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ANNIKA CORBIN knew she wanted to open a bake shop in Claremont, inspired by the popularity of a cupcake shop in Washington, D.C., where she had been living. Cupcakes, though, had been done.
Pie, however, seemed ripe for reinvention. "I'm more of a pie person than a cupcake person innately," Corbin confides.
The result is the shop I Like Pie, where pie comes cupcake-sized, served in individual paper cups: crust at the bottom and along the sides, filling taking up the rest of the cup.
Not a cupcake. A cup pie.
Located in Village West (the address is 175 Indian Hill Blvd.) and facing a busy public courtyard with a lot of foot traffic, I Like Pie is steps from the Laemmle 5 theaters. After a matinee in December of "Les Miserables," many theatergoers had the same idea I did, packing the place. One wonders how many visited I Like Pie after "Life of Pi."
"We have a spin studio and a pilates studio across the street and they're our best customers," Corbin says. She adds: "They probably wouldn't want anyone to know that."
First-timers may be baffled. At a pie shop, you don't expect to find the glass cases filled with dainty, portable treats. An employee greets people, asks if they've been in before and, if not, explains the concept.
"When people walk into a cupcake shop, they know the MO. This is something nobody had done before. When people walk in, they don't even know what they're looking at," Corbin chuckles.
As careful readers know, I'm a pie fan. Cake strikes me as a waste of calories. A slice of pie, lingered over as you converse with a friend, read a novel or contemplate the universe's mysteries, is a slice of heaven. Clint Eastwood's character in "Million Dollar Baby," a boxing trainer whose hobby is searching for the perfect lemon meringue pie, is my kind of guy.
And so I arranged to meet Corbin and get a tour of the kitchen to better inform you, the pie-eating public.
I Like Pie's three bakers start their day before 5 a.m. When I visited, at the far more sensible hour of 9 a.m., David Taylor was peeling and slicing pears, Erica Massengale was breaking eggs for a cream cheese filling and Michael Lopez was preparing the shop's savory pies.
Crusts are made in advance in a pie press, which presses dough into a shell. Pie fillings are tasted for sweetness or tartness, adjusted and then baked for 15 minutes, taking the guesswork out of putting raw fruit in a pie. Only later are the pies assembled and finished in the oven in individual metal cups. After they've cooled, pies are transferred to paper cups. You didn't think they baked pies in paper, did you?
Before launching the shop, Corbin had experimented by baking pies in glass Mason jars. She liked the result, but she could make only three per hour, not a recipe for success. The processes she's developed, with the pie press machine perhaps the most important, enable them to turn out 300 pies per day.
On the morning I visited, they had coconut cream, cannoli cream, dulce de leche apple, winterberry blend, banana bread pie, pineapple upside down pie, strawberry pear, sweet potato with either marshmallow or pineapple cream cheese, butter pecan and chocolate chip chess, which has a melted chocolate chip cookie inside and is the No. 1 seller. Also, for the gluten-free crowd, a fudge brownie pie was made without flour. Savory pies were shepherds pie, tomato basil and beef pot roast.
Their repertoire encompasses more than 35 sweet pies, some of them seasonal, with only a few offered each day.
Recipes are often off the cuff. That day's strawberry-pear pie was an experiment. A sweet potato banana pie was thrown together one day; when a customer raved about it on Yelp, others began asking for it, and Corbin had to mentally reconstruct how she'd made it. Her staff's diligence and creativity are a big help.
"I have smart people working for me," Corbin says. "They take the initiative to figure it out."
Natives of Michigan, Corbin and her husband, Rob, lived in Claremont in 2007 when his employer transferred him here. Then he was transferred to Washington, D.C.. only to be laid off in 2011.
Corbin, then a stay-at-home mom, had already planned to start a business, with the support of her husband, as her children, now 10 and 12, grew. Shaken by the layoff after the cross-country move, the Corbins decided to take control of their fate and return to Claremont, which Annika described as "idyllic and lovely," without jobs. (Rob has since found a job locally and he helps his wife with the business portion of the shop in his off-hours.)
Getting the shop open was not easy as pie. Then again, pie is actually extraordinarily difficult. Construction of the interior lasted eight months due to a change in lenders and builders. A chance to appear on a reality show starring Bobby Flay, "3 Days to Open," was offered, but that required the shop to open in May.
"It turned out not only was May not practical, neither was June, July, August, September or October," Corbin sighs.
The shop opened in mid-November. The first day was almost a disaster: A supplier had sent the wrong kind of flour, it failed and hundreds of pie crusts had to be thrown out. The shop finally opened its doors at 3:30 p.m.
I Like Pie, despite the rocky start, has thrived. Corbin is thinking of adding a second shift of bakers. "We can't keep up with demand some days, which is a good problem to have," she says. The customer portion of the shop, with Art Deco touches and a kitchen-like feel, is exactly as Corbin envisioned it. The music leans toward 1930s jazz and pop. A jaunty '40s song by the Four Clefs, "I Like Pie, I Like Cake," provided the shop's name.
"It sounded like I wanted our place to look," Corbin says. (You can listen to the song and read more about the food on my blog at insidesocal.com/davidallen.)
The phrase "I like pie" is a guileless response to charged conversational topics. A person might gently change the subject by saying, "You know what I like? I like pie."
The shop's logo is so professional looking, and the concept so sharp, one out of three customers is said to ask, "Where are your other locations?" "That's a huge compliment," Corbin says. "It makes it look like we have our act together."
Returning to the topic of pies vs. cupcakes, Corbin says she wanted to transplant the success of the cupcake trend to a staunchly American treat.
"What's beautiful about cupcakes is they're an individual experience. Everybody gets exactly what they want," Corbin muses. "I think pie deserves it. It's such a part of the American experience. It's a humble dessert. There was a lot of room for innovation."
A standard 10-inch pie is 32, maybe 40 ounces. Cut into eight pieces, a slice might be 4 ounces, the same size as I Like Pie's cups, even though the shape is different. (This is the kind of math I like. I should put it into a pie chart.) The ratio of crust to filling is different too because hers never have crust on top. Hers also are missing the overhanging rim.
"My least favorite part of the pie is the piece around the edge that either falls off or gets left behind," Corbin says. With hers, "every single bite has filling on it. There's no piece of crust that gets left behind on the plate."
I'm not one to leave any crust on my plate, but I knew what she meant.
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DIY Glitter Clutch5:00 AM
You see I've been in love with the gold sequin Zara clutch that I've seen on a ton of bloggers (seen here on my sister) and all over Pinterest. But I missed out on getting it online and don't have a Zara nearby so I was searching for other cute sparkly clutches when I thought, "why don't I just make one?" I wasn't super attached to the yellow clutch so thought it would be the perfect canvas to make it glittery. Obviously the Zara one is covered in sequins but I did glitter because it was easier but just as pretty. Pictures don't do this baby justice, it looks amazing in person!
- Clutch
- Mod Podge
- Very Fine Glitter - I used Martha Stewart Glitter (and after this project, I'm seriously considering buying this set of all of the colors! I want to glitter everything now!)
*You could try chunky glitter if you want the look of the clutches above. I'm not sure how it will turn out but I do like the smoothness of mine.
- Foam Brush
- Bowl
- Patience :)
- Mix the glitter and Mod Podge into a bowl (I lined my bowl with foil so that it wasn't a sticky mess and clean up was easy.) I'd say 1 parts glue to two parts glitter is good. I just eyeballed it though until I thought you could see enough glitter through the glue mixture. You want more glitter because when it dries you want as much glitter stuck on as possible, otherwise you'll have to do way more coats.
- Start painting the clutch with the foam brush. Do only one side! When you paint it on, it will be all white and goopy, don't worry, it dries clear and all you see is glitter.
- Wait 20 minutes or longer until it's dried and you see the glitter.
- Wash your brush thoroughly between layers of painting because you don't want your brush to get hardened and not be able to paint anymore.
- Paint the next layer with the same mixture.
- Repeat steps 3 - 5 until the entire surface is covered in glitter or until you are happy with how it looks!
Tada! That's it. Mine took about 4 coats on each side. My clutch has a zipper on the back and I just painted over the entire thing so you can't open the zipper anymore but it didn't matter that much to me. I never used that back pocket anyway.
The best part about doing it this way is that there is no glitter fall out! I have been leaving this clutch all over the place, on our dining room table, on the couch, on my bed and no glitter has fallen off. Hubs loves it because usually when I do glitter projects, we find glitter EVERYWHERE. haha! And it's great because it doesn't come off on your hands. Now I have the perfect glitter clutch for the holidays!
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I'm in a glitter craze at the moment and will definitely be doing this!ReplyDelete
That's such a great idea! I have been afraid to "glitter" anything because I hate that messy glitter fallout so I'm so happy to hear that you found a fool proof method.ReplyDelete
oh wow great job!!! looks so good and can't even tell you made it! Im going to have to try this.ReplyDelete
Oh you made a fantastic hob with it! I DIY Zara's sequined clutch on my post today, what a coincidence! Seems like gold sparkly clutches are the perfect holiday accessory!ReplyDelete
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i am obsessed with glitter too! i have a diy project with the old school nutcrackers that i'm gonna finish this weekend! basically spray painting them white, then mod podge with glitter. Hoping it works!ReplyDelete
I love this DIY. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
This is a great project, thank you for the step by step!ReplyDelete
That sounds easy enough that even I may be able to handle it! I've never used Mod Podge before. Does the layer crack near the hinge of the flap from opening and closing?ReplyDelete
GLITTER!! So much fun. And easy enough too. LOVE it. :)ReplyDelete
Great job on the clutch!ReplyDelete
great idea!ReplyDelete
Fantastic DIY, thanks for sharing! I'll definitely have to try something similar with one of my worn, beaten up bags. It's a great way to give them a fresh start!ReplyDelete
Your clutch looks amazing !! Such a good idea. I love that Zara clutch !ReplyDelete
Tiffany, that clutch looks awesome girl! You did a fantastic job. I'm LOL at "I want to glitter everything!" Do it girl! I think a red clutch is in your near future. Have a great day!ReplyDelete
oh nice love it.ReplyDelete
Very nice =)ReplyDelete
mod podge is magic! it does everythg.ReplyDelete
Your DIY turned out pretty darn well. You can even sell it.ReplyDelete
What a great idea :) If you can't buy it! Make it :) hehe Though I have never heard of mod podge?ReplyDelete
If you've never used mod podge before, prepare to become obsessed. It is AMAZING stuff!! Haha! Have fun!Delete
Love it! Yours turned out beautifully :DReplyDelete
That is really awesome Tiffany! I LOVE it! I actually have the Zara clutch but always tempted to buy more sparkly bags! I might have to go thru my bags to find an old one to modge podge! :)ReplyDelete
xx Vivian
what a great DIY project. i love how yours look on you. stunning is an understated word for this look. :)ReplyDelete
Ah, it looks great Tiffany! I would be worried about glitter fallout too so great to hear that there hasn't been any.ReplyDelete
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Love this post Tiffany. I've been wanting to try this myself. And also get a pair of cheap boots, and glitter those up as well. I might do it over the holidays. Looking great, as usual!ReplyDelete
wow, i'm super impressed! great job! I wondered about loose glitter, but it sounds like it's holding up!ReplyDelete
The clutch looked great in the beginning and now it looks awesome ;) You are so creative Tiffany!ReplyDelete
this is such a cool diy, i absolutely love how it turned out! i have a little clutch i may try this with!ReplyDelete
great idea! super creative and the result is gorgeous and very stylish.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing with us doll.
Though I'm not a "flashy" person...I seem to always be drawn to smaller, flashy items. XD love this diy!! It's super cute and perfect for the hoidays~ReplyDelete
WOW!WOW! You DIY'ed that?????? That's amazing!!! I've never done any DIY, not that i can think of,lol. I really should be adventurous and give it a try.ReplyDelete
This glittery clutch is soo pretty and festive! Perfect for the Christmas days coming up!!!
Thank you for sharing, sparkly uggs boots fashion style in winter.ReplyDelete
Such a nice post, I enjoyed it a lot! I like your sense of style! Wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
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you're so crafty, i love it! i have the zara clutch and i think i might like yours better - the fine glitter is so pretty!! happy friday tiffany!ReplyDelete
@Hannah @ The New Black Hi Hannah! No cracking at the hinge, it's pretty smooth throughout. Mod Podge does a good job of just taking on the shape of the clutch without altering the feel of the material which is great and perfect for this kind of project.ReplyDelete
OMG! This is an awesome idea! I love it. The clutch looks gorgeous gold and glittery. You can't even tell that it was a DIY!ReplyDelete
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Omg you did an amazing job on that!ReplyDelete
I am a new follower and thanks for sharing this great tip. I can't wait to try it for myself.ReplyDelete
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Love it! I tried it with an old pair of TOMS yesterday and it worked perfectly, thanks for the awesome idea!ReplyDelete
If you're worried about glitter coming off you can always wait until it's mostly dry, about tacky and lay down another layer of just plain, clear mod podge over the top. I definitely want to do this! I'm such a fan of glitter.ReplyDelete
Hey there,ReplyDelete
I saw this DIY and immediately had to do it. I did a cheap cell case for my galaxy s2. It had some ridges, so I thought maybe that was why I had problems with it being weird/sticky, but I also did a small pill case lid (which is just a cleaned out cream eyeliner container), a smooth eye glasses case, and my makeup brush/bobby pin catchall. Allll of them are tacky. I put my glasses case, pill container, & cell (with cover) in my purse, and when I pull them out, there's ALWAY stuff stuck to them. I used genuine mod podge (as opposed to the "home recipes" from around the web that I use for other stuff), and I tried putting just a clear coat, too, but MAN! EVERYTHING sticks, and half the time my glasses case is SO stuck together from the few little places the glitter/podge combo it went over the edge to where the edges close, that I have to use a butter knife or credit card to pry it open. In all of your glittering, have you ever had problems like this? I LOVE the look, and I get LOTS of compliments, but I'm losing a lot of the luster, since stuff is getting stuck and making it dull. Would love to hear your thoughts. Oh, and ps, for things that I don't have to touch a LOT, it's great--my makeup catchall by the sink is just fine!Replies
Hi! Oh no, that sucks that it's still sticky. That hasn't happened to me at all. I'm wondering if you are using too much mod podge? Maybe add more glitter to your mix. Or are you giving it enough time to dry between coats? I make sure that the entire surface is dry before I put on the next coat.Delete
I hope that helps!
Hi Tiffany! I'd like to try this but I'm curious about durability. Do you still use this clutch after a year? Has the Mod Podge peeled or wrinkled at all? I only ask because I would expect it to (I also would expect it to be slightly tacky, as the previous commenter mentioned) so I'm interested to know your experience, if you wouldn't mind sharing it. Is this tutorial ideal for things you want to keep and use for a long time, or is it more of a way to make a perfect piece for a special event or two?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Kristina! I still use the clutch and it looks pretty much the same except for the top edge has had some glitter fall off because when you open and close the clutch it creases and the glitter doesn't have much to hold on to. I don't use the clutch too often though so it probably has helped keep the same condition. I've used it probably 5-6 times this past year. Because the rest of the clutch is smooth, I haven't had any other problems with it. I would probably recommend doing this to pieces that are good for a special event and not really every day use.Delete
Hi tiffany. Can u do agoes.will they be water resistant.does the surface of rhe item have to be rough or can it be like alick like vinyl? ?? Also will this work with sequinsReplyDeleteReplies
I think as far as rain goes, it should be fine but I haven't taken mine out into the heavy rain so not sure.Delete
The surface can be anything but probably better to be a flat surface so that you can get the mod podge mixture on smoothly. If it's rough it might go on uneven and not look so good.
I haven't thought about trying it with sequins but it might work!
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No that's not me selling it. So strange. Thanks for the heads up, I will contact them!Delete


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I noticed Walker didn't have too many caches, so I placed a couple of caches near Walker. I have plans for more caches, just have to pick up some more containers first.
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Great next time I stop at Moon Dance Ranch I will have to look for them.
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Hmm, may have another reason now to hit Walker...I'll grab them the next time I am heading towards the Northernlights Casino!!
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Glad to hear it! Now I will have some more to add to my list to look for during Moondance Jam!
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I enjoyed them both! Keep up the good work Uffda, I'll be looking forward to more beautiful scenery in the Walker area.
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Just got done placing a few more caches in the Walker area. I have six now, within a 10 mile radius of the Walker area.
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Just got done placing a few more caches in the Walker area. I have six now, within a 10 mile radius of the Walker area.
Sounds like a road trip (with bike included) to me.
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Just got done placing a few more caches in the Walker area. I have six now, within a 10 mile radius of the Walker area.
Thanks, I have the sheets printed out and will be hitting them soon!!
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Gee. I sure hope they don't unearth my geocache I have about 300 ft from this spot! What are the odds of placing a cache and then several months later, this happens right next to it?
Archaeological treasure found Up North
The site and tools found near Walker, Minn., date back 13,000 to 14,000 years -- the oldest on the continent.
By Robert Franklin, Star Tribune
Atop the highest hill in Walker, Minn., archaeologists have found what they believe to be evidence of the oldest human habitation in the state -- perhaps 13,000 to 14,000 years old.
From the rough stone tools that were found, archaeologists are speculating that "we're looking at certainly the relatively earliest occupants of the North American continent," said Matt Mattson, a biologist and archaeologist who worked on the project for the Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program, which is based near Cass Lake.
They would be related to those who, according to conventional wisdom, came across the Bering Strait from Asia, Mattson said.
Britta Bloomberg, Minnesota's deputy historic preservation officer, said it may be among the oldest known archaeological sites in North and South America.
Human remains, wood or textiles, if there were any, would have dissolved long ago in the acidic soil. The oldest human remains found in Minnesota belonged to the Browns Valley Man, who lived about 9,000 years ago. His remains were discovered in 1933 in a gravel pit near the town of Browns Valley in western Minnesota.
The stone tools found at Walker could have been used by big game hunters for butchering, chopping or scraping toward the end of the Ice Age.
Mattson speculated that the site could have been used by an extended family of 10 to 15 nomadic people moving through an "oasis," in what is now north-central Minnesota, that was as close as five miles to remaining glaciers.
David Mather, state archaeologist for the National Register of Historic Places, said the find "is something off our radar. We didn't think it was even possible in Minnesota."
What happens next?
One question is whether the site will be preserved. It lies in the path of a road to what Walker Mayor Brad Walhof called a "major expansion" of the city, including a community center, housing and businesses.
An intergovernmental agreement last year found no feasible alternative to the route, and City Administrator Terri Bjorklund said the hilly terrain "makes everything twice as difficult as if you had a flat piece of land." She said a meeting in the next couple of weeks could help "figure out who's responsible for what, and where we go from here."
One option is to delay construction of the road to allow more excavating to be done at the site, said Bloomberg, the state preservation officer.
A city of about 1,100 people, Walker is located about 190 miles from the Twin Cities and is near the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
The site is about 150 feet above Leech Lake. While investigating the path of the road, archaeologists came across a pit they thought might be related to the fur trade, said Thor Olmanson, director of the Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program and tribal archaeologist.
But they quickly discovered that the pit was a 1960s child's play fort, complete with a cap gun and other toys.
Nevertheless, they dug down several feet below the pit's floor, and they found a fragment of stone believed to be from toolmaking. That "was very puzzling," Olmanson said, "so we decided to keep digging to see what was going on there."
An array of objects
In all, archaeologists found 50 or more objects while digging through an area of about 50 square yards, and "we didn't excavate everything," he said. The artifacts ranged from large hammer stones to small hand-held scrapers and included tough silt stone, which resists shattering and could have been used to create sharp edges on other stones.
They found the objects underneath a band of rock and gravel that appeared to have been deposited by melting glaciers and then covered by windblown sediment, Mather said.
Bloomberg said the location of objects below glacial sediments could date the site to as long as 15,000 years ago.
Mather said the site appears to be "much older" than the Clovis era of finely made spear points that defines the paleo-Indian period.
He said the find is "startling enough that appropriate response from every archaeologist and glacial geologist is skepticism." But, he added, a half-dozen archaeologists, soil scientists and others who have examined the site all say the artifacts are genuine.
"[This] could be a real watershed for understanding Minnesota's history," Mather said.
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Read that article in the paper this morning- it is quite some discovery.
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I did the Channel this summer and it was a really good cache... by my standards. I nice ammo can in a great location.
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The story was on Kare 11 tonight. When did they make the find? Some of the video looks like it was taken during warmer weather.
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I'm not sure when they made the find. They've been working on the community center for the past year, and they started building that road within the past few months. I believe that's when they found the artifacts. I drove up there today to check on my cache and while I was sitting there, the Kare11 helicopter showed up and started hovering. In the video, you can actually see my truck near the bales of insulation (waiting to be installed in the community center). Just out of view, is my cache, the Walker Ball Fields (GCX0QQ). I had a good chat with some people from North Dakota that were finding the cache...they must've been wondering, "man, this is some cache...as soon as you get out of the car, a news helicopter shows up!". LOL
I still find it hard to believe that such ancient artifacts are to be found...especially in Walker! Maybe I should throw some swag into that hole they're digging in. Wouldn't they be surprised to find a TB!
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In Samys site the commands are give for both client & server. I am attempting to run this from with Vmware workstation. Do I under I download the code in for 2 clients and 1 server? is proxy host the servers IP address?
What is remote host - is it a second client IP?
In the server - is local host the client IP, which port is proxy port
What is allowed port, allowed port
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It is the mission of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire to protect life, property and the environment by providing effective customer and human services related to fire suppression, first responder medical service, hazardous materials mitigation, emergency management service and domestic preparedness.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire encourages all personnel to take a proactive role in reducing the impact from emergencies by providing programs related to public education, risk reduction, fire prevention, community relations, disaster planning and operational training.
Welcome to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire's website. On our website you will find some valuable information regarding the Fire Bureau.
Contrary to popular belief, the Fire Bureau does not only put out fires, but we have some good ideas on how to prevent them. Visit the Special Programs page which lists some of these ideas.
Currently, the Bureau has over 600 firefighters that serve the City of Pittsburgh. The firefighters of your city are committed to the preservation and protection of life and property from the effects of fire, medical and hazardous conditions. The firefighters perform this job with the progressive education and training that they receive from the Bureau.
The majority of our firefighter's training is performed at the Fire Training Academy which is located at Washington and Negley Run Road. The Training Academy is currently staffed with a Battalion Chief and (4) Firefighter Instructors.
The Bureau also has an Arson Division which is currently staffed by a Fire Captain, (2) Firefighters and (5) Police Officers who work together to effectively investigate and solve malicious and mischievous fires throughout the City.
I take great pride in being the Fire Chief of the City of Pittsburgh. My job as Fire Chief would be a lot harder, if not for the dedication and pride our firefighters take in their job and the welfare of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.
Fire Chief Darryl Jones
Chief Darryl Jones began his career with the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau on July 9, 2007. Prior to joining the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau, Chief Jones served with the Aliquippa Fire Department for 20 years. As the Fire Chief, he is responsible for the leadership of 630 uniformed personnel and all of the operations of the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau.
Chief Jones is committed to the safety and training of Pittsburgh firefighters, as well as the citizens of Pittsburgh. Under his leadership, and in cooperation with the American Red Cross, the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau has expanded Mayor Ravenstahl's Free Smoke Detector Program. Working in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau initiated the Risk Watch program in the schools. Risk Watch is a safety program that teaches safety techniques to students grades K-6 as part of the health curriculum. Further, the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau has refurbished its Company Inspection Program to make it more efficient and effective. The Pittsburgh Fire Bureau is the only metropolitan size fire department in the country in which 100% of its personnel are certified to the Firefighter II level. Chief Jones started initiatives to modernize firefighters' personal protective equipment, and the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau's apparatus. Because of public fire safety education, improved firefighter training, and the upgrading of equipment, as well as apparatus, the ISO rating for the City of Pittsburgh improved from a Class 4 fire department to a Class 2 fire department. It is Chief Jones' goal to develop the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau into an all-hazards emergency response service, thus making it the premier public safety bureau in the City.
Chief Jones earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Carlow University in 1991, a Masters of Public Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Safety from Capella University in 2013. In addition, he is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program, as well as the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. Chief Jones holds several certifications including Fire Officer, Fire Instructor, Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator, and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic. He is a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and the National Fire Protection Association.
Chief Jones enjoys spending time with his family, riding his motorcycle, listening to Jazz music, and teaching Leadership and Fire Science classes at the college level.
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The City of Pittsburgh is geographically divided into four (4) Battalions, which includes 30 Stations housing 34 Engine Companies, 3 Quint Companies, 11 Truck Companies, and a Mobile Air Compressor Unit. The Bureau of Fire now encompasses the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
Unit Minimum Staffing
Engine Companies - Lieutenant, 3 Firefighters Quint Companies - Lieutenant, 3 Firefighters Truck Companies - Captain, 3 Firefighters Mobile Air Compressor - Captain, Firefighter
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Shielding Rumsfeld, Hannity overstated number of "up-armored" Humvees in Iraq
Research ››› ››› ANDREW SEIFTER
Attempting to defend Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld against criticism that the Pentagon hasn't provided enough armor for military vehicles in Iraq, FOX News and ABC Radio Networks host Sean Hannity overstated the number of "up-armored" Humvees currently deployed in Iraq. In a December 15 radio interview with Rumsfeld on The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity falsely asserted that the military now has 15,000 up-armored Humvees, and Rumsfeld said Hannity's flawed assessment was "roughly correct." Hannity repeated the erroneous claim that evening on Hannity & Colmes. In fact, the U.S. military presently has only 6,000 up-armored Humvees in Iraq; there are also 10,000 Humvees with add-on armor kits, which offer less protection than up-armored vehicles.
In his radio interview, Hannity falsely equated "up-armored Humvees" with "armored Humvees" in the following exchange with Rumsfeld:
HANNITY: I understand that about a year ago -- well, maybe it was about 18 months ago -- we only had 235 uparmored Humvees, in other words armored Humvees, and once we noticed that the nature of the battle was shifting and as roadside bombs began to take more of a severe toll on our forces in a short period of time, we produced another 15,000. Is that all correct?
RUMSFELD: That is roughly correct. Yes, to the best of my knowledge. You know, on this subject, you're right. That's true.
Later, on FOX News' Hannity & Colmes, Hannity declared: "You know, 18 months ago we had only had 235 what we call up-armored Humvees in Iraq. But as soon as those roadside bombs began to have a more devastating effect on our soldiers, we got 15,000."
But, as the Associated Press reported on December 11, the U.S. currently has only 6,000 up-armored Humvees in Iraq, according to military spokesman Sergeant Eric Grill. In a December 9 "Special Defense Department Briefing on Armored Vehicles," Lieutenant General R. Steven Whitcomb noted that in addition to the 6,000 "level one" up-armored Humvees in Iraq, the military has also deployed about 10,000 "level two" vehicles with add-on armor kits. As The Detroit News reported on December 13, the U.S. Air Force has stated that add-on kits cause an "extremely poor ride due to the excess strain on the shocks," and that soldiers are therefore less safe in such vehicles because, in the News' words, they are "jostled so much that their protective gear isn't enough to keep them safe in a vehicle that doesn't have the same energy-absorbing padding features as a passenger vehicle." Similarly, the AP noted that add-on kits are a "second choice for troops" compared to the "most coveted" up-armored vehicles.
As CNN documented on December 10, the 6,000 up-armored Humvees in Iraq are "2,100 short of the military's goal."
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I'm trying to compile some C code, which relies on Numpy package:
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I installed Anaconda (on Windows), which includes Python 2.7 and Numpy 1.8 package. util.cu includes header util.cuh, which includes Python.h.
I did some googling, and it appears PyArrayObject should be defined in ndarraytypes.h, however I don't see it there.
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Peter Sellars on 'The Winds of Destiny'By Kevin Berger
Theater director Peter Sellars has never seen a great work of art that didn't reflect the madness of modern life. Which for years has driven critics around the bend, who have accused Sellars of dragging classic operas and plays through the mud of topical politics. This Friday at the venerable Ojai Music Festival, Sellars will stage The Winds of Destiny, a recent work by renowned composer George Crumb, to evoke the U.S. war in Afghanistan. I recently caught up with Sellars in New York, and again on the phone, when he was in Brussels directing Desdemona, a new theater work by Toni Morrison. His exuberance as a director carries over to his conversations, where his infectious high spirits never flag, even when addressing criticisms of his work.
In the The Winds of Destiny, Crumb recasts Civil War folk songs, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic," in a blistering setting of percussion and female voices. Why did you choose this piece for the Ojai festival?
Because the sense of being at war with one's own country, and the violence of that, is so intense, and has left such a deep scar in the life of our country, that it has not only not healed, it is being reopened in our lifetime. Certain people in America now are trying to rewrite the social contract of this country to exclude a huge segment of the population from prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. We've returned to the same issues of the Civil War, where the future of America is about whether we're going to allow people who are not white to be treated equally. And George Crumb has set the music in a strange, haunted universe of memory, of regret, and those memories contain an enormous amount of violence. That's by definition post-traumatic stress disorder: things being replayed again and again; strange rattling and rustling and sleeplessness. This is music that really cuts deep.


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Ian Paice is heading back out on the road with Deep Purple later this year.
The veteran rockers bring their Now What?! world tour to the UK in October for the following dates;
12 Oct: Manchester Apollo
13 Oct: Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
15 Oct: Birmingham NIA
16 Oct: London Roundhouse
The band release new album, Now What?!, on 29 April.
Need a little more Paice to tide you over until then? Check this clip of the drummer chatting with Rhythm ahead of last year's Buddy Rich Memorial Concert.


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Paisley Museum & Art Gallery
High Street, Paisley 14.6 miles away
The Paisley Museum & Art Galleries is home to the world´s largest collection of Paisley Shawls, a selection of which are always on display. Museum staff demonstrate the weaving techniques on reproductions of the original Jacquard looms used in the... more
The Burrell Collection
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow 18.0 miles away
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Riverside Museum
100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow 19.3 miles away
Opened in June 2011, the free Riverside Museum is the stunning home of Glasgow's transport and technology collection. Visitors can climb aboard some of the exhibits to get a real feel for vintage public transport by accessing four locomotive... more
National Museum of Rural Life
Wester Kittochside, Philipshill Road, East Kilbride 19.7 miles away
The National Museum of Rural Life is set on Wester Kittochside working farm in East Kilbride, Scotland, which is run according to 1950s agricultural methods and practices. Inside the farmhouse you get a real sense of what living on a farm was... more
Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland Street, Glasgow 19.8 miles away
Scotland Street School, Museum of Education was built in the early 1900s, the building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The collections relate to education in Scotland from 1872 to the present day and include furniture, books, photographs,... more
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Argyle Street, Glasgow 20.0 miles away
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Hunterian Museum
The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow 20.2 miles away
The Hunterian Museum Scotland's first public museum, which opened its doors in 1807, the Hunterian Museum within Glasgow University is home to a cornucopia of exhibits collected by the late Dr William Hunter, an 18th century student –... more
Hunterian Art Gallery & The Mackintosh House
University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow 20.2 miles away
Hunterian Art Gallery & The Mackintosh House, Glasgow Part of the University of Glasgow's old and distinguished Hunterian Museum, The Hunterian Art Gallery is home to an outstanding collection of paintings by Rembrandt, Koninck,... more
Gallery of Modern Art
Royal Exchange Square, 361 Wellshot Road, Glasgow 20.9 miles away
The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Glasgow, sits in a neo-classical, pillared building in Exchange Square, once the hub of commercial activity in the city and now the pulse of 20th and 21st century artistic endeavour. Just a stone's throw from the... more
People's Palace & Winter Gardens
Glasgow Green, Glasgow 21.2 miles away
The People´s Palace Museum and Winter Gardens opened in 1898, the collection displays the historical, social and cultural history of Glasgow, and its people from 1750 to the present. Displays tell the story of the Tobacco Lords who lived in sumptuous... more
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art
2 Castle Street, Glasgow 21.6 miles away
The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art aims to promote understanding and respect between people of different faiths and of none. Displays occupy three floors and are divided into four exhibition areas: the Gallery of Religious Art, the Gallery... more
North Lanarkshire Archives Centre
1 High Road, Motherwell 28.7 miles away
Motherwell Heritage Centre is now the North Lanarkshire Archives Centre. It still has its gallery space, currently with a spring exhibition about local industries and their contribution to civil engineering around the world. The new archives centre... more
Summerlee - The Museum of Scottish Life
Heritage Way, Coatbridge 28.8 miles away
It's blast off at Summerlee Industrial Museum for the whole family, where the ironwork's old furnaces can still be viewed and you can jump on board Scotland's only electric tramway. Step back in time to the mid-19th century when the area was dubbed... more
Callendar House
Callendar Estate, Falkirk 42.0 miles away
One of Scotland´s finest country houses, Callender House tells the story of over 600 years of Scottish history and architecture. Costumed staff re-create the daily routines of the past, in the working Georgian kitchen, the Printers, General Store and... more
Robert Burns Centre
The Observatory, Rotchell Road, Dumfries 86.3 miles away
The Robert Burns Centre is situated in the town´s 18th century watermill on the West Bank of the River Nith. It tells the story of Robert Burns´ last years spent in the bustling streets and lively atmosphere of Dumfries in the late 18th century. On... more
Gracefield Arts Centre
29 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries 86.4 miles away
From contemporary Scottish Art to the Glasgow Boys to the Kirkcudbright School, Gracefield Art Centre in Dumfries is home to a wide range of wonderful pieces to appeal to all tastes. You will find more than 400 Scottish paintings here and there is an... more
Robert Burns House
Burns Street, Dumfries 86.6 miles away
Robert Burns House is a simple sandstone house set in a quiet Dumfries street. It was here he died in 1796 and the house gives us a picture of how the poet and his family lived. On display are the desk and chair he used along with many original... more
Queensferry Museum
53 High Street, South Queensferry 99.4 miles away
Queensferry Museum is situated in the historic former Royal Burgh of Queensferry, the museum commands magnificent views of the great bridges spanning the Forth. The museum traces the history of the people of Queensferry and Dalmeny, the historic... more
Manx National Heritage
Manx Museum, Kingswood Grove, Douglas 100.6 miles away
At Manx National Heritage, enjoy 10,000 years of the Isle of Man´s often turbulent history brought to life in an imaginative and thought-provoking way through the Story of Mann, which starts at the award-winning Manx Museum in Douglas and takes on a... more
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One)
75 Belford Road, Edinburgh 104.6 miles away
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Road, Edinburgh 104.6 miles away
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National War Museum
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh 105.4 miles away
The National War Museum in Edinburgh is simply unmissable for those with an interest in Scottish soldiers through history. Within the magical setting of the city's grand, foreboding castle, you'll hear accounts of glorious victory and miserable... more
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The Mound, Edinburgh 105.7 miles away
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The Writers' Museum
Lady Stairs House, Lady Stairs Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh 105.7 miles away
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Chambers Street, Edinburgh 105.8 miles away
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1 Queen Street, Edinburgh 105.8 miles away
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City Art Centre
2 Market Street, Edinburgh 105.9 miles away
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Talbot Rice Gallery
University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh 105.9 miles away
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Museum of Childhood
42 High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh 106.0 miles away
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Canongate Tolbooth, Royal Mile, Edinburgh 106.2 miles away
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Huntly House, 142 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh 106.3 miles away
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Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh 106.6 miles away
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Kirkcaldy Galleries
War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy 111.1 miles away
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Castle Street, Carlisle 115.1 miles away
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National Museum of Flight
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The Old Courthouse Gallery
Market Pl, Ambleside 128.2 miles away
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Beatrix Potter Gallery
Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside 129.1 miles away
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Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore
Kingussie Road, Newtonmore 130.3 miles away
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British Golf Museum
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Johnson City, Tenn. - Pitcher, Martika Elmore, won twice today as the Tornados swept Milligan, 2-1 and 8-6, led by Chelsi Mallory's six RBIs and four for eight performance at the plate.
Brevard improves to 10-11 on the year, while Milligan falls to 10-5 after sweeping Brevard in the teams' first meeting this year.
Game 1: Brevard 2, Milligan 1
Box Score
Mallory, who leads the team with a .423 batting average, went two for three at the plate with a homerun and a RBI double accounting for both of the Tornados runs in the first game.
Elmore held Milligan to three hits and one run, while striking out 12, keeping Brevard in a tight, low-scoring game. Elmore improved her ERA to 2.78 with a 7-5 record on the year.
Brevard jumped to an early lead in the top of the first when Mallory homered to left field, but Milligan quickly responded with a homerun of their own when Jessica Fix put one over the fence with two outs in the bottom of the first.
The Tornados did not regain the lead until the fifth inning when Mallory's double to left scored Leslie Hylton who pinch ran for Nicole Heusel, after she singled for her second hit of the game.
Game 2: Brevard 8, Milligan 6
Box Score
Starting pitcher, Jennifer Gift pitched five innings, allowing ten hits and six runs, striking out eight batters along the way before Elmore replaced her in the sixth inning to qualify for the win.
Sidney Burns was charged with her second loss of the day after replacing a string of Buffaloes' pitchers late in the game.
Maddie Fletcher and Mallory each added three RBIs for the Tornados while Kristina Clayton scored three runs on a three for four performance at the plate.
Brevard scored first adding their first two runs in the top of the first. Nicole Heusel led off with a walk followed by singles from Clayton, Mallory, and finally Maddie Fletchers two run single to center.
Milligan responded with four runs in their half of the inning, as they jumpstarted their offense with five straight singles. Including a single from the catcher Megan Heaton, who totaled four RBIs on the day to lead Milligan's offense.
Brevard followed with two more runs in the second inning. With two outs, Heusel struck out swinging, but advanced on a passed ball by Heaton to keep the inning alive. Clayton followed with a walk before Mallory reached base on an error allowing Heusel to score and Clayton to advance to third. With Fletcher at bat, Ryann Musick threw a wild pitch scoring Clayton to make the score 4-4.
The Tornados took the lead back in the fourth inning as they added two more runs on a Mallory double to center scoring Hylton and Clayton.
Milligan tied the score in the bottom of the fifth on Heaton's single off of Gift.
Elmore replaced Gift the following inning giving her the win when Brevard scored two late runs in the seventh to break the tie on a Clayton singled that scored Becca Curlee, and a Fletcher single that score Heusel.
Melanie Strickler led off the bottom of the seventh with a single off of Elmore, then Emily Biggs hit a double giving the Buffaloes a runner on second and third with one out, but Sarah Carlos put out Heaton unassisted without letting Milligan score, followed by a lineout to second baseman Heusel to end the game.
Brevard returns to action on Sunday when they travel to Truett-McConnell for a doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m.


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North Sydney family rigged up parachute to power snowboard
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. — You could say the idea was blowing in the wind.
An evening of Christmas music will be followed by dance
Danny Doucette and The Acadians headline a show of seasonal music at the Osprey in Shelburne on Saturday, Dec. 8 starting 8 p.m.
Danny Doucette and The Acadians will perform traditional Christmas songs with a French Acadian flair.
Joining them for this concert of holiday-themed music are a host of local talent. Soloist Shelly MacIntosh and Manitoba Hal have a few Christmas favourites lined up. Alex Buchanan and Natalie Lynn are working on an arrangement of "Baby It's Cold Outside" that's sure to be memorable.
Special guest Peggy O'Malley (aka Bennett el Sahbrah) will heat up the Osprey on a cold Christmas evening with a holiday-themed belly dance.
The concert of seasonal music is just the first half of a night to get everyone in the Christmas spirit. After the intermission, the band Backtrac will take the stage for a Christmas dance. Anthony Gosbee, Kathy Bennett, Jack Smith, Danny Acker and Wayne Purney will rock the house with danceable music and even some swinging Christmas numbers.
Tickets for A Shelburne Christmas are $15 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available at the Whirligig Book Shop (875-1117) in Shelburne and at the door a half hour before the performance.


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I didn't try it with two interfaces actually connected because the
manual says all you really need to do is configure the LAN and then you
should be able to see the web interface.
I did try it with two NIC's with both LAN and WAN assigned, but that was
without an actual WAN connection. I'll try it out tonight and see how it
_/eff lorenzini
a certified industry figure since 1996
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Padilla [mailto:Adrianp918 at majesticsoundsonline dot com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:15 PM
To: Allan D. Piske; Jeff Lorenzini; m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Can't get the web interface to work
Yes I tried with only one interface and would not work I had to have 2
cards then all went fine
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan D. Piske [mailto:zyryz at terra dot com dot br]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:12 PM
To: Jeff Lorenzini; m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Can't get the web interface to work
I'm not pretty sure about that but i think that m0n0wall needs at least
interfaces configured:
Lan and Wan.
make sure the two of them are assigned and are on diferent logical
Also, try load default config on m0n0 console and try only to assign the
interfaces without changing addresses.
Try to connect a PC on LAN interface using DHCP then try access the
again ( use the crossover cable )
If it still doesnt work you have some serious problem, belive me, it
work that way.
zyryz at zyryz dot net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lorenzini" <jlorenzini at stratacare dot com>
To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: [m0n0wall] Can't get the web interface to work
I downloaded and installed the latest CD-ROM version of m0n0wall, but I
was pretty much hosed right from the start.
I specified my LAN card, set the subnet mask, assigned an IP, but when I
try and bring up the web interface from another machine it doesn't
respond. Also, ping shows no response.
I've got a straightforward LAN, all on 192.168.0.x with 255.255.255.0
subnet. FreeBSD recognizes the LAN adapters (I've tried three different
ones), shows (up) by the LAN adapter even. But no web interface. I'm
going to http://192.168.0.3/ to bring it up, in my specific case.
Automatic configuration fails, though.
Anybody have any ideas? I've tried m0n0wall on two machines and three
adapters, as well as two different 10/100/1000 switches, so I'm pretty
much giving up at this point.
Maybe I'll try running a crossover between a machine and the m0n0wall
computer, to see if I can access it that way. Other than that, I'm
_/eff lorenzini
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By Rich Myhre Herald Writer
LYNNWOOD — With a new coaching staff and all new players but one, no one knew what to expect from the 2012-13 Edmonds Community College men's basketball team.
Certainly no one expected what happened.
Under first-year head coach Kyle Gray, and with a collection of players from here and there, the Tritons completed their regular season with a 23-3 overall record and a first-place mark of 13-1 in the North Division of Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges.
Edmonds CC's regular-season record is the best (by winning percentage) in the entire NWAACC, a four-division, 33-team league in Washington and Oregon. And at the NWAACC tournament, which begins Saturday, the Tritons will be bidding for the second league title in school history and their first since 1985.
"At the beginning of every season, you're always optimistic about what can happen if you stay healthy and if (good) things happen," Gray said. "And we knew the potential was there. But the fact that we've got this far with this much success is pretty awesome."
What makes the season even more remarkable is that Gray had to start from scratch … sort of. Previous Edmonds CC coach Sean Higgins left after going 3-21 last season, and his departure happened about the same time Seattle CC — where Gray had coached for eight years — was cutting its program.
Gray was hired at Edmonds CC a week later, and brought with him four players and his staff of assistants from Seattle CC.
But the most important roster additions were two players who did not play last year. Forward Shaq McKissic, a 2009 graduate of Kentridge High School, played at Edmonds CC in 2009-10, but then sat out the last two seasons. Point guard Ricardo Maxwell, who is from Cincinnati, played one season for Gray at Seattle CC in 2010-11, but redshirted last year with a foot injury.
This season the 6-foot-4 McKissic is the NWAACC's second leading scorer at 23.0 points a game and has the league's top scoring game with 46 points against Skagit Valley College on Feb. 2. He is also third in rebounds (9.9), fifth in steals (3.1) and 18th in assists (3.7).
He is, Gray said, "a freak athlete. He can shoot from the outside, but he likes to get up and attack the basket. … He dunks a lot. In a typical game he'll get two or three, but in some games he'll get quite a few more. And they're powerful. It's like, get out of his way or you're going to end up on a poster."
In fact, a McKissic dunk stands as the team's top highlight this season. Against Bellevue CC earlier this month, teammate Jordan Diel was leading a fast break and sensed McKissic trailing the play. Near the basket Diel flipped a looping pass back over his shoulder, "and all of a sudden Shaq comes flying through the air out of nowhere, grabs the ball and throws it down," Gray said, grinning at the memory. "It was just phenomenal."
The 5-10 Maxwell, meanwhile, is seventh in scoring (20.7) and fifth in assists (5.3). "He's a dynamic point guard," Gray said. "He can score at will (including 32 points in Saturday's regular-season finale against Everett CC), but would rather get his teammates involved."
In community college basketball, and with players "from all over the place, and from very different walks of life," team chemistry is never a sure thing, Gray said. But on this team, "their willingness to listen to each other and to bond with each other has been pretty special. And that's probably what's gotten us from being a good team to being a great team. I think that's the biggest key right there, their willingness to get along."
"Shaq and Ricardo put up big numbers for points, but they also share the ball a lot," said backup forward Jake Spade, a 2010 graduate of Meadowdale High School. "It's not like they hog the ball. They get their points, but they also help out the other players. … We work as a team, and that's why we're winning."
McKissic, who shares a residence with Maxwell, said he knew before the season "that we were going to be good. But to almost go undefeated, that was a shock. But we kept winning game after game after game, and then it was like, OK, this is real."
The upcoming NWAACC tournament is a four-day, 16-team event at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Edmonds CC has not qualified in recent years, so just being there is a positive step for the program. But these players and coaches want more.
"We honestly feel like we're going to win the NWAACCs," McKissic said. "We know what we have to do, we're extremely confident … and we're not scared one bit."
"I really believe we can do it," Spade added. "With the talent we have and the confidence we have, I think we'll definitely have a good shot at it."
It will not be easy, of course. Three other teams in the tournament have 20 or more wins, and another four won at least 18 games, including Whatcom CC, which gave the Tritons their only league loss this season.
Gray acknowledged as much, but in the next moment said, "I love our chances with this group. As long as we all play together and play smart … we know how to win. And we've done it all season, so why not keep it going for four more games?"