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Pieces of the technology puzzle
At a recent Curriculum Board meeting, I was asked to write a Patriot Perspective article about technology in the Pequot Lakes School District.
The request was for a "who's who and what do they do" when it comes to our technology mission and responsibilities. The request seemed simple at first — just list the people and explain what they do.
But the more I thought about it, the more difficult the task became. The people were many and the tasks innumerable. I realized just how complex our technology puzzle is and how grateful I am for the efforts of everyone involved.
And so, before I list the personnel "pieces" of this great puzzle, I need to acknowledge and thank the PTA and community for facilities, equipment and infrastructure; the administration and school board for vision and direction; the secretarial staff for Excel rosters and testing support; the building maintenance staff for distribution and installation; the teachers and building tech teams for classroom implementation and instruction; and the parents for encouragement and guidance.
As Vince Lombardi said, "The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual." Technology is definitely a combination of great efforts. And with the recent purchase of new instructional equipment and a team approach to setting tech goals, we are well on our way to great achievements.
Now for the "who's who" in our technology and media department:
• Consolidated Telecommunications Company, Information Technology (CTCIT) provides remote and occasional onsite support. The list of services include the following, to name just a few:
Email system backup, administration, resolution of issues; software updates and roll out schedule and strategy; network infrastructure, debugging and troubleshooting; firewall rule base configuration; policy administration for remote workforce; traffic and log analysis; monitor interface errors; security policies, practices and compliance; incident, service and emergency response; backups on up to 10 servers and up to 50 network devices; active directory; system administration, applications, updates/upgrades; maintain core OS requirements for services and support; infrastructure design for system and service requirements; general debugging and monitoring of system health; disk space utilization monitoring and proactive maintenance; Premonition Monitoring on up to 55 devices; 24 X 7 automated monitoring/alerting.
• Josh Gibbons is our onsite computer technician who is CompTIA A+ certified.
His certification covers the fundamentals of computer technology, installation and configuration of PCs, laptops and related hardware, and basic networking, as well as the skills required to install and configure PC operating systems, as well as configuring common features (e.g. network connectivity and email) for mobile operating systems Android and Apple iOS.
His 40-hour work week finds him in the classrooms of all the teachers district wide. Josh is the first call for "help" as he responds to all the tech support emails.
CTCIT backs him up on problems he can't easily solve and provides him with onsite support when needed.
• Brian Kazmierczak is our district technology integrationist.
A licensed social studies teacher and coach, Brian draws on his classroom and team experiences as he collaborates with tech teams and teachers pursuing technology projects/websites connected to classroom content. He supports and works directly with curriculum leaders as they examine, pilot and implement tech connections to the classroom.
After surveying and researching, he advises and carries out equipment purchases and installations. He provides staff development training on instructional devices and strategies. His work helps the teachers as they weave 21st century techniques into classroom instruction.
• Brenda Helmrichs teaches computer applications in grades 5-7.
Fifth- and sixth-grade students learn the basic keyboarding skills and formatting tools in Google Docs. They create one-page reports, write emails and work with tables.
Also included are open source programs such as Weebly where students develop web pages and Animoto to create 30-second videos.
Seventh-grade students expand their sixth-grade skills and work with all the apps in Google Docs. In the Document App they key reports, letters and emails. With the Spreadsheet app, students learn basic formulas and create charts.
Google's Presentations, Forms, Drawing and the open source tool Prezi allow students to create visual presentations. Students also use the Mac applications of GarageBand, iMovie and burning iDVDs. All applications and skills can then be used throughout the course of their day and with class assignments.
• Pat Kvale is the district media specialist.
For the past 20 years, she has developed the book collection in both the elementary and middle level/high school libraries and is now expanding the K-12 reading opportunities to include ebooks for our electronic bookshelf.
To share her love of books and promote her philosophy of reading for sheer enjoyment, Pat has led a Middle Level Book Club for the past five years.
In addition to the book collection and club, she teaches Information Literacy Skills to the K-4 students. These skills include basic computer skills, the use of databases, research of information and ways to stay safe on the Internet.
(Laurie Wig is director of curriculum, assessment and instructional technology for the Pequot Lakes School District.)


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19: Journalists murdered in retaliation for their work since 2000. Murder convictions have been won in one case.
After a deadly decade for the press, the tone set by the Kremlin appeared to have changed. President Dmitry Medvedev said in July that justice in journalist murders is important "to honor the people who died while defending our legal system, defending regular people, and to educate an entire new generation of citizens." International attention intensified, too, as the European Parliament, top U.S. officials, and the U.N. Human Rights Committee condemned ongoing and unpunished attacks on journalists.


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(July 31, 2006)--UTSA Police Chief David Hernandez recently was honored by the UTSA Downtown Council for his service to the university.
Hernandez joined UTSA in January after a 20-year career with the Rochester (New York) Police Department. He oversees the university's police department, which includes 48 officers, 20 guards, eight dispatchers and 10 support staff at the 1604 Campus, Downtown Campus and UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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In February, shortly after Hernandez reported for duty at UTSA, student Naomi Fuentes disappeared from the UTSA Downtown Campus. Hernandez led the 34-day investigation into the disappearance and located Fuentes, who had left the campus and the city of her own free will.
Jesse Zapata, vice provost for the UTSA Downtown Campus, said he and other members of the Downtown Council wanted to show their appreciation for Hernandez's dedication to the Downtown Campus.
"As soon as he came on board, he quickly implemented improvements in security on the campus," Zapata said. "He also helped maintain a calm environment during the search for Naomi Fuentes."
The UTSA Downtown Campus was built in the late 1990s and now serves 6,000 students with more than 500 graduate and undergraduate courses. The College of Public Policy and the College of Architecture are based at the campus, including classes for seven graduate and 16 undergraduate programs.


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I'm gearing up to try my hand at bee keeping here in South Louisiana:}
Do coons present a problem to the hives from your experience?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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How ya'll do?
I'm gearing up to try my hand at bee keeping here in South Louisiana:}
Do coons present a problem to the hives from your experience?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Merry Christmas
I have never had a problem with them, but they have taken an entrance feeder.
Hummmmmm?????? Thanks
Anyone else?
They are not an issue unless you leave frames of pollen, brood or honey outside the hive overnight.
Most times I have to remove a few frames of pollen per large hive (Tennessee)
Once I left 2 frames out leaning against a hive. Raccoons had been eating them when I came out the following day.(A skunk could not have climbed 22 inches.)
Raccoons are not a problem if proper beekeeping happens.
10-4 Thanks
Good thing is I was gearing up to make a Coon Jambalaya if they were a problem:}
Racoons bothered my mason jar feeders this spring...they would take them out and even unscrewed a lid on one...they kept pulling the boardman feeders out of the hives.
Bee a blessing to God and others.
after finding chewed up bees on the ground in front of my hives and thinking i had skunks again, i set out my skunk trap.
the next morning i found a small raccoon in the trap and relocated it. there have not been any chewed up bees since.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
We do not have the raccoon numbers that some parts of the country do, but we had one big old raccoon get into a hive early in the spring by pushing the reducer back into the hive and reaching in as far as it could. Only once.
you won't have this problem down south but a friend of mine had a problem when the snow behind the hives got high enough that they pushed off the outer cover and inner cover and somehow pulled out some frames and started eating them, did this to 3 or 4 hives.
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I have a lot of them here. I see them often in the early mornings. Never had a problem with them at the hives.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
If you use screened bottom oil traps, don't use cooking oil in them. Coons will push the hive over to get to the oil. I use mineral oil and no problems
Fines are taxes for doing wrong. Taxes are fines for doing right.
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How about Bob Cat's?
Last summer I was having some trouble with lids being removed from a few of my hives during the night in my home yard. I use standard bricks on top and they were pushed off and the lids were laying next to the hives on the ground. No other damage though. On night our dog was going nuts wanting to go out and when I shined the light up the hill at the hives there was a big ol coon messing around the hives. I hit him with the bb gun and started using heavier weights on the covers. No problem since
Bobcats will help keep the coons away, maybe.
Fur price is up this year and the fur is prime now.
We had one try to get in our back door a few years ago. I was told by Fish and Game that if I trapped it I could not relocate it or even release it from the trap legally. Since I am in town I also could not discharge a firearm to kill it. the only option I saw would be to toss it in a ditch behind our house and drown it. That would be cruel so I left it alone. it never came back but was pretty bold to have tried in the first place. Another time I walked out back and found three babies in my dogs food. The Momma was on top of the fence on the other side of the yard. two of the babies just turned and started to walk away. the third took two steps way stopped looked back at the food. started to take a step back toward the bowl and then decided otherwise. They where in no hurry to get way.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Snookie - That .17 HMR will do a fine job of encouraging any coon that it is not welcome in the neighborhood or messing with any of your stuff.
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SECTION 16. MISCELLANEOUS.[Adopted effective February 18, 1992. Effective dates of amendments: May 1, 1994; June 23, 1997; March 21, 2001 March 1, 2002.]
(a) Computation of Time.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, service shall be deemed to occur on the earlier of the date that the documents are faxed (as evidenced by affidavit of service), e-mailed (as evidenced by affidavit of service), postal mailed, (as evidenced by postmark or affidavit of service), or the date personally delivered (as evidenced by affidavit of service).
(2) The counting of days shall include all calendar days. Should a due date fall on a weekend or legal holiday such due date will be computed as the next business day on which mail is delivered.
(b) Service of Process.
Unless otherwise indicated, service may be accomplished by hand delivery, or by first class or certified mail, or by use of a generally recognized overnight delivery service to the party's last known business or home address on record with NFA. Documents may also be served by facsimile or electronic mail on NFA and any party who has consented to service by that method. All documents which are served on NFA shall be concurrently served on each party who has filed a pleading using methods designed to ensure that NFA and all parties will receive the documents on the same day. Service on a party's representative shall be service on the party.
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Tom Dixon modern furniture combines honest materials with innovative design for products that are truly unique. Customize your home with Tom Dixons modern living room furniture, modern office furniture, modern living room lighting and accessories that are designed for everyday living.
Tom Dixon, a British design and manufacturing company of lighting and furniture, was established in 2002. With a commitment to innovation and a mission to revive the British furniture industry, the Tom Dixon brand is inspired by Great Britain's unique heritage.
In 2004 Proventus, the Swedish-based private investment company, teamed up with Tom Dixon to establish Design Research, a design and product development holding company. Tom Dixon launches new collections annually at the Milan international furniture fair and product is sold across 61 countries.
In September 2012 Tom Dixon's sister-brand, Eclectic by Tom Dixon, was established, launching accessories collections annually at Maison et Objet in Paris.
Launched in 2007, Design Research Studio is the interior design arm of the Design Research Group. High profile projects include Restaurant at The Royal Academy in London, Tazmania Ballroom, a pool bar in the Central district of Hong Kong, Jamie Oliver's new London restaurant, Barbecoa as well as Shoreditch House, Paramount private members' clubs and Joseph's flagship store on Old Bond Street, London. Most recently Design Research Studio won their first ever hotel project, redesigning the iconic Thames-side Sea Containers House in collaboration with US hotel giant Morgan's Hotel Group due for completion late 2013.
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Born in Tunisia, Tom Dixon moved to England in 1963. He dropped out of Chelsea School of Art to play bass in the band 'Funkapolitan' before teaching himself welding and going on to produce furniture.
Tom rose to prominence in the mid 1980's as "the talented untrained designer with a line in welded salvage furniture". He set up 'Space' as a creative think-tank and shop front for himself and other young designers. By the late 1980's, he was working for the Italian giant Cappellini for whom he designed the Iconic 'S' chair. In the 1990's, he became a household name and Jack, his polypropolene "sitting, stacking, lighting thing" designed for his own company 'Eurolounge' was a symbol of the age.
Tom was appointed head of design by Habitat in 1998 and later became Creative Director until 2008. In 2000, his work was recognized by the award of an OBE by Her Majesty The Queen. Tom's works have been acquired by the world's most famous museums and are now in permanent collections across the globe including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Museums of Modern Art New York and Tokyo and Centre Beaubourg (Pompidou), Paris.
Since setting up his own eponymous design company in 2002, Tom's work has become even more prominent. The Tom Dixon brand gave Tom a platform to produce iconic designs such as Mirror Ball, Copper Shade, Wingback chair and Beat light. The company now sells in 63 countries with permanent set-ups in England, America and Hong Kong.
In 2004 Proventus, the Swedish-based private investment company, teamed up with Tom Dixon to establish Design Research with Tom acting as Creative Director. The brand's recent awards and nominations include 'Designer of the Year', London Design Museum, 'Best Lighting Design', ICFF show, 'Best Accessory' Elle Decoration and 'Designer of the Year 2008', Architektur & Wohnen Magazine.View other products by Tom Dixon


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the handful of tea party-backed Republicans eyeing a 2016 presidential bid, Sen. Rand Paul is emerging as the most forceful in pushing libertarian principles.
That's especially true for anti-terrorism issues.
The Kentucky freshman is attacking government surveillance programs that many other Republicans defend.
It could hurt Paul if GOP activists decide he over-emphasizes privacy at the expense of secret data-collection programs. The administration says the programs are essential to detecting potential terrorists.
Paul's strategy suggests he hopes to inherit his father's libertarian loyalists even if it might complicate efforts to reach a much wider electorate. Many people dismissed Ron Paul as a fringe candidate with nonmainstream ideas.
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Due to a very wet summer, I might have a shallow super of honey to extract.
The question is, how much honey would be wasted if I extract it? There has got to be some loss from honey coating the drum and so forth.
Is it worth it to extract just one shallow super, or would I have to crush the wax to get an appreciable amount of honey?


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'Triumph For Avrey': Walk Benefits Redmond Girl
Hundreds March to Support Family of Girl Battling Leukemia
REDMOND, Ore. - Community members gathered in Redmond Saturday for a 5K run/walk for Avrey Walker, a young girl fighting leukemia for the second time.
Avrey Jane Walker is just 7 years old, and she's battling leukemia for the second time in her life.
Hundreds of people gathered at Sam Johnson Park in Redmond for a 5K walk and run.
It's called the "Triumph For Avrey," and 100 percent of Saturday's proceeds are going directly to the Walker family as they battle Avrey's leukemia.
Participants, friends and family members signed a quilt with messages of hope and prayers for Avrey, and her dad was so pleased with all the support.
"As you guys know, we are in a big battle with Avrey and all the support goes a long way," said Aaron Walker, Avrey's dad, his voice thick with emotion. "Mentally, it's a big deal for us. And I just want to let everybody know I thank you from the bottom of my heart, I really do."
"It's been amazing to see the support from people who don't even know who the Walkers are and who Avrey is," said Lexi Comfort, Avrey's teacher. "But she's a girl that just really connects with people, whether they've actually met her or not, and it's just great to see that people have that heart to just want to give and support."
Saturday's race brought nearly 300 people from across the state. Organizers say that's 250 more than they were expecting.


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This article originally appeared in the June 26, 1987 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Full Metal Jacket is the Stanley Kubrick movie we've been waiting for. It's not only the most spectacular visualization of modern warfare ever attempted, but, I think, a flat-out great film — as overpowering emotionally as it is spellbinding to watch. Even those of us who've loved and defended Kubrick's eccentrically stylized visions over the past 20 years may be a little taken aback by the directness of what he brings off here; it's as though, after that clunky/vertiginous conceptual haunted-house movie The Shining, the lust to make something fully human had overwhelmed him. Full Metal Jacket is Kubrick's Vietnam film, and from the comic shock of the opening sequence, a rapid-fire documentary-style montage of new Marine recruits — including several of the actors from the film — receiving military haircuts as a C&W ballad with the lyrics "Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone/goodbye sweetheart, hello Vietnam!" twangs on the soundtrack (the locks are shorn so quickly – about three seconds per head—that you want to laugh and cry out in protest), the tone is raw, earthy, audacious. Right off, Kubrick tells you he's less intent on making a statement about the war than on getting you to experience what it is to be a soldier, and what it might have felt like to be one in Vietnam.
Of course, there have been some very good movies made about that particular war. But with a subject as messy and immediate as Vietnam (and as technological as modern combat), there's a delicate line between fiction and reality, and this is the first movie to walk it — the first one with the transporting, imaginative force of a superb story that also refuses to get bogged down in symbol, metaphor, self-conscious meaning. Apocalypse Now, for all its audio-visual brilliance, was finally a carnage-laden head-trip movie with a bogus mythic center, culminating in the Colonel-Marlon-Brando-explains-it-all-for-you finale; The Deer Hunter had its excruciatingly tense Russian-roulette sequence and its earnest sense of a working-class community ripped asunder, but the story and characters faded in and out of coherence — the second half, especially, was at once stirring and vague; Platoon, though beautifully crafted was too much a conventional genre picture — and, with its wooden, noble hero and its good-and-bad-sergeant morality-play structure, too emotionally tidy — to begin to tap the complexity of what Vietnam reflected (and altered) in the American spirit. Full Metal Jacket is shattering, yet the hush in the theater afterward has less to do with what the film "says" than with the tangle of feelings it evokes. Like any work of art, it leaves you in that quiet, resonating space where resolutions aren't called for.
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Blood drives scheduled
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Wellmont Health System's Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in the coming days:
• Monday, May 6, 9-11:30 a.m., TRW Automotive, Rogersville
• Monday, May 6, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Haysi High School, Haysi, Va.
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As many as three lives may be saved each time a person donates blood – and an individual's blood donation to Marsh Regional stays local to help people in this region. Marsh Regional supplies blood to 22 healthcare facilities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
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According to Clayton, the GMEN are $4.7. million over the cap.
Cowboys $18.2 million over
Redskins $4 million over
Eagles $5.2 million under.
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I'm not sure how the Giants can be over the cap right now considering they don't have 51 guys signed to contracts yet and Osi is expected to void the final year of his contract.
I worked up a preliminary number (which I should add is fluid as some of the LTBEs that weren't earned should be getting credited back to this year's cap) and I had them at just a hair under the projected cap of $120.9M. But maybe I'm wrong, who knows?
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I bet they are including Osi salary for next year.
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Increasingly complex systems and new technologies are difficult to handle without computer-aided modeling and simulations giving a dynamic view on systems. System architects deal with two distinct but complementary parts, hardware and software, usually developed by two separate teams. As architects pass on work to engineers who develop the system, the probability for designers to deviate from the original vision is high. Explicit executable specifications that can be easily shared and analyzed, with test cases that can be reused to validate the design, ensures correct implementation of the design intent.
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Local coach, players boost fortunes of MATC baseball
Stormers just miss World Series berth
Wauwatosa - After six seasons as the Milwaukee Area Technical College baseball coach, Frank Cimorelli can reflect back upon the struggles of his first year.
"We had just 12 players on the roster," Cimorelli said. "We had to borrow a basketball player (to help fill out the team)."
Cimorelli, who was the head coach at Wauwatosa West High School before coming to MATC in 2007, looks back at those humble beginnings from the current vantage point of success.
His 2012 squad put together the school's best season in history, coming within one victory of advancing to the Junior College World Series in Tyler, Texas.
"There was not a lot of respect for the program (at the beginning)," Cimorelli said. "I knew this would be a five- to 10-year building process. We have come a long way."
Whole roster of help
MATC was helped by a number of local players, including Michael Monfre of Menomonee Falls, who graduated from Marquette High School; Bobby Widenski of Oak Creek, Brandon Helt of Franklin, Brad Leachy of Brookfield Central, Mike Robinson of Muskego, Anthony Urbaniak of St. Francis; and Eric Marlowe of South Milwaukee.
Cimorelli said Monfre was the Stormers' starting catcher for the past two seasons. Last year, he caught every single inning.
"He was a team leader for us," the coach said. "He really came on strong at the end, and he did a good job of handling our pitching staff."
Widenski hit in either the first or second lineup spot this season and paced MATC in hits with 55 for a .327 average. He made the all-region team in each of his two seasons.
"He was a sparkplug for us," Cimorelli said. "He would get on base and would score (40 runs this season)."
Helt started at five different positions in his two years with the Stormers, mostly in the infield.
"His versatility was extremely important to us," the coach said.
Robinson also saw some time in the leadoff spot and led the Stormers in average at .338. He compiled an on-base percentage of .460 and stole 15 bases, both of which helped ignite the MATC attack.
"He was one of our better hitters, and he played a strong outfield," Cimorelli said.
Leachy started out the season as a relief pitcher but soon earned a spot in the starting rotation and was solid there, Cimorelli said.
"He compiled a 4-1 record and was dominant at times," the coach said.
Urbaniak moved from first base to right field this season, handling the change well, and was the team's hottest hitter in the final two weeks, batting .486 in MATC's seven tournament games.
"He could drive the ball to all fields, and he led us in stolen bases with 17," Cimorelli said.
All of these players pitched in as the Stormers overcame a 1-6 start to finish 22-23 in the regular season.
"In the beginning of the year (early March), we went right from the gym to the field, which all cold-weather teams have to do," Cimorelli said. "There was an adjustment. Things all came together after that. The guys started to gain some confidence, and they knew they could win games."
A learning experience
Since MATC is just a two-year school, all the players are either freshmen or sophomores, and this season, the Stormers had just five sophomores on the roster.
"A lot of freshmen needed to mature, and they needed to do it quickly," Cimorelli said. "The 1-6 start was a good learning experience."
The key game came on April 25 at Elgin (Ill.) The contest was tied at 6-6, and Elgin had the bases loaded with none out in the 10th inning.
Urbaniak caught a fly ball in the outfield and threw quickly to home plate to cut down one runner. Catcher Monfre then whipped the ball to third to catch another runner for a triple play. Thus inspired, the Stormers scored in the 13th to win, 7-6.
MATC played particularly well in the final three weeks of the season and headed into the tournament with a good deal of confidence. In their sectional, the Stormers split their first two games and needed to beat Harper College (Ill.) twice to advance. They did so with victories of 11-4 and 11-10.
So close in regional
That sent them to the regional to take on Joliet Junior College in a best-of-three series, with the winner going on to the World Series.
MATC won the first contest, 9-7, but lost the second, 18-2, to set up the deciding game. The Stormers held an early 5-0 lead but fell behind 10-5 after five innings. They came within 12-11 in the ninth and had a runner on third with one out, but the game ended with a popup and strikeout.
Joliet, a traditional power, went on to claim the championship.
"It was great that we at least came back," Cimorelli said. "We could have folded, but we battled back."
Cimorelli said the tournament run will help for next season, when MATC returns the majority of its roster.
"There will be some pressure now, but we are looking forward to it," he said. "Now the players know what they can do. We can compete for a championship, but the road goes through Joliet."
The local players who were sophomores are now headed to four-year schools. Monfre is going to Truman State (Mo.), Widenski to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Helt to Cardinal Stritch and Urbaniak to Robert Morris of Chicago.
They will carry with them memories of the successful 2012 season, when the program that could barely field a team six years ago grew up into prominence.
"It was a fun season," Cimorelli said. "It was great to watch the improvement and see the players gain in confidence."
Here are the season statistics for the local players on the MATC baseball team:
MIKE ROBINSON: He led the team in batting average at .338 with nine extra-base hits, 39 runs scored and 26 runs batted in
TONY URBANIAK: He batted .333 with 12 extra-base hits, including three home runs, leading the team in runs scored (42) and RBIs (43). He also paced the Stormers in stolen bases (17)
BOBBY WIDENSKI: He topped the team in hits with 55, batting .327 with 12 extra-base hits, 40 runs scored and 16 RBIs
BRANDON HELT: He collected 53 hits for a .323 average with 12 extra-base hits, 29 runs and 31 RBIs
MIKE MONFRE: He batted .240 with 18 runs and 21 RBIs
BRAD LEACHY: He was 4-1 on the mound with a 4.73 earned-run average, working 40 innings with 27 strikeouts and 10 walks
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(Feb. 15, 2005)--The UTSA School of Architecture and San Antonio College will host the 21st National Design Conference for the Beginning Design Student Feb. 24-26 at the UTSA Downtown Campus Buena Vista Street Building.
The collaborative conference between the two higher-education institutions will explore the psychology of beginning design education. Experts will present papers each day of the conference with presentations on special topics each evening.
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A Beginner's Praxis Workshop will focus on extending freshmen students' abstract classroom instruction to first-hand experience using materials, sites and full-scale designing and building. Beginning design students will critically discuss, investigate and document a scaffolding location to discover new ways of seeing, analyzing and developing a structure.
Using the scaffolding, students will use the epiphyte, an organism that grows on a host without damaging but rather benefiting it, as their biological model. The collaboratively built temporary, lightweight and easily demolished structure will be non-invasive to the environment. Work on each project will be completed by 5 p.m. Friday. The projects will be on display in the Buena Vista Street Building for the general public until the end of the formal public presentation at 3 p.m., Saturday.
According to Julius Gribou, dean of the UTSA School of Architecture, education theory often is undervalued among design educators and rigorous studies in design education that explain or question design teaching methods are few.
Gribou said, "The conference hopes to alter this perception by presenting convincing arguments and compelling evidence, theory and rationale that design instruction is well-served by knowledge not just from prior, first-hand instructional experiences, but also by crossing implied disciplinary boundaries and incorporating approaches to instructional theory, theories of learning and educational psychology."
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That sounds so funny to me when people say "bring it"....bring what? what does that mean?...lol...anyway scrub match....let them "bring" their A game...we'll bring our W game...
Screw the Browns 0-4 record. I've seen too many Giants games to ever think a game is going to be a walk in the park, lol.
at this point lets just hope for a fun and good game. what good is anything if we cant beat the eagles. for me honestly its yea yea a couple superbowls.. ok can we just beat the eagles? i wouldn care if we lost every game till the last game if I knew we beat them. embarrass therm
I'm with G420 I think the Giants learned their lesson from last year and will beat teams that they should and beat them soundly I know we have to worry about them but they also have to worry about us too.
The Browns won't have Cribbs who got KOed in Baltimore. The Giants defense just needs to really focus on containing Trent Richardson from breaking out. Weeden is not the answer for the Browns. For the Giants offense, they need to make sure not to give turnovers to the Browns. The Browns defense does have some merit.
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SHREVEPORT (AP) — Questions are being raised about the compensation and expenses for a former DeSoto Parish Schools superintendent.
The Times of Shreveport reports that Walter Lee, who retired last year as DeSoto's superintendent, earned more than $1 million in salary, retirement and benefits from mid-2009 through November.
He also received thousands in fuel, hotel and meal expenses, some of which, the newspaper says, are not fully explained.
The newspaper says Lee charged the DeSoto district for expenses related to his service on the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Lee defends his salary and expenses, telling The Times he saved the district money by working extra hours and not taking available sick and leave time.
"I never concealed or tried to conceal any information" about his salary and expenses, Lee said.
The DeSoto Parish sheriff has asked the FBI to look at the financial records. "I can confirm that it is an ongoing investigation but cannot comment on details of the investigation," spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig of the FBI's New Orleans bureau said in an email Tuesday to The Times.
Lee defended his compensation and expenses in an interview and in a prepared statement: "My BESE service was a part of my contract and it permitted DeSoto to be informed about grants and easy access to state Department of Education personnel," his statement said.
"I am most pleased with the progress DeSoto has made and its recognition as one of the top school systems in the state. The success is a result of an outstanding school and Central Office staff."
DeSoto board member Dudley Glenn, of Gloster, said that although Lee's service on BESE was considered a benefit to DeSoto and noted in his contract, at no time did the board authorize him to charge BESE expenses to the school district.
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Danville resident Chris Hopkins rode his unicycle to the peak of Mount Diablo on Tuesday to raise money for the Limbs for Life Foundation. Approximately 50 people attended the event. He cycled plus juggled for the first mile-and-a-half of the ride, then juggled again when he reached the top. He hosted the event after collecting pledges to raise money to buy prosthetics for children, who need to replace them often as they grow. He hopes it will become an annual event.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, October 18, 2007, 3:54 PM
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Rising to the occasion
Original post made on Nov 2, 2007
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To find out more about "Reach the Peak", or to make a donation to the Limbs For Life Foundation please see our website, www.ChrisandLisaHopkins.com - we are still working on achieving our financial goal - thanks!


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The Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show")
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The Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") - for 3-part mixed voices and piano. Composed by Richard O'brien. Andy Beck. Pop/Rock and Movies. 14 pages. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PS-0013093).
Item Number: AX.00-PS-0013093
Here's the rockin' signature song from stage and screen cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as performed by the cast of Glee. The lyrics of the chorus give great clues for choreography! Featured on Showbiz! choral movement DVD (00-35858).
Inst. Parts Available (choral); Movement and Staging; Recorded Acc. Available.
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Sister Anita Baird, DHM, is the founding director of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office for Racial Justice, now closed, which oversaw the Archdiocese's initiatives to eradicate racism in its structures and institutions. She is a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, a religious congregation.
It has been two weeks since the Trayvon Martin verdict. It will no doubt go down in history as one of those "where were you moments," like the assassinations of President Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the OJ verdict or Nine Eleven.
It was a moment in time when as a nation we were once again reminded that while we have come a long way in the last fifty years in race relations, we have not become a post-racial society, far from it.
Once again America's view of the verdict was almost evenly divided along racial lines. The white community overwhelmingly believing that race had little or nothing to do with the incident or the verdict while the black community overwhelmingly believed that this was a case of racial profiling that resulted in the death of an unarmed teenager returning home after going to the store in the community where his father lived to buy a bag of Skittles and an ice tea.
We will never know the whole story. What we do know, however, is that too many young people of color are dying on our streets every day because society has given up on them. Their lives do not hold the same value as their white counterparts. They are seen merely as statistics and not as individuals; as people to be feared, contained, detained and even destroyed.
Trayvon Martin is dead today because George Zimmerman did not see a young teenager minding his own business walking home that fateful night. What George Zimmerman saw was a "thug" in a hoody, who had no right to be in the community. While I do not believe that it was George Zimmerman's intent to kill Trayvon Martin, society's indifference, the portrayal of young black men in the media, the violence in the streets of the inner cities, all played a part in setting the stage for that fateful night.
Society has written them off along with the communities where they live. Our educational system has failed them. The prison complex system has become the new school system for hundreds of thousands of black teenage boys and young men.
Systemic racism should have been on trial with George Zimmerman. Four hundred years of racial injustice should have been on trial. Young black men in America have always been perceived as a threat…a threat that must be eliminated.
That is why it was easier for some of the jurors in the Zimmerman trial to relate to George Zimmerman than to Trayvon Martin. They did not feel threatened by Zimmerman. They saw their son, brother, and neighbor, who had the right to "stand his ground" in the face of the "threat" that Trayvon Martin posed just by his mere presence.
Trayvon's parents knew this reality only too well. Most of the jurors couldn't possibly understand what it felt like to stand in their shoes, to view their son as one of their own. Trayvon's voice was not only silenced by death but by hundreds of years of black invisibility in America.
If only we could believe that Trayvon's blood was not shed in vain. That black-on-black crime would end; that America would find the courage to have an honest conversation about race and racism in this country—a disease that is destroying this nation; and that we would judge every human being by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
Trayvon's death will not be in vain if we work to change faulty laws like "stand your ground." Trayvon's death will not be in vain when every life is valued, respected and protected without exception.
Where do we go from here?
We must first turn to God. We must acknowledge our complicity in the sin of racism, whether it is overt or covert, ask for forgiveness and repent.
Our churches must stop being squeamish about speaking about racism from the pulpit for the truth will set us free.
We must elect political leaders who will passionately enact laws that will insure justice for all members of society; the poor, the immigrant, and people of color equally.
We must have honest conversations about racism in our homes, schools, workplaces and churches.
We must stop judging and profiling young men of color.
We must peacefully take to the streets and demonstrate to end all forms of violence and injustice wherever it exists.
We must lobby for family services, head start programs, better schools, healthcare, jobs, and housing in poor communities.
Next month we will commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington. Dr. King's dream has yet to become a reality. Many would contend that it has become a nightmare for the millions of men, women and children, who have been denied equal access to the quality of life. The African American community is under siege. Blood is flowing in our streets. The poverty and education gap continues to widen. When will it end? What is the solution?
In his speech, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Dr. King writes, "One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of the status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. But today our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. The large house in which we live demands that we transform this world-wide neighborhood into a world-wide brotherhood. Together we must learn to live as brothers [and sisters] or together we will be forced to perish as fools."
We must remain awake. We must remain vigilant. We must work for change.
Justice for Trayvon will happen when every American, every human being is judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
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what makes it a weak hive to you?
How many frames does a weak hive have, or how do you tell that you have a weak hive when you look in and pull frames an see lots of bees all over the hive. Is there a set amount of frames to go by or what??
In one of my hives the brood box is 10 frame and only 8 of them are full of bees/brood/some honey also---the next brood box ontop of the bottom one only has 1/2 that amount. Does that make it a weak hive?? the Med I have on top of the two is just about full of caped honey.
The other thing I would concider is this hive swarmed two times this year.
thanks JB:}


text: For breast feeding baby, right time for introducing solid foods is only after six months. Some mothers weaning earlier just after four months, but it is advisable to wean your baby only after six months. The major reason is that before six months your baby's digestive system and kidneys are under developing stage and are not yet capable to digest solid food. Weaning earlier can affect your baby's digestive system and also cause a high risk of developing food allergies later on.


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Bend PD changes coming in scandal's wake
Details due later this week
BEND, Ore. - Changes are coming to the Bend Police Department following a sex scandal involving a former lieutenant.
Bend City Manager Eric King said Tuesday he's conducted his own internal review of the department. But he won't announce what changes he plans to make until Wednesday or Thursday.
King said he does a performance evaluation of the department every year. However, this one was more in depth, due to recent events -- most recently, the resignation of Lt. Chris Carney, who told investigators he had sex on duty for more than a decade.
Since King is top city administrator, he can make such changes on his own. However, he usually consults with the council in such matters.
But councilor Scott Ramsay said Tuesday he trusts King will make the right decisions.
"It's an unfortunate situation," Ramsay said. "Any time you have one employee behave inappropriately, it affects the morale and the impression from the public of an entire department -- in this case, the entire city."
"It's really unfortunate, but with more than 470 employees, you're bound to have incidents once in a while, and I think they're going to be dealt with efficiently and responsibly," the councilor added.
When NewsChannel 21 asked Ramsay if he has any idea what changes may be made, he said he doesn't know. We also asked if he thinks any police department jobs are in jeopardy; he said he could not answer, that either.
The city council meets Wednesday, and has an executive session planned on legal matters, but there are no public-meeting agenda items related to the recent events
We will keep you updated as we learn more.
NewsChannel 21 tried to reach Sale Tuesday, to see if he knew anything about the changes. He has not responded.


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Nice set up
My 8 year old little girl really wants that....In Pink!
Seriously, Nice job!!!
Looks great! I have a similar setup in 9mm w/a can. It's easily my favorite rifle.
That is TIGHT!
Very nice! How do you go about getting a SBR form? Thanks, Max.
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Awesome looking rifle! I'm jealous. I wish WA state would allow us to have em.
yeah me to, but we can still build a sweet looking pistol.
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Crain's week in news, Jan. 4-10: Polar vortex hits Detroit, Talmer plans $230M IPO, Compuware takeover bid ends
Talmer plans $230M IPO
Troy-based Talmer Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Talmer Bank and Trust, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday for an initial public offering that it hopes will raise about $230 million.The price per share and number of shares to be offered have yet to be determined. but it will trade on Nasdaq under TLMR. It is expected the IPO will occur before the end of February.
David Provost, the president, chairman and CEO of the bank and president and CEO of the holding company, was unavailable for comment but told Crain's in the past that one purpose of an IPO would be to finance a major expansion into the Chicago market, where it has a small presence.In the filing, the bank said it planned to use the proceeds to pay debt of $35 million and the remainder for a long laundry list of possibilities under the heading of "general corporate purposes."
On the move
• Faye Alexander Nelson, 60, president and CEO of the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, is leaving the organization she helped form to become president of the DTE Energy Foundation and vice president of public affairs for DTE Energy Co., effective Feb. 17.
• Brenda Jones, 54, was chosen as Detroit City Council president in a 5-4 vote by council members. In another 5-4 vote, George Cushingberry Jr., 61, was named president pro tempore. Both positions come with four-year terms.
• Dan Dirks, former general manager of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, was chosen as the next director of the Detroit Department of Transportation by Mayor Mike Duggan.
• General Motors Co. named Paul Edwards, executive director of GM's global marketing, as vice president of U.S. marketing for Chevrolet. Edwards, 44, replaces Chris Perry, who resigned last month, and will report to Chevy's global marketing chief, Tim Mahoney.
• Timothy Wadhams will step down as president and CEO of Taylor-based Masco Corp. Feb. 14 and be replaced by Keith Allman, current group president of plumbing and North American cabinet businesses at Masco, the company said. Wadhams, 65, will serve on the board until his current term expires in May.
• Michael Tierney, executive vice president of personal financial services at Troy-based Flagstar Bank, announced he will resign at the end of this month. Tierney is a former president and CEO of the bank and its holding company, Flagstar Bancorp Inc.
• The Detroit Regional Chamber named Glenn Stevens as vice president of MichAuto and strategic development. Stevens is a senior VP of membership and sales at the Troy-based Original Equipment Suppliers Association.
• Annis Stubbs is stepping down as executive director for the Detroit office of Teach for America to become the national organization's senior vice president, strategy, innovation and operations. Tiffany Williams, vice president of regional management in Detroit, will be interim executive director.
• Top editor Bryan Gottlieb is leaving after less than a year at the Metro Times, the new owner of the Detroit alt-weekly newspaper said. Cleveland-based Euclid Media Group bought the Metro Times and three sibling weeklies from Scranton, Pa.-based Times-Shamrock Communications in a deal announced Dec. 23. The interim editor will be Vince Grzegorek, editor of sibling publication Cleveland Scene Magazine.
Company news
• Detroit-based Compuware Corp. announced it reached an agreement ending a takeover bid launched in December 2012 by Elliott Management Corp., a New York City-based hedge fund. As part of the restructuring plan by Compuware, the company sold three business units to Marlin Equity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity company, for $160 million.
• Detroit Medical Center launched the largest Obamacare sign-up campaign in Southeast Michigan as more than 60 organizations and elected officials agreed to participate in the DMC-led Path to Health program.
• Japanese supplier Nippon Seiki and its affiliates agreed to pay a $4.56 million civil settlement for price-fixing its instrument panel clusters. The development is part of an expansive U.S. Department of Justice auto parts antitrust investigation that has resulted in fines of more than $1.8 billion and guilty pleas from 23 companies and 25 executives.
• Rhode Island-based RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc. announced it agreed to sell its Charter One branches and small-business operations in the Chicago area to Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp for about $315 million.
• Plymouth Township-based Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc. said it received permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin selling its devices for early stage detection of breast cancer. The company, housed in the Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center, uses ultrasound to make 3-D images of breast tissue, resulting in fewer false positives than traditional mammography.
• Loehmann's, a New York-based discount retailer that traces its roots back to 1921 and has locations in Farmington Hills and Troy, began liquidating its inventory after filing for bankruptcy protection in December. It was the company's third bankruptcy filing. Loehmann's has 39 stores in 11 states.
• A study last year by Michigan State University researchers indirectly found that McLaren Health Care Corp.'s proposed 200-bed hospital in Clarkston could become a financial success by filling its beds with paying patients based on Roemer's law. The largely accepted health policy principle holds that health care markets that increase available beds also increase per capita hospital utilization and costs.
• Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp. is buying Honeywell International Inc.'s friction materials business for about $155 million. The deal includes manufacturing plants in China and Romania.
• Old National Bancorp, a bank holding company based in Evansville, Ind., said it acquired Ann Arbor-based United Bancorp Inc. in a $173.1 million transaction expected to close in the second quarter.
• The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Detroit and two East Coast nonprofits with Michigan operations obtained a preliminary injunction against Houston-based American Textile Recycling Services, preventing the company from removing their donation bins from local sites.
• Farmington Hills-based Aco Hardware is joining Ace Hardware. Aco, which closed 14 of its Michigan stores in August, has begun sales at 26 locations to clear inventory. The remaining 52 Aco stores will become Great Lakes Ace stores over the next six months.
• Fowlerville Ford is one of nine U.S. auto dealerships that will settle deceptive advertising charges as part of a nationwide investigation by the Federal Trade Commission dubbed Operation Clear Steer.
Other news
• Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr formally approved the duties and salary of new Mayor Mike Duggan, who will be paid $159,000. Orr's office also announced the temporary suspension of an emergency order freezing accrued benefits and preventing new employees from joining the city's General Retirement System.
• A 10-year agreement that protects union dues in the Taylor School District should stand, according to an administrative law judge. The deal was made last year, just weeks before Michigan's right-to-work law took effect.
• Detroit-based rap-metal duo Insane Clown Posse sued the U.S. Justice Department over a 2011 FBI report that describes the band's fans, the Juggalos, as a loosely organized hybrid gang, saying the designation has tarnished their fans' reputations and hurt business.
• An anonymous donor gave the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization its largest-ever gift: $4 million to expand the scope of its musician education and training programs.
• River Ridge Corporate Center, comprising two office buildings totaling 111,000 square feet in Clinton Township, were sold to Bloomfield Hills-based real estate investment company Alrig USA LLC for an undisclosed amount. The seller was Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood Capital Group.
• Bobby Ferguson, a Detroit contractor convicted of corruption with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was ordered by a federal judge to pay $6.2 million. The money would go to the Detroit water department, which awarded lucrative contracts to Ferguson, who is serving a 21-year sentence.
• The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget announced the state's seasonally unadjusted jobless rate was at 7.8 percent in November, down from 8.3 percent in October.
• The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index fell in December to 50.6, from 58.3 in November. A level above 50 indicates economic growth; the average over the past three months is 57.3.
• Former Wayne County Circuit Judge Leonard Townsend died Dec. 30. He was 79.
• City Administrator James Scharret, who worked for Southfield for nearly 40 years, died Jan. 9. He was 71.
• Todd Lloyd, 51, president of Madison Heights-based Chair Covers & Linens, and Christopher Neumann, vice president for Weber Shandwick public relations, died Jan. 6 when a single-engine plane piloted by Lloyd crashed near Traverse City.


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Fire shuts down elementary school for rest of week
Students at Evans Elementary School will be out of school for the rest of the week. Crews are busy cleaning up from a fire Tuesday inside the boy's bathroom.
The cost of repairs is about $300,000. Insurance is paying. School district officials say the smoke caused the most damage.
The school is located in Falcon District 49.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office said this is an arson investigation and that a student is the suspect.
School Principal Dustin Horras says the student will face disciplinary action.
The students were evacuated on Tuesday morning and taken to the field house at Sand Creek High School. Then, they were released to their parents and guardians.
No one was hurt.
School officials expect cleanup to take until Saturday morning. Then, they will test the air quality to make sure it is safe for students to return to school on Monday.
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program testing was underway. There's one fifth grade science and two third grade math sessions remaining, as well as several makeup tests. All students will be given an opportunity to complete the testing, according to a District 49 news release.


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Add the initials of someone's name in front of it, and there ya go! A perfect, amazing, sexcellent, and scrumtralescent nickname for a mafucka! With a nickname like this you'll be the hip of the hop!
"Yo MJ Sweet Daddy Cakes! Was up boibees?"
"Omg JB Sweet Daddy Cakes, I love it when you call me big poppa!"
"Omg JB Sweet Daddy Cakes, I love it when you call me big poppa!"
by JB Sweet Daddy Cakes March 20, 2010
Sweet Daddy Cakes is a way to describe one of the great tasting cakes made from DaddyCakes® multiple flavors of mixes. DaddyCakes has ten "Just Add Water" mixes and great syrups as well. Daddy Cakes are "Sweet" as in loving and goodness. "Daddy Cakes" is a licensed & registered trademark.
I used mix to make some deliciously sweet Daddy Cakes® cupcakes and then used the same mix and cooked up some unbelievable flapjacks! Sweet Daddy Cakes are simply the best for sharing with family and friends.
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Licensed by: Ensemble Studios
Developer: Digital Eclipse/Backbone Entertainment
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Turn-based Strategy
Release Date: Fall 2005
Price/Rating: TBD/RP
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings for the Nintendo DS is based on the best-selling PC RTS title of all time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Players command five different civilizations, build armies and take them on scores of campaigns. Boasting turn-based strategy game play, Age of Empires: The Age of Kings allows players to move from the Dark Ages through the Middle Ages with one goal in mind: domination of the known world.
Game Play Features:
•Â Command one of five different civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, and Japanese.
•Â Take control of special 'Hero' units like Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan, and Saladin among others who command special 'hero' powers affecting the entire battlefield.
•Â Command over 45 different types of units from bowmen and monks to hand cannoneers, mercenaries and samurai.
•Â Turn-based combat, new to the Age of Empires franchise, keeps the battle moving at the player-preferred pace.
•Â Players construct & upgrade buildings like town centers, mines, universities and 'wonders' to help units learn new skills and create resources for their civilizations.
•Â Players research over 50 different technologies like chemistry, ballistics, siege craft and spying among others to take their civilization into the next age.
•Â Get help from the new Combat Advisor who provides advice on certain campaign strategies and an indication of how the battle will go.
•Â Multiplayer scenarios allowing up to 4 players to battle each other wirelessly.
•Â Gain Empire Points to unlock maps & units and improve Emperor Rank.
•Â Original music and sound effects from top-selling PC version.
•Â Based on Ensemble Studio's PC mega-hit, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings .


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I am no good with names, but I do LOVE this quilt!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I am no good with names, but I do LOVE this quilt!
"Don't Tell Me What Kind of Day to Have"
Momma told me there'd be days like this ....
Sew many ideas ... just sew little time!!
What about "How's your day going?"
Carol45..I have to have those patterns!!! I have an emb. mach--I have 2 emb. machines! And I'm in Nashville next Wednesday..your house will be my first stop! P.M. me how much filthy lucre I need to haul behind my car. Not joking!
Cutest quilt ever seen.
That's adorable! Name? Hmmmmmmm. . . .
Let's Face It . . . Really Rachel . . . All About Rachel . . . In Rachel's Opinion . . . ?
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
~Richard Dawkins
[QUOTE=carol45;5580572]So my DD has never been too excited about quilts, and never asked for one, although I have made some for her kids, who do like them. Anyway, when we correspond by email, I always throw in an emoticon--a big one--which matches her mood, or my mood, or something like that. Well, she suddenly decided that she wants a quilt of emoticons, with all the ones that I have sent to her. What I did was then choose a whole lot of them and told her to choose the 12 that she liked the best. It turns out, that the ones she chose were ones that reflect her various moods. So here's what I came up with. I digitized and embroidered all the faces on the yellow fabric, and then appliqued them onto the black--in some cases, I also embroidered on the black. I haven't quilted it yet, so you can see the red fleece that I'm backing it with around the edges.
OK, so I need a name for this quilt. I have a couple of ideas, but nothing I'm really happy with yet:
-Rachel's faces
-Ask me how I feel!
-I wonder what today will be like.
I always get help and creative thoughts from the Quilting Board!
How about This:
Rachel's Icon's ,Smiley's from Rachel, Rachel's Smiley's.
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May Your Life Be Full of Charity and Love.
The Many Faces of Rachel? Love the quilt!
I'd rather be at the lake
Do one thing every day that scares you... Eleanor Roosevelt


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Delight in spectacular cuisine at our restaurants in Riyadh
In the Middle East, dining is a gathering of friends and family, a delightful experience that often extends past one meal time and into the next. At The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh, guests have the opportunity to enjoy this tradition at our fine dining restaurants, which offer an array of cuisines to please every palate.
Dress Code Policy at The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh
The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh respects local culture and tradition, and asks all those entering the property to dress in either traditional local garments, smart casual to formal attires. Shorts, skirts, sleeveless tops and sports shirts are not permitted. Any clothing with profanity is prohibited by law.
NOTE: During the holy month of Ramadan, Sohour and Iftar will be served in all outlets as replacement for the breakfast and dinner respectively.
Savor a delectable assortment of Lebanese culinary delights at Al Orjouan, widely regarded as one of the finest all day dining restaurants in Riyadh.
Offering a buffet of Lebanese and international dishes, our all day dining restaurant in Riyadh is a favorite with both locals and visitors for Friday brunch.
An exclusive atmosphere to unwind and enjoy the world's premium cigars, impressing even the most seasoned aficionados.
Treat yourself to a fun, active night out at Strike Bowling Alley, the family-friendly, high end sports lounge at The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh.
With six lanes, an extensive juice bar and dedicated evenings for ladies, Strike Bowling Alley has become a favorite with Riyadh families.
Elegant setting with al fresco dining with an assortment of homemade cakes and freshly prepared snacks .
An elegant interior and peaceful al fresco dining area offer equally beautiful spaces to enjoy breakfast, lunch or Afternoon Tea at Chorisia Lounge.
Uncover the royalty in Oriental sweets-crafting at the newly opened Sweets of Arabia. Treat yourself to a prime authenticity of the Arabic sweets, hand-crafted by our culinary experts.