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On July 2, 1833, the final title for the Arivaca Land Grant was awarded to Tomas and Ignacio Ortiz.
On this date in 1864, Congress made the Arizona Territory a part of the Surveying District of New Mexico, thus providing for surveying operations within Arizona. Surveys were begun at Initial Point, a stone monument, 8 feet in diameter at the base, 4 feet at the top and 8 feet high, which was placed on a hill on the south side of the Gila River opposite the mouth of the Salt River.
On this date in 1908, Coconino National Forest was created from parts of Black Mesa, Tonto and Grand Canyon Forest Reserves.
On this date in 1839, Erastus Snow, co-founder of the town of Snowflake, was born.
On this date in 1887, the first railroad line to Phoenix began operation. Crowds gathered at the depot as the first engine pulled into town with three little girls, Mabel Hancock and Serene and Cora Goodrich, ringing the bell.
On this date in 1917, Gila County Sheriff Tom Armer swore in 400 citizens to protect the property at the Old Dominion Mine during a strike, pending the arrival of federal troops.
On this date in 1880, George Warren gambled his interest in the Copper Queen Mine at Bisbee on a horse race and lost. His share eventually became worth $20 million.
On this date in 1917, Arivaca Land and Cattle Co. sponsored a big Fourth of July celebration with a rodeo, burro and pony races, contests and games.
On this date in 1921, Fourth of July merrymaking combined with a celebration of the progress of the government diversion dam near Florence was interrupted when a 3-foot wall of water rose behind and quickly topped the unfinished dam, sending picnickers scrambling for higher ground.
On this date in 1925, two days of rain storms flooded Tucson, washed out the Nogales road and brought down telephone and telegraph lines throughout southern Arizona.
On this date in 1867, Andrew E. Douglass, astronomer and educator, who developed dendrochronology, the science of tree-ring dating, was born.
On this date in 1917, four troops of the U.S. Cavalry and one machine gun troop were rushed to Globe when state authorities could not control the rising disorder among the miners there. In Ajo at the New Cornelia Mine, 75 percent of the miners joined the Worker's Loyalty League, pledging not to strike.
On this date in 1936, 10 contestants were injured, one fatally, at Prescott's annual Frontier Days Rodeo.


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Archive for Thursday, September 20, 2001
Terrorist attacks ground USD 232 planned NetSchools fact-finding trip
Last week's terrorist attack delayed a De Soto school district trip to Pennsylvania to look at the NetSchools Inc. laptop in a school setting.
Superintendent Marilyn Layman along with several school board members had planned a trip to Pittsburgh, Pa., for that purpose. But because of last Tuesday's terrorist events, the trip has been rescheduled.
The delay won't prevent the district from realizing its goal of starting the phase in of the NetSchools next fall, Layman said.
"Our trip is postponed," Layman said, "but we expect to complete the phase-in process on time as scheduled."
NetSchools is the new technology program the board hopes to phase in to all district schools. The program will provide laptop computers to students. At school, the laptops access the Internet via radio frequency. The laptops can handle regular phone line ports at home. For students without home Internet access, material can be downloaded into the computers from Web sites chosen for their compatibility with the district's curriculum.
Layman and board members expected to learn more about NetSchools and the funding required to make the plans a reality in De Soto schools. They then expected to be able to provide an outline of costs to the entire board Monday night. The group will make the trip in October instead.
Monday, board member Bill Waye took the opportunity to voice his concerns about technology funding.
Current funding stems from a bond issue providing technology funding for 20 years. Waye said NetSchools could be outdated in eight years, and then the board might be stuck.
"Maybe we should see about financing bonds for five years instead of 20, " Waye said.
Other board members showed some support. Board member Marsha Bennett suggested that bonds for five years were used in the past and were not well received. But she thought they might be more appropriate now.
Several board members agreed that further discussion on the matter might be warranted.
All members agreed that for now and the foreseeable future, NetSchools was the best and most promising technology for learning, and they plan to pursue its implementation in the district as soon as possible.
Tuesday night's school board meeting included a discussion of how the community was affected by last week's terrorist attacks. Board members reported both incidences of support and selfishness.
Layman explained to the board that Clear Creek Elementary School had served as a communication source for one DeSoto woman stranded in Washington, D.C. The woman was able to get word to her children that she was fine by e-mailing the school.
Layman also spoke of the sense of togetherness and support felt at sporting events and services, which she said brought comfort to many in the district.
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Aleksandar Kolundzic Joins Pillitteri Estates Winery as Winemaster
The Pillitteri family and team welcome Aleksandar Kolundzic as Winemaster of Pillitteri Estates Winery.
Kolundzic brings with him over 15 years of experience and expertise in wine making. He has been with Vincor Canada as a VQA Winemaker since June 2004 and previous to that with Hillebrand Winery as a Winemaker and Lab and Cellar Technician commencing in 1996. Aleksandar received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and his Honours Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology at Brock University. Aleksandar's proficiency in HACCP and his ISO program knowledge is also valuable for Pillitteri to continue with the production of secure and quality VQA wine making. Aleksandar will commence his position at Pillitteri for the beginning of the 2010 harvest.
"I have always considered Pillitteri Estates winery a benchmark for high quality wines with elegance and finesse. It is a great privilege to become winemaster for this distinctive winery. My goal is to continue to develop the high quality standards the winery has already established."
Pillitteri Estates Winery is a family run and operated business founded in 1993 and is situated on 113 acres of vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Since its inception the winery has experienced tremendous growth and has established itself as a leader in the industry. It currently exports to 29 countries and is the largest estate producer of Icewine in the world. Pillitteri has won over 450 international and domestic awards, reflecting the winery's commitment to produce premium VQA wines.


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I have been fortunate enough to have a handful of excellent babysitters. While I don't leave my kids often, we do have an occasional date night, and I also rely on babysitters when I'm working in the summer months. Here are a few tips for someone who is learning how to babysit and wants repeat business.
Clean Up
My house is not always clean. Okay, that may be the understatement of the century. My house has three little kids and a work-from-home mommy,so it is very rarely spotless. Still, when I come home and find that the mess is not any worse than when I left, the babysitter earns brownie points. I don't expect her to clean up my existing mess, although if she feels so inclined I encourage her to go ahead!
Engage the Kids
I want my kids to be excited that a babysitter is coming over. The babysitter should be fun, should have new and interesting activities that I haven't thought of before, and should not rely on the television to keep the kids entertained. Sure, an occasional show is fine, but I'm paying you to play with my kids, not plop them in front of the T.V. I could do that myself.
Be On Time
My babysitters, for the most part, had to rely on others to drive them, but if you are driving yourself, be on time. If I have an appointment, I don't want to be wondering if I will be on time, nor do I want to have to rush through my list of do's and don'ts once you finally do arrive. Try to be a little early or — better yet — right on time.
Tell Me About Behavior...Sometimes
No mom wants to come home to a list of everything her kids did wrong while she was gone. They are kids. They are going to misbehave. I trust you can handle a little bit of misbehavior. However, if there's a serious problem that needs my attention, I need to know. Learn how to determine what the difference is between a small problem that can be remedied with a babysitter imposed time-out, and a larger problem that needs mom intervention.
I can honestly say that the babysitters I have used in the past have followed each of these guidelines well — and that's exactly why I call them again when I need help. Keep these tips on how to babysit in mind and you will likely get called back to sit again.
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Tabernacle of Moses open through May 13
CAMERON—The "Tabernacle Experience" is coming to Cameron.
Beginning Friday, May 3 and continuing through May 13, the life-size, interactive Tabernacle of Moses will be open to guests at Primera Baptist Church, 904 East First Street, according to Charles L. Cole, director of Missions for the FIRM Baptist Area, headquartered in Cameron.
"This fully interactive exhibit has seven stations that lead visitors through an Old Testament journey that is formative as well as informative," Cole said
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:30 until 8 p.m. Sunday.
A $5 contribution per person is requested. Cole said more than 100,000 people have made this approximate 50-minute tour.
"This replica of the portable sanctuary remains true to the precise size and layout of the original Tabernacle constructed by Moses," Cole said. "Visitors will take a self-guided, narrated tour, learning at each station about the tent that housed the Ark of the Covenant over 3,000 years ago, as described in the book of Exodus."
FMI: call 254-697-6505 or visit firm.isrv.org.
Cowboy Church offers Kingdom Dog Ministries
Milam County Cowboy Church will present "God's truths taught through a hunting dog" Saturday, June 1 in a program for men.
Kirk Glasby, publicist, said the event will include a steak dinner, music and a message from Hank Hough of Kingdom Dog Ministries. "Hank shares through his Labrador retriever hunting dogs," Glasby said. Hough will also bring his message at the 10 a.m. Sunday service June 2.
Saturday's schedule: a 3-D archery shoot, 3 p.m.; dinner, 5:30; and Hough's program. Men wishing to attend Saturday should RSVP to 512- 630-1607 or kglasby@gmailcom.
Garage, bake sales to aid parsonage fund
THORNDALE— Pleasant Retreat United Methodist Church will hold a garage sale from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, at 207 N. Main Street in Thorndale.
The church will also hold a bake sale from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, May 11 in front of Thorndale Meat Market.
Proceeds go to parsonage improvements. FMI: 898-2537 or 898-2196.
Local pastor to speak at seminary graduation
Dr. David E. Gonnella, pastor of Landmark Baptist Church in Rockdale, will be the main speaker Friday at the graduation ceremonies for the West Florida Baptist Institute and Seminary in Pensacola, Florida.
West Florida Baptist Institute and Seminary is one of 20 seminaries within the American Baptist Association. The school offers theological and ministry degrees on bachelor, master, and doctoral levels.
Thrift store volunteers announced for month
Rockdale Christian Services Heavenly Treasures thrift store serving the needy at 233 North Main Street is staffed by volunteers from RCS members churches. Church assignments through April are as follows:
May 9, First Presbyterian; May 10, Foster Ladies; May 14, Tuesday Volunteers; May 15, Peace Lutheran; May 16, Full Gospel; May 17, Meadowbrook Baptist; May 21, Tuesday Volunteers; May 22, Cowboy Church; May 23, Guadalupanas; May 24, Grace Lutheran; May 28, Tuesday Volunteers; May 29, St. Joseph's Catholic; May 30, First Christian; May 31, Mt. Zion Baptist.—Judy Brown, volunteer chair
'Summer Explosion' bike/car show May 18
Meadowbrook Baptist Church will hold its third annual "Summer Explosion" bike and auto show, also fea- turing music, games and food, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18.
The event will be held in the church parking lot. FMI: Ryan Warner, youth minister, 512-234-0857.
Next men's breakfast May 21 at St. John's
An ecumenical monthly men's Christian fellowship breakfast is held from 7 until 8 a.m. each second Tuesday, the site rotating between several local churches.
Next breakfast will be on the third Tuesday, May 21, at St. John's United Methodist Church, Hillcrest at Summit streets.
"Purpose is Christian fellowship and all men of the Rockdale area are invited," said Bill Avrett, spokesman.
"The date has changed to the third Tuesday for the month of May only," Avrett said. "The breakfast will return to the second Tuesday in June and thereafter."
Women on Mission
Women on Mission of First Baptist Church met May 1 in the FBC Family Life Center. A study on Islam was presented by Jane Robinson.
Others attending were Dr. Lucile Estell, Mary Yates, Gladys Roberts, Faye Simpson, Elaine Simpson, Barbara Clark, Jane Darwin and Mary Lois Morgan.—Elaine Simpson, reporter


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The Detroit Tigers were the only division winner with a losing record on the road, but their 50 home wins were one shy of the most in the majors.
That is one reason they remain optimistic as they prepare to host at least the next two (and perhaps the next three) games of the World Series. After dropping the first two games to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, the Tigers hope to create the same home-field advantage the Giants enjoyed.
The stats prove Detroit was a better offensive team at home than on the road during the regular season. At Comerica Park, the team hit .278/.342/.485 with 92 homers and averaged 4.85 runs per game. On the road, the Tigers hit .258/.327/.395 with 71 homers and 4.11 runs per game.
The Tigers' biggest problem in this series has been their lack of hitting/San Francisco's tremendous pitching. Even when Detroit has hit the ball hard, it always seems to end up in a glove.
"The Giants' pitching is here for a reason," Tigers center fielder Edwin Jackson told The Detroit News. "I think we swung the bats well and hit some balls hard right at somebody. We just couldn't get anything to fall when we needed. It's tough to win in somebody's home territory. We believe we'll be all right."
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UFC veteran Phil Baroni has signed a contract with Xtreme MMA in Quebec, Canada to headline their upcoming card XMMA 7 on February 27 in Montreal, Quebec.
According to reports on CagePlay.com, Baroni's XMMA debut will come against welterweight prospect Guillaume de Lorenzi.
Baroni, a native of Long Island, New York, made the drop to welterweight earlier this year and has since gone 3-0 with victories over Scott Jansen, Ron Verdadero, and Olaf Alfonso.
De Lorenzi possesses an unblemished mixed martial arts record of 5-0. de Lorenzi, a heavy handed striker, holds stoppage victories over Nordine Taleb, Iraj Hadin, Keith Perrigon, Jay Jenkins, and Jason Motard.
Since the collapse of TKO Championship Fighting in October, XMMA has filled the void in the Canadian market by signing notable names including Baroni, Christine "Cyborg" Santos, David Loiseau, among others.
XMMA 7 will also feature a light heavyweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter alumni Ryan Jimmo and Mike Nickels.
Since appearing on TUF, Jimmo has secured victories over Chris Fontaine, Jesse Forbes, and Rick Roufus.


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This must be TPK (Total Party Kill) week since two of the five links are related to this topic. Wow. May it be many moons before your next TPK! On with the links!
How to Handle a TPK – Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Style
This is an interesting take on keeping the party together in a totally unique situation after a TPK. I love this idea, and will most likely put it to use after the next TPK happens when I'm running the game. May it be a long time before this happens, though.
Holy Freaking Crud – Rome, In All It's Cartographic Glory
These are some wonderful maps of ancient Rome and its empire! I followed the link to ORBIS (click through to the blog for the link to ORBIS) and found myself
wasting spending quite a bit of time researching different aspects of the Roman Empire. Good stuff, there. Thanks for the blog post, Matt!
An Empty Death, An Empty Life: Making PC Death Matter
Huh. Another post about character death, but not about TPKs. This one is about making the death of a character matter to the player. If a player dies because of some random die roll, then it really doesn't matter much. It steals the breath out of the character (and the player) and really doesn't do much for the game. Don't let the percentages of dice take away a life. Allow for great circumstances (and heroic actions!) to take precedence.
GMs can "cheat." I don't mean fudging dice rolls. I mean that if they need a monstrous spider that can also regenerate like a troll, they can do it. They don't have to "save up" character points, experience points, Heka, action points or the like to pull it off. They just do it. For the players there's more at stake. They have to earn every little thing they get. If something is just given to them, they don't value/treasure it as much as if they had earned it. This is true in real life as well as in the game. It's just human nature. If a particular aspect of the game can't be earned or is just given away freely, then perhaps that aspect should be removed from the game completely, or simply abstracted away. I'll stop rambling now and let DNAPhil take over by telling you to follow the link to his post.
What do you do when your character goes down? What about out? Do you sit quietly at the table? Do you tell other players how to run their characters? Do you fiddle, fidget and mess around causing distractions? Maybe it's time to roll up the next character, and you bombard the GM with questions about your Next Great Thing while he's trying to run the combat? Bah. Don't do any of those! Take it like a man! What happens when the whole party goes down, one-by-one? Do they detract from the situation, or do they cheer on the remaining party members? How you react to the loss of a character (permanent or otherwise) is a great judge of how high of a quality of a player you are.


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What does the ruler of Dubai have to do with the proposed deal to merge the Toronto Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange? What is Holdco? And why is the Italian securities commission involved? We answer key questions about the ins and outs of the blockbuster stock exchange merger - with a little help from the 213-page merger agreement released Wednesday by the two partners.
Who owns the Toronto Stock Exchange?
The exchange used to be owned by Canada's largest brokerage firms, but it became a for-profit company in 2000 and then a publicly traded company with much wider ownership in 2002. The exchange is currently owned by parent company TMX Group Inc., which is based in Toronto. No one owns more than 10 per cent of the shares of TMX Group - and no one can do so without approval of the Ontario and Quebec securities regulators.
Who would own the new merged company?
Short answer: Dubai and Qatar would own a lot of it. Borse Dubai owns 20.6 per cent of the London Stock Exchange and Qatar Investment Authority owns 15.1 per cent, giving the two Gulf states a 36-per-cent total stake. The deal terms say LSE shareholders would own just over half of the merged company - 55 per cent - which means Borse Dubai and Qatar Investment Authority would own almost 20 per cent of the new company. Borse Dubai is controlled by the emirate's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
What would the new merged company be called?
"Holdco" has a nice ring to it. The TSX and LSE would continue to operate under their existing names. No name has been determined yet for the parent company that would own the two operations. Legal documents are generically calling it "Holdco" - short for holding company -for now. Shares of the new merged company would trade in both Toronto and London.
Where would the head office be?
The company would have co-headquarters in Toronto and London, and the agreement requires "one or more global business units and one or more support functions" be headquartered in Toronto. There is an undertaking in the merger agreement that the global primary stock markets business would be based in Toronto and the group's finance function would be run from Toronto. Montreal would be the headquarters of the global derivatives operation and Calgary would house the global energy business unit.
Who would run it?
Initially, the chief executive officer of the new company would be Xavier Rolet, the London-based CEO of London Stock Exchange Group PLC. TMX Group CEO Tom Kloet would become president of the new company while TMX Group chief financial officer Michael Ptasznik would become CFO. Both Mr. Kloet and Mr. Ptasznik would be based in Toronto.
How would it be governed?
The company would have a 15-member board of directors, chaired by TMX chairman Wayne Fox. It would have seven Canadian directors on the board, including the most senior executive of the new company who is based in Canada and at least four independent Canadian directors. Initially, the Canadian directors would include the chairman, CEO and CFO of TMX Group and four independent directors. It is envisioned that three of the eight board seats appointed by the LSE would be from the Borsa Italiana, which the LSE controls. One-third of the board meetings would be held in Canada and a majority will be held in Britain.
Can these commitments be changed?
Yes. The board composition conditions would be in effect for four years and could change after that. The merger agreement lays out conditions under which Canada could lose directors from the board and lose executive positions. Business functions could be shifted to other jurisdictions at any time as long as there is an overall balance between global business units headquartered in Canada, Britain and Italy. The balance is subject to adjustment in the event of a significant acquisition or business expansion in other regions.
What is a "merger of equals"?
In a takeover, one company acquires another, usually smaller, entity by paying cash or stock to the target's shareholders. In a "merger of equals," however, two companies of roughly the same size combine through some form of stock swap. What's more important, though, is who is running the show. Key executive roles might be divided up initially, but sometimes it becomes clear over time that one firm is predominant in management or control. In this case, LSE shareholders would end up with about 55 per cent of the combined entity's stock, the British firm would have eight of 15 directors, and the chief executive officer would come from the LSE. But the TSX would supply the company chairman and chief financial officer.
What's the deal worth?
TMX Group shareholders would receive 2.993 London Stock Exchange PLC shares for each of their TMX shares, which means they would own 45 per cent of the merged company. After the deal closes, the London company would be renamed to reflect its broader scope. The combined companies currently have a market value of $7.1-billion (Canadian).
Who must approve the deal?
A slew of bodies have to give their nod before this deal can be done. First, a majority of LSE shareholders have to say "yes," as do two-thirds of TMX shareholders. An Ontario court has to approve the plan, and securities regulators in Britain, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba will have a say. Because the two companies have operations in the United States and Italy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Italian securities commission will get a chance to weigh in. And of course Ottawa will play a key role, because the merger is subject to the Investment Canada Act and the Competition Act.


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When Tyler Seguin and Jeff Skinner moved from Toronto's minor hockey system to the Ontario Hockey League last autumn there were two things they found harder to come by: Goals. And mom's home cookin'.
But, not necessarily in that order.
"The billet family down here is great," says Seguin, of his second home in Plymouth, Mich.
"The Rangers are a great organization and really take care of us," says Skinner, of moving from Markham to Kitchener.
But when you are 16, boys trying to find your way among young men, it's not the same as ... well, mom and familiar surroundings.
"It took a month or two to get settled and not feel homesick," admits Seguin, who grew up in Brampton. "Now this is starting to feel more like my winter home. You get new parents with the host billet family. It's still nice; like having another mom and dad. At first while my mom would call or text me every day but now it's down to every two days, or so."
Says Skinner: "I knew there would be an adjustment phase. I'm settling in now."
Settling in would be a modest assessment. Seguin and Skinner are two of the hottest commodities in the OHL, back-to-back winners of player of the week honours. "You hardly ever see rookies win that award, and especially never two weeks in a row. They're both exceptional players," Whalers GM/coach Mike Vellucci said.
Skinner scored five goals and eight points in four games, with a plus-7 rating for the week ending Feb. 15. Seguin had a four-point game a week earlier and three goals and three assists to win the award. With 50 points in 52 games he has moved to seventh among OHL rookies.
The teams play Friday in Kitchener, the latest chapter in careers that seem to shadow each other. Teammates last year with the Toronto Young Nats, both were first-round picks in the OHL draft. Both abandoned ideas of U.S. college to pursue NHL aspirations. Both ended up with Team Ontario, and both scored in the gold medal win, at the world under-17 tournament this year. And, now both are turning scouts heads. "It's funny how it worked out," Seguin said. "We know each other but you're always competing against each other, too. It's business. Maybe I'll give him a wink or say, hi."
Team-mates? Yes. Once.
Soulmates? Not so much.
Skinner scored 65 goals in 55 games last year in the GTHL. His strength on skates goes back to his training as a competitive figure skater, placing third as a juvenile at the 2004 nationals. "But I hurt my knee in summer hockey. We decided to focus on hockey ... I wanted to see where the game takes me," Skinner said.
It has taken him to third in the OHL among rookies with 24 goals. "The big difference is the time and space -- you need to make quicker decisions here," said Skinner, "plus being away from home was a big adjustment."
But, the Rangers were so confident of his talents they traded Scott Timmins, who coach/GM Steve Spott called "a world class player".
"(Jeff) has moved into his role," Spott said. "We knew when we drafted him he was a special talent. But the fact he's got over 20 goals; he has been what we were hoping he would be."
Seguin had a slow start but since Verlucci took over as coach he has looked much like the player who scored 39 goals and 86 points last year with the Nats. "About a month ago, I told him: Does he want to be good or does he want to be great. And he has the capability to be great," said Verlucci, with Seguin now third in team scoring. "From scoring goals, to setting up goals, to playing in his own end, the last two months he has been dynamic. He's one of the best I've had as a 16 year old. I knew he would be good. I didn't think he would be this good, this early."
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Lifehacker's Adam "never seen without a beanie" Dachis has come up with an ingenious solution for the gadget-laden traveler. Instead of messing around with travel chargers or any other gadget-by-gadget solution, he built a mobile charging station out of a giant portable battery and a USB hub.
Adam used a Grid-It organizer to strap the various components down in one place. To this he added a 7-Port USB hub (complete with two iPad-friendly fast charging ports), an 11,000mAh backup battery, plus a variety of cables for the target gadgets
I actually have the same battery pack as Dachis, albeit branded under a different brand name, so I might try something similar on my next trip. Even without the USB hub (which will put a drain on the battery, but might be great when you arrive at your hotel) the battery has two outputs,and can be charged while in use, making it a super-functional dual-charger.
I do like Adam's comprehensive setup, though, even if it does look like it weighs as much as the rest of my carry-on combined.
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A lady was in from central NE concerned about having a Diastemic cyst problem. I told her the x-rays she emailed the other day were listed but not attached as photos, so I could not see them to read.
"Oh, they're right here," she said, like that's no problem. She flipped out her iPod, touched it twice, and there they were as clear as could be.
Of course, I pretended to be a hot, high-tech social media junkie and pointed out several aspects of her condition. Her iPod x-ray was taken at the wrong angle to see the cyst while the old-fashioned one I just took was perfect, of course. It felt great. We solved the problem.
The very next patient, a brilliant woman deep into the Baseball College World Series, needed to have a crown adjusted and just had to show me her smart phone.
"It tells jokes, 'Tell me a joke,'" she quipped into it.
A droid voice answered, "Two men go into a bar, take out their smart phones and…I don't remember the rest."
We all had a good laugh and knew the rest of the day that we are a hot, high-tech social media junkie dental office. But my kids still nag me to get into the 20th century.
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On September 22nd, we will have the pleasure to introduce 2 speakers who will talk about Agile Testing and Delivery.
Continuous delivery is not just a technical tool. Regardless of whether we want it or not, it creates a fundamental change to the world around software teams, including marketing and customer interaction. Ignoring those changes is dangerous, because it can lead to conflicts with the rest of the company. Embracing those changes and exploiting them opens up new business opportunities. By recognising and taking charge in this transformation, software teams can become much more valuable to the companies around them. This talk will focus on how to unlock all that potential, and turn the fact that your teams can deliver frequently into an engine that will help you outrun your competition. This is a talk for tech and business people.
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I've seen some novel ideas for what to do with old innertubes including homemade rockets, whoopie cushions for car exhausts and even seat post shims (yes really).
But I was lucky enough to meet Beerbabe (aka Judy) at the Cannock Classic last month. She was sponsoring the single speed & fat bike category and exhibiting her homemade goodies made from recycled innertubes and bike parts, she even made the trophies for the category out of old chain rings!
Anyway, I stopped for a chat whilst I looked at her wallets, phone/camera cases & iPad covers and map cases all made from innertubes. But what I really needed was a chainstay protector, and when I mentioned this she just said "leave it with me".
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By Sean Barron
Johanna M. Nuzzo recalls the painful transition that saw her mother, Louise Morell, gradually go from being able to give love and kindness to being prone to angry outbursts.
"I watched my mother slip away. I kept asking myself, 'Where did my mother go?'" Nuzzo said, referring to her mother's having suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Nuzzo, of Austintown, fought back tears as she described her difficult odyssey to more than 500 people who participated in Saturday's 2011 Walk to End Alzheimer's event in Boardman Township Park.
Walkers included those with the disease and their family members, relatives, friends and caregivers.
The annual walk, sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association's Greater East Ohio Chapter, was to raise money and awareness regarding the irreversible disease, as well as for Alzheimer's care, support and research.
It also called on those with the disease, as well as their loved ones, community leaders and businesses, to be active in the fight against Alzheimer's, organizers said.
The event raised more than $35,000, noted Helen T. Paes, the Greater East Ohio chapter's community- development coordinator.
Nuzzo, who retired after 31 years of teaching in Lorain County and whose mother died Feb. 8, 1999, recalled that her mother's forgetfulness and other symptoms gradually worsened, which also caused Morell to become easily agitated.
Nuzzo, the event's 2011 honoree, told attendees how her mother once called Nuzzo from Nuzzo's Cleveland home, prompting her to drive to Youngstown only to find out that Morell was unable to remember why she had called.
Nuzzo, a Struthers High School graduate, noted that certain misconceptions still surround the disease.
For example, Alzheimer's is more than mere forgetfulness; the degenerative disease usually means the brain no longer is able to tell the body what to do, she continued, adding that her father-in-law also was diagnosed.
"It's emotionally and physically very draining on a family," she said. "It's scary, because you don't know what's coming."
People took advantage of perfect weather to walk individually or on teams such as "Team Sweet Mary," "Team Tofil," "Barry's Bunch" and "Bubu's Bunch." Nuzzo was part of "Team Forget-Me-Nots."
Last month, Dorothy Landon of Austintown lost her mother, Evelyn, of Mount Sterling, Mich., who had suffered from the disease.
"My mother was very religious," said Landon, who was part of "Bubu's Bunch." "She was very involved in her church and an all-around good woman."
The team was named after 72-year-old Luella Deffenbaugh, nicknamed "Bubu," who's spent about five years in a Salem nursing home after having been diagnosed with an early onset of Alzheimer's.
Other members of the team included Deffenbaugh's daughter, Sharon Stambaugh, and Stambaugh's husband, Dave.
Landon said this was her fifth time in the walk and that this year's participation was mainly to remember her mother.
The walk also featured awards, a raffle drawing and activities for children.
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The minor leagues' longest hitting streak in 18 season reached 36 games when Mitch Hilligoss laid down a bunt for a single in the seventh inning. Gio Gonzalez racked up more strikeouts and Chance Douglass continued to turn around his season on Wednesday night.
Josh Hamilton seems to be proving he's ready to return to the majors. In the second game of his rehab stint in Louisville Hamilton hit two more home runs–his second and third with the Bats. Jeff Keppinger, Chris Dickerson and Mark Bellhorn also homered for Louisville.
Jordan Tata made his first appearance of the season after missing two months with a sore shoulder. Tata was nearly perfect allowing only a walk in three innings. Ron Chiavacci followed up by throwing six scoreless innings in his hometown to beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Jeff Niemann lasted only five innings, but they were five effective innings as Niemann allowed only one run to pick up his fourth win.
Tacoma's Justin Lehr threw eight scoreless innings to improve to 6-0 while dropping his ERA to 2.34.
Joe Koshansky homered in the first game of Colorado Springs' doubleheader, but Philip Humber adeptly danced around trouble for his fourth win of the season. Humber allowed 10 hits, but only two runs in six innings.
The jump from low Class A West Michigan to Double-A Erie has been a steep one for Matt Joyce. The outfielder is hitting .190/.271/.323, but he homered to give the SeaWolves a 9-4 win over Harrisburg on Wednesday. Erie starter Jair Jurrjens was forced to leave after 5 2/3 innings with a strained groin.
Mike Costanzo hit his 10th home run of the season while Chris Coset added his second home run as Reading edged Bowie 6-5.
Brandon Jones doubled and homered and Brent Lillibridge tripled to lead Mississippi past Chattanooga. Mississippi starter Jo-Jo Reyes allowed four earned runs in six innings, but he did strike out 10.
Drew Anderson and Adam Heether each had four hits including home runs as Huntsville pounded Montgomery 19-4.
Gio Gonzalez kept on piling on the strikeouts in the annual Rickwood Classic. Playing at 97-year-old Rickwood Field, Birmingham topped Jacksonville 3-2 as Gonzales struck out eight in seven innings.
Chance Douglass has pulled off quite a turnaround. The Corpus Christi starter had a 7.08 ERA in four April starts, but he threw nine scoreless innings for the second consecutive start on Wednesday. Douglass, who has a 0.56 ERA in his last four starts, wasn't involved in the decision because Amalio Diaz matched him pitch for pitch with nine scoreless innings of his own. Noochie Varner drove in the game's only run in the 11th to hand the Hooks a 1-0 win.
Will Venable hit for the cycle as San Antonio topped Springfield 6-3. Venable singled in the third, tripled in the sixth, hit a three-run home run that broke open the game in the seventh and doubled to complete the cycle in the ninth. Baseball America's Non-Prospect Diarist Dirk Hayhurst picked up the win.
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Jason Schmidt was better than expected him a rehab start with Inland Empire. Schmidt struck out seven in six scoreless innings. He touched 92 mph, which is still below his normal velocity, but was improved over his last couple of starts before going on the disabled list with a sore shoulder.
Cyle Hankerd's 4-for-4 night with a home run led Visalia to a 5-2 win over Modesto. Lake Elsinore's David Freese did Hankerd one better, going 5-for-5 with three doubles to lead the Storm to a 6-2 win over Lancaster.
It's hard to know what to think about John Mayberry's season. Mayberry hit his 15th home run of the season on Wednesday night, but he is also hitting .234 with 49 strikeouts in 53 games.
Josh Rodriguez hit a grand slam as he drove in six runs as Kinston topped Wilmington 10-8.
Jairo Cuevas fell to an ugly 0-8 when Winston-Salem beat Myrtle Beach on Wednesday. Jordan Schafer homered for the Pelicans.
Bobby Parnell and Jacob McGee both pitched well, but neither was around when the game was decided as Chris Cunningham doubled in two runs in the 11th as Vero Beach topped St. Lucie 6-4.
John Urick hit two home runs as Clearwater topped Dunedin.
Jay Bruce hit his 10th home run of the season, but it wasn't enough for Sarasota, as Fort Myers' Oswaldo Sosa outdueled Darryl Thompson in a 5-3 Fort Myers win.
Low Class A
Beloit's Chris Parmelee's walk-off three-run home run gave Beloit a 5-3 win over Kane County.
Rafael Gonzalez came into this season with a 10-17 career record and a history of failing at low Class A Dayton. But he improved to 8-1, 2.47 this season with seven solid innings on Wednesday. Juan Francisco hit his 11th home run of the season and Chris Valiaka had four hits to give Gonzalez plenty of run support.
Sean O'Sullivan allowed one earned run in 6 2/3 innings, Matt Sweeney had four hits and Hank Conger hit his seventh home run of the season as Cedar Rapids topped Peoria.
The ball was flying out of Burlington's Community Field. Kuo Hui Lo, Alex Liddi, Carlos Peguero and Gerardo Avila homered for Wisconsin, but that wasn't enough as Burlington got home runs from Kurt Mertins and Jeff Howell.
Mitch Hilligoss' bunt single extended his hitting streak to a South Atlantic League record 36 games. When Hilligoss came up in the seventh inning, he saw that the third baseman was playing back, which set up the opportunity.
"(Manager Torre Tyson) mentioned (the bunt) to me in the dugout. I didn't think so at the time, but I saw the third baseman playing back and I thought about it again," Hilligoss said. "I looked at third base and Tys gave me a shrug, so I figured why not. (Frontz) threw an outside fastball and once I got it down, I knew I was in good shape."
Rome got four solo home runs but it wasn't enough as every Savannah batter recorded at least one hit. Francisco Pena hit a two-run home run to lead the Sand Gnats to a 9-5 win.
Taylor Green's outstanding season continues to get better. Green went 4-for-4 with three doubles and Charles Caufield homered as West Virginia topped Kannapolis 9-8.
Adrian Cardenas homered, Gus Milner cleared the bases with a triple and Quintin Berry added three more hits as Lakewood topped Delmarva 9-7.
Keith Weiser, the Rockies third-round pick in 2006, improved to 8-1 with seven shutout innings against Lexington.


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First-hand accounts of adventures in the Adirondacks and beyond, and Gore Mountain ski blog.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Whiteface Mtn Uphill Footrace: 09/22/2012
When I describe the footrace as a "niche" race, that's a reflection of the relatively small number of participants. Roughly 100 runners toed the starting line in Wilmington on Saturday, 8 miles and 3,500 vertical feet below the finish line at the Castle. By contrast, more than 1,600 runners competed in June's Lake Placid Marathon and Half Marathon. But the Whiteface Uphill Footrace is just as well organized and supported, with aid stations at every mile, chip timing, and age group awards.
Saturday's race held extra significance for me as it represented a return to a race I had run many times previously (8?.. 10?), but not since 2003. Conditions for Saturday morning's 8am start were just about ideal: temperatures approaching 60 degrees, blue skies, no wind. But clouds moving rapidly past the summit hinted that things might be a little different higher up on the mountain.
Running up Whiteface is all about settling into a steady, sustainable pace. With a goal of sub-1:20 (to beat my time from 2003), I needed to average 10-minute miles. I banked a minute or two over the first four miles - including a blistering 8:30 first mile - but my pace slowed to 11+ in mile 5 when the mountain channelled 20mph wind straight down the auto road. Although the winds occassionally eased, the upper mountain was a much windier, colder place than the starting line. I began figuring that I'd be happy to finish in 1:25 - or just finish period - when a red fox ran accross the road less than 20 feet in front of me at the Lake Placid turn. A sign of good luck perhaps? The final mile was particularly windy and tough, but I crossed the finish line in 1:22:45, 20th place overall. A minute faster would have been nice, but it's a result that I'm more than happy with. Final results are here.
It's been said of the marathon that you have to wait long enough to forget the pain before you run another (Frank Shorter). Nine years was more than long enough. I'll be putting the Whiteface Uphill Footrace back on my running calendar.
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Fabulous photographs and story. Apropos what you wrote about a sustainable pace, one top xc skier - I think it was Kris Freeman - said he tried to keep a steady pace on Whiteface until the last 5 minutes to the finish, and then cut loose.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Peter! Wow, cutting loose in the last 5 minutes... in my opinion that's the hardest portion of the race. I'm just looking to finish by the time I round the Wilmington Turn!Delete
Sounds like a cool race. I would like to try it sometime. Any more like this? If there are drop me an email, and I will give it a go.ReplyDeleteReplies
Bill, besides WF in Sept, there's Prospect Mtn (May) and Mt Washington (June). I beleive Greylock and Equinox each have road races as well.Delete


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Wyndsong Designs, an exhibitor at the April 6 and April 20 MACFests in downtown Mesa, is owned and operated by Karin "Kai" Sullivan. She has been a Master Beader, with a focus on spiritual semi-precious wearable art, for more than 30 years. Recently, Kai discovered polymer clay.
She creates one-of-a-kind works of art for the home, heart and spirit, including switch plate covers. Her line of Fairie Portals are an eclectic mix of color and design.
She also employs recycling in her work.
"I can upcycle virtually anything, add my blend of polymer clay millefiori canes and free-hand filigree, and it becomes art. I love what I do, and how a piece takes shape. I enjoy creating custom pieces. It allows me to provide something quite special for the recipient, a piece of art with their heart and soul in mind," Kai said.
All of her work is created, one piece at a time, in her small Mesa studio/home.
According to Kai, "Polymer clay is an exciting and limitless medium, with an abundance of color and movement."
Her designs are a blend of many polymer techniques, from millefiori to sculptural. She also utilizes techniques in rubber stamping and painting in her works.
Her work is enjoyed in homes across the USA and Internationally.
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There has been stiff condemnation of a double gun attack in which one of the victims was shot three times in the chest – and survived.
The attack occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning at Whitehill Drive in Bangor, to the south of the town centre.
A second man was also wounded, having been shot once in the leg.
It is understood the pair were outside at the time.
One of the victims was aged in their 20s and the other in their 30s, but police did not say which was which. Nor did they say whether the victims were living in the area or not.
DUP MLA Alex Easton issued a statement, saying: "I'd firstly like to condemn the shooting of these two men which is totally unacceptable and barbaric; this is not what we want to see in Whitehill or the wider community."
He said it was lucky nobody had died as a result.
His colleague, Gordon Dunne, said he was "appalled" by the violence, adding: "This whole incident has sent shockwaves through the local community."
David Symington, NI Conservatives, said: "This is the kind of story which Bangor could do without. Whitehill is a close community and hopefully police will find out what happened quickly."
The area where the gun attack occurred is largely terraced houses and flats, next to large, open playing fields.
Union Flags were on display and there was a Red Hand Commando-style logo on one of the buildings. No residents who the News Letter spoke to said they heard the gunshots.
One short-term resident, chip shop worker David Wood, 28, said it followed robberies in the area, and was the final straw for him.
"I was actually on [website] Gumtree looking to move house," he said from his garden, behind a line of police tape.
"We were debating it the last couple of weeks, and saw that and thought: to hell with it."
Others were unperturbed.
Alan Graham, a 63-year-old retired electrical designer, said he had slept through the attack and only found out what was happening mere doors away when a friend contacted him.
"I've worked out in Saudi Arabia, so nothing surprises me now," he said.
Stephen Dunlop, a 68-year-old retired Shorts worker, said: "It surprised me up here, because it's always very quiet. I looked out and saw the police and thought it was a car crash."
Was he worried by it?
"Not at all," he said. "I've done nothing for anybody to be worried about. When you work in Belfast all the years I did, you get used to these sort of things."
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Both victims were taken to the Ulster Hospital.
The South Eastern Trust said the man with the chest wounds is in a stable condition.
The man with the leg wound discharged himself, against medical advice, in the early hours of the morning.
It is not known what type of firearm was used in the shooting. Nearby resident Leonard Finlay, 55, and unemployed, said it had been a "long, long, long time" since there was such an incident in the area.
"I wonder what kind of gun they used," he said. "Usually, if you get one in the chest, you're a dead man. Three in the chest...?"


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A Juneau woman has pleaded guilty to laundering more than $25,000 in drug money for drug dealers accused of bringing oxycodone from California to Alaska.
SallyJean Maki, 26, deposited proceeds from drug sales in a True North Federal Credit Union account, the Juneau Empire ( http://bit.ly/zYZAK3 ) reported Thursday.
The account's owner claimed the deposits as business receipts for Southeast Alaska Tour Company, a fraudulent business set up to launder the money, prosecutors said.
According to a plea agreement, Maki was accused of depositing more than $25,000 into the account owned by Milan Thomas between July 2010 and August 2011.
Maki was indicted in October on one count of drug conspiracy for oxycodone and one count of money laundering conspiracy. The plea deal dismisses the drug conspiracy charge. She faces a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine and three years of supervised release when sentenced in May.
Thomas, who is still at large, and Hilary Herndon are believed to have been the leaders of the drug ring.
Herndon pleaded guilty last week to one count of drug conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy.
Prosecutors said Thomas and Herndon transported oxycodone and drug proceeds while traveling from California to Juneau on commercial air carriers. They also used drug couriers to transport oxycodone to Alaska and transport drug money back to California, as well as utilizing package delivery services, prosecutors said.
Court papers say the amount of traceable drug proceeds that passed through three bank accounts totaled more than $1.1 million.
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Asterix takes on the Disney invader
The stubborn warrior of Ancient Gaul is hoping to challenge US domination with his new £15m film
ASTERIX is preparing for a battle against an invader that has conquered much of France. But this time, he is up against Dreamworks and Disney, not Caesar and the Roman legions.
The cunning, stubborn Gaul is the subject of the most expensive feature-length cartoon to be made in Europe, which will be released in 650 French cinemas tomorrow.
Asterix and the Vikings is an ambitious four-year project designed to prove that the French hero is capable of matching the likes of Shrek, Nemo or Bambi.
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The chefs return to the dorm after the first elimination of Wil from the blue team. Seth is happy to have survived, but the blue team feels that he should have been gone. The red team deals with Lacey's attitude and Coi gives her a warning to step up to the plate or just go home.
The chefs head to bed late, but are rudely awakened early the next morning by a marching drum line playing a loud cadence in the dorms. The chefs head out to the front of the restaurant where Chef Ramsay is waiting. He tells the chefs how he is disappointed with the amount of waste from the previous service. As a lesson to them, they must dive into icy cold seawater to collect expensive hand dived scallops.
Wet, tired and miserable, the chefs return to the kitchen. Chef Ramsay gives a brief lesson in how to shuck a scallop and challenges the chefs to shuck as many as they can in 15 minutes. The team with the most scallops shucked to Chef Ramsay's standards will win the challenge.
After shucking, Chef Ramsay judges the red team first. Carol gets the red team off to a good start with an impressive 8 out of 8. The red team get onto a roll, but Lacey halts their streak by only having 3 acceptable scallops. Even though the red team is annoyed with Lacey's performance, they still come to a total of 35 scallops.
Leading off for the blue team is Executive Sous Chef, Ben who only gets 3 out of 11 past Chef Ramsay. Danny thinks that Ben, with the experience he has, talks a big game but has yet to deliver. Danny is next, and does well setting the men off on a streak while the women watch their lead closing. After Charlie only has 2 acceptable scallops, the score is 35 for the women and 32 for the men. With two more chefs to go, the blue team is confident, but Seth only manages to tie it for them. J only narrowly wins it for the men having only one scallops get past chef Ramsay and the blue team is victorious with 36 to the red team's 35 scallops.
Chef Ramsay announces that the blue team will be spending the day with him by taking a helicopter ride to beautiful Catalina Island while the red team must shuck all of the scallops in the restaurant and prepare for a raw bar that will be set up for tomorrow night's dinner service.
Upset over her performance in the challenge, Lacey climbs into bed and begins to cry. The rest of her team is not happy that she is breaking down, and when Lacey reveals that she will not be helping them with the punishment, Carol snaps and yells at her.
Meanwhile, Robert is called to Chef Ramsay's office. He is informed, that due to his size, he will be too heavy to ride in the helicopter with them, but he will be coming on the reward via the ferry.
The men take off in the helicopter as Robert departs on his ferry. After arriving in Catalina, the men enjoy a submarine ride looking at the beautiful sea life in Catalina. While on the submarine, Seth reveals to Chef Ramsay and the rest of the blue team his near obsessive knowledge of Chef Ramsay's life. Everyone is a little freaked out by this revelation. As the day comes to a close, Robert final arrives on Catalina, only to turn around and join the others on their way back to Hell's Kitchen.
Meanwhile, the red team works on shucking scallops and preparing the raw bar for their punishment, minus Lacey. The women are very outspoken about Lacey's lack of team work. Lacey finally comes down to join the rest of her team after 8 hours of resting in bed to find the other women less than welcoming.
A new day begins in Hell's Kitchen, and both teams prep furiously for the second dinner service. Lacey decides to bring a new attitude with her and works hard, but disaster strikes when Ji slips on oil and twists her ankle badly. In a lot of Pain, Ji decides to work through it and go ahead with dinner service.
Just before the doors open, Chef Ramsay assigns one member from each team to work the raw bar; Robert from the blue team and Paula from the red team.
Dinner starts off rocky when Carol's risotto will not even come out of the pan. Even though it didn't pass Chef Ramsay's standards, Carol believes that the risotto is fine to serve. Meanwhile, over in the blue kitchen, Charlie's risotto is missing the cream, seasoning and ham. Charlie admits he has never made a risotto before. Chef Ramsay assigns Ben to help get the risotto out. Ben is confident he can turn the appetizer station around.
In the dining room, Robert's winning personality in serving the raw bar table side buys the blue kitchen some more time by keeping the customers happy. Back in the red kitchen, appetizers have started to leave the red kitchen, but Colleen overcooks scallops. Chef Ramsay assigns Lacey to the fish station to help her out.
Charlie and Ben present a new risotto, and chef Ramsay thinks it's delicious. Over in the red kitchen, Lacey brings up Colleens scallops and again, Chef Ramsay is happy. Charlie once again is in the hot seat when he and Seth serve Chef Ramsay spaghetti lobster, without the lobster.
The red team moves on to entrees and Colleen brings up a salmon that is both raw and overcooked on the outside. Chef Ramsay yells at Colleen mocking the fact that she has a cooking school. Flustered, Colleen can't get a handle on the fish station. Chef Ramsay throws her out of the red kitchen and onto the raw bar. Paula returns to the kitchen and things begin to turn around for red team. Ji works hard, despite the pain from her twisted ankle, much to the amazement of her teammates.
Back in the blue kitchen, Danny serves lamb that chef Ramsay finds amazing. Thanks to Danny, entrees are quickly leaving the blue kitchen until Giovanni serves a bad salmon. Chef Ramsay gets in Giovanni's face, and Giovanni almost snaps.
Both kitchens are close to completing dinner service. Chef Ramsay calls both teams together and tells them the first team to complete dinner service wins. Both teams rush to complete, but when Carol needs three minutes on her dish, the blue team takes the advantage and the men win.
After dinner is completed, Ji nearly collapses from the pain in her ankle. Her teammates reassure her that she will recover, and they don't want her to leave.
With the red team having to come to a consensus on which two should be nominated. Colleen quickly volunteers. Even though Lacey did well during dinner service, Carol leads the charge against her because of her attitude in the kitchen. Lacey is defensive saying that Carol messed up more than she did.
At the elimination, the team does put up Colleen and Lacey. After each have made their pleas, Chef Ramsay is about to make his decision on who will be going home when Ji raises her hand, volunteering to go home. Chef Ramsay decides to send Ji home and allows her to keep her jacket singing her praises.


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Assistant Police Chief Chris Verdeck said the crash was reported around 6 a.m. Wednesday about 5 miles northeast of the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport.
Verdeck says the aircraft appears to be a small jet. He says he doesn't know if the pilot issued a distress call before the crash.
Verdeck says the pilot was the only person onboard. He says no one on the ground was hurt.
The plane came across a cemetery and some woods and most of the wreckage appears to be on a softball field.
Verdeck says there is no indication of why the plane crashed. He did not know where the flight originated.
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L is for learning; C is for Colorado
Author visits elementary school, gets students excited about ABC books
January 31, 2004
Award-winning children's author Sneed Collard III doesn't scare easily, considering his face-to-face encounters with some downright dangerous animals.
But he shied away from his role in an ambitious county-wide elementary school project that Strawberry Park media specialist Sherry Holland credited him with inspiring.
"I hope my major purpose is just to add a spark to all the wonderful, hard work they're doing," Collard said last week during a visit to Strawberry Park Elementary School, where he helped kic koff the multi-school project.
Though Collard is the author of more than 30 children's books on nature and the environment, one of his newest books — "B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet" — inspired a countywide project to create ABC books about Routt County.
The project, organized by Holland, will involve elementary students from South Routt Elementary School in Yampa, Hayden Valley Elementary School and Strawberry Park.
"The goal is to explore and understand more about our communities," Holland said Wednesday. "It's important for the kids to understand our community and the roles they play in it."
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Each of the schools will create a Routt County ABC book of its own through research techniques presented by Collard and expanded upon by individual classroom teachers. Each book will emphasize wildlife, geography, people and history, but how each class, grade level and school approaches the project will be up to the students and teachers, Holland said.
"We don't know what it's going to look like yet," Holland said. "We're all working individually."
Once the books are completed and distributed among the schools, students will be able to see how their peers in surrounding communities view Routt County, and what differences and similarities those views expose.
"We're probably going to find we have a lot more in common than (in) difference," Holland said.
The visit by Collard to all three participating schools was an ideal way to begin the four-month-long project because his are non-fiction works that engage kids through well-organized ideas, detail and description, Holland said.
Non-fiction books, contrary to the beliefs of many parents, are as popular with children as their fiction counterparts, according to Holland and South Routt Elementary teacher Gay Linke. The extensive research non-fiction authors conduct before writing will be an essential aspect of the project.
Students will learn to use sources such as the Internet, books, magazines, personal interviews and first-person observations to gather accurate information on the subjects they will write about.
"For so many kids, going to the Internet is such an easy answer," Linke said. "It's so important for them to learn how to use different sources."
And, Holland said, the project is aligned with school curriculum and will address nearly all content standards areas.
The schools hope the books will be completed by May 7. Accompanying the books will be a mixed-media mural reflecting a visual representation of each community.
"We're hitting as many aspects of our curriculum as we can and getting kids excited about things so important to their learning," Holland said.
Strawberry Park fourth-graders certainly were excited Wednesday, when Collard showed them slides of bioluminescent sea animals — ones that create their own light — that he saw firsthand during deep sea dives with a renowned marine biologist.
"One of the most exciting things to do in life is to learn," Collard told the students.
"Kids are natural learners," he said later. "But it's important to remind them learning is a lifelong project."
Collard, Holland and others hope this project in particular will motivate children to explore their passions and prepare themselves for a lifetime of discovery.
A Legacy Education Foundation grant and money donated by Strawberry Park's parent-teacher information committee helped fund Collard's visit.


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Heapstown Cairn an unopened neolithic cairn by Lough Arrow in County Sligo is the fourth largest cairn in Ireland. It is located on the northern point of the lake, about 1 km east of the river Uinshin, and 5 km north east of Carrowkeel. In both location and mythological imagery Heapstown bears many similarities to Newgrange in the Boyne Valley.
There are four main types of megalithic monument to be found in Ireland. These are chambered cairns (also known as passage tombs or passage graves) with perhaps 300 - 500 in the country. Court cairns, (court tombs), about 400, dolmens (portal tombs or cromleacs), some 190 examples and wedges, again around 400 monuments. A fifth type or category are unclassified monuments of which there are at least 200. There is a sixth much smaller group, called Linkardstown cists, not very common.
Photomontage from the excavation of Circle 26 at Carrowmore in County Sligo.
Chambered cairns are the main type of megalithic/neolithic monument dealt with on this website, as they were the first to attract my interest, mainly due to their fabulous art and astronomical alignments. These structures are found in most European countries with large and well preserved concentrations found in France and Ireland. I was lucky, in fact I feel privilaged, to have lived at Carrowkeel in County Sligo, one of the major Irish complexes, for 10 years. Moytura, on the east shore of Lough Arrow is one of the best places to see the four types of monument. Heapstown and Shee Lugh are passage graves; the Labby Rock is one of the larger dolmens in Ireland; there are a number of wedges and an unusual court structure, as well as many tall erratic standing stones.
Clough portal dolmen, the Trillick of Ballintrillick in County Sligo was destroyed around 1950
There are similarities and differences between the types of monuments. Courts and dolmens are thought to be the oldest types, dating to about 4,000 BC, followed by passage graves, 3,800 BC onwards and wedges on the threshold of the bronze age. There is a huge amount of variety to the 1,600 or so megaliths remaining in Ireland. Some are huge like the Boyne Valley cairns, some are tiny like the circles in Carrowmore. Many have been destroyed where they made convienient building materials or stood on good farming land. Others are so ruined that there is little left to see of the monument, but the landscape settings are often quite dramatic. Some are in great condition and easy to visit like the Labby Rock and Creevykeel in County Sligo.
The gigantic Labby Rock on Moytura in County is a fine example of a dolmen; the capstone weighs about 75 tons.
Court cairns come in all shapes and sizes, and many monuments are quite ruined. There are only 12 of the great central courts, of which Creevykeel is the best example; all found in the northwest around Donegal Bay. Courts are not found in the south of the country; all but five are found in the northern portion of the island. More information on the court cairn page.
An aerial view of Creevykeel near Cliffoney village in County Sligo, one of five monuments in the area. The modern wall has been digitally removed from this image.
Dolmens seem to markers for boundaries or territory. They are often found in valleys close to a stream, and the view does not always seem too important. Dolmens are well known for their large imposing capstones; Irish dolmens range from about 10 tons at Carrowmore to an estimated 100 tons at Brownshill in Co Carlow. Some of Ireland's largest dolmens are found in County Dublin, though many are collapsed. We could do with a national dolmen rebuilding programme in Ireland. More on the dolmens page.
The Giant's Griddle in Tawnatruffan in west County Sligo, view looking west to Nephin.
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The court cairn at Shawly near Kilcar in County Donegal. This fine monument, one of three courts in this costal valley, still retains the grandur of an impressive neolithic temple, with a triangular stone over the entrance.
Megalithic chambers are really artificial caves built as free standing structures from large slabs of stone, and in fact many of the earliest megaliths in County Sligo are found near caves.
A cave close to the massive unopened east cairn at Cairns Hill just outside Sligo.
The megalithic structures are then covered by a heap of stones, which both stabilises the freestanding structure, defines the monument visually from a distance, and creates a viewing platform which can be used to survey the horizon. It is thought that the capstones of large dolmens were left free of the cairn of stones. Some sites have external features such as standing stones, stone settings, raised banks and stone boxes known as cists. Two monuments, Cairn F at Carrowkeel and Cairn L at Loughcrew have standing stones within the chambers.
The only image of the standing stone in the chamber of Cairn F at Carrowkeel. The chamber was cleared during the hurried 1911 excavations.
Neolithic art is almost always found on passage graves. Views, were not important in the location of courts, while they were of utmost importance in the siting of passage graves. Passage graves demonstrate a great interest in astronomy: chambers are often oriented to the sun, moon, another heavenly body, or another monument or a landscape feature.
The view of Cairn T from the end recess of Cairn I at Loughcrew. The sun rises over Cairn T two weeks before the autumn equinox. The megalithic art is highlighted with Photoshop.
To most archaeologists, megalithic monuments are tombs, places where the bones of the ancestors were laid to rest. However, the numbers don't really add up, the amount of burials is quite small in comparison to the amount of labour that went into erecting a monument. In some sites, for example Creevykeel in County Sligo, no bones or cremations were found at all; in others such as Newgrange, the remains of only five people were found. Newgrange is much more of a neolithic temple or cathederal than a tomb. At Carrowkeel, the remains of about 32 people came from the chambers of 12 cairns.
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Solar illumination within the right hand recess of the chamber of Cairn L early November 1997. Rich golden light reveals a magnificent panel of carved neolithic art, possibly the representation of an ancient eclipse.
The fourth type of megalithic chamber are the wedges, stone boxes that are found all around the country, and often in clusters with other types of monument.
View across Sligo Bay to Knocknarea from a runied wedge on Copes Mountain in County Sligo.
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"See your wedding through their eyes." That's the slogan used by uSnap.us, winner of the recent Wellington Startup Weekend, which has just gone public after three months of R&D work.
The app lets guests snap their own photos at a wedding, which can then be played on a live slideshow, or shared with friends and family who aren't physically at the event via a livestream.
So far it has been used at six different events, including one in the US. Cofounder Nick Malcolm (pictured) says they've had 170 signups and processed nearly 400 photos to date.
"A lot of me wanted to delay the launch, get all my ducks in a row first. But I'm glad we didn't," Malcolm says.
It hasn't all been smooth sailing; at their first major event the uSnap-ers found that horizontal photos were appearing in portrait format on the live slideshow. Malcolm spent the day manually downloading, rotating and reuploading images to make the entire process run smoothly – the guests none the wiser.
The idea behind uSnap.us apparently hit fellow cofounder Owen Evans whilst he was in the bath. For now, they're all juggling full-time jobs (Malcolm is a developer at Southgate Labs, while Evans and lead designer Brock Abernethy both work at Xero) with the budding venture, bootstrapping everything along the way.
uSnap.us is targeting bridal parties for now at a price of $199 per event and Malcolm says they're currently testing their pricing model.
"We're starting A/B testing to see which price points and value propositions work best.T his also leads to our next steps, which really are market validation and trying to find where we sit in the market.
"We're looking into having someone on the ground in our key market – the US – so we can build our presence over there.We have a common problem – we're confident we have a great app, we just need to find out how to sell it effectively!"


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- Makes 8 Servings
- 1 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17 1/4 ounce package), thawed
- 12 ounces chilled mascarpone cheese
- 3 large bananas (about), peeled, thinly sliced on diagonal
- Powdered sugar
- Combine 1 cup sugar, 6 tablespoons water and lemon juice in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Carefully add cream (mixture will bubble vigorously). Stir until mixture is smooth. Transfer caramel to small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until thick, about 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 2 heavy large baking sheets with parchment paper, roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 15x12-inch rectangle. Cut crosswise into three 12x5-inch strips. Transfer pastry strips to prepared baking sheets, spacing evenly. Chill 10 minutes.
- Pierce pastry with fork. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer baking sheets to racks; cool. (Caramel and pastry can be made 2 days ahead. Keep caramel refrigerated. Wrap pastry in foil; store at room temperature.)
- Set aside 1/2 cup caramel for decoration. Using electric mixer, beat mascarpone and 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Add remaining caramel and beat until caramel cream is well blended, about 1 minute.
- Trim pastry layers so that they are flat and even. Place 1 pastry strip on work surface. Spread with 1/4 of caramel cream. Arrange half of banana slices in single layer over caramel cream. Spread second pastry strip with 1/4 of caramel cream; place pastry, caramel cream side down, atop bananas. Spread top of second pastry strip with 1/4 of caramel cream. Arrange remaining bananas in single layer over. Spread remaining pastry strip with remaining caramel cream. Place pastry, caramel cream side down, atop bananas. Using serrated knife, cut pastry crosswise into 8 equal pieces. Sift powdered sugar over. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Tent with foil; refrigerate.)
- Place napoleons on plates. Drizzle reserved caramel around napoleons.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories532
- Carbohydrates57 g(19%)
- Fat33 g(50%)
- Protein6 g(11%)
- Saturated Fat15 g(75%)
- Sodium240 mg(10%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber2 g(7%)
- Monounsaturated Fat12 g
- Cholesterol69 mg(23%)


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ITM gets April Foolish: Armin van Buuren announces bi-monthly dubstep radio show
Now that it's past noon and all, we can admit that – you guessed it – Armin's plans for A State of Dubstep is nothing more than a bit of April Fool-ery on our part. Trance fans, you may now exhale. Thanks for playing along!
It shouldn't come as any surprise to those familiar with the trance overlord that Armin van Buuren is a man with plenty of irons in the fireplace. So when we got Armin on the phone yesterday morning to talk about his A State Of Trance 550 compilation – which features tracks from scene leaders like Paul van Dyk, Aly & Fila, John O'Callaghan and W&W – we were sure to ask what else the producer has in store for his fans.
"Actually, I'm going to launch a new bi-monthly radio show," Armin told inthemix down the line between ASOT 550 celebrations. "Except this show is going to focus on that crossover between trance and dubstep. I think it will be called A State of Dubstep," he said with typical enthusiasm. "As I say time and time again, never be a prisoner of your style."
Apparently, the decision to launch the new bass-heavy show came out of the recent DJ Fei Fei drama. "I just feel really excited about a lot of the dubstep that's emerging at the moment, and I feel like there should be a place for it," Armin explained. "ASOT may not have been the place, but I think the new show will be a really good way to appreciate all the great stuff that's coming. Look at someone like BT, who has been able to bridge that gap between dubstep and trance in a really exciting way."
And what else is on Armin's plate? "I'm actually working on my fifth solo album," he revealed. "But the main focus now is the A State Of Trance 550 tour…and spending time with my daughter, of course."
If all goes according to plan, the first bi-monthly episode of A State of Dubstep is set to kick off sometime over the next couple of months.