needs to be playing on a daily basis, somewhere. I would think based on even your assessment, Mayberry would be good trade fodder. As far as Benny – he has never been a bench player. I think he needs to play more frequently as well.
Injuries?? Scare me to death but your are correct – we are in a better position to handle an injury this year than in the past. If the unthinkable happens, maybe we will be as fortunate to have a quality replacement like Iguchi to ease the pain.
I like the insurance.
i think rather than identifying a shortage of bench strength, this post is an indictment of the minor league system. franny and mayberry might be suitable replacements in the event of injury. castro and dobbs are not. and there is very little behind them should rollins, utley or polanco go down. as we wait for anthony hewitt to live up to his potential (at second base, somebody!!!) we only have outfielders and pitchers in every top prospect list. if any infielder goes down we can look forward to reliving the 2009 nightmare that was the mets.
this team will get real old, real fast. you need to plug in a rookie, starting 8 or starting pitcher, every year unless you plan on signing a free agent every year like the yankees or red sox. brown and savery next year for werth and moyer. aumont and gillies/gose for lidge and ibanez the following with nothiong in the works for madsen. howard, hamels and rollins? victorino, ruiz, blanton, utley and polanco? enjoy 2010 while you can because 2012 is coming.
You can't say Mayberry is a late bloomer since he hasn't blossomed yet.
Mayberry is a famous baseball name; he has good genes; he's big and looks like an athlete; he went to Stanford, so we might assume he is smart; and he's better than Golson. That's about it.
Mayberry is nothing to get excited about. His minor league record in 2,000 AB is only OK. Right now, he is No. 6 on a 5-man bench; he is behind Francisco as our right-handed OF off the bench. Let him prove himself at Lehigh Valley; maybe, he can learn to play 1B and fill in for Howard occasionally against lefties.
I don't know what we're basing this optimism on Mayberry on. He had a good three weeks two years ago and thats it. Has not hit well in the minors. He is not doubt physically gifted but, and I differ with you hear, he has shown a propensity to chase breaking balls. In short, I don't think he will hit in the majors. But I hope he does.
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Mayberry is only interesting because with his size, he has "potential." The interesting aspect of his game is why he hasn't lived up to it. So far, he appears to be, at best, one of those "AAAA" types, up and down until his options are up, popping up as a short-term injury replacement from whatever team's minor league system he's playing in. He may still learn, but it's getting pretty late for him to develop much more.
I think Francisco could probably do the job adequately on a full time basis. He doesn't offer the production of some of the rest of the lineup, but as strong as that lineup is now, a little loss of production wouldn't be a disaster.
The Phils are pretty safe in the outfield. It's the infield I'd worry about. Utley wears down, Polanco is older, Howard's production can't be replaced, Rollins plays a demanding position. The Phils got lucky once with a career month from Iguchi, but the odds of that happening again are nil. We know who we have as replacements, at least. The trouble is, they're all scary.
Until Mayberry learns to hit something other than a fastball…I wouldn't trust him at all.. Ben Fran has a little history and I'm comfortable with him filling in for a month if someone goes down….but not a s a regular for the entire season.
Again, though, as I said about Dobbs yestarday….any bench player needs some REGULAR playing time in orde rto stay sharp..
I would like to see Charlie give Francisco a few starts a week…wherever possible…and maybe use him as a defensive replacement late in games..
Relegating him to strictly pinch-hitting duties…and we'll see him rot on the bench.
I like Mayberry… I really do. You can't teach 6'6″, 230 lbs. You can't teach major league genetics… you can teach him how to lay off of the breaking ball and be more patient. The kid can kill the fastball. Maybe he has hit minor league curveballs but he has not shown the ability to hit major league curveballs and once the book was out on Big John, he struggled. If his eye improves and if he can find a way to stop flailing at those breaking pitches, watch out.
By the way… someone told me that Buster Olney blogged that Hamels looks good. That he was telling all of his fantasy buddies to think about drafting Hamels. Sounds good to me.
Correct Chuck P. Olney was on Mike and Mike this morning and he said Hamels looked fantastic. His slider looked great and he has done well with working on his cut fastball. He supposedly has either talked with or spent a lot of time with Carlton to try and develop that pitch.
Mayberry's been around long enough to know he's not getting any better. Thanks to his low OBP, he isn't a serviceable major leaguer except maybe on the bench.
Ok..the fastball's great…but, again…until he learns to hit a MAJOR LEAGUE breaking ball…..or manage it by laying off it…..consistently…then he's really a career AAA player.
Howard has yet to show he can hit a breaking ball, not at all vs Lefties and not so well vs Righties either.
Howard has otherworldly power… he can get away with not hitting lefty breaking balls. Mayberry has power but not Ryno power. He has to get better… I agree… but I like the raw tools that he possesses.
I don't think you can even compare Howard to Mayberry…at anything. It's not even apples and oranges….more like apples and steak.
If Mayberry can figure it out I can see a Jermane Dye comparison.
Mayberry is terrible.. he can hit fastballs, but nothing else . . . he will be lucky to be our 5th OF .but if we need him to play for a long stretch, or actually contribute, we're in trouble
I think if anyone goes down for a long stretch, Francisco is a really good 4th OF . .and I wouldn't be surprised to see Quintin Berry (for his speed and defense) get called up at some point this year
Don't worry about Mayberry, I don't think the Phils are counting on him for much until he shows better plate discipline. Francisco is an adequate 4th outfielder. I don't think Mayberry has proven himself. If Francisco goes down the Phils will have to work it out – maybe Dobbs can play LF or they will bring up the only 5 star OF we have in the minors – Brown.
Francisco is def the better option, but I'd really like to see Charlie use him off the bench. Especially in late innings, close game, good closer with some high heat…Mayberry would come through in the clutch no doubt.
A good closer with a nasty slider….and Mayberry is toast.
you answered your own question.
the answer is no.
The phillies can't platoon with two right handed pull hitters with low averages and high power ratings. this would not work.
also, like some earlier comments stated, how can you call mayberry a late bloomer if he hasn't blossomed yet, and where is this optimism coming from?
It is possible that Mayberry gets slightly better with more instruction but he is basically done progressing. In full time he'd likely hit .240 at best with 20+HR and 200Ks. He can play defense and run a little but not enough to be anything more than a bench/platoon player. It would great if he got hot for a month and could be traded for a useful middle infielder of similar caliber (optionable good fielding SS with great speed and low Ks, in trade off for little power) that could ride in the minors.
Not that a trade for Mayberry would work but I'd really like to get Jason Donald back. He was hurt last year but his status seems to be downgraded to a bench only player. He would be a below average fielder at SS but may not be an embarassment and could likely hit a little. He would controllable for 5+ years and has a great attitude.
How anyone can put together a phillies outfield and leave out "the flyin' Hawaiian, Victorino is beyond me.As far as the outfield goes, the best outfield the phillies have had in years is that of Victorino, Werth and Ibanez (when healthy).
by the time the phillies have an opening in their outfield, Domonic Brown will be ready to assume that every day role. He is probably one and a half years away from seeing some serious playing time with the big club I'd venture to guess. And that's just in time for when Raul's contract expires in two years. Brown will replace him and hopefully they sign werth to a long term deal. I don't really see Mayberry as a guy who will be a legitimate everyday above average player. I don't think most scouts see him as that either. But we shall see. I didn't think Michael bourn would ever be a real player and he's playing very well as the everyday centerfielder in houston.
I liked what I saw from both Francisco and Mayberry in spring training last year, and what I saw when they had a chance on the team. Having them in the back pocket makes me a lot more comfortable with next year's prospects.
I agree with Southweat Phillie….I am psyched about our current outfield and dont know why anybody would want to tamper with it.(especially for this year).


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The National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE), supported by a grant from OVAE, conducts research on a variety of issues related to career and technical education. NRCCTE recently posted the new report, Technical Skill Attainment and Post-Program Outcomes: An Analysis of Pennsylvania Secondary Career and Technical Education Graduates. Past research has not fully related technical skill levels, as measured by high school graduates' performance on broad work readiness or narrow, occupation-specific technical skill assessments, to their subsequent employment and/or postsecondary enrollment outcomes. This study analyzed data for more than 21,500 graduates of Pennsylvania's career and technical high school programs who completed a workplace readiness or occupation-specific assessment developed by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute and controlled for students' demographic characteristics and educational experiences, by connecting assessment score record data with student-level administrative records maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education. Follow-up data on graduates' post-program work experiences were obtained from a state survey administered to all CTE program graduates to ascertain their job status in the second quarter following their high school completion. The full report may be obtained from the NRCCTE website: www.nrccte.org.
Critical Role for CTE in Worker Retraining—Issue Brief Available
The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) recently released the issue brief, CTE's Role in Worker Retraining, which describes the pivotal role career and technical education programs play in retraining adults. CTE worker retraining programs strive to achieve the following three goals:
provide adults with the skills needed to re-enter the workforce or to advance along career pathways;
fit the needs of the adult population; and
focus on local employment needs.
CTE worker retraining programs allow participating adults to earn industry certifications, certificates or degrees through short-term and accelerated programs and flexible learning approaches that help them compete in today's workforce.
To obtain a copy of the paper, click on the title above.
DOL Guide Covers State and Local Employment and Economic Data
The U.S. Department of Labor's Guide to State and Local Workforce Data provides links to a wealth of state and local employment and economic data — virtually all free — from government and private sector sources. The publication is designed for a diverse audience, including educators, researchers, employers, trainers and career counselors, who can customize the data for their own use. The education section focuses on workforce preparedness through data on educational attainment, assessment, literacy and credentials.


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"How are those scallops treating you?"
- 5:03 pm Friday, May 10th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
At one time or another, we've all heard it while dining out, especially at mid-scale chain restaurants: A server you've never met in your life phrases questions in annoyingly chummy or condescending ways.
"How are you guys tonight?" "Are you still working on that?"
Those are among a half-dozen no-no forms of addressing at-table restaurant patrons, according to Eric Weiss, president and founder of New York-based Service Arts.
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Despite of expectations, Apple revealed no details about the Apple iPhone nano inexpensive handset at Macworld trade-show in early January, however, this does not stop further rumours about the cell phone from emerging, which indirectly confirms Apple's intention to launch the device.
Chinese-language news-paper Economic Daily News (which article was partly translated by DigiTimes web-site) claims that that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) were likely to land orders for chips inside the Apple iPhone nano. The paper reportedly claims that the orders would be submitted sometimes in March.
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Dr. Baker graduated from the University of Houston College of Optometry in 1974 and began practicing optometry in Portland, Texas. In 1986, he joined the practice of Dr. John Hester and Dr. Orville Schroeder in Beeville, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Baker of Beeville; two sons, Jeb Baker of Conroe and Darrin (Tina) Baker of Rockport; seven grandchildren, Brian, Taylor, Payten, Bella, Wyatt, Cody, and "Baby" Gabby; a brother, Brady B. (Karen) Baker of Katy; a sister, Bridgett (Troy) Brown of Sugar Land; and eight nieces and nephews.
Dr. Baker practiced optometry for 40 years, and his final contribution was the donation of his corneas so that others may see. A memorial service to celebrate the life of our husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle was held on Friday, August 8th, at 4:00 pm.
Oak Park Memorial Funeral Chapel
Donations in Dr. Baker's name can be made to the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, the American Cancer Society, or the Eye Bank of Texas.